Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji & Wander)
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				Title: <strong>Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-12-2014, 00:27:43</strong>
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				After the Fall, the secret conspiracy Firewall banded together, coming together across several factions who would otherwise be at odds - hypercapitalists and autonomists; bioconservatives and uplifts; oligarchs and Barsoomians; socialites and scum - for one single purpose.&nbsp; Humanity had been decimated by the Fall, wherein nine out of every ten humans living were killed.&nbsp; The TITANs became the new boogeyman.&nbsp; The one thing that would wipe out humanity, if it was allowed to return and wage war openly on the system as it had been allowed to on Earth.&nbsp; Agreeing to set aside their differences, the men and women of Firewall - crows, erasers, proxies, and sentinels - agreed to one simple code.<br><br><strong>There cannot be another Fall.</strong><br><br><em><strong>The Solar System, Planet Mars, Pathfinder City</strong></em><br><br>Home to the gatecrashing hypercorp, Pathfinder City is one of the major metropolitan locales on the Red Planet.&nbsp; But Mars is home to a lot more things, too – one of the prime examples of the is the Barsoomian Movement, which takes its name from Pre-Fall Earth literature by which Mars was referred to by its indigenous habitants.&nbsp; Sadly, the whole ‘Martian men’ idea never panned out like it did in those books, but the people of Barsoom exist anyways.&nbsp; One particular Barsoomian of interest to us is the man you’ll be meeting in a little bit.&nbsp; His name is Fox.&nbsp; Or at least, that’s how the people of Firewall know him.&nbsp; Fox grew up in a scum swarm, but left the swarm during the Fall, when the swarm was attacked.&nbsp; He managed to get to Mars, but in the process of reintegrating with the fork he had there, got…a few screws knocked loose in the process.&nbsp; He joined the Barsoomians out of retaliation for Martian (though you might as well say hypercorp) police brutality.&nbsp; It was during this time that he came to the attention of the cross-factional conspiracy Firewall, who recruited him into their ranks after careful vetting.<br><br>That was five months ago.&nbsp; Since then, Fox has run a couple of strictly low-profile investigations for Firewall (mainly exploiting his Barsoomian connections), but three days ago he was summoned to Pathfinder City, to meet with a Proxy – codename Kranz – and receive what was deemed as ‘an assignment of utmost importance.’&nbsp; It sounded big.&nbsp; Really big.&nbsp; Upon arriving at Pathfinder City, and following the initial set of instructions he’d been given, Fox would discover a mesh address.&nbsp; Once he situated himself and headed there via his inserts, Fox would find himself dumped into a simulspace that resembled what had to be a pre-Fall space mission control room: Fox had seen such things in pictures.&nbsp; Sitting at the head of the room (Fox was in front of the gigantic control screen) was another individual.&nbsp; “Sentinel Fox.&nbsp; I’m Proxy Kranz.&nbsp; Get over here and listen closely.”<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>11-12-2014, 20:05:26</strong>
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				Within the confines of the simulspace, Fox placed himself forward in a similar appearance to that of himself in his current Splicer Morph, a moderately okay looking guy with medium-length brown hair and a beard in smart cold weather clothing seen common enough on Mars for those that could afford it. Just how someone who looked and lived such a vagrant lifestyle as Fox has since his forced arrival on Mars ten years back said much for his connections across the varying Post-Fall social networks. He walked to the seat offered by Kranz and to his side, the feminine beauty of his Muse, the AI aide that dwelled in his Mesh Inserts augment, an AI given form dressed like a high-end erotic entertainer acting as a secretary took the seat next to him.<br><br>Fox acted like this was no big thing, his Muse was merely there to quickly clarify things for him and perhaps do things such as store pertinent information for later on. "Nice to meet you, Proxy Kranz..." Fox nodded with a pleasant if stoic expression. "Just to let you know before we begin... I had to pull a variety of favours to get here Kranz... You know I'm local to Renrakubrug... A simple message to me with a Mesh link would have sufficed... But then... I suppose the Mission is gonna need me closer to here, isn't it?" he asked. The appearance of the room around him that the simulspace attempted to copy was impressive, though Fox was slightly put out from the journey he had to undertake on zero credits to his name. Nevertheless, that his Muse was ready beside him to take notes showed he was ready enough to listen.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>11-12-2014, 23:25:59</strong>
