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OOC: This is an auction being run by the Iron Fist, a criminal organization in the ASoGM. I'm looking for characters as interested parties. If someone HAS to play an undercover agent/cop/etc, I'm only looking for one.

IC: Videos began popping up on Youtube with a cell phone number, advertising an auction for a nuclear program. In the ad, it was laid out that what was for auction is complete blueprints for nuclear devices, as well as the warheads from 5 nuclear tipped Tomahawks. No information about who was running the auction was given, where it was taking place, or if the auction was real. Similar ads were taken out in Craigslist, and eBay. The ads didn't last long, but as they got deleted, more appeared.

SRPA Researchers picked this up. They rang in to inquire about the Nuclear Auction. An agent was ready to go and pick up the bill for them too.

OOC: If you don't mind, I'd like to play the Undercover dude. However, since it's SRPA (The guys you met briefly back in "It Was Supposed To Be A Secret"), they'll be buying the nukes and storing them so no terrorists get their hands on it - if they win that is.

SRPA Researchers picked this up. They rang in to inquire about the Nuclear Auction. An agent was ready to go and pick up the bill for them too.

OOC: If you don't mind, I'd like to play the Undercover dude. However, since it's SRPA (The guys you met briefly back in "It Was Supposed To Be A Secret"), they'll be buying the nukes and storing them so no terrorists get there hands on it - if they win that is.

OOC: Sounds good to me. Although technically I didn't meet anyone in that thread. :D

IC: The pre-paid cell phone rang continuously until it finally hung up. Then, the person monitoring the call line picked up a second pre-paid cell phone, and dialed the number on the first phone's Caller ID.

OOC: True, true

IC: The phone rang in the SRPA Office. This was unusual, and made several employees jump. One of the Researchers picked up the phone

"Hello?" he said tentatively.

OOC: True, true

IC: The phone rang in the SRPA Office. This was unusual, and made several employees jump. One of the Researchers picked up the phone

"Hello?" he said tentatively.

"There is an abandoned amusement park near the ASoGM port city of Stoeger. Be there at 12 pm, 2 days from now. Wear a blue tank top, shorts, and sandals without socks. You show by yourself, and no weapons. Have your bid in negotiable Bearer Bonds. Once you arrive at the amusement park, you won't be allowed to leave until the end of the auction. Failure to follow these instructions will result in harsh measures". With that, the phone disconnected.

Minutes later, a man fitting the description given by the voice on the phone was on a commercial flight to The ASoGM. His suitcase was filled with their bidding money, and had special compartments to fool x-ray machines. Soon, the nukes would be off the market and into safe hands - hopefully.

I want to join, as a criminal...

I want to join, as a criminal...

OOC: Make an IC post calling the cell number in the ads, then.

The man soon arrived at the area that he had been told to go to. He sat down on a bench across the road from the amusement park and waited.

The man soon arrived at the area that he had been told to go to. He sat down on a bench across the road from the amusement park and waited.

Unbeknown to the man on the bench, one of the auctioneers was using a digital SLR camera with a high power telephoto lens to take his front and profile pictures. The cameraman was hiding in the abandoned park, where it would be near impossible to be seen. The bidder was early, and the boss wanted to know why.

OOC: I'm hoping to have a few more people show up in the thread, and then I'll start the auction.

The man checked his watch. It was too early, so he headed back to his hotel room.

OOC: D'oh, that was me being dumb.

The man checked his watch. It was too early, so he headed back to his hotel room.

OOC: D'oh, that was me being dumb.

OOC: Lol.

IC: The man wasn't followed back to his hotel, as there was no need. There were only 3 in Stoeger, so the auctioneers had them staked out.

IC: As the sun set over the city of Stoeger, the auctioneers went about preparing for the auction. Sniper spots were chosen that had a good vantage point of where the bidders would be, in case one of the bidders didn't follow the rules. So far there was only one, but more were expected to call soon. The ads kept going up on Youtube, Craigslist, and eBay, in the hopes that more disreputable people would see it.

OOC: Basically, my fancy way of saying, "Bump".

OOC: Ustio North, I sent you a TG about a change I had to make.

OOC: You did? I never got one.

OOC: You did? I never got one.

OOC: Basically, it was pointing out something my roommate told me. For the amounts of money we're talking about, it wouldn't be man portable (as an example, $2 million in hundreds weighs just over 44 pounds). Therefore, I've got to switch the currency to negotiable bearer bonds, as those can have a much higher face value, and fit in a much more compact container.

BTW, I was expecting more people to join in. Where's all the small rogue nations, the terrorist groups, the other criminal organizations, etc? If anyone is reading this, and fits into one of the above categories, feel free to join in.

OOC: Last bump, if nobody else signs up.

ooc: if your still looking, i'll have a terrorist organization in my country do it

ooc: if your still looking, i'll have a terrorist organization in my country do it

OOC: Sure.

General Smith of the RBAA (Rogue Battalion Against Aaronia) and his men had been camping out in a remote sector of the Aaronian Empire since the retreat from Whiskeasy. He saw these plans and he knew that this would be key to taking down the Aaronian Empire. He made the call, and was willing to offer anything in order to get these plans.

Daranen terrorist group CEA (Communism Establishment Army) had heard about the auction. Vladimir Koslov, former KGB operative, was sitting in his apartment, sipping vodka, as he made the call.

General Smith of the RBAA (Rogue Battalion Against Aaronia) and his men had been camping out in a remote sector of the Aaronian Empire since the retreat from Whiskeasy. He saw these plans and he knew that this would be key to taking down the Aaronian Empire. He made the call, and was willing to offer anything in order to get these plans.

As before, the person monitoring the call line waited until the ringing stopped, then called the number back with the second pre-paid phone. When the phone was picked up, he relayed the same rules of the auction, when, and where to be, then hung up.

Daranen terrorist group CEA (Communism Establishment Army) had heard about the auction. Vladimir Koslov, former KGB operative, was sitting in his apartment, sipping vodka, as he made the call.

The person monitoring the phone waited a while for the phone to stop ringing. When it finally did, he called back with the second phone, and relayed the same message he had just relayed to the previous callers.

After that, he called his boss, Franco Martinello, on a third pre-paid cell phone to inform him that there were 3 potential bidders for the merchandise. He also informed Franco that security was setting up, in case things went south during the auction. Franco reminded him that if things went smoothly and the bidders were satisfied, that this type of auction could become a new source of revenue for the Iron Fist organization.

An ad showed up on Robert Dellinger's proxied e-mail account. He was second in command of a group called the Avalican Union of International Piracy (AUIP) a group supported through raids, drug trades, weapon deals to other unsavory people, all sorts of crimes, but most came from funding from various mafias and corporations in other nations. He could not believe his eyes when the topic read "Important: Nuclear Auction" from the captain and immediately ran several virus checks until he was sure to open the e-mail after making sure his laptop was encrypted heavily.

There was a cellphone number in the e-mail, after quickly deleting it, he deleted the e-mail account and all files on the laptop, smashed it into bits, and threw the remains into the sewer. If the Avalican Intelligence Agency every found out about this, it would be the end of the road for him. If they could get this nuclear program, countries will think twice before interfering with their raids and those who do, may suffer in a cloud of radiation.

He dialed the number on a cellphone was going to dispose of later, and he heard the ringing as he waited anxiously looking around to make sure no one was there. In a fake Albanian accent he said "Hello, I hear your having a very special auction."

An ad showed up on Robert Dellinger's proxied e-mail account. He was second in command of a group called the Avalican Union of International Piracy (AUIP) a group supported through raids, drug trades, weapon deals to other unsavory people, all sorts of crimes, but most came from funding from various mafias and corporations in other nations. He could not believe his eyes when the topic read "Important: Nuclear Auction" from the captain and immediately ran several virus checks until he was sure to open the e-mail after making sure his laptop was encrypted heavily.

There was a cellphone number in the e-mail, after quickly deleting it, he deleted the e-mail account and all files on the laptop, smashed it into bits, and threw the remains into the sewer. If the Avalican Intelligence Agency every found out about this, it would be the end of the road for him. If they could get this nuclear program, countries will think twice before interfering with their raids and those who do, may suffer in a cloud of radiation.

He dialed the number on a cellphone was going to dispose of later, and he heard the ringing as he waited anxiously looking around to make sure no one was there. In a fake Albanian accent he said "Hello, I hear your having a very special auction."

OOC: Actually, the standard operating procedure is to let the phone ring until the caller hangs up, then call them back on a second phone (and since nobody knows that second number, it has no sort of link to the first number, which means the second phone can't be preemptively traced). So I'll assume that your fake Albanian accent is used in the followup call.

IC: The phone rang until the person hung up. When the person monitoring the phones called back, someone with what sounded like an Albanian accent answered. He relayed the same message to the potential bidder, and then quickly hung up before any other words could be spoken.

Meanwhile, it was getting close to the meeting time. Security spots were well hidden inside the old amusement park, and the hotels in Stoeger were staked out for the arrival of the bidders.

OOC2: Make sure you're all following the rules of the message. I didn't post the message for every response to every phone call, but if you need to know what message your person received, you can check here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14047087&postcount=5

Captain Platao arrived at the the city wearing the required "uniform" he was carrying a briefcase with the bearer bonds inside and walked into the old amusement park.

Aaronia
Emperor Aaron was not pleased with the intel report given to him by agent East.
Agent East made the call to the terrorist group, he was going to claim to be a member of the Franklinian Alliance, a fake terrorist group that the Aaronian government used to perform its more questionable actions

Aaronia
Emperor Aaron was not pleased with the intel report given to him by agent East. He immediately sent an encrypted message to the ASoGM government. The message was as follows:
"We have come across intel that an auction will be held selling nuclear weapon plans. We would like to end in an agent to your country as well as an armed group to take down these terrorists. Please encrypt any respone

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron"

Agent East made the call to the terrorist group, he was going to claim to be a member of the Franklinian Alliance, a fake terrorist group that the Aaronian government used to perform its more questionable actions

OOC: A second bidder from you? Or is Captain Platao Agent East? Ustio North already claimed the undercover agent/cop/etc role, and I'd like to keep it to only one agent (it makes it simpler). However, if you have a specific reason for wanting to be a second agent, then I might be convinced.

ooc: Agent east is separate. he wants you to think he's part of a terrorist group so that the Aaronian Empire can find the group and attack them. It would be a minor military assault/spy. if you want i can change it

Captain Platao arrived at the the city wearing the required "uniform" he was carrying a briefcase with the bearer bonds inside and walked into the old amusement park.

Captain Platao didn't make it far before he ran across a grimy beggar, picking through the garbage and rusted piles of amusement park parts. The beggar looked at him and asked, "Got any spare change, buddy? Maybe I can sell you something from what I've scavenged? How about this slightly used watch. The lens is cracked and it's a bit dirty, but it still works". The watch read 11:30 AM.

Meanwhile, the bidder's front and profile pictures were taken with a digital SLR and high power telephoto lens from a concealed position, so the auctioneers knew who they'd be dealing with.

Platao threw a couple credits to the bum and took the watch from him. He could get it fixed and sell it to a bum in Aaronia for 6 credits. He looked around bored and wishing the merry-go-round was working

ooc: so what about the agent East thing

ooc: Agent east is separate. he wants you to think he's part of a terrorist group so that the Aaronian Empire can find the group and attack them. It would be a minor military assault/spy. if you want i can change it

OOC: Well, I could allow one more. Keep in mind that you won't know the location until after you call and receive the callback, so notifying my nation will have to be after that.

ooc: sounds good. i'll edit my initial post

Aaronia
Emperor Aaron was not pleased with the intel report given to him by agent East.
Agent East made the call to the terrorist group, he was going to claim to be a member of the Franklinian Alliance, a fake terrorist group that the Aaronian government used to perform its more questionable actions

As with the other calls, the first phone wasn't picked up. After the ringing stopped, the number was called back with the second pre-paid cell phone. When the phone was picked up on the other end, the instructions were relayed, with an extra comment to hurry up, as the deadline for the start of the auction was close.

Emperor aaron immediately sent East on the soonest flight which was leaving in 20 minutes. He then immediately sent an encrypted message to the ASoGM government. The message was as follows:
"We have come across intel that an auction will be held selling nuclear weapon plans. We would like to send in an agent to your country as well as an armed group to take down these terrorists. Please encrypt any respone

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron"

He then scrambled a military plane disguised as a civilian one. All the crew and passengers were to be civilian dress soldiers. It would be departing shortly after East's

Emperor aaron immediately sent East on the soonest flight which was leaving in 20 minutes. He then immediately sent an encrypted message to the ASoGM government. The message was as follows:
"We have come across intel that an auction will be held selling nuclear weapon plans. We would like to send in an agent to your country as well as an armed group to take down these terrorists. Please encrypt any respone

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron"

He then scrambled a military plane disguised as a civilian one. All the crew and passengers were to be civilian dress soldiers. It would be departing shortly after East's

*Encrypted Reply*

TO: Emperor Aaron
FROM: The office of the President, ASoGM
RE: Intel

The ASoGM Intelligence Agency has seen the many internet ads listing nuclear weapons and plans for auction, but they have no evidence that the auction is taking place here. If you do have such evidence, please send it to us, and we will investigate this ourselves. At this time, we cannot allow foreign assets to enter the ASoGM for such an operation, but be assured that we will do what we can to bring to justice those who would carelessly spread weapons of mass destruction to dangerous individuals.

OOC: I guess it's a good thing he doesn't know you're already on the way. :tongue:

ooc: ya it does, but now i'll have to be quiet about it.

Emperor Aaron got the message and was slightly annoyed. He sent the encrypted reply

"We respect your wishes and will not be sending forces or spies to ASoGM. We at this time do not know where the auction will take place.

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron"

Aaron didn't mind lying. The plan only had to be changed slightly. He made an encrypted call to his soldier to destroy their records of being in the Aaronian Army and to wear the
symbol of the fictitious FA somewhere on their persons. If they were caught, they would not be traced back the Aaronia.

East arrived under the pseudonym "Wade Jansonily" he arrived at the amusement park where he saw former Aaronian Captain Platao sitting on a horse on the merry-go-round looking bored. Hopefully the auction would be soon. His briefcase was filled with bearer bonds and 2 stalker pistols in a hidden compartment. The liningof the suitcase was filled with c-f, just in case.

ooc: ya it does, but now i'll have to be quiet about it.

Emperor Aaron got the message and was slightly annoyed. He sent the encrypted reply

"We respect your wishes and will not be sending forces or spies to ASoGM. We at this time do not know where the auction will take place.

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron"

Aaron didn't mind lying. The plan only had to be changed slightly. He made an encrypted call to his soldier to destroy their records of being in the Aaronian Army and to wear the
symbol of the fictitious FA somewhere on their persons. If they were caught, they would not be traced back the Aaronia.

East arrived under the pseudonym "Wade Jansonily" he arrived at the amusement park where he saw former Aaronian Captain Platao sitting on a horse on the merry-go-round looking bored. Hopefully the auction would be soon. His briefcase was filled with bearer bonds and 2 stalker pistols in a hidden compartment. The liningof the suitcase was filled with c-f, just in case.

OOC: What's c-f? Plastic explosives?

IC: As "Wade Jansonily" arrived in the old amusement park, the beggar that Captain Platao had run into stopped him. "Hey man, got any spare change? Maybe you want to buy this flashlight I found. It's dirty, but it still works". Meanwhile, the photographer was taking front and profile pictures of "Wade Jansonily" from behind concealment with his digital SLR and high power telephoto lens.

The SRPA agent sat in his room, watching GM television. He had checked in with his organisation several times using a secure line since his arrival. He looked over at the suitcase, then out of the window. Time dragged on as he waited.

ooc: sorry, i meant c-4

East (Jansonily) looked at the beggar and said, "Sure here's a credit" as he yanked the flashlight from the beggar. He decided he'd relax for a while and took a nap away from the beggar.

The SRPA agent sat in his room, watching GM television. He had checked in with his organisation several times using a secure line since his arrival. He looked over at the suitcase, then out of the window. Time dragged on as he waited.

OOC: I think it's time to get the actual auction started.

It was twenty minutes to noon now, and the Iron Fist "security" teams had been in place around the amusement park for about an hour before the first arrival. Soon, the rest of the bidders would arrive, and the Iron Fist organization could start the process of making itself richer. Franco Martinello, the leader of Iron Fist, hoped everything went smoothly, as this was a trial run for future anonymous auctions.

East Woke up and flicked on his new flashlight. "It does work" he said to himself, hoping the auction would begin soon.

The Aaronian military plane landed and the "civilian" passengers disembarked and headed to a crowded area a few blocks from the fairgrounds.

Platao, finally got his new watch working and checked his other watch for the time. The auction would start soon

The ferris wheel's lights and sound came on, and it started to slowly move. It was at the far end of the park, so it would take 5 minutes or more to navigate the large park and huge piles of scrap and garbage, to get there. It was a pretty obvious sign that the auctioneers wanted the bidders to gather there. It was 15 minutes to the auction start.

Spotting the lights come on at the fairground, the SRPA agent grabbed his briefcase and headed out of the room. It wasn't too long before he reached the gates, and he headed inside towards the Ferris Wheel.

Spotting the lights come on at the fairground, the SRPA agent grabbed his briefcase and headed out of the room. It wasn't too long before he reached the gates, and he headed inside towards the Ferris Wheel.

The beggar looked at the new arrival, but he was moving too fast towards the ferris wheel for the beggar to ask for any change. Seconds after the man was out of sight, the beggar heard through an earpiece, "Let him go, we already have his pictures". The beggar looked around to make sure nobody could see him, then turned the edge of his grimy coat and said into a radio mic, "Copy that".

OOC: I've sent TGs to Daranen and Avalic, reminding them about this thread.

Robert arrived at the amusement park, in an attire that seemed to match everybody else. In a blue tank top, shorts, and sandals only he walked cautiously as he had no weapons so he did not know whether this was a trap or not, as you can tell, he's a very paranoid man. He had an incredible sum in bearer bonds in a suitcase, each one worth a hefty sum. He started advancing step by step looking around cautiously, making sure there were no red laser beams.

Robert arrived at the amusement park, in an attire that seemed to match everybody else. In a blue tank top, shorts, and sandals only he walked cautiously as he had no weapons so he did not know whether this was a trap or not, as you can tell, he's a very paranoid man. He had an incredible sum in bearer bonds in a suitcase, each one worth a hefty sum. He started advancing step by step looking around cautiously, making sure there were no red laser beams.

The beggar stopped him, and asked for spare change. He offered up an acoustic guitar in trade, but the guitar was dirty, and had no bottom. It was also missing 2 strings.

Meanwhile, both profile and front photographs were taken by the hidden auctioneer, with the digital SLR and high power telephoto lens.

Platao and East (Jansonily) both saw the feris wheel and started toward it.

The military group also saw the ferris wheel and headed through a side direction. Special photo-receptors on their clothing would tell them if anyone took their picture and 10 of them had heat vision goggles and would see anyone hiding.

Platao and East (Jansonily) both saw the feris wheel and started toward it.

The military group also saw the ferris wheel and headed through a side direction. Special photo-receptors on their clothing would tell them if anyone took their picture and 10 of them had heat vision goggles and would see anyone hiding.

OOC: It's summertime in the ASoGM (part of the reason for the tank top, shorts, and sandals is because the auctioneers wouldn't want the bidders passing out from heat exhaustion/heat stroke, and be unable to bid), and the time is almost noon. I doubt you'll be able to pick up any heat signatures, considering the temperature outside on an ASoGM summer day gets into the upper 90's Fahrenheit, sometimes into the low 100's Farenheit.

IC: A grimy beggar stopped the men, and asked for spare change. He offered an old bag in exchange, although the bag had a few holes in it and was dirty. The holes looked as though they could have been from a rodent chewing through the bag. Meanwhile, one of the hidden auctioneers spotted the men through a pair of binoculars. He wasn't armed with a camera, as the bidders weren't supposed to be coming through that entrance. He did the only thing he could. He called the cops, and told them armed men were trespassing in the old amusement park. Since a fair amount of the police in Stoeger were on Iron Fist's payroll, officers were already nearby to make sure nobody interfered with the auction. They would be there just as the auction was scheduled to start.

Robert decided to give the hobo several dollars (about 16 dollars and a few cents) in Avalican krotes he had in his pocket. He thought he could scam some people later after he fixed it a bit and shined it up, in the end it would be a nice 100 dollar profit when some sucker buys it off from him. Then he continued walking towards the auction site.

