Fortress V vs Mimos

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Message: 14/17 Posted Author

Log: Intruder Drill Friday 9EDT Tue Oct 12 Storm Owl

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Voiceover.

"Convoy 47T has arrived at the ship safely after the attack by the Robot Masters. A setback was avoided by our successful defence. As the ship's needs have been taken care of for the moment, I now turn my attention to the ship's crew. Accordingly, there shall be an Emergency Intruder Alert drill this Friday, at 2100 hours Eastern Daylight Times. Our intruder for the evening shall be Repliforce's ninja, Mimos."

"For this scenario, Mimos shall be serving as an enemy spy sent to steal information from the Fortress V's computer banks. All Repliforce troopers on duty shall be expected to participate in the drill. The 'enemy' has intimate knowledge of the ship, as well as full access to her entire schematics. Given her skills in avoiding detection, I expect this should serve as an excellent challenge. Any damage will be simulated via hitpoint forcefields, including sabotage and damage to the ship. Storm Owl out."

OOC: Friday, 9pm EDT, Mimos versus all of Repliforce! Essentially, we chase, and she runs around while making our lives miserable in the process and making us all look like fools. Mostly non-combat RP. Should be loads o' fun.

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Fortress V - Bridge

The true brains of the Repliforce Fortress, the bridge is always bustling with activity as reploids move in and out, the crew here always watching out for the systems, subsystems, and weapons of the might Fortress V. Comfortable couches with long panels allow the bridge crew to sit while commanding the vessel, while other stations allow people to stand as they work at them. A combination transparisteel window/viewscreen rests at the front of the room, and a large steering wheel, seemingly taken from a pirate's vessel, rests in the back of the room, its purpose seemingly decorative. Doors here lead to the offices of Colonel and General, as well as the ready room.

Iris [Main] [RF] Hi-Max [Hardcore] [RF]

Control Panel

Starboard <S> leads to Fortress V - General's Office.

Port <P> leads to Fortress V - Colonel's Office.

Aft <A> leads to Fortress V - Ready Room.

Turbolift <TL> leads to Fortress V - Turbolifts.

All postings on all boards marked as read.

"Ohhhhh! That's nice," Iris says cheerfully, as if Hi-Max had told her his function was flower arranging. "Well I'm sure General will have plenty of great missions to send you on...have you met him yet?"

Hi-Max gives Iris a slight nod, "I've only met General briefly and I look forward to being in his presence again."

"I am certain you will get your chance, Hi-Max." Comes the voice from the aft section of the bridge. The door to the ready room wooshes open and Storm Owl steps out, having apparently caught the tail end of Hi-Max's comment. "Given your performance against King during our invasion of the Upper Nile sector, I would expect you will be fighting alongside General within due time." Thanks, Captain Recap! The Fortress Commander scans the bridge with his beady optics, nodding to Major Iris.

Hi-Max turns around as he hears Storm Owl's voice, "Thank you for the kind words sir, I was just doing my job. What anyone in Repliforce would have done had they been in the same situation."

Storm Owl strides to the command chair and sits down at his post, tapping in a few keys into the armrest computer terminal. "Perhaps." he replies to Hi-Max, sounding doubtful of that. "Nonetheless, Hi-Max, it is clear you have potential. I urge you not to squander it as many others with such power have done." He looks up from his console and asks, "Will you be participating in the Emergency Intruder Alert drill?"

Hi-Max takes a step towards Storm Owl as he sits down at his post, "I don't plan on squandering anything or sitting by as long as there is evil out there sir. As for the drill I will be participating, I need to familiarize myself with the Fortress even more, this should prove to be a perfect opportunity."

Storm Owl nods his approval. So many troopers possess considerable power, but they don't have the brains to go along with it. As a result, an oppertunity to strengthen the position of Repliforce is lost. "Good." Storm taps a few more buttons on the computer, calling up a levelled map of the Fortress V on the main viewer. It flickers from deck to deck, cycling through them all. There's red pulsating beacons at certain locations. "These are the positions that I expect Mimos to be attacking. All key sabotage points on the ship. As well, there is her objective to download information from the network from different terminals." Storm Owl does not know which terminals, as that would ruin the game.

Hi-Max takes yet another step closer towards Storm Owl, he observes the various positions being shown on the monitor. "Yes sir. Those points shall be protected to the best of our capabilities during the drill. Although this may be a drill and some may see this as a game, I will do all that is possible to make sure Mimos does not reach his objective."

Mimos is a girl. But don't worry; I make this sort of mistake constantly. "Good. Any damage done to personnel shall be simulated via hitpoint forcefields similar to those often used during the Battle & Chase game. Damage to the ship will be simulated by the computer. As a result, I am most curious to see whether she will focus on reaching the terminals, or deviate from her objectives in order to sabotage other parts of the ship in order to slow us down." Storm Owl's apparently real big on this pre-game chess match. The sheer possibilities with all the strategies that might be used.

Iris has been busy routing incoming calls while Storm Owl and Hi-Max discuss things. That's the nature of comm work; sometimes it's dead, and other times it's busy.

Hi-Max listens to Storm Owl as he tries to predict what Mimos will do. "Understood sir."

Storm Owl turns away from Hi-Max briefly and peers at Iris, keeping one optic on the still-changing main viewer of the FV's decks. "Major. Do you know when the next frequency alteration will occur? With the end of Battle & Chase, I am mildly concerned that our codes will have been cracked by enemy hackers by now." Storm Owl's somewhat paranoid about being extra careful.

"Oh, it can be pretty soon, if you'd like," Iris says, turning to look at Storm Owl. "I just have to clear it through my brother first."

Hi-Max stares at the two, "If you don't mind I will head to my quarters before the drill starts."

Iris says, "OK, nice to meet you, Hi-Max!"

Storm Owl nods, but raises his hand slightly, "Thank you, Major. As I plan on using the radio throughout this drill, there is no reason to rush." Afterall, this isn't exactly super-secret information that they're going to be transmitting tonight. Storm Owl nods to Hi-Max. "Not at all, Hi-Max."

Hi-Max nods to both of them as he takes his leave, the drill will be more realistic if he's in some other part of the Fortress instead of on the bridge.

Hi-Max enters the Turbolifts.

Hi-Max has left.

[Radio: (A) Main] Mimos transmits, "Hello!"

[Radio] Tightbeam transmission to Mimos: You say, "If you are prepared, Mimos, shall I lay out the ground rules for the crew?"

[Radio] Tightbeam transmission: Mimos says, "Okay. Should I go hide somewhere to start?"

[Radio] Tightbeam transmission to Mimos: You say, "I leave that to you. I will be beginning the drill by announcer an intruder is aboard."

