KS Solutions and Company A Prime Capture - RPLOG
Participants
Date
29/6/2013
Log
The meeting time for the prime specimen capture mission had finally arrived, those brave enough being directed to rally within the briefing room of the K
Dio looks towards the projector once more and then sets the remote back down as he slowly begins a path for the table. "I'm afraid we're on our own for this one. However, they did give us a few toys to play around with." Reaching under the table, the lion pulls out a rather large looking metal box with a lid and sets it on the table. With a clank, the metal lid falls to the table and reveals three identical and interesting looking devices. A bit larger than a pistol, but still shaped similar to a gun with a trigger and all. However, a needle lays where a barrel would be, complimented by a container filled with a strange substance. "This is an experimental drug developed by the Zephyr scientists for just this mission. This injection here should knock a prime out within a couple of minutes or so. It's quite potent, or so I am told. The prick is painful, and you must be in melee range to use it I'm afraid, so hitting the prime with it will cause alarm until he falls asleep. We also managed to secure a few flash bangs."
The lion smiles towards Edel and nods at her idea. "I also have the materials so summon a husky. If you're willing to risk yourself for the sake of the mission, that's certainly an option. Do you think you can handle it?" Digging into the box, Dio pulls out one of the devices and holds it in front of Edel. "If you decide to, please keep this just in case things go sour. Stab, trigger, done. It's possible you'll need to trick the prime into thinking the injection is good. I doubt he or she will happily walk into Zephyr..."
Glein hmmms as she thinks. "I do hope we're not on the clock for this. A properly laid ambush is going to take a bit of time. And we're going to want to position ourselves in a location that'll make it not only difficult for regular ferals to get to us, but also make it easy to overtake the Prime if it comes to that." Glein says, pulling up a map on her armor's tablet of teh Fiarhaven, and looked for areas she'd marked as good ambush points for her patrols on occasion.
Edel looks down at the device and offers another shrug. "Well, like I said. Maybe as a last resort. Last thing I want is to risk being abducted by a bunch of other huskies and ending up in one of their little packs." The needled device is tucked into one of her pockets.
Selina takes one of the devises, "These should help... But who is the best candidate for approaching that close to the specimine? I will say that my skills are mostly focused upon bringing an opponent down. Getting in close, I might go down relatively quickly."
"Don't worry, we'll have all the time we need. A sloppy ambush could leave us in an even worse situation than a regular fight." Handing the device over to the husky, Dio walks over towards the projector once more and points towards the picture of the street. "I believe this is a good spot to ambush our target. Plenty of roof and windows, fire escapes, along with escape routes in the various alley ways if need be. Zephyr has agreed to secure a perimeter of sorts, but it's never been reported of any other ferals attacking agents when a specimen is challenged. However, sometimes underlings of the same type are summoned by the prime itself when it realizes danger."
With a crouch, Dio leans down and picks up another metal box, this one a bit smaller in comparison as he lifts the lid to reveal four grenades. Flash bangs. "You won't be abducted. This would mean mission failure, but I'd kill the prime before something like that occurs. My plan is this..." The lion looks towards the group, his stature prideful and commanding as he crosses his arms. "Edel here pretends to call for the prime in a meeting. She will attempt diplomacy and for whatever reason, convince her that the shot is worth taking. If this fails, we will be laying close by in ambush. Throwing one of these flashbangs will blind our target, giving us plenty of time to inject the drug if need be. After that, we hold our ground until the prime is knocked unconscious."
Glein chuckles. "So you got a Plan A, and a Plan B. What about Plan GTH?" Glein asked. "Besides, we don't know that flashbangs will have that great an effect upon the Prime, or that it can even be convinced Edel is one of it's own kind."
Edel rubs her neck and nods, slowly. "That sounds like a plan. I'm not too concerned with getting in close to a prime. I like to think I'm fairly well trained in close quarters combat, so if it comes to that, I'll be fine." Her dull claws drum along the surface of the table. "I just have to come up with something to convince her. That should be the hard part, but we'll see how it goes, I suppose."
Selina says, "My hope is that I can use my powers to assist in subduing it. Does anyone have powers that could help to keep it in place? Or will the PSAS's shielding provide that, to keep it from fleeing?"
