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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 3173755" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>“Episode 11 –Financial Woes” - Fourth Session</strong></span></p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 11/13/06 session - subtitled <strong>Mort > Machine Gun</strong></em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Asta and Ezmerelda walked through a cubicle maze in the direction of the security center. They noticed a security guard turn a corner and head in their direction, but decided to keep their cool and continue on their way. The security guard moved right up to them and stopped, blocking their path.</p><p></p><p><strong>Security Guard:</strong> (to Ezmerelda) <em>Excuse me, miss, but you’re going to have to come with me.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ezmerelda:</strong> <em>But I’m really sick. I have to go to the.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Security Guard:</strong> <em>You don’t look sick.</em></p><p></p><p>Ezmerelda tried to explain she wasn’t obviously sick and that she just needed to go to the bathroom, but the guard didn’t seem to be buying it. He told her he would escort her to a bathroom, despite her comments that Asta was already helping her.</p><p></p><p><strong>Security Guard:</strong> (to Asta) <em>Are you acquainted with this person, ma’am?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Asta:</strong> <em>In a vague sort of way.</em> (pause) <em>She served me lunch or something.</em></p><p></p><p>Unsure how to dissuade him, the two went along with the security guard as he escorted them in the direction of the holding facility.</p><p></p><p>Back by the vault, Daniel gave Campan the instructions to stay at the top of the ladder into the vault and to wait for his signal to come down. Daniel grabbed onto the ladder and quietly started climbing down. As he climbed down he noticed metal tracks on the sides of the ladder that likely were used for a loading platform. Once he got to the bottom he found himself on a small alcove on top of a small freight platform. He noticed a small computer panel on the wall to his right with controls for the platform and a keypad for the vault door. He moved through a very short entryway to the main vault room. The room was the size of a small office with metal walls. Six metal crates about the size of small dog crates with money markers on them were secured to the ground around the room. A security camera in the far left corner overlooked the entryway and vault proper.</p><p></p><p>Daniel ducked down to survey the situation and the naked people. He quickly moved over, shoving the woman off of the man and knocked the man on the head with the trophy. Daniel then ordered the panicking woman to shut up and kneel, making sure she didn’t turn around. Once she was kneeling, he tied her up. Searching the crates, he found the three crates that actually had money in them. Noting there was a mixture of credits and platinum, he knocked the woman out and then started dragging the crates over to the platform.</p><p></p><p>Take watched Asta’s group and Daniel over the security feeds and kept the bored Mort apprised of the situation over the comm. Daniel told Take to shut off the camera in the vault so that, should someone else enter the security office, they wouldn’t see what was happening. When Take informed him that Asta and Ezmerelda were being taken to a holding facility Daniel told them to be ready to cut power once he was out of the vault.</p><p></p><p>Take had been rather busy with the others so he almost didn’t notice something strange at the main entrance. It looked like three workers were beating up the security guard. This amused Take and figured it was a good distraction.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over Security’s channel and group’s comm.) <em>We’ve got a situation out front at the main doors. Officer needs assistance.</em></p><p></p><p>As the guard went down Take noticed that the workers were armed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Paul:</strong> <em>Oh god. Somebody is robbing the place.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Looks like some people are coming in to rob the place.</em></p><p></p><p>Mort cursed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Looks like they’re armed.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Nee ta ma duh tyen-shia suo-yo duh run doh gai si.</em></p><p></p><p>[sblock]Nee ta ma duh tyen-shia suo-yo duh run doh gai si = <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> everyone in the universe to death.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>As Daniel reached over to activate the lift the three heisters moved through the main door into the Depository. The normal lighting of the building was replaced by flashing red lights and the quiet office noise was replaced by loud alarm klaxons. The vault door above Daniel slammed shut and the lift lowered back to the floor. In the security office the computers flashed the message ‘<strong>Lockdown Procedure Activated</strong>.’