Robert decided to give the hobo several dollars (about 16 dollars and a few cents) in Avalican krotes he had in his pocket. He thought he could scam some people later after he fixed it a bit and shined it up, in the end it would be a nice 100 dollar profit when some sucker buys it off from him. Then he continued walking towards the auction site.

The beggar thanked the man, and after he was out of sight, the beggar heard in his earpiece, "There should be only one more we're waiting for. There are some party crashers at the side entrance though, so our friends in blue will be making an appearance".

Back at his home, Franco Martinello was not happy about the uninvited group that came through the side entrance. He had hoped this auction would go smoothly, but the auctioneers already had to use one of their trump cards to deal with them. He made a call to the head auctioneer, and told him the funhouse protocol was authorized if needed.

OOC: There's a hidden passage in the funhouse, that leads to a building outside the amusement park. Both buildings are owned by Iron Fist through shell corporations.

ooc: the heat goggles would show differences in heat and it is unlikely that any people would be completely the exact same temperature as the nearby environment.

The military group continued to act as if they were lost tourists. They were wearing Hawaii Style shirts that covered the bulletproof vests and hats that concealed their Stalker Pistols. The overly large pants concealed either a miniature RPG or a Howler machine gun. They proceeded toward the ferris wheel as East discreetly pressed the tracker in the case.

ooc: the heat goggles would show differences in heat and it is unlikely that any people would be completely the exact same temperature as the nearby environment.

The military group continued to act as if they were lost tourists. They were wearing Hawaii Style shirts that covered the bulletproof vests and hats that concealed their Stalker Pistols. The overly large pants concealed either a miniature RPG or a Howler machine gun. They proceeded toward the ferris wheel as East discreetly pressed the tracker in the case.

OOC: But if the exterior of the buildings are higher than 98.6F (which they are on a hot, sunny day), then you won't be able to see anybody behind the walls (their heat signatures would be masked by the higher temperature).

IC: The cops were almost there, and the the time was a few minutes before noon. The auctioneers were waiting for the person from Daranen, but they would not wait for him if he was late. A van pulled up next to the ferris wheel, and it contained large cases, and enough seating for all the bidders.

OOC2: If Daranen doesn't post by tommorow, I'm just going to start the auction.

OOC: Ok, I think we're going to start.

IC: The big clock in the center of Stoeger struck 12, and it was time for the auction to start. A black Cadillac Escalade pulled up next to the van that had arrived a few minutes ago. The van driver got out of his vehicle, and then a clean shaven man exited the Escalade, and looked around.

Meanwhile, the police officers were arriving at the side entrance of the amusement park. All the responding officers were on Iron Fist's payroll, so they knew they had to stop the intruders from interfering with the auction at the ferris wheel.

The MG (military group) heard the sirens and all pulled their guns. and began running toward the ferris wheel. Two of the men, one with a mini rpg (holds 5 grenades, cannot destroy heaviliy armored vehicles) and the other with a howler machine gun adapted for shotgun rounds. They would hold off the police for a while.

Platao and East looked at the man. East said, "Hello, I'm Jansonily and I hear you've got some nuclear plans to sell"

The MG heard the sirens and all pulled their guns. and began running toward the ferris wheel. Two of the men, one with a mini rpg (holds 5 grenades, cannot destroy heaviliy armored vehicles) and the other with a howler machine gun adapted for shotgun rounds. They would hold off the police for a while.

Platao and East looked at the man. East said, "Hello, I'm Jansonily and I hear you've got some nuclear plans to sell"

OOC: Just out of curiosity, how many men are there in this group?

IC: The lookout keeping an eye on the uninvited group whispered into his mic, "They're armed. Watch yourselves". Meanwhile, the man that had gotten out of the Escalade said to the men, "I have no idea what you're talking about. I was told to meet some possible investors for bringing this amusement park back to operation". He took off his jacket, pulled a hard hat and blueprints for the park out of the Escalade, and put the hard hat on. He unfurled the blueprints across the hood of the Escalade, and acted like he was there for legitimate reasons.

More police officers reached the front entrance of the amusement park, and started to make their way towards the ferris wheel. These police officers were also in the employ of Iron Fist.

The two look outs saw the officers from their hiding places. One fired a mini rpg at a police car while the other opened up with the his machine gun. They both pulled the bullet resistant masks down from their hats so that it would be harder to mortally wound them. The rapid shotgun rounds would tear through these cops

In the meantime the rest of the MG pulled their masks down and ran for the ferris wheel, they were almost there.

East looked at the plans and saw that they were fr the said nuclear devices. "So what's the starting bid?

Platao heard Jansonily's remark and decided to start off low, "Will 5 million Aaronian Credits be enough to 'renovate' the park"

The two look outs saw the officers from their hiding places. One fired a mini rpg at a police car while the other opened up with the his machine gun. They both pulled the bullet resistant masks down from their hats so that it would be harder to mortally wound them. The rapid shotgun rounds would tear through these cops

In the meantime the rest of the MG pulled their masks down and ran for the ferris wheel, they were almost there.

East looked at the plans and saw that they were fr the said nuclear devices. "So what's the starting bid?

Platao heard Jansonily's remark and decided to start off low, "Will 5 million Aaronian Credits be enough to 'renovate' the park"

OOC: The plans are for the amusement park, not the nukes. It's part of the cover story for why there's people in the park.

IC: The cop car exploded, killing the two officers inside. Meanwhile, the shotgun rounds tore into both police cars and police officers. The police officers were wearing body armor with trauma plates, so the ones that were hit were able to survive the hits, but weren't in fighting shape. Other officers pulled the wounded out of the line of fire, and all the police at the side entrance pulled back.

Meanwhile, an Iron Fist lookout pulled out his WA-2007 sniper rifle, and lined up the guy with the machine gun in his Super Sniper 10x scope. The range was 150 yards, but he had a clear line of fire due to his elevated position. Once he had a clean shot, he fired a subsonic .308 round at the back of the man's head. The shot was perfectly timed to the machine gunner's firing. Due to the timing of the shot, the WA-2007's integrally suppressed barrel, and the subsonic rounds, it would be very hard to detect that there was a shot, let alone where the shot was coming from.

Back at the ferris wheel, the man said, "I'm not in charge of financing. I'm here to show the possible investors that the amusement park is still viable as it currently is, once the trash is cleaned up and the rides receive proper inspections. That's why the ferris wheel is spinning".

OOC: Too late to ring?

This was perfect. Finally, The Democratic People's Republic of Northern Chenko would have the weapons to destroy the Imperialists utterly. It would take a big slice out of their budget to purchase them, but it would be used effectively.
"We would like to purchase weapons for immediate use, are we too late to order?"

OOC: It's an auction, not a shop

The SRPA agent raised his hand, indicating he wanted to raise the bid.

OOC: Too late to ring?

This was perfect. Finally, The Democratic People's Republic of Northern Chenko would have the weapons to destroy the Imperialists utterly. It would take a big slice out of their budget to purchase them, but it would be used effectively.
"We would like to purchase weapons for immediate use, are we too late to order?"

OOC: The time for the auction has already here. By the time your person would get here, it'd be too late. But don't worry, if this RP works out, there may be more.

IC: The phone rang until the person hung up, which was normal for this operation. What wasn't normal though, was the number wasn't called back on the second phone. It was auction time, and the person who had been monitoring the phones had other things he had to be doing for the auction.

OOC: It's an auction, not a shop

The SRPA agent raised his hand, indicating he wanted to raise the bid.

The man from the Escalade was worried that the bidders would lose interest if he kept denying the nuclear auction, but with armed men, presumably ASoGM federal agents, coming towards the auction, he couldn't break his cover. He said to the bidders, "If you're all really interested in investing in the amusement park, then I can have my co-worker take you to the proper office. Please, get in the van. It isn't a very far drive".

Meanwhile, the police that had entered through the front entrance were closing in on the ferris wheel. They were wearing body armor with trauma plates, and were armed with their Glock 17s, Remington 11-87s, and/or M4s.

OOC: :( Ok, I'll wait till next time

East and Platao entered the van.

The agent holding the machine gun was hit in the head with a round from a sniper rifle and died instantaneously. The RPGman saw it happen, pulled his stalker pistol. He saw the glint from the sniper's scope and loosed half a clip toward the sniper's head. He then turned and fired two more mini RPGs toward the cops. The rest of the military group was nearing the ferris wheel. About 600 yards away was what looked like a van and another vehicle. The prepared their weapons.

East and Platao entered the van.

The agent holding the machine gun was hit in the head with a round from a sniper rifle and died instantaneously. The RPGman saw it happen, pulled his stalker pistol. He saw the glint from the sniper's scope and loosed half a clip toward the sniper's head. He then turned and fired two more mini RPGs toward the cops. The rest of the military group was nearing the ferris wheel. About 600 yards away was what looked like a van and another vehicle. The prepared their weapons.

The van driver jumped into the van, and started it. He turned the van around to face the main entrance, but waited for the man from Ustio North to climb in.

The bullets narrowly missed the sniper, and he left his spot for somewhere safe, fearing more fire directed at him. He alerted another sniper, who lined up the man with the RPG in his sights. He was approximately 320 yards away, so he had to use armor piercing rounds in his WA-2007, instead of his preferred subsonic rounds. When he had a clear shot at the man's torso, he took the shot.

Meanwhile, the police at the side entrance took some fire from the RPGs, with another police car blown up, and shrapnel injuries to the police. One of the officers needed to be taken to the hospital immediately, as he had a severed femoral artery from the grenade. SWAT was called in, as was the state police. They would be arriving shortly. The police heading from the side entrance were about as close as the other group.

OOC: I didn't see an answer, maybe you missed it. How many people are in this strike force you sent? Also, please hold off on your movement towards the auction site until Ustio North posts again.

The SRPA agent jumped into the van too. Something was up, you could smell it in the air.

The SRPA agent jumped into the van too. Something was up, you could smell it in the air.

The van door was closed behind him, and the van took of towards the front gate. The driver knew he had to get the bidders out of the area as quick as possible, for their protection and the good of the auction. As the road was bumpy, the cases in back of the van rattled around a bit.

ooc: there were 42 men in the group (42 is a reference to something)

RPGman was hit by the round on the side of his stomach. This would be a fatal shot but it would take a couple minutes to kill him. He fired of his last two mini-RPGs and in the confusion stood up and began firing his pistol toward the heads of the officers.

The rest of the group was getting closer, and an RPGman fired a mini-RPG toward the Escalade

ooc: there were 42 men in the group (42 is a reference to something)

RPGman was hit by the round on the side of his stomach. This would be a fatal shot but it would take a couple minutes to kill him. He fired of his last two mini-RPGs and in the confusion stood up and began firing his pistol toward the heads of the officers.

The rest of the group was getting closer, and an RPGman fired a mini-RPG toward the Escalade

OOC: I'm guessing the mini RPGs are being fired at the police officers?

IC: The officers cars were taking the brunt of the explosive damage, but more officers were injured by the mini RPGs, too. Also, one officer was decapitated by flying shrapnel, while another got burned badly by a combination of leaking gas from the cars and the fires created by the explosions. The pistol rounds were also a danger, as another officer went down with a serious head wound. The officers with M4s opened up at the man, hoping that they wouldn't be delayed much longer.

Meanwhile, the Escalade driver took cover when the mini RPG hit. It caused damage to the Escalade, but it would still be drivable. The driver knew the intruders could see him, and he put up his hands in surrender, another play at being an innocent amusement park engineer. He knew that there was no incriminating evidence on him, and hoped that they wouldn't kill him. He was sure that it wasn't ASoGM federal agents though, as they wouldn't have started their raid by shooting Stoeger police officers or firing mini RPGs at him, without cause.

OOC: This will probably be my last post until this afternoon, I've got to go to work.

The wounded man fell to the ground after being hit in the knee. He only had a few seconds left to live so he loosed the rest of his clip at the officers before dying.

The military group got to the Escalade and the leader, Corporal Twain, said to the man, "Where did that van go, if you don't tell me I'll shoot you in the ankles, then knees, then hands, and then I'll cut off you nose with this knife" Twain knew that he had to be as ruthless as possible if he was going to stop this auction and gain control of the plans. HE also knew where they were at this moment due to the tracking beacon, but if he knew where they were headed, he could try to get there by a faster route

(ooc: the large hats were supposed to be armored slightly so that they could deflect an indirect hit. I meant to mention that earlier)

The wounded man fell to the ground after being hit in the knee. He only had a few seconds left to live so he loosed the rest of his clip at the officers before dying.

The military group got to the Escalade and the leader, Corporal Twain, said to the man, "Where did that van go, if you don't tell me I'll shoot you in the ankles, then knees, then hands, and then I'll cut off you nose with this knife" Twain knew that he had to be as ruthless as possible if he was going to stop this auction and gain control of the plans. HE also knew where they were at this moment due to the tracking beacon, but if he knew where they were headed, he could try to get there by a faster route

(ooc: the large hats were supposed to be armored slightly so that they could deflect an indirect hit. I meant to mention that earlier)

"They went to go speak to our financial staff about investing in the amusement park, as far as I know. It's at 223 Remington Way, about two and a half miles that way". He pointed in the general direction of 223 Remington Way, as that was where the van was initially supposed to go. "BTW, I've heard of hostile takeovers before, but you guys should know, rarely does it actually involve firearms", the escalade driver said with a nervous chuckle.

Meanwhile, the van stopped at the main gate (OOC: not in view of the ferris wheel), and was met by newly arriving Stoeger police officers. The officers opened the back of the van, took out the cases that were in back, and gave them to the passengers. The driver said, "Take these, and put your bonds in them. Nothing else. Officer Sam and Officer Jim will watch you as you do so, to make sure you don't "accidentally" take anything else. After your bonds are in the new cases, ditch the old cases here", as he pointed to a pile of junk at the entrance. Then one of the officers said to the driver, "Bob's telling me they have Lou. Why the hell did you leave him there?". "Because that's what Lou told me to do, Joe", responded the driver.

As all this was going on, the police coming from the main gate started to spread out, using rides and piles of junk as cover and concealment. Once the police were in position near the ferris wheel, one of them took a bullhorn and said into it, "This is the Stoeger Police, and you are surrounded. You are all under arrest for trespassing on private property. Throw down your weapons, put your hands on your head, and get down on the ground".

At the side entrance, the officers ducked behind whatever they could, to avoid the shooting from the dying man. A few more holes were made in the police vehicles, but nobody else was hurt. After the man stopped firing, the police moved in to secure him, but found him dead. His corpse was quickly secured and searched, then his body was moved back behind the perimeter. Investigators took his fingerprints and pictures of his face, so they could identify him. They also took photographs and fingerprints of the man that had the shotgun machine gun, although his face was marred by the exit wound of the subsonic bullet. More police officers headed towards the ferris wheel as quickly as they could, to back up their fellow officers.

ooc: sorry, i meant c-4

East (Jansonily) looked at the beggar and said, "Sure here's a credit" as he yanked the flashlight from the beggar. He decided he'd relax for a while and took a nap away from the beggar.

OOC: You know, I was re-reading the entire thread, and I noticed something I missed before. What I noticed makes me ask this question: How can you take a nap away from someone? :tongue:

ooc: i was hoping someone would notice that. I meant that he put some distance between the two of them. lol

The men did not stand down. They did lay down on the ground. They put their weapons down and then they slid hockey puck shaped flash bangs and fragmentary grenades at the police. With that, several grabbed their RPGs and fired toward the police officers. The rest broke away, hostage-in-tow and ran toward the direction the man had initially pointed. They pulled out their machine guns and fired at an officer they saw.

Platao handed over his case after switching out the bearer bonds. East did the same but was unhappy about being weaponless. Luckily, he could always suicide bomb with the c-4 implanted in areas throughout his body (ooc: I used this in the whiskeasian rebellion thread)

ooc: i was hoping someone would notice that. I meant that he put some distance between the two of them. lol

The men did not stand down. They did lay down on the ground. They put their weapons down and then they slid hockey puck shaped flash bangs and fragmentary grenades at the police. With that, several grabbed their RPGs and fired toward the police officers. The rest broke away, hostage-in-tow and ran toward the direction the man had initially pointed. They pulled out their machine guns and fired at an officer they saw.

Platao handed over his case after switching out the bearer bonds. East did the same but was unhappy about being weaponless. Luckily, he could always suicide bomb with the c-4 implanted in areas throughout his body (ooc: I used this in the whiskeasian rebellion thread)

The officers saw the devices sliding across the ground, and took cover. Since they were 40-50 yards away, and since some of the grenades and flashbangs got caught on the broken ground (OOC: paved surfaces, damaged by neglect and frost heaves), no officers were injured. The RPGs tore into the amusement park rides and piles of garbage the officers were using as cover, while other officers not being shot at fired their M4s and 11-87s at the assailants. One of the officers radioed that they were taking heavy arms fire, and needed National Guard help. The officer in charge called the National Guard, and within minutes, Four Apache helicopters lifted off from nearby Fort Steyr. They headed in at their maximum speed, 158 knots, and their ETA was 4 minutes. As the call was going in, Iron Fist snipers were lining up the RPG toting assailants with their Super Sniper equipped WA-2007s, and upon getting good aim at their torsos, fired their armor piercing rounds.

Meanwhile, the officers at the gate were informed of the breakaway group. Officers had moved in to intercept the group, and were spread out when the group started shooting at them. Eight officers were hit, but were wearing their body armor with trauma plates. As they attempted to crawl out of the action, other officers returned fire with their M4s, 11-87s, and Glock 17s. In the crossfire, the Escalade driver appeared to get hit in the middle chest, near his liver. He dropped to the ground instantly, and didn't move. On casual inspection, he appeared dead.

OOC: Bump for Ustio North and The Aaronian Empire to respond.

"Oh crap, this could be the end," thought the pirate who after hearing one gun shot when we was about to enter the area of the auction, he ran into a different direction and hid behind a counter that used to be a souvenir shack. Now the place had small puddles within and the wood was rotting. Mold was growing from a few corners and tattered, dirt covered t-shirts rested along the ground. It smelled foul which caused Robert to cringe a bit, though he hoped he wouldn't be caught be a speeding bullet. After much thought, he decided to suck down his pride and prayed that he would live this. Several explosions could be heard, which, now gave him more anxiety. What would happen is a grenade or some other explosive flew in here? If a grenade didn't kill him immediately, the collapsing structure and shrapnel would, the place looked like it could fall any second now.

He then peeked over the counter to see what was going on. He noticed some police officers but he couldn't see who they were shooting at. A bullet nearly hit him, but it hit a rack where prizes used to be, as he prayed that the entire shack wouldn't fall down. Though, he felt that after the fight was over, he would be captured. If he had his assault rifle now, maybe he might have had a chance to escape, then again, people would notice if some man was running with an assault rifle. Then he heard some kind of light rotating, he assumed the worst of course and tried to form an escape plan that would involve something with an action movie where the lucky guy dodges all those bullets somehow where a real person would be shot all over.

"Oh crap, this could be the end," thought the pirate who after hearing one gun shot when we was about to enter the area of the auction, he ran into a different direction and hid behind a counter that used to be a souvenir shack. Now the place had small puddles within and the wood was rotting. Mold was growing from a few corners and tattered, dirt covered t-shirts rested along the ground. It smelled foul which caused Robert to cringe a bit, though he hoped he wouldn't be caught be a speeding bullet. After much thought, he decided to suck down his pride and prayed that he would live this. Several explosions could be heard, which, now gave him more anxiety. What would happen is a grenade or some other explosive flew in here? If a grenade didn't kill him immediately, the collapsing structure and shrapnel would, the place looked like it could fall any second now.

He then peeked over the counter to see what was going on. He noticed some police officers but he couldn't see who they were shooting at. A bullet nearly hit him, but it hit a rack where prizes used to be, as he prayed that the entire shack wouldn't fall down. Though, he felt that after the fight was over, he would be captured. If he had his assault rifle now, maybe he might have had a chance to escape, then again, people would notice if some man was running with an assault rifle. Then he heard some kind of light rotating, he assumed the worst of course and tried to form an escape plan that would involve something with an action movie where the lucky guy dodges all those bullets somehow where a real person would be shot all over.

Less than 30 yards away were members of Stoeger's police force, who were also on the payroll of Iron Fist. They didn't know however, that the man was hiding in one of the booths.