[Radio] Tightbeam transmission: Mimos says, "Okay."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "All hands, this is the Captain. All crew participating in tonight's drill have been issued a hitpoint forcefield. All weaponry should thus be set to its lowest, harmless setting. Our objective is to stop the intruder from infiltrating our ranks and downloading the set information from the Fortress V network."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "As this is non-essential information, the Chatter frequency shall be used in place of our main, secure lines."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "All individuals and systems aboard the ship are fair game for our intruder. Are there any questions?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Jet Stingray transmits, " ...I have one. Do we have to stay in one place, or can we guard anywhere on the ship?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Act as you would during a real alert. All security personnel (OOC: Anyone participating, natch) are expected to respond wherever the intruder has been detected."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I'm going off this now. If I do one of the things I'm supposed to, though, it'll turn back on and I won't tell you, so you don't know when I'll be listening!"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Jet Stingray transmits, "Oh. Well, there goes me guarding... Well, it would depend on the intruder. Hrmmm.... I defintely would be there is Sigma was the one invading."

Iris logs in to cyberspace.

Iris has left.

[Radio: (C) Chat] An automated message comes on over the radio. "Unauthorized teleporter use detected. Incoming Reploid does not match authorized personnel. Security breach probable."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "I'll be there!"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Sirens begin to wail all over the ship, signaling an intruder alert. Storm Owl then transmits, "All security personnel, we've detected a breach to our teleportation grid!"

*** Travel Spam ***

Fortress V - Upper Deck

The upper decks of the Fortress V are bright with natural light, the windows atop the ship allowing in sun and moonlight to give a more organic feel to the area. This is where the brains of the Repliforce meet and think, carrying out experiments and creating new reploids, as well as repairing the wounded that are bound to crop up in war. The teleporters sit in the rear of this area, providing a ready link from Repliforce to the rest of the world.

Assault Kangaroo [Standard] [RF] [Stealthed] Mimos [RF]

Fore <F> leads to Fortress V - Skydeck.

Starboard <S> leads to Fortress V - Medical Center.

Port <P> leads to Fortress V - Research And Development.

Aft <A> leads to Teleportation Area--Fortress V.

Turbolift <TL> leads to Fortress V - Turbolifts.

Mimos is here.

Probably.

It's really quite hard to tell, given how well she's hidden. Having immediately left the teleporters by way of an air vent, Mimos scrambles through the ductwork of the Fortress, as she knows full well she's one of the very few people who actually fits in it. Her stealth system is on; she's essentially invisible that close to metal, her silver blur disappearing into the super-clean Fortress walls. Her stealth system has a weaker sound muffler, though, and while she's doing her best to move silently, those with particularly sharp ears might catch her when she passes by a vent.

The doors to one of many sets of turbolifts opens up with a soft hiss, and Storm Owl charges in, planning on taking a very active role in this little game. He's been studying his own schematics, trying to decipher where he would attack were he in Mimos's shoes. In his hand is a standard issue Repliforce laser pistol. There's not enough room in the ship for gales, cyclones, and hurricanes. Flanking Storm Owl on each side are many generic security guards. "Fan out." he orders. There's a whole lot of corridors on this deck. "Stay in pairs." The guards begin to spread out, keeping two-to-a-group. Storm Owl, along with a no-namer, slowly steps down one such hallway, keeping their sensors peeled.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Jet Stingray transmits, "Right... I've got the Turbolifts covered."

Hi-Max arrives from the Turbolifts.

Hi-Max has arrived.

The moment the first call about the teleporter security breach was made, Assault Kangaroo was on his way to the upper deck of the Fortress V. The turbolift doors opened, revealing Assault within the elevator chamber, and he immediately dashed out, heading toward the teleporters. Once he reached the way to the teleporter room, he looked around his area... He spotted ducts in the walls, and wondered, if the intruder that made it in was small, could have been able to fit in the vents. He quickly moved to one, about to search within.

Forge Badger arrives from the Turbolifts.

Forge Badger has arrived.

Mimos is pretty quick in her natural element; the tight fit of the vents doesn't slow her down at all. She's gone far past the teleporters by now. Assault can easily find disturbed dust - there /was/ someone up there, even if she's moved on by now.

A ways ahead, Mimos pauses, opening her chest compartment and pulling out what looks like a fist-sized (her fist) grenade with a pair of tiny legs. Setting it in the vent, she points it back the way she came, activating it and causing it to trundle that way. Unlike her, it is not stealthed, nor is it particularly quiet. Under cover of the distraction, she hurries through more venting, working her way to a room on this floor rather than the turbolifts.

A minute after the alarm has sounded Hi-Max comes running out of the turbolift. He's here to try and stop the spy if the others haven't stopped her yet. He doesn't say anything but simply starts to scan the upper deck for any signs of the infiltrator.

Storm Owl tilts his head, pausing for a moment to use his ultra-keen hearing. The redshirt trooper alongside him stops as well, rifle drawn as he gingerly scans the corridors with it. Storm Owl can hear something... but it's very quiet... it could be anything. Just as Storm Owl is about to order an investigation into the near-silent movements of Mimos up in the air ducts, suddenly there is the loud *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* of something NOT quiet running down the air ducts back towards the teleporters. Storm Owl lifts his head. He and the generic trooper sprint in the direction of the sound, trying to track it. Flipping open a communicator , Storm Owl calls to Assault, "An intruder is unlikely to be so loud. Thus, logically, this could be a false reading..." Storm quickly transmits to him the coordinates of the soft noise he originally thought might have been the spy.

Forge Badger follows Hi-Max in from the next lift and stands in front of the opening for a moment, his digging talons extending and retracting nervously, both feet planted and listening while he tries to make sense of what's going on here and where the spy may have gone.

Assault Kangaroo pulled the vent open, and climbed simply to look inside the vent. He looked around for a bit, and when he looked to the side, he found an... unusual sight. He climbed back down and looked back to Storm Owl.

"It's not an intruder making those noises per se, Storm Owl. It's a..."

Assault hesitated for a moment, maybe out of embarassment.

"...a small bomb. On legs."

*CLANK CLANK CLANK*

The walking sounds rather abruptly stop, with the 'grenade' in front of one of the vents, visible from the outside, perhaps one down from Assault. After a few moments of just sitting there, it begins to smoke. It beats explosions, but it /is/ making it hard to see much down by that end - or hear it over the hissing noise of the smoke.

Mimos lets two more little walkers out when she reaches an T-crossing - she could go to the turbolifts, the science wing, or back. One tromps back the way she came again, right into the smoke; one goes right toward the science area. Distraction finished, she makes a squatting dash toward the science wing, hoping they assumed that she went for the turbolifts - the way there was no distraction.

