RGA1 - Daylight Robbery (Salix? Judging)

[rgordona]

If everything else fails, and we don't know who's going to steal the jewels and for who, are we expected to stop the robbery?

Peter nods "The information should be your priority, stopping the robbery as well would be a nice bonus."

Also, what do we know about the specialist jewellery in Leeds? What business it has done in the last years? What is his reputation? Who is the owner? Who are the employees? Does any has a criminal file?

As though expecting the question Peter flicks a switch and an image appears on the screen behind him. "The jeweller in question is known as "Aspire" it is located on the third floor of this building, above an employment agency. There is a workshop at the back and a small showroom. The owner is one Mr Akbar" the image changes to show a middle aged man of Indian origin "He specialises in artistic creations and most of the work is done on commission. His reputation is good and a lot of his business is through personal recommendation, as you saw he is not likely to attract much passing trade. There is only one other employee, a part time sales assistant, although Mr Akbar has been know to hire temporary staff when he has a need. There has been some suspicion in the past that the shop might be a front for illegal activity, money laundering or smuggling most likely, but nothing concrete."

I'll also need all we can know about the transaction about that jewel. How much it has been bought? Who bought it? The detail about the new owner? Who is in charge to do the delivery? What is that jewel? All diamonds have a record from the moment they are extracted to the moment they are sold, exception of blood diamond, and even then, they generally have some traces. I suppose it is the same for all precious jewel. If we can have the history of that jewel.

We know very little about the delivery or the specific jewel in question. Our contact was only told the time and route of the courier, and that he would be carrying a slim briefcase. That sort of detail is not public information so will need to be collected on the ground.

In resume, we need to know all we can on the jewel, on who sold it, who bought it, who carry it and who want it. Also, Peter, from where came your information if you can tell us. I want to know from which area it came from... and by area, I mean both geographical and domain of work, like financial or smugglers..."

Ah well that is a bit delicate. My friend works in London and has a reputation for being able to arrange anything. He was asked to suggest a plan to acquire the briefcase but his offer was not accepted. He suspects he lost out to an international firm. That is when he came to us. Apparently the clients were all together too well informed about the target and did not seem to care about the cost. He says he tried to track the client down but failed completely. That is what raises most suspicions; usually he would have had no problems. Of course it is possible he is just trying to use us to settle a score with a rival; show them up for undercutting him but that is a risk we are prepared to take.

OOC: After Peter answers the question he can. First, use Benefit(Security clearance) to gain access to the database. I then use Well-Informed to gte any information about the people and organization Peter speak of. Once that done, he will want to use his Contact to speed up the gather of information he still lacking. He will finally take all teh information he got and try to cross them with the databases to see if any criminals can be identified as potential person involve in that case.

OOC: Peter's Information checks out as accurate, his contacts are probably at least as good as Sergeant’s if not better, of course Peter also had far longer to gather the information. There is no information about this specific delivery available anywhere. Peter's contact is likely to be one of two men in London, either could do the job, and both are essentially considered untouchable by the police, they are known criminals who are just too careful and to well connected to be convicted, not that the police aren't trying of course. Both have criminal records and are considered dangerous men. (Sergeant suspects Peter knew he was being vague enough to make positive identification of the mole difficult.) The overseas firm could be any number of people, Sergeant knows of at least four in New York alone who might be able to manage the job. He doubts any of them would actually be interested but they could do it. OOC Have I covered all the question?

 

[Velmont]

"The client of your contact. Did he has a name or nickname he used to make the negotiation. I would be curious to see if he has contacted many person to do that job or if he has contain his offer to the locals." asks Sergeant.

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Morph]Wow, awesome--I completely didn't know that![/SBLOCK]

"Forget it. He was killing people and transforming them into undead. If you want to learn such powers, you can go yourself to the Super Prison. I don't see much good you could do out of these powers if you use it, and if a Resolute should learn such power would be really bad for the organization image, so it would be more severe against you than against any other, just like a policeman must be above the average peron if he want to keep his job."

*Martin smiles and shakes his head.*

"Oh, don't worry. I don't do much Necromancy except Ray of Enfeeblement, and that's pretty tame compared to Animate Dead. But I was talking about the whole making technology fail thing that King Arthur mentioned--bad guys always seem to have super tech, so being able to do that concentrated on a target seems like it could be useful."

'England eh? If we actually go nearby, I should check out my secret headquarters in England that I almost never get to visit...okay, so I guess it's not really mine until I figure out what all the stuff does there, but the staff said I could use it...'

"Umm, hey guys--so, I have some ideas."

"First of all, despite Flux's attitude toward magic, I can assure you that it is real...and jewelry pieces can also be objects of great power. If you could give me the exact name and specs of the piece--a picture would be great--I can use my knowledge of arcane lore to see if I know of anything about it. That could explain why they are willing to pay so much for it--you know, like in that one Batman where there's a huge bidding war between Bruce Wayne and Mordred for a piece belonging to Morgan le Fay."

"I can also scry on the jewelry piece, which could be useful if we need to protect it without going nearby. I can't scry on our shady enemies because I don't know who any of their members are, but if we can determine even one member--say the guy they send to make offers--I can scry on him too."