OOC: Bump for Ustio North and The Aaronian Empire to respond.

OOC: Ah, bugger. Sorry GM, but Leocardia's sudden invasion of Greal has had me kinda distracted. Will do another IC post tomorrow.

OOC: Ah, bugger. Sorry GM, but Leocardia's sudden invasion of Greal has had me kinda distracted. Will do another IC post tomorrow.

OOC: I understand. Once you make your post, I'll be able to respond about the van's actions.

Under a sudden lapse of logic, Robert decided he would run out of the amusement park and immediately take some flight or ship out of here, he had a large amount of bonds in his suitcase, which he planned to use as a sort of head guard while running. So, he jumped over the counter, landed on the dirt, stood up, put his suitcase on the left side of his face and ran.

Under a sudden lapse of logic, Robert decided he would run out of the amusement park and immediately take some flight or ship out of here, he had a large amount of bonds in his suitcase, which he planned to use as a sort of head guard while running. So, he jumped over the counter, landed on the dirt, stood up, put his suitcase on the left side of his face and ran.

He didn't get far before Stoeger police officers saw him. One of them, about 15 yards away, stepped into the path he was running. The officer pointed his M4 at the man and shouted, "Down on the ground now!". Another officer looked at how the man was dressed, took a radio and said, "We've got another one here. We can't get him to the gate before the van leaves. We'll exfiltrate him out of the park, then you can pick him up after". The van driver responded to the second officer on the radio with, "I'll leave a case at the gate. Bring him to the rendezvous after he changes out his case for ours". The second officer acknowledged, and said to the man, "We'll get you to the auction safely, if you come with us now".

ooc: sorry i haven't posted in a while, i'll post tomorrow afternoon

ooc: sorry i haven't posted in a while, i'll post tomorrow afternoon

OOC: It's ok. I understand that everyone has a life. I probably won't be able to respond to you until tomorrow evening/night anyways, so it's all good.

The National Guard was preparing a strike force to take out the hostiles in the amusement park, and took longer to assemble and arm them than it took for the Apaches to take off. The 72 Guardsmen loaded up into 3 V-22 Osprey aircraft, and took off. They would arrive 2-4 minutes after the Apaches.

OOC: Bump for responses.

The now 36 men were running full speed aways from the situation whilst firing behind them toward the swat teams with their mini RPGs and and automatic shotguns. Luckily not many had been killed due to ricochet off their hats or hitting their body armor.

Platao and East eagerly awaited the beginning of the auction

The now 36 men were running full speed aways from the situation whilst firing behind them toward the swat teams with their mini RPGs and and automatic shotguns. Luckily not many had been killed due to ricochet off their hats or hitting their body armor.

Platao and East eagerly awaited the beginning of the auction

OOC: What about the status of the 6 men that stayed behind? Also, I'm waiting for Ustio North to respond before the van does anything. Finally, I assume when you ran, you left the body of "Lou", the Escalade driver, behind.

IC: Since the men were firing over their shoulders while running, the fire wasn't as accurate as it could have been. Still, three officers were killed by an RPG, while 4 others were injured by the shotgun rounds. The officers still able to fight returned fire, again with their M4s and 11-87s.

Meanwhile, the 4 Apaches were arriving, and spread out to cover the area from all 4 directions. One of the Apaches located the group of assailants, and let loose with a long burst from its 30 mm chain gun. Another Apache launched 4 Hydra 70 FFAR rockets, hoping to kill or wound as many as possible, while still allowing the possibility of capturing some prisoners. The other Apaches stood overwatch, in preparation of the arrival of the 3 V-22 Ospreys.

As soon as the assailants were clear of the area, 2 Stoeger officers went over to the body of "Lou", and dragged him to safety. They turned him over and ripped open his shirt, revealing form fitting body armor and blood packets. "Lou" opened his eyes, and with a smile said, "Wow, handgun rounds hurt like hell with this type of body armor".

As he thanked God that he wasn't shot, Robert followed the policemen who were conveniently near him when he was trying to get away from all the explosions and bullets.

As he thanked God that he wasn't shot, Robert followed the policemen who were conveniently near him when he was trying to get away from all the explosions and bullets.

The officers were supposed to quickly lead him towards the main gate, but the problem was, the assailants were between them and the gate, and the assailants would get there before they would. They radioed the gate, and the scene commander told the officers to get to the abandoned Escalade, and bring the bidder to the gate once the coast was clear.

OOC: I talked to Ustio North, who is going to have to pull out of this RP. Therefore, I have permission to kill the SRPA agent.

IC: As the SRPA agent opened his case to switch out the bonds, he realized that something was significantly wrong. He opened the secret compartment in his case, and pulled out a pistol. Officer Joe, one of the officers watching the bidders switch out their bonds, saw the gun, pulled his own pistol, but was shot dead by the agent. The van's driver was quicker though, as he already had his pistol out, puting a single round through the man's head. Officer Dan, the other officer watching the bidders, opened the other door, pulled the SRPA agents body out of the van, and transferred the bonds into the new case. Then he took the new case full of bonds to the back of the van, and put it in back. Once the back door was closed, the van left the main gate for 223 Remington Way (OOC: 223 Remington Way is a massive high rise office building).

After the van left, the officers at the gate searched the now supposedly empty cases. One of the cases had what could only be described as a void in it. The void could be a hidden compartment, but the officers didn't dare open it until it was checked over by the bomb squad. Since there were lots of explosions at the park due to the mini RPGs, the bomb squad was on alert. They would be there shortly.

Meanwhile, at the side gate, the bodies of the first 2 assailants were carted off to the morgue, as well as the bodies of the officers killed. Since the assailants still had their passports on them, they were quickly identified. The police investigators called the central Customs authority, who had a record of the individuals arriving. They gave the gate number the plane arrived at, the time it arrived, a complete passenger list, and where it arrived from.

occ: none of my secret operative would have any id or passports with them

occ: none of my secret operative would have any id or passports with them

OOC: You wouldn't have gotten through Customs without passports, regardless if they're fake or not. Those passports link you to the flight you took into the ASoGM. You didn't say you dumped them, so that means you still have them.

ooc: allright, but there are no records of them from aaronia and aaronia has them marked as "terrorists"

Two of the rpg men stayed back and hid behind a couple small buildings when they heard the copters approaching. When they saw them, they fired. The others continuued to run out toward the side of the fairgrounds so they could exit and hopefully make their getaway into a more crowded area.

ooc: allright, but there are no records of them from aaronia and aaronia has them marked as "terrorists"

Two of the rpg men stayed back and hid behind a couple small buildings when they heard the copters approaching. When they saw them, they fired. The others continuued to run out toward the side of the fairgrounds so they could exit and hopefully make their getaway into a more crowded area.

OOC: That's acceptable, but it still ties them to the plane they arrived on, which came from somewhere. BTW, what about the 6 RPG men that stayed at the ferris wheel? They were being shot at by police officers (armed with M4s, 11-87s, and Glock 17s) and Iron Fist snipers. And what were the casualties from the Apache attack?

IC: Both Apaches were missed by the RPGs, although one was a close miss. They each fired 4 more Hydra 70 rockets at the assailants that fired the RPGs. Meanwhile, the National Guard Ospreys were arriving. One of the Ospreys dropped its troops at the side entrance, another Osprey dropped its troops at the main gate, and the final Osprey dropped its troops in the park, but away from the assailants. As all the troops hit the ground, they chambered rounds into their respective weapons. The troops carried the same M4s, 11-87s, and Glock 17s as the police did, but some of the troops also had grenade launchers or SMAWs. Hand grenades were in abundance as well. The final 2 Apaches, done covering the approach of the Ospreys, were released to hunt the assailants. As soon as the assailants were in sight, a barrage of 30mm cannon fire and Hydra 70 rockets was let loose. The plan was to kill the assailants or drive them into the waiting police and National Guard, which had a solid hold on the side entrance. Since the shooting and explosions had started, there was nothing in the way of crowds by the amusement park.

The bomb squad was nearing the park. They would be there in about 2 minutes.

East was wondering what was taking so long and then he figured it out. They found the compartment in his case. "Hey, I need to tell you something about my case" he yelled. If they killed him, they would all die (c-4 in leg)

5 of the 6 that remained at the ferris wheel were now dead. 1had slipped away and now took careful aim at an apache. 10 had died in the apache attack. The remaining spread out and went behind different buildings while 2 more aimed at the apaches, another started firing with his assault rifle.

East was wondering what was taking so long and then he figured it out. They found the compartment in his case. "Hey, I need to tell you something about my case" he yelled. If they killed him, they would all die (c-4 in leg)

5 of the 6 that remained at the ferris wheel were now dead. 1had slipped away and now took careful aim at an apache. 10 had died in the apache attack. The remaining spread out and went behind different buildings while 2 more aimed at the apaches, another started firing with his assault rifle.

OOC: Taking so long? You're on your way to the auction. :tongue:

IC: As the van pulled up to 223 Remington Way's parking structure, the driver parked, turned to East, and said, "I'm listening".

Two of the Iron Fist snipers had a bead on the last assailant that had been at the ferris wheel. When he moved away from the ferris wheel, they followed him with their WA-2007s. Once they had a clean shot, they each fired an armor piercing round at him, aiming for center mass.

All 4 Apaches were now on the hunt, spread out so that an assailant hiding from one Apache could expose them to the other Apaches. One assailant in particular garnered attention from an Apache gunner, as that Apache was receiving shotgun fire. While the shotgun fire did little to the armored skin of the Apache, the gunner had to return fire. A long burst of 30mm cannonfire was shot at the assailant, while the pilot angled the Apache, and fired Hydra 70 rockets at a couple of buildings. The other 3 Apaches fired Hydra 70s as well, flattening the buildings the assailants were hiding behind, so there wouldn't be any cover for the assailants, while their gunners fired their 30mm cannons at any assailants they saw.

National Guard troops from the main gate and from inside the park were moving towards the assailants as well. They made sure to stay concealed behind cover, so the assailants wouldn't see them until the troops were firing.

ETA: The Bomb Squad arrived, and looked at the case. They brought handheld chemical sniffers, to check for explosives or chemical agents. As they brought the sniffer near the case, it began to indicate the presence of C-4.

ooc: sorry, misunderstood

East, realized that they may have found the hidden items in his case so he said, "Inside my original case were some explosives and a gun. I did not wish to bring these but the higher-ups in our organization thought that this might be an Aaronian plot to draw us out and therefore i was to be ready in the case of a double-cross. I now feel that there is no danger of that and this is why I am telling you."

The surviving men began to surrender and put their hands up and weapons down. They then began walking into an open area. Hopefully, they wouldn't just be shot on sight, because as soon as the police got close enough, they would all blow themselves up.

telegram
From: Emperor Aaron
To: Gun Manufacturers

A recent weapons shipment to one of our military bases was recently attacked and the weapons were stolen. This was followed soon after by a plane hijacking. We beleive this plane was headed toward your nation and may already have landed. If you wish, we will dispatch a unit to come and collect these terrorists
End telegram

Emperor Aaron sighed at the news of his group's failure. Hopefully GM would let him send his new military group in

ooc: sorry, misunderstood

East, realized that they may have found the hidden items in his case so he said, "Inside my original case were some explosives and a gun. I did not wish to bring these but the higher-ups in our organization thought that this might be an Aaronian plot to draw us out and therefore i was to be ready in the case of a double-cross. I now feel that there is no danger of that and this is why I am telling you."

The surviving men began to surrender and put their hands up and weapons down. They then began walking into an open area. Hopefully, they wouldn't just be shot on sight, because as soon as the police got close enough, they would all blow themselves up.

telegram
From: Emperor Aaron
To: Gun Manufacturers

A recent weapons shipment to one of our military bases was recently attacked and the weapons were stolen. This was followed soon after by a plane hijacking. We beleive this plane was headed toward your nation and may already have landed. If you wish, we will dispatch a unit to come and collect these terrorists
End telegram

Emperor Aaron sighed at the news of his group's failure. Hopefully GM would let him send his new military group in

OOC: How would your Emperor know about the failure of the group? There's been no news broadcasts on the battle.

IC: The van driver said, "There better not be any other surprises on your part. This auction's already had too many, and my boss won't tolerate any more. Anyway, we're here. Get out, and follow me". The van driver got out, locked the door, and went to the back, where he took the SRPA agent's case out. He lead the 2 bidders to the elevator, and pressed the buttons for the 20th, 21st, and 22nd floor.

Back at the amusement park, the police ordered the assailants to move with their hands up, away from their dropped weapons. Once the assailants were more than 10 feet from the nearest dropped weapon, the police ordered them to lay face down with their hand on their heads, and with their ankles crossed. While the Apaches backed off into a wide covering pattern, 4 officers with flex cuffs approached the assailants, intent on binding their hands. Meanwhile, troops formed a wide perimeter.

TO: Emperor Aaron
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Relations, ASoGM
RE: Terrorists

The ASoGM cannot allow your troops to enter the ASoGM. IF these terrorists have entered the ASoGM, they will be dealt with by ASoGM military and law enforcement personnel. If you have any information about these terrorists, the plane they hijacked, or evidence that they headed here, we would appreciate copies.

OOC: Bump for replies from The Aaronian Empire and Avalic.

one of the men on the ground quickly grabbed his unused explosive and threw it at the nearby cars and another pulled a handgun from under his hat and shot at the 4 officers, aiming for the heads. The others stayed on the ground.

TO: Ministry of Foreign Relations, ASoGM
From: Emperor Aaron

If you find these terrorists, please leave as many alive as possible and extradite them so that we may uncover the leadership behind this organization. Thank you for your assistance.

East and Platao followed into the elevator waiting to see how this auction would play out

one of the men on the ground quickly grabbed his unused explosive and threw it at the nearby cars and another pulled a handgun from under his hat and shot at the 4 officers, aiming for the heads. The others stayed on the ground.

TO: Ministry of Foreign Relations, ASoGM
From: Emperor Aaron

If you find these terrorists, please leave as many alive as possible and extradite them so that we may uncover the leadership behind this organization. Thank you for your assistance.

East and Platao followed into the elevator waiting to see how this auction would play out

OOC: Nearby cars? What nearby cars.

IC: One of the officers was killed instantly. The other 3 officers dove out of way of the incoming fire, while some officers and troops on the perimeter returned fire at the still hostile assailant. The officer in charge yelled out, "From now on, for every one of you that tries that, 4 will be executed along with you".

As the elevator arrived at the 20th floor, the door opened. There was a man in a suit there, who pointed at Platao and said, "Follow me". Once Platao left the elevator, the door closed, and the elevator again rose. It arrived at the 21st floor, and another man in a suit was waiting. He pointed at East and said, "Come with me". After East stepped off, the door again closed. Platao was lead to office number 2015, and East was lead to 2130. Each room was the same. It had a table and a microphone. A video camera was set up, and there were speakers in the room. A slot had been cut into the wall, large enough to slide the cases into, but not large enough for a person to fit through. Through the speakers, a voice said, "Once the auction is over with, the winner will be given a set of keys to a cargo van, then escorted to the parking lot where they can take possession of their purchase. The loser of the auction will be escorted to the parking garage, where they will be brought back to the airport and given a first class ticket anywhere they choose. Please sit".

ooc: sorry, the surrounding officers

ic: After the officer in charge spoke, all of the soldiers stood and ran toward the officers whilst throwing explosives toward them. They all pulled their handguns and began to fire as well.

East Sat down, wondering how the auction would work and if the assault team had been successful. If not, he just had to make sure he won the auction.

Platao was calm and confident when he looked at his watch, "Crap, it's broken again." Maybe after he won he could get these guys to take care of that bum

ooc: sorry, the surrounding officers

ic: After the officer in charge spoke, all of the soldiers stood and ran toward the officers whilst throwing explosives toward them. They all pulled their handguns and began to fire as well.

East Sat down, wondering how the auction would work and if the assault team had been successful. If not, he just had to make sure he won the auction.

Platao was calm and confident when he looked at his watch, "Crap, it's broken again." Maybe after he won he could get these guys to take care of that bum

As the men started to get up, the police and National Guard troops opened fire with their M4s, 11-87s, Glock 17s, SMAWs, and 40mm grenade launchers. As well, the Apaches opened fire with their 30mm chain guns and Hydra 70 rockets. Some of the officers were killed or injured by the explosives and gunfire from the assailants, though.

As soon as both East and Platao were seated, the voice spoke again. It said, "We are waiting for another party who got separated in the park. Is there something either of you would like to drink, while we're waiting?".

The 2 officers and the third bidder reached the Escalade. They got in, started it up, and headed towards the main gate. The Escalade had seen better days though. The windshield was cracked, one side had shrapnel damage, and one of the run flat tires had a puncture. Luckily, it was still capable of making it to 223 Remington Way. They just had to stop at the gate to switch out the case, before heading to the auction.

Only 1 of the military group remained completely unharmed, 4 had bullet wounds, 3 were critical and the rest were dead or beyond hope. The surviving men threw their guns to the side and surrendered.

"I'll have some vodka, top shelf if you've got it," said the calm Platao
"Can you get me a chocolate milkshake," said East. He needed to keep a clear head or else the consequences could be dire. Who is this other bidder he thought

Only 1 of the military group remained completely unharmed, 4 had bullet wounds, 3 were critical and the rest were dead or beyond hope. The surviving men threw their guns to the side and surrendered.

"I'll have some vodka, top shelf if you've got it," said the calm Platao
"Can you get me a chocolate milkshake," said East. He needed to keep a clear head or else the consequences could be dire. Who is this other bidder he thought

The police officers and National Guard troops ordered the men down on the ground. Four more officers grabbed flex cuffs, and headed out to arrest the 8 surviving assailants. The Apaches were still covering them, and the rest of the police and troops had the 8 men in their sights. The wounded men would be given medical attention to stabilize them, but how much they received beyond that depended on their cooperation. The National Guard commander had received word that the men were accused of being terrorists in The Aaronian Empire, and that the Emperor of The Aaronian Empire wanted them extradited. He passed the information along to the officers and his men as soon as he could.

TO: Emperor Aaron
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Relations, ASoGM
RE: Terrorists

We will keep our eyes open for these men. If they do make it to our nation, we will send as many as possible back to you.

______________________________________________________________________

A few minutes later, both men were brought their requested beverages.

OOC: Bump.

East pulled a small vial from his pocket. He poured some of the shake, into the vial, if it turned red, that means there was poison in it.

Platao took a large drink of his vodka, "That is some good stuff"

East pulled a small vial from his pocket. He poured some of the shake, into the vial, if it turned red, that means there was poison in it.

Platao took a large drink of his vodka, "That is some good stuff"

OOC: Are your men at the park going without any more trouble?

East pulled a small vial from his pocket. He poured some of the shake, into the vial, if it turned red, that means there was poison in it.

Platao took a large drink of his vodka, "That is some good stuff"

A local sports radio station began playing over speakers located in the ceiling. Mostly, the DJs were talking about last nights various games.

ooc: was there poison?

ooc: was there poison?

OOC: No, there isn't. It would be counter-productive, as poison would mess up not only this auction, but it would mess up any future auctions.

the survivors of the military group fully surrendered, the plan now was to be taken to the police station and blow themselves up, but a hospital would do fine for this. /any of the survivors could blow up the explosives inside all of the group

East drank his milkshake happily, with memories of days gone past, hoping the auction would start soon

Platao ordered another drink

the survivors of the military group fully surrendered, the plan now was to be taken to the police station and blow themselves up, but a hospital would do fine for this. /any of the survivors could blow up the explosives inside all of the group

East drank his milkshake happily, with memories of days gone past, hoping the auction would start soon

Platao ordered another drink

OOC: How does that work? Handheld remote detonator?

ooc: implanted into them is the bomb. if one of them detonates, a series of siganls is sent out, radio, sonic, etc to the others, including a satelite in order to blow up the others. The c-4 is located in the leg and abdomen of the members of the group and it exploded by pressing a small section of their hand, or on their leg

The four police officers bound the assailants were the flex cuffs, while paramedics were called in. The National Guard commander said to the officers, "Easy boys, we don't want to break them anymore than we already have. Once we've got them secured, they're going to be processed, then extradited to The Aaronian Empire. Apparently, they're wanted terrorists there".

Meanwhile, one of the auctioneers brought Platao another glass of the top shelf vodka.

