MISSION: GET TO ZE CHOPPA

[initiatesnpc]

Date & Time: August 23rd, 2753 (OOCly forward-dated to the 1st)
Location: Uruguay National Defense HQ
Characters: All transports!
Summary: All transports are sent back to Uruguay to download a self-aware AI before it gets bombed out of existence by an early incarnation of the UE. Time distortion effects will be set right either on the way there or on the way back, according to player choice.
Warnings: violence, action movie tension, 3 terabytes of foot fetish porn.

The Transporter drops the entire transport population into what will quickly be established as Home Base, a mile from the vast, sprawling facility that is Uruguay's National Defense HQ. The low roar of helidrones moving above is pervasive, but the black ships can only be glimpsed here and there through the thick cover of trees overhead. If you keep calm and quiet, it's likely you won't be spotted. It's the UND HQ their attention is on, after all.

The population is quickly sorted by attending Initiate employees according to who volunteers to fight and who volunteers to protect, along with those with enough skill to access the computers, and those with enough skill to get them there. The fighters move out first, off to intercept the early UE's ships and ground troops, and to draw the automated defense systems of the facility alike. They'll be in a crossfire, and neither side will be happy to see them there.

The techies and their escorts are sent out far more quietly, in groups of three. Their task is to sneak past the front lines and into the facility itself. There might be alarms and automated defense drones, so those escorts may well be called on to earn their keep. The Initiative can't give any information about which building will house the AI's mainframe, that information was long since lost to history. All they can do is send out enough people to hope that one of them manages to find it.

And remember — as soon as the UE troops withdraw, there will only be minutes until the bomb drops. Everyone would do well to work fast.



[[ Mission information is here, and the techie/escort teams, along with their hacking results, are here. Each techie/escort group will have their own established thread, but Team Distraction and Team We'll Stay Here, Thanks are welcome to thread where ever and however they like! The newbie log that goes up on the 1st will also encompass the arrival back in Exsilium, if you'd like to play that out as well. ]]

Comments

[fortissimos]

[ ?? ]

Wait, what the heck is that supposed to mean? [ look going back in time didn't made her any smarter... ]

[speakveryclearly]

We're pretty sure there won't be children around anymore after this mission.

[fortissimos]

Why not? They were kids before we left, so why would anything change after this?

[ it makes sense in her head! ]

[speakveryclearly]

Yes, but they weren't kids before they... were... kids...

[This is a lot harder to explain to someone who is a kid.]

[fortissimos]

[ no she's just dumb ]

... That sounds really weird. [ SHE DOESN'T REALLY GET IT BUT... ]

[speakveryclearly]

They weren't children when they were recruited and they shouldn't be children anymore.

[SHE'S DOING HER BEST.]

[fortissimos]

Well... yeah, there shouldn't be kids here at all. But it'll be okay if we protect them.

[ nice job misinterpreting that Sayaka, who's going to give up first ]

[speakveryclearly]

...Right.

[It is indeed Kanaya; she has officially declared CLOSE ENOUGH.]

[fortissimos]

[ she'd apologize if she knew, okay

instead she just shrugs. ]

See? And keeping them happy is definitely part of that! [ Suddenly enthusiastic again, so she's just going to grab Kanaya's hand and go running off to wherever all the kids are holed up. Adventure! ]

[speakveryclearly]

[ADVENTURE ON THEY DO. Into a room. There are only like three kids here? They look wide-eyed at Kanaya's glow brightening the place up.]

Hello, wigglers.

[fortissimos]

... Wigglers? [ da fuq. Must be an alien thing, so she shrugs. ] Uh, hey everyone! Magical girl Sayaka and [ weird alien?? ] Kanaya are here to take care of you all!

[ smooth ]

[speakveryclearly]

[Yeah oops] I mean kids.

[She raises her hands up like conveying the number "10". They glow pulse prettily and she is wearing black nail polish! "Ooooh".]

[fortissimos]

[ This is all still super weird for her. Sayaka stares awkwardly for a moment, before walking over to the kids... who immediately begin tugging at her cape. ]

W, woah! [ ... Okay, she was going to give them piggyback rides, but this is fine too. Taken by surprise, she ends up falling on the floor, looking a little dazed at the whole thing. ]

[speakveryclearly]

[Kanaya, moving too quickly (being inspired by Twilight is fun), helps Sayaka stand back up by the shoulders.]

So what do children of your species find amusing? I doubt it would be appropriate to show them my chainsaw.

[fortissimos]

[ wwwobbling a bit but she's mostly steady ]

I dunno. If you aren't hurting anyone with it, they'd probably think it's cool. [ or maybe that's just you Sayaka ]

[speakveryclearly]

[Taking out her... tube of lipstick?]

Really? Excellent. I know it should make an impressive display.

Stand back, everyone! [Gesturing with her arms how far away they should go.]

[fortissimos]

[ The kids might be moving, but all Sayaka sees is a tube of lipstick. She's just sort of standing there with an ??? expression. ]

Uh... [ Okay she doesn't want to be rude here... taking a single step back. ]

[speakveryclearly]

[Okay, once she's asserted her authority, she extends her arms to hold out her lips--]

Ta-da.



[Chainsaw!]

[fortissimos]

[ ]

H, hey! Be careful with that! [ Sayaka she did warn you... ]

[speakveryclearly]

I am. It's not even on. [To an intrigued child reaching out:] Don't touch.

[fortissimos]

[ She was probably reaching out too tbh but she'll take that warning ]

Why the heck do you have a chainsaw, anyway? Isn't that hard to use? [ says the girl who uses swords totally practical ]

[speakveryclearly]

I'm used to it - I have for [sweeps] years - and it's fortunately very deadly.

[OK back to lipstick! No more reaching. But now in her other hand is eyeshadow.]

[fortissimos]

Well... okay. [ still kinda confused though, tbh. ] But isn't it a little weird to transform weapons into makeup? That's like something out of an anime!

[ a magical girl anime actually KANAYA ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT ONE?? ]

[speakveryclearly]

[Idly doing shotgun to eyeshadow to shotgun repeatedly, but she's facing Sayaka.]

What's anime. Is it like a comic?

Trust me, such technological marvels as this were common on Alternia.

[fortissimos]

[ because that's not distracting at all SHE'S TRYING NOT TO KEEP STARING AT IT ]

... Kind of, I guess. If I can find some DVDs, I'll show you when we get back. [ There was a lot of junk in some of those smaller stores, after all. There might be something if she's lucky. ] But your [ planet? ] home must be pretty advanced to have stuff like that.