VOLUNTEER MISSIONS TO THE UE

[initiates]

Date & Time: Sept 17th - Sept 19th
Location: Where ever the mission is set!
Characters: Anyone involved.
Summary: After the final wave of kidnappings on the 15th, the Initiative sends out a few teams to run hasty missions to weaken the Holding Compound, in preparation for the rescue. Info and team plotting here!
Warnings: Possible violence, let a mod know if it needs any warnings in particular.

The call for volunteers has gone out via the tablets, and a frazzled few Initiative workers lined up the first of those to show to send them immediately on their way.

Team #1 is instructed to reprogram the door codes. "It can be anything, it can be your Grandma's maiden name or your favorite candy, just — for God's sake, write it down somewhere and get it to us when you're done. We need to know the codes." They're teleported into a facility devoid of prisoners, but running at full research steam nonetheless. This team will also discover the power nulls and alarm triggers, and report their presence back in Exsilium. This mission should last no longer than 5 hours.

Team #2 is told to plant an Initiative-provided killswitch in the power grid, during the Compound's final days of construction. None of the workers should be killed. This mission should last no longer than 6 hours.

Team #3 is sent on a steelworking expedition, and must add phosphorus to a mixture of steel to make it brittle. Factory worker death is not recommended, but if it's unavoidable, will be found acceptable. This mission should last no longer than 4 hours.

Team #4 is sent to steal the finalized blueprints of the Holding Compound. Killing should be avoided. This mission should last no longer than 2 hours.

Team #5 must overheat a warehouse, warping the materials inside, and alter a shipping list. Worker death will be seen as an acceptable loss if necessary. This mission should last no longer than 4 hours.

Team #6 visits the Compound on the morning of the arrival of the scientists and soldiers, due to a miscalculation. The original goal was to arrive the night before, but there's no going back now. They must download copies of the sewage and air duct systems. This mission should last no longer than 6 hours.

Team #7 is responsible for literally building in a backdoor to the Compound; they will be visiting the construction site and night and adding false walls, secret doors, and covert hallways. This mission could take anywhere from a week, to two months, depending on skill and progress.

Need to radio back questions to an Initiative operator for specific instruction? Advice? General cursing? There's an operator standing by to take these calls, but use your tablets wisely. The drain on battery life through time is immense, and each group will only have enough juice for 3 conversations with the Initiative operator.

Good luck, and Godspeed.

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TEAM #2

[initiates]

Plot Thread here.

Pidonus Marasia
Rosy Maze
Blaine Thorps
Jake English

Feel free to arrange threads off of this comment however you'd like! Everyone in one thread, or pairing off, or even different threads depending on point of the missions. It's up to you!

[strategic_guile]

It was the beginning of yet another mission, but this one had a few more partners than the blonde was used to. He didn't know any of them personally either, but it was fortunate that there wasn't supposed to be any fighting. He was armed, but the guns he had were hidden in various places.

Looking at the three other people next to him he cocked a brow and gave a small smile. "So who knows how to mess with the power grid without getting electrocuted?"

[gunsling]

He could speak for himself on that one! Jake was feeling a little disappointed that he wasn't going to get any action out of this particular outing. Well, that wasn't entirely true... It had been some time since they'd lost an entire world to the United Earth control and ever since getting a small taste of real war Jake wasn't jumping at the bit the way he had been before. Still he had a certain image of himself to keep cultivated.

Which really just meant he was bouncing up and down on spot with nervous energy as they waited to roll out.

"I think I could probably manage something if I'm allowed to take a whack at it." More reassuring words had never been spoken.

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Let's not resort to that," Pidonus responded. "We can't afford to kill anyone or draw extreme attention to ourselves."

Fortunately, the recently-revealed demon's power had rather been useful. Simply telling someone there was some bureaucratic task they had to go fulfill before they could get back to work had sent several workers scurrying already.

Presumably, more would have to be dealt with similarly - and soon.

[scentofpink]

"If anyone here knows how to erase memories, we could probably just get one of the workers here to do it for us. As is, I did do some study on this, but I'm not exactly a licensed electrician."

Rosy crossed her crosses in thought. She'd came armed with nothing but her natural desire manipulation and an electricity attunement bound to herself--it was useful for tasering people if it came to it.

"If the two of you run inference," she indicated Pidonus and Blaine, "The two of us could most likely handle the installation between the two of us." She pointed to herself and Jake.

[strategic_guile]

"Sounds like a plan," Blaine answered, giving Pidonus a brief grin. He had seen her network post the other day and found it interesting. Now wasn't exactly the time to bring it up, but he'd be watching her to see how she acted. The post and her reveal could have been better done, but emotional duress hardly helped with making logical decisions.

"Whistle or snap if you need some help. We'll be around trying to head them off at the pass."

[have_hat_will_travel]

"I can work that," Pidonus observed. "Let's get this done quick, and not spread out too far. I have a shortcut for getting us back to the warp point when you're done."

[gunsling]

Well now that all worked out nicely for everyone involved. Perhaps now wouldn't be the best time to mention that Jake actually had no idea what he was doing, but if she wanted some memories erased he was sure he could manage something. By that he mostly meant he could smack a head into a blunt object a few times to scramble the thoughts in there nice and good.

"Well then there's no point wasting time around here! We'll leave you two to handle the distractions and we'll--"

He paused as he tried to figure out exactly how it was Rosy was planning on getting the worker to cooperate with them in the first place.

"Er, well you'll fill me in on the plan on the way, won't you?"

[scentofpink]

"Since no one said they can erase memories, we'll have to do the installation ourselves. You said you should be able to manage, right? We just need to find a good spot and shut off the power to it then install it and reactivate the power. Then we can just walk out with a few convenient lies."

This wasn't the first time she'd done a subtle intrusion like this, though it'd been quite a while. At least now she could put that experience to a far better use.

[strategic_guile]

Blaine gave a nod to the other members and then his partner in crime for the next couple of hours as they went their separate ways. He didn't know how long it would take, but he was lining up his excuses and stories for the people they were going to divert.

"So what's this short cut? It doesn't required flying, right?" He's only partially kidding.

[gunsling]

So this was where his bragging got him! He did have some practical hands-on experience with electronics thanks to his robot building projects, but this might be just a little different. He was sure he could figure it out given enough time and assuming he didn't zap himself dead. But if they were going to shut off the power it should be just fine, right?

Well... he sure hoped so.

"Er, right! Sounds like an easy enough plan to follow."

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Then let's go for it!", Pidonus declared. "Time's wasting, and if we can pull this off..."