<strong>Who</strong>:<strong>Myst-R-OUS-1</strong>and<strong>Bat-R-REE-1</strong>and<strong>Mask-R-ADE-1</strong>and<strong>Vict-R-YYY-2</strong>and<strong>Doct-R-NIK-1</strong><br/><strong>Where</strong>: BRIEFING ROOM B3729 SECTOR PLX<br/><strong>Why</strong>: TBD<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/67/Cobie23.jpg)</div><br/>The briefing officer almost seems to smile as Bat-R-REE-1 selects the Loyalty Officer badge and affixes it to his uniform. "Well done, citizen," she congratulates him. "A top-notch Loyalty Officer is critical to the success of any mission. For if the mission should succeed but treasonous activity goes unpunished, then the mission is truly a failure." She hands him a small gray egg-shaped device. There is a black square panel on the side about an inch square.<br/><br/>"This is your Indestructible Loyalty Transcript Recorder, model 2. It will only respond to your personal thumbprint. Use it to make Loyalty Reports on your fellow Troubleshooters. Note any potential treasonous activity, no matter how small. In the event that you are unable to return here for your post-mission briefing, a beacon inside the ILTR-2 will ensure that it is picked up and your observations are entered into the Computer's permanent record. You are aware of the Ten Early Warning Signs of Commie Treasonous Behavior?" The tone of her voice suggests that ignorance of this list would not be a good thing to display at this juncture. Maybe you can look it up later.<br/><br/>"Well, then. As it seems that our last Troubleshooter has met with some sort of unfortunate mishap, we'll simply assign you a Bot to take care of equipment needs. Bots hardly ever fail catastrophically. We'll see what we have in the pool to be deployed on short notice. The Bot will bring along any experimental equipment that needs testing. Please rise."<br/><br/>When everyone has come to their feet, she continues. "Brave Troubleshooters, on this, the occasion of your first mission, I salute you. Report to Tube Station 29183 in exactly one hour. An express car has been prepared for you which will allow transit into the sealed XTC sector. Good luck." If there are no further questions, she will exit the room, taking her clipboard with her.<br/><br/>The briefing appears to be over. You may talk among yourselves, proceed immediately to the departure site, go grab a snack, or...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Only Read If Your Character Has a Secret</div><div class="spoiler_body">Or... traditionally, this is the period of time where characters split up and check in with their Secret Societies or other contacts. Typically your Secret Society will be able to offer you additional information or equipment pertaining to your upcoming mission. They may also have an extra, secret mission for you and you alone.<br/><br/>We could run all of those 1-on-1 encounters through PM, but half the fun of this game is knowing things OOC that you don't know IC, and grinding your teeth as a result. So we'll just go ahead and play the separate branches out here, as we did with your adventures on the way to the briefing. If you want to contact someone from your Society, go ahead and make up the person (if you like) and set the stage. If you'd rather I come up with something that's fine too. Any questions, please just ask.<br/><br/>This is also the period of time when you could visit the Black Market and spend credits to get special equipment. But frankly I don't want to bother with a shopping trip right now, or transcribing big equipment lists. So we're going to skip that. I promise that not having the exactly suitable piece of gear later won't come back to bite you in the butt. Okay, I mostly promise that.<br/><br/></div></div><br/>...or nothing. No secrets here, no sir.<br/>