[IC] - In the Shadow of Imperator: Extended Interludes

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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game

Iona respectfully attends the meeting called for by Corporal Sander. A young, attractive woman in her late 20s? early 30s perhaps? The female cyborg immediately notices Diego there in his pre-Ascendant form. What is this all about?

After the Corporal summarizes the mission, Iona’s initial feeling is one of anxiety. She couldn’t help it. Diego made her nervous. Yet she displays her best “’poker face” and nods affirmatively every so often during the Corporal’s pitch.
"Infiltrating the shipment should be fairly simple once we can find the personal moving it. Simply kill the driver or someone else going with the shipment and take their place. The difficult part will be finding a place not monitored by cameras or too busy for us to make our move and possibly move the supplies into a tailing vehicle or into the sewers for transport back to here. There may also be an issue of the guards.", says Diego still looking over the dossier of information.
Iona was capable of tactical thought, she had to be to survive. But she was not a decisive thinker. Perhaps that was due to her extreme intellect. Her brain processed information quickly, but all too often she tried to imagine every consequence of every minor nuance of strategy. This tendency taxed even her profound cognitive ability.

Just when it appeared that she wasn’t going to add anything to the discussion, her lips finally began to move. “I…I can disrupt electronic equipment. That is one of the gifts my maker gave to me.” Her eyes wander a bit as she ponders possibilities. “If we knew the route of the vehicle, we could ambush it in a place of our choosing. I could go to this predetermined point, use my senses to identify any nearby wiring which could lead to an external camera(s). There is but one catch. I may only disrupt one instrument at a time. I can do it from a considerable distance, but still…only one object. If there are multiple cameras, then the location is not feasible.

She stops briefly as if her mind switches to a completely different plan. “Ideally we find an area with no cameras. That way I could focus on disrupting any phone or other radio communication within the truck. They are almost certain to possess that. We are almost certain going to be in a race against time once their command realizes that the heist has taken place. One last thing to consider: We should hide our abilities, using as few of them as we must to accomplish this task. The more Stronghold is kept in the dark the better.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game


Tilly offers a small fleeting smile when Diego comments on the work she had been doing. It did take her out of her element, but the Corporal had yet to complain.

"All the information I was able to gather is in the folder."

She nods to the folder full of papers that Diego had picked up. It did not look like a professional mission dossier. More like quickly assembled notes that had later been printed off to look more organized and formal. One page describes the likelihood of a Stronghold escort consisting of a 'chase' vehicle with between two and four persons. The transport itself is a truck with a cargo trailer. There are supposed to be two Gleek TeleCom security guards with the cargo, a driver, and backup driver in the cab. No personal information is given on any of these people, only the estimated numbers.

There was also a map of the city that looked like someone had taken a pen to drawing out a thick line along a winding course starting at one building and ending in a northerly exit out of the city. Along the thick line are some jotted notes indicating the starting location as 'Gleek TeleCom branch', along the way are indicators for traffic lights, ongoing construction work, and publicly visible cameras. There are a lot of cameras.

Another segment of information details the technical information concerning the satellite and communications equipment that was being shipped with it. There was a lot to haul. A quick grab wouldn't be easy for normal people. Even with transhuman abilities ferrying the gear was going to be unwieldy and difficult without a vehicle. If that wasn't troubling, there was mention of likely tracking device in Tilly's documents. The location was uncertain, but she'd noted that it was likely the transport vehicle itself or amidst the equipment. One piece or all of it was unknown.