ETA: The voice came over the speakers and said, "While we wait for the other person, we should at least get the opening bids out of the way. Feel free to start".

ooc: implanted into them is the bomb. if one of them detonates, a series of siganls is sent out, radio, sonic, etc to the others, including a satelite in order to blow up the others. The c-4 is located in the leg and abdomen of the members of the group and it exploded by pressing a small section of their hand, or on their leg

OOC: That sounds prone to accidents. Shaking someone's hand shouldn't run the risk of being fatal. :tongue:

ooc: you have to press certain places, in an order

East was glad to start, but Platao was "slightly" inebriated after downing his second vodka, and yelled, "1 million aaronian credits"

ooc: you have to press certain places, in an order

East was glad to start, but Platao was "slightly" inebriated after downing his second vodka, and yelled, "1 million aaronian credits"

OOC: So, it's a sequence? If you can't press in a certain area, it can't go off?

IC: The auctioneer said, "I have a bid of 1 million. Is there a counter offer?".

ooc: yeah or you can press an area on the leg, but if extradition is occuring it won't matter

East replied, "1.5 million

ooc: yeah or you can press an area on the leg, but if extradition is occuring it won't matter

East replied, "1.5 million

"The bid is now $1.5 million. The opening round of negotiations will continue shortly, but I must step away for an while. In the meantime, we have meals prepared. They are on their way to you, as well as a refill of your drinks". OOC: None of the food or drinks are poisoned.

Paramedics stabilized the wounded assailants as best they could. They weren't doctors though, and so all the wounded men were taken to the local emergency care center. The patients already at the emergency care center were being moved to other facilities, so that this one could handle the mass casualties. The uninjured man would be taken to the Stoeger police lockup, and put into isolation. The officer driving looked at the uninjured man in the rear view mirror and said, "It ain't the Ritz, but I'm sure the Stoeger jail's isolation room will suffice for lodging, until you're extradited to The Aaronian Empire. I'll make sure they throw a newer piece of cardboard in there for you. Nothing but the best beds for our international guests".

National Guard troops and Stoeger police were busy gathering any evidence they could, from bodies to weapons. Some of the corpses had readable passports on them, while others were so badly damaged from the explosions and blood that they were useless. The police took photographs of the dead assailants faces, and the corpses were also fingerprinted. One of the officers found the tracker the assailants were using.

The bomb squad was still at the front gate, investigating East's case. A handheld frequency detector was used to sweep the briefcase for electronics, and as soon as it came close, the meter detected the tracker signal. Lou, the Escalade driver, called 223 Remington Way to let the auctioneers know that they potentially had another agent, or someone trying to steal the merchandise.

OOC2: I don't know if Avalic is still in this. He hasn't logged into his nation in 2 days. If he doesn't post here by tomorrow, I'm going to assume he's gone.

George Chanfeld AKA "Frank Smith" for the mission said to the officer in the front seat, "If you could, can you make sure the cardboard is from a stove box, they're the most comfortable." Hopefully a joking attitude would help, "and sorry 'bout the trouble me and my friends caused, but hey we slipped that tracker into that guys suitcase and we had to try and get to that auction. Oh wait you probably didn't hear about that."

East was nervous as to whether his initial case was going to be causing him any problems.

George Chanfeld AKA "Frank Smith" for the mission said to the officer in the front seat, "If you could, can you make sure the cardboard is from a stove box, they're the most comfortable." Hopefully a joking attitude would help, "and sorry 'bout the trouble me and my friends caused, but hey we slipped that tracker into that guys suitcase and we had to try and get to that auction. Oh wait you probably didn't hear about that."

East was nervous as to whether his initial case was going to be causing him any problems.

The driver asked, "What guy? What auction? You were in an old amusement park, not at an auction house".

The wounded assailants were being tended to by doctors, under the watchful eye of Stoeger police. IVs were run, as the wounded needed blood transfusions due to blood loss. Then the men were prepped for surgery to repair damaged organs, arteries, and/or tissue. They were given sedatives and wheeled into sterile operating rooms.

"That may be, but it was in fact the first location for an auction of stolen nuclear plans, fyi," said Chanfeld, "Oh and did you catch the big game yesterday"

"That may be, but it was in fact the first location for an auction of stolen nuclear plans, fyi," said Chanfeld, "Oh and did you catch the big game yesterday"

The officer sitting in the passenger seat asked, "What, that thing from the internet? I doubt it was real. Probably a scam or an outright trick".

The wounded prisoners were unconscious in surgery, when the surgeons noticed foreign objects in the prisoners bodies. The foreign objects were suspicious, so a member of the Stoeger bomb squad scrubbed into the operating room. He brought a chemical sniffer with him, and after running the probe near the object, the sniffer showed the presence of C-4. The bomb squad officer went to each of the other operating rooms, and checked the other assailants for the devices. After finding more, he left the operating rooms, and called the Stoeger Police chief to let him know. The chief made the decision to have the doctors finish the surgeries, and to put them into medically induced comas afterwards.

"It was real allright, in fact a rival terrorist organization and the main branch of the one I'm in have people in the auction right now. We, however, are an offshoot branch who were kicked out for being too radical. Which is funny coming from a terrorist organization. We're so radical in fact that we all have c-4 implanted in us that i could set off at any moment. In fact, I just set it so that if I die, they all blow up. Now you might wanna have the higher-ups check out a building where the auction might be held. It's at 223 Remington Way, or so said one of the members of Iron Fist." Chanfeld was playing his part perfectly, he now had a hostage situation and he might get the government of the crappy nation to take out the terrorists (the crappy is his perspective)

"It was real allright, in fact a rival terrorist organization and the main branch of the one I'm in have people in the auction right now. We, however, are an offshoot branch who were kicked out for being too radical. Which is funny coming from a terrorist organization. We're so radical in fact that we all have c-4 implanted in us that i could set off at any moment. In fact, I just set it so that if I die, they all blow up. Now you might wanna have the higher-ups check out a building where the auction might be held. It's at 223 Remington Way, or so said one of the members of Iron Fist." Chanfeld was playing his part perfectly, he now had a hostage situation and he might get the government of the crappy nation to take out the terrorists (the crappy is his perspective)

"223 Remington Way is a high rise office complex, with thousands of offices. It would take days to search the whole building, and if there is an illegal auction there, it'll be over with before we find it", the driver said as they were arriving at the police station. The officers got out, and led the prisoner into the police station. He was brought to the isolation cell, and placed into it.

____________________________________________________

Meanwhile, the auctioneer's voice came back over the speakers and said, "Gentlemen, please continue the bidding".

Platao drunkenly called out, "1.5 mil and 3 cents. Also, can I have another Vodka"

Chanfeld looked at his cell, "Dang, no cardboard box," he muttered something about lying police and the pressed the detonation button on his leg. Right before it went off he thought to himself, "Oh I get it, that's why 42 is the answer"

ooc: the radio detonators are located inside the c-4, and taking them out of the people does not deactivate them

Platao drunkenly called out, "1.5 mil and 3 cents. Also, can I have another Vodka"

Chanfeld looked at his cell, "Dang, no cardboard box," he muttered something about lying police and the pressed the detonation button on his leg. Right before it went off he thought to himself, "Oh I get it, that's why 42 is the answer"

ooc: the radio detonators are located inside the c-4, and taking them out of the people does not deactivate them

OOC: There is actually a cot in the cell. The ASoGM isn't THAT bad. BTW, since you're 2 floors underground in a concrete and steel building (cell has no windows), none of your signals will be able to reach the others.

IC: The auctioneer said, "The bidding will not proceed this way. Until the bidder sobers up, bidding will be halted. Get that man some coffee".

Meanwhile, at the Stoeger police station, the heavy steel door to the isolation cell blew off its hinges, and the two officers leading the man were killed. A fire raged inside the isolation cell, consuming the cot that was in there. Police officers ran in with fire extinguishers, and the blaze was under control in short order. A call was placed to the emergency medical center, to let the officers there know that the assailant was dead. The officer in charge made the decision to have the doctors remove the explosives, and bomb squad personnel would detonate it in the detonation chamber. The assailants, still in medically induced comas, were prepped again for surgery. The C4 was carefully removed from each assailant by a tag team of doctors and bomb squad members. The C4 was placed in the chamber, rigged with another detonator. Once the sphere was properly sealed, the C4 was detonated.

ooc: whew that was close with that hospital

Platao drank some coffee and almost immediately sobered, "That is some strong coffee, and 2 mil

East replied, "2.5," he could go as high as he pleased while being funded by the Aaronian Empire

Telegram to ASoGM

I was wondering if you could give me any details as to what has happened with that terrorist organization. Also, have you had any luck with that weapons auction

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron

ooc: whew that was close with that hospital

Platao drank some coffee and almost immediately sobered, "That is some strong coffee, and 2 mil

East replied, "2.5," he could go as high as he pleased while being funded by the Aaronian Empire

Telegram to ASoGM

I was wondering if you could give me any details as to what has happened with that terrorist organization. Also, have you had any luck with that weapons auction

Let there be one ruler, one king
Emperor Aaron

The auctioneer said, "2.5 million is the current bid".

TO: Emperor Aaron, The Aaronian Empire
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: Terrorists

The ASoGM is still investigating whether or not the terrorists came to the ASoGM. When or if we find anything out that may help you, we shall let you know. As to the weapons auction, we are still working on that as well. We still have no evidence that the auction is here, or real. IP addresses for the auction videos were of no help, as they were expertly faked. The cell phone number in the video is to a pre-paid cell phone which is currently off, preventing us from tracking it via GPS. If it is used again, we will attempt to trace it, to get to the bottom of this.

ooc: how much were you thinking this bid would go up to?

"3" replied East

ooc: how much were you thinking this bid would go up to?

"3" replied East

OOC: According to the telegram Ustio North sent me, his case contained a few hundred million £ in bearer bonds. It's really up to you how far you want to take this, though. If Avalic hadn't dropped out too, things could have gotten a LOT more interesting on the bidding front. You can speed things up bidding-wise, if you want.

"I have a bid of 3 million for the plans and missiles", the auctioneer stated.

ooc: ok

Platao was in trouble, he had only brought 25 mil and thing were progressing fast, he needed to step up th bidding
"20 mil" called out Platao
"23 mil" said East
"25"
"27" replied East
"Can I have another Vodka" replied Platao

ooc: ok

Platao was in trouble, he had only brought 25 mil and thing were progressing fast, he needed to step up th bidding
"20 mil" called out Platao
"23 mil" said East
"25"
"27" replied East
"Can I have another Vodka" replied Platao

The auctioneer was smiling at this point. His cut of the auction was one percent, and if getting Platao drunk would significantly drive up the auction price, then he wouldn't stand in the man's way. He said, "Certainly, one should be on the way momentarily". A minute later, the door to Platao's room opened, and a man came in with a glass and a bottle of vodka.

Meanwhile, the assailants were placed in recovery after their surgeries. The plan was to keep them in medically induced comas until they could be moved to separate facilities around the ASoGM. The ASoGM government had no intention to extradite them to The Aaronian Empire, when they had crimes to answer for in the ASoGM first.

Platao needed to continue but first he had to ask, "If I can have more money wired, would you let me," Why is the room all fuzzy he thought after downing his glass and pouring another from the bottle

A member of the military group woke up, he had never been one to take to sedatives very well and wouldn't be surprised if he was the first awake. He had been shot in the shoulder but he looked down and saw that there had been surgery on his abdomen and leg, "Crap" he said aloud.

Platao needed to continue but first he had to ask, "If I can have more money wired, would you let me," Why is the room all fuzzy he thought after downing his glass and pouring another from the bottle

A member of the military group woke up, he had never been one to take to sedatives very well and wouldn't be surprised if he was the first awake. He had been shot in the shoulder but he looked down and saw that there had been surgery on his abdomen and leg, "Crap" he said aloud.

"As much as I'd like that, it isn't allowed at this time", the auctioneer said.

Meanwhile, the assailants sedative dosage was upped by the nearby doctor, to put the man back into the medically induced coma.

"Then, I guess I'm out of the Auction" said a slightly depressed and increasingly drunk Platao

East was happy, he had just won a victory for the Aaronian Empire

"Then, I guess I'm out of the Auction" said a slightly depressed and increasingly drunk Platao

East was happy, he had just won a victory for the Aaronian Empire

The auctioneer said, "Maybe next time. Will the winning bidder please place his bonds into the slot cut into the wall? Once we verify the bonds are real and the amount bid is present, we will pass the keys to the cargo van to you, through the same slot. Transportation out of the ASoGM is your responsibility, although if you haven't already, we are in a port city". After that, the door to Platao's room opened, and a man said, "Sir, if you'll follow me, we'll be happy to escort you to the airport".

East placed the bonds into the slot and waited for the keys, a ship was going to be taking him back to the Empire

Platao was asleep on his table after finishing his bottle of Vodka

ooc: are we going to continue this thread to find out what happens to the military group

East placed the bonds into the slot and waited for the keys, a ship was going to be taking him back to the Empire

Platao was asleep on his table after finishing his bottle of Vodka

ooc: are we going to continue this thread to find out what happens to the military group

OOC: Sure. BTW, are the bonds real?

IC: Verification of the bonds authenticity began, and once complete, would be counted. Meanwhile, the man that had entered Platao's room called to another man in the hallway. The second man entered the room, and they carried Platao and his case to the elevator, and descended to the parking garage. There, they got into a sedan, and drove to the airport. Once at the airport, they shook Platao until he awoke, handed his case of bonds to him, and told him to go to the ticket counter. He was told to tell the ticket agent that his name was Mister Macaw, and that there was an open ticket waiting for him. Then, they told him to get out of the vehicle.

Meanwhile, the 7 prisoners were being prepped for transport. Their restraints were checked to make sure they were secure, then the prisoners were loaded into separate ambulances, still in medically induced comas. Each prisoner was going to a different SuperMax prison, until such time they could be tried for their crimes. The ambulances were escorted by police units, to make sure nothing happened on the way to the prisons.

ooc: yeah they are real

"Hi, I'm *hic Mr Macaw and I want my ticket" said Platao. She handed it to him and he headed toward the loading area

ooc: yeah they are real

"Hi, I'm *hic Mr Macaw and I want my ticket" said Platao. She handed it to him and he headed toward the loading area

The bonds were quickly verified, then counted. Once that was done, the keys were slid into the room through the slot. The voice spoke again and said, "Congratulations, and good luck in your struggles". Then, the door opened, and a man outside said, "Sir, if you will follow me, I will lead you to the cargo van".

East followed the Man down to the van

East followed the Man down to the van

The man opened the door to the cargo van. He hopped into the back, opened each crate, and revealed all of the promised Tomahawk warheads. He opened another small case, that had blueprints and other technical documents relating to the creation of nuclear weapons. He handed a small note to East and said, "Call this number once you're out of the country. You'll get the arming codes then. Don't worry about the weapons, the tracking cards have all been disabled, and the serial numbers have been removed". He closed each case, then hopped out of the back of the cargo van. Before walking away, he turned and said, "Later".

A few hours later, East was in international waters, on his way to The Aaronian Empire. He picked up his phone and dialed the number.

The military group members remained sedated

The phone was picked up, and the arming codes were given. The call lasted just long enough to pass along the information, but not long enough to trace.

The prisoners were moved to the different SuperMax prisons. Once they arrived, they were taken off the sedatives, so they could awaken. Due to the fact that they still needed to heal from the surgeries, they were still restrained in hospital beds. IVs were set up, so that the prisoners could receive the necessary nutrients and fluids. Once their wounds healed, they would be put into regular SuperMax cells and allowed solid food.

ASNN, one of the largest news networks in the country, released a story about an intense gun battle in the city of Stoeger. According to the story, the battle was located in an abandoned amusement park, and included, city and state police, as well as federal troops and helicopters. Intermixed with the story were photographs of an ever increasing amount of body bags as they were lined up, as well as video of state bomb squad members searching the amusement park. Weapons caches were also seen in pictures and videos, and according to the reporter, several gunmen were arrested.

Telegram
To: Govenrment of ASoGM

I was watching ASNN, and I noticed something. The shootout appeared to be with the terrorist group we warned you about. Also, a known terrorist coming from your country was found carrying millions in nuclear weapon plans and warheads. We believe he may have already sent the plans to his comrades. How do explain this?

Let There Be One Ruler, One King
Emperor Aaron

East was not rotting in a prison, he was promoted, given a raise and given the secret medal of valor, a medal he could tell of to no one. Hopefully, this would get the ASoGM to send back his men and deal with terrorist organizations

Telegram
To: Govenrment of ASoGM

I was watching ASNN, and I noticed something. The shootout appeared to be with the terrorist group we warned you about. Also, a known terrorist coming from your country was found carrying millions in nuclear weapon plans and warheads. We believe he may have already sent the plans to his comrades. How do explain this?

Let There Be One Ruler, One King
Emperor Aaron

East was not rotting in a prison, he was promoted, given a raise and given the secret medal of valor, a medal he could tell of to no one. Hopefully, this would get the ASoGM to send back his men and deal with terrorist organizations

TO: Emperor Aaron, The Aaronian Empire
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: terrorists

The gun battle was with local anti-government militants, not the international terrorists you warned us about. Also, how did you come to the conclusion that the warheads and plans came from our nation? The ASoGM is not missing any warheads, missiles, or plans according to our daily inventory. We have very strict security on our nuclear stockpile, and every functional warhead is accounted for.

Meanwhile, at one of the prisons, one of the prisoners looked like he was waking up. A voice came over the loudspeaker and asked his name, and why he attacked Stoeger Police. Hopefully, grogginess would help in getting those answers.


OOC: The warheads you received are real, but their paperwork was falsified and marked as unusable. Once they were slated to be destroyed, it was relatively easy to fake the dismantling of these weapons, and spirit them off. There are no identifying marks on the weapons, to lead back to the ASoGM.

To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
From: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations Department

The basis of origination point was based on the boat's trajectory, fresh engine hours, dock logs, and suspicion (ooc: that's the official report, anyway ;) )

The soldier woke, and despite grogginess he knew he had to give his fake identity. "I am Mike Jones of the Alliance for the furtherment of the Franklinian Alliance. We were kicked out of the Franklinian Alliance for being to 'radical' but when our spies in the RBAA found out that they were going to be in the auction, we had to try and stop the auction. That is all I know, now please let me go or kill me because I can't give any more info"

To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
From: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations Department

The basis of origination point was based on the boat's trajectory, fresh engine hours, dock logs, and suspicion (ooc: that's the official report, anyway ;) )

The soldier woke, and despite grogginess he knew he had to give his fake identity. "I am Mike Jones of the Alliance for the furtherment of the Franklinian Alliance. We were kicked out of the Franklinian Alliance for being to 'radical' but when our spies in the RBAA found out that they were going to be in the auction, we had to try and stop the auction. That is all I know, now please let me go or kill me because I can't give any more info"

TO: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: boat

Boats have the ability to change direction, engine hours have no bearing on where a boat came from, and you don't have our dock logs. I understand the suspicion, as your nation has numerous times claimed the auction is/was taking place in our nation. Please provide copies of the proof you claim to have, if you wish us to investigate further. Also, we wish to send an expert to inspect the warheads, to prove they are not ours.

Meanwhile, the voice responded with, "Why would we let you go? You have many crimes to answer for, and many questions to answer. You should rest now, so that you have enough energy to give us the truth when we begin our interrogation".

"I gave you the truth," said the outraged man. "I figured if I told you, then you'd let me go"

Meanwhile, Glodin faxed the boat's logs and gps system data, as well testimony of the crewmen to the ASoGM office of foreign affairs

"I gave you the truth," said the outraged man. "I figured if I told you, then you'd let me go"

Meanwhile, Glodin faxed the boat's logs and gps system data, as well testimony of the crewmen to the ASoGM office of foreign affairs

The prisoner received no response from the voice over the speaker. He would have to wait until the people in charge felt like interrogating him.


TO: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: boat logs and terrorist

It does appear that the ship came from the ASoGM, according to the evidence you sent us. We are currently investigating the auction, and whether it actually occurred here, or whether an ASoGM dock was just a transit point for the nuclear material. Our investigation would proceed more quickly if we can have an expert examine the warheads, and if we can have an interview with the terrorist you captured.