</p><p></p><p>Though he already had the door shut, Take moved over to quickly lock it. From outside the security office he could hear a gun going off and loud shouting.</p><p></p><p>Mort swore and activated his device that was set to mess up the rail.</p><p></p><p>Back with Asta and Ezmerelda, the guard swore and grabbed Ezmerelda’s arm. He slapped a handcuff on her arm, holding the other cuff. Asta jabbed the guy in the jugular with a needle and injected him with a sedative. He backhanded Asta’s face, knocking her back into the wall. Ezmerelda yanked her arm out of the guy’s grip, slapping him in the face with the free cuff. Asta slapped him back, but her punch hurt less than his. He took a step back and raised his gun at her. She dived out of the way, causing him to knockout an office worker with his sonic gun. Ezmerelda grabbed Asta’s medical purse and bashed the guard in the groin with it. The guard crumpled and succumbed to the pain and sedatives.</p><p></p><p>Take watched the security monitor showing the entrance area intently. He saw that the heisters consisted of a short man with a shotgun, a scruffy guy with a submachine gun and an ugly woman with a big pistol. He watched as a guard up front got shot by the shotgun.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> <em>That’s unfortunate for him.</em></p><p></p><p>Back in the vault, Daniel was dismayed by the security code not working. He was further annoyed by not finding a release valve to open the vault door.</p><p></p><p>Daniel told Asta over the comm. to get to the security office and get the vault unlocked.</p><p></p><p><strong>Asta:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Bastard hurt my face.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Yeah, that’s nice. Get moving.</em></p><p></p><p>Asta picked up the guard’s sonic gun and rifled his pockets for something useful, like keys for handcuffs. She heard the gun shots echo through the building.</p><p></p><p><strong>Asta:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Okay. Who brought guns to the party?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Someone brought us guns for Christmas. Don’t ask questions.</em></p><p></p><p>The group discussed things for a short while.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong> <em>Getting bored.</em></p><p></p><p>Asta handed the gun to Ezmerelda and the two set off.</p><p></p><p>Take noticed the woman with the big pistol heading over toward the security office so he set the two guards up in the chairs and positioned himself behind a guard to use as cover. The door knobbed rattled then blew off as it was shot. The door swung open and the woman waved her gun. As she started to speak, Take aimed his sonic gun and fired, blasting her back.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Oh great. Now the door is wide open. Hurry up, would you!</em></p><p></p><p>Noticing the two other heisters were coming over on the door, Take moved up next to the door. As soon as the guy with the shotgun was in his line of sight in the doorway, Take blasted him with the sonic gun, knocking him back and out.</p><p></p><p>Asta and Ezmerelda arrived just in time to see the guy with the submachine gun opening up on the security office.</p><p></p><p><strong>Asta:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Holy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> he has a machine gun...</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong> (cutting her off over group’s comm.) <em>Ooh. Get it for me!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Asta:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Uh, no! Retreat!</em></p><p></p><p>Asta and Ezmerelda turned around and headed for the basement to find Mort instead.</p><p></p><p>In the security office, Take was dropped to the ground covering his head as glass and sparks rained down upon him.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>How far away are you guys?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Asta:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Getting further away, sir! Can’t deal with machine gun. Getting Mort. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Paul:</strong> <em>Hmm. Mort equals machine gun.</em> *<em>grins</em>*</p><p></p><p><strong>Alex:</strong> <em>No. There is a greater than symbol in there.</em></p><p></p><p>Mort, having decided to improvise, got to the point where he could cut out some of the power without affecting everything. He slit the wires, causing all security feeds and transmissions to cease.</p><p></p><p>Take took a peak up at the remaining security camera to see if more heisters were coming in. As he watched a bunch of workers trying, and failing, to get out the front door, the cameras all went dead.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (over group’s comm.) <em>Oh. I’m blind now. Thanks Mort.