Party To Treason 2: Valdragon's Coup

[Florien]

You signed on, so yes, you do have to.

Operation as conducted by Cpt. Beck

• Your technique of brute forcing your way through with ingredients, pulling hats down over eyes, blinding people with flavor dust and trying to trip them on marinara sauce works great, because literally no one expected that. You get right through the guards and into the Needle before they can do anything about it. There is the slight problem that they're not exactly permanently out of commission and also they saw you physically attacking them, and it was right next to the Needle which is a heavily surveilled area, but hopefully they'll be too confused and blinded to immediately know where you're going, buying you time.
  
• You get in and demand your tribute to prepare the finest of meals. One does not argue with a captain covered in paprika, other people's tears, and with a chef's hat with an obvious bloodstain. Nor do two, or the well over thirty workers there that day. They let you have free reign with your plausible excuse and your fearsome appearance, allowing you to reach the door beneath.
  
• Fwoosh! You start a fire in the wheat field. And the banana grove. And the cocoa grove. And the corn field. Workers panicking and fleeing, some dying, some escaping, lots of screaming, you make good use of your time. Well, it would be good use of your time except you end up blocking the main exit with fire, and the airlock seals, preventing you from escaping. You end up hiding in a water tank for several hours, which really unbuys all the time you bought earlier. Though eventually the sprinkler systems are turned on and extinguish the fires, not before significant damage is done. A dripping wet Chef Beck escapes the farms.
  
• The guard identifies you as the one who started a fight on the surface. She's about to shake you down, but then you start rapping at her, interrupting her threats. She draws her broadsword, prepares to cut you down out of annoyance, and then cuts your soaking wet bread in half as you throw it at her. She is not so lucky with the thrown jar of marinara sauce, which hits her with enough force to knock her flat. You rush by while she's incapacitated and successfully escape just as your pickup is about to leave without you.

Operation as conducted by Cpt. Sony and Cpt. Microsoft

• You act inconspicuous, and do all kinds of disguise things. This does not gain you access into the Needle Elevator, as the guards are checking clearances, and these ones are very keen to not get called out for violating protocol considering their very important station. The Terrene Defenders are nice enough to let you wait in their... well, it's supposed to be an office, but it's more of a prison that the Alliance could seal them in at any time, but they're letting you wait there while you wait for "your clearance cards" to be delivered. You eventually manage to sneak out and find the other way in, though it is tedious work and wastes a bunch of time.
  
• You once again act inconspicuous. The problem is, your disguise works very well and your inconspicuousness leads to you being given an order by one of the shipment organizers to go harvest the dedicated cranberry bog. You end up covered in spiders and with barely enough time to even consider opening the door.
  
• Not having time to deal with a quintuple-locked blast door for more than a few seconds of looking and giving up, you rush to find something to sabotage. Your vague "target important things" leads to the museum, and you quickly realize you're probably not going to achieve much damage there without a more specific target in mind or more time, and you're going to be late for your pickup at this rate, so you don't have time. You rush to find an armory and quickly grab as many weapons as you can carry, which is rather a lot. At least the Alliance will have to replace these weapons, and no one's stopping you, you being a Captain and all.
  
• You try running, but she's persistent and vicious, lashing out at you with her broadsword. It's no mere chunk of metal either, it's a powerful feat of technology capable of cutting through even the finest body armors with relative ease. She eventually corners you. Sadistic: "I wonder how long you'll last in the Acid Mines? That's what comes of making me run after you like this..." That's when one of you opens fire and the other lashes out with a broadsword of your own. Her armor is strong, and she's a very capable fighter, but she honestly didn't expect you of being exactly as capable with weapons as you are, and she had the arrogance of someone who's never had her shakedowns go this wrong before. She's dead before she hits the ground, and you get out only to see your transport has already left. No one's actually after you right now, and you're not suspected of any crime, so you do manage to escape via a much slower public transport service, which after several missed connections, a night in a terrible hotel, and more money spent than you cared to spend on disposable communicators, eventually lets you get to somewhere where Valdragon feels comfortable enough to send someone to pick you up.