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Name Alias Siz Idl Short Description

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Storm Owl Butterba5 1s Orange/red/green. Large wings. Big belly

Forge Badger 4 7m

Assault Kangaroo Kangaman3 2m

Mimos Mim 2 1m

Hi-Max Hi 6 3m

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With the others looking in the vents Hi-Max busies himself with poking his head in the Medical Center, the spy could try to sabotage their repair chambers and if the spy does decide to plant powerful explosives throughout the ship they will be needing as much medical equipment as possible.

Storm Owl and his trooper halt in their tracks at Assault's report. Damnit. Storm Owl transmits to everyone in the area the coordinates of where he thought he heard something. Not exactly a great lead, is it? Of course, Mimos is probably not even there anymore. Of course, now there's clangings all over the air ducts. At least they know the spy is somewhere up in there. "Forge, secure the turbolift. Do not allow anyone to pass through. Security detail gamma, secure the teleportation area in case she attempts to return that way. Ass-" He's cut off by the smoke suddenly flowing all over the deck. "Assault, Report." he says.

Forge Badger looks like he's about to voice an objection. He swallows it at the last moment, recalling just how high up Storm is in the hierarchy and the odd vibration signals from his tremorsense aren't pointing at anything definite anyway.

Assault looks back at the vent when more clanging is heard, and he spots smoke coming out of it. He looked back at Storm Owl, and spoke this.

"It looks like that was a smoke bomb wandering in there! I wonder that the other clanging is...

He climbed into the vent again, and looked in the direction the original bomb was coming from. Through all the smoke, he could somewhat make out two more bombs on legs walking toward him. He looked back toward Storm from the location.

"Looks like two more bombs to me..."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "The spy has eluded us on the Upper Deck. She could be virtually anywhere at this point."

Two more bombs, indeed. The one Mimos is following into the science wing - where she's just disappeared to, in fact - is just smoke. It starts to hiss smoke even as it keeps moving, covering up Mimos' movement. The other, though...

The other is simulated explosive. With a recorded /boom/, it 'detonates' in the air vents itself. It is, of course, nowhere near a crippling blow to the Fortress; it has the net effect of about a hand grenade, in fact. Mostly it's just an additional distraction as Mimos makes good her entrance into the science labs.

Storm Owl scowls, as the spy seems to have slipped past them. There goes the chance for an easy victory right from the start. The longer Mimos is able to hide, the more trouble she'll be able to make for those persuing her. There's the sound of an explosion in another section, but Storm Owl has already guessed that this is simply a distraction. Still, somebody had better look just in case. He and his generic trooper make it over in that direction. "Fan out." He orders, realizing that they're playing right into her plan by following the breadcrumbs. Thus, people can go where they wish to find the dastardly intruder.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Jet Stingray transmits, "So.. What's up? She still on that floor?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "We do not know."

Kangaroo looked a second time in the direction of the two bombs, as the first one smoked, and leapt down from the vent, just before the explosion went off. He, too, realized that the exploding bomb was just a distraction. He had a suspicion that the intruder had gone into one of the rooms on this floor. Which wing it was, he did not know. He noticed the exploding bomb had been going toward the direction where the duct would lead to the science area, though... Perhaps that's where she went?

Out of pure suspicion with little evidence, Assault decided to move toward the science wing. What will he find?

Hi-Max is now in the medical center and through their vents he can hear the simulated explosions going off, that's never a good thing to hear. He cautiously walks around the room trying to see if the little spy might be trying to sabotage their medical equipment.

Mimos enters the Research And Development.

Mimos has left.

[Radio: (C) Chat] A random scientist yells, "Hey! There's an intruder in Res - " Silence.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits various orders to keep generic no-name troopers stationed where they are, just in case this is another misdirection trick.

*** TRAVEL SPAM ***

Fortress V - Research And Development

A sometimes dangerous and always exciting place on the ship, this is the area where the scientists of Repliforce cook up the latest in military technology. Filled with the most advanced experimental tools, small explosions and accidents are not uncommon here, so it's good that it's so near the medbay. Though things do go awry here, sometimes small miracles are performed in this humble area.

Hi-Max [Hardcore] [RF] Assault Kangaroo [Standard] [RF]

Iris [Main] [RF] Prismatic Spider [Labcoat] [RF]

[Stealthed] Mimos [RF] Berkana's Lab <BL>

Prismatic Spider's Study <PSS>

Out <O> leads to Fortress V - Upper Deck.

Forge Badger arrives from the Upper Deck.

Forge Badger has arrived.

Storm Owl and his generic security troopers are now fanning out throughout the corridors, leaving the real players to take care of the actual rooms. Storm Owl begin calculating the most likely location for her to move to, but there's no reasonable conclusions. At least, not until that there message from R&D. Storm Owl and his redshirt buddy start haulin' butt on over towards Research and Development. They'll be there next round.

Mimos works quickly. Having kicked off one of the vents in the quiet corner of R&D, she'd managed to land almost /on/ one of the scientists. He is 'dead', at least for purposes of this training exercise, from a massive slash wound. She has blocked the door to his little office with a metal table, a filing cabinet, the scientist's 'body' - anything she had lying around. It's not great, but it should hold for a few moments at least. She's hijacked his computer, though she's not actually doing much at it; she has a small box held against it and she appears to be waiting.

Long before Storm Owl heard of the message, Assault Kangaroo had been moving toward Research & Development out of sheer suspicion. His suspicions were confirmed when that radio message was made. Moving toward that room, Assault shoved the doors open and ran into the science wing. He began to search around the room, until eventually, he came upon a suspicious sight: A table, a cabinet, a "dead" scientist, and other stuff. He took the body of the scientist, moving him away, and then went to work on kicking everything else away. Kicking with a strength that can lift large cars and pickup trucks.

How quickly will he be able to clear the way in?

Storm Owl and his trooper finally reaches Assault Kangaroo after a few minutes. The Major's gut is not exactly an advantage when it comes to sprinting, if you know what I mean. Storm halts, immediately seeing to the condition of the scientist. Yes, he is 'dead'. The 'dead' scientist shrugs and smiles a bit, getting in a relaxed position for his new job as a corpse. Seeing as there's nothing more that can be done for him, the war bird watches as Assault works to kick everything aside. Storm Owl's not a very strong individual, and he'd just get in the way if he tried to move stuff as well. And so, Assault gets the heavy moving task.

"There are only two ways out of that office - the air ducts, and this door." Storm begins radioing personnel to cover the air duct exits from the office. Perhaps they finally have the intruder cornered.