</em></p><p></p><p>Having accomplished this task, Mort started running towards the basement access door to get up to the security office.</p><p></p><p>Take noticed that the guy with the submachine gun was trying to wake up the other heisters so he started stealthily crawling towards the doorway. The heister noticed Take, but Take had the faster draw. Just as the heister went down a security guard showed up.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> <em>I got them! Help me tie them up.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Security guard:</strong> <em>Good work office worker.</em></p><p></p><p>Down in the vault, the man started waking up. Daniel played the part of another captive and ‘interrogated’ the guy. The worker told him to sit tight and wait for the Alliance to show up to shut down the lockdown.</p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong> <em>Are we going to suffocate?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tied-up Office Worker:</strong> <em>Not unless someone turns off the power.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong> (look of panic) <em>I hope that doesn’t happen.</em></p><p></p><p>While Take and the security guard were tying up the heisters another security guard showed up. The guard had been paying just enough attention to him, giving orders, that he couldn’t just slip away.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> (pointing at the security office) <em>Holy crap. What happened to them in there!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Security Guard:</strong> (to Take) <em>Go check it out.</em></p><p></p><p>Take’s shoulder’s slumped as the guard stood over the heisters and watched Take go to check it out. The second security guard collected the heisters’ weapons as the first told him they needed to get the people down to holding.</p><p></p><p>Daniel relayed to the others quietly that if they cut power to the vaults they suffocate.</p><p></p><p><strong>Security Guard:</strong> <em>Everything alright in there?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong> <em> (looking at the dead guards and the sparking and smoking equipment) <em>Uh, yeah. Everything should be alright until you get back from getting those guys to holding.</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Take closed the door a bit so it was less likely for someone to see in. He heard some groggy noises and the group head off. Peaking outside he saw they were gone but noticed two new guards.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mort stopped by the janitor he killed earlier and grabbed some tools and duct tape. Asta and Ezmerelda met up with Mort at the basement access door as he was duct taping it open. Ezmerelda handed Mort the sonic gun and they headed off for the security office. Once they got to the main area Mort left Asta and Ezmerelda behind the corner and ran up to the guards.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Mort:</strong> (loudly) <em>What’s all the commotion out here?</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Security Guard:</strong> <em>Sir, you should move to lockdown area A.</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Mort:</strong> <em>Oh right!</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mort then raised the sonic gun and fired. A brief fight then ensued as Take ran out and rushed the guards as well. There was lots of getting knocked to the ground by the guns Mort and a guard got knocked unconscious, leaving Take to deal with the other one. Thankfully the guard couldn’t radio for help since Mort had knocked out communications. Ezmerelda screamed to distract the guard at a key point, allowing Take to knock the guard out.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>With the guards out Asta and Ezmerelda rushed over as Take was kicking the guard some more for good measure. Take ordered Ezmerelda to gather up the guns while he started dragging the guards into the security office. Asta started poking around the computer room. Eventually they remembered Mort was knocked out on the floor still. Asta pumped Mort full of stimulant.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Mort:</strong> <em>OWWW!!! My appendix! Oh wait, I don’t have one of those.</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Once Mort was awake and all the guards were in the security office they barricaded the door. The remaining security computer had a map of the complex on it with red Xs over all the exits and ‘<strong>Lockdown Procedure Activated</strong>’ flashing on the screen.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When Asta tried to get into the system it requested a security password. Not finding any written around the room she injected a mild stimulant into the highest ranking security guard. Mort then proceeded to interrogate and torture the guy for the passwords. After Mort jabbed a needle into the guy’s eye and he refused to break Asta tossed Mort some sodium pentothal.