While Diego and Iona look over the documentation that Corporal Sander has presented them with, she takes the time to nurse her coffee. At least until they start brainstorming. Then she sets her drink down again and chimes in at key points.
Diego wrote:"The difficult part will be finding a place not monitored by cameras or too busy for us to make our move and possibly move the supplies into a tailing vehicle or into the sewers for transport back to here."
"I'd advise against taking the equipment underground long distance. First off, it's going to be a lot. Second, people are going to see you move around with your load and, on top of that, they'll want to take it from you. While you two may be able to fight them off, it puts the equipment at risk of getting damaged in any conflict that might happen. You're likely going to need a vehicle to move it all and … we don't have any. Well, I have my motorcycle, but that won't help you much."
Iona wrote:"I can disrupt electronic equipment."
"You will want to be careful disrupting of electronics if it has a possibility of harming the equipment you're trying to steal."
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game

Diego studied the hand drawn map, took in the various notes, and considered the chase car plus two company security. It helped their was construction zones as they provided cover for "accidents" plus road stoppages if done right. Cameras of course would be a problem. Still, if done right they could be handled in the accident or if one it could be switched off.

"Iona and I should be able to handle the guards. Best not to leave any alive as they may convey what we are able to do unless one of them is an informant. In which case, their living would be of use. A trash truck or equally large vehicle vehicle would need to be procured before the heist preferably from someone who could be blamed for the heist only to wind up dead later with their accomplices unknown.", remarks Diego in thought nodding at Sanders when bringing up the truck to acknowledge her contribution. "Bringing it all back to the back entrance will hopefully not be too difficult for off loading with the truck driven off and torched later to cover our tracks. A heist in the open daylight will be unavoidable noise. So misdirection as to the real intent will need to be done.", continues Diego thinking out loud.

Turning to Iona, he speaks in the same monotone voice he always does to her. "Can you also do other things with electronic equipment that may be of use? Perhaps disable car batteries to help cause a momentary seperation between the chase car and the vehicle with the supplies? If handled right, we can cause further seperation with some unfortunate accident.", inquires Diego.

Drawing upon his days of being attached to military units and also the tactics he learned about from the occasional undercover mission for Imperator or the U.S government for causing distractions to cause misdirection for a heist, Diego tried to put it all together. They had to be and out quickly unless some of the areas were less patrolled than others... Turning to Tilly Diego brought up something that was likely more in her usual wheelhouse. "Of the places marked on the map, which would be ideal and give us the most time rom your experience with security? Of the three of us, you have the most experience with the security patterns and wards.", asks Diego.
To get it out of the way

Expertise Military 12 for attacking tactics he may have learned or learned to counter of convoys
Expertise Spycraft 27 for diversion skills to draw peoples attention while he did something like plant a bug or to buy him tim eto switch places with a person in the convoy
Expertise Hadorn City to apply any knowledge of the wards in the route such as how well developed they are

I'd Imagine Sanders would have better military and hadron city expertise than Diego here, so I am fine aiding instead.

Basic outline of thoughts so far is steal big truck, cause some diversion to separate chase from main vehicle or stop convoy in opportune area, quickly take out the guards, hopefully stall reinforcements long enough to move equipment, and drive off. Rest of riffing was to cover their tracks plus intentions.

Iona may be able to do something about the tracker I hope.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game
Turning to Iona, he speaks in the same monotone voice he always does to her. "Can you also do other things with electronic equipment that may be of use? Perhaps disable car batteries to help cause a momentary seperation between the chase car and the vehicle with the supplies? If handled right, we can cause further seperation with some unfortunate accident.", inquires Diego.
"Yes..." She responds in a gentle voice., "...I can move objects which have high metal content. This is through manipulation of EM fields. It is also the root explanation of why I can move charged particles, thus disrupting electronics and even creating electric current."

Iona then looks away from Diego, her eyes bowed. "I would prefer not to kill anyone, but...if the time comes and there is no other way, then...I shall do what I must." Secretly she hoped that dealing death could be avoided altogether, but she knew deep down that probably wasn't possible. Moreover, she did not want Diego to lose confidence in her ability to fight for the Cause. Her relationship with the two Ascendants was still not on a firm foundation.

