"Pretending to be there on business could work. Maybe we're investors. If you aren't particularly familiar with us as a superhero group, I think if I had well-coiffed dark hair and a nice suit on I could pass as a businessman. Just give me some of the hottest new business lingo- 'demand side increasing returns to scale', or something like that, and I'll be set."
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Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread III
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"Easy to arrange." Blue says "And fake papers, too. Don't get caught, though, I'm not sure how deep we'll be able to worm the records into their databases. We can also get you satellite transmitters for your phones. They are already encrypted, but it will be better if we can avoid Chinese networks altogether."
Black says "The real question is how you find Markum..."
Hope coughed. "Guys, remember the last time we went 'undercover' with the same back-story? They knew who we were before we even got in the door." she looked at each of them.
"Otaku also has the resources to ferret out our identities even in disguise. Not to mention, he's working for Barrington and I can safely say he also has his own sources of information, ranging from the mundane to the supernatural to the magical." she said, wanting to at least let them in on the realities of what they were doing. Which... When you looked at it closely, it wasn't exactly 'heroic'. They were committing acts of sabotauge. And the country they were invading wasn't gonna be too happy about it.
"Whatever we do, we gotta be careful, far more careful than we have been. This isn't just some super-hero fight when we put the bad-guys away. We're going into a soveriegn country with the intention of smashing some of their resources to hell and gone. This... This is real. This is war, not a game." she said seriously. "And we really, really don't want to be caught." she said, nodding in agreement with Black's earlier statement.
"Whatever our cover is, it's going to have to be perfect. As nearly perfect as we can manage." she added.
"Otaku also has the resources to ferret out our identities even in disguise. Not to mention, he's working for Barrington and I can safely say he also has his own sources of information, ranging from the mundane to the supernatural to the magical." she said, wanting to at least let them in on the realities of what they were doing. Which... When you looked at it closely, it wasn't exactly 'heroic'. They were committing acts of sabotauge. And the country they were invading wasn't gonna be too happy about it.
"Whatever we do, we gotta be careful, far more careful than we have been. This isn't just some super-hero fight when we put the bad-guys away. We're going into a soveriegn country with the intention of smashing some of their resources to hell and gone. This... This is real. This is war, not a game." she said seriously. "And we really, really don't want to be caught." she said, nodding in agreement with Black's earlier statement.
"Whatever our cover is, it's going to have to be perfect. As nearly perfect as we can manage." she added.
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"I'm actually rather new to this international espionage business, but maybe we should pose as tourists? Be easier t' pull off, an' is possible that 'investors' would be more closely scrutinized by their government. It would also give us the excuse to wander about wherever, looking for Mr. Markum, on the pretense that we're curious or lost."
She pops another Tums. "Another possibility, I suppose, is pure stealth reconnaissance. Be difficult, sneaking around all the time, and Mr. Markum would have a 'ard time finding us on his own, be 'e able. Might give our enemies less warning."
"Any ruse we choose, we're going to need all the local information available on Tianjang to search fer Mr. Markum. In particular, we need maps, especially if an' when we proceed with the factory assault. The investigative cover we decide on may determine 'ow we get ourselves into Tianjang, but we also need an extraction plan wit' multiple contingencies, since we expect to withdraw under fire."
"Also I have two immediate questions fer the directors. First, will we be in continuous contact wit' the Trust? An' second, if we're identified by the Chinese prior to the sabotage, do we retreat?"
She looks around at others for their thoughts and suggestions.
She pops another Tums. "Another possibility, I suppose, is pure stealth reconnaissance. Be difficult, sneaking around all the time, and Mr. Markum would have a 'ard time finding us on his own, be 'e able. Might give our enemies less warning."
"Any ruse we choose, we're going to need all the local information available on Tianjang to search fer Mr. Markum. In particular, we need maps, especially if an' when we proceed with the factory assault. The investigative cover we decide on may determine 'ow we get ourselves into Tianjang, but we also need an extraction plan wit' multiple contingencies, since we expect to withdraw under fire."
"Also I have two immediate questions fer the directors. First, will we be in continuous contact wit' the Trust? An' second, if we're identified by the Chinese prior to the sabotage, do we retreat?"
She looks around at others for their thoughts and suggestions.
DM_Matt
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" Our communications tech can bypass the Chinese intercepts...You can be in constant contact with us...well, Whitey moreso than I...I'm going to be in in South America with a couple strike teams...Barrington's people are getting attacked periodically there, and I think I might be able to call on some old friends from when I was working for the feds making the hemisphere unsafe for Communism.
Extracting you won't be the easiest. Preferably, just get out of the country...you should be able to just teleport the group...or Wren if need be. Otherwise, you backup team can either try to avoid detection and fly in, or else hijack a plane or boat unnoticed and get you out that way."
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"Yeah. If the Chinese government really supports Barrington and Otaku in what they're doing at this factory- they probably don't know about the portal to hell thing, but they might know all of the details of what's going on at the factory- then if we're identified, and we almost certainly will be if it comes to breaking into the factory, this could cause a major international incident.
That might be worse than anything we gain from this whole operation even if the sabotage goes as planned. The US gov might face pressure to extradite us and the Chinese gov might redouble their support for Barrington. Plus, if we do find credible evidence for the Portal to Hell, the Chinese government might turn against Barrington/Otaku; but they won't believe us if we've been going around blowing up Chinese factories."
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White says "I don't think you'll have to worry about extradition. Its a high risk, high reward mission. It is the most important factory and science facility that isn't a superbase, and the superbases -- the Lighthouse and Dr. O's lair, and too well-defended. If we want to stop Barrington's rise, this is the best accessible place to attack and the best source of info out there. "
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Black adds "Remember too that Dr. O is technically under house arrest. China pretends not to be on his side. We almost certainly will be able to prove that false by hitting that factory. Besides, we need to know more about those Towers of Peace & Prosperity, because even if not us, there are a whole lot of folks out there who want to destroy them."
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