To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
From: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations

If you wish, we can send Dr Johanisburgio, to help with your investigation. However, in order for us to send the terrorist back, you must fill out an official request that must go through the Aaronian high council for approval. (ooc: just say extradition request sent)

To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
From: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations

If you wish, we can send Dr Johanisburgio, to help with your investigation. However, in order for us to send the terrorist back, you must fill out an official request that must go through the Aaronian high council for approval. (ooc: just say extradition request sent)

TO: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: investigation and terrorist

We currently don't need any help with the investigation, although we appreciate the offer. If that changes, we will of course let you know. We are willing to send over copies of all the evidence we have collected though, if it will help you in your pursuit of the terrorist organization in your nation. As to the terrorist you have in custody, we are faxing over an official extradition request. Once we interview him, we will send him back to you, or if you wish we can prosecute him here.

Meanwhile, back at the prison, a doctor came into the room the prisoner was in. He checked the chart, looked over the machines hooked up to the prisoner, then left. As he was exiting, he turned the lights off.

The prisoner laughed slightly to himself, lie detector or torture machine, I'm trained in defying both. He did some quick meditation and tried to envision himself as being the person he had already described as being.

Captain Platao then arrived at an Aaronian airport under his assumed name but the facial recognition software found him out and he was taken away.

Emperor Aaron walked into the Council chamber. He looked at the 40 councilmen and said, "What I'm about to say is level gamma 8.2 top secret.We now have to vote on whether we are going to be extraditing a terrorist to the ASoGM. Now, I am going to vote for extradition. However, I do NOT want to win this vote. We will now vote and extradition will be defeated by one vote."

Telegram
To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
From: Clerk of the Aaronian High Council

In regards to your extradition request. The request has been denied by a vote of 22 to 20. Our Emperor's 2 votes both went for extradition however, 22 of the 40 councilmen voted against. I am sorry that we cannot by law extradite prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T. However, we have recently captured a Francis Eugene (AKA Captain) Platao of the RBAA. He has admitted to taking part in a nuclear arms auction within your territory. You may put in an extradition request for this prisoner

The prisoner laughed slightly to himself, lie detector or torture machine, I'm trained in defying both. He did some quick meditation and tried to envision himself as being the person he had already described as being.

Captain Platao then arrived at an Aaronian airport under his assumed name but the facial recognition software found him out and he was taken away.

Emperor Aaron walked into the Council chamber. He looked at the 40 councilmen and said, "What I'm about to say is level gamma 8.2 top secret.We now have to vote on whether we are going to be extraditing a terrorist to the ASoGM. Now, I am going to vote for extradition. However, I do NOT want to win this vote. We will now vote and extradition will be defeated by one vote."

Telegram
To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
From: Clerk of the Aaronian High Council

In regards to your extradition request. The request has been denied by a vote of 22 to 20. Our Emperor's 2 votes both went for extradition however, 22 of the 40 councilmen voted against. I am sorry that we cannot by law extradite prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T. However, we have recently captured a Francis Eugene (AKA Captain) Platao of the RBAA. He has admitted to taking part in a nuclear arms auction within your territory. You may put in an extradition request for this prisoner

TO: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: Francis Eugene Platao

We are currently faxing over an official extradition request for Francis Eugene Platao. Did you want him back after we question him, or do you wish us to prosecute him under ASoGM law? As to the other prisoner, would it be possible to arrange for one of our investigators to fly to your nation, to interview prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T?

Meanwhile, at the prison, an interrogator came into the room and turned the light on. He arrived with a doctor, which injected a stimulant into the IV, to prevent the prisoner from being able to sleep. They checked to make sure his restraints were tight, then left, shutting the lights off and closing the door behind them. As soon as the door closed, white noise was broadcast into the room through the speaker. The guards were on orders to make sure the prisoner couldn't sleep, but not enter the room unless they had to wake him up.

The meditation was kicking in, he was not asleep as his eyes were open but he had put himself into a state of relaxation. He had now become who he said he was in all circumstances in his mind.

TO: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
FROM: Clerk of the Aaronian High Council

Francis Eugene Platao will be extradited to your nation for a period of 4 days. The vote ended with a 21-21 tie, which automatically gives Emperor Aaron the final say and he decided to help international relations. The change in votes came after the Councilman of the Redundant Department of Redundancy Department was fired upon by a firing squad for incompetence and murder. We will want prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T back at the end of the 4th day. We will also allow you to send an investigator into Aaronia under the circumstances that we may send one of our own to ASoGM.

The meditation was kicking in, he was not asleep as his eyes were open but he had put himself into a state of relaxation. He had now become who he said he was in all circumstances in his mind.

TO: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
FROM: Clerk of the Aaronian High Council

Francis Eugene Platao will be extradited to your nation for a period of 4 days. The vote ended with a 21-21 tie, which automatically gives Emperor Aaron the final say and he decided to help international relations. The change in votes came after the Councilman of the Redundant Department of Redundancy Department was fired upon by a firing squad for incompetence and murder. We will want prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T back at the end of the 4th day. We will also allow you to send an investigator into Aaronia under the circumstances that we may send one of our own to ASoGM.

OOC: Prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T is East, correct?

TO: Councilman Glodin, Chief of Aaronian Naval Crime Scene Investigations
FROM: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASoGM
RE: Extradition and Investigators

We will allow one of your investigators into the ASoGM for 4 days, as that is the estimated amount of time it will take for our investigator to interview prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T and return. When our investigator returns, your investigator can escort Platao back to your nation. Be advised, that the ASoGM normally does not allow foreign troops or investigators into the ASoGM, but we are doing so now for the greater international good and the spirit of cooperation.


At the prison, one of the guards noticed the prisoner was in a trance-like state. He entered the room, and hit the prisoner for several seconds with his handheld stun gun. The second guard alerted the interrogator to the incident, and was told to keep a better eye on the prisoner. Then, the interrogator had the volume of the white noise increased, decreased the temperature of the room, and ordered the guards to occasionally douse the prisoner with water. The plan was to make the prisoner as uncomfortable as possible for as long as possible before the interrogation.

The man was broken out of his trance, but the meditation had worked. He was now Mike Jones. He called out "What more do you want from me."

Detective McBane got onto a plane with Platao and headed toward the ASoGM. They landed a few hours later.

The man was broken out of his trance, but the meditation had worked. He was now Mike Jones. He called out "What more do you want from me."

Detective McBane got onto a plane with Platao and headed toward the ASoGM. They landed a few hours later.

Michael Stevens was similarly on a plane, but his destination was The Aaronian Empire. Stevens was a federal agent, tasked with getting information from prisoner #24459F0DD934M4DF459T about the auction. He landed at the airport and headed outside. Once outside, he pulled out his encrypted satellite phone, and called the office. Once letting a fellow agent know he had arrived safely, he looked around for a ride to the ANCSI building.

At the Stoeger airport, 2 men in suits waited at the gate for the Aaronian investigator. They had a waiting Chevy Tahoe in the parking lot, and would take them to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, before taking him to the amusement park crime scene.

The guard didn't respond when the prisoner spoke to him. The guard was only there to make sure the prisoner didn't escape or fall asleep. The interrogator didn't respond over the speaker either. An hour later, two more guards came, and relieved the first two guards. They had the same orders, and would carry them out as instructed.

The rest of the captured military group began to wake up and as they did, they immediately began their meditation. It took less than a minute to get into character the rest was to stop them from going insane

Two soldiers were waiting at the Aaronian Airport. They directed the investigator to the nearby Hummer Limousine where they would proceed to take him to the ANCSI building in order to speak to Glodin before proceeding with the interrogation.

McBane and Platao enjoyed the ride in the Tahoe. Well... McBane did. Platao was under heavy sedation so that he wouldn't cause any problems on the plane

The rest of the captured military group began to wake up and as they did, they immediately began their meditation. It took less than a minute to get into character the rest was to stop them from going insane

Two soldiers were waiting at the Aaronian Airport. They directed the investigator to the nearby Hummer Limousine where they would proceed to take him to the ANCSI building in order to speak to Glodin before proceeding with the interrogation.

McBane and Platao enjoyed the ride in the Tahoe. Well... McBane did. Platao was under heavy sedation so that he wouldn't cause any problems on the plane

Interrogators at each prison ordered guards to give the prisoners the same treatment as the first prisoner was receiving. 'A few days of no sleep and no food in their bellies should be sufficient to wear them down, so interrogation could begin', thought the head agent of the Allied States Intelligence Agency. The captivity and interrogations were all off the books, as the prisoners had officially been declared dead before being moved from the medical center.


Agent Stevens went with the soldiers to the ANCSI building. He kept his briefcase with him, which had a laptop with webcam, his encrypted satellite phone, and digital voice recorder, as well as legal pads and pens. His luggage containing changes of clothes was stored in the back of the limo.


One of the suited men turned to McBane and said, "We just have to stop off real quick to drop off your "baggage", then we'll be on our way to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". After a short ride, they arrived at the Stoeger Jail, where officers were waiting to take Platao into custody.

McBane handed Platao over and then said, "Were there any surviving members of the terrorist group that attacked and are there any leads as to why they attacked. I would also like to see the bodies and coroner's reports" McBane had already been briefed on the identity of the group. His mission now was to find proof that the ASoGM had lied

McBane handed Platao over and then said, "Were there any surviving members of the terrorist group that attacked and are there any leads as to why they attacked. I would also like to see the bodies and coroner's reports" McBane had already been briefed on the identity of the group. His mission now was to find proof that the ASoGM had lied

"The anti-government militants? I was told they all died. Most died on scene, although the ones that didn't, died during surgery. AH-64 Apaches tend not to be gentle, so it was expected. The autopsies are being performed now, but due to the fact that there's so many bodies, it will take quite a while for the reports. Let me make some calls, so we can set up an appointment with the medical examiners. It'll take a day or two, so we should go to the crime scene now, to maximize your time".

"Sounds good, by the way do you have a place for ballistics tests" asked McBane as they headed toward the fairgrounds

"Sounds good, by the way do you have a place for ballistics tests" asked McBane as they headed toward the fairgrounds

"Of course we do. The Stoeger lab is very good, and the state lab is better". They soon arrived at the amusement park, where they checked in with the scene commander. As they were going in, large wooden crates were being hauled out of the park in military trucks. There was still a small National Guard presence at the scene, as they were still in the process of handing the scene over to federal agents. Once the federal agents were fully in charge of the scene, the local and state police would also be leaving.


Agent Stevens waited patiently in the waiting room of Councilman Glodin's office.


OOC: All the assailants weapons had been policed up, and were inside the crates that were in the back of the trucks.

"That's good, because I'll want to look at those guns and compare them to the Aaroinan database," said McBane as he looked around for something that the ASoGM investigators might have missed.

Glodin walked into his office and said, "Sorry I'm late, traffic is horrible this time of day. Now how may I be of help?"

"That's good, because I'll want to look at those guns and compare them to the Aaroinan database," said McBane as he looked around for something that the ASoGM investigators might have missed.

Glodin walked into his office and said, "Sorry I'm late, traffic is horrible this time of day. Now how may I be of help?"

OOC: They've had hours to sweep for weapons, and a lot of manpower to do it. They didn't miss any weapons. Shell casings, they didn't pick up though.

"We'll arrange it. While we still have them here, we should concentrate on witness statements. Besides the officers and National Guard that were here, apparently there was an engineer examining the park, was attacked, and the assailants attempted to kidnap him. Luckily, he was able to escape. If you follow me, he's over here". The agent led him over to the Escalade driver, who had half tattered park plans and a hard hat in his hands.


Agent Stevens rose and said, "My government would like me to interview the prisoner that you captured, the one that had the nukes and plans. His number is 24459F0DD934M4DF459T, if I remember correctly. An interview is vital to our investigation into the auction, as it has been claimed that the auction is or was taking place in our nation".


The trucks containing the assailants weapons arrived at Fort Steyr. The weapons were quickly switched out for the appropriate caliber weapons, suitable abused to make it look like the weapons recovered from the crime scene. Then the assailants true weapons were placed under lock and key, with only the base commander having the key. The crates were re-sealed, so that they looked like they did when they left the amusement park.


The prisoners were kept in miserable conditions for 24 hours. Then, one of the interrogators entered the room of man who identified himself as Mike Jones. The interrogator looked at the doctor, nodded, and watched as the doctor administered a synthetic anticholinergic drub into the IV (OOC: anticholinergics are deliriants). The interrogator then ordered the lights to be turned up to the brightest setting. He turned to "Mike Jones" and said, "When you start screaming, I'll come back".

ooc: i thought the escalade driver was killed

McBane, before speaking to the driver, leaned over and picked up a shell casing and pulled out a magnifying glass. He looked at the rim and found what he was looking for. All government contracts with Wolftech (arms manufacturer in The Aaronian Empire) required them to put a serial number on all shells, guns and bullets. number 29342HSMS. He input this number into his blackberry and did a database search for the number. Yep, it was a match to the "stolen" weaponry. This evidence will help. He proceeded to tell his escort of this evidence.

Glodin said, "He was moved to interrogation room delta this morning. I'll bring you there now. Glodin stood and took Stevens to the outside 2-way mirror. East (Jansonily) was inside. "I'll be monitoring from out here so as to verify anything said. You may refer to him by his number or as Jansonily, whatever you want."

Within minutes, Jones was screaming. He could barely remember who he was but he was still pretty sure he was a terrorist. He screamed again.

ooc: i thought the escalade driver was killed

McBane, before speaking to the driver, leaned over and picked up a shell casing and pulled out a magnifying glass. He looked at the rim and found what he was looking for. All government contracts with Wolftech (arms manufacturer in The Aaronian Empire) required them to put a serial number on all shells, guns and bullets. number 29342HSMS. He input this number into his blackberry and did a database search for the number. Yep, it was a match to the "stolen" weaponry. This evidence will help. He proceeded to tell his escort of this evidence.

Glodin said, "He was moved to interrogation room delta this morning. I'll bring you there now. Glodin stood and took Stevens to the outside 2-way mirror. Platao was inside. "I'll be monitoring from out here so as to verify anything said. You may refer to him by his number or as Platao or as Captain Platao, whatever you want."

Within minutes, Jones was screaming. He could barely remember who he was but he was still pretty sure he was a terrorist. He screamed again.

OOC: Check here, his death was faked. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14111646&postcount=88 Also, are you telling the agents with you that you found a shotgun shell, or that you know the "terrorist" group was at the park due to the shell being of Aaronian manufacture? My next question is, if Platao is already in the ASoGM (he arrived with McBane), then shouldn't I be meeting with East?

ooc: sorry, I meant to say East, I'll edit that. The shotgun shell was part of the weapons shipment "stolen" by the terrorists. That links the shell to the Franklininian Alliance, AKA the fake terrorist organization. That was one of the reasons Emperor Aaron said that the terrorists might be in ASoGM

ooc: sorry, I meant to say East, I'll edit that. The shotgun shell was part of the weapons shipment "stolen" by the terrorists. That links the shell to the Franklininian Alliance, AKA the fake terrorist organization. That was one of the reasons Emperor Aaron said that the terrorists might be in ASoGM

OOC: But did you tell my agents that you found a shell, or that by finding that serialized shell, you know the "terrorists" were at the park?

IC: Agent Stevens went into the interrogation room, and closed the door behind him. He took his digital voice recorder out of his briefcase, set it on the table, and turned it on. He then took out his laptop, opened the top, and turned it on. Once it was booted up, he turned the webcam to "Jansonily", and captured a picture. He quickly sent it through the cellular modem to the ASBI (OOC: Allied States Bureau of Investigation), so they would have a face to go with the interview. Once the picture was sent, Agent Stevens looked at "Jansonily" and asked, "Where did you come into possession of the nuclear materials, and who gave them to you? What can you tell me about the auctioneers, their procedures, and the materials you were caught with?".


The interrogator at the prison let "Mike Jones" scream a while longer. While he was screaming, the audio recorders were going, hoping to catch a fragment of the truth.

ooc: he told him all of it

ooc: he told him all of it

OOC: Could you be more specific?

ooc: he told him about the serial #, the stolen shipment and the link to the Franklinian Alliance

ooc: he told him about the serial #, the stolen shipment and the link to the Franklinian Alliance

One of the agents made a phone call to his superior to give him the information, while the other one pulled an evidence bag out of his pocket, opened it, and asked McBane to place the shell in it. Once the shell was in the evidence bag, the second agent sealed the bag, signed it, and held onto it until it could be given to an evidence tech.


Agent Stevens waited for "Jansonily" to speak. Hopefully, the questions asked would be answered quickly, so Agent Stevens could get back to his investigation in the ASoGM.

McBane picked up a few more shell casings and then asked the escalade driver, "So... what happened here?"

Jansonily looked at him and said, "I'll tell you everything that won't lead you to the FA. As I have said previously, I got the weapons in the ASoGM from an organization known as Iron Fist. We were to bring bearer bonds to the Abandoned Amusement park where we met an Escalade driver. We were taken to a van and we switched out our cases full of bearer bonds for a different case. They took us to 223 Remmington Way, a giant office building. They put us on different floors and we bid through a video monitor. I won the auction and they gave me the plans and the warheads (/missiles) and I was on my way to Aaronia. Does that answer your questions?"

McBane picked up a few more shell casings and then asked the escalade driver, "So... what happened here?"

Jansonily looked at him and said, "I'll tell you everything that won't lead you to the FA. As I have said previously, I got the weapons in the ASoGM from an organization known as Iron Fist. We were to bring bearer bonds to the Abandoned Amusement park where we met an Escalade driver. We were taken to a van and we switched out our cases full of bearer bonds for a different case. They took us to 223 Remmington Way, a giant office building. They put us on different floors and we bid through a video monitor. I won the auction and they gave me the plans and the warheads (/missiles) and I was on my way to Aaronia. Does that answer your questions?"

One of the agents shadowing McBane got out more evidence bags, to put the shell casings into. Meanwhile, the Escalade driver said, "I was sent here to show some potential investors that the amusement park is still a viable investment, with some maintenance and repairs. A group of men showed up, all dressed the same and carrying cases ranging from briefcase to suitcase size. I figured they were the investors I was supposed to meet, and got my hard hat and blueprints out of my vehicle. That's when I started hearing explosions over there", while indicating the direction of the side entrance. After the driver finished talking, the agent with the evidence bags said, "Detective McBane, I've got some evidence bags for those shell casings. Next time though, I should take evidence photographs before you pick them up".


Agent Stevens asked, "Some of them, but I have more. You took possession of the nuclear materials on ASoGM soil? Can you tell me any more of your contact with Iron Fist? Why did you have to switch out your cases? What was the amount of money you paid for the weapons? Can you tell me about the bonds? Can you tell me of the other bidders?". While he was asking the new questions, he was taking notes on the legal pad. The notes were redundant, but he liked to have a backup of the interview.


At the prison, the interrogator waited until it looked like "Mike Jones" was under the full effect of the synthetic hallucinogenic drug. Then, he and the doctor entered the room. Administered into the IV was sodium thiopental, which would take effect before Jones would start coming down from the hallucinogenic. Once under the effect of the sodium thiopental, the interrogator asked Jones, "What is your real name, soldier, and what was your mission?".