"Plan GTH? I'd say run and shoot. Probably not the best of plans, but it'll have to do," Dio chuckles, digging into the box and holding up a flashbang in one hand. "Primes have eyes just the same as ours, but perhaps a little sharper. It will be either blinded and deaf or closed eyes and deaf. Either way, this provides us with the window needed to inject the prime." Picking up the box of grenades, Dio walks over towards the group and holds it out in front of them.
"There's no such thing as a one hundred percent fool-proof plan," the lion returns. "No matter what we choose, we'll be in severe danger regardless. I believe you can do it, Edel. If things go sour, we're going to back you up. Teamwork and trust is necessary in this mission."
Looking towards Selina, Dio nods and replies. "If we manage to inject the prime, it doesn't matter if it runs or fights. Either way, it's going down. The shielding should indeed help though. If we all agree and there are no more questions, we can get to setting up."
"Right, well, I'll try to disable, since my weapons don't have a less than lethal setting on them." Glein states, taking one of hte flashbangs, and sliding it into a long empty grenade pouch on the MOLLE straps of her armor. Been a long time since she had a grenade of any kind in her kit, it was an odd sensation, having that extra little bit of metal with an explosive heart on her armor again.
Once sure all her kit was good, Glein nodded. "Call up Zephyr, tell 'em to prep the area. I'm sure it's gonna be a fun party we're hosting." Glein says, holding her rifle in a low ready position.
Edel stretches out and folds her arms over her chest with a nod. "I'm ready to go, yes. And I've been working on some less lethal things for you, Glein. Soon enough! Where is this all going to be taking place, anyway?"
Selina looks around, "So, my skills are mostly focused upon doing damage. What about yourselves?"
"Right then," Dio nods, walking back over towards the table and picking up his shotgun. "We're going to the location pictured on the projector here," he says, pointing towards the screen. "As for my skills, I simply do what it takes. That is all." The lion grins heavily as he checks the weapon, making sure its loaded and ready for battle. With long strides and a grenade attached to the rim of his pants, Dio walks towards the door and opens it, letting in the musky scents. "It's about a half hour's walk. We'll set up our positions and prepare there. Shall we go?"
"I'm a Marine. My job is breaking things and killing people usually." Glein says, following Dio out of the room.
Edel turns and shuffles off after the others, pulling down her goggles. "I'm an arms manufacturer. I use what I make, though, so I guess you could say that I hurt things." One the goggles are down, the hood goes up.
Selina nods "Alright then. We'll do what we can. I know that I can't stand in front of it, but I can hopefully do enough damage to keep it down. At the very least, I agree with Dio, the primary objective is to make certain everyone survives."
"Otherwise, I'm ready to go."
After leaving the K
Edel doesn't make any move to pull away from the husky, but instead gives a soft sigh. "I'll tell you the truth, because I want you to trust me. I'm not here alone, no. But we're not here to attack you. Quite the opposite, in fact. If anyone tries anything unprovoked, I will defend you. I don't want a fight from either side. We're here to learn, like I said. I don't remember, exactly, what they want to learn, just what I want to know! And I can tell you that I can't learn any of this if we attack you." She leaves out the details of how many she's there with, and where they want to take her. "There's no danger."
Selina tries to remain hidden, lowering herself a bit more. She'll have to rely upon her hearing rather than vision to react, though.
The husky continues to listen to Edel speak, a look of shock crossing her expression as she reveals the pair aren't alone. She looks about the streets, scanning them with a quickened pace until she spots what seems to be a lion's mane in the distance. "NOT ALONE?" She shouts, making note that the husky was indeed telling the truth upon seeing a bit of Dio's outline. The husky grabs at Edel and pulls her to her torso, using her as a shield and holding a claw to her neck. "How many? COME OUT NOW AND DROP WEAPONS ON FLOOR," she echos into the street. "OR THE GIRL DIES."
From the alley way, Dio grumbles and slowly walks out from his hiding position, holding his shotgun in the air and walking towards the pair. Slowly, he sets the shotgun down on the floor and takes a few steps back. "Alright alright..."
Glein grunts. There'd been no sign that the husky knew she was there. But she'd focused below her position... Selina maybe? Touching the send button on her earbud, Glein hopes Selina's listening on a earbud and not a radio unit. "Step out. she seemed to have noticed your earlier. I'm still in position to assist if needed. Let's calm this husky down." Glein says, quickly and quietly.
Edel scowls a little and calls out, "It's alright. Just stand down." She closes her eyes and lowers her voice again, to converse with the larger husky. "Look, you don't need to do this. I was feral, myself, not so long ago. There's no need for the two of us to fight like this. I want to help you, and I told you I'd protect you if they make the first move, unprovoked. You're not an animal, you're capable of rational thought, I know you are. You are a leader among huskies, so act like it."
