Bumping for interest with some semi-related images

we go into the apc and head out

you aren't asking us to make any decisions

the only thing we can say is "ok, do the thing"

Man, cyberpunkish landscapes just get me every time.

Make it an ACC since we're clones.

Also, do the thing.

>>18505373
TO THE ARMORY!

>>18505514
This.

>>18505482
I apologize, I'm pretty new to the whole quest thread thing. I'll try to work on that.

>>18505514
There's a few choices here. You and your soldiers are equipped with standard issue Prometheus Assault Rifles and Prometheus Handguns. The hacker has a Prometheus Remote Hacking Module and Prometheus Medical Kit. You are contractually obliged to say the full product name every time. You can switch out your Prometheus Assault Rifle for a Prometheus Shotgun or Prometheus Stealth-Rifle. Prometheus Handgun for a Prometheus Plasma Knife or a Prometheus Medical Kit.

For the sake of pacing, these changes will get retroactively applied. Sorry for being so slow, guys.

>>18505479
Packed up, ready to go, your team gets loaded up and heads out. You pull up just close enough to the SigmaCorp building to see what's going on. It's a two story building, fire escape on the right side. Maintenance door on the left. Communications tower on the roof. Two guards by the front door. Scans show an internal alarm system linked to very strong safety doors.

>>18505579
Tell me about the Prometheus Stealth-Rifle and the Prometheus Plasma Knife.

>>18505594
Tell me about the Prometheus Remote Hacking Module too. Can it hack SigmaCorp's internal alarms?

Does the APC have any mounted weapons?

>>18505594
The Prometheus Stealth-Rifle is the latest in modern stealth technology. While slower-firing and less powerful than the Prometheus Assault Rifle, it makes up for this in its ability to fire almost silently, a key factor in why it is prized by assassins and agents worldwide.

The Prometheus Plasma Knife utilizes revolutionary plasma technology to create an extremely powerful cutting blade that can slice clean through most metals.

>>18505608
The Prometheus Remote Hacking Module is a recent development that allows a skilled hacker to access circuit systems and make changes necessary for operatives to act effectively in certain missions. Other corporations have begun to research and develop similar devices, but Prometheus currently has the most advanced systems on the market. It is highly likely that basic alarm systems can be overcome by proper operation of the device.

The APC has a mounted machine gun turret that can be operated by AI or by remote control.

>Take a brake

>>18505579
>You are contractually obliged to say the full product name every time.
I like this.

How legal is this? Are we in a "corporations are nations" world or is there still some form (however corrupt) of government left?

Which of our objectives is the priority?
If the CEO is priority then accessing the roof and working down would probably be in our best interest since his office is probably near the top. If Info is the priority then accessing the servers, probably located below ground, would probably be easiest via the maintenance door.

While stealth is in our best interest whether this is legal or not, it's obviously more important if it's illegal.
Sewer or underground access possible? Possibly using some form of Prometheus Directed Explosive Device?

>>18505644
Equipment load is as follows:

Team Leader: Prometheus Stealth-Rifle, Prometheus Handgun
Soldier One: Prometheus Stealth-Rifle, Prometheus Plasma Knife
Soldier Two: Prometheus Assault Rifle, Prometheus Handgun
Hacker: Prometheus Remote Hacking Module, Prometheus Medical Kit

Are any grenades available? How about armor and additional equipment, such as night-vision goggles?

I suggest hacking the SigmaCorp alarm system so that it can be switched off or used to trigger alerts in areas we specify, in order to draw their security away.

>>18505672
Our mission is to kidnap the manager of this building, not the CEO of the whole company. The building itself has only two floors. Above-ground, anyway.

>>18505701
I think we should swap soldier 2's Prometheus Handgun for another Prometheus Plasma Knife for breaching doors.
The Prometheus Stealth Rifle is a suppressed assault rifle, not a sniper rifle, correct?

>>18505736
Also, nonlethal ammunition?

>>18505672
Corporations are essentially nations. Any former semblance of government has been bought out to the point of being completely irrelevant to the point of police uniforms having corporate logos on them representative of whatever company owns their jurisdiction.

Since laws are extremely poorly enforced, legality is no matter. However, when the higher-ups discover what has happened, if they found out Prometheus was behind the attack, they would put up far more resistance soon after. This could potentially be muffled through destruction of communications equipment, or through leaving no survivors.