Mike Jones had, by now completely forgotten his original identity. The drugs had had an opposite effect and had, through the hallucenogen, reinforced his fake identity in his own mind. He was no longer Sam Tensley of the Aaronian Armed Forces, he was Mike Jones of the Franklinian Alliance. "I told you that I am Mike Jones of the Franklinian Alliance, I am here to stop the RBAA from getting nuclear weapons"

"Thanks said McBane as he put the shell casings in the bags. He then took the bags and said, "I'll need my own for the Aaronian Investigation, hope you don't mind." He then turned to the driver and said, "I'll need your name and the name of the company you work for. I want to varify this with them"

East looked again at the man and said, "That all seems extremely trivial but here it goes, I paid 27 million credits for them and the bonds were just normal untraceable bonds. I think that's why those guys on Die Hard tried to steal so many of 'em. I think we switched cases, just in case there were any surprise hidden. I had a gun in mine in the off chance that they would double cross me... I gave a description of the people I met to a sketch artist so you can ask them for that picture. I contacted Iron Fist in the way mentioned on the online videos. I called...no one answered...they called back. Oh and the weapons were handed over on ASoGM soil. Is that all the info you needed?" (ooc: Does the investigator know what actually went down and is the ASoGM trying to cover up for Iron Fist)

Mike Jones had, by now completely forgotten his original identity. The drugs had had an opposite effect and had, through the hallucenogen, reinforced his fake identity in his own mind. He was no longer Sam Tensley of the Aaronian Armed Forces, he was Mike Jones of the Franklinian Alliance. "I told you that I am Mike Jones of the Franklinian Alliance, I am here to stop the RBAA from getting nuclear weapons"

"Thanks said McBane as he put the shell casings in the bags. He then took the bags and said, "I'll need my own for the Aaronian Investigation, hope you don't mind." He then turned to the driver and said, "I'll need your name and the name of the company you work for. I want to varify this with them"

East looked again at the man and said, "That all seems extremely trivial but here it goes, I paid 27 million credits for them and the bonds were just normal untraceable bonds. I think that's why those guys on Die Hard tried to steal so many of 'em. I think we switched cases, just in case there were any surprise hidden. I had a gun in mine in the off chance that they would double cross me... I gave a description of the people I met to a sketch artist so you can ask them for that picture. I contacted Iron Fist in the way mentioned on the online videos. I called...no one answered...they called back. Oh and the weapons were handed over on ASoGM soil. Is that all the info you needed?" (ooc: Does the investigator know what actually went down and is the ASoGM trying to cover up for Iron Fist)

"A lie, I'm sure. You must know you're facing execution for your crimes. You've illegally smuggled weapons and explosives into our country, murdered police officers, and committed acts of terrorism. If you tell us the truth, you might live".


The agent that had handed the evidence bags to McBane said, "I'm sorry, but those shell casings will have to remain with an evidence tech, it's procedure. You'll have complete access to them once they're processed, though", as he extended his hand for the evidence bags containing the shell casings. As the agent finished talking, the driver said, "My name is Louis Herion, and I work for Iron Industrial Engineers, Inc. The owners of the amusement park, 4 Corners Entertainment contracted with Iron Industrial Engineers to provide technical expertise for park, as there were concerns that the park wouldn't be a viable investment due to structural problems".


Agent Stevens said, "We're hoping to trace the money by the amount of bearer bonds, which is why I asked. What was your intention with regards to the nukes? And you didn't answer my question about the other bidders".

OOC: Agent Stevens isn't a member of Iron Fist. He's completely on the level. As are the agents shadowing Detective McBane. There is somewhat of a coverup, in regards to the prisoners, but these agents aren't part of that agency.

ooc: so will the shells be changed out?

McBane took out his camera and snapped a few photos of the shell casings, including the serial numbers and then handed them to the investigator. "Sorry about that, we have different procedures in the Aaronian Empire." He turned to Herion, "Well Louis, unless you have any more info, like the types of guns they were firing, I'll head over to Iron Industrial engineers to check this out"

Jones (as that is who he thought he was) said, "I am telling the truth, what do I have to do to prove it to you" The drugs were having similar effects on the other soldiers as well.

"There were 3 other bidders mentioned. 1 was mentioned but apparently never arrived, another was shot for something treacherous, and the other also bid using Aaronian credits, I think he was from the RBAA but I can't be sure. We were gonna use the nukes to threaten the AE and have them put Frank Franklinian's grandson on the throne. In other words, a complete overthrow of the Aaronian government. It would have been glorious. The capitalist pigs wouldn't have known what hit them"

ooc: so will the shells be changed out?

McBane took out his camera and snapped a few photos of the shell casings, including the serial numbers and then handed them to the investigator. "Sorry about that, we have different procedures in the Aaronian Empire." He turned to Herion, "Well Louis, unless you have any more info, like the types of guns they were firing, I'll head over to Iron Industrial engineers to check this out"

Jones (as that is who he thought he was) said, "I am telling the truth, what do I have to do to prove it to you" The drugs were having similar effects on the other soldiers as well.

"There were 3 other bidders mentioned. 1 was mentioned but apparently never arrived, another was shot for something treacherous, and the other also bid using Aaronian credits, I think he was from the RBAA but I can't be sure. We were gonna use the nukes to threaten the AE and have them put Frank Franklinian's grandson on the throne. In other words, a complete overthrow of the Aaronian government. It would have been glorious. The capitalist pigs wouldn't have known what hit them"

OOC: Not by the agency already there. BTW, Louis Herion's story is legit, except for the fact that the auction was supposed to be run here too, unbeknownst to Iron Industrial Engineers or 4 Corners Entertainment.

IC: "No, I don't. I never saw the shooters. I just got out of there quick, when my vehicle got hit with some sort of explosive. It wasn't a lot of damage, so it was still drivable" Louis Herion said.


"If you're not going to tell me the truth, then I guess it's no sense delaying your tribunal. That will begin tommorrow. The penalty for a guilty verdict will be death". The interrogator turned to the doctor and said, "Let's go. He's useless as is, so we'll have to go to plan B". With that, the interrogator and doctor left, closing the door behind them. The guards were instructed to not disturb the prisoner, and let him sleep if he so chose. The interrogator went back to his office, and called the other prisons. After hearing the similar results, the other interrogators agreed to hold their tribunals.


Agent Stevens said, "Well, I think that's all for now. I'll want to talk to you again tomorrow". He packed up his things, knocked on the door to the interrogation room, and waited for the door to be opened. Once outside, he said to Councilman Glodin, "I'll need copies of the sketches of the auctioneers, and I'll need time to relay all of this information to my superiors. One problem is, 223 Remington Way is an old building, scheduled to be imploded in a couple of days. I'll get them to declare that building a crime scene, so it can be thoroughly searched. And I'll need to talk to the prisoner again tomorrow".

"That sounds fine" said Glodin, "If you'd like to see the weapons and plans we confiscated, I can arrange for that, or I can show you to the Grand Splendor hotel, where you will be staying in the ambassador's suite"

ooc: i guess I'll skip the interviews with the companies

After interviewing the two companies, McBane was getting tired. "Tomorrow, I'll want to visit 223 Remington Way. However, until then, are there any good hotels nearby so that I can retire for the night.

"Jones" was confused, he had told them the truth. Why didn't they believe him? He screamed out to the guards. "Why are you doing this? I've told you everything I know. What more do you want?"

"That sounds fine" said Glodin, "If you'd like to see the weapons and plans we confiscated, I can arrange for that, or I can show you to the Grand Splendor hotel, where you will be staying in the ambassador's suite"

ooc: i guess I'll skip the interviews with the companies

After interviewing the two companies, McBane was getting tired. "Tomorrow, I'll want to visit 223 Remington Way. However, until then, are there any good hotels nearby so that I can retire for the night.

"Jones" was confused, he had told them the truth. Why didn't they believe him? He screamed out to the guards. "Why are you doing this? I've told you everything I know. What more do you want?"

"I'm not a nuclear engineer, so I'll need to send photos back so the proper people can examine them. I think that can wait until tomorrow morning, if it's alright with you. I'm pretty tired right now, so a hot shower and some rest are exactly what I need".


One of the agents said, "That's not a problem, Detective. I believe a reservation has been made for you, at the Double Barrel Resort. It's the best hotel in Stoeger, and we can take you there straight away".


The guards said nothing, as they were ordered not to disturb him. Some time later, two new guards came to replace the current ones. Once the orders were passed on, the two new guards took their post, while the two other guards left.


223 Remington Way had been scheduled for demolition in 2 days, and was already prepped for implosion. The problem was, Iron Fist couldn't take the chance that something had been left behind during the auction. The building was secured by Feds, but it wouldn't be for long. Under the cover of darkness, a well trained Iron Fist strike team shooting suppressed weapons quickly and easily killed the few federal agents near the explosives controls. Once that was done, a new detonator was wired in, and the strike team evacuated from the building. When they were safely away, they triggered the detonator. 223 Remington Way neatly pancaked down into it's own footprint, burying any evidence and the bodies of the federal agents the strike team killed.

OOC: I'm out for the night, because I have to be up at 6am for work.

Jones fell asleep wholly convinced that he was who he said he was.

McBane woke the next morning, and went to the lobby so that he could contact the inspectors that shadowed him. He didn't mind as the same procedure was followed in the Aaronian Empire. Today he was going to visit 223 Remington Way to check out the location of the auction. Little did he know that it had been demolished while he slept.

Jones fell asleep wholly convinced that he was who he said he was.

McBane woke the next morning, and went to the lobby so that he could contact the inspectors that shadowed him. He didn't mind as the same procedure was followed in the Aaronian Empire. Today he was going to visit 223 Remington Way to check out the location of the auction. Little did he know that it had been demolished while he slept.

A doctor came in after Jones fell asleep. He injected a sedative into the IV, so that Jones wouldn't wake up for a few hours, because he was going to be moved. In fact, all the prisoners were going to be moved to the same complex, where they would remain until the end of their tribunal. Once all the prisoners were sedated, they were prepped for transport. Hours later, all the prisoners were in the same Supermax facility. Fully restrained, they were moved into rooms identical to the ones they had been in. Guards were posted, and military lawyers were called. The tribunal members were a Navy Admiral, an Air Force General, and an Army General. A mountain of evidence, including fingerprints lifted from the recovered weapons, fake passports, eyewitness testimony, and other evidence began arriving.


The two agents that were shadowing McBane were waiting in the lobby for him, and they had very serious expressions on their faces. They waved for McBane to come over to them, and when he arrived, they told him of the destruction of 223 Remington Way. One of the agents said, "The demo work was already there, and the charges were already placed. It could have been an electrical malfunction, or it could have been sabotage. It'll take months to dig down to where the explosives controllers were though". The other agent said, "In addition, 10 federal agents were in the building when it imploded. As if our forensic backlog wasn't big enough".


Agent Stevens arrived at the hotel room, and quickly typed up his initial report, and bundled it along with copies of the recordings, police sketches, and notes into a diplomatic pouch. Once the information was sealed into the pouch, he had it sent to the airport, where the jet he arrived on would take it to the ASoGM, then return. After that, he passed out, waking only once during the night. He ate something, flipped through the TV channels a few times, then went back to sleep. In the morning, he woke up, showered, and ate. Then, he proceeded to the lobby, calling Councilman Glodin on his satellite phone.

"IT JUST BLEW UP?" said an outraged and confused McBane. "Dang...oh well...nothing we can do now. I would like to see the remains of the building. It is possible the ones who held the auction were responsible and they may have left evidence that they returned... Do any of the nearby buildings have security cameras?"

Glodin answered the phone with a "Good morning Stevens, I assume you're ready to see the confiscated weapons and blueprints. A car will be ready when you get downstairs. We will have your breakfast in the car as the weapons are being held in the coastal city of Capitalistia. It will be a long and hopefully uneventful drive." (ooc: they don't have an airport in Capitalistia as it is a new city still being constructed. It is a planned city and the only one built on the Aaronian mainland after Aaron took the title of Emperor. If you want some terrorists to attack the car or the facility, I would be okay with them getting past port security. Just an idea.)

"IT JUST BLEW UP?" said an outraged and confused McBane. "Dang...oh well...nothing we can do now. I would like to see the remains of the building. It is possible the ones who held the auction were responsible and they may have left evidence that they returned... Do any of the nearby buildings have security cameras?"

Glodin answered the phone with a "Good morning Stevens, I assume you're ready to see the confiscated weapons and blueprints. A car will be ready when you get downstairs. We will have your breakfast in the car as the weapons are being held in the coastal city of Capitalistia. It will be a long and hopefully uneventful drive." (ooc: they don't have an airport in Capitalistia as it is a new city still being constructed. It is a planned city and the only one built on the Aaronian mainland after Aaron took the title of Emperor. If you want some terrorists to attack the car or the facility, I would be okay with them getting past port security. Just an idea.)

One agent said, "We checked, but none of the surrounding buildings have external cameras. Also, there were no eyewitnesses, because all the area streetlights were previously removed due to the scheduled demolition in a few days. If it was Iron Fist, they knew exactly when to strike". The other agent finished with, "They'll be sifting through the rubble for weeks, if not months. There's really nothing to find there right now".


Agent Stevens was already in the lobby, and had already eaten, so he didn't have much of the food in the car. He did take the opportunity to make a call on his satellite phone, letting his superiors know that he was on the way to Capitalistia to inspect the captured nuclear materials. That way, by the time he arrived, there would be experts back in the ASoGM waiting to view the pictures Stevens was going to take of the warheads and blueprints.


Military defense lawyers started to arrive at the Supermax facility where the prisoners were being kept. They didn't go directly to their clients, but instead started to pour over the mountain of evidence. The case was going to be impossible to win, as there were too many eyewitnesses and too much physical evidence placing the prisoners at the scene. The defense lawyers did their jobs though, and after hours processing the evidence, were ready to see their clients. Each lawyer stepped into the holding room, waiting for their clients to regain consciousness.

OOC: They'd be your terrorists, so it's up to you. I don't have a problem with it, though.

Jomes, as usual was the first to wake up when he saw the lawyer. "Who are you?" he yelled

McBane was dejected but then he said, "I'd like to see some of the dead. Their faces may be logged in our 'known terrorist database'."

The hummer limo arrived and was shadowed by 4 armored police vehicles. It took several hours to get to Capitalistia with 3 stops for gas. They pulled into town and headed for the military base. Once inside they unloaded and Glodin was there to meet Stevens.

ooc: i decided against the terrorist thing

Jomes, as usual was the first to wake up when he saw the lawyer. "Who are you?" he yelled

McBane was dejected but then he said, "I'd like to see some of the dead. Their faces may be logged in our 'known terrorist database'."

The hummer limo arrived and was shadowed by 4 armored police vehicles. It took several hours to get to Capitalistia with 3 stops for gas. They pulled into town and headed for the military base. Once inside they unloaded and Glodin was there to meet Stevens.

ooc: i decided against the terrorist thing

The lawyer said, "I have been chosen to represent you during the military tribunal. So, let's jump right in, and tell me your side of the story".


One of the agents said, "Let me check, to make sure we have some bodies ready for viewing. Last I'd heard, they were still performing the autopsies". Meanwhile, the other agent said, "Detective McBane, while we wait, did you want to get something to eat?".


Agent Stevens walked up to Glodin, and shook his hand. He said, "Thank you for your hospitality so far. I was wondering, were you able to pull any prints off the nuclear materials, either by dusting or fuming? It could be helpful in finding out who ran the auction.

OOC: There might be a couple of partial prints on the warheads or plans, but no full fingerprints.

ooc: what happened to Platao after McBane brought him to ASoGM

"We found plenty from Jansonily, but the rest were partials that matched nothing in our system." said Glodin. Now if you'll follow me you can see the weapons.

McBane realized he hadn't eaten since the day before and so therefore was pretty hungry. "Yeah I am, anything good nearby" (ooc: are you stalling him from seeing the bodies)

Jones replied, "I am part of a terrorist organization that broke off from the FA, we were attempting to stop an auction from being held that could have given weapons of mass destruction to a rival organization known as the RBAA. We hijacked a truckload of weapons in Aaronia and used those in our attack. We came in, we were defeated by some choppers and the local law enforcement. We were brought to a hospital where they repaired our wounds and removed the c-4 from our legs and abdomens. I was brought here, drugged, and then told that I would die unless I told them what I knew. I told them, they didn't believe me and then they told me I was going to be executed. Aren't there some sort of extradite to country of origin laws in place?" Jones took a breath after his long diatribe and stared pleadingly at the lawyer.

Message from Mewsland: Do you know who could get these nukes? Mewsland is going through a civil war now and the enemy has procured nukes! To sell nukes without a background check is suicide.

ooc: to which nation are you sending this message

Message from Mewsland: Do you know who could get these nukes? Mewsland is going through a civil war now and the enemy has procured nukes! To sell nukes without a background check is suicide.

OOC: These nukes weren't sold by my nation. They were sold by a criminal organization called Iron Fist. Of course, nobody knows that except the people that attended the auction, and is suspected by both The Aaronian Empire and the ASoGM. So sending an unaddressed message like that will get you a lot of blank stares.

ooc: what happened to Platao after McBane brought him to ASoGM

"We found plenty from Jansonily, but the rest were partials that matched nothing in our system." said Glodin. Now if you'll follow me you can see the weapons.

McBane realized he hadn't eaten since the day before and so therefore was pretty hungry. "Yeah I am, anything good nearby" (ooc: are you stalling him from seeing the bodies)

Jones replied, "I am part of a terrorist organization that broke off from the FA, we were attempting to stop an auction from being held that could have given weapons of mass destruction to a rival organization known as the RBAA. We hijacked a truckload of weapons in Aaronia and used those in our attack. We came in, we were defeated by some choppers and the local law enforcement. We were brought to a hospital where they repaired our wounds and removed the c-4 from our legs and abdomens. I was brought here, drugged, and then told that I would die unless I told them what I knew. I told them, they didn't believe me and then they told me I was going to be executed. Aren't there some sort of extradite to country of origin laws in place?" Jones took a breath after his long diatribe and stared pleadingly at the lawyer.

OOC: Doh! Forgot about him.

IC: Platao was brought to an interrogation room, where he was handcuffed to the desk. Shortly after he was placed in there, a federal agent named Joshua Chesterfield came in and introduced himself. He then asked Platao for his account of things, including descriptions of the auctioneers, the vehicles they were driving, and where the auction took place.


Agent Stevens asked, "Lead the way, Councilman Glodin. Is it possible for me to get copies of the fingerprints, so I can have them run against the ASoGM federal fingerprint database?". Once they arrived at where the nuclear warheads were being stored, Agent Stevens began by taking some pictures, including any stenciled lettering on the outside. He would transmit the pictures to the experts afterwards.


The agent said, "Well, there's a continental breakfast here in the hotel that I hear is excellent. My parents stayed here last year, and they couldn't stop talking about how much they enjoyed it". The other agent came back from his phone call and said, "A few of the bodies are ready to be viewed, whenever we're ready". OOC: No delay. The bodies were already switched out.


The military lawyer said, "So, are you pleading guilty to the charges? The tribunal is unlikely to be lenient in their sentence, unless you can provide some intel that would make a difference. Right now, you're facing multiple counts of capital felony murder, attempted kidnapping, illegal weapons and explosives trafficking, illegal entry into the ASoGM, trespassing, and destruction of private property. You're looking at execution unless you can give the ASoGM information of sufficient value. Extradition isn't being considered in this case, as the crimes are considered too heinous".

OOC: These nukes weren't sold by my nation. They were sold by a criminal organization called Iron Fist. Of course, nobody knows that except the people that attended the auction, and is suspected by both The Aaronian Empire and the ASoGM. So sending an unaddressed message like that will get you a lot of blank stares.

OOC: I was talking to whomever was selling the nukes

OOC: I was talking to whomever was selling the nukes

OOC: Well, that would be Iron Fist, but since you wouldn't know that ICly, you really wouldn't be able to get ahold of them with that message. The auction is over and done with, so you'd have to wait until the next one.

ooc: i think it's your turn ASoGM

edit: sorry, missed your post

"Well, what kind of info can I give? They told me that if I told the truth, they wouldn't kill me..." said jones to the Lawyer

Platao looked at the interrogator and gave the same basic description that East had given them. He however told them one extra bit of evidence, "The other bidder, the one from the FA, he claimed to have a weapon and explosives in his original case, is that helpful"

"That does sound delicious, but I'd rather look at dead people on an empty stomach, if you know what I'm saying," replied McBane as he felt his stomach growl (ooc: so did they shoot dead bodies in order to fake them or what?)

Glodin handed him the copies of the fingerprints saying, "I had 'em all ready for ya. As you can see, this is some hardcore stuff, does it match the kinds of things they have in ASoGM or is that classified?"

"Well, what kind of info can I give? They told me that if I told the truth, they wouldn't kill me..." said jones to the Lawyer

Platao looked at the interrogator and gave the same basic description that East had given them. He however told them one extra bit of evidence, "The other bidder, the one from the FA, he claimed to have a weapon and explosives in his original case, is that helpful"

"That does sound delicious, but I'd rather look at dead people on an empty stomach, if you know what I'm saying," replied McBane as he felt his stomach growl (ooc: so did they shoot dead bodies in order to fake them or what?)

Glodin handed him the copies of the fingerprints saying, "I had 'em all ready for ya. As you can see, this is some hardcore stuff, does it match the kinds of things they have in ASoGM or is that classified?"

The military lawyer said to Jones, "There's no way an interrogator would have promised that, as he or she wouldn't have that kind of authority in your tribunal. If you were a uniformed soldier from another country, then the tribunal wouldn't put you to death, as you'd be considered a prisoner of war. But since you claim to be a terrorist, the tribunal won't hesitate to sentence you to death, unless you can give them important enough intel on your fellow terrorists, organization, etc".


