After Math

[Ryku]

Blue Team would look at No.17 in slight disbelief as he managed to scale the building so easily while wearing a suite. Seeing him request to be on bottom, they didnt have any objections. " Yeah just use the coms if you see anything."

Once No.17 was on the ground, he would happen to observe a strange man who was wearing a black turban and a blue robe standing a few feet away taking pictures of the group. After snap shoting a few photos of Blue Team the man would quickly get lost back into the busy crowds.

" Blue Team Lead to Red Team do you copy. We are set up and ready, area looks good and we've made all adjustments for the ceremony."

[Lcythas]

Watching the man take pictures of the squad, No.17 tapped his comms as he slid through the crowd after the suspicious individual. "Blue Team. You have been spotted. Initiating pursuit of target. Do not stop the ceremony or deviate from established course of actions yet."

[Ryku]

No. 17 would not be able to catch up or locate the man as they swept into the crowd. " No. 17 just write down his description." As he stood in the crowd, the memory would soon shoot through his head of one of his team mates telling him of someone wearing the same clothing and had the same behaviors on the Terminus after the building fire.

[vicky_molokh]

   

Remy Concorde

Remy pressed the button on the comms upon hearing the unfortunate news. "Should I also just continue setting up? I found some pathways to high ground I could use."

----

Trackers

Expert Sighted Gun (1 Free Invocation)

----

Remy Concorde

PILOT ASPECTS:
Self View:  

Humanity's Successor

For good or ill, Remy acknowledges being designed as the next best thing after natural humans. Harder, Better, Faster, Smarter. And something that was built as an improvement is bound to eventually outcompete its predecessor. Not out of malice, but due to the nature of things. Not with fanfare and pride, but with a matter-of-fact shrug.

Sooner or later, a Gattaca of sorts would become the new norm, and Remy is the aloof herald of that era, neither celebrating the world to come, nor mourning the old world.

 

Positive Invocations:

- Getting ahead thanks to the bioengineered improvements over the baseline human.

 

Compels:

- Social complications relating to the reputation of being one of the first augmented humans, and also incidentally the first emancipated clone.

Social Type:

Cool-Headed Insightful Type

Positive Invocations:

- Keeping calm under pressure.
- Helping a group of people stay calm, resist panic &c.
- Coldly analysing a situation or person and getting useful, unbiased insights.
- Cognitive empathy;

Negative Invocations:
- Situations where display of affection would be highly appropriate (e.g. recovering someone else's Mental Consequences; a shoulder to cry on).

Trauma:

The Little Things From Alleged Allies

It's not the big things that are hurtful, especially not from enemies.

Being treated as a meat robot? Getting bothered by journalists and rubbernecks on the street? Being constantly burdened with sky-high expectations? That's just . . . normal and expected, especially from a superior or an enemy, and taken in stride.

But witnessing an act of petty spite among alleged friends? Seeing one alleged team-mate slightly prejudiced against another over things that have no correlation with merit? Getting caught in one of those webs of 'white lies' that tend to snowball? Those are the worst things in people.

Pilot Style:

Agility and Precision

Evasive and marksmanship-focused approaches to combat.

 Dream:

A Step Beyond Understanding

"Knowledge is certainly tempting and intriguing. Science is fascinating. But you know what's even more intriguing? Correctly upon truths without having previously studied them in a rational manner. "

 

Positive Invocations:
- Rolls relating to lore/academics or theoretical knowledge, or for acquiring such through study.
- Rolls representing leaps of intuition or a priori reasoning, as distinct from empirical studies.

 

Compels:
- Being tempted by new and uncommon scientific knowledge.
- Something strange happening, or people reacting oddly, to the aforementioned intuitive leaps.

 

SKILLS:
+4: Agility/Athletics
+3: Diplomacy/Rapport, Mental Fortitude/Will 
+2: Ranged/Shoot, De-Escalation/Empathy, Lore
+1: Toughness/Physique, Mechanics/Craft, Situational Awareness/Notice, Medical.