Mimos wasn't expecting to be pinned so early - blast the scientist for actually being in rather than out like she'd thought he'd be this time of day. After all, he was every /other/ day this week!

Right now, though, she has two jobs to do at once. First is keep the object by the computer. She props it there and leaves it for her second job - hold the door closed. While the barricade wouldn't stand up to Assault's strength, amazingly, her own muscle will. Hopefully the door won't simply /break/.

The stocky Forge comes to R&D behind everyone else, walking even more slowly than is usual for him. He's trying to get a fix on the intruder's footsteps amid the chaos of all the redshirts dispersing, and by the look on his face not having much luck. "Don' stop, don' stop... blast," comes the mutter as various parties reach their positions. He himself stops in the doorway, watching Assault bash the door with impressively noisy blows. "Need help?" he asks rhetorically, deciding he's better off covering this exit unless told otherwise.

Hi-Max remains in the Medical Center while the others search R&D, he's still double checking on the equipment and trying to find any possible 'explosives'. So far so good.

Eventually, Assault managed to clear the way in to open the door. He now went to open the door... Only to find something holding it. Perhaps the intruder? It looked as if he was going to have to do this the hard way.

What /is/ the "hard way," you ask?

Why, by smashing the door down, of course!

He took a step back, and raised his right knee toward the side. A second later, that leg was nothing but a blur as he began to throw lightning-fast high, middle, and low side kicks at the door. In other words, he's using the Assault Mirage on the door.

Only the kicks don't last for four seconds. They last indefinitely until the door is broken down.

He did not happen to answer Forge Badger's question about needing help, but judging from this display, Badger could probably tell that he didn't need any.

The device by the computer beeps. Mimos, still holding the shuddering door closed, instantly comes to a decision. Moving away from the door - it smashes open at the next kick, hopefully catching Assault off balance - she reaches behind her to grab the iteem. That done, she immediately dashes forward, possibly even under Assault's leg - she's small - and leaps into the air, running along merrily about ten feet up, suspended on a multicoloured haze. She is, now, quite visible - let's see what the soldiers do to her.

Storm Owl takes a step back and readies his laser pistol for when (if?) the door comes down. We've got her now, and with only one of her terminal objectives reached. Storm Owl knows well enough not to be /too/ overconfident, though. The trooper kneels down to get a good line of fire with his rifle. It's only a matter of time before that door breaks, and the tension is beginning to rise. No doubt Mimos shall attempt /something/ to counter this cornering.

And as the door smashes and Mimos makes a break for it, Storm and the trooper, caught off guard, awkwardly fire off a series of laser blasts at the femme.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "The spy has been spotted heading for the exit of the Research and Development division."

[Radio: (C) Chat] An automated message states, "Computers in the Research and Development division have been infected by a virus. Antivirus procedures activated."

*CRASH*

One last middle side kick by Assault breaks down the door. And Mimos runs by.

He quickly put his foot back on the ground, and began to run toward the femme. Ignoring the warning about infected computers just for this moment, Assault chased the pocket ninja, and he decided to use the fastest projectile he could muster.

As he ran, he pointed at her with his right index finger, and held the forearm with his other hand. He shouted at the intruder in Korean, oddly enough...

< "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" >

...followed by a small, atomically-sharpened nail firing out of his finger with the sound of a pistol and the speed of a bullet, right toward the ninja. Will it connect?

Forge Badger falls into a crouch as the door breaks open, claws extending and staying out this time as he tries to be ready for anything. Or almost anything, as Mimos virtually takes flight and goes out of easy reach. "Don' think you're goin' anywhere," he growls as his forehead stripe flips up to show a gun barrel of some sort. Taking aim, he sends a warning shot -- not in front of her as might be expeccted, but directed straight at the little ninja.

Mimos doesn't really /have/ much to do to counter but run. She's fast. She's agile. But even so it's not enough. While she has enough presence of mind to dodge the lasers, she doesn't even /see/ the nail before it strikes her in the back, followed by a bullet from Forge. If this was real, she would probably stumble; due to using forcefields, regulated weaponry, and with her own military-grade forcefield activating briefly, she doesn't slow much at all. Getting out is still going to be tricky, but she has a plan...she's taking the shortest route out, her forcefield a visible haze around her now.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "The target is making a break for it. Coordinates follow. Hi-Max, are you able to intercept?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "Owl, can you get your soldiers to check for anything suspicious in the dead scientist's office?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Affirmative."

Mimos retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Storm Owl, Assault Kangaroo, Prismatic Spider, and Hi-Max.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "She probably did something in there to cause the computers to be infected."

Storm Owl fires off a radio message to the bridge to try and lock down that virus. Or, at the very least, find out what that virus is going to do. Some troopers will be there to search it out first hand. But for now, Storm Owl has a more immediate thing to worry about. Running as best as he can, Storm Owl tries to get a clear line of sight through the annoying multicoloured haze. He's about able to keep pace with her. The trooper alongside him, definitely in better shape, closes the gap enough to be able to fire a running shot. Of course, firing a rifle while sprinting does not make for accuracy.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Hi-Max transmits, "I'll do my best to intercept sir. Also the Medical Center is currently free of any explosives or signs of the infiltrator may have been in here."

Continuing to chase the intruder, Assault asked Storm Owl to get his soldiers to check for anything suspicious in the office she was in. Whatever she did in that room definitely infected the computers. It was now Storm Owl's concern, though, rather than Kangaroo's. His own concern was the retreating intruder.

He readied his nail gun again. This time, however, he aimed at the kunoichi with both fingers, hoping to tag her with both nails. He shouted once more, again in Korean...

< "YOU WILL NEVER GET AWAY!" >

...and two nails went flying, again at the speed of bullets. Will those manage to connect?

Forge Badger backs to the side of the door and out, trying not to get in the way of the trooper, kangaroo, or owl while doing so. Staying out of the way of the ninja is easy, although nothing he wanted; all he has to do is stay on the ground. And once again he finds himself bringing up the rear.

Hi-Max steps out of the Medical Center as Storm Owl asks him if he can intercept the fleeing Mimos. He scans the corridor for any sign of the speedy little ninja as his fists start to power up with pure energy. Should he see any sign of Mimos he'll throw a ball of energy at the little gal to try and disable her.

The virus is, of course, simulated. What it's simulating doing is simply wiping files as it goes. Fortunately, it certainly isn't anywhere near difficult to contain; unfortunately it got through a few systems before it was.

Mimos is still running like a crazy person. The rifle shot goes right by her face, through the haze that surrounds her - her forcefield systems at work, for that's what she's 'running' on. She was sort of expecting more fire; she spins, running backward, and deflects both nails away with a bar of force.