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				"Firewall will make sure you're compensated for whatever you had to do to get here, Sentinel.&nbsp; But to answer your question, yes, it was required that you get here.&nbsp; After all, this is the closest major city to the TQZ."&nbsp; The TITAN Quarantine Zone was the No Man's Land of Mars, a place no one ever went unless you had to.&nbsp; Which made it sound like that that's where Fox was going.&nbsp; "Screen."&nbsp; Kranz pointed to the big board up front.&nbsp; A photo of a woman - Middle Eastern descent, by the look of her - appeared on the screen.&nbsp; "<em>This</em> is Dr. Zameena al-Mareekh.&nbsp; She worked for the Extropian gatecrashing firm Proactionary on the exoplanet Giza, where the alien blackbox communication devices were found.&nbsp; The hypercorp that controlled the gate to Giza - the Go-nin Group - eventually discovered what Proactionary was doing and shut them down, sending what remained of Proactionary's staff afterwards into hiding.&nbsp; This you already know."&nbsp; Or should have, either way.<br><br>"Al-Mareekh is a specialist in Pandora Gate operations, and she managed to evade capture to make it back here to Mars, where she liquidated everything she had and then disappeared aboard her family's airship - the <em>Hegira</em> - which headed into the TQZ.&nbsp; We tried to scramble a mission to infiltrate the <em>Hegira</em> and grab Al-Mareekh before it sailed, but there wasn't enough time.&nbsp; This is our second shot.&nbsp; We think the <em>Hegira</em> is headed to the ruins of Qurain, inside the TQZ.&nbsp; Your job is simple.&nbsp; Get into the Zone, find the <em>Hegira </em>and Dr. Al-Mareekh, and either make sure her records and research are either captured or destroyed."<br><br>Beat.&nbsp; "Naturally, you won't be going alone.&nbsp; There are five other Sentinels who have been brought in on this mission.&nbsp; All of you will be entering on a Mars Buggy equipped with the latest stealth systems.&nbsp; After we're done here, and I've uploaded the mission directives to you, you'll find a point outside the Pathfinder City checkpoints.&nbsp; That's where you'll meet the rest of the team."<br><br>"Any questions?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 01:24:39</strong>
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				Fox listened intently, starting with the nod at compensation. The mention of the TQZ, the place on Mars you didn't want to get near without having a back-up of yourself done first before you went near there and even then have a wish that if something got you there it killed you rather than kept you alive... Well, that made alarm bells go off in Fox's head and he couldn't hide the slight panic in his eyes. [It's okay...] his Muse softly spoke before the screen came on and a calm smile spread over the AI's feminine face. Their holographic hand rested on Fox's shoulder and with a small nod to her he listened to what Kranz had to say.<br><br>[Alien black boxes?] Fox spoke to his Muse through his mesh inserts, silently and inaudibly to Kranz as his Muse pulled up the pertinent information for him via the Mesh direct. At the mention of what Proactionary were doing, Fox gave his Muse another look and more information was placed at-hand for him to glance through. She was a good Muse when it came to things like this. Fox placed a hand up once Kranz had finished speaking, "First, I suppose I'd like to know who the other Sentinels I'll be working with are. I'd also like to know, if possible, more on the specifics of what Proactionary and the Dr were doing to be classed an existential threat, just what their find was on Giza." He paused to give his Muse a look, one that spoke to her to record what Kranz would answer with...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 03:01:14</strong>
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				"The other Sentinels...very well.&nbsp; A moment."&nbsp; Kranz' brow furrow in concentration, and the Doctor's picture disappeared.&nbsp; "First up is Vastian (https://i.warosu.org/data/tg/img/0266/04/1376439635073.png).&nbsp; He's been working with Firewall for around three years now, and he's got more experience running the TQZ than any of you.&nbsp; If you run into any trouble out there, he should be able to give you a handle on whatever it is."&nbsp; A novacrab morph...those were usually used by uplifts, rather than actual people.&nbsp; "Following him is Octagon (https://eclipse-phase.wikispaces.com/file/view/NicoFem.jpg/245816137/357x556/NicoFem.jpg).&nbsp; Octagon's familiar with the Martian outback, like you.&nbsp; She's got a few ties in law enforcement, which might help if you guys have to deal with the Rangers that run interference on the TQZ.&nbsp; Then comes Piccolo (https://eclipse-phase.wikispaces.com/file/view/char1jovian_spy.jpg/319335902/282x463/char1jovian_spy.jpg).&nbsp; Pic's an experienced hand at subtlety and he's good in a fight, just in case you have to combat any wastewalkers or exsurgents inside the Zone."