Bringing her eyes back to Diego, she raises her chin. "I shall do what must be done to complete the mission. I can almost certainly contribute to disabling an automobile, incapacitating guards, and even levitating the communications satellite and gear for transportation. Whatever request you make of my powers, I shall do my best to fulfill it."
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game


When Diego mentions stealing a garbage truck and using that to transport the communications equipment Tilly makes a face that expresses her distaste. She does point out a collection route that isn't far from that of the one being taken by thr satelite transport.

"If you want to swap positions with the driver, just wait until they enter an alley to unload a dumpster. That'll get you the best cover from cameras and observers."

… the Corporals suggested, then proceeded to point out a couple locations as suggestions. Diego and Sander go back and forth about ideas for setting up an ambush as well as how to separate the transport from it's faster escort. Eventually the two of you settle on a construction site, with the idea of using debris in the area to push or drop something into the path of the escort in a confined space or otherwise cutting it off from supporting the transport.

With knowledge of at least the publicly visible cameras on the route you two select a site with only two that are likely to have fields of view on the ambush site. If you have someone to disable them, and none of the people in transporting the communications equipment live to see you or your vehicle, it would be difficult indeed to track you after that point. Except for the tracker that Corporal Sander mentioned. When you circle back tot hat point of discussion she purses her lips.

"We won't be using their truck to transport the equipment. So no worry about covering that. But the equipment itself … we don't have the time to search it on site before jacking it. What if we made it so signals couldn't get out of the garbage truck's hold. Turn it into a …"

The woman looks irritated as she struggles to recall the name of something. Snapping her fingers repetitiously, as if the act would help, he spouts off something that her expression suggest she know isn't quite right.


"... farris …. ferris … something cage."
OOC wrote:Military, Hadron City, and Ground Vehicles are Sander's big Skills, though she is generally well rounded for a soldier. She does specialize in urban warfare. Diego and Peter would be aware of this because they have a dossier on her.

… and the signal blocking idea is from her Technology check (she is not a techie, mind you). It was high enough to give you a hint for an idea.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game

Diego notices the dump truck response look, but lets it slide for the time being while the rest of the details get sorted. An op such as the one they were pulling involved more than a smelly dump truck. His expertise was people and manipulation of them to achieve his goals. So, he took in all Sanders advised, posed his own ideas, and bounced them off the more well trained urban warrior. Of his many faults, Diego wasn't a prideful man. While he would have tried to include Iona, he didn't bother attempting to prompt her as the value of a servant of Dr. Sokolov beyond a tool in matters such as this didn't strike him as a thing until the final remark about a faraday cage.

"If a dump truck would be problematic, any vehicle big enough would suffice. My hope in mentioning it was the Stronghold soldiers would view it as just another garbage truck and not inspect it as much as a moving truck. You certainly had a strong reaction to the mention of it.", said Diego explaining his rationale. Since it was a construction site, there would surely be vehicles that could possibly work. If anyone of them could come back to the secret tunnel entrance without notices though was another matter.

Next turning to Iona, he speaks to her in more utilitarian tone. "If you can handle the signal blocking in the escape vehicle, moving the environment, and tackling the cameras with some "accidents" Tilly and I can handle the killing. I can easily get into the transport vehicle and take out the guards quick enough. Leaving any witnesses to report back will only cause more issues. Tilly, if you can take up an overwatch position that would allow us to know what was coming plus have backup if needed. I do not know what weapons you have, but this location had some weapons hidden away that are at your disposal.", says Diego changing his tone every time he mentions Sanders to something softer. While his tone towards Iona isn't as harsh anymore, it still lacks any empathy.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game

Iona listens carefully to suggestions from both Corporal Sander and Diego. Taking a few seconds to process their input, she nods her head seemingly in agreement. "It would be possible - though perhaps challenging - to execute your plan. I shall need to disable the cameras separately, and that should be done just before the vehicle arrives at the ambush site. This means I'll need to be in position and have time to identify the location of the two cameras."

