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

a for aw yeah

[fortissimos]

[ Aside from fighting, looking out for kids is Sayaka's #1 priority. Sure, she'll protect everyone else, too, but anyone younger than her probably doesn't understand what's going on, and the least she can do is provide a distraction.

So when she stumbles across him, she doesn't just keep walking. Instead, she crouches down; putting herself as close to eye level as she can. ]

Lost in thought, huh?

[wieldertobe]

[ he starts slightly when he hears her words, and then shrugs with a helpless little smile, trying too let her know that he's okay without really saying a word.

thing is, he isn't, and it shows in the way he lowers his eyes back to the ground. ]

I want to go home.

[ Kyouko told him about Sayaka, even went as far to describe her. so his trust in her, while just a starting level, is already higher than most. 'I want to help!' is a cry for 'I want to go home faster!', something that can never be accurately worded with his halting voice. ]

[fortissimos]

[ Sayaka's not the most perceptive of people, but some things she's a little too familiar with. Pretending to be okay is something she does often enough to know when others are doing the same. ]

Don't worry. Once we go back, I'm gonna look for a way to get everyone home.

[ Everyone who wants to go, anyway. If the Initiative needs help, she'll stick around, but kids shouldn't be in a war. ]

But until then, you need to look after yourself, okay? [ With a smile, she holds out a gloved hand. ] I'll take you someplace safe.

[wieldertobe]

[ he bows his head, somewhat disappointed, but reaches out to take her hand. ]

Okay. You're the big kid, you'd know better.