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<blockquote data-quote="[OMENRPG]Ben" data-source="post: 5866562" data-attributes="member: 6677983"><p>[[MENTION=59043]Walking Dad[/MENTION], [MENTION=30034]ghostcat[/MENTION], [MENTION=13739]Velmont[/MENTION], [MENTION=24234]kinem[/MENTION] I've updated the post. Sorry for the delay, shouldn't happen again!]</p><p></p><p>[Nohome is able to spot the code is 19435 on the door panel fairly easily.]</p><p></p><p>[If Max wants to see the code, he will need to roll a Perceive.]</p><p></p><p>As the four of you enter the spacious and somewhat distastefully warm room, Lowapa waves his hand in dismissive nonchalance toward the cybernetically implanted human. </p><p></p><p>The human looks only briefly annoyed, but stands and walks to a small smooth metal pillar, topped with a transparent plastic cup. With a slight wave of his hand, water pours up from the bottom of the cup, filling it to the brim with perfectly clear, purified water. Such high quality water is very rare and expensive; the nature with which Lowapa's assistant so casually handles it is entirely foreign to you. </p><p></p><p>As Mad Max finishes his statement, Lowapa gives him a hard look for a brief moment as he slowly sits down on a stool opposite of the rather low couch. <span style="color: SeaGreen">"Thank you for your introduction Mr. Maxwell, but I have been well educated as to your history and capabilities. In fact, each of you has been invited here today to discuss the future and the safety of this station."</span></p><p></p><p>He pauses for a moment as his human assistant brings four cups of water, holding two in each hand without a tray. As he moves, a small amount of water spills over the top of each of the cups. Such waste would not be permitted in normal circumstances, but is evident of Lowapa's considerable wealth and power. The human arrogantly hands a glass to each of you, and then steps aside. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"Undoubtedly you have been made aware of the continuously devolving situation. While I have maintained control for nearly twenty years, the people who I provide stability and life to remain dissatisfied, even enraged. Yet they are ignorant to the difficulties of managing such an intricate game of balance, so it is not their fault."</span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></p><p>He stands and begins to pace the room, looking at each of you. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"My reputation has always been one of professionalism, utility, discipline. But I do not maintain control simply for my own gain or for personal delusions of power, instead I wish only to protect the only home I've ever known. I feel that the people of this station, whether born here or brought upon the currents of the black, are kin to me, even my very own children. And when one of my children misbehaves..."</span> A look of cold malice creeps upon his wrinkled and aging features, <span style="color: SeaGreen">"...they must be disciplined." </span></p><p></p><p>He paces back across the room, and with a small click of a panel, brings up a very detailed map of the entire station on the curved back wall previously a window only moments before. He turns his back to you, approaching it with a slow and measured cadence. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"While I have the utmost respect for those who work in the outlying districts, struggling to survive, constantly concerned for the safety of their neighbors and their families, they easily forget that they survive only at the whim of this central district. Yet a burshdett by the name of Dekt, a former mercenary according to my intelligence, is instigating rebellion in the docking districts. They at first started only as part time brigands, stealing the occasional small shipment, but now they have rapidly evolved into something else quite entirely."</span></p><p></p><p>He moves up to the large map of the station, highlighting the docking districts in blinking yellow on the semi-three dimensional display. With a small gesture of his empty hand, the camera angle zooms in tighter on the area he wishes to focus upon. A small blinking red dot is indicated with PRIMARY OBJECTIVE.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"Whether or not he wishes to actually incite unrest for political reasons, or is using the poor conditions in such districts to rally a hungry and eager and imbecilic army, that is entirely unknown to me. That being said, I can not simply march dozens of armed men into such a delicate situation without serious reprisal."</span></p><p></p><p>He turns around and looks at each of you again. <span style="color: SeaGreen">"Therefore, I have contacted you as you are all individually well regarded as skilled professionals within your respective fields. And I am very eager to resolve thsi matter which so distracts my attention from other more important matters."</span></p><p></p><p>With a small sniff of his nostrils right between his eyes, he sits on the stool again in front of you, leaning forward somewhat conspiratorially. <span style="color: SeaGreen">"I think that you will find my offer quite reasonable. Fifty thousand quap</span> [the currency of the station] <span style="color: SeaGreen">for the successful resolution of two objectives. The first objective is the successful capture of Dekt the burshdett and bringing him back here before me. The second is to locate and obtain a file that he has hidden, presumably somewhere within his compound or on his person. This file I'm sure is also encrypted, so without the decryption codes it is essentially worthless. If you are unable to capture Dekt, but still manage to find the file, the decryption cipher, and kill him, I will pay you the lump sum of forty thousand quap. That is still ten thousand for each of you."</span> </p><p></p><p>He gives a small smirk, seeming to be impressed even with his own offer. [To put this into perspective, an average year's expenses for a mercenary of your status is roughly 50,000 quap per person. So conceivably this job could cover roughly a quarter to a fifth of your expenses for an entire year.]</p><p></p><p>He waits patiently for your reactions, studying your faces intently. </p><p></p><p>[Responses?]