STUNTS:
Advanced ACM Mastery: +1 Free Invocation when performing flight-related CaA. 
Neural Overdrive: You can push yourself beyond human limits at the cost of mental strain. Apply a bonus to a roll you've made, then take an amount of Mental Stress equal to the bonus. 
Psych Up: Spend a moment in preparation to tap into your potential. Make a Will+2 CaA, adding Free Invocation(s) onto one of your personal Aspects.

 

----

Mecha: Coucou Gris

Mecha: Coucou Gris
Design Concept: Mobile Aerospace Skirmisher.
Design Flaw: "Forget About Mêlée!"
ADDON 1: Airborne C3I Nexus
ADDON 2: High-Thrust Vectored Zeta Engine
ADDON 1: Precision Missile Batteries

Stats:
+4 Manoeuvre 
+3 Ranged Combat 
+3 Radar 
+2 Internal Systems 
+2 Electronic Warfare 
+2 Durability 
+1 Close Quarters Combat 
+1 Stealth Systems

Systems: 
Flight System: enables flight. 
Improved Manoeuvrability: +2 to CaA with Manoeuvre for flight-related stuff.
Counter-Stealth Sensor Suite: +2 to detect hidden enemies or prevent them from hiding. 
 

 

Edited September 11, 2023 by vicky_molokh (see edit history)

[Lcythas]

After a few seconds of radio silence, which No.17 spent to try and look for the mystery man, he reluctantly broke off the chase and responded to Remy. "Just continue setting up, and keep the pathways in mind. If anyone approaches your position, take all precautionary measures to ensure your own safety and the safety of the principal. I will remain with the crowd in case they try for a direct assault upon this position, but I suspect sabotage is at play."

[vicky_molokh]

   

Remy Concorde

"Understood," Remy replied, and walked towards the alleys she has just been shown, carrying the sportsbag with the rifle on her shoulder. 

Fire ladder, just slightly out of reach. This is going to be good enough. She leapt up, grabbed the edge thereof, pulled up, and proceeded towards the roof where she planned to set up her nest.

----

Remy Concorde

PILOT ASPECTS:
Self View:  

Humanity's Successor

For good or ill, Remy acknowledges being designed as the next best thing after natural humans. Harder, Better, Faster, Smarter. And something that was built as an improvement is bound to eventually outcompete its predecessor. Not out of malice, but due to the nature of things. Not with fanfare and pride, but with a matter-of-fact shrug.

Sooner or later, a Gattaca of sorts would become the new norm, and Remy is the aloof herald of that era, neither celebrating the world to come, nor mourning the old world.

 

Positive Invocations:

- Getting ahead thanks to the bioengineered improvements over the baseline human.

 

Compels:

- Social complications relating to the reputation of being one of the first augmented humans, and also incidentally the first emancipated clone.

Social Type:

Cool-Headed Insightful Type

Positive Invocations:

- Keeping calm under pressure.
- Helping a group of people stay calm, resist panic &c.
- Coldly analysing a situation or person and getting useful, unbiased insights.
- Cognitive empathy;

Negative Invocations:
- Situations where display of affection would be highly appropriate (e.g. recovering someone else's Mental Consequences; a shoulder to cry on).

Trauma:

The Little Things From Alleged Allies

It's not the big things that are hurtful, especially not from enemies.

Being treated as a meat robot? Getting bothered by journalists and rubbernecks on the street? Being constantly burdened with sky-high expectations? That's just . . . normal and expected, especially from a superior or an enemy, and taken in stride.

But witnessing an act of petty spite among alleged friends? Seeing one alleged team-mate slightly prejudiced against another over things that have no correlation with merit? Getting caught in one of those webs of 'white lies' that tend to snowball? Those are the worst things in people.

Pilot Style:

Agility and Precision

Evasive and marksmanship-focused approaches to combat.

 Dream:

A Step Beyond Understanding

"Knowledge is certainly tempting and intriguing. Science is fascinating. But you know what's even more intriguing? Correctly upon truths without having previously studied them in a rational manner. "

 

Positive Invocations:
- Rolls relating to lore/academics or theoretical knowledge, or for acquiring such through study.
- Rolls representing leaps of intuition or a priori reasoning, as distinct from empirical studies.

 

Compels:
- Being tempted by new and uncommon scientific knowledge.
- Something strange happening, or people reacting oddly, to the aforementioned intuitive leaps.