 

[VioletSamurai]

"I'm gonna have to follow your lead on this one, Sarge. I've never been to Europe. And while I can probably score some ecstasy by Friday night, finding a fence for a million-dollar diamond isn't exactly something you can find at the local college campus."

"Mmmmkay." says Clay. He morphs into a caucasian male of average height and weight and neutral features, dressed with the Resolutes' uniform. "I'll stop with this one, most people feel uncorfortable speaking with a faceless bundle"

"Is that what you looked like...well, 'before?'"

"Umm, hey guys--so, I have some ideas."

"First of all, despite Flux's attitude toward magic, I can assure you that it is real...

"OK, Harry Potter, let's have ourselves a bit of clarification. I am well aware that, like super-tech out of science fiction and comic-book style mutations, after the comet hit suddenly a bunch of stuff people had been calling 'magic' suddenly started actually working. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm gonna believe some whackjob who finds a magic hammer and starts telling everyone he's Thor. And that doesn't mean that I won't still work with such a hypothetical nutcase if the entire rest of the Justice League vouches for him, which they have. So it's a non-issue. Moving right along..."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"How illogical--if magic is real, then why could there not be magic in the past?" Martian shrugs, "Given the existence of magic and given what I know about the state of the art in Materials Science as far as nanotechnology is concerned, I'd say King Arthur is actually easier for me to believe than a swarm of nanobots that gained human sentience--heck I thought that part of Spiderman 3 was pretty silly, but seeing what I've seen...I believe them both."

 

[Phoenix8008]

"Whoah, really?" Martin seems impressed by Paladin's speech, and unlike Flux, he seems to believe the man implicitly, "You mean you're King Arthur? No way! So tell me, how did it actually happen? I'd assume it was closer to the accounts of Gildas, Nennius, and Geoffrey of Monmouth than to the fabricated romances of Mallory and later authors. Now I can finally know the truth!"

"Let us leave the detailed story for later. Our mission must perchance come fist for now. Suffice it to say that the core of the stories was true, but as I understand it many layers of beautification did take place in later years to enhance the tale. Like any other war, ours was bloody and muddy and stank to the heavens. But the few moments of happiness and peace...ahhh....they nearly make it all worthwhile." Paladin muses over the past for a moment before returning to the mission at hand.

"Yes Seargent, back to London it is. Perhaps I can look in on Ms. Green from the auction house while we are in town. I did promise her a dinner if I returned to London. I truly did not expect to have the chance again so soon though."

"Again it seems to be my role to follow along in the lead of others until we encounter some villians upon whom I can bring my blade to bear against."

 

[Someone]

"How illogical--if magic is real, then why could there not be magic in the past?"

"Her point; nothing of these existed before the comet outside books and tales."

"Is that what you looked like...well, 'before?'"

"No. But it's useful: a nobody's face people tend to accept and forget quickly."

"Clay, when we will have information, I'll need you to use that link and start to scan the database for any possible relation between known criminal and this case"

"I'll do my best, but I'm not that good with computers: I have to type and use the mouse just like everyone else."

 

[rgordona]

"The client of your contact. Did he has a name or nickname he used to make the negotiation. I would be curious to see if he has contacted many person to do that job or if he has contain his offer to the locals." asks Sergeant.

"My friend and his clients are usually very keen to maintain their anonomity during negotiations; I am sure you can imagine why. He called his contact Mr Adams but he is sure that was an alias; he suspects that it was used only in the one set of negotiations."

[sblock=OOC]I guess I will have to read the whole of Antiques Roadshow. I did not mean to send you back to the same city but it does not really matter.

[Sblock=Someone (SALIX pay attention :>)]I have thought about Clay's auditory illusions more overnight and I admit I have got myself confused as to how they work. The concept seems obvious enough Clay can create any type of sound he wants and have it eminate from any point on his body? However I am having conceptualy issues with how that relates to the "illusion" power. As far as I can tell the sounds are in no way illusionary they are real sound waves. So I don't see what happens when someone fails thier will save, it is not as though the sound will suddenly dissapear. (Notice seems more appropriate to spot that they don't sound quite right.)

For example as I understand it a perception range auditary illusion might create the impression that there were police sirens in the next street, but for the same effect Clay would have to go and stand in the next street and then make a noise like a police car. I hope you don't mind but I am going to ask for advice on ATT[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Her point; nothing of these existed before the comet outside books and tales."

"Interesting thought, but what would you say if I told you that on the day of the comet, I uncovered something ancient...a place that was lost until the comet opened the way but clearly existed in the past?"

"I'll do my best, but I'm not that good with computers: I have to type and use the mouse just like everyone else."

"On the other hand, though you might not expect it from the way Peter introduced me, I'm working on a Master's degree in Computer Science, so I'm actually a fair hand with them myself--I can give it a try."

(OOC: Magus is +17 Computers and has Mental Quickness x5 versus Clay's +10 Computers. Not what you might expect from a Magic-User, though, I guess )

 

[rgordona]

"On the other hand, though you might not expect it from the way Peter introduced me, I'm working on a Master's degree in Computer Science, so I'm actually a fair hand with them myself--I can give it a try."

Peter looks sharply at Magus "If you can not be bothered to introduce yourself properly; you can hardly complain when others skimp on the detail."