The CEO is vital to return to base and obtain administrative access codes to more secure SigmaCorp servers, thus he is the primary objective. Any research obtained from SigmaCorp servers can potentially be used to improve Prometheus equipment.

A sewer line does run under the building, so underground access is a possibility.

>>18505701
The Team Leader is equipped with two Prometheus Versatile Explosive Units, which can be used as grenades, breaching charges, or any other creative use you can come up with.

>>18505747
Can the communications equipment be hacked?

>>18505747
>>18505729 is right, typoed into saying CEO, whoops, sorry!
>>18505736 is also correct, the Prometheus Stealth-Rifle is a near-silent semi-automatic rifle.
>>18505745 It can be used to fire nonlethal electromagnetic ammunition. This type of round tases targets and disables electronic equipment.

>>18505760
The communications tower can be hacked, but due to the nature of the hardwired equipment, direct access will be required.

>>18505787
Is the APC's machine gun capable of firing electromagnetic ammunition?

Perhaps there is an Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device available on the black market. Should make the job a bit easier.

Loadout:

You: Promethium Stealh Rifle, Plasma Knife
Soldier 1: Promethium Assualt Rifle, Medkit
Soldier 2: Standard
Hacker: Standard

((Sorry, the full names brought up Portal memories))

>>18505806
It would require a bit of reconfiguration. Estimated time for that would be 10 minutes, and it would only be able to fire a small amount of the ammunition at a time.

>>18505736
I'm okay with this.

>>18505822
How many people are expected to be inside the building at this time? What is the APC's maximum capacity?

>>18505822
Reconfigure.

>>18505839
The majority of employees are currently located at an alternate research station performing tests. Expected resistance is approximately ten to twelve security guards armed with SigmaCorp Handguns. The Manager is situated in his office on the second floor, and there may be a few other employees about. The APC can hold a maximum of 8 humans.

>>18505861
Use the Prometheus Remote Hacking Module to gain access to the internal alarm system.

I'm assuming the building also has internal cameras. Can we gain access to those?

>>18505857
While reconfiguring, the hacker runs a few diagnostic scans of the building and its security systems. The alarm system is definitely breachable while inside the building. The security camera system will need to have direct access due to being on a closed circuit, so the camera control unit will need to be accessed. The Manager is currently speaking over the phone to his Lead Researcher. Tapping the line reveals that they are currently working on a SigmaCorp Remote Hacking Device and should have the final build ready to ship in three days. Priority of this mission has just been increased. New objective: Steal prototype SigmaCorp Remote Hacking Device for reverse engineering.

>>18505895
Can the hacker gain any more information?

Something I noticed OP, why is EVERYTHING labeled Prometheus? Are we going to break into this place waving prometheus flags and chanting the prometheus song, while leaving prometheus stickers and prometheus shaped bulletholes everywhere, then when leaving burn out in our van causing 'prometheus' shaped burn-marks?

I guess what I am asking is if this is supposed to be covert or not.

>>18505908
The final source code build for the SigmaCorp Remote Hacking Device are to be transmitted to the local internal servers in one hour. If the files can be intercepted, reverse engineering will be much faster.

>>18505930
What do we need to do to intercept it? Will we need direct access to the communications hardware?

>>18505913
All attempts to conceal the identity of the corporation you are operating under have been made. Digital signatures of equipment have been masked and all communications are made through various proxy servers. The models of equipment you are using are all unregistered.

>>18505373
>arnold schwarzenegger
>president
>again
wasn't born in america. can't be president. ever.

>>18505945
The files can be intercepted through the communications tower, or retrieved from the internal servers post-transfer. Disabling the communications tower will disallow the transfer to be made, but may enable your unit to act more effectively.

>>18505965
>>18505665
Don't blame me, blame Cracked

>>18505976
Do the hacker's scans reveal any specific underground access points?

While stealth during the mission would make it easier, it is not a critical component if we can remove the evidence. This means elimination of all witnesses, destruction of recorded security footage, and stopping all communication during the incident.
Stopping communication can be done by setting up a Prometheus Portable Wide Spectrum Jamming Device and destroying the comm tower, unless the building has wired net access as well as wireless.
If it has wired access then we must sever that before they have any chance of detecting us, as well as destroy the comm tower.
This seems to call for a simultaneous strike at the roof and through underground access.
while the APC can keep any personnel from leaving the site.