 

SKILLS:
+4: Agility/Athletics
+3: Diplomacy/Rapport, Mental Fortitude/Will 
+2: Ranged/Shoot, De-Escalation/Empathy, Lore
+1: Toughness/Physique, Mechanics/Craft, Situational Awareness/Notice, Medical.

STUNTS:
Advanced ACM Mastery: +1 Free Invocation when performing flight-related CaA. 
Neural Overdrive: You can push yourself beyond human limits at the cost of mental strain. Apply a bonus to a roll you've made, then take an amount of Mental Stress equal to the bonus. 
Psych Up: Spend a moment in preparation to tap into your potential. Make a Will+2 CaA, adding Free Invocation(s) onto one of your personal Aspects.

 

----

Mecha: Coucou Gris

Mecha: Coucou Gris
Design Concept: Mobile Aerospace Skirmisher.
Design Flaw: "Forget About Mêlée!"
ADDON 1: Airborne C3I Nexus
ADDON 2: High-Thrust Vectored Zeta Engine
ADDON 1: Precision Missile Batteries

Stats:
+4 Manoeuvre 
+3 Ranged Combat 
+3 Radar 
+2 Internal Systems 
+2 Electronic Warfare 
+2 Durability 
+1 Close Quarters Combat 
+1 Stealth Systems

Systems: 
Flight System: enables flight. 
Improved Manoeuvrability: +2 to CaA with Manoeuvre for flight-related stuff.
Counter-Stealth Sensor Suite: +2 to detect hidden enemies or prevent them from hiding. 
 

 

[Ryku]

Once all the pre op recon was completed, the team would be ordered to meet back next to the fountain that was near the field. The Team Lead would then begin his debrief, " So looks like we have everything pretty much covered. We do have someone watching us from what No. 17 observed but we don't have a positive ID. The ground work as been done and Ill file everything to the Captain. The staging crew along with forward security should be pulling in shortly once they get here and put up the Tents for us, you all are free to change out and explore the city a little bit. Just make sure you stay close by and utilize the buddy system."

[Lcythas]

Nodding, No.17 glanced over at Remy, raising an eyebrow. "There is a place that sells good churros a few blocks away in the city. Should we go and see if its reputation is deserved?" His tone was as monotone as always, but it appeared like he intended on taking Remy with him to scout out the city further, and try to pin down where that man had gone.

[vicky_molokh]

   

Remy Concorde

Remy glanced at 17, then at her own uniform. "We stand out a bit too much right now. Might be worth making a change before that."

----

Remy Concorde

PILOT ASPECTS:
Self View:  

Humanity's Successor

For good or ill, Remy acknowledges being designed as the next best thing after natural humans. Harder, Better, Faster, Smarter. And something that was built as an improvement is bound to eventually outcompete its predecessor. Not out of malice, but due to the nature of things. Not with fanfare and pride, but with a matter-of-fact shrug.

Sooner or later, a Gattaca of sorts would become the new norm, and Remy is the aloof herald of that era, neither celebrating the world to come, nor mourning the old world.

 

Positive Invocations:

- Getting ahead thanks to the bioengineered improvements over the baseline human.

 

Compels:

- Social complications relating to the reputation of being one of the first augmented humans, and also incidentally the first emancipated clone.

Social Type:

Cool-Headed Insightful Type

Positive Invocations:

- Keeping calm under pressure.
- Helping a group of people stay calm, resist panic &c.
- Coldly analysing a situation or person and getting useful, unbiased insights.
- Cognitive empathy;

Negative Invocations:
- Situations where display of affection would be highly appropriate (e.g. recovering someone else's Mental Consequences; a shoulder to cry on).

Trauma:

The Little Things From Alleged Allies

It's not the big things that are hurtful, especially not from enemies.

Being treated as a meat robot? Getting bothered by journalists and rubbernecks on the street? Being constantly burdened with sky-high expectations? That's just . . . normal and expected, especially from a superior or an enemy, and taken in stride.

But witnessing an act of petty spite among alleged friends? Seeing one alleged team-mate slightly prejudiced against another over things that have no correlation with merit? Getting caught in one of those webs of 'white lies' that tend to snowball? Those are the worst things in people.