She rubs her palms together nervously as she continues to develop her plan. She glances over at Corporal Sander. "I shall use any loose metals lying at the construction site as material for the "Faraday cage" of your suggestion. I'll need a considerable amount of material in order to completely enclose the vehicle. Radio-frequency communications are easy to block due to their large wave-length, but some cell-phone and most high-frequency communications can pass through gaps that are too large. Perhaps I should go a little early to the construction site in order to identify stores of pipes, sheet metal, and beams. Better safe than sorry."

After adding her "2 cents", she pauses to get feedback.
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"I have a handgun and a knife. If you want me on overwatch I can do that but I won't be able to provide fire support with what I have. Getting off topic a little, our security people only have some sidearms, and the murder-bots Dr. Sokolov sent over don't have any weapons unless they're hidden somewhere."

"The garbage truck is a good idea. Gross ..."

Her facial feature scrunch up again in a forced mimicry of the expression of distaste you had seen earlier. Raising one hand he points a finger at her face.

"This is my gross face. Anyway, gross but smart. We can throw a tarp over the electronics, then cover it in more garbage for some added concealment. No one wants to do a search through a ton of diapers and last week's mystery meat."

At Iona's mention of arriving at the construction site ahead of time Sander responds with a singular not.

"You and I both probably need to get there ahead of Diego and the truck. Now, bear in mind this is a work day. Might be close to lunch hour, but still. People may end up on site working while we do this."
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game

Diego nods at the two listening. He was good at infiltration, lying, and it seemed killing now so taking in the input of everyone who compensated for his gaps was something he was still working on. "The initial explorations of the base found some weapons, but unfortunately not enough for a proper supply of the base staff. There was other items of value such as jewels found we may be able to sell to procure more weapons or use other methods to trade or steal some. Dr. Sokolovs slave robots may yet have surprises he hasn't revealed. I would not put anything past the mad scientist. While his help with the equipment is of course appreciated, there is a reason Imperator did what he did in regards to Dr. Sokolov.", says Diego processing everything said. The obvious jab at Dr. Sokolov was said with his standard monotone voice.

"For this mission, I do not forsee fire support being needed. Iona will need an escort though to help her navigate. So you are free to use any of the weapons we did find to help in that regard. Given her entrance at this site, she will need help in keeping discrete for the workers who decide to work during the lunch break. If any spot our activities, they will need to be handled preferably through electrical means to mask the killings as standard electrical damage as best as possible.", continues Diego lamented the lack of proper weaponry in his mind.

Turning now to Iona, Diego pauses to think before answering."We will get you the time you will need as best we are able. While I procure the dump truck and manuever it to the site, Corporeal Sanders can help you with your tactical needs. If she is going to keep watch, getting a sense of the activity of the day will be a requirement. If we can get the equipment transport in a shadow covered area it will be easier for me to take the guards unaware. ", finishes Diego. Over the last few days, he was still getting used to his new role. Even after leading previous missions, it was only now that the weight of it all was starting to feel heavier on him.
When you went through them they contained some personal effects (birth certificates, ID, jewelry, etc.), a light pistol, shotgun, and ammo for both guns.
So if I read that right, there is 2 guns which means a resupply raid of weapons might be in order.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game


"I think that is a reasonable plan." Iona always knew that someday she would be forced to fight for The Cause. Their manpower-resources were too few to rely on common soldiers for everything. If Dr. Sokolov could be drawn into combat against the foe, then certainly his lieutenant would be expected to fight. Still, her first instincts were to heal and not to hack.

"Should I dress as I am now? ...as a pauper? I just want to make sure that I don't stand out."
OOC: So this will simply be Diego, Sander, and Iona on ths mission? No other personnel? If there are other personnel, would it be possible for Iona to bring a very small amount of medical supplies (like a first aid kit) in a raggedy old purse?
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When Diego pulls the plan together into a summary the Corporal keeps her eyes on him. Occasionally she nods in acknowledgement when he mentions her part in the operation. Then, after he finishes, she looks over to Iona as the synthetic woman addresses her.

