Saddