Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 57

[February 22, 2166]
[Goliath Super-National Bank, Nairobi Division]
[Nairobi, African origin continent]

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Goliath Super-National Bank. The biggest banking company in the world, with offices in every major metropolitan area in the world and a monopoly on banking itself, hard as it may be to believe.

The corporation was named after a fictional television show from the 21st century; its founder was quite an avid fan of the over one hundred year old program. It's a fitting name given how much authority they possess, such as being able to afford an entire private army of Beekeeper-equipped security forces.

One would think that such a large mercenary presence would be unnecessary, except that today, a daring convict tried his hand at robbing Nairobi's downtown division.

The criminal in question held one of the bank tellers hostage and rushes into his getaway car; his backpack is filled to the brim with individual credit datapacks. The criminal turns on the ignition to the old hover vehicle and drives away. However, GSNB's security forces respond just as quickly.

Instead of jumping onto their hover bikes, half of the mercenaries opt to simply run after the crook on-foot; they reach blinding speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour, easily keeping pace with the bank robber's hover car.


(GSNB Merc Lieutenant): HALT! YOU HAVE STOLEN PROPERTY!

(GSNB Merc Private): STEALING FROM GOLIATH SUPER-NATIONAL BANK IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR NUMEROUS OTHER CRIMES IS LEGALLY SANCTIONED AS PUNISHABLE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!

(Bank Robber): AH SHIT!


The thief begins to panic and is now driving very hastily; several of the other cars on the road swerve wildly to move out of the way. Meanwhile, the bank robber pulls out a small repeating sidearm and begins firing dozens of ballistic rounds from his car window at the sprinting security forces.

Despite being hit dead on by large volleys of gunfire, the mercenaries are barely phased by the assault and are merely slowed down slightly; this is still enough to allow the crook to gain the lead on his pursuers. For a few brief moments, the thief slumps into his seat and sighs in relief.


(Bank Robber): Whew...... that was close. Once I exit the city, I'll be home fre--


Just as the bank robber begins to relax, he looks up to see a nearly eight-foot tall and Herculean-built mercenary wearing an up-scaled and armor-plated variation of the armor system the other security forces were wearing; she's perched on top of a low hanging neon sign. The elite soldier jumps down and lands only a kilometre away from the bank robber.


(Bank Robber): Goddammit.


The thief fires his repeater at the soldier, but the bullets don't do anything to her armored body.


(Bank Robber): ALRIGHT, EAT FENDER YOU JACKED-UP CYBORG FREAK!


The bank robber punches the acceleration key on his car's dashboard to boost the vehicle to extreme speeds. The mercenary, however, doesn't move out of the way; she's simply standing in the middle of the road. As the robber's car gets closer, he looks on angrily at the security officer in his path.

The hover car crashes directly into the elite mercenary, but rather than sending her flying as one would expect, the car is smashed into a metal pulp upon impact; its driver is knocked unconscious from the sudden crash.

As the hover car loses power and drops to the ground, the rest of the GNSB security forces arrive at the scene with their weapons raised. The elite mercenary calmly walks to the front door and rips it off with extreme ease, throwing it at a hover car parked nearby and crushing its roof; this causes its alarm to beep.


(GSNB Merc Lieutenant): Shut that thing up, would ya, private?

(GSNB Merc Private): On it, ma'am.


The mercenary private fires his rocket launcher at the beeping car and blows it up; the car alarm slowly dies down. Afterwards, the security forces turn their attention back to the bank robber, who is now being held up by the elite mercenary by his necl as he now regains consciousness.


(Bank Robber): *choking* Gaahh...... wha......

(GSNB Elite Merc Captain): Stealing from Goliath Super-National Bank. Taking GSNB employees hostage. Resisting arrest. Escaping the scene. Disrupting local traffic. Opening fire on security officers.

(Bank Robber): *choking* You're...... just.... a bunch of..... jacked-up frea--


The elite GSNB mercenary twists her hand slightly, resulting in a loud snap, signifying that the bank robber's neck has been broken.


(GSNB Elite Merc Captain): Insulting security officers. Punishable by any means necessary.