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Mort:</strong> <em>Sodium what? What’s this?</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>After making the guard loopy with the drug they got the password out of him. The guard then started rattling off other passwords with no context. Mort copied them all down on his arm.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Asta rooted through the computer and figured out how she could activate a lockdown drill during the current lockdown. This would fool the computer into thinking it was all a drill and release the lockdown once the drill was complete. She activated the drill and set it for a five minute period. While rooting through the computer she also found that the information they had on what doors worked when the power was off was false and updated everyone.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Ezmerelda and Take headed up to the office the vault was in. Mort headed off back to the basement to kill the power. Asta stayed behind to finish taking out the computer once they were done.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Down in the vault, Daniel made sure the two workers were thoroughly unconscious by hitting them in the head again, then waited for the lockdown to release. Ezmerelda and Take got to the door to the vault office just as the five minutes were up and the lockdown released. They were greeted by a very bored Campan, who had been trapped in by the lockdown. Something about reinforced doors and shatter-proof glass. Daniel opened the vault door and used the lift to bring the crates of money up with him. Campan picked up a crate with ease. Daniel picked up a crate with some difficulty. Take and Ezmerelda together picked u[ a crate with a little difficulty.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>During this time Asta was busy erasing the computer system entirely. She left the computer at a c:/ prompt as Mort killed the power to the building. The group met up at a determined rendezvous site, wandering though the very dark building. They saw the large mass of workers filing out the door and a few remaining security guards and decided the crates they were hauling were very conspicuous. They transferred the money into the duffle bags they had brought and Mort bundled up the five sonic guns in a jacket. Seeing people were being herded into a waiting area outside the building, Mort quickly rigged one of the guns to explode. As they filed out of the building and towards the throng of workers Mort tossed the rigged gun into the crowd and shouted ‘<em>BOMB!</em>.’</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The resulting explosion knocked a good deal of people out and cause an even greater confusion. They quickly moved away from the group and towards the front of the building. On their way, Take noticed a very beat up mule parked in the open. It was loud, pumped out black smoke, and didn’t want to start, but it ran with some urging from Mort. Mort was able to take care of the smoke and some of the noise as they got away, making the mule less obvious. Take noticed an Alliance shuttle coming in towards the Depository, but stayed well away from it. The ride was very loud from the echoes once they got into the canyons, but nothing seemed to be chasing them.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Once on the Orasca they took off, flying low to the ground and headed for their new hiding spot. The sonic guns went into one hidden compartment. The money went into another hidden compartment. The uniforms went into the engine (safely, Mort will note). Jenny was rather delighted to get to fix up Asta’s face. She used a little too much novacane, but did a decent job.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Asta monitored the secure channels and the news channels, but found no mention of their activity. After a short rest Take took note of when the patrol boat was off on the other side of the planet and piloted the Orasca away from the planet.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Having had some time to discuss things, they found out that the money they obtained did total seventy thousand, but was fifty thousand platinum and twenty thousand Alliance credits. They didn’t want to just give up the extra thirty thousand equivalent worth of platinum but, since Alliance credits are very traceable, the crew wasn’t sure what to do with them. Daniel talked about laundering the money, but he wasn’t quite sure how to go about that process or how much they would get in return from that investment. He presented the idea of just giving Logan the twenty thousand credits, since Logan had stated he wanted twenty thousand without stating a currency, but that idea was shot down. Talking with Logan, Daniel found that offering Logan eight thousand credits, the equivalent of twenty thousand platinum, wasn’t going to cut it, since Logan didn’t feel that was worth his share. The conversation boiled down to Logan wanting twenty thousand of something, not less.