"The area we'll be operating in is better developed than Ward 3. You could call it middle class. So you can dress up. You should, if the plan is for you to ride with me. A homeless woman on the back of a ninja sorta clashes. You're going to have a hard time not standing out no matter what."

With that statement Tilly's big chocolatey brown eyes roam down Iona's form in an appraising fashion that seemed to penetrate the rags she tried to hide behind, then back up to the woman's face.

"I can help you pick out something to wear."
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Supernaturalist wrote:So this will simply be Diego, Sander, and Iona on ths mission? No other personnel? If there are other personnel, would it be possible for Iona to bring a very small amount of medical supplies (like a first aid kit) in a raggedy old purse?
No one has mentioned taking anyone other than Sander with you. Bear in mind, you do not have well equipped elite commandos at your disposal. You have poorly equipped security guards … and unarmed battle-bots that would stand out in a big way.

If both of you are content, we can end the scene here and move on to putting the plan in motion: Diego heading out to intercept the garbage truck and the ladies moving to the construction site.
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With the plan decided, Diego went to make preparations after studying the map a bit more. Timing was going to be critical here. They didn't have a strike team and even if they did they would be better used at the base. Tilly was with Iona, so there was hope she wouldn't mess up the mission. Helping to pick the wardrobe would help. Iona wasn't exactly the sort who could hide her appearance very well, so the trick would be to not hide it so much as not draw too much attention.

When the time came to depart, Diego nodded to Sanders and Iona. Lack of communications was going to hinder the operation, but he still had the burners at least. As a precaution, Diego devised a schema to make the messages look like innocent texts that even if detected after the fact would make it look like a hijacking for profit if the messages needed to be sent.

Making his way through the city was much easier now. When he wasn't traveling through the shadows, he was under the face of a homeless vagrant or other appearance that wouldn't draw too much attention. Even if picked up via facial recognition, it could be written off as just another face that didn't register. Upon arriving at the garage truck hijacking site, Diego waits in the shadows unseen by anyone.

Once the truck arrives, Diego stays to the shadows and works his way into the truck becoming more liquid under the passenger seat side. Before the driver could react, Diego works an elongated arm with a black spike up the seat and into the back of the driver up through his throat to muffle any screams. Slumping the driver over, puppeting him with the arm still inside him, Diego uses the chance to take the Drivers appearance reemerging as him.

Looking about to ensure no one is watching or driving to a place along the route that is bette hidden, Diego lugs the body into the back with the rubbish. Even going through a check point, security wasn't likely to check the trash. Staying cautious though, Diego mimicked the driver as best he could while he got into position.
Stealth 15 I suspect orokos is having issues. Haven't got a good roll from that site for a while now.
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The meeting ends and you go your separate ways, Diego to get a head start on hijacking a vehicle, and the two women to get Iona's attire sorted out. Relocating to the room Tilly had been sleeping in, the brown eyed girl looks Iona over more intently, then rummages around in her wardrobe. One by one she hands the cyborg an assortment of clothes and accessories, encouraging her to try them on: large sunglasses, a black jacket with a hood, a set of navy blue jeans, a chain that after some experimentation Iona discovers is actually meant to be used as a belt, a black turtle neck, a pair of leather bracers with metal studs, and a set of light weight black shoes with metal rings around the shoes lane holes. She is also given the opportunity to borrow an assortment of rings, a necklace, and earrings. Tilly makes sure to pick out jewelry with high ferrous metal content. Once Iona has he outfit sorted out Tilly stands her in front of a mirror.

"When the action kicks off, or you need to mask your identity, you can lift the hood and pull the turtle neck up over your mouth and nose. Should have plenty of metal bits on you. Save those for an emergency. When there isn't anything else in your environment to use your magnet powers on."