The information will probably be stored underground so the hacker should join the strike from below, get the information, destroy the servers to avoid security footage to be stored on site and sever wired connections to avoid direct transmission to SigmaCorp HQ.
While the roof strike team severs wireless communications and extracts the manager, whose office will probably be located on the second floor.
Having the APC provide suppressing fire and distraction would be beneficial but that would probably stretch our resources too thin, unless its AI can function independently.

I count us needing 3 Prometheus Versatile Explosive Units for this plan, though. 1 to breach from sewers, 1 to destroy the comm tower and one to destroy the servers. Is it possible to retcon the number of Prometheus Versatile Explosive Units available to us?

>>18505993
The most available access point would be into the elevator shaft, which would then allow you to move to either floor via the ladder.

>>18506022
How do we get there from here?

>>18506004
The APC has an onboard mini-armory that consists of ammunition resupplies and three extra Prometheus Versatile Explosive Units. The power grid could also be temporarily offlined, but the internal generator would kick in after 5 minutes without power.

>>18506045
The nearest sewer access point would be one block east of the SigmaCorp Building. From there, breaching into the elevator shaft is fairly straightforward.

>>18506069
Let's get there, then.

>>18506089
Alright, so is the plan all 4 in the sewer then? Or will the team be splitting up?

>>18506097
Can the hacker maintain access to the internal alarms from the sewer access point?

>>18506109
Once inside the elevator shaft, the hacker will be able to maintain a lock on the alarm system and keep it disabled.

>>18506130
Then we'll keep the team together.

It would be great if there was some sort of Prometheus Remote Camera we could use to keep watch on the outside of the building, though.

>>18506147
The remote control over the APC's turret can be linked to the Prometheus Remote Hacking Device and used as a sort of live streaming video feed that also has the added bonus of being able to shoot things.

>>18506164
Can the APC itself be driven by remote?

>>18506191
No, but it was driven here by a Prometheus Vehicle Operation Technician who can be contacted via commlink.

>>18506218
Tell him we need to be transported to the sewer access point, and then we need the APC returned to its current location.

The hacker will need to find us multiple extraction routes in case the access point we're about to use is compromised.

>>18506277
The sewers can be used to access a nearby abandoned factory which can serve as a pick-up location.

>>18506357
Excellent.

>>18506376
Now would be the time to verify equipment and lay out a short sequence of orders for the team to follow, I believe.

>>18506409
Team Leader: Prometheus Stealth-Rifle, Prometheus Handgun, Prometheus Versatile Explosive Unit (3)
Soldier One: Prometheus Stealth-Rifle, Prometheus Plasma Knife, Prometheus Versatile Explosive Unit (1)
Soldier Two: Prometheus Assault Rifle, Prometheus Plasma Knife, Prometheus Versatile Explosive Unit (1)
Hacker: Prometheus Remote Hacking Module, Prometheus Medical Kit

Orders are to proceed to the elevator shaft, stealthily and using the hacker's expertise to disable any alarm systems. Security personnel are to be dispatched in a nonlethal manner, disarmed, and restrained if encountered. Once the team has entered the elevator shaft, they proceed to the bottom level, but do not exit the shaft.

>Crowd sourcing story progression.
Cool idea. I'd prefer to see a game that allows the player to make these kinds of decisions themselves, but the complexity of developing that would probably be hell, especially for indie developers.

Will the game be a squad based tactical game, a la Swat 1&2, Fallout Tactics, Jagged Alliance, or a
Tactical FPS, a la Swat 3&4, R6?

Will the strategies we come up with be scripted into the missions or will they simply be examples of what players will want to try with the scenarios presented?

>>18506467
The plan is put into action.

The explosive entrance into the elevator shaft attracts a bit of attention. Two guards open the elevator door, but cannot see due to the debris. Easily stealth-rifled and pulled into the shaft. Two SigmaCorp Handguns are removed from their unconscious bodies. The hacker disables the alarm system and prevents the security doors from locking. Access to first floor is available.

>>18506467
Also, any access cards or similar items are to be retrieved from security personnel for use on-mission.

If the security personnel remain conscious, they must also be interrogated.

Maintain an awareness of time to source code transmission.

>>18506524
Is the entire structure's alarm system disabled, or just a local system?

Do the guards in front of the building appear to have been alerted or changed their behavior?

>>18506496
It's going to be a turn-based strategy game in much the same vein as Frozen Synapse and in many ways X-Com, but with more streamlined combat and an in-depth hacking system. I may end up using a lot of this as campaign missions, and it adds a lot of insight as to the kind of gameplay elements people want from their games. We're making it for a contest called Dream.Build.Play, and if we win we'll get $40,000 and it'll go on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

>>18506532
Their two access cards are retrieved, so two members of the team may enter the server room and the Manager's office.
>>18506554
No lockdown or alert systems will go off, but the security cameras are still active since they are on a separate circuit.

