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[eldritchwheelies]

If you're planning on busting out of Area 54, here's the place to plan it. DO NOT, repeat, do NOT do anything without my giving the go-ahead. I'll do what I can with what security clearance I've got before they realize I've been reverse-Podded.

...everyone else, hi I had the foresight to ask someone to zap me back to normal and thank God for Armin. I Infiltrated as an agent for a stylish yet illegal government program. AMA.

Comments

[theflyingone]

[ Unlike many people from modern worlds, Altaïr had a higher opinion of someone who said they were a student. As a young student, he had already become proficient in several languages and made his first kill. Students were also grown men in his time, the equivalent of someone heading towards their doctorate in a world where many people were illiterate. ]

You will be a great help with letting us pass unnoticed and directing us where to go. My name is Altaïr. I have passed in scholarly circles to enter forbidden places or free captives before, but I come from about eight centuries before the time of this Jaunt. The best skill I can offer now is stealth. I can look the part of a guard or scholar as well.

It would be good if we could take out the cameras, whether by destroying their computer or just the electricity cords they use. Then we would only worry about being seen by guards in front of us. Another way is taking out the lights, though that would limit the rescuers to those who can see in the dark. Zed has offered to strengthen that darkness with his magic, in case they have cameras that can also see in the dark. He says he can also pick locks.

[eldritchwheelies]

Electromagnetic pulse would do it, and would be believable "picked it up off an ET" tech. It would fry everything electronic in a large radius without hurting anyone.

Depending on how old you are and your skillset - and how good you are at forging documents - we might be able to hire you on for your black ops skills since D'Eath is complaining about us being shorthanded as is. Figure you should... shit. I need to check records.

[theflyingone]

If you can obtain that device. I do not think anyone I know has this 'pulse.' Of course, if we have anything electronic, we should leave it in our Hammered Spaces.

[ Now there's an idea. He only found out what black ops were during this Jaunt, but it sounded very like some of the things he did back home, minus the government approval. ]

I plan to go on the rescue tonight. That is too short notice to hire someone for something so important, unlike the labor jobs at the festival. But it may do us favors later, or even grant me supervised entry just for tonight. I can make magical copies of existing documents on paper. I do not know how my name would be stamped on it, but as for my seal, I am able to sign with Latin letters.

I am twenty-six, and as for my skills... [ There is a slight pause as he decides which to tell and which to hide. ] I have passed as a scholar, a soldier, a peasant, a noble, and a man of the cloth, with some skill to do their jobs. This Jaunt, I am passing as a 'biker roadie,' though I am less convincing in conversation. In addition to a soldier's ability to ride and fight, I scout and infiltrate. Often I must climb buildings and use stealth during the day when there are many people about. I can lead small groups of people on missions like these.

[ It is more than he is willing to tell someone all at once, but Travelers here and there have bits and pieces of this already. ]

[eldritchwheelies]

I can act like we're interviewing you and whoops who knew he was a security risk. But then, I may be trying to get out and pose as someone leaking this stuff, an objector. And if I'm doing that, I might be able to actually create an EMP bomb and make this look like an inside job.

Which it kind of is, now that I think on it. Zed doing his thing after if he can be subtle might help too.

Sounds like your skills are all standard issue spy-scout-rogue stuff. How are you fixed for combat against men with guns?

Dark sunglasses and a suit might be a good look for you at the interview, hit up someone with wardrobe manip.

[theflyingone]

I do not think Zed is subtle, but he was only planning to release his magical darkness after the lights went out. That is all I trust him to do.

I spent my time dodging arrows, not guns. But I know what they do. I can disarm someone easily. I just do not know how to use them myself. Knives are quieter.

Will they not kill you for both revealing their secrets and making a bomb?

[eldritchwheelies]

Not if I escape with you.

[theflyingone]

And lose our only person inside? Unless you believe that your time there must also be short-lived...? I myself will hardly make it through an interview. They may ask me if I know how to use a car, gun, or computer. Your electric pulse bomb must be used before they suspect me of strangeness like they do the rest of their captives.

[eldritchwheelies]

We're on accelerated time - Armin spoke with the folks on Walkabout, and it's been a week for them for each of our days. If we're going to get our guys out and maybe expose this agency it's going to need to be quick.

[theflyingone]

It is worth trying to expose their crimes before going to war with them, yes. A government must answer to its people.

[eldritchwheelies]

Ahahahaha I'm an idiot. I don't even need a bomb. One of our mainframes will do just fine. Set it to run the program, and I redefine the words "computer wizard."

[theflyingone]

As long as it does not involve any obvious wizardry.

[ It is painfully obvious that computers are not his strong suit. ]

I would like us to be discreet. That is why I want to get everyone out instead of just waiting for the Jaunt to end. The longer they stay there, the more these 'black ops' people find out about us.

[eldritchwheelies]

I wouldn't be trying to herd this clowder of cats if I wasn't trying to be subtle. And my literal wizardry will look like an innocuous search program to the uninitiated.

[theflyingone]

We must also take care to hide the truth from not only the guards, but also the overlays we rescue. I understand they may not trust us and refuse to come because of this. They may have more faith in the government to release them eventually. In that case, we must leave them. We cannot force them; that would only compromise us and send the wrong message.