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>They had decided that next they were going to need to get their good fake IDs. This meant they would have to go to the Core, a fact that Mort, Take, and Daniel reviled. Daniel knew it might be possible to get the IDs on a border world like Persephone, but they would be paying even more exorbitant prices and it would take even more time.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Asta was actually rather happy at the prospect of going to the Core and gave them information on where would be a good place to go. She did point out some slight problems on needing a legitimate reason to land on the planet, pointing out that Sihnon would be the easiest of the planets to get to. She did comment that they could go to Londinium and say they were there to see their lawyer. Mort said he was sure he’d be shouting that a lot there. Though the command crew hated the idea of dealing with Niska again, they felt he would be their best bet for getting onto Sihnon.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Orasca headed in the direction of Ezra, still having lots of things to work out. Mort felt that the forger he knew on Ezra might be able to point them in the direction of a forger on Sihnon, at least.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong><em>Roll Credits</em></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 3173755, member: 9758"] [size=5][b]“Episode 11 –Financial Woes” - Fourth Session[/b][/size] [i]Synopsis of 11/13/06 session - subtitled [b]Mort > Machine Gun[/b][/i] Asta and Ezmerelda walked through a cubicle maze in the direction of the security center. They noticed a security guard turn a corner and head in their direction, but decided to keep their cool and continue on their way. The security guard moved right up to them and stopped, blocking their path. [b]Security Guard:[/b] (to Ezmerelda) [i]Excuse me, miss, but you’re going to have to come with me.[/i] [b]Ezmerelda:[/b] [i]But I’m really sick. I have to go to the.[/i] [b]Security Guard:[/b] [i]You don’t look sick.[/i] Ezmerelda tried to explain she wasn’t obviously sick and that she just needed to go to the bathroom, but the guard didn’t seem to be buying it. He told her he would escort her to a bathroom, despite her comments that Asta was already helping her. [b]Security Guard:[/b] (to Asta) [i]Are you acquainted with this person, ma’am?[/i] [b]Asta:[/b] [i]In a vague sort of way.[/i] (pause) [i]She served me lunch or something.[/i] Unsure how to dissuade him, the two went along with the security guard as he escorted them in the direction of the holding facility. Back by the vault, Daniel gave Campan the instructions to stay at the top of the ladder into the vault and to wait for his signal to come down. Daniel grabbed onto the ladder and quietly started climbing down. As he climbed down he noticed metal tracks on the sides of the ladder that likely were used for a loading platform. Once he got to the bottom he found himself on a small alcove on top of a small freight platform. He noticed a small computer panel on the wall to his right with controls for the platform and a keypad for the vault door. He moved through a very short entryway to the main vault room. The room was the size of a small office with metal walls. Six metal crates about the size of small dog crates with money markers on them were secured to the ground around the room. A security camera in the far left corner overlooked the entryway and vault proper. Daniel ducked down to survey the situation and the naked people. He quickly moved over, shoving the woman off of the man and knocked the man on the head with the trophy. Daniel then ordered the panicking woman to shut up and kneel, making sure she didn’t turn around. Once she was kneeling, he tied her up. Searching the crates, he found the three crates that actually had money in them. Noting there was a mixture of credits and platinum, he knocked the woman out and then started dragging the crates over to the platform. Take watched Asta’s group and Daniel over the security feeds and kept the bored Mort apprised of the situation over the comm. Daniel told Take to shut off the camera in the vault so that, should someone else enter the security office, they wouldn’t see what was happening. When Take informed him that Asta and Ezmerelda were being taken to a holding facility Daniel told them to be ready to cut power once he was out of the vault. Take had been rather busy with the others so he almost didn’t notice something strange at the main entrance. It looked like three workers were beating up the security guard. This amused Take and figured it was a good distraction. [b]Take:[/b] (over Security’s channel and group’s comm.) [i]We’ve got a situation out front at the main doors. Officer needs assistance.