With the clothes sorted out, the Corporal takes Iona through a makeup routine. Though instead of beautifying techniques, they practice ways of adding the appearance of blemishes, and making Iona's features less flattering.
OOC wrote:If you like, you may make a Deception check Aided by Corporal Sander to in effect dawn the disguise of a less attractive woman.
As you don't have any means of storing and supporting vehicles at your base, Tilly is forced to store her motorcycle offsite. Accompanying her, Iona discovers that her ride is being stored in the wreckage of a building, populated by a couple families. The Corporal pays them to keep an eye on her bike, hide it in their 'home', and make sure no one steals or damages it. At the bike Iona receives a full head helmet with visor. Tilly dawns a matching helmet herself.

When they set out on the road, she notices that Corporal Sander does not stick to conventional routes of travel. There are times when she sneaks them through allies, or drives through ruined buildings. These may be short cuts, but they also serve as a means of avoiding check points and other dangers that Iona can only contemplate. After a trip that feels as though you have travelled to the opposite side of the city, you ride by a construction site that Tilly points out as you ambush location. There is an assortment of heavy vehicles at work tearing down dangrious and damage segments while others work to built up another area. You are driven past this, however, and Sander steers her motorcycle into an alley a building away from the ambush site.

There he turns off the engine and lists her helmet's visor. After giving IOna a chance to dismount he fishes a mirror out of her jacket and holds it up.

"I'll use this to flash you signals. One flash means our boy is about to arrive way. Two flashes means the target is about to arrive. Three means enemy reinforcements are on their way."

"If you want my attention, give a peace sign. If you want me to look at something, peace sign, then point to it. If you need me to leave my post and back you up, give a hang loose sign."

As Tilly offers up the directions for communicating without using coms or burners she makes the signs when she mentions them. There is a pause afterwards as she regards Dr. Sokolov's lieutenant.

"Anything else you want to cover before we split up?"
OOC wrote:I will give Iona a chance to get a post in before updating Diego's progress. Supernaturalist may want to do some scouting as well, which would happen before Diego's arrival.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game


Iona gratefully takes the clothing from Tilly and moves off to a more private area to dress. There is a shyness in her movements, and despite her inhuman beauty, a modesty that restrains her from flaunting it. "These are nice clothes, I shall hopefully return them to you undamaged.", she says softly. After she is fully clothes, Iona stands in front of a mirror, more to analyze the disguise than to admire herself. "The extra metal is a cunning addition to the outfit. It may indeed come in handy."

When Tilly approaches her with the makeup (along with he plan to de-beautify the female cyborg), Iona is again impressed at the woman's cunning. "I...I have never worn makeup before. I'm afraid you'll have to do the application." There is a slight tone of embarrassment as if this is a skill an adult woman should easily know.
Ok, here's the Deception roll: Supernaturalist:1D20+8 → 19(11 + 8). So, a total of 19.
After Tilly's cosmetic work and instructions on how to cover her face when the time comes, the two set out for the ambush site. The young cyborg clings tightly to Tilly during the ride. Despite her tough, metal construction, Iona is nervous about riding on the motorcycle. The instability of the vehicle is not to her tastes, but Tilly drives with consummate skill, relieving her of most of her angst.
There she turns off the engine and lists her helmet's visor. After giving IOna a chance to dismount he fishes a mirror out of her jacket and holds it up.

"I'll use this to flash you signals. One flash means our boy is about to arrive way. Two flashes means the target is about to arrive. Three means enemy reinforcements are on their way."

"If you want my attention, give a peace sign. If you want me to look at something, peace sign, then point to it. If you need me to leave my post and back you up, give a hang loose sign."

As Tilly offers up the directions for communicating without using coms or burners she makes the signs when she mentions them. There is a pause afterwards as she regards Dr. Sokolov's lieutenant.

"Anything else you want to cover before we split up?"
"I've been thinking about a cover story...a reason to be walking about the construction area before Diego and his truck arrives. Do you think I could pass as a reporter? Maybe doing a story on the renovation of Hadron City? I'm hoping no one asks, but just in case."

Iona eagerly awaits any advice that Corporal Sander gives. The young cyborg feels out of her element; and lies are much more convincing when they are planned out carefully in advance.