>>18506588
Can the second floor be accessed from this elevator?

>>18506614
The service ladder allows access to the second floor's elevator door which can be opened manually. Due to cramped conditions however only one team member at a time may climb up the ladder.

>>Go on first mission for corporate bullshit.
>>Shoot Clone Battle Brother
>> Make Clone Hacker Brother give you all relavent plot info
>> Shoot him too (or hard mode, leave him alive to send a message to corporate hq).
>>Go live glorious life of freedom and violence.

>>18506641
Disable the elevator.

Send Soldier One up the ladder. His objective is to clear the second floor of security personnel and secure the manager.

The hacker is to use the alarm system to trigger an alert centered on the fire escape, as a diversion to assist Soldier One.

Team Leader and Soldier Two will exit the shaft and secure the first floor.

>>18506695
Also: The hacker is to use one of the captured SigmaCorp Handguns to defend himself if necessary. Since he will not leave the elevator until the floors are secured, I doubt it will be.

>>18506695
>>18506732
Soldier One climbs up the ladder. Suddenly, thanks to the hacker, an alert blares out through the PA system: Enemies detected near the Fire Escape. The elevator door opens just in time for One to see three security guards stacking up on the fire escape door. Despite his ingrained genetic predisposition against having emotions, he laughs quietly to himself over how easy this shot is. Three more security guards down.

Meanwhile, the cloud of debris is still wafting slightly through the offices on the first floor. Taking cover amidst cubicles, Team Leader and Soldier Two take firing positions against the handful of security guards in the area. Two more security guards are taken down. A few shots are returned towards Leader and Two, but none of them hit home.

Total enemy casualties: 7
Estimated number of enemies: 10
Estimated enemies still active: 3

>>18506841
Solider One is to proceed to secure the top floor.

Team Leader and Soldier Two are to proceed to secure the bottom floor.

Where does the hacker need to go to disable the cameras?

>>18506878
The camera control server is located inside the main internal server area on the first floor.

The Team Leader incapacitates two more security guards and declares the first floor clear. There was one secretary at the front desk who was also incapacitated. All security guards are moved into a storage room and safely locked up. The nonlethal rounds will have caused slight memory loss in them, causing your squad to be unidentifiable when they are interrogated. Two, Leader, and Hacker make their way into the server room and prepare for the download of source code, which has an ETA of 20 minutes.

Soldier One moves towards the Manager's office. He stacks up on the door, but suddenly it bursts open. Two's vision is filled with static and he is disoriented. Training takes over and he makes it to cover, but his cybernetic systems are severely malfunctioning. Gunfire opens up around him, and he manages to get a commlink out to the rest of the team requesting help.

>>18506951
Leader is to exit the building, incapacitate the two guards out front, and proceed up the fire escape.

Two and Hacker are to retreat to the elevator. Two will take the ladder up to the second floor and support One.

>>18506984
On second thought, Hacker is to use the APC's turret to incapacitate the guards out front before Leader exits.

>>18506984
The Hacker mans the turret and easily dispatches the two guards in front. Leader sprints to the fire escape and begins his ascent. Two runs back into the elevator shaft and starts climbing the ladder. They make it to the top at about the same time, arriving to see a heavily armored soldier in the Manager's office doorway operating a SigmaCorp Submachine Gun and a SigmaCorp Prototype Remote Hacking Device. He is firing towards One, who is remaining in cover. His systems have partially recovered, but it will take another 30 seconds for him to be fully functional again.

>>18507058
Is the soldier's armor vulnerable to electromagnetic rounds?

>>18507089
No information on the model of armor is available, it may be a prototype. Considering the cybernetic construction, electromagnetic rounds may very well cause his systems to malfunction.

>>18507111
Leader and Two are to open fire on the soldier from cover.

Did Hacker shut down the cameras?

>>18507058
can the Prometheus Versatile Explosive Unit be configured as a stungrenade?
If so, have One lob his while Leader and Two provide suppression and additional non-lethal damage

>>18507122
Leader and Two begin firing on the unknown soldier, completely depriving him of cover. The soldier spins and fires a large volume of rounds at Two, causing him to lose balance and knocks him down the elevator shaft. The Hacker rushes to Two and preps his Prometheus Medical Kit. The Leader's electromagnetic rounds cause his armor to lock up, preventing him from moving. One, now mostly recovered, rushes the soldier and knocks him down, then strips him of his weapons. The Manager is cowering in the corner shouting threats in a shaky voice.