Selina steps out after Dio, though she isn't carrying a particular weapon to lay down.
As the two new individuals approach the pair, the husky tightens her grip around the husky and faintly taps a claw upon Edel's neck, making sure she has enough leverage to stop any potential ambush. "Lion and human... Is this everyone? No lies," she snarls once more, squeezing the husky, her heartbeats quickening in her chest. "What is our business?"
Somewhat close by, Dio still has his hands in the air, making sure to look as non intimidating as a lion possibly can.
Selina replies to Glein over the com, "It might also be a show of good faith for you to come out."
Glein starts calming her breathing, letting her focus grow on the husky while her awareness opened up around her. Nice gentle breathing. "Do NOT reveal I'm here. If this whole thing goes south, we need every advantage we can get. I won't go for killing her unless it looks like I've no other option. Clear?" Glein says over the radio, hoping to god they listened.
Edel slowly and carefully reaches up to rest her own hand on the one of the husky. "Like I said, we don't need to do this. No violence. You know how agents do it. If we were here to attack you, we would have done it by now. We wouldn't be trying to talk to you, would we? I'm Edel. Do you go by a name, miss?"
"Not hear me, husky?" The much larger being squeezes powerfully on Edel's torso in a heavy bear hug. "I ask how many. Talk numbers. Is this everyone?" With her threat carried out, she slightly loosens her grip to allow the other husky to speak and catch her breath. "Perhaps not violent, but must make sure. Call me Alpha. What pack calls. What is business? Must have something..."
Edel grunts as she's squeezed, and coughs upon being released. "Ow. Yeah, that's everyone that was behind me." And it's technically true. "Alright then, business, yes. We want to learn from you, like I said. You're different. You're special. You're not like the others in your pack. We want to know why that is. Maybe if we can learn about you, we can establish relations with the rest of the 'alphas' like yourself. Maybe we can put an end to all the fighting and start working together, you know?"
"Still keep held," the prime being says in a commanding and loud booming voice. She eyes the other two individuals. A human and a lion. Certainly a curious bunch, and they haven't attacked like the others ones beforehand. Perhaps they were to be trusted? "Very well. No funny business." The husky thinks on things for a small while, proverbial gears clicking within her head as she mulls over the questions. "People attack US," she growls, a slight squeeze on Edel once more as she looks at the other pair. "Don't know why strong. Just am. Lead kin. They follow. What else? Talk quick."
Edel frowns and scratches at her side. "I'll be blunt with you. We wanted to see if we could get you to come back with us, so we could examine you fully. You would not be harmed, of course, to the best of my knowledge. And if you came with us perfectly willingly, that would set a very good example for others, I think. Both my people and other alphas, like yourself. We could show them that you're not mindless brutes for them to attack at will. We could show them that they were wrong. And it would all be thanks to you. You'd be helping us, but not only that, you'd be helping yourself, and your fellows."
"NO NO NO!" The husky begins to shake and thrash around, violently shaking the husky side to side in almost whiplash inducing shakes. "BAD! THEY ATTACK US!" She continues to shout and shake with little signs of stopping, the growling returning in full force as her grip strengthens upon Edel. "THEY DO BAD THINGS. NEVER COME!"
Close by, Dio, with his hands still in the air, looks upon the scene with an obvious sense of worry. Without saying anything, he points his eyes towards the injector device upon his rear, hoping she would get the signal that action needed to be taken quick.
Glein was worried about her friend, but the mission was to cature it alive... that meant it was going to be a fine line to cross on this. Open fire and screw up the entire mission, or hold off, and risk her friend being squeezed to death.
In the end, Glen chose to wait, hoping that Selina, Dio or Edel did something to correct this whole situation.
Edel yelps at the sudden shaking, but she quickly composes herself and narrows her eyes. "Then I am sorry." The left hand comes first, a spear hand strike aimed for the larger husky's neck, hoping to disorient, or at least catch her off guard. The other pulls the injector from her coat pocket and moves to catch her in the side, under the arm, to deliver the drug.
Selina moves up quickly, trying to create a distraction to pull the prime's attention from Edel.