<br><br>Beat.&nbsp; "The last two we had to egocast in from Rimward, but they're worth it.&nbsp; Sirius (http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140617013709/dishonoredvideogame/images/6/61/Martin_target_photo.png) is an experienced technical hand, and he's excellent with airships, just in case you have to fly the <em>Hegira</em> out of the Zone.&nbsp; Be wary if you do, though.&nbsp; The Consortium will come down hard on an aircraft running the Zone border.&nbsp; Last up is Tremor (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=261jad4&amp;s=5#.VHvPuMmwTIg).&nbsp; Tremor's a veteran Sentinel, been part of Firewall for five years going.&nbsp; She's also a highly experienced and well-versed Gatecrasher.&nbsp; Anything regarding the Gates, Proactionary, or the good Doctor's research, she should be able to understand it."<br><br>"Speaking of the Doctor...we're not sure exactly <em>what</em> Proactionary and their staff did, but to give you an idea?&nbsp; One of the other handful of Proactionary staffers who also evaded capture popped up in Nova York out on the belt, selling a design for a special high-yield solar cell.&nbsp; It delivered as promised...for six hours and then it exploded critically, damaging part of the hab and forcing two dozen workers in the plant to be resleeved.&nbsp; The Doc's specialty in understanding how the Gates work...it's dangerous, too much to be in anyone else's hands."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 16:20:23</strong>
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				Fox nodded as the other team members were introduced. He recognised some morphs visually, the Novacrab worn by Vastian was the simplest, of course. He had to wonder just why an apparent expert on the TQZ would risk a cyberbrain and puppet sock out there... Novacrabs were usually used for those who favoured a body good for disposable combat work in less breathable atmospheres. This information was something quickly gathered by Fox's Muse and passed to him via his Mesh insert when he seemed surprised to see the morph. Seeing as they ran for over 30,000 credits they weren't too common in the Inner system at least, especially when it came to the frigid deserts of Mars...<br><br><br>The other morphs were pretty subtle on what exactly they were under the hood. All except Tremor who seemed to have enough body augments to make Fox wonder what her morph originally was. Either way the team seemed fairly well picked and most eventualities seemed covered. "Thats alot of bases covered... What is my role to be in this venture? The other Sentinels have clearly been picked for specific reasons, what reason did you have to contact me? It can't just be because I know Mars... I'm a vagrant from the souks in Renrakubrug, not an outbacker like Octagon..." he spoke to Kranz. "One more thing... What is so dangerous about what the Doc can do with the Gates and how they function? I understand dodgy power-cells taking down settlements, but what does that have to do with the Pandora Gates?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 19:34:16</strong>
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				"The reason you were picked for this team is that, while they do have wide-ranging capabilities, they lack one particular thing that you possess.&nbsp; Barsoomian connections.&nbsp; Tremor and Sirius are from Rimward, they don't really know any Sunward autonomists, same with Vastian, except he's from the Belt, and Piccolo and Octagon have mostly CivicNet reputation, not so much on the @-List.&nbsp; You're necessary because if you get in trouble out beyond the cities, you have the best chance of convincing someone to help your team."&nbsp; Kranz explained to Fox.&nbsp; "As for the Doc's knowledge...it's not dangerous, per se.&nbsp; The main reason we're concerned about it is because she fled to the TQZ.&nbsp; If she was still out here, hiding from Go-nin, we wouldn't have given her a second thought.&nbsp; In the Zone?&nbsp; She could get infected, become an exsurgent, and we have <em>no idea</em> what they are capable of.&nbsp; So to answer your question, it's not just the research.&nbsp; It's the fact she's in the middle of TITAN central here on Mars."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 20:02:11</strong>
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				Fox gave a nod with a little grin crossing his face, "I see... Thats fair enough, I've done my bit for Firewall in using my connections to sort out infiltration and recon. It's more than Barsoomians I can network in a jam, my @-rep covers my old Scum connects, I also have dealings with the Extropians to get by... Any Sunward anarchists and visiting Titanians should be covered by my rep too. 'Course I doubt we'll see the latter out in the sticks..." he explained. "Still, I wonder what desperation brought her to go into the TQZ... But then from what I hear about Go-nin, it's probably the one place they'd be too scared to follow and try to take her head..." he muttered.<br><br>"I guess last questions Mission-wise for now are how long has she been known to be there and how deep in is she?" Fox asked Kranz after a beat and then after a brief scratch of his beard to consider the mission he spoke up, "I'm getting backed up before I go in, right? Can I also get some insurance to ensure I'll get an equivalent worth morph to the one I'm currently sleeved in incase of an incident to be resleeved into? You promise me that and I'm in." Fox's Muse gave him a nod and stood up from the seat next to him, with himself standing up also. He was pretty much ready to head out and meet the team if he could get those favours pulled going in beforehand.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 20:31:08</strong>
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				"The <em>Hegira</em> crossed the border into the TQZ less than a week ago.&nbsp; At the rate she can travel, she's probably been at Qurain - assuming that's where they were going - for half that time.&nbsp; Qurain's a ways inside the border, around three to four hundred ks.&nbsp; It's not the White Zone," the most forbidden part of the entire place, "but it gets pretty close to it.&nbsp; And yes, we have your backup and will ensure your return in case you don't come back from the TQZ.&nbsp; I think you will, though.&nbsp; The Zone's not as dangerous as most people think, as long as you're careful."&nbsp; Beat.&nbsp; "One other thing.&nbsp; And this is something I can only trust with you, because you're new and we're constantly updating our vetting practices."<br><br>Beat.&nbsp; "We think one of your team is a traitor, working for someone else.&nbsp; We have theories, conjectures, but no evidence to accuse anyone.&nbsp; We need you to try and either get evidence of it, or figure out who is, so we can follow them when the job is done.&nbsp; Be careful.&nbsp; Trust only as you see fit, and at your own risk."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 20:44:16</strong>
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				Fox gave a nod to Kranz and his Muse went ahead and gave Fox a nod to confirm with him that the information was now all logged within her memory for recall later on. "Feel free to mail me the Mission objectives now... One last thing... Excuse the added questions, I like to react and base things on information as it comes in... How long will I have to network up specific gear useful for the mission and what things would you call to be more essential for it? I have some basic essentials, but I may still be pretty barebones going on compared to the others..." Fox explained, "That done, you can send me back to the real world and let me know where I need to head..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 21:37:14</strong>
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				"Octagon, Vastian, and Piccolo have all been on the ground here in Pathfinder City the last three days, working up gear and spending favors and cred like it was yesterday.&nbsp; Plus, Sirius has a couple of stashes of stuff from when he worked here as a Sentinel.&nbsp; If they don't have something you want in their stores, then I can authorize you a day to get what it is you need...but you'd bloody damn well better need it."&nbsp; Kranz explained about the gear.&nbsp; "As for what's important and what's not...you're going inside the Zone.&nbsp; Stick to stuff that'll keep you alive, let you kill wastewalkers and TITAN drones and nanoswarms before they get you..."&nbsp; The proxy handed Fox an envelope - obviously a coded object for his mission objectives - and then the simulspace snapped out of existence, ending.<br><br>The moment the transfer was done, Fox's HUD updated with the location of where he was to meet the rest of the team heading into the Zone, along with the objectives:<br><br><strong><em>Operation Cursed Druid<br>Primary Objective: Retrieve/destroy the cortical stack &amp; research of Dr. Zameena al-Mareekh.<br>Secondary Objective: Identify/neutralize the Firewall traitor.</em></strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 21:55:24</strong>
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				Fox grimaced at the Mission objectives... [Retrieve or destroy the Doc's cortical stack... Identify or neutralise the traitor... I can handle a pistol but I'm no assassin... Tch, I hate being used like this...] Fox spoke via Mesh comms to his Muse. [What do you plan to do Fox?] his pretty female shaped Muse asked, still following him in his AR vision as the pretty secretary and thought bubble for his brainstorms. [I got a day to pull some Networking in, collect some things up for a favour or two when either me or my backup comes away from this... I think I should concentrate on the investigation side of things right now. We'll come to wrecking egos when it comes to it. As for the traitor... They're likely backed up, so no need to approach them and take them out in the mission if I can radio the deets of who it is direct to Firewall... They'll have a sufficient punishment waiting for the backup, even if the original dies.]