<div align="center"><strong>Major Laughton; Can we get on with it?</strong></div><br/>Anne sat down and picked up her portfolio from the floor. "Right. There has been a lot of silliness. But we're all adults here. Desmond, I don't blame you for wanting some insurance." She nodded at the heavy machine gun that had been behind the curtain. "That was mine, and believe me if any of you had tried anything, Fran would have killed you all. Reaper, please put the gun away. I know you have one out, and I can assure you it is not necessary. If Oni screws up again I will allow you to put a bullet in his balls before I put one in his lungs, but after Niki has kneecapped him!"<br/><br/>She grinned. "And yes, I have a video feed from under the table direct to my implant! Now, our mission. Iffy, the first image, please?" The holo-projector lit up with the image of a rather attractive, yet severely dressed Chinese woman. As Anne spoke, the data file on the person displayed was uploaded by IFFY directly into each team member's implant.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img.en.china.cn/0/0,0,95,15899,343,490,f6c0d729.jpg)</div>"This is our employer. her name is Lao Chu Hua (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95387.msg4168832#msg4168832), and she is the CEO of the largest bioware company on the planet. She is also one of the richest women on the planet.<br/><br/>"The thorn in her side is this man". The image changed to show a rather bland, chubby, middle aged man.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://ncet2.org/my%20images/Blackwell%204x6-mr.jpg)</div>"This is Doctor Ernst Von Trapp (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95387.msg4268045#msg4268045). And if any of you starts singing ANYTHING from the sound of music I will personally put a bullet in you right here and now! Apparently he is a direct male line descendent of the original Captain Von Trapp. Herr Doctor Von Trapp owns the seconds largest Bioware company in the world and the patents on what most of you have in your skulls. I know mine is a VT Industries Implant."<br/><br/>Anne shrugs. "Incidentally, our employer has assured me that she won't hold it against us, but if any of you wish to change over to a Shēngwù implant, Madam Lao is willing to give a very good rate upon successful completion of the mission!"<br/><br/>She glances around the faces in the group. "Our target, however is not Herr Doctor. As you will see from his file, he has retired from the actual science side and spends his time running the company. Instead, most of the R and D is carried out by his daughter." The image changed again to display a young woman who rivalled Francine in her bustiness.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://media.weirdworm.com/img/life/6-types-of-halloween-costumes-analyzed/sexy.jpg)</div>This is Maria Von Trapp (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95276.msg4268167#msg4268167), and I will castrate and fillet anyone who starts singing, including the AI! She is Von Trapp's only child, and she is probably the most brilliant mind in the field of Biotech today."<br/><br/>Annd grinned now at her audience. "Our task is to kidnap her, destroy her lab, hold her prisoner and break her by whatever means we find most effective. Once she is a totally compliant and submissive slave, we are to hand her over to Madam Lao. That is when we get paid the balance."<br/><br/>She smirked. "I, for one, am most looking forward to the breaking bit!"<br/><br/>The major paused. "Any questions so far? Other than how we do it, because that is the next part of the briefing."