This, of course, leaves her running backwards when Hi-Max shows up. /That/ ball hits her, and hits her hard, nearly dropping what's left of her simulated forcefield. It slows her down for a moment, dazzled by the energy, and she drops to the ground as her systems stall for a moment.

Storm Owl nods as Mimos is trapped between Hi-Max and a whole bunch of other officers. Storm will likely be third from the R&D side to reach her position, after Assault and the generic trooper. Laser pistol still drawn, he trains it on the fallen femme, firing off a series of three concise blasts at the recuperating ninja, "Freeze!" he demands. Shooting /and/ demanding a surrender at the same time? Well, better safe than sorry.

Assault Kangaroo witnessed his nails deflected by the ninja... However, one of Hi-Max's "Cross Shots" (as they are officially known in X6, I OOCly believe,) struck Mimos right afterward and took her to the ground. Balancing on his tail, he bent his right leg, and pointed his left at the downed Mimos. The concussive blasts fired on her could be enough to remove the forcefield, but maybe not. In case the kunoichi tried to run away, Assault was ready to use his Rocket Kick at any moment.

< "Don't move. Don't move, or greater force will be used." >

Hi-Max stands straight as Mimos drops to the ground, his hands are still crackling and charging up again should Mimos decide to get back up. As Storm Owl tells the spy to stay where she is Hi-Max shouts at her to surrender as well, "Surrender at once. You are outnumbered. Don't make this any harder than it has to be."

Forge Badger stumps up behind Storm Owl and takes up the last open space around Mimos. Sheaathing one hand's claws he points the flamejet nozzle on that wrist at her. "What they said," is all he has to add to the threats, since the others seem to have covered it pretty well.

Mimos just freezes, hands flat on the ground. At least, that was the intention - she unfreezes long enough to evade the blasts from the pistol. And then she stops. "I'll get up and stop fighting if you stop pointing the weapons at me," she says, still face-down.

Storm Owl is very suspicious of a trick. He keeps the weapon trained on her, "Request denied." He says. He's not taking any risks here. Storm, Forge, Assault, Hi-Max, and Mr. Redshirt have her surrounded in a tight circle. There's no way out of this.. right? Well... except for the terrible weak-spot that is Mr. Redshirt.

Kangaroo continues to keep his leg trained on the ninja, in case she plans to do something bizarre in an attempt to catch them all off-guard...

Hi-Max also keeps his hands pointed at Mimos, one thing he's learned is to never give the enemy a chance to get away.

Mimos pushes herself up to hands and knees. Her hands are safely visible and not moving, and her forcefield dims and fades away. That should be it. Right?

Wrong. Mimos is about to try something she's never done before. With a flash of light, her forcefield springs back into existance, but this time she's trying to manipulate the full-body forcefield. The 'pocket'-compartment in her chest springs open, spilling out a quartet of those legged smoke grenades, and a bar of forcefield energy swings over roughly from her elbow to activate and scatter them. All four detonate at once, and Mimos uses it like a starter's gun to take off again, running for the door and laughing. The laughing dies down about ten feet out.

As soon as she brings out the grenades, Assault fires off his left foreleg at Mimos. Hit or miss, the foreleg returns to him. And then, after the smoke bombs went off and the laughing started, he went off toward the door. He had assumed that if she tried anything funny, she would go for the exit. So, that was where he was going...

And suddenly, smoke is everywhere and Mimos is off to the races! All that in a flash of light. Storm Owl hacks and coughs as the air-filters to his coolant system try to sort through the heavy smoke caused by four of the legged grenades. It obscures his vision almost completely, and the Owl dares not fire lest he strike someone on his own side. It doesn't take a very tough calculation to realize that with four allies and one enemy, his chances of hitting the foe while blind is not good. "Can anyone make out where she went?" he calls out, completely hindered.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "I'm after her, Owl. She's heading towards the exit."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "I assumed she would do that if she tried anything funny, that is."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Excellent, Assault. All divisions: The intruder has eluded us a second time. We are attempting to track her."

Hi-Max curses under his breath as the smoke bombs start going off. He'd fire an energy sphere towards Mimos but he can't see a darn thing and he's not going to risk hitting his own troops. As the smoke starts to rise towards the ceiling he ducks down low to the ground almost on his stomach trying to see where Mimos might have run off to. He coughs slightly, "Negative sir. I've lost track of her."

In the confusing haze, Mimos has once again put her stealth systems on, appearing as little more than a blur if she stays close to a solid object. Such as the ceiling. That's what she's doing right now - clinging to the ceiling with hands and feet, working her way rapidly toward the door. Most people, after all, don't think to look /up/. Her goal: Turbolifts. Specifically, the access shaft near them.

Forge Badger splutters and coughs but still forges (pun not intended) in the direction of Mimos's departure. "This way... her vibrations go this way." Light and smoke may blind, sound may deafen, but tremorsense is forever. He retracts his other claws en route, lest he accidentally stab anyone in the haze.

[Radio: (C) Chat] The Fortress V suddenly ~LURCHES~, potentially knocking anyone aboard down to the ground. A report comes from the bridge, "That viral infection got to the navigation controls before we could extinguish it... we're trying to lock it down, but it migh-" ~LURCH~ "e a while... ah... we'll have to hold on until it's flushed out."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Flame Hyenard erks.

As soon as he exited the R&D room, Assault saw Mimos vanish... and then the Fortress V lurched, causing him to fall forward. As he tried to get up, he looked around him... including at the ceiling. And he spotted the blur going across the ceiling. He pointed a little in front of what he assumed was Mimos's blur, and fired off another nail, hoping to tag the blur...

Storm Owl nods to Forge, but following him might not be all that worthwhile since Mimos is probably faster than Forge is. But Assault seemed to have the basic idea of where she went, and so Storm and the redshirt try to follow him. But alas, when the ship suddenly violently shakes, Storm is thrown to the ground and smashes against a wall. The trooper hits his head on the floor, and his hitpoint forcefield registers him as being knocked out. "Damnit," the redshirt mutters, now out of the game. Storm starts to climb up, only to be knocked down again by the second lurch. Storm's not known for his grace on two feet.

Mimos doesn't even slow down during the lurches - if anything, she moves with it, sliding forward and out the door. The nail impacts inches behind her as she squirms out, apparently not having seen it again. That or she's just choosing not to react. Once outside, she moves toward the ducting again, this time the repair ducting for the turbolift.

You know, the one where practically nobody fits where they get the tiny drones to do it? That ducting.

Forge Badger tracks Mimos to the service duct... one that he couldn't possibly fit through. He pounds the wall next to the entrance with a fist with a bellow of "Dammit!" following the intruder, the only thing he can send. Turning, he stalks toward the turbolifts.