<br><br>[Okay babe... Get on the Mesh and radio... Time to see who's out there waiting to make a score...] Fox requested to his Muse, which got her to open the sufficient channels across the Mesh and beyond for Fox to see who was willing to help a brother out before tomorrow hit and the Mission began in earnest. He'd also need to hitch a ride somehow to the Mission co-ordinates to meet the others... It was all go and he wondered just how much himself or the backup that'd be living his life if he got toasted would make from this suicide run...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-12-2014, 22:02:23</strong>
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				Getting to the rendezvous point wasn't all that hard - the public transportation system (even wage slaves had to be able to get around, the hypercorps admitted) would take him to the gates of Pathfinder City, and when he stepped outside he would find a familiar face - Sirius, talking with a checkpoint guard, aside a Mars Trike.&nbsp; He looked up and saw him.&nbsp; "You're Fox, right?&nbsp; Come on.&nbsp; Tremor sent me.&nbsp; Get on and let's get going, there's a lot to be done."&nbsp; Hopping on the vehicle, they traveled for an hour away from Pathfinder City before they came over the rise of a hill and Fox would be able to see it - a Mobile Base, set up and waiting for them, apparently.&nbsp; "Welcome to Fire Base Bravo.&nbsp; This is where we're launching this particular mission into the TQZ.&nbsp; Head on inside, the rest of the crew's waiting to meet you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>14-12-2014, 03:16:42</strong>
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				As Fox arrived he was dressed in his smart vac clothes, an outfit augmented with nanomachines that could shift into any outfit, including a sealed space suit. As he ventured to meet Sirius and along the whole journey his clothes were formed into a cold weather gear outfit... Though some terraforming had formed on Mars, it was far from complete and temperatures on the best of days were in the minuses. On his shoulder was a messenger bag holding some of the equipment he'd be taking on the mission, various blobjects. These were mainly examples of nanotech along with the newest item he managed to acquire in the day he had to gather materials, a guardian nanoswarm hive he managed to get for an owed favour to the autonomists he knew.<br><br>Guardian nanos were simply nanomachines that would go and destroy any nanos not accepted by Fox, seeing as they'd be heading into the TQZ where nanoplagues and viruses were prevalent, it made sense to take it. He also happened to be wearing a nanodetector which would pick things up too. He grimaced at not having the time to pick up a nanophage augment for his morph, an augment that would attack any nanos that went for his morph directly, but hopefully the Guardians would be enough. At Fire Base Bravo finally, Fox gave a nod to Sirius and wandered inside to get to know everyone before they headed out...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>14-12-2014, 05:30:49</strong>
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				Inside one of the major rooms of the base (there were three), after cycling through the airlock, Fox would find the other four Sentinels.&nbsp; They were going over piles of equipment gathered on the tables, and Fox would be able to note a handful of high-quality makers that were sitting currently unused around the base room.&nbsp; "And that makes six.&nbsp; You must be Fox, then.&nbsp; I'm Tremor, leader of this particular operation.&nbsp; You've already met Sirius..."&nbsp; She nodded to the others.&nbsp; "...over there's Vastian, and Octagon, and Piccolo, though most of us call him Pic."&nbsp; She looked at the bag.&nbsp; "We've got some other gear.&nbsp; Feel free to pick it over and take it with you, but remember Firewall - or one of us - is gonna want it back when it's all over."<br><br>She indicated the tables.&nbsp; "We don't have the capacity here for augment upgrading, but that shouldn't be an issue, long as you're careful.&nbsp; Tables for weapons, armor, electronics, and other stuff."&nbsp; Tremor showed each one as she named what was on it.&nbsp; "Have a look around.&nbsp; We've gotta be getting out of here and into the Zone soonest, in case the <em>Hegira</em> ran into some TITAN troubles."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>23-12-2014, 02:47:35</strong>
