07-22-2023, 17:06:27 PM
Juniper's Plan
* The first hurdle on arriving in the city is reaching the airlock. The Needle is meticulously guarded, even the Terrene Defenders (who are in a hostageship agreement at their nearby base) will enforce the law there, not to mention some of the finest soldiers the Alliance has to offer, and you're certainly not authorized to be using the Needle's elevator. There may be an easier way, if you just think about it. Or perhaps brute force or finesse can be used to get in.
Juniper has found that bribery typically works in cases like this, and sometimes in cases not like this. While she's only got a couple thousand dollars cash on her, she also has something else important and desired-- mineral rights. She will offer up the rights to anything extracted by one of her mines for a year. Paltry amount to her since she's got so many of them, but surely worth a lot to the guards, right? A contract signed, and she should be in.
* The airlock opens with little hesitation. The farms are secured, but since you're ranked captain, you actually do have full access to the farm, even if you don't have access to the needle. The problem now is getting deep into the farm without attracting the attention of the farmworkers or the guards who you can see making sure the harvest is safe. While you're technically allowed to be there, you're in the unenviable position of being high-ranked enough for your execution to be used to make a powerful point, and yet low-ranked enough to be disposable. With you trying to find this mysterious door far below which you're neither supposed to know about nor be looking for, you're going to need to figure out a way to get through without getting noted as suspicious.
She will just pretend she's here to inspect things. Get a look at some of the crops, make sure they're growing well. Maybe sample a few. If anyone asks why she's going where she's going, she'll pretend to be lost and ask one of them to fetch her a map of the farms, then high-tail it to the door while they're off getting one.
* You've finally reached the door below, and annoyingly, it won't open. It seems to open by a four-digit keypad code, which is a low-security method, though not one you're actually equipped to deal with. There's also a card reader though, and it's not accepting your swipes, and the door has numerous other security measures and is blast-proof, so it's not like you can actually get in. What a failure of a mission. But you still have plenty of time before you get picked back up, so you should probably think of something you could do to sabotage the Alliance in the few hours you have left to work with.
There's got to be computers around somewhere, right? Probably with some important files that people wouldn't want erased, right? whoops there they go, as well as some important operational files. That should take a while to replace, hopefully. Hopefully including any security footage on her as well, that'd be a nice bonus.
* And to add to the annoyance, when walking down the street (well, rather the underground tunnel) on your way to leave the city, you're stopped by a guard who actually outranks you. She must work at the Needle, but if so, she's pretty far away from it, and it's strange how she's down here when most of the Needle's internal security never leave the structure itself. Either way, you're going to need to figure out a way to escape her, or else she's going to shake you down for everything you have and possibly throw you in prison anyway.
"I thought I was authorized to be in here, right? Maybe I've gotten lost. Either way, I was never here." And now that couple thousand dollars comes in handy. Hush money, a bribe to get out.
Juniper has found that bribery typically works in cases like this, and sometimes in cases not like this. While she's only got a couple thousand dollars cash on her, she also has something else important and desired-- mineral rights. She will offer up the rights to anything extracted by one of her mines for a year. Paltry amount to her since she's got so many of them, but surely worth a lot to the guards, right? A contract signed, and she should be in.
* The airlock opens with little hesitation. The farms are secured, but since you're ranked captain, you actually do have full access to the farm, even if you don't have access to the needle. The problem now is getting deep into the farm without attracting the attention of the farmworkers or the guards who you can see making sure the harvest is safe. While you're technically allowed to be there, you're in the unenviable position of being high-ranked enough for your execution to be used to make a powerful point, and yet low-ranked enough to be disposable. With you trying to find this mysterious door far below which you're neither supposed to know about nor be looking for, you're going to need to figure out a way to get through without getting noted as suspicious.
She will just pretend she's here to inspect things. Get a look at some of the crops, make sure they're growing well. Maybe sample a few. If anyone asks why she's going where she's going, she'll pretend to be lost and ask one of them to fetch her a map of the farms, then high-tail it to the door while they're off getting one.
* You've finally reached the door below, and annoyingly, it won't open. It seems to open by a four-digit keypad code, which is a low-security method, though not one you're actually equipped to deal with. There's also a card reader though, and it's not accepting your swipes, and the door has numerous other security measures and is blast-proof, so it's not like you can actually get in. What a failure of a mission. But you still have plenty of time before you get picked back up, so you should probably think of something you could do to sabotage the Alliance in the few hours you have left to work with.
There's got to be computers around somewhere, right? Probably with some important files that people wouldn't want erased, right? whoops there they go, as well as some important operational files. That should take a while to replace, hopefully. Hopefully including any security footage on her as well, that'd be a nice bonus.
* And to add to the annoyance, when walking down the street (well, rather the underground tunnel) on your way to leave the city, you're stopped by a guard who actually outranks you. She must work at the Needle, but if so, she's pretty far away from it, and it's strange how she's down here when most of the Needle's internal security never leave the structure itself. Either way, you're going to need to figure out a way to escape her, or else she's going to shake you down for everything you have and possibly throw you in prison anyway.
"I thought I was authorized to be in here, right? Maybe I've gotten lost. Either way, I was never here." And now that couple thousand dollars comes in handy. Hush money, a bribe to get out.
Stupid doomed timeline...