As he saw the blur moving, Assault Kangaroo witnessed Mimos move into the duct. Immediately, he got up and dashed off toward the turbolift repair duct, which he had assumed based on the direction Mimos was going before. He fired another nail from his left finger at the blur, and whenever Mimos pulled the duct off and went in, he leapt, grabbed the bottom edge of the duct, and pointed into the duct with his right finger, sending three nails in. Will any of the nails land?

Storm Owl makes it to where Mimos vanished around the same time as Forge, having suffered badly through both of the lurches from the ship. Storm Owl frowns, peering through the repair duct. Wordlessly, he follows Forge, "Did anyone track which way she went?" he says. Great, she's gotten one objective, spread a virus, and she's loose once more. And they're not certain where she's going.

Mimos is a nut.

She jumped. She's already quite a ways down by the time the darts land on a shield she'd thought to hold above her, having expected to be shot by someone or something. She only slows once she's on the proper level - all the way down to the docks. Tracking her is difficult; it would almost be faster to wait for security cameras to find her again. It's not impossible, though, provided one can see all the way down the vent.

*** TRAVEL SPAM ***

Fortress V - Docking Bay

A massive docking bay, the Fortress V has the space to carry every large vehicle the Repliforce deploys, dozens of ships, ride armors, and several huge dropships berthed in the cavernous confines of the ship. The hangar doors are open most of the time, a forcefield protecting the sensitive bay from enemy attack, though a pair of giant doors can slide into place if they need further protection. Repliforce techs and flight crew mill about here constantly, keeping the bay in good working order. To the rear, a series of turbolifts gives access to the rest of the ship.

Assault Kangaroo [Standard] [RF] Prismatic Spider [Labcoat] [RF]

[Stealthed] Mimos [RF] Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> [RF]

Repliforce Space Shuttle <Comet> [RF] Repliforce Submersible <Barracuda> [RF]

Repliforce VTOL <Razor> [RF] Repliforce Ride Armor <Raiden> [RF]

Repliforce Transport <Thresher> [RF] Repliforce Ride Armor <Eagle> [RF]

Repliforce Variable Armor <Kingfisher> [Aerospace] [RF]Ride Armor Recharge Chamber <RARC>

Out <O>: Outside

Turbolift <TL>: Fortress V - Turbolifts

Forge Badger arrives from the Turbolifts.

Forge Badger has arrived.

Hi-Max arrives from the Turbolifts.

Hi-Max has arrived.

Storm Owl is still on the upper decks. Mimos jumped downward into the turbolift's repair duct, but there's a whole lot of decks below the upper levels, and each deck contains many, many rooms. The ninja could be just about anywhere at this point. At least she's been shot a few times, so hopefully her forcefield won't be strong enough to survive another encounter.

*still on R&D level* Forge shakes his head. "She wen' outta my range a moment ago. If she's taken out her objective, I'd say she's gettin' outta here. If not, there's still some good targets'n the docking bay, and she'll still have to try leavin' sometime. I'm headin' down there." And so he does, taking the less suicidal route of the turbolifts.

Hi-Max is in the rear running after the others, he could dash by quickly but he decides against it as he would collide with the others. For now he follows while keeping both of his hands at a semi-charge in case he actually spots the ninja again.

Mimos can't take more than another shot or two, unless she's actively blocking. That's why she chose /this/ objective next.

Coming out on the ceiling of the Docking Bay, Mimos would be practically invisible from the floor even if she /wasn't/ stealthed. It's huge! And, of course, she's not. She simply skulks along the ceiling, choosing her location with care, not doing anything to draw attention to herself.

Kangaroo got up after shooting down the duct, and decided that because she went down, she may have gone down to a lower level. Running into the turbolifts, Kangaroo signaled his allies to get into the elevator shaft. He wasn't sure whether she was in the middle level or the lower level, but going to the lower level might have been a good idea.

Storm Owl, Forge, and Assault are all in the turbolift, it would seem. Maybe Hi-Max too. "Your logic is sound, Forge." Storm Owl says, and the turbolift begins descending down towards the docking bay. Annoying elevator music plays softly. Storm Owl reloads his laser pistol. If things don't start turning around soon, he might have to start whippin' out the winds, indoors or no indoors. Hopefully someone will spot the ninja... wherever she is.

"Accourse it is," the badger replies modestly. Immediately upon the lift's arrival on the dock level, Forge charges out and to the controls to close the bay doors, if they're not already closed, and checks for any other exits reporting as open and unlocked, locking them if need be.

Hi-Max actually catches the next turbolift. Upon stepping onto the lift he shouts, "Follow that lift."

Mimos continues to shift about on the ceiling. Judging, moving, making her decision.

And then she lets go. Mimos falls very rapidly, feet-first, toward her chosen point. Her speed cuts down (slightly) while she's in freefall, and she jostles left and right, aiming herself. She finally comes to a hovering halt about five feet over the Eagle's pilot seat with a jerk, dropping the last bit of distance lightly. Before the exercise started, she prepared it for a quick launch. Legal? Probably not, but it seemed cool at the time, and she's congratulating herself on her foresight as she flips the switches and turns the dials to get the Eagle to thrum to life, and hoping no mechanic undid half the startup.

[Radio: (C) Chat] A mechanic yells, "Hey! The intruder's down here, and she's just dropped into the Eagle!"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "Damn."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos comes back on the radio. "Hi! I got this back when I put the virus in. Surprise! Also, thank you for not shooting me before. I would've shot me."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Well, obviously, not /me/. But you get the idea."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Forge Badger transmits, "We'll keep tha' in min' for when we see you agin."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Soldier Stonekong transmits, "Shooting bad. Smashing more fun."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "The attempt to shoot you was made. Repeatedly. Regardless, our comm-frequencies are clearly compromised. Using short-distance two-way communications is now prefered."

When Forge ran out, so did Assault. Hearing that the intruder had dropped onto the Eagle, he began to search for the Ride Armor, and after a few seconds, began to kangaroo-hop toward the Ride Armor. He is not sure where exactly Mimos is on the Eagle, though. How quickly will he get to the mechanism?

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Not when I was on the ground, though. You should've shot me then when I said I was going to surrender."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Granted."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Jet Stingray transmits, "...Did you not take the turbolifts at all?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "There /are/ other ways to get down there, you know."

[Radio] Tightbeam transmission: Forge Badger says, "Next time, I cover her with claws, t'hell with the flames."

[Radio] Tightbeam transmission to Forge Badger: You say, "Acceptable. We cannot allow her to continue roaming the ship."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Jet Stingray transmits, "...Oh well, I did my part. If I knew it was gunna be this quiet, asked a certain someone to join me."

