Brazilia, SAA
SAP Research Facility
"I'll lock down communications, sir. That should prevent anyone contacting the outside, including the mercenaries," a security officer you recognize as Mr. Rawlins from SAP HQ says as he exits the cockpit.
As you exit the hovership, you get a better look at the facility. A single road winds its way up a mountainous trail atop a sheer cliff. The facility itself is nestled back in the mountain wall itself, with only one side of the ediface facing outwards. Security is very tight. You can see turrets mounted at various places along the roadway leading here, and several cannon and laser turrets are mounted around the facility. Strangely enough, no robotic soldiers are present, but rather manned exoskeletal combat units.
"I'll show you through the facility," Pavo says, handing you each small data screens. They are flexible and roll into small tubes that you can fit in a pocket. These are detailed maps of the facility. They will keep the map centered on you, in case you get lost. Areas blacked out are our research labs and should be considered off limits unless absolutely necessary. I'll escort you to the dangerous materials holding area, where the virus is being stored."
He pulls Ms. Price aside briefly and she goes into the facility with you, but shortly takes her leave, going down another hall.
"We'll be at least 24 hours replicating enough scanning devices to be useful," Pavo says. "So until that happens, your short range hand-helds will have to suffice. Ms. Price is preparing quarters for you in case this takes more than a day."
He leads you through the facility. It takes nearly five minutes of descending before you get to the storage area. Massive containers and freezer units are stored in a very open warehouse. Weaponry inside the warehouse is nearly non-existant, thought he entryway is heavily fortified.
"Anaconda is located in there," Pavo says, pointing out a large metallic freezer unit in far corner. The area around it is clear for nearly 100 meters. "Would you like any additional security officers to aid you? And is there anything I can do to help?"
SAP Corporate Headquarters
Sanjay
Ms. Price calls her personal driver who arrives shortly. "Good luck, Sanjay. Hopefully everything goes smoothly, but I'll put some contingency plans in place in case it doesn't."
Her driver is a very quiet and small man who says very little. He finishes all his sentences to you with a polite "sir." You enter Ms. Vaile's private garage and he leads you to an exotic hover ship. If you had to live in a car, this would be the car to live in. Whatever you could possibly want is at your fingertips. Soon enough, you have exited the city and are rocketing towards the mountains. You pass through the mountains at varying altitudes, giving you a breathtaking sight of the hilly rain forests. About thirty minutes into your trip, you land outside the research facility (described above briefly).
Ms. Price is waiting for you as you land. She gives you a map device like the others have, and offers to lead you to Straightjacket and the others.
The Van
Vida stops the van, but your talking of nanobots, freezer units, scanners and adversaries, is obviously right over her head, mainly because she lacks the english skills to comprehend. Where you stop is on a sheer cliffside road. Below you several hundred meters is a forest canopy, and above about 100 meters is the same as the road goes into the mountains deeper. From the scanner, you can tell the road doesn't go anywhere near the location, and it looks to be highly forested and somewhere in the cliffs and gorges.
"You want to go that way?" Vida asks, pointing the general direction the blip was in. "This van cannot fly there. There is no energy roadway here. We will crash in the forest," she says. "Should we not just drive to the research labs? We are still many hours away."
Lancheng, China
Raisa
On your way back to the bunkhouse, you see Michael laying on his back on the grass. Dara is sitting there too, eating jerky from his canister. Michael is groaning with his shirt up over his belly which is quite round. It seems someone has been eating too much. There is a long piece of beef jerky sticking out of his mouth.