[/i] As the guard went down Take noticed that the workers were armed. [b]Paul:[/b] [i]Oh god. Somebody is robbing the place.[/i] [b]Take:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Looks like some people are coming in to rob the place.[/i] Mort cursed. [b]Take:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Looks like they’re armed.[/i] [b]Daniel:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Nee ta ma duh tyen-shia suo-yo duh run doh gai si.[/i] [sblock]Nee ta ma duh tyen-shia suo-yo duh run doh gai si = :):):):) everyone in the universe to death.[/sblock] As Daniel reached over to activate the lift the three heisters moved through the main door into the Depository. The normal lighting of the building was replaced by flashing red lights and the quiet office noise was replaced by loud alarm klaxons. The vault door above Daniel slammed shut and the lift lowered back to the floor. In the security office the computers flashed the message ‘[b]Lockdown Procedure Activated[/b].’ Though he already had the door shut, Take moved over to quickly lock it. From outside the security office he could hear a gun going off and loud shouting. Mort swore and activated his device that was set to mess up the rail. Back with Asta and Ezmerelda, the guard swore and grabbed Ezmerelda’s arm. He slapped a handcuff on her arm, holding the other cuff. Asta jabbed the guy in the jugular with a needle and injected him with a sedative. He backhanded Asta’s face, knocking her back into the wall. Ezmerelda yanked her arm out of the guy’s grip, slapping him in the face with the free cuff. Asta slapped him back, but her punch hurt less than his. He took a step back and raised his gun at her. She dived out of the way, causing him to knockout an office worker with his sonic gun. Ezmerelda grabbed Asta’s medical purse and bashed the guard in the groin with it. The guard crumpled and succumbed to the pain and sedatives. Take watched the security monitor showing the entrance area intently. He saw that the heisters consisted of a short man with a shotgun, a scruffy guy with a submachine gun and an ugly woman with a big pistol. He watched as a guard up front got shot by the shotgun. [b]Take:[/b] [i]That’s unfortunate for him.[/i] Back in the vault, Daniel was dismayed by the security code not working. He was further annoyed by not finding a release valve to open the vault door. Daniel told Asta over the comm. to get to the security office and get the vault unlocked. [b]Asta:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Bastard hurt my face.[/i] [b]Take:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Yeah, that’s nice. Get moving.[/i] Asta picked up the guard’s sonic gun and rifled his pockets for something useful, like keys for handcuffs. She heard the gun shots echo through the building. [b]Asta:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Okay. Who brought guns to the party?[/i] [b]Mort:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Someone brought us guns for Christmas. Don’t ask questions.[/i] The group discussed things for a short while. [b]Mort:[/b] [i]Getting bored.[/i] Asta handed the gun to Ezmerelda and the two set off. Take noticed the woman with the big pistol heading over toward the security office so he set the two guards up in the chairs and positioned himself behind a guard to use as cover. The door knobbed rattled then blew off as it was shot. The door swung open and the woman waved her gun. As she started to speak, Take aimed his sonic gun and fired, blasting her back. [b]Take:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Oh great. Now the door is wide open. Hurry up, would you![/i] Noticing the two other heisters were coming over on the door, Take moved up next to the door. As soon as the guy with the shotgun was in his line of sight in the doorway, Take blasted him with the sonic gun, knocking him back and out. Asta and Ezmerelda arrived just in time to see the guy with the submachine gun opening up on the security office. [b]Asta:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Holy :):):):) he has a machine gun...[/i] [b]Mort:[/b] (cutting her off over group’s comm.) [i]Ooh. Get it for me![/i] [b]Asta:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Uh, no! Retreat![/i] Asta and Ezmerelda turned around and headed for the basement to find Mort instead. In the security office, Take was dropped to the ground covering his head as glass and sparks rained down upon him. [b]Take:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]How far away are you guys?[/i] [b]Asta:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Getting further away, sir! Can’t deal with machine gun. Getting Mort. [/i] [b]Paul:[/b] [i]Hmm. Mort equals machine gun.[/i] *[i]grins[/i]* [b]Alex:[/b] [i]No. There is a greater than symbol in there.