Ding! Docking bay floor. The turbolift doors open and Storm Owl follows Forge and Assault out. "Seal the docking bay!" he shouts. Heavy blast doors slide down, protecting the rest of the ship from the docking bay. Will it stop a Ride Armour? Well... perhaps not, but it'll at least slow it down. Storm hovers upwards, now able to get air-borne in the huge expanse that is the docking bay. Storm flies towards the Eagle, firing off a blast of compressed air, hoping to shut the ride armour down before it can properly get started up.

Forge Badger slaps the outer door close button repeatedly, as if that would make it close faster. When it finally gets closed enough that only another second will seal it, he moves toward the Eagle's bay in spurts, ducking behind the other armors when he feels it necessary.

Mimos is literally already in the pilot's seat. She /practiced/ this. It's a wonder it's actually working. By memory, she brings the Eagle the rest of the way up, using her own intense forcefield to deflect the worst of the windstorm away from her. She can't do /that/ much longer, either. Fortunately, she won't have to. Revving the Ride Armor, she swings the cannon-arm sideways, firing at Assault and hopefully before he gets there.

And yes, when she was preparing this before, she set it to work with the simulation. Isn't she nice?

Repliforce Ride Armor <Eagle>

One word sums up this massive ride armor: huge. Rising to seventeen feet at the upper rim of the armor, this mechanical contraption was built to serve primarily as a war machine. Large-booted, digitgrade legs support the massive weight of the armor and provide traction on almost any surface. A large, cup-shaped body contains an open cockpit and a complex set of controls. The front of the armor sports a pair of headlights for dim conditions.

The Eagle is armed with a large cannon in place of its right arm, leaving the left ending with a hand. On its back are two flight thrusters and long, sweeping verniers. It is predominantly a blue color, and a Repliforce emblem is emblazoned on the front.

Hi-Max steps out of his lift a few moments after Storl Owl and the others step out of theirs. Spotting the others he rendez-vous up with them, his hands are glowing again, he knows this is a dangerous area to have a spy in.

Kangaroo, being a martial artist, was pretty agile, no matter what. The cannon arm is swung around, but it wasn't all that fast. Assured that Mimos intended to fire a shot, Assault somersaulted forward over the shot that was indeed fired, and then proceeded to leap to the leg of the Ride Armor. From there, he began to climb after a few seconds. Because of that shot, he was now fully sure that the kunoichi was in the pilot's seat... and he was going to get up there and get her before she could possibly escape.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "A firefight has broken out in the docking bay. The spy is contained, however."

Storm Owl now has to worry about a firefight in the docking bay. With a Ride Armour. Amazingly, this might mean less destruction overall. At least they know where she is. The Fortress Commander swings around for another pass at the Eagle, this time streaking down towards the cannon arm to use his well armoured wings to hack at the cannon being fired at Assault. The plan is clearly to start taking out the Ride Armour's weapon systems. Generic security personnel also fire off their laser weapons at the Ride Armour's tough hide.

Seeing Assault ascend to the cockpit, Forge dashes (if anything that slow can be called a dash) under the armor itself and unsheathes his claws. One hand clenches its claws to a point, and the wrist begins to rotate until individual claws are indistinguishable. He thrusts this whirling Ginsu set at one of the Eagle's 'knees', trying to cripple its mobility.

Mimos mostly ignores the general laser fire coming her way. The Eagle is tough. It can take it, at least for a while. It can take the wings, too, although less well; knocked aside, Mimos fails to bring the blaster back in line particularly quickly. Forge's shredding of the knees, too, gives her difficulty; eventually she has to simply attempt to kick him away at the same time she swings the blaster like a club toward Storm Owl. There is almost nothing she can do about Assault, so she doesn't try; she simply fires the blaster at random, as quickly as she can, while she's clubbing.

Once Hi-Max notices that the spy has taken control of a ride armor he brings all of his defensive systems on. It eats up a small portion of his fuel reserves but the entire Fortress 5 is at risk. With the others so close to the ride armor he decides to rush right towards them and see if he can't take the Eagle down with his bare hands.

Storm Owl is clubbed by the blaster and sent hurling backwards through the air. Thankfully, he's able to recover before hitting a wall. His hitpoint shield shows a considerable drop in health. Best not to get too close to that thing again. The war bird sees that Hi-Max, Assault, and Forge are all engaging it in hand to hand. That rules out any long ranged bombardment on his part. Thankfully, he winds up having to spend his time dodging the mad spray of bullets, so it's a moot point anyway. "Can you bring it down?" he calls out, unable to assess the situation while being shot at.

Continuing to climb up the Eagle, Assault at last reached the top of the Eagle. He sat on the top of the Ride Armor, just behind Mimos, and kept a hold on the outer edges of the Ride Armor as he pointed both legs straight at the little kunoichi. He uttered a small apology in Korean for a moment...

< "I'm sorry." >

...before shooting both forelegs right at Mimos at close range. He hopes to make her get knocked against the controls, probably.

*CRASH* Forge gets scraped off the Eagle's leg. He enjoys flight for a brief moment in his life before smacking into the floor again. Simulation code says he should be dazed at this point, and boy oh boy does he believe it. And hopefully his hitting the floor several dozen feet from the Eagle should answer Storm's question.

Mimos continues to fire at random, not at Storm so much as at the area around him. She's trying to make a mess, not drop the boss bird. The Eagle can't take much more of this, though; it rocks with every hit it takes from Hi-Max. Mimos' ears catch Assault's whispered word, even though she doesn't understand the language. Not removing her hands from the controls, she instinctively half-turns, flinching -

- just in time to get kicked right in the face. Her forcefield tells her that she is quite unconcious now, and she's half-dazed from the blow regardless. While she doesn't slam into the Eagle's cockpit, she is definitely out of it.

The forelegs returned to Kangaroo right after they connected, and as he got on his knees, he grabbed the seat, and looked on at Mimos to get a clue about what he did to her. He found her not moving after a couple of seconds, so the Lieutenant made a radio call to the rest of his team to confirm this. It appeared that Lieutenant Assault Kangaroo had done well in this exercise...

[Radio: (C) Chat] Assault Kangaroo transmits, "All soldiers cease fire. The intruder is unconscious."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos says, helpfully, "Ow. You hit me in the /face/."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Marine Lieutenant Assault Kangaroo transmits, "I had to do that. I'm sorry about that, Mimos."

Hi-Max stops hitting the ride armor once it's confirmed that Mimos has been knocked out. He steps back and deactivates his defensive systems.

