<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Mjr. Anne Laughton</strong></span></div><br/>The Major nodded at Kacy's reaction, noticing that the others in the team seemed to be relatively satisfied with her answer. "Well, unless anyone else has a question, I'll continue." She paused, and as no-one seemed to be about to ask anything, she carried on with the briefing.<br/><br/>(http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/AR/ELEV_LRDYSARTCASTLEF_550.JPG)(http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/AR/ELEV_LRDYSARTCASTLER_1000.JPG)<br/>The first image to show was a very nice house. Not really a castle, but definitely a manor house, built within the last fifty years. The hologram rotated slowly above the AI's terminal, allowing the team to see the house from all sides. "This is Châteaux Cervier. The name means Lynx house or Lynx Castle, according to Iffie's translation software, but it is also a pun on the French word cerveau, meaning brain. It was bought by Doctor Von Trapp a few years ago and has been heavily modified inside."<br/><br/>Anne shrugged and glanced around the room. "Sadly, the current plans are unavailable to us. Oni, you have about twelve hours. If you can get the updated floor plans in that time, without tripping any alarms, you will have redeemed yourself in my eyes. In the mean time, here are the plans that Iffy was able to retrieve."<br/><br/>The floor plans were displayed in a three-dimentional cut-away image that was also loaded directly into the implants of the team.<br/>(http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/AR/DysartCastle_Base_1000.jpg)(http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/AR/DysartCastle_1_1000.jpg)(http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/AR/DysartCastle_2_1000.jpg)(http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/AR/FLR_LRDYSARTCASTLE2_1000.JPG)<br/><br/>"As you can see, the plans do not exactly match the images. We know that the basement level contains Maria's laboratory, and we suspect the gym and media rooms have been converted., with the study still functioning as her office. The Doctor has his own office on the ground floor, we suspect in what was the theatre, directly above his daughter's." Anne paused for breath, then went on.<br/><br/>"Defences... There are auto-cannon mounted at several points. We know this because Iffy was able to access the records of the company that supplied them. Again, Oni, if you are able to hack the company's secure records, we will know where they are and what the fields of fire are, but that's secondary, really, to you hacking the control system and either rendering it inoperative or spoofing it to think we aren't there."<br/><br/>She looked at Calvin next. "There are six human guards on patrol at night. Our employer has provided us with everything on them except how regular their bowel movements are. The important thing, though, is to take them out cleanly and quietly. Desmond, we will need a little distraction from you, something small but exciting. Not enough to alert everyone, but enough to draw all six guards to the same side of the building so that 'Longshot' can take them."<br/><br/>She paused, then added, "And it needs to be timed or remote, because you are needed inside."<br/><br/>Anne consulted her notes, inside her own implant, and went on again. "Once Oni has taken out the automated defences and Calvin has put down the human ones, we go through the front door. Reaper, that's your job. Get us in. The door is alarmed, so you'll need your tools.<br/><br/>"Once in, Oni and Kacy take up position in the library - which we think still functions as such. You guys guard our way out. Oni, you also have the job of detecting and overriding any internal security systems on the access to the lab. You guide Reaper and Desmond down to the lab. Reaper, you get Desmond inside it. Desmond, plant whatever you need to make it look like the place went up by accident, but make sure it is totally destroyed.<br/><br/>"Meanwhile I will go upstairs, and help Niki retrieve the target."<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.hellomagazine.com/imagenes/profiles/jennifer-connelly/769-connollyprofb.jpg)</div>A new picture appeared on the holographic projector and another, much briefer file appeared in each of their implants. "This is Tisha Magnessen (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95387.msg4296806#msg4296806). Tisha is a rising star in the world of biotech. Sadly for her, she is a recent acquaintance of Miss Von Trapp, and has been invited to spend a few days at Châteaux Cervier, to see how things are done. This is sad for her because her arrival is very conveniently in six hours from now. She has booked a hire car at Strasbourg Airport. Reaper, you Nikki and I will intercept her on the way to the châteaux. Niki will take her place, and infiltrate the castle, making sure that our package is ready for collection."<br/><br/>She cleared the screen. "Once we have the package, we make our egress the way we came in. Calvin, you cover our escape route." She checked her notes again. "We make it back to the rendezvous, and return here, where we secure the package and prepare her for her new owner. Any questions?"<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.clipartheaven.com/clipart/education_&amp;_schools/cartoons/question_mark.gif)</div>Iffy displayed a big red spinning question mark until Anne sent her a very terse message,<em>Iffy, if you don't take that down, I shall allow Niki to reprogram you!</em>