[/i] Mort, having decided to improvise, got to the point where he could cut out some of the power without affecting everything. He slit the wires, causing all security feeds and transmissions to cease. Take took a peak up at the remaining security camera to see if more heisters were coming in. As he watched a bunch of workers trying, and failing, to get out the front door, the cameras all went dead. [b]Take:[/b] (over group’s comm.) [i]Oh. I’m blind now. Thanks Mort.[/i] Having accomplished this task, Mort started running towards the basement access door to get up to the security office. Take noticed that the guy with the submachine gun was trying to wake up the other heisters so he started stealthily crawling towards the doorway. The heister noticed Take, but Take had the faster draw. Just as the heister went down a security guard showed up. [b]Take:[/b] [i]I got them! Help me tie them up.[/i] [b]Security guard:[/b] [i]Good work office worker.[/i] Down in the vault, the man started waking up. Daniel played the part of another captive and ‘interrogated’ the guy. The worker told him to sit tight and wait for the Alliance to show up to shut down the lockdown. [b]Daniel:[/b] [i]Are we going to suffocate?[/i] [b]Tied-up Office Worker:[/b] [i]Not unless someone turns off the power.[/i] [b]Daniel:[/b] (look of panic) [i]I hope that doesn’t happen.[/i] While Take and the security guard were tying up the heisters another security guard showed up. The guard had been paying just enough attention to him, giving orders, that he couldn’t just slip away. [b]Take:[/b] (pointing at the security office) [i]Holy crap. What happened to them in there![/i] [b]Security Guard:[/b] (to Take) [i]Go check it out.[/i] Take’s shoulder’s slumped as the guard stood over the heisters and watched Take go to check it out. The second security guard collected the heisters’ weapons as the first told him they needed to get the people down to holding. Daniel relayed to the others quietly that if they cut power to the vaults they suffocate. [b]Security Guard:[/b] [i]Everything alright in there?[/i] [b]Take:[/b] [i] (looking at the dead guards and the sparking and smoking equipment) [i]Uh, yeah. Everything should be alright until you get back from getting those guys to holding.[/i] Take closed the door a bit so it was less likely for someone to see in. He heard some groggy noises and the group head off. Peaking outside he saw they were gone but noticed two new guards. Mort stopped by the janitor he killed earlier and grabbed some tools and duct tape. Asta and Ezmerelda met up with Mort at the basement access door as he was duct taping it open. Ezmerelda handed Mort the sonic gun and they headed off for the security office. Once they got to the main area Mort left Asta and Ezmerelda behind the corner and ran up to the guards. [b]Mort:[/b] (loudly) [i]What’s all the commotion out here?[/i] [b]Security Guard:[/b] [i]Sir, you should move to lockdown area A.[/i] [b]Mort:[/b] [i]Oh right![/i] Mort then raised the sonic gun and fired. A brief fight then ensued as Take ran out and rushed the guards as well. There was lots of getting knocked to the ground by the guns Mort and a guard got knocked unconscious, leaving Take to deal with the other one. Thankfully the guard couldn’t radio for help since Mort had knocked out communications. Ezmerelda screamed to distract the guard at a key point, allowing Take to knock the guard out. With the guards out Asta and Ezmerelda rushed over as Take was kicking the guard some more for good measure. Take ordered Ezmerelda to gather up the guns while he started dragging the guards into the security office. Asta started poking around the computer room. Eventually they remembered Mort was knocked out on the floor still. Asta pumped Mort full of stimulant. [b]Mort:[/b] [i]OWWW!!! My appendix! Oh wait, I don’t have one of those.[/i] Once Mort was awake and all the guards were in the security office they barricaded the door. The remaining security computer had a map of the complex on it with red Xs over all the exits and ‘[b]Lockdown Procedure Activated[/b]’ flashing on the screen. When Asta tried to get into the system it requested a security password. Not finding any written around the room she injected a mild stimulant into the highest ranking security guard. Mort then proceeded to interrogate and torture the guy for the passwords. After Mort jabbed a needle into the guy’s eye and he refused to break Asta tossed Mort some sodium pentothal. [b]Mort:[/b] [i]Sodium what? What’s this?