Pilot Style:

Agility and Precision

Evasive and marksmanship-focused approaches to combat.

 Dream:

A Step Beyond Understanding

"Knowledge is certainly tempting and intriguing. Science is fascinating. But you know what's even more intriguing? Correctly upon truths without having previously studied them in a rational manner. "

 

Positive Invocations:
- Rolls relating to lore/academics or theoretical knowledge, or for acquiring such through study.
- Rolls representing leaps of intuition or a priori reasoning, as distinct from empirical studies.

 

Compels:
- Being tempted by new and uncommon scientific knowledge.
- Something strange happening, or people reacting oddly, to the aforementioned intuitive leaps.

 

SKILLS:
+4: Agility/Athletics
+3: Diplomacy/Rapport, Mental Fortitude/Will 
+2: Ranged/Shoot, De-Escalation/Empathy, Lore
+1: Toughness/Physique, Mechanics/Craft, Situational Awareness/Notice, Medical.

STUNTS:
Advanced ACM Mastery: +1 Free Invocation when performing flight-related CaA. 
Neural Overdrive: You can push yourself beyond human limits at the cost of mental strain. Apply a bonus to a roll you've made, then take an amount of Mental Stress equal to the bonus. 
Psych Up: Spend a moment in preparation to tap into your potential. Make a Will+2 CaA, adding Free Invocation(s) onto one of your personal Aspects.

 

----

Mecha: Coucou Gris

Mecha: Coucou Gris
Design Concept: Mobile Aerospace Skirmisher.
Design Flaw: "Forget About Mêlée!"
ADDON 1: Airborne C3I Nexus
ADDON 2: High-Thrust Vectored Zeta Engine
ADDON 1: Precision Missile Batteries

Stats:
+4 Manoeuvre 
+3 Ranged Combat 
+3 Radar 
+2 Internal Systems 
+2 Electronic Warfare 
+2 Durability 
+1 Close Quarters Combat 
+1 Stealth Systems

Systems: 
Flight System: enables flight. 
Improved Manoeuvrability: +2 to CaA with Manoeuvre for flight-related stuff.
Counter-Stealth Sensor Suite: +2 to detect hidden enemies or prevent them from hiding. 
 

 

[Lcythas]

With a faint air of surprise, No.17 took stock of his own traditional grey suit, which while not necessarily military, was hardly the sort of thing a civilian tourist would be wearing on an outing in a foreign city. After a few long seconds of contemplating his looming de-suitedness, he nodded in agreement, almost sadly. Then he would go off to find someplace to change into some clothes of questionable providence.

[vicky_molokh]

   

Remy Concorde

Remy went in a different direction, walking back to where the rest of the stuff from the flight was dropped off.

 

She showed up at the agreed-upon meeting place in a significantly less work-oriented attire.

----

Trackers

Expert Sighted Gun (1 Free Invocation)

----

Remy Concorde

PILOT ASPECTS:
Self View:  

Humanity's Successor

For good or ill, Remy acknowledges being designed as the next best thing after natural humans. Harder, Better, Faster, Smarter. And something that was built as an improvement is bound to eventually outcompete its predecessor. Not out of malice, but due to the nature of things. Not with fanfare and pride, but with a matter-of-fact shrug.

Sooner or later, a Gattaca of sorts would become the new norm, and Remy is the aloof herald of that era, neither celebrating the world to come, nor mourning the old world.

 

Positive Invocations:

- Getting ahead thanks to the bioengineered improvements over the baseline human.

 

Compels:

- Social complications relating to the reputation of being one of the first augmented humans, and also incidentally the first emancipated clone.

Social Type:

Cool-Headed Insightful Type

Positive Invocations:

- Keeping calm under pressure.
- Helping a group of people stay calm, resist panic &c.
- Coldly analysing a situation or person and getting useful, unbiased insights.
- Cognitive empathy;

Negative Invocations:
- Situations where display of affection would be highly appropriate (e.g. recovering someone else's Mental Consequences; a shoulder to cry on).

Trauma:

The Little Things From Alleged Allies

It's not the big things that are hurtful, especially not from enemies.