>>18507165
What is the status of Two?

One is to incapacitate the manager and secure him.

Leader is to recover the Prototype Remote Hacking Device and, if possible, open the soldier's armor so that he can be rendered unconscious.

>>18507204
After doing some preliminary medical work, the Hacker says Two will live, but when all is said and done he'll need medical treatment back at base.

One grabs the Manager and chokeholds him into unconsciousness. Leader opens up the helmet visor for the soldier's armor and knocks him out with one very forceful punch to the head. The manager and prototype are secured. All that is left is to raid the server, download the source code, and destroy all evidence that you were ever here.

Would management like to analyze the cybernetic enhancements to see if they can improve our technology? Easy two kidnap one extra person.

>>18507261
Is the soldier's armor something Prometheus would benefit from having? If not, stow the soldier with the other security personnel.

Leader is to retrieve the two security personnel at the front of the building and put them in storage.

Hacker is to head to the server room, disable any security devices still remaining, and prepare to download the source code.

One is to affix a Prometheus Versatile Explosive Unit to the communications hardware on the roof, to be triggered when the download is complete.

Leader is to use a Prometheus Versatile Explosive Unit to destroy the server room when the download is complete. Any backup units or additional security hardware that could store camera footage, if not present in the server room, is to be similarly destroyed.

The building is to be swept for anything of further interest to Prometheus. Hacker is to probe the servers for any data of interest, as well as the manager's terminal, if it is a separate system.

>>18507292
The Leader and One stash the soldier and the manager into the APC, as well as dropping off the prototype. Hell, why not the submachine gun and the handguns too. Two is also loaded in.

The source code transmission has come in, and the Hacker downloads it. Another objective completed. He then begins to browse through the other files on the server. There are a few curious files on there. Some interesting research, a few notes on that armor, a few stolen pieces of intel from the Akai-Ryu Technologies corporation, and a heavily encrypted file titled PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR. These are all downloaded. The Hacker puts a few Akai-Ryu signatures on the hard drive to pin the blame on them in case of recovery.

One and Leader utilize their explosives to destroy the servers and communications tower. The three move into the APC to head back to base for debriefing.

OPERATION: SUCCESSFUL

>>18507374
Sweet.

>>18507374
Wait worry while in the car. Check for and disable any tracking devices. Having them track us kidnap them into our holdings is a bad idea.

>>18507448
The Manager is ID chipped to give a GPS location to HQ at all times. However, the APC interior is shielded to prevent such signals from leaving.

7 HOURS LATER

The Regional Manager of Prometheus International is very pleased with your work. You've done the company a great service. He has Dr. Rachel Andrews, the technical advisor, explain the technological aspects of your mission rewards. Thanks to the data you've recovered, many upgrades to the Remote Hacking Device can be made. The prototype opened up entirely new signal paths and breaching abilities, allowing for far more specific and devastating actions against electronic systems and even enemy combatants. You can disable their weapons, their ability to move, or their vision now. The Submachine Gun was successfully replicated, so that is now a usable option as a secondary piece of equipment. The Handgun's damage was successfully increased thanks to the recovered Handguns from the site. R&D is also now being performed in replicating the powered armor that your opponent controlled. Attempts to unencrypt PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR have thus far been fruitless.

Akai-Ryu Technology has become outraged at the recent incident, denying any involvement. SigmaCorp launched an armed offensive as a retaliation against one of their local stations.

>>18507567
Two will be temporarily out of commission for three days while he undergoes accelerated regeneration therapy. The Manager quickly succumbed to advanced interrogation techniques and gave out a long list of access codes to various SigmaCorp sites. He also revealed that they had been spying on Akai-Ryu Technology and they discovered a fatal security flaw in their security system, which would make for a very easy breaching operation.

>>18507712
Is our next mission against Akai-Ryu?

>>18507762
If you would like it to be, it is entirely up to you all.

Unfortunately, I'll have to end the quest here for the night since I have tons of stuff to do in the morning, but I'll be happy to resume sometime later tomorrow if there is enough interest.

Thank you all for humoring me, and I look forward to hosting Acceptable Casualties for you in the future!

>>18507809
Thanks. Thread archived.