Invasion. Gathering of Heroes (February 1930)

[ThWatcher]

----------Dr. George Wilkinson----------​

“Well, these facilities and others all around the country are military research laboratories, that cover the government’s need of new technology. We are a relatively new branch of the pentagon. The main use of the NOVA project is classified. All I can say is that it will be used in warfare. I want you to make NOVA possible doctor.
As for patents: You’ll be working for the USA government, and as a liberal country, we wont deny you the right to patent your discoveries, although said patentation will have to wait until the pentagon approves it. We will cover any expenses and provide you with whatever you might need to make NOVA possible.
I understand your preoccupation. This might sound sudden, but you must understand, that the government has reasons to believe that there might be another war soon. If we can have such advanced pieces of technology as the NOVA, the war will be shorter, and that’s good for everyone.” Charleston finishes. He reaches to someplace under his desk and pulls a small box. He opens it and takes out a cigar, and lights it with matches. “Cigar?” he offers one to George. “So tell me professor, what do you think now?”

George stands there pondering what he has just heard. After a moment, he catches up to the offer of a cigar. "No thank you. The ashes and smoke tend to effect lab readings, especially when dealing with light."
He shifts a little and then continues, "A good strong weapon can be a good defense. OK, I'm in." Perhaps naively, he adds, "We'll work out the details as we make progress on NOVA. Now, if I can see what work and progress has been done, I'll have a better idea of what you have, and what I'll need to do to help this project along. Who knows? Maybe you already have all the pieces and just need a fresh pair of eyes to put them in the right order."

 

[Voda Vosa]

----------Dr. George Wilkinson----------​

Charleston stores his cigars, and walks beside George, placing a hand on his shoulder, he leads him out, as he says "I like your positiveness my good doctor, you are my kind of scientist. Let me show you what we have, and introduce you to doctor Emersz" the man smiles.
The pair walk down the stairs and head to a separately area of the huge place. After a series of control entrances, George and Charleston reach a maximum security lock. Charleston nods at the guards, who unlock and open the heavy door.
Inside, the laboratory is a three stories facility, equipped with things George has only dreamed about. Many technicians and scientists walks through the place in lab coats with papers and devices in their hands. Charleston pats George's back again. "Doctor Wilkinson, welcome to the NOVA project."
He leads George across the corridors to an office.
Inside, a man working on some strange device, somehow familiar to George, takes out his goggles and approaches the pair. The man is an african american around his 50, with black hair mixed with some grey hair.
He vigorously shakes George's hand "Doctor Wilkinson, I confess this is an honor sir! James Emersz. I've followed your work closely sir, I'm glad mister Charleston has recruited you to give us a hand. I must admit your discoveries are as fascinating as they are puzzling. It took us a year of work to duplicate you Wilkinson's Dermal Regenerating Ray. Of course we acquire the needed rights, but even with the plans and schematics, it was not easy. Light is a tricky lady to dance with, but you know that better than I do."
Charleston gives a compromise smile before speaking "Very well gentlemen, I'll leave you alone to know each other. Anything you need doctor, you don't have but to ask. Goodbye" the man leaves George and James alone.

 

[Frozen Messiah]

Jasper begins moves to the alley with the and walks up to the door and tries the door. "Your nameis Franklin Thompson,your new here. If someone askes why your tryinfg to come throught this door it's because you forgot something and still couldn't remeber what it was, you were embarassed so you thought you could sneak in so you wouldn't get caught" Jasper tells himself as his hand grips the door knob.

 

[Voda Vosa]

----------Jasper 'Quicksilver' Mortello----------​

As Jasper opens the unlocked door, a man dressed just like him rushes out, almost crushing with him, carrying a big can full of kitchen waste. The man trips over the short stairs, and falls down, rolls until he hits the brick wall on the other side. The trash can rolls over too, covering the man with trash. "Lucky me" thought Jasper.
He stepped into a busy kitchen, chefs and cookers, along with waiters and cleaning personal spawn all over the place, busy each with their activities.
Jasper can spot the door to the main room, guarded by the chief waiter. Jasper knows the man won't let any cleaning guy go in that room. Scanning the kitchen, Jasper also spots two doors. One is the bathrooms, and the other seems like a provisions storage room. Some of the waiters and cooks go into that room, as well as into the bathroom.

 

[Frozen Messiah]

Jasper checks the mans pulse who just fell through the door to see what state he is in. While he does this he grabs the man's wallet to checkfor I.D.

 

[Voda Vosa]

The man's fine, althoug unconsious. No one seems to have notice the accident. The man is named William Smith.

 

[ghostcat]

Percy Ambleton-Smythe

When Ben explained that Long had more that one warehouse Peter's face fell. "I had originally though of being fairly obvious and driving up to the door. However, it occurs to me that if Y235 agent is still alive and we make the wrong choice, they might kill him and dispose of the body before we realise our mistake."

"How about this for a plan, instead:

- we borrow a van from the transport pool and park it outside the dock area.

- striking force group C stay with the van, while Ben and I walk up to the docks and have a look around.

- if we are questioned we use customs as a cover.

- in case of trouble we use a whistle to signal the strike group.

After that we will need to play it by ear.

The question then becomes, Do Ben and I wear suits or a customs uniform?"

Percy is not too happy with the plan, as it has too many holes. However, its the best he can come up with and Ben does not seem to have a better one.

 

[ThWatcher]

George follows Charleston into the labs observing the technicians and scientists all around as he walks. Upon being introduced to Doctor James Emersz, George eyes him a moment as Doctor Emersz talks about George's work.

George listens to Doctor Emersz's statement and then Charleston takes his leave. "Did you build it with the 'simplified control panel'? It makes it much more complicated but allows anyone with basic technical skills to operate the unit. It's much more expensive, but I see it as a way for emergency rescue people, even common soldiers on the battle field, to save lives."

Then some possible recognition dawns in George eyes. He says to Doctor Emersz, "Doctor Emersz, didn't you write the article on using a beam of light with a machine for the high speed transmission of teletype style messages? As I remember, you said that mechanical machines are not yet fast enough to keep up with the message speeds possible with light-beam messaging. Have you thought about using a spinning drum with 80 columns and each column has every character and punctuation mark? Solenoid driven hammers under each column, driving the paper and ribbon against the drum, would allow an entire line of a message to be typed in a tenth of a second, maybe less."

 

[Frozen Messiah]

Jasper waits for a few seconds then walks into the kitchen then moves toward the bathroom while keeping an eye on the chef guarding the door.

 

[airwalkrr]

"Scheise," Waller mutters under his breath. "It seems all roads lead to warehouse number 4. Idiot frau didn't even destroy the letter and I wouldn't be surprised if someone else already got to it. Looks like I'll be showing up to a big party."

Waller pulls out his cigarette lighter and burns the note. He then gathers a few fruits and vegetables from among those lying on the ground and stuffs his pockets, thinking he might need some food later. When he has filled his pockets, he skulks out of the house and into the alleys of Heidelberg.

Waller sticks to the shadows, hoping to avoid confrontations with the police or any other men with guns. Once he makes it to the river, he begins to search for warehouse #4.

Hide: 13
Move Silently: 11

OOC: Heidelberg is inland about 70 km south of Frankfurt. So I am assuming the only docks you are referring to are on the river since the city is far away from the North Sea.