After a few minutes of coaching from Sander, Iona proceeds towards the ambush site. In particular, her "magnetic sense" scans the surfaces of nearby buildings looking for areas where electrical wire emerges from brick and concrete...likely places where exterior cameras are located. After making a mental note, she approaches the construction site itself, just close enough to get a visual confirmation on stored quantities of metal from whatever source it may be.
OOC: Ok, I'll make a Perception roll. Let me know if any other rolls are needed. Supernaturalist:1D20+10 → 16(6 + 10). A total of 16.
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Wednesday 20th, February 2019 - Telephone Game

When Iona proposes her idea for lying about being a reporter if she were confronted Corporal Sander takes her helmet off. She then looks Iona's body over in a critical fashion before returning to her eyes and raising her left hand, which made a 'gimme' gesture. Her verbal response took on an interrogating tone.

"Do you have credentials to prove you're a journalist? What outfit do you work for? Got a number for your boss?"

After grilling Iona with question after question, without waiting for a response to any of them, the Corporal then relaxed her disposition and tone.

"Don't claim to be someone or something unless you can back it up."

Tilly moves a hand to Iona's collar where she straightens out a few wrinkle lines.

"You could act like you're crushing on someone that works here or say you're looking for a job. Use any nerves or jitters you might feel about the op. If you act nervous it'll provide reasoning for why you kept your distance."

The woman offers Iona a sly smile after that statement, just before Iona sets out on her way.


It is a gray overcast day. Like a shut-in unwilling to leave home the sun refuses to come out from behind the field of clouds spanning across the mid-morning sky. It had rained in the dark hours of the morning and everything was damp. Iona found herself walking through or around puddles between where Tilly dropped her off and the construction site. It wasn't quite noon yet; somewhere between ten and eleven. The area had a good density of metal. Men carried tools. There were vehicles moving about, from cranes lifting I-beams to dump trucks hauling material to or away from the area. The building itself had some skeletal sections where metal framing was exposed, and there was broken concrete with rebar reinforcing inside of it. In one corner of the property there was a small mobile trailer and a pickup truck parked near it. One section of the work area even had stacks of I-beams that were gradually being used to build up the upper reaches of the wounded building the construction workers were re-building.

On the road vehicles drove day with a degree of jaded and rote care when reminded to by signs. As Iona looked over these, she found the reflective domes that she knew to be cameras observing the area. The fact she knew their approximate location before hand helped her locate them, though she noticed … or rather did not notice … any magnetic material in their composition. It was likely that there were no magnetic parts exposed enough for her to pick up on. In any case, she does not have long to think on the matter before she sees a flash of light cross her vision. Just once.

Diego had murdered the garbage truck driver and assumed the man's identity without drawing any obvious attention to himself. There were no scream. No pointing declaration of his guilt. He drove away from the crime scene with his stolen truck and his stolen body. A corpse in the back along with the refuse. Though he didn't expect them to, the guards at the check point he approached did in fact check the back of the truck. But the garbage he loaded in after killing the man concealed the body and the Stronghold soldiers did not go digging in the filth. Other than the check point and a tense moment were a Stronghold vehicle followed his truck for a minute, Diego didn't encounter any actual trouble on his way to the construction site where Iona and Corporal Sander waited.

OOC wrote:Supernaturalist, please edit the title tag and date into your post.

Iona has Accurate Detect Magnetic Materials. It is not Acute. This means she can tell where magnetic materials are, but not the details of that material. She can't tell iron from gold or steel bar from copper wiring. Except the quantity difference.

If Iona wants to sneak around she may make a Stealth check. Alternatively, if he want to blend in she may make a Deception check. Attractive will not apply to any rolls unless I state that it does.

Diego may enter the scene now. I'll give you an opportunity to take some actions before the transport approaches.
Evelyn Gracen, in AEGIS Squad
Storyteller for In the Shadow of Imperator
Storyteller for Geneforge: the Created
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