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				As Fox entered the large room once the airlock cycled, he nodded at Tremor's intro, "Yeah, I'm Fox..." he nodded and placed his hand up in a wave gesture to each member as they were introduced, "I'm here to make sure the Barsoomians and the desert nomads play nice and let us do the Mission. Unfortunately my Morph isn't the greatest Face out there, though it's a savvy Splicer... Should do alright given the connections I have with the B." Fox's eyes drifted over to the tables, "Well, I ain't gonna turn down free stuff laying around, especially if it gives me a rat's ass chance in hell of getting out the TQZ with something less than a nanovirus and being in one piece..."<br><br>Fox sifted round and found a variety of armours and bits and bobs. Taking up a blueprint for some smart skin nanofluid (which he fabbed up quickly using the Nano-Fabber he had on him) and an actual physical second skin suit, both armours, he made himself scarce and stripped down. He applied the smart skin to himself, a fluid that reacted and tensed to a dark grey metal when trauma was directed towards a patch. The second skin was a light armoured skin-suit he could wear under his Smart Vac Clothes. Once armoured, he looked no different than when he excused himself. Fox coupled this with traction padded gloves and boots he Nano-Fabbed from another blueprint, to help him climb any obstacle as the padded clothes could stick to surfaces.<br><br>One blueprint file allowed Fox to gain an X-Ray Emitter he placed on his sleeve, that would help his enhanced vision augment pick up anything on the X-ray spectrum he may otherwise miss, seeing as he was entering the TQZ, invisible threats were a very real possibility. On his other wrist, Fox slapped an Ecto bracelet that he found laid out on a table. This was a small tablet device in the form of one of those old slap-bracelets that kids used to wear. It was Mesh device compatible and Fox took it to connect to Mesh feeds once in the TQZ, if anything hacked him then his internal cranial computer wouldn't be in danger. TacNet software kept him linked up through Mesh comm with everyone else so he wouldn't miss a thing on the Mission and they would be connected to him also.<br><br>Fox then spotted and quickly grabbed a Survival Belt, a utility belt filled with all kinds of survivalist devices, then Fox found and clipped a Healing Pod to his Smart Vac Clothes. If he activated his vac-suit capability to seal himself away, the healing pod would be able to send healing nanos through the suit to heal any wounds he may gain. In his bag of blobjects he was carrying with him, Fox slung in cuff-bands and a prisoner mask... He was able to tell the team they were for the Doc, though he was thinking more of the possible traitor on the team also. A Scout nanohive he picked up so he could send out nanos to do as they were called and scout locations out.<br><br>Finally, now he was all packed away and ready to head out, he pulled up a Heavy Rail Pistol, a beast of a gun that was modded with an extended clip and flash suppressor, the thing fired silently and was just what Fox needed. He holstered the Rail pistol where he kept his usual kinetic bullet pistol, flinging said pistol in his bag of blobjects for emergencies. "I took a shed-load... No worries, I'll return everything outside of the non-physical stuff like software and blueprint files... If we get out of the TQZ and don't end up being reawoken through our back-ups, of course..." Fox said as he was ready, shifting his rather full messenger bag on his shoulder. "Anyway, I'm ready... So let's get going. I assume we know what co-ordinates we're headed to start tracking, right?" he sighed as he looked to the others.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-12-2014, 20:47:17</strong>
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				"Don't worry.&nbsp; We'll be coming back from this.&nbsp; Between my experience with exoplanets and Vastian's know-how in the QZ, we'll be coming back from it."&nbsp; Tremor sounded oddly assured for someone who was going to be traveling into a place where a lot fewer people came out than went in.&nbsp; Once he was done, and Sirirus had rejoined the group, Tremor motioned over to another table.&nbsp; "Alright, just a reminder on what we're doing.&nbsp; We're finding Dr. Al-Mareekh and getting her research.&nbsp; Destroying it if we can."&nbsp; A map of the Martian surface popped up.&nbsp; "We're here, at Fire Base Bravo."&nbsp; An icon appeared on the entoptic.&nbsp; "All sources indicate that when the <em>Hegira</em> went inside the TQZ, it was headed for the remnants of Qurain, which was destroyed during the Fall.&nbsp; If we meet anyone in Qurain, assume they're an exsurgent and not friendly, no matter how they appear."&nbsp; Another icon for Qurain appeared.<br><br>"Once our job is done, we'll need to escape.&nbsp; Our infiltration won't be easy, but Firewall's given us a top-notch Mars rover with all the latest stealth enhancements, so that should cancel out the eyes the Rangers who watch this side of the border have.&nbsp; Getting out, we have a few options.&nbsp; We won't be able to run the blockade of the TQZ with the <em>Hegira</em> itself, but it could provide a useful distraction if we need one.&nbsp; My suggestion is the western border, here."&nbsp; She traced the edge of the triangle that was the TQZ border.&nbsp; "It's a much lighter surveillance area, though it means traveling the Zone for almost five days rather than the day and change that we're doing for getting in."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>24-12-2014, 02:23:53</strong>