The prime husky continues to flail about, squeezing with an INCREDIBLE amount of force upon Edel's torso, almost choking the breath out of her and more than likely causing faint bruising upon her muscles. She squeezes and squeezes and rapidly shakes until her attention is suddenly caught by the oncoming human! Her muzzle shifts to the side for but a moment as Dio seizes the opportunity to grab at the prime's arm and pull with all his strength! The arms budge slightly, giving Edel just enough wiggle room and surprise to land a somewhat strong blow upon her neck, stunning her slightly and dropping Edel to the floor. The injector lands clean within her fur while the insides sink into her veins.
In sheer anger and rage, the husky howls and screams out to the sky as she gets into a pouncing fighting stance.
Glein growls, knowing what that meant. Now Glein wasn't focused purely on the Prime Husky anymore. She wasn't sure, hell, she couldn't tell what happened in the mad melee down there, but now her gaze started watching for any friends that might have heard that roar, because when that sort of thing happened... More hostiles arrived. "I hope to god you guys managed to inject that thing, because we're due to get a LOT of unwelcome friends!" Glein hisses into her radio, glad she picked a section of hte building that gave her view over the entirity of the intersection.
Edel sighs softly once more, shaking her head as the goggles go down over her eyes. "Why did it have to come to violence? You could have just said no. We didn't need to go this far." She was reluctant to draw weapons on the huskies, but she had to do something. She pulled her sword free from its scabbard, flipping it around to bring the blunt edge to bear. "The sooner we can get out of here, the better."
Selina will attempt to keep her eyes out for newcomers. With Dio and Edel having closed in on the prime, she hopes to keep any addition ground targets off of them. She prepares to use a Prism Storm to intercept if a large group comes her way. Otherwise, she'll focus upon one at a time.
With all the comotion and seeing perhaps an opening, Dio runs for the shotgun he had placed down upon the floor, showing his back to the husky prime. He bends down to pick it up swiftly and suddenly hears the the rapid charge of the prime herself. The lion swiftly turns around and steps to the side to dodge the attack, but unfortunatly the husky manages to land a powerful momentum filled punch on Dio's right arm, causing extreme pain. "SHIT, THAT FUCKING HURT," he yowls out as he attempts to take a more favorable position with the group and away from the prime in a rapid sprint.
And soon, the impending sounds of a group of ferals approach down the street, many feet away from the group and rapidly approaching! "Flashbang! Someone throw a flashbang at 'em," he commands, still clutching at his arm. spoof With all the commotion and seeing perhaps an opening, Dio runs for the shotgun he had placed down upon the floor, showing his back to the husky prime. He bends down to pick it up swiftly and suddenly hears the the rapid charge of the prime herself. The lion swiftly turns around and steps to the side to dodge the attack, but unfortunately the husky manages to land a powerful momentum filled punch on Dio's right arm, causing extreme pain. "SHIT, THAT FUCKING HURT," he yowls out as he attempts to take a more favorable position with the group and away from the prime in a rapid sprint.
And soon, the impending sounds of a group of ferals approach down the street, many feet away from the group and rapidly approaching! "Flashbang! Someone throw a flashbang at 'em," he commands, still clutching at his arm. Selina's prism storm goes a bit off to the side, however, one or two manage to smack a feral in their side, slowing them down for a short bit.
With all the commotion and seeing perhaps an opening, Dio runs for the shotgun he had placed down upon the floor, showing his back to the husky prime. He bends down to pick it up swiftly and suddenly hears the the rapid charge of the prime herself. The lion swiftly turns around and steps to the side to dodge the attack, but unfortunately the husky manages to land a powerful momentum filled punch on Dio's right arm, causing extreme pain. "SHIT, THAT FUCKING HURT," he yowls out as he attempts to take a more favorable position with the group and away from the prime in a rapid sprint.
And soon, the impending sounds of a group of ferals approach down the street, many feet away from the group and rapidly approaching! "Flashbang! Someone throw a flashbang at 'em," he commands, still clutching at his arm. Selina's prism storm goes a bit off to the side, however, one or two manage to smack a feral in their side, slowing them down for a short bit.
Growling as the pack came around a corner, Glein flicked the safety lever on her rifle from SAFE to SEMI, and began taking careful shots just ahead of hte pack, her plan to frighten them and make them think twice about coming this way.
Edel glances towards the oncoming huskies and frowns. Flashbangs weren't lethal, at least, so she takes Dio's advice and hurls one towards the crowd. "This is not a good situation to be in. Get ready to grab the prime and flee, when she falls."
