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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6279695" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 107 - Meanwhile, back in Flint</strong></p><p></p><p>Lieutenant Dale was in charge of the operation to secure the Obscurati facility in Cauldron Hill. The only known access point - the natural chimney through which Borne had crashed - had been rigorously inspected and, thought the safest course of action would be to blow it wide open, it was decided that it was safe enough for a small team to rapel down and investigate the golem chamber before any evidence was destroyed by more rubble.</p><p> </p><p> Unit A had been asked to accompany Dale's unit and they decided to take Conquo/Xambria along on his/her first test outing:</p><p> </p><p> Delft had approached the unit just a few days earlier and told them that Xambria wanted to join the RHC. She knew a lot about the Ob and the unit's missions to date, and had a skill set that went some way towards replacing Malthusius and Leon. For his part, Conquo appeared to be offering no resistance to her possession. He seemed to hold the unit in high regard and remained grateful for their role in returning him to life. Even Lavanya's defeat and imprisonment did not seem to be a major stumbling block.</p><p> </p><p> To ensure that this was the case, the unit arranged for the two to meet, bringing Lavanya up from the prison in mage-cuffs. She told them that she had created Conquo as an independent being, and could not expect that he would waste his existance in a futile attempt to free her. She reassured Conquo that she felt safe in the hands of the RHC and that his role as her guardian was over. The unti distrusted her blithe, breezy demeanour, but nothing seemed amiss on the face of it. </p><p> </p><p> To be doubly sure, they took Conquo and Xambria along to Isaac and had their minds scanned for abnormalities. Isaac could find none. Leaving the technical matter of providing Xambria with an independent means of communication in the capable hands of Justin Rollins, they decided to test-run the pair on a number of missions.</p><p> </p><p> Providing security for Dale and his men was an ideal opportunity, especially since Conquo had spent some time in the facility with Lavanya - albeit restricted to the VIP quarters.</p><p> </p><p> As it turned out, there were no threats still lurking in the Ob complex, but the operation was worthwhile as it threw up the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was clear that the main golem chamber was the final destination for Reed Macbannin's reservoir of witchoil. </li> </ul><p></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No sign of Leone Quital's body could be found. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The three Borne prototypes - Linus, Hunting and Colin - were removed for study. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They discovered a laboratory where the flayed jaguars had been created, along with the engineers who worked there. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The living quarters of Quital, Oddcog and Kasvarina were carefully searched: Quital had been hosting Gale before she was rescued, sharing fine wine and bromagio cheese with his 'guest' (who had been mage-cuffed); Oddcog's room was stuffed with machinery and odds and ends, accessible only by a crawlspace that led to a nest near the ceiling; Kasvarina's chamber had once belonged to Alexander Grappa - his personal choice of decor was covered by huge elfaivaran drapes and tapestries. Notably, there appeared to be no living quarters devoted to Lavanya. Conquo had been restricted to the VIP checkpoint and corridors. Lavanya had been working with Borne the whole time, he said. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gallons of charged witchoil were found in a golem lab. (Uru secured a whole barrel full, with plans to see if he could free the trapped souls into his bleak garden.) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over 100 staff - guards, engineers, elite engineers - remained in the complex. They put up no resistance. Their arrest, evacuation and interrogation was left in the hands of Dale's squadron. </li> </ul><p></p><p> This mission had not provided a combat test for Conquo/Xambria so the unit headed to the Battalion and put them through their paces. The results were not conclusive. A field-test would be necessary.</p><p> </p><p> A few days later, the perfect opportunity arose when Malthusius' arm began to twitch. Unable to decipher the movements, but spotting a pattern, Uru asked for help and learned that this must be the same Danoran deaf sign language that Malthusius learned in order to be able to communicate with Ottavia Sacredote. There was no one in Flint who could decipher the code other than Luc Jierre. The nervous tiefling agreed to help if only through sheer boredom. He was in a bad way, having developed a facial tic in addition to his stammer. </p><p> </p><p> The sign language was not easily decipherable as it normally took two hands. The movements were repeated over and over and it took Luc a long time to work out that the hand was making the right-hand gestures in sequence before making the matching gestures for the left hand. The two sets had to be noted down and lined up alongside one another before it could be established that they were navigational points, using the stars as a reference. From this is was possible to tell that the hand was marking a point on the map which turned out to be on the western peninsular of Shale.