[/i] After making the guard loopy with the drug they got the password out of him. The guard then started rattling off other passwords with no context. Mort copied them all down on his arm. Asta rooted through the computer and figured out how she could activate a lockdown drill during the current lockdown. This would fool the computer into thinking it was all a drill and release the lockdown once the drill was complete. She activated the drill and set it for a five minute period. While rooting through the computer she also found that the information they had on what doors worked when the power was off was false and updated everyone. Ezmerelda and Take headed up to the office the vault was in. Mort headed off back to the basement to kill the power. Asta stayed behind to finish taking out the computer once they were done. Down in the vault, Daniel made sure the two workers were thoroughly unconscious by hitting them in the head again, then waited for the lockdown to release. Ezmerelda and Take got to the door to the vault office just as the five minutes were up and the lockdown released. They were greeted by a very bored Campan, who had been trapped in by the lockdown. Something about reinforced doors and shatter-proof glass. Daniel opened the vault door and used the lift to bring the crates of money up with him. Campan picked up a crate with ease. Daniel picked up a crate with some difficulty. Take and Ezmerelda together picked u[ a crate with a little difficulty. During this time Asta was busy erasing the computer system entirely. She left the computer at a c:/ prompt as Mort killed the power to the building. The group met up at a determined rendezvous site, wandering though the very dark building. They saw the large mass of workers filing out the door and a few remaining security guards and decided the crates they were hauling were very conspicuous. They transferred the money into the duffle bags they had brought and Mort bundled up the five sonic guns in a jacket. Seeing people were being herded into a waiting area outside the building, Mort quickly rigged one of the guns to explode. As they filed out of the building and towards the throng of workers Mort tossed the rigged gun into the crowd and shouted ‘[i]BOMB![/i].’ The resulting explosion knocked a good deal of people out and cause an even greater confusion. They quickly moved away from the group and towards the front of the building. On their way, Take noticed a very beat up mule parked in the open. It was loud, pumped out black smoke, and didn’t want to start, but it ran with some urging from Mort. Mort was able to take care of the smoke and some of the noise as they got away, making the mule less obvious. Take noticed an Alliance shuttle coming in towards the Depository, but stayed well away from it. The ride was very loud from the echoes once they got into the canyons, but nothing seemed to be chasing them. Once on the Orasca they took off, flying low to the ground and headed for their new hiding spot. The sonic guns went into one hidden compartment. The money went into another hidden compartment. The uniforms went into the engine (safely, Mort will note). Jenny was rather delighted to get to fix up Asta’s face. She used a little too much novacane, but did a decent job. Asta monitored the secure channels and the news channels, but found no mention of their activity. After a short rest Take took note of when the patrol boat was off on the other side of the planet and piloted the Orasca away from the planet. Having had some time to discuss things, they found out that the money they obtained did total seventy thousand, but was fifty thousand platinum and twenty thousand Alliance credits. They didn’t want to just give up the extra thirty thousand equivalent worth of platinum but, since Alliance credits are very traceable, the crew wasn’t sure what to do with them. Daniel talked about laundering the money, but he wasn’t quite sure how to go about that process or how much they would get in return from that investment. He presented the idea of just giving Logan the twenty thousand credits, since Logan had stated he wanted twenty thousand without stating a currency, but that idea was shot down. Talking with Logan, Daniel found that offering Logan eight thousand credits, the equivalent of twenty thousand platinum, wasn’t going to cut it, since Logan didn’t feel that was worth his share. The conversation boiled down to Logan wanting twenty thousand of something, not less. They had decided that next they were going to need to get their good fake IDs. This meant they would have to go to the Core, a fact that Mort, Take, and Daniel reviled. Daniel knew it might be possible to get the IDs on a border world like Persephone, but they would be paying even more exorbitant prices and it would take even more time. Asta was actually rather happy at the prospect of going to the Core and gave them information on where would be a good place to go. She did point out some slight problems on needing a legitimate reason to land on the planet, pointing out that Sihnon would be the easiest of the planets to get to. She did comment that they could go to Londinium and say they were there to see their lawyer. Mort said he was sure he’d be shouting that a lot there. Though the command crew hated the idea of dealing with Niska again, they felt he would be their best bet for getting onto Sihnon. The Orasca headed in the direction of Ezra, still having lots of things to work out. Mort felt that the forger he knew on Ezra might be able to point them in the direction of a forger on Sihnon, at least. [b][i]Roll Credits[/i][/b][/i] [/QUOTE]
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