"That is helpful, Platao. Let me ask you another question. Is this weapon he carried common in your country?". As he asked the question, he showed Platao a picture of the Stalker pistol.


"Then follow us. The morgue isn't that far away". The agents lead McBane to the morgue, where the autopsies were being performed. Some of the bodies were badly burned, while others had only received gunshot wounds. The first body they were shown was nearly burned to a crisp, with most of the soft tissue being destroyed. The medical examiner said, "I'm afraid Hydra 70 rockets aren't gentle. We are trying to identify this terrorist through dental records. As you can see", the medical examiner said, "there isn't enough meat on the fingers to get a fingerprint match, and the face was pretty well destroyed from fire too". He moved to another body and said, "This one took a shotgun round to the head. There are teeth missing, so a dental match is going to be tough. Fingerprints are currently running, but so far there are no matches". The medical examiner showed a couple more bodies, each having received their fatal injuries from different means. (OOC: All the bodies the medical examiner showed were actually the dead Stoeger police officers, including one of the ones in the first police car to be blown up, at the side entrance).


Agent Stevens said, "I'm no expert, but from the briefing I had before I traveled here, these warheads could be of ASoGM manufacture. Then again, these warheads are probably pretty common in the world, as a lot of nations have Tomahawk missiles. Once I send the pictures to the experts, they should be better able to tell us".

"I'd rather die than give up my comrades," said Jones. "Now how do YOU plan on defending me?"

"Yeah, that's the Stalker Pistol, the "Pride of Wolftech" the RBAA went rogue a few weeks before that came out and therefore isn't used much by our men, we do manage to get our hands on them sometimes though. That is a great gun."

"What type of weapons did your officers carry for this assault?" asked McBane as he looked at a couple bodies that looked like they had been hit with several shotguns and others that were loaded with rpg shrapnel. These guys don't look like they were killed by police officers thought McBane

"Now, we can't let you see or copy the blueprints as they might not have come from your country and we can't give nuclear information away, but feel free to take a look at the Tomahawks," said Glodin

"I'd rather die than give up my comrades," said Jones. "Now how do YOU plan on defending me?"

"Yeah, that's the Stalker Pistol, the "Pride of Wolftech" the RBAA went rogue a few weeks before that came out and therefore isn't used much by our men, we do manage to get our hands on them sometimes though. That is a great gun."

"What type of weapons did your officers carry for this assault?" asked McBane as he looked at a couple bodies that looked like they had been hit with several shotguns and others that were loaded with rpg shrapnel. These guys don't look like they were killed by police officers thought McBane

"Now, we can't let you see or copy the blueprints as they might not have come from your country and we can't give nuclear information away, but feel free to take a look at the Tomahawks," said Glodin

"There's a mountain of evidence against you, like your fingerprints on weapons, your blood at the scene, the C4 implanted in your body, your admission in prison that you were at the amusement park. Assuming you're pleading not guilty, you need to tell me how you're innocent despite the evidence, and how you weren't at the park but are here now. That's the only way I can get you out of here alive".


The agent interrogating Platao asked, "And what can you tell me of the Franklinian Alliance? Are they an offshoot of the RBAA, and is it possible that they get Stalker pistols in the same manner as you?".


One of the agents responded with, "M4s, 11-87s, Glock 17s, grenade launchers, and SMAWs were used by both the police and National Guard troops on the ground. The Apaches fired 30mm rounds and Hydra 70 rockets".


Agent Stevens said, "Councilman Glodin, the ASoGM already has the ability to make nukes. Showing me the plans won't change that, but the plans may reveal more about their source".

"I"m sorry Stevens, I would love too but there are international regulations to deal with. I'm afraid this is over my head, if you want to see them, you'll have to talk to the Emperor,I'm not authorized to show them" replied a sincere Glodin

"THE RBAA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRANKLINIAN'S" shouted a slightly enraged Platao. The thought of mistaking the two could drive a loyal member to madness. He then spoke with a false calmness when he said, "The FA is a lot better financed than us, it has richer members and it's members donate all their worldly possessions to the cause.They could have gotten the weapons through the black market or by stealing them"

"That's interesting, because that means that these two men were not killed by your officers," said a pleased McBane as he logged the new evidence. I have enough to prove a cover-up he thought.

Jones sat back thinking when a thought came to mind, "The confession was completely coerced while I was drugged sleep deprived and then shot up with stimulants and more drugs. Can we get it thrown out?"

"I"m sorry Stevens, I would love too but there are international regulations to deal with. I'm afraid this is over my head, if you want to see them, you'll have to talk to the Emperor,I'm not authorized to show them" replied a sincere Glodin

"THE RBAA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRANKLINIAN'S" shouted a slightly enraged Platao. The thought of mistaking the two could drive a loyal member to madness. He then spoke with a false calmness when he said, "The FA is a lot better financed than us, it has richer members and it's members donate all their worldly possessions to the cause.They could have gotten the weapons through the black market or by stealing them"

"That's interesting, because that means that these two men were not killed by your officers," said a pleased McBane as he logged the new evidence. I have enough to prove a cover-up he thought.

Jones sat back thinking when a thought came to mind, "The confession was completely coerced while I was drugged sleep deprived and then shot up with stimulants and more drugs. Can we get it thrown out?"

Agent Stevens said, "Would you be able to contact him, so I could ask him? I really think it might help the joint investigation".


The agent questioning Platao said, "That's funny. One of the captured terrorists said that your terrorist organization and his, which he claimed was an offshoot of yours, attended the auction. Shortly after admitting this to 2 police officers, he arrived at this very jail, and blew himself up with implanted C4. In fact", the agent said, as he pulled some pictures of the dead terrorists, "these are his buddies. Do you recognize any of them?".


The medical examiner said, "How do those wounds prove that? Those are shotgun wounds, and a Remington 11-87 is a shotgun".


The military lawyer said, "From the statements the doctors gave me, you were sedated because you were a potential dangerous individual, even though you were restrained. The sleep deprivation and stimulants as torture or coercion will be near impossible to prove, as stimulants can be administered for a number of reasons, and sleep deprivation can't be tested for. So I don't think the confession will be tossed. There's still the matter of the other evidence, like your prints at the scene, your blood at the scene, and the eyewitness testimony".

ooc: they were an offshoot of the FA ,and i missed the 11-87 part

ooc: they were an offshoot of the FA ,and i missed the 11-87 part

OOC: The interviewer was misinformed by one of the other federal investigators.

OOC: Bump.

ooc: sorry, I've been really busy. I'll post tomorrow

"Oh, I missed the 11-87 part, however, the shells I found were not made for a Remmington. The shells found are smaller than the shells used for a Remmington," said McBane

"Whoever told you that is liar who should be put to death, and no, I've never seen any of them" replied a now angry Platao

"Do a hair follicle test on me, that should show any drugs that have ever been in my system. That will remove the confession with proof of coercion and drugs. Something I said while drugged should not be counted against me," said a proud-of-himself Jones.

"You can talk to Aaron, but you'll have to do it in person, If you want to get there by tomorrow, we had better leave now," replied a sincere Glodin

OOC: What gauge shell is the Howler capable of firing? I didn't see it listed in your storefront.

ooc: i meant that the howler was larger, it would be equivalent to 19 guage, (specialized size for the gun). I need to update that storefront

ooc: i meant that the howler was larger, it would be equivalent to 19 guage, (specialized size for the gun). I need to update that storefront

OOC: 19 gauge is smaller in diameter than 12 gauge, and slightly larger in diameter than 20 gauge.

"Oh, I missed the 11-87 part, however, the shells I found were not made for a Remmington. The shells found are smaller than the shells used for a Remmington," said McBane

"Whoever told you that is liar who should be put to death, and no, I've never seen any of them" replied a now angry Platao

"Do a hair follicle test on me, that should show any drugs that have ever been in my system. That will remove the confession with proof of coercion and drugs. Something I said while drugged should not be counted against me," said a proud-of-himself Jones.

"You can talk to Aaron, but you'll have to do it in person, If you want to get there by tomorrow, we had better leave now," replied a sincere Glodin

One of the agents said, "Well, the ASoGM makes and has access to other gauges of shotguns. I haven't seen the terrorist's weapons, but it's probable that they were using those weapons".


The agent asked Platao, "Is there precedent for any of the Aaronian terrorist organizations to use terrorists that have been surgically implanted with C-4? What about ballistic face masks?".


The military lawyer said, "I can put in a motion for testing, but the tribunal might not give us the time to run the tests. If they deny the motion, can you refute the other evidence they have?".


Agent Stevens said, "Then we should head out right away, Councilman Glodin. Hopefully he can grant me access, and hopefully that access will allow us to find another piece of the puzzle".

ooc: oh i misread the wikipedia article, i thought it said the remmington was 20, i reread it though, oops

"Yeah, but you're officers weren't carrying those. Also, the amount of rounds in this one guy looks as if he was hit at least 5 times and that goes for all of those with shotgun wounds, some of the others have enough rifle rounds in them to be sure that they were hit by machine guns," said McBane as he gathered for another implication, "These men, based on the shells and the amount of rounds, were killed with Howlers, and according to records, there has never been a Howler shipment to the ASoGM"

"The RBAA has used it, it was a technique the Aaronian government used to use in their spies and special operatives. We use it sometimes because we stole the idea from them. The FA could be doin' the same thing for all I know, you can buy C-4 pretty easily in the AE," said Platao.

I was forced to be there, they said if I didn't go, then my family would be killed. Does that sound good? But put in for the follicle test.

After a few hours, Glodin and Stevens arrived at Aaron's Palace. They went through the elaborate elevator system and went into his office. "There is a reason I wanted to see you in person, I have something to say which can not leave this room. Will you agree to not repeat what I'm about to say?" said the Emperor

ooc: oh i misread the wikipedia article, i thought it said the remmington was 20, i reread it though, oops

"Yeah, but you're officers weren't carrying those. Also, the amount of rounds in this one guy looks as if he was hit at least 5 times and that goes for all of those with shotgun wounds, some of the others have enough rifle rounds in them to be sure that they were hit by machine guns," said McBane as he gathered for another implication, "These men, based on the shells and the amount of rounds, were killed with Howlers, and according to records, there has never been a Howler shipment to the ASoGM"

"The RBAA has used it, it was a technique the Aaronian government used to use in their spies and special operatives. We use it sometimes because we stole the idea from them. The FA could be doin' the same thing for all I know, you can buy C-4 pretty easily in the AE," said Platao.

I was forced to be there, they said if I didn't go, then my family would be killed. Does that sound good? But put in for the follicle test.

After a few hours, Glodin and Stevens arrived at Aaron's Palace. They went through the elaborate elevator system and went into his office. "There is a reason I wanted to see you in person, I have something to say which can not leave this room. Will you agree to not repeat what I'm about to say?" said the Emperor

The first agent said, "The large amount of pellets could just mean multiple hits with the 11-87s. And the officers and National Guard troops also had machine guns". The second agent said, "Let's hold off on the assumptions until ballistics comes back".


"Well, that answers that. Thank you, Mr. Platao, and I'll probably be back later with more questions".


"I'll get on the motion for the test right away. But if you're admitting you were there, then you're admitting guilt to the crimes you're being charged of, regardless of why you claim to be there". With that, the military lawyer stood, and stepped out of the room. He would be gone for hours, writing and filing the motion to have Jones' follicles tested for interrogation drugs. If those came back positive, the lawyer would then file a motion to suppress the confession on the basis that it was coerced.


Agent Stevens was puzzled, and more than a little curious. He needed to inspect the nuclear plans though, so he said, "I promise that I will keep this conversation to myself".

"That's good enough for me," Said Aaron. "I believe that, indeed the Franklinian Alliance group that stole a recent weapons shipment was the group that went into the ASoGM. I also believe that it is being covered up by ASoGM. I have evidence sent to me by my detective in your nation that I would like you to look at and give an opinion." Aaron had just received McBane's report about the bodies and he also showed evidence from the shell casings. "Also, we just got pictures from the airport where the men got onto the plane and attempted to match the faces from a few of the pictures of the deceases terrorist to them, but they did not match." Aaron handed over the evidence.

Platao called out, "You couldn't, by any chance, get me some Vodka, could you"

ones sat in his cell thinking up a new story. Maybe I was here by chance and went to see what was going on when I got swept up by members of my old terrorist organization. Yeah, I quit months ago. that would explain the C-4 as well.

McBane got done snapping photo's of the deceased and said, "Yeah but it seams extremely doubtful. I would like to do the ballistics test myself, and I would like to see the bullet taken from the body and then given to me to compare. I need to be sure and follow through with everything"

"That's good enough for me," Said Aaron. "I believe that, indeed the Franklinian Alliance group that stole a recent weapons shipment was the group that went into the ASoGM. I also believe that it is being covered up by ASoGM. I have evidence sent to me by my detective in your nation that I would like you to look at and give an opinion." Aaron had just received McBane's report about the bodies and he also showed evidence from the shell casings. "Also, we just got pictures from the airport where the men got onto the plane and attempted to match the faces from a few of the pictures of the deceases terrorist to them, but they did not match." Aaron handed over the evidence.

Platao called out, "You couldn't, by any chance, get me some Vodka, could you"

ones sat in his cell thinking up a new story. Maybe I was here by chance and went to see what was going on when I got swept up by members of my old terrorist organization. Yeah, I quit months ago. that would explain the C-4 as well.

McBane got done snapping photo's of the deceased and said, "Yeah but it seams extremely doubtful. I would like to do the ballistics test myself, and I would like to see the bullet taken from the body and then given to me to compare. I need to be sure and follow through with everything"

Agent Stevens looked at the evidence and said, "Well, if the faces of the dead terrorists don't match the faces of the terrorists from your airport's surveillance tape, how does that prove they were there? Also, according to this information, ballistics tests haven't been performed yet. The bodies I saw when I first arrived on scene were pretty tore up, as the police and military were hitting them pretty hard. The gauge of the shells seems odd, but then again, I don't know all the shotgun gauges available in the ASoGM. Then there's the question as to why the ASoGM would cover this up. There really isn't a reason to. Honestly Emperor, I think your investigator might be jumping to conclusions".


The investigator with Platao said, "Sorry, I can't. If you're thirsty though, I can get you some water".


The military tribunal read the lawyer's motion, and denied it. They told the lawyer that the opportunity to challenge the validity of the confession would come during the proceedings. The lawyer left, and returned to Jones' cell. After checking to make sure Jones' restraints were secure, the guards opened the cell door for the lawyer. The lawyer sat back down and said, "The tribunal has denied the motion".


A third agent, older and heavier, walked over to the group and said, "I overheard your conversation and I'd like to point out that the ballistics tests have to be done by someone certified in the ASoGM, in accordance with the law. You're welcome to check the results once the tests are completed, but you can't perform them. I want the results to be accepted without question".

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ooc: sorry, been busy

McBane turned and said, "That is okay, but I would like to witness all steps and I would like to examine the bullets myself through the microscope,"

"I don't," said Aaron, "We now believe that, due to these serial numbers on these shells, that it was FA terrorists that did the attack. Because these men that the ASoGM have in custody are not the FA terrorists, they must have been switched out."

"No thanks, I just wanna be drunk right now," said Platao

"So, I don't even get a chance to prove my innocence," said Jones. "FIne bring me a rope, I'll save the Tribunal some time" Maybe an insanity plea would work he thought

ooc: sorry, been busy

McBane turned and said, "That is okay, but I would like to witness all steps and I would like to examine the bullets myself through the microscope,"

"I don't," said Aaron, "We now believe that, due to these serial numbers on these shells, that it was FA terrorists that did the attack. Because these men that the ASoGM have in custody are not the FA terrorists, they must have been switched out."

"No thanks, I just wanna be drunk right now," said Platao

"So, I don't even get a chance to prove my innocence," said Jones. "FIne bring me a rope, I'll save the Tribunal some time" Maybe an insanity plea would work he thought

The older and heavier agent said, "That's not possible, as the ballistics tests are being done now. Besides, having someone not certified in the lab when the ballistics tests are performed is against protocol".


Agent Stevens said, "It is possible that the shells were obtained through other means. Serial numbers on shells don't prove that the bodies were switched out".


The agent interviewing Platao said, "Sorry, I can't help you. Let me ask you this. What kind of deal did they offer you in the Aaronian Empire for your cooperation?".


The military lawyer said, "You'll have your chance to prove your innocence at the tribunal. But to do so, you'll have to refute the evidence against you. And I'm not going to help you kill yourself".

ooc: when i said custody, i meant the dead bodies in custody

ooc: when i said custody, i meant the dead bodies in custody

OOC: Ah, I see. I've corrected it.

"Well, I see that I've got all the evidence you're going to give me and I believe I have enough to prove several lies that I believe prove that those are not the terrorists and that the FA is responsible for this attack," said McBane. "I'd like a ride to pick up Platao and go back to Aaronia"

Jones suddenly jumped toward the lawyer, he made himself foam at the mouth and he started screaming in angry gibberish. "GARCARCACA. I WILL STEAL YOUR SOUL" This may be much but an insanity plea would have to be good.

"They said I wouldn't get the death penalty if I agreed," replied Platao in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I'm sorry but due to the lies that we know you're government has told us, we can not let you copy the plans and send them to your country" said a clearly agitated Emperor. "Now, do you have any more questions?"

"Well, I see that I've got all the evidence you're going to give me and I believe I have enough to prove several lies that I believe prove that those are not the terrorists and that the FA is responsible for this attack," said McBane. "I'd like a ride to pick up Platao and go back to Aaronia"

Jones suddenly jumped toward the lawyer, he made himself foam at the mouth and he started screaming in angry gibberish. "GARCARCACA. I WILL STEAL YOUR SOUL" This may be much but an insanity plea would have to be good.

"They said I wouldn't get the death penalty if I agreed," replied Platao in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I'm sorry but due to the lies that we know you're government has told us, we can not let you copy the plans and send them to your country" said a clearly agitated Emperor. "Now, do you have any more questions?"

One of the agents escorting McBane said, "What about the ballistics tests and weapons inspections, Detective?". The older and heavier agent said, "If he doesn't want to view the results or inspect the weapons, then it's a good thing we're not letting someone with such sloppy investigative skills do the ballistics tests".


As Jones strained against his bindings, the military lawyer said, "Insanity? Really, that's not going to work. They already know you're not crazy".


The agent interviewing Platao said, "Sounds fair. Well, if you need a glass of water, or something to eat, let someone know". With that, the agent left the room.


Knowing that Stevens wouldn't convince the Emperor to inspect the plans, he said, "Very well. Thank you for letting me come to your nation to continue my investigation, and I bid you farewell". With that, he prepared to leave.

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OOC: Bump.

McBane turned on the bigger guy and said, "The reason I'm not staying is because I don't trust the results. Your government has already lied on several occasions and there is no need for me to stay and receive the results of a bogus test. And NEVER insult me again." With that Mcbane turned and proceeded toward the exit.

Jones was not letting up. "May the devil devour the souls of the innocent" he was heard screaming. "A thousand years of darkness will envelope your lives and cast shadows upon the Earth." The problem with completely changing identities through meditation and drugs does tend to leave one open to...side effects. By pretending to be crazy, he was making it his reality.

Platao began to sob as he lay his head on the table.

"I hope you enjoyed your visit. If you need anything else, just contact Glodin. Also, If you're ever in the Empire again, feel free to call me and I can set you up with a nice hotel room," said Emperor Aaron to Stevens in as courteous a manner possible

ooc: sorry for taking so long, every time I went to post here my internet cut off

McBane turned on the bigger guy and said, "The reason I'm not staying is because I don't trust the results. Your government has already lied on several occasions and there is no need for me to stay and receive the results of a bogus test. And NEVER insult me again." With that Mcbane turned and proceeded toward the exit.

Jones was not letting up. "May the devil devour the souls of the innocent" he was heard screaming. "A thousand years of darkness will envelope your lives and cast shadows upon the Earth." The problem with completely changing identities through meditation and drugs does tend to leave one open to...side effects. By pretending to be crazy, he was making it his reality.

Platao began to sob as he lay his head on the table.