Selina will draw out her flash bang and toss it into the crowd coming her way, going after the ones that haven't already been slowed down--but she'll take more if she can
The feral growls and snarls, anger growing as she turns around and witnesses three of her kin being mowed down by rather accurate gunfire from away. Three feral huskies lay on the floor, growling and bleeding in pain. One flashbang manages to blind two huskies, while the second blinds the remaining one. They growl and roll around on the street, blinded and deaf as they thrash around in vain.
In the meantime, the Prime husky prepares to pounce another foe! She coils back, barks, and... Slips to the floor, the drugs starting to take effect on the poor prime.
"Let's nab her and run," Dio shouts as he looks towards the prime husky. "There's a control point I had setup with Zephyr before hand just down this road. They'll take and restrain the prime." The lion still clutches at his right arm, in possible need of medical examination. "I can't carry anything in this state I'm afraid."
Glein nods, not that anyone could see. "GO! I'll cover you from here!" Glein barks into her radio, maintaining her withering fire, her focus not to kill but rather disable now. Granted, as the 30th bullet left the muzzle of her rifle there was a short period of time without a single shot fired while she went through the motions of speed reloading and reaquiring her targets.
Edel stares at the prime, then looks to Selina, again cursing her size. "I'm going to have a hard time carrying her. Can you get her?" She stands next to the larger husky, sword at the ready should any of the reinforcements make it through.
Selina moves back toward Dio, Edel and the Prime, calling up to Dio, "You two can manage it! That wound isn't bad, and you're stronger than the rest of us. Help each other while Glein and I keep the rest of them off your backs! Move!"
The prime husky continues to slip further and further into unconsciousness, her strength and energy leaving the body and in much too poor shape to put up any further of a fight. A gentle whine emits from her muzzle as she slumps against the cold street of the city.
The other ferals continue to writhe around in pain and or confusion, much too distracted to do any sort of competent attack upon the group. "Yeah yeah, I got it!" A surge of confidence and strength flows through Dio as he takes a giant breath and bends down to slip the prime over his back with his remaining arm! "Let's... Let's get out of here," he grunts, beginning a path down the street to the checkpoint.
Edel slides her sword back into place and turns to flee the area with the others. "Let's hope they're gentle with her. I'd rather her not experience any more pain than needed."
Selina leaves one last bit of cover fight before following the others, since they're moving a bit slower carrying the prime. She raises her hands and puts up a fire screen between the huskies and herself--lingering for a bit in their path, while the smoke hampers their sensitive scent-tracking noses.
The group continues to run down the street, the ferals held at bay due to their injuries or being pushed back by the combined covering fire of the dragoness from above and the fire dance from the human. After about a half hour's worth of running and gunning, the group finally makes it to the barricaded checkpoint.
Upon arriving, the group would notice a barricaded setup with a large van in the back. The walls are simply sandbags, mounted with machine guns and armed agents.
"You actually fucking did it?" A rather large looking skunk beast dressed in camouflage garb walks up to the group, giving them an astonished expression. "You can say that," Dio mutters and pants, dropping down to one knee and setting the prime on the floor.
Edel pants softly as she jogs up behind Dio. "Well, I wish it had gone smoother, but we did it, at least." She glances towards the skunkbeast. "Do try to be gentle with her, please."
Selina follows up last of all, "Dio... I believe he needs medical attention..." breathing rather heavily from the rather long run.
Not 5 minutes after the rest of hte team made it back to hte line, a shadow seemed to droped from the sky in a semi-controlled dive, before breaking with heavy flaps of wings. Landing on her feet, Glein chuckles some. "Okay, that was a fun run. Next time though, let's not cause hte prime to freak out, huh?" Glein quips, ejecting the empty magazine and putting it into the catch slot that she opened up on her left thigh. Glimpses showed 4 other magazines already in it.
"It's probably broken," Dio mutters, still stuck on his knees and panting in exhaustion. "Well, that was certainly something. You people are crazy, but this specimen will provide valuable data," the skunk beast nods, looking towards the others as two humans dressed in a lab coat rush to the scene and pick up the prime on each end. "Don't worry, we'll keep her safe. Thank you for your service," they say as the load up the prime in the van.
Additionally, another human walks from the checkpoint with a first aid bag in their hand and holds Dio's arm. "Seems broken," he nods, starting to wrap up the arm. The skunk beast nods, walking in front of the group once more. "The payment has been sent to K