Being treated as a meat robot? Getting bothered by journalists and rubbernecks on the street? Being constantly burdened with sky-high expectations? That's just . . . normal and expected, especially from a superior or an enemy, and taken in stride.

But witnessing an act of petty spite among alleged friends? Seeing one alleged team-mate slightly prejudiced against another over things that have no correlation with merit? Getting caught in one of those webs of 'white lies' that tend to snowball? Those are the worst things in people.

Pilot Style:

Agility and Precision

Evasive and marksmanship-focused approaches to combat.

 Dream:

A Step Beyond Understanding

"Knowledge is certainly tempting and intriguing. Science is fascinating. But you know what's even more intriguing? Correctly upon truths without having previously studied them in a rational manner. "

 

Positive Invocations:
- Rolls relating to lore/academics or theoretical knowledge, or for acquiring such through study.
- Rolls representing leaps of intuition or a priori reasoning, as distinct from empirical studies.

 

Compels:
- Being tempted by new and uncommon scientific knowledge.
- Something strange happening, or people reacting oddly, to the aforementioned intuitive leaps.

 

SKILLS:
+4: Agility/Athletics
+3: Diplomacy/Rapport, Mental Fortitude/Will 
+2: Ranged/Shoot, De-Escalation/Empathy, Lore
+1: Toughness/Physique, Mechanics/Craft, Situational Awareness/Notice, Medical.

STUNTS:
Advanced ACM Mastery: +1 Free Invocation when performing flight-related CaA. 
Neural Overdrive: You can push yourself beyond human limits at the cost of mental strain. Apply a bonus to a roll you've made, then take an amount of Mental Stress equal to the bonus. 
Psych Up: Spend a moment in preparation to tap into your potential. Make a Will+2 CaA, adding Free Invocation(s) onto one of your personal Aspects.

 

----

Mecha: Coucou Gris

Mecha: Coucou Gris
Design Concept: Mobile Aerospace Skirmisher.
Design Flaw: "Forget About Mêlée!"
ADDON 1: Airborne C3I Nexus
ADDON 2: High-Thrust Vectored Zeta Engine
ADDON 1: Precision Missile Batteries

Stats:
+4 Manoeuvre 
+3 Ranged Combat 
+3 Radar 
+2 Internal Systems 
+2 Electronic Warfare 
+2 Durability 
+1 Close Quarters Combat 
+1 Stealth Systems

Systems: 
Flight System: enables flight. 
Improved Manoeuvrability: +2 to CaA with Manoeuvre for flight-related stuff.
Counter-Stealth Sensor Suite: +2 to detect hidden enemies or prevent them from hiding. 
 

 

[Ryku]

Finally the both of them would reach the Churro stand which was a bit deep into the market place within the down town district. Running the stand was a young boy no older than 15 along with his mother who was making the food. " Good afternoon to the both of you! Would you like some churros?" The boy would then point to the menu.

If they ordered food around the corner there was a small park which they could sit and eat their food. Inside of the park was a man who had a parrot that he was allowing the children to pet and put onto their shoulders.

The park was rather clean, and the smell of freshly cut grass overtook the area.

[Lcythas]

After checking the menu briefly, No.17 exchanged a few bills in local currency for two sticks of sugar-dusted sin, biting into his churro and managing to chew expressionlessly, despite the delectably soft pastry coupled with the decadently sweet mixture it had been baked from. Glancing around at the park, No.17 handed the other churro to Remy, nodding to the general area around them. "Let us eat while walking. We may as well make a shopping trip out of it," He said, clearly intent on scouting out more of the city rather than simply sitting in a park and taking his break normally.

[vicky_molokh]

   

Remy Concorde

Remy accepted the offering and took a bit. "Sure," she walked side by side with 17, scanning the crowds along the way. She was not good as him at picking out cold facts visually, at least not without overstraining. So instead of trying to duplicate his job, she focused inward, and tried to pick up the general vibes of the crowd: Just how much curiosity is the couple evoking? How much attention is attracted by them? Is there hostility among some members of the crowd aimed at the duo?