"I hope you enjoyed your visit. If you need anything else, just contact Glodin. Also, If you're ever in the Empire again, feel free to call me and I can set you up with a nice hotel room," said Emperor Aaron to Stevens in as courteous a manner possible

ooc: sorry for taking so long, every time I went to post here my internet cut off

The older and heavier agent laughed loudly as McBane was leaving, then went back to work. The other two agents followed McBane and said, "What about Louis Herion's story, we thought you were wanting to go to Iron Industrial Engineers, Inc.?".


The military lawyer got up without another word, knocked on the cell door, and when it opened, left. The door was quickly closed and locked behind the lawyer, though.


With a smile, Agent Stevens said, "Thank you for your time Emperor, and if I'm ever back in The Aaronian Empire, I will". With that, he extended his hand for a handshake. After Agent Stevens and the Emperor shook hands, Agent Stevens left.

"Allright, I still intended to speak to them, I just didn't need any more information here. Also, if I wasn't here representing the Aaronian Empire, that laughing guy would be on the floor right now with a severe headache," said a now calmed McBane.

Jones sat in his deranged state. He saw demonic carnival animals and was screaming out long complex curses that generally ended with "...your soul." He was waiting for the trial to begin

Glodin followed Stevens out of the office, "Wait here, I'll try to talk him into letting you see those plans." He went back into Emperor Aaron's office and closed the door. A couple minutes later, he came out and said, "Do you think, one of your nuclear specialists could come here and look at the plans?"

"Allright, I still intended to speak to them, I just didn't need any more information here. Also, if I wasn't here representing the Aaronian Empire, that laughing guy would be on the floor right now with a severe headache," said a now calmed McBane.

Jones sat in his deranged state. He saw demonic carnival animals and was screaming out long complex curses that generally ended with "...your soul." He was waiting for the trial to begin

Glodin followed Stevens out of the office, "Wait here, I'll try to talk him into letting you see those plans." He went back into Emperor Aaron's office and closed the door. A couple minutes later, he came out and said, "Do you think, one of your nuclear specialists could come here and look at the plans?"


One of the agents escorting McBane said, "That would be assaulting a federal agent. I think that's what he was after, so he'd have a reason to have you arrested. It's certainly the wrong way to treat a visiting investigator, though". The other agent said, "Let's get going to Iron Industrial Engineers, Inc, so we can verify Louis Herion's story. Maybe we'll find something there, or think of another place we can look for evidence".


The tribunal would begin in the morning, so Jones would have until then to scream his head off.


Agent Stevens said, "I'll have to make a phone call, to see it that's possible. I don't know what the procedure is, but my boss should". With that, he placed a call to his superior and asked for a nuclear specialist to come to the Aaronian Empire to verify the plans, but Agent Steven's boss said that was going to be impossible at this time. Agent Stevens finished the call, turned to Glodin, and said, "My boss can't and won't authorize that. He said he's getting pressured from the higher ups to order me to wrap my investigation up, and get back to the ASoGM for my next assignment".

OOC: Bump.

OOC: Final bump!

ooc: sorry my internet has been out for a few days, i'll post first thing tomorrow

"Yeah, let's go to IIE, maybe there will be some info," said an annoyed McBane. He then headed toward the vehicle

Jones tired himself out after 3 hours of yelling and rambling. When he woke up the next morning he took a drink and began talking to a giant rabbit named Harvey. He then proceeded to try an murder Harvey with a nonexistent laser gun.

"I am really sorry we couldn't let you copy those plans, but once the bureaucracy gets involved, nothing can get done," said an apologetic Glodin. "Are you sure there is no one else you would like to meet or anywhere else you'd like to investigate. The ship that the weapons came on has just arrived at the Aaronian East Harbor #3"

Platao still wished he could have some Vodka

"Yeah, let's go to IIE, maybe there will be some info," said an annoyed McBane. He then headed toward the vehicle

Jones tired himself out after 3 hours of yelling and rambling. When he woke up the next morning he took a drink and began talking to a giant rabbit named Harvey. He then proceeded to try an murder Harvey with a nonexistent laser gun.

"I am really sorry we couldn't let you copy those plans, but once the bureaucracy gets involved, nothing can get done," said an apologetic Glodin. "Are you sure there is no one else you would like to meet or anywhere else you'd like to investigate. The ship that the weapons came on has just arrived at the Aaronian East Harbor #3"

Platao still wished he could have some Vodka

The two agents brought McBane to Iron Industrial Engineers, Inc, where they were quickly ushered into a manager's office. The agitated manager arrived within moments and asked, "Who are you, and what's this about?". One of the agents said, "We're here to verify the employment and last assignment of Louis Herion". The manager said, "Why should I tell you any of that?". The second agent showed his badge and said, "Because we insist". The manager's attitude changed immediately, and he was very cooperative. He verified that Louis Herion did in fact work there, and that his last assignment was to evaluate and display the viability of the Stoeger Amusement park. He went into his office and pulled a set of blueprints for the park, and gave them to the agents. The blueprints matched the ones found at the park. The manager stated that Louis never filed a report on the park, as he never got a chance to do a complete evaluation before someone started shooting at him in the park.


The military lawyer came into the cell in the morning, and watched as Jones strained against his bonds in an apparent attempt to use a non-existant weapon against an empty room. He cleared his throat, and when he had Jones' attention, said, "It's time for the tribunal". Jones' gurney was wheeled into what appeared to be a courtroom inside the prison. The other members of Jones' group already there, similarly secured. Three men sat behind a long desk, facing the rest of the participants. The man in the middle behind the long table was the Navy Admiral, on his left was the Army General, and on his right was the Air Force General. The prosecution team was ready with their physical evidence, witness lists, and recordings. The Admiral banged a gavel on the table and said, "This military tribunal will now come to order. These seven defendants are charged with a multitude of crimes, and have been assembled here so this tribunal can determine their guilt or innocence. Does the defense wish to enter a plea?". Jones' lawyer looked at the defendants and whispered, "How are you pleading?".


Agent Stevens said, "I understand. Before I head back to the ASoGM, I would like to examine that ship, and possibly get copies of its navigational data".


A Stoeger police officer slipped into the interrogation room some time later with a styrofoam cup of vodka. He said to Platao, "It's not top shelf, but it's not the worst either. Just don't tell anyone where you got it". Then the officer left.

"Who informed you of these investors, and do you have any way of contacting them?" asked McBane

"OH NO, HARVEY IS HERE," yelled Jones in reply to his lawyer (ooc: that means, not guilty by reason of insanity)

An hour later, they were at the harbor (ooc: nothing has been adjusted or tampered with on the ship, you may find fingerprints or some other evidence that leads to Iron Fist if they left it) and Glodin handed over copies of the navigation logs and the engine readout and GPS logs. "I hope you can find some evidence," said Glodin

Platao sipped the Vodka savoringly. He would always remember that guard as a great man. He finished a few minutes later and then went to sleep

"Who informed you of these investors, and do you have any way of contacting them?" asked McBane

"OH NO, HARVEY IS HERE," yelled Jones in reply to his lawyer (ooc: that means, not guilty by reason of insanity)

An hour later, they were at the harbor (ooc: nothing has been adjusted or tampered with on the ship, you may find fingerprints or some other evidence that leads to Iron Fist if they left it) and Glodin handed over copies of the navigation logs and the engine readout and GPS logs. "I hope you can find some evidence," said Glodin

Platao sipped the Vodka savoringly. He would always remember that guard as a great man. He finished a few minutes later and then went to sleep

The manager said, "I said nothing of investors. Louis would have demonstrated the viability of the park through his final report. As to contact, the only people we've been in contact with is the company that owns the amusment park. I'll get you the information". He then took a page out of the file, turned to the copier, and made a duplicate for the agents. It listed the amusement park owner as 4 Corners Entertainment, with a street address of 223 Remington Way, office 2209.


The lawyer turned to the tribunal and said, "Your honors, we are pleading not guilty by reason of insanity". The prosecution responded with, "Your honors, the defendants seemed lucid enough when they were first captured. Also, during the initial interviews, they were compos mentis. In fact, it was only until last night that the guards started reporting weird behavior from the defendants. The prosecution believes this is a ploy by the defense to save the lives of their clients". The Army General turned to the prosecutor and said, "The defendants have the right to enter whatever plea they wish. It's your job to prove that plea wrong".


Agent Stevens put the copies into his briefcase, and asked for a pair of gloves and a fingerprint kit. Once he had those items, he stepped onto the boat, and began a cursory visual inspection. Then he began dusting for fingerprints. He found some partial prints, which he lifted, following the procedures that he learned in his ASoGM federal training. After he finished dusting for prints, he disembarked and met back up with Glodin. Showing him the fingerprints he lifted, he asked, "Is there some place we can run these?".


Sometime later, while Platao was asleep, the officer came back in and quietly picked up the cup. When he left the interrogation room, Platao was still asleep.

McBane turned to an agent and asked, "Are there any records of who rented that office?"

(ooc: all of them are showing different psychological symptoms) Jones then saw Harvey morph into a can of beats holding a chainsaw, "GET AWAY FROM ME, I HATE BEATS AND CHAINSAWS"

Glodin took out his portable crime lab (ooc: it has built in scanner and access to the criminal database) and handed it to Stevens. "Here, just use the scanner there and it will check our database. If you need to access your database, you can send the info through the secure WiFi connection"

McBane turned to an agent and asked, "Are there any records of who rented that office?"

(ooc: all of them are showing different psychological symptoms) Jones then saw Harvey morph into a can of beats holding a chainsaw, "GET AWAY FROM ME, I HATE BEATS AND CHAINSAWS"

Glodin took out his portable crime lab (ooc: it has built in scanner and access to the criminal database) and handed it to Stevens. "Here, just use the scanner there and it will check our database. If you need to access your database, you can send the info through the secure WiFi connection"

One of the agents said, "Let me make a phone call, and see what I can find". He stepped away, made a call, and came back. He said, "It was rented by 4 Corners Entertainment, which is part of Gray Investments, Inc. Gray Investments, Inc is owned by Walter Gray, a wealthy business magnate. His corporate headquarters are in the capital city, Springfield".


Jones' outburst came during the prosecutions opening statement. The Air Force General ordered the defense counsel to silence his client, or the defendants would be removed from the court until they could keep quiet.


Agent Stevens began running the lifted prints from the boat (OOC: You'll have to tell me if they match your database). Once the prints were run through the Aaronian database, any prints that didn't get a match would then be sent to the ASoGM, to be run through the federal database (OOC: none of the Iron Fist members were near the boat, so there isn't any prints of theirs).

"Well, I guess we need to visit Mr. Gray if we're gonna get to the bottom of this. how far away is Springfield?" said McBane

Jones's terror became silent after the beats duct taped his mouth. He couldn't get himself to speak if he tried.

The Aaronian database showed two different matchable prints. The first set belonged to Platao. The second showed this:

Name: James Crobroc
Age: 45
Height: 6'4"
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Occupation: Often found working as a sailor on international transport vessels
Crime(s): misdemeanor conspiracy to commit piracy, misdemeanor smuggling, misdemeanor theft
Location(s): 341 N Harbor Blvd, Aaronia
Classified Notes: Sentences reduced due to his acting as a witness against Dread Pirate Roberts. He now acts as an informant for the Aaronian Bureau of Investigation (ABI)

"Well, I guess we need to visit Mr. Gray if we're gonna get to the bottom of this. how far away is Springfield?" said McBane

Jones's terror became silent after the beats duct taped his mouth. He couldn't get himself to speak if he tried.

The Aaronian database showed two different matchable prints. The first set belonged to Platao. The second showed this:

Name: James Crobroc
Age: 45
Height: 6'4"
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Occupation: Often found working as a sailor on international transport vessels
Crime(s): misdemeanor conspiracy to commit piracy, misdemeanor smuggling, misdemeanor theft
Location(s): 341 N Harbor Blvd, Aaronia
Classified Notes: Sentences reduced due to his acting as a witness against Dread Pirate Roberts. He now acts as an informant for the Aaronian Bureau of Investigation (ABI)

OOC: How did Platao's prints get on the boat, if he arrived back in the Aaronian Empire by plane? Didn't you mean East?

IC:

One of the agents said, "About 4 hours by aircraft. By the time we get to the airport, the plane will be waiting for us". The other agent was busy phoning the airport, to inform them of their need of the agency's jet, and their destination.


The prosecution finished his opening statement, then it was the defense counsel's turn. He stated that his clients were obviously unable to be found guilty of any of the crimes, as the defendants were obviously unable to understand the consequences of their actions. Once the defense counsel's opening statement was finished, the prosecution called in its first witness. It was one of the first Stoeger police officers to arrive on the scene. He described for the prosecution what happened, and during his testimony, the prosecution brought out a TV and vcr. He played the tape in the vcr, and asked the officer if he recognized it. The officer stated that it was taken by the video camera in his squad car. It showed the terrorists opening fire first, with the same weapons that the defendants were found with. The officer described how after the police were able to get into the side entrance of the park, they met up with more officers and engaged the other terrorists towards the center of the park. He identified the defendants as the terrorists they were able to capture alive. (OOC: Did you want to run the defense counsel until the end of the trial, or shall I?).


Agent Stevens copied the information that showed on the scanner, turned to Glodin, and said, "I think we should talk to this James Crobroc".

ooc: yeah i did mean East (Jansonily)

"Let's go, I have only 2 days left to solve this thing, but I can do it," said McBane. He was on to something and, assuming there were no more explosions, he may be able to crack it once and for all.

(ooc: you can run the trial, but you might want to add the willingness to blow themselves up as proof of insanity)

It was a 5 minute walk to Crobroc's house and, luckily, he was home.
Glodin: Are you James Crobroc
Crobroc: Yeah why?
Glodin showed his badge that showed his being a member of the Emperor's Cabinet.
"Oh, so I assume this has to do with that shipment of I was on recently from the ASoGM," said Crobroc

ooc: yeah i did mean East (Jansonily)

"Let's go, I have only 2 days left to solve this thing, but I can do it," said McBane. He was on to something and, assuming there were no more explosions, he may be able to crack it once and for all.

(ooc: you can run the trial, but you might want to add the willingness to blow themselves up as proof of insanity)

It was a 5 minute walk to Crobroc's house and, luckily, he was home.
Glodin: Are you James Crobroc
Crobroc: Yeah why?
Glodin showed his badge that showed his being a member of the Emperor's Cabinet.
"Oh, so I assume this has to do with that shipment of I was on recently from the ASoGM," said Crobroc

The 2 agents and McBane arrived at the airport quickly, and boarded the plane. Soon, they were in the air, headed towards Springfield. Aided by a tailwind, the 3 men arrived in Springfield 20 minutes ahead of their projected time. Waiting for them at the airport was an agency car, fully fueled with the keys in the ignition. They drove off in the car, with the navigation system leading them to the massive office building of Gray Investments, Inc. The building was massive, because it took up almost 4 square blocks, and reached 120 stories. The agents led McBane into the building, where they were escorted to Walter Gray's office, which curiously was on the ground floor. They waited for several minutes in the waiting room, until Walter Gray came out. He greeted the 3 agents, and invited them into his office. Once the door was closed, one of the ASoGM agents commented on the owner and CEO of the company having his office on the first floor. Walter Gray responded that he wants to be easily available to any of his employees, and also has a fear of heights. Then McBane was introduced, and the second agent stated that McBane might have some questions for Mr Gray.


When it was his turn, the defense counsel asked the officer if the defendants did anything during the battle that would appear illogical to a lucid person. The officer wasn't sure what the counsel was asking, so he asked him to clarify. The defense counsel asked the officer if it was, in the officer's opinion, sane for someone to have explosives surgically implanted into their body. He also asked the officer if, in his opinion, it was the act of a balanced person to attack when so severely outnumbered, outgunned, and outflanked. The officer stated that he thought someone that would do those things wasn't right in the head. The defense had no more questions, but the prosecution asked to re-direct. The prosecution asked the officer if he had a degree in psychology or psychiatry. The officer stated that he didn't, to which the prosecution asked if the officer felt that he was in any way medically qualified to judge if someone was insane. The officer replied that he wasn't medically qualified, and the prosecution said he had no more questions for the officer. Once the officer left the stand, a lab technician was called. She was sworn in, and the prosecution asked her if she had recovered any physical evidence from the battle. She stated that she had lifted fingerprints and DNA from the terrorist weapons, and that matched up with the defendants. She further stated that she tested the defendants clothes for gun shot residue, which came back positive. Finally, she analyzed the gun camera footage from the 4 Apache helicopters, and upon digital zooming and enhancement of the footage, matched the faces of the defendants to the terrorists on the tapes.


Agent Stevens said, "Mr. Crobroc, my name is Agent Stevens, from the Allied States Bureau of Investigation. We would indeed like to ask you about your recent trip from the ASoGM".

Crobroc looked Stevens up and down before saying, "I was hired to work the ship, but I wasn't allowed to see the cargo. However, he guy who hired me, did have me drive the emptied black van to a parking lot nearby. Does that help?"

"What can you tell me about 4 corners entertainment and its involvement with an old amusement park," said McBane to Walter Gray

Jones whimpered softly as the can of beats turned into several smaller cans of beats and formed a conga line.

Crobroc looked Stevens up and down before saying, "I was hired to work the ship, but I wasn't allowed to see the cargo. However, he guy who hired me, did have me drive the emptied black van to a parking lot nearby. Does that help?"

"What can you tell me about 4 corners entertainment and its involvement with an old amusement park," said McBane to Walter Gray

Jones whimpered softly as the can of beats turned into several smaller cans of beats and formed a conga line.

Agent Stevens said, "If you can tell me where you dropped it off, I can get it impounded and checked for prints other than yours. And that can help immensely".


Walter Gray responded to McBane with, "4 Corners Entertainment was a recent acquisition of my company's. One of their assets was the old Stoeger Amusement Park, which I was going to attempt to sell off. See, the problem was, 4 Corners Entertainment was a bloated, wasteful company with too many low worth properties. The Amusement Park, in its current state, generates no revenue, so its worth is low. Hence the need to "trim the fat", so to speak".


The defense counsel asked the forensic lab technician if the evidence chain of custody was broken at any point before or after the evidence arrived at her lab. She stated that at no time, was the chain of custody in question. Counsel then asked if there was a certified evidence tech that signed off on all of the evidence. One of the shell casings was missing a evidence tech signature, to which counsel asked the tribunal to exclude it as evidence, to which the tribunal agreed. It was a small victory, but it was something.

OOC: With my next post, I'm going to accelerate the tribunal, as otherwise this will take forever.

"Yeah, it was at the parking garage 4 blocks south of docks," said Crobroc

"What can you tell me of their former offices on Remington, and tell me what you know about Iron fist," said McBane as he watched for any twitches or signs of a lie.

ooc: go ahead with the trial. Also, is gray involved with Iron Fist?

"Yeah, it was at the parking garage 4 blocks south of docks," said Crobroc

"What can you tell me of their former offices on Remington, and tell me what you know about Iron fist," said McBane as he watched for any twitches or signs of a lie.

ooc: go ahead with the trial. Also, is gray involved with Iron Fist?

Agent Stevens turned to Glodin and said, "Excuse me for a few moments, I need to call this in to my office, so they can cordon off the area, and seize the van. Hopefully, the van will give us more clues".


Walter Gray said, "As I said, it was a recent acquisition, so I won't be able to tell you much. I can tell you that what I saw was chaos. The filing was atrocious, there were multiple unneeded redundancies, and half the people there were unqualified for their positions. Shortly after I bought 4 Corners Entertainment, the owners of the building stated that it was going to be demolished, so I had everything packed up, and moved to my own office building, where things have been running much more smoothly. As far as Iron Fist, I can only tell you what I've heard on the news. I have no first hand knowledge about them, and I hope to keep it that way".


The tribunal continued on, with the prosecution laying down a rock solid case. The amount of physical evidence was staggering, and the defense had little luck in cross examination of the prosecutions witnesses. The defense had similar luck in presenting its case. The defendants were no help, and there was no way to prove that the defendants were insane before and during the assault. Once the defense had finished its case, the tribunal left to deliberate. It wasn't long before they came back, and passed a judgment of guilty on all counts. The defendants were sentenced to death, and the sentence would be carried out 2 at a time, with the first 2 to be executed in 2 weeks. Jones was scheduled to be executed last, and since there was an odd number of prisoners, would be executed by himself. The defendants were then wheeled back into their cells, and before the guards locked the doors, took a photo of each one.

OOC: Walter Gray isn't part of or involved in Iron Fist.