Storm Owl remembers the earlier advice from Mimos, and thus fires again a few more times, just in case. But then Assault reports the intruder is unconscious. The war bird gives a relieved sigh and touches down on the ground near the Ride Armour. "I believe, Mimos... that the drill is over." The owl peers up at her. "You reached one of your objectives, accessed and cracked our comm-systems, destroyed a section of the air duct on deck 5, dealt damage to the R&D lab and the docking bay, forced us to disable one of our own Ride Armours, and had plenty of time to transmit the stolen data back to your enemy headquarters." That about sum it up? Storm Owl adds, "And killed one of our scientists."

Forge Badger stands up while making sure that nothing was really damaged from that kick. He watches the commander as he summarizes the exercise, and winces at every listed 'victory' for Mimos. Geez, they could have done better.

Mimos clambers out of the 'disabled' Eagle, shutting it down as she does. "Two objectives. One of mine was the Ride Armors. It was one the bottom, but I didn't think I'd get a chance for it if I did it later." She recovers quick; the forcefield took most of it, after all. "And the virus, but I think you counted that. And I put a bomb on the teleporter when I came in, but it didn't work. I used the wrong kind. I was going to jump out of here if I had to leave.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I got two of my things. And made a mess. You did okay! I was supposed to get seven."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "But if I'd gotten all seven, I would've beaten the Fortress. I don't think I can do that."

Storm Owl nods, adding those points to the tally on Mimos's side. "This drill has shown several deficiencies in the security grid. However each and every one shall be solved." He promises. No enemy will be able to take advantage of all these things. With a new ship like the FV, it takes some time to get a perfect routine down. This will help quite a bit to achieve that.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "True. However one must consider other possible circumstances - had this been during a battle, the Fortress V would have been severely hindered in providing cover fire for our troops."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Well, true."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "If there /had/ been other people around, I would've gone for the fifth and sixth places. The engine and the bridge."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I probably would've skipped the science."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Understood. It would have been interesting to see how you would have faired against the bridge. The command centre is well guarded."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "That's why I didn't pick that one."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "If I had help or could've taken the Eagle up there, maybe."

Assault stood up, and leapt down from the Eagle, landing on the floor of the docking bay. Moving toward the ninja, he went to shake Mimos's hand with his right hand.

"Good job, Mimos. You had me on my guard for most of that..."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Indeed. Protection for the docking bay is high on the list of fixes required."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I've never tried to assassinate a ship before, though. It was sort of fun! I'm more used to people."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "You know what you need?"

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Vent grates."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "You need grates in the air ducts. And they need to be electric."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I have knives but I wouldn't want to chop electric grates."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "Confirmed. Commander Prismatic, I presume these can be installed? Our ability to track Mimos was lacking once she entered the duct system."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "We did retrofit Resolution Point with them after a few incidences of chasing Bolero around."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Apparently we overlooked it in the FV designs."

Mimos finally hops off the Eagle, reaching up to shake Assault's hand. She's grinning. "Thanks! Like I said, I've never tried it before."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "I'll have Engineering get on it immediately."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "There were /some/, but they were really thin. I think they were for dust."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I fell through a few when I dropped all those stories."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Yes, those would indeed be insufficient to stop an intruder."

Hi-Max's weapons and defensive systems have all powered down, he's not real happy with the results of this drill, but he understands that everyone is still getting use to living in this new Fortress and still learning the best ways to defend it from the interior.

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I cheated, though. I turned the Eagle on before and made sure it would work during the mission, because I don't know how to get it to go if I don't actually have permissions."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Sorry, Commander."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "It's fine."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "The virus was also clever."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Er, the other commander. It's his ship."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "It was a devious ploy, and one that exposed a an important weakness that needs solving."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "It's not my virus. I just got a box to use, because I can't do anything with the computers. But lots of people who would want to get in /can/, so it was one of my places to go and things to do."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Internal viral heuristics will need to be upgraded."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "It got entirely too far before being stopped."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Actually, the scientist I killed gave it to me. That's why I went into his room."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "He was the computer guy who helped make the drill things."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Yes, still."

Shaking the tiny little hand of Mimos, he bent down to pat Mimos on the back.

"Everyone must be commended for their actions, too."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Am I going to do this again? Because really, killing people is easier."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Storm Owl transmits, "I have no objections to further drills."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "I have an idea for the next one. I'll tell you later. I want to think more first."

Forge Badger bows to the diminutive ninja and offers his hand. "You're a righ' terror when y'know what you're doin'." And then he gets the radio transmission that says this may happen again. "Ugh. Next time I may jus' wait down here for you."

Mimos grins, showing no teeth. Apparently she wasn't built with any. "Thanks! Like I said, I'm more used to people. I think I'll try a different place next time." Like the armory. That would be fun.

============================ BB Post in Progress =============================

Group: Repliforce

Title: Log: Intruder Readiness Drill

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Voiceover.

"Our intruder readiness drill was successfully conducted. Mimos served as our intruder, and was successful in reaching two out of seven of her objectives, accessed and cracked our comm-frequencies, destroyed a section of air duct on deck 5, dealt damage to the R&D lab, killed one of our scientists, had plenty of time to transmit all of her stolen data back to her enemy camp, spread a virus throughout the ship's network which briefly disabled navigation control, nearly destroyed the teleporters, injured several security personnel, and forced us to disable one of our own Ride Armours before being defeated. Had she infiltrated while the ship was at battle, the results would have been a disaster."

"The drill was a success, however, in that it exposed weaknesses in the security grid that can be corrected. Cmdr Prismatic Spider will be installing electrified grates to the air duct system to prevent entry, and the protocol in the teleportation chamber and docking bay shall be completely reworked - specifically in regards to Ride Armour control during an intruder alert."

"Assault Kangaroo, Forge Badger, Hi-Max, and myself led the primary anti-intruder squadron. As one final note, I have suggested to Maj Iris that our frequencies be rotated. They have not been altered since before the Battle & Chase games."

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[Radio: (C) Chat] Soldier Stonekong transmits, "At least little ninja not ram ship with other ship to get aboard..."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "Well, I started on the ship."

[Radio: (C) Chat] Mimos transmits, "In the teleporter room. I didn't have anything to ram."

Storm Owl finishes making his log about the drill and says, "I fully support further drills, Mimos. With each security flaw that is sealed, it will only be more difficult for you." Storm Owl is not one to decline an offer to drill his soldiers, believe me. The Captain nods to the group and says, "Well done. The exposed flaws shall be corrected." And unless there's nothing else, Storm Owl turns to head out.

Assault nodded to Mimos, and also nodded to Storm Owl.

"Let's go, everyone."

And he followed Storm Owl out.

Forge Badger shakes his head. "I've other things t'do here, but I'll see you 'round." And with that, he turns to one of the ride armors still in its bay and sets off to work.