 

She didn't care about the souvenir stalls along the way, and yet approached several of them anyway, using the reactions of merchants to get a familiar emotional baseline against which to compare other locals' moods. Food stalls, now those were of some genuine interest: it was nice to discover that one of them was selling lokum. Still, there's only so much one can stuff oneself with on what is meant to be a long scouting stroll.

----

Trackers

Expert Sighted Gun (1 Free Invocation)

----

Remy Concorde

PILOT ASPECTS:
Self View:  

Humanity's Successor

For good or ill, Remy acknowledges being designed as the next best thing after natural humans. Harder, Better, Faster, Smarter. And something that was built as an improvement is bound to eventually outcompete its predecessor. Not out of malice, but due to the nature of things. Not with fanfare and pride, but with a matter-of-fact shrug.

Sooner or later, a Gattaca of sorts would become the new norm, and Remy is the aloof herald of that era, neither celebrating the world to come, nor mourning the old world.

 

Positive Invocations:

- Getting ahead thanks to the bioengineered improvements over the baseline human.

 

Compels:

- Social complications relating to the reputation of being one of the first augmented humans, and also incidentally the first emancipated clone.

Social Type:

Cool-Headed Insightful Type

Positive Invocations:

- Keeping calm under pressure.
- Helping a group of people stay calm, resist panic &c.
- Coldly analysing a situation or person and getting useful, unbiased insights.
- Cognitive empathy;

Negative Invocations:
- Situations where display of affection would be highly appropriate (e.g. recovering someone else's Mental Consequences; a shoulder to cry on).

Trauma:

The Little Things From Alleged Allies

It's not the big things that are hurtful, especially not from enemies.

Being treated as a meat robot? Getting bothered by journalists and rubbernecks on the street? Being constantly burdened with sky-high expectations? That's just . . . normal and expected, especially from a superior or an enemy, and taken in stride.

But witnessing an act of petty spite among alleged friends? Seeing one alleged team-mate slightly prejudiced against another over things that have no correlation with merit? Getting caught in one of those webs of 'white lies' that tend to snowball? Those are the worst things in people.

Pilot Style:

Agility and Precision

Evasive and marksmanship-focused approaches to combat.

 Dream:

A Step Beyond Understanding

"Knowledge is certainly tempting and intriguing. Science is fascinating. But you know what's even more intriguing? Correctly upon truths without having previously studied them in a rational manner. "

 

Positive Invocations:
- Rolls relating to lore/academics or theoretical knowledge, or for acquiring such through study.
- Rolls representing leaps of intuition or a priori reasoning, as distinct from empirical studies.

 

Compels:
- Being tempted by new and uncommon scientific knowledge.
- Something strange happening, or people reacting oddly, to the aforementioned intuitive leaps.

 

SKILLS:
+4: Agility/Athletics
+3: Diplomacy/Rapport, Mental Fortitude/Will 
+2: Ranged/Shoot, De-Escalation/Empathy, Lore
+1: Toughness/Physique, Mechanics/Craft, Situational Awareness/Notice, Medical.

STUNTS:
Advanced ACM Mastery: +1 Free Invocation when performing flight-related CaA. 
Neural Overdrive: You can push yourself beyond human limits at the cost of mental strain. Apply a bonus to a roll you've made, then take an amount of Mental Stress equal to the bonus. 
Psych Up: Spend a moment in preparation to tap into your potential. Make a Will+2 CaA, adding Free Invocation(s) onto one of your personal Aspects.

 

----

Mecha: Coucou Gris

Mecha: Coucou Gris
Design Concept: Mobile Aerospace Skirmisher.
Design Flaw: "Forget About Mêlée!"
ADDON 1: Airborne C3I Nexus
ADDON 2: High-Thrust Vectored Zeta Engine
ADDON 1: Precision Missile Batteries

Stats:
+4 Manoeuvre 
+3 Ranged Combat 
+3 Radar 
+2 Internal Systems 
+2 Electronic Warfare 
+2 Durability 
+1 Close Quarters Combat 
+1 Stealth Systems

Systems: 
Flight System: enables flight. 
Improved Manoeuvrability: +2 to CaA with Manoeuvre for flight-related stuff.
Counter-Stealth Sensor Suite: +2 to detect hidden enemies or prevent them from hiding. 
 

 

[Ryku]

Scene End.