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				Fox nodded, "Pretty standard except for the extraction... That could be an issue... You may be assured of getting out, but I'd rather be crazy-prepared than not. Thank whatever's up there for gifting us with a stealthed up rover..." he spoke, involving the whole team. "Okay, so we got a plan to get in and out of the place... Any ideas for getting us to the <em>Hegira</em> and whatever the hell may be inside? Or we just playing that by ear?" Fox added after a pause to look over the map, scratching his brown-haired beard in thought after speaking. "I say we take it as a run on Earth itself... We take care and use all of our gear to the best of our abilities, once inside we trust nothing..."<br><br>Fox eyed each person around the map to show he was serious, "I got nanos and detectors running so my eyes are gonna okay in spotting whatever bad juju the Doc got herself involved with, if any... But my morph is still only a splicer and not a particularly great one for a reliable POV... Thats why I got the TacNet software, so we're all linked. If one of us spots something, it's easy to Mesh comm all the rest of us to whatever may be about that one or more of us have missed. We're not the best armed up here with gear, though we can make this work. If we expect the worst, we can work from that. Trust nothing in that place. When the job is done, we leave. No sticking around."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>27-12-2014, 03:55:50</strong>
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				"If the <em>Hegira </em>is at Qurain, they'll have docked there.&nbsp; Imagery hacked from satellites that pass over the ruins show that there are a handful of mooring towers for airships there.&nbsp; We can use the docking capabilities of the towers to get onboard the <em>Hegira</em> and begin our investigation.&nbsp; If she's not there, then we'll have to bug out and get back here until the eyes in the skies can get us solid intel on where she is when she stops moving.&nbsp; Vastian?&nbsp; What's our outfit look like for exsurgent combat, in case we run into it?"&nbsp; The novacrab responded.&nbsp; "We've got enough firepower to take on anything short of a Hunter-Killer, and if we're lucky, there will be enough firepower aboard the <em>Hegira</em> to deal with those."<br><br>"Anyone else?"&nbsp; Tremor questioned.&nbsp; "Alright.&nbsp; We stick together until we hit the <em>Hegira</em> or Qurain, and once we're onboard and set up for our work, I'll hand out the assignments then.&nbsp; Move like you've got a purpose, people."&nbsp; Grabbing bags and other blobjects, the team left Fire Base Bravo behind, mounting up on the Mars buggy and Martian trike that Sirius owned, heading into the TQZ...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>29-12-2014, 10:06:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"You'd think Firewall would patch us through with our Mesh Inserts and keep us 24/7 connected over where that ship is..." Fox shrugged, "Either way, at least we're fair and prepared for whatever's out there... I figure there ain't much that will give me trouble with this Rail pistol... " he added, a slight grin crossing his otherwise stoic bearded face. As the team continued their journey, Fox called up his Muse with a simple thought within his cranial computer, a small chibified version of the pretty secretary she took the form of appeared. Hovering in his periphery like a squiggly floater in his eye, she lay active as an AR hologram and looking much like an old Word help staple...<br><br>[What can I do for you, Fox?] the sentient piece of software asked him. Fox looked up to his upper right towards her and replied through silent Mesh comms back to her, so to the outside viewer he seemed to be sitting silently in thought... [We're heading into the TQZ, as standard I'd like you to take extra care in your real-time security monitoring, we have no idea what nanovirii or hackers may be in that place... Any contact, even something simple like someone leaving a comment on my Networks or replying to my rep scores, I want to know. Standard counter-measures should be fine. Just keep up communication with me if anything happens, 'k?]. Fox's Muse gave a little nod, he himself let out a little exhale and the journey continued...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-01-2015, 03:02:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Possible out here.&nbsp; Not in there," Tremor assured him.&nbsp; "In there it's strictly radio silence, due to the fact that there are active exsurgents in there."&nbsp; The journey, as it took out, took a little over a day.