</p><p> </p><p> The unit set off to investigate...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6279695, member: 79141"] [b]Session 107 - Meanwhile, back in Flint[/b] Lieutenant Dale was in charge of the operation to secure the Obscurati facility in Cauldron Hill. The only known access point - the natural chimney through which Borne had crashed - had been rigorously inspected and, thought the safest course of action would be to blow it wide open, it was decided that it was safe enough for a small team to rapel down and investigate the golem chamber before any evidence was destroyed by more rubble. Unit A had been asked to accompany Dale's unit and they decided to take Conquo/Xambria along on his/her first test outing: Delft had approached the unit just a few days earlier and told them that Xambria wanted to join the RHC. She knew a lot about the Ob and the unit's missions to date, and had a skill set that went some way towards replacing Malthusius and Leon. For his part, Conquo appeared to be offering no resistance to her possession. He seemed to hold the unit in high regard and remained grateful for their role in returning him to life. Even Lavanya's defeat and imprisonment did not seem to be a major stumbling block. To ensure that this was the case, the unit arranged for the two to meet, bringing Lavanya up from the prison in mage-cuffs. She told them that she had created Conquo as an independent being, and could not expect that he would waste his existance in a futile attempt to free her. She reassured Conquo that she felt safe in the hands of the RHC and that his role as her guardian was over. The unti distrusted her blithe, breezy demeanour, but nothing seemed amiss on the face of it. To be doubly sure, they took Conquo and Xambria along to Isaac and had their minds scanned for abnormalities. Isaac could find none. Leaving the technical matter of providing Xambria with an independent means of communication in the capable hands of Justin Rollins, they decided to test-run the pair on a number of missions. Providing security for Dale and his men was an ideal opportunity, especially since Conquo had spent some time in the facility with Lavanya - albeit restricted to the VIP quarters. As it turned out, there were no threats still lurking in the Ob complex, but the operation was worthwhile as it threw up the following: [LIST] [*]It was clear that the main golem chamber was the final destination for Reed Macbannin's reservoir of witchoil. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]No sign of Leone Quital's body could be found. [*]The three Borne prototypes - Linus, Hunting and Colin - were removed for study. [*]They discovered a laboratory where the flayed jaguars had been created, along with the engineers who worked there. [*]The living quarters of Quital, Oddcog and Kasvarina were carefully searched: Quital had been hosting Gale before she was rescued, sharing fine wine and bromagio cheese with his 'guest' (who had been mage-cuffed); Oddcog's room was stuffed with machinery and odds and ends, accessible only by a crawlspace that led to a nest near the ceiling; Kasvarina's chamber had once belonged to Alexander Grappa - his personal choice of decor was covered by huge elfaivaran drapes and tapestries. Notably, there appeared to be no living quarters devoted to Lavanya. Conquo had been restricted to the VIP checkpoint and corridors. Lavanya had been working with Borne the whole time, he said. [*]Gallons of charged witchoil were found in a golem lab. (Uru secured a whole barrel full, with plans to see if he could free the trapped souls into his bleak garden.) [*]Over 100 staff - guards, engineers, elite engineers - remained in the complex. They put up no resistance. Their arrest, evacuation and interrogation was left in the hands of Dale's squadron. [/LIST] This mission had not provided a combat test for Conquo/Xambria so the unit headed to the Battalion and put them through their paces. The results were not conclusive. A field-test would be necessary. A few days later, the perfect opportunity arose when Malthusius' arm began to twitch. Unable to decipher the movements, but spotting a pattern, Uru asked for help and learned that this must be the same Danoran deaf sign language that Malthusius learned in order to be able to communicate with Ottavia Sacredote. There was no one in Flint who could decipher the code other than Luc Jierre. The nervous tiefling agreed to help if only through sheer boredom. He was in a bad way, having developed a facial tic in addition to his stammer. The sign language was not easily decipherable as it normally took two hands. The movements were repeated over and over and it took Luc a long time to work out that the hand was making the right-hand gestures in sequence before making the matching gestures for the left hand. The two sets had to be noted down and lined up alongside one another before it could be established that they were navigational points, using the stars as a reference. From this is was possible to tell that the hand was marking a point on the map which turned out to be on the western peninsular of Shale. The unit set off to investigate... [/QUOTE]
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