Dark*Matter, Discovery: Pushing for Impeachment

[Falkus]

"Well, you see," Z said, as she worked on the computer. "When a Faerie is born, he or she is linked to some element or natural force. Fire, water, nature, forests, etc. I was born just over twenty years ago. My element turned out to be electricity, and computers in specific, almost certainly linked to the computer revolution on Earth."

She shrugged. "There was friction between me and the others, especially since my birth position resulted in me being a very high ranking member of the Faerie Court. Especially Titania. I wanted to modernize the court, I saw no reason to hold onto the archaic principles that we'd been following for thousands of years, I wanted us to adapt and use the best that humanity had to offer, take a serious look at what you humans had made, instead of simply dismissing human technology and ideals out of hand. The Faerie Court is a very traditional place, proponents of change aren't welcome. Eventually, Titania banished me from the court and to Earth."

"I found myself in New York. It was a bad time for me, leaving hand to mouth, until I managed to get work as a freelance hacker. That lasted about a year. Eventually I cracked into OSIRS, got captured by Harland and wound up getting a job. And here I am today."

The residence appeared to be fairly secure, after examining the schematics that Z shot over to Cade's PDA. There were three cameras at each side of the house, as well as several inside, though not in the bedrooms. Motion detectors were on the lawn, but the weather would be making them inoperative. Alarm systems on every door and window. A safe room in the basement that could be accessed by a trap door from the study. Four Secret Service agents were patrolling the house and the grounds, assigned in light of the recent elevated terrorist threat level in Chicago. There were alert systems that, in the event of an emergency, would have half of CPD and a battalion of marines on the lawn within ten minutes. All in all, it would be very difficult for anything human to penetrate the security.

Cade did notice one flaw, however. If power went down in the security room, it could take over three minutes to restore full security functionality after the power was back up.

 

[iwatt]

"So I'll play the drunk, walk around the place with the PDA. We got any sensors you want me to plant, Joker?" As he spoke, Larry began disheveling his hair. Taking out a small brown bag, he takes out the sandwhich and replaces it with a water bottle. Undoing his coat, he puts on a tie he'd "borrowed" from one of the institutes's desk jockeys. Soon enough, he has the appearance of a man returning from the office after hitting the bottle pretty heavily. He'd have to keep the bottle close to his face in case of cameras, but it shouldn't be too hard.

 

[Falkus]

OOC: I still need Meri's updated character sheet

The weather outside is blizzard like by now. Visibility is extremely limited, and the temperature makes staying outside for long periods of time a dicey prospect. The roads are practically impassable by this point as well. Air travel is out of question. Any reinforcements, if needed, would be a long time in coming.

 

[kinem]

"Wow, that's cool, Z" Diego observes.

When the van nears the residence Diego admits "Guys, I'm still not real clear on the plan. We're supposed to be electricians, right? How does that jibe with your drunk act, Larry? Maybe we should just stick with our cover.

And how do we access our weapons when we need them, if they are hidden in the van?"

 

[Shayuri]

(sorry about that...I fixed it with the slayer level, and I thought I'd uploaded it, but I guess I didn't! )

Meri grabs a nonlethal stungun (assuming those are available) and slips it into her coat pocket as well.

"I think one of us should be designated gunrunner. If something starts to go wrong, the gunrunner is responsible for getting out here, getting gear, and running it back as fast as possible."

She thinks, then adds, "We could try to hide some stuff in a toolkit too, but I think that's probably pretty obvious. They'll be searching us pretty well."

With that thought she sadly unloads the weapons from her coat again.

 

[iwatt]

Larry ahd finished donning his costume, but one look outside and Diego's comment said. "Scratch that. I ain't going out there like this." He quickly dons his electrician uniform once more, but keeps the flask. "For the human touch." He grins at Diego.

At Meri's comment, Larry shrugs and points at Diego, "He's the fastest. Joker has to stay cause he'll have his gun anyway. And I'll probably have to fast-talk them to keep them on their toes."

[sblock]I have a fairly decent Sleight of Hand. What are the odds of smuggling another gun or knife in, if I throw in some distraction using my Fast Talk ability?[/sblock]

 

[kinem]

"All right, I'll be the gunrunner" Diego says. "Though I should mention something. I have developed the ability to manifest a kind of knife that I can wield with my hand using psychic energy. It may come in handy if we can't get to the guns."

 

[Falkus]

A secret service agent appeared out of the blizzard. Wearing a heavy coat over his standard issue suit and sunglasses, he rapped on the side of the van and waited for one of the team to approach. "You came out in this weather? I'm impressed. Now, let's get inside and do the security checks before we all freeze to death."

 

[Friadoc]

"Ignorance does that," says Cade to 'Z' with a smirk. "It breeds fear of change, it's easier to attack what you don't get." Cade gives 'Z' a pat, then a squeeze, on the shoulder as he adds, "It's their loss, 'cause you're home now."

After a few moments of review, before the secret service folk show up, Cade says, "Whoever did their security setup was a bonehead, the control room is vulnerable to power loss and if it goes down, it'll take the whole place down with it."

"If they don't have a UPS, they're hosed," says Cade with a shake of his head. "Frickin' rookie mistake or sabotage."

"If the time comes, Diego, just keep your head down and get here in a hurry, okay?" Cade smiles though as he adds, "I'm sure you'll handle it, though."

Cade loads up and follows the crew out of the van, with a chuckle he adds,with respects to the weather,"The OT rocks."

 

[Shayuri]

Meredith looks at everyone, hoping that if anything needed for the security is missing, they'll speak now.

She's all smiles when she goes out to meet the secret service agent though.

"Yeah, well, what's a little weather when a VIP needs some help, right?" Meri replies to the agent noncommitally. "Besides, I like storms. Real power of nature in your face. Kind of awesome."

She waves a hand over at the rest of the team. "Come on, guys, he's not gonna bite."