Hachi followed the sentient it had designated, 'Captain Meatbag', through the dark water-way and into the facility. Engage 'Note-Making Protocols': Implore Lord Gorba to build or hire more assassin droids. This one tires of the company of meatbags. It eyed the organics swimming around it with its red photoreceptor, dimmed near to black. The assassination droid knifed through black waters of the artificial lake that surrounded CorpSec facility, its sensitive bits protected beneath water-tight plating. With a press on his wrist, Deathstick activated the no-show device. 'Hacks, what's the situation outside the heating control room, patrols? Let us know which way to go once in the corridor.' The comlink was encrypted, no need to hide identities. Pass the cloth along, we leave no water traces.'ĭeathstick spoke to the slicer, who was keyed into the conversation remotely. 'When we're dry, we move in,' Deathstick said simply, helmeted voice modulated. It was designed to dry water, by repelling it from surfaces, and quickly patted his armor down before handing it to the next in line.

Deathstick climbed out of the water, as his visored helmet looked around, though all he saw was various controls and consoles for the purpose of maintaining environ-settings throughout the building.įrom a pouch on his belt, Deathstick produced a large cloth. 'Going in.'Ī short swim down the duct, and the team found themselves in the lower levels of the CorpSec facility. And so, Deathstick waited, wadding water, until there was a water-muffled groan and the metal vent opened.

There was no doubt that Hacks would be able to assist in the operation, and it would begin with bypassing the venting duct entryway. The slicer support had been brought on for exactly these kinds of situations. 'We have arrived,' Deathstick said into his helmet comlink, his voice almost robotic. They had all been issued with no-show devices for the operation, a gadget that would render them invisible to sensors and scanners - but not sentients, who could still see them visually.Īhead, the venting duct for the building sat, submerged. But that should prove little issue for the team, since they were some of the best, if not the best.

Of course there were other aspects, such as sneaking into the CorpSec facility data core, stealing a heap of datarecords, installing monitoring malware, and getting out unnoticed.

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