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

[crystalia]

Evidently tired of the uncertainty, Crystal grits her teeth and jumps away from the tree at the next mini-quake. She wasn't going to make it down gradually under the circumstances, and this way she could at least control how she fell. But she is left, now, falling to the ground, though it seems like a rush of wind is rising to meet her.

[strategic_guile]

It occurs to Blaine that maybe he doesn't need to catch her, and he's really hoping for that. He notices the wind, but he really has no idea if that's natural gust or a power and he doesn't have time to think about it. He was already under her, so he simply has to adjust where he's positioned and ready his stance. He's either going to catch her or jumped out of the way if it looks like she's going to land fine on her own. Either way, "Just don't break my neck."

[crystalia]

And these things being what they are, she's distracted enough by his voice that the wind disapates and she ends up on top of him. She lets out a muffled squeak, too dignified to be called a scream, and throws out her hands to break her fall--though he's doing a good job of that already.

"Oh, Randac--I'm so sorr--Are you alright?"

[strategic_guile]

Whoops, perhaps he could have said a prayer under his breath instead. Her descent was maybe a bit slower than he thought it should be, but suddenly it ramped right back up just in time for her to thud into him. Blaine gives out a loud huff but manages to keep himself upright with her in his arms... for about a second and then he falls backwards and grunts out a small sound of pain as she lands on top of him.

All he can do is let out a rumble and lay there until she gets off, and even then he lets out a breath that's a half laugh. "I'm fine, don't worry about it."

[crystalia]

She scrambles to her feet, brushing herself off and then offering him a hand with an apologetic smile.

"You're too kind. Though of course, I still will." Worry, that is. How could she not, after falling on top of the guy?

[strategic_guile]

He takes another breath, though it's stilted because ow, but he takes her hand and uses his other free hand to help himself up as well. He straightens up and brushes himself off.

Blaine gives her a smile. "Of course, but I'd be more worried if I hadn't broken your fall. See anything good while you were up there?"