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="[OMENRPG]Ben, post: 5866562, member: 6677983"] [[MENTION=59043]Walking Dad[/MENTION], [MENTION=30034]ghostcat[/MENTION], [MENTION=13739]Velmont[/MENTION], [MENTION=24234]kinem[/MENTION] I've updated the post. Sorry for the delay, shouldn't happen again!] [Nohome is able to spot the code is 19435 on the door panel fairly easily.] [If Max wants to see the code, he will need to roll a Perceive.] As the four of you enter the spacious and somewhat distastefully warm room, Lowapa waves his hand in dismissive nonchalance toward the cybernetically implanted human. The human looks only briefly annoyed, but stands and walks to a small smooth metal pillar, topped with a transparent plastic cup. With a slight wave of his hand, water pours up from the bottom of the cup, filling it to the brim with perfectly clear, purified water. Such high quality water is very rare and expensive; the nature with which Lowapa's assistant so casually handles it is entirely foreign to you. As Mad Max finishes his statement, Lowapa gives him a hard look for a brief moment as he slowly sits down on a stool opposite of the rather low couch. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Thank you for your introduction Mr. Maxwell, but I have been well educated as to your history and capabilities. In fact, each of you has been invited here today to discuss the future and the safety of this station."[/COLOR] He pauses for a moment as his human assistant brings four cups of water, holding two in each hand without a tray. As he moves, a small amount of water spills over the top of each of the cups. Such waste would not be permitted in normal circumstances, but is evident of Lowapa's considerable wealth and power. The human arrogantly hands a glass to each of you, and then steps aside. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Undoubtedly you have been made aware of the continuously devolving situation. While I have maintained control for nearly twenty years, the people who I provide stability and life to remain dissatisfied, even enraged. Yet they are ignorant to the difficulties of managing such an intricate game of balance, so it is not their fault." [/COLOR] He stands and begins to pace the room, looking at each of you. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"My reputation has always been one of professionalism, utility, discipline. But I do not maintain control simply for my own gain or for personal delusions of power, instead I wish only to protect the only home I've ever known. I feel that the people of this station, whether born here or brought upon the currents of the black, are kin to me, even my very own children. And when one of my children misbehaves..."[/COLOR] A look of cold malice creeps upon his wrinkled and aging features, [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"...they must be disciplined." [/COLOR] He paces back across the room, and with a small click of a panel, brings up a very detailed map of the entire station on the curved back wall previously a window only moments before. He turns his back to you, approaching it with a slow and measured cadence. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"While I have the utmost respect for those who work in the outlying districts, struggling to survive, constantly concerned for the safety of their neighbors and their families, they easily forget that they survive only at the whim of this central district. Yet a burshdett by the name of Dekt, a former mercenary according to my intelligence, is instigating rebellion in the docking districts. They at first started only as part time brigands, stealing the occasional small shipment, but now they have rapidly evolved into something else quite entirely."[/COLOR] He moves up to the large map of the station, highlighting the docking districts in blinking yellow on the semi-three dimensional display. With a small gesture of his empty hand, the camera angle zooms in tighter on the area he wishes to focus upon. A small blinking red dot is indicated with PRIMARY OBJECTIVE. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Whether or not he wishes to actually incite unrest for political reasons, or is using the poor conditions in such districts to rally a hungry and eager and imbecilic army, that is entirely unknown to me. That being said, I can not simply march dozens of armed men into such a delicate situation without serious reprisal."[/COLOR] He turns around and looks at each of you again. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Therefore, I have contacted you as you are all individually well regarded as skilled professionals within your respective fields. And I am very eager to resolve thsi matter which so distracts my attention from other more important matters."[/COLOR] With a small sniff of his nostrils right between his eyes, he sits on the stool again in front of you, leaning forward somewhat conspiratorially. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"I think that you will find my offer quite reasonable. Fifty thousand quap[/COLOR] [the currency of the station] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]for the successful resolution of two objectives. The first objective is the successful capture of Dekt the burshdett and bringing him back here before me. The second is to locate and obtain a file that he has hidden, presumably somewhere within his compound or on his person. This file I'm sure is also encrypted, so without the decryption codes it is essentially worthless. If you are unable to capture Dekt, but still manage to find the file, the decryption cipher, and kill him, I will pay you the lump sum of forty thousand quap. That is still ten thousand for each of you."[/COLOR] He gives a small smirk, seeming to be impressed even with his own offer. [To put this into perspective, an average year's expenses for a mercenary of your status is roughly 50,000 quap per person. So conceivably this job could cover roughly a quarter to a fifth of your expenses for an entire year.] He waits patiently for your reactions, studying your faces intently. [Responses?] [/QUOTE]
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