&nbsp; It had - as previously stated - required them to run the border into the TQZ, but hopefully enough time would pass (or a big enough distraction would be made) that the Rangers on whichever side of the Zone they left from wouldn't connect the two together.&nbsp; Their stealth rover helped tremendously in the evasion, and after a day's worth of driving, they started up the side of a patera and soon saw a road descending down towards what must be Qurain.<br><br>&lt;&lt;Everyone maintain radio quiet from here on in unless absolutely necessary.&gt;&gt;&nbsp; That was Vastian.&nbsp; Off in the distance, Fox would be able to spot a large, green object hanging in the sky.&nbsp; It was too distant to make out from here...but could that be the <em>Hegira</em>?&nbsp; As they descended into the valley surrounding Qurain, Fox would be able to see signs of the battle that no doubt consumed the settlement during the Fall.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>09-01-2015, 11:26:29</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I see..." Fox spoke in response to Tremor, "This is actually my first time entering the TQZ, so I didn't know. Though you could probably tell that with the almost paranoid way I picked up the amount of survivalist gear that I did..." he said, with a slight upturn of his lip into a half-smile. Fox spent the rest of the day travelling with the crew on the stealth rover scanning the Mesh and flicking through his usual sites on the Ecto he had placed round his wrist, sending posts out and checking various vids his Muse sent him from his interest algorythms logged in her databases. The TacNet software in his Mesh Inserts made the journey more fun in the ability to share with the team interesting things he had found online.<br><br>As much as he could do, he also sent his Muse out for any background info on the Mesh for the others in his team. He knew one of these people was a traitor to Firewall and a secondary objective to be apprehended by him. He wondered how many others on the team Firewall trusted with that information to give the same objective to. He wondered which of the team-mates may suspect it was him acting as traitor. He soon brushed away the thought as a symptom of his Morph's Neurochemical imbalance and carried on whiling away his time. Finally Vastian let out his request of radio silence and Fox saw the large green object above him.<br><br>His bio-enhanced vision couldn't quite make it out, though he did try a full zoom on the object and had his T-Ray and X-Ray emitters to scan the thing at various light spectrums to bypass any stealth it may have had. He pointed up in the sky and remarked audibly with words to the other team-members seeing as radio comms was not an option, "Up there... Something distant in the sky... Even with enhanced vision, T-rays, X-rays, it's a bit far out for me... Anyone got an opinion on that?" he asked. He seemed stoic faced though he looked pale, he was very much trying to keep his shit together as they passed through the wreck of a valley around them...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eclipse Phase: Darkness Upon Darkness Wheel (Reiji &amp; Wander)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>24-01-2015, 19:02:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Once the rover entered the TQZ, Fox got about ten more kilometers of mesh access, and then the mesh dropped off the face of the planet.&nbsp; Thankfully the drive was much shorter than it could have been - the team had only considered running the border closest to Pathfinder City because of the stealth rover that Firewall had cooked up for them.&nbsp; Could you imagine, Fox, doing this whole 'no Mesh' thing for four or five <em>days</em>?&nbsp; Because that would have been the case if they'd infiltrated from the westernmost border of the TQZ.&nbsp; So, as it stood, Fox had a lot of time to go over the information his muse had gathered for him on the rest of the team that was responsible for this particular job.<br><br>As for who else Firewall might have trusted with the idea that one of them was a traitor?&nbsp; Probably as few as possible.&nbsp; Or maybe as many as possible.&nbsp; Sure, if you told the whole team that there was a traitor there, the traitor would know...but then maybe the real traitor would try and frame someone else and to throw Firewall off the trail and that would expose them, right?&nbsp; Maybe?&nbsp; As far as the mission went, Fox only knew that he had been told, so any work he did beyond that would have to rely on that assumption.<br><br>"That's probably the <em>Hegira</em>," Tremor stated from the front seat, next to the driver - Octagon.&nbsp; "I can see it, too.&nbsp; If it's the <em>Hegira</em>, it'll have a registration marking on it naming so.&nbsp; &nbsp;Check the whole surface of the balloon."&nbsp; The balloon in question was green.&nbsp; "It may be in Arabic, too, so don't discount that."
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