(taps forehead) can't steal what already belongs to you [Midweek 3]

[okanetendo]

I don't know what you did or how you did it, you have to teach us that trick

But it's probably a good thing you did because hooboy is Erebus dirty



Okay backing up. Nabiki Tendou here... or Faith Maxwell. Or the Operator. I infiltrated as an office lady with ambitions of selling out The Company, like you do when The Company has a glass ceiling... until whatever stupid brain trick Naoki pulled got my head out of her ass.

Anyway if you heard from an Operator, that was her trying to set up a black market. For cheaper than the Company.

In the course of her social engineering for salable secrets she found some memos indicating something interesting. A good... wanna say dozen... of the cows were intended to be charity. Sent to Piratetown.

...RR. I meant Ridge Rock. It's Piratetown on the CB radio.

There's no way Faith or her career at least is gonna survive pointing this out unless she - we - make Erebus' blatant theft go public in a big, big way. And it'll help Piratetown survive stealing them back.

I think Sheriff Stick Up Her Ass is hidebound enough to be a Key to this little Lock. Give her evidence and let her make the biggest bust in Martian history. Given enough protection.

So. What are our options?

Comments

[razorblade_empress]

At least this version of the sheriff's probably approachable - the Infiltrator in her role last time was... not.

Has Faith had to deal with this one before?

[okanetendo]

With the Sheriff? Faith's a company girl doing invisible infrastructure work, she's not untouchable but she's pretty insulated from the Law. She mostly knows her from memos as 'who not to call when you want a problem solved cause she's "nosy,"' which makes me instantly respect her.

With Corp gonna Corp? Constantly, but I think this is the first time she's realized just how dirty her dayjob is. She can live with her night job being grubby, but this-

[razorblade_empress]

I was thinking the first one, but good to know either way.

A sheriff who's "nosy" seems like she could be useful here, if she can be diverted from the cattle thieves long enough.

[okanetendo]

If all else fails I could turn myself in... to her, and only her. Tell her I'd love to be able to stand trial.

Saving that as my Hail-Mary play, though.

[razorblade_empress]

I think ideally, you'd want this info spread as far and wide as possible as quickly as possible - the fewer targets Erebus has to deal with, the better it is for them.

[okanetendo]

Yeah, no, I've got an idea.

Think I'm going to call the Skipper of Piratetown and send them a very long resume. It's a risk for him, but if anyone would know who to tell...

[razorblade_empress]

...It'd be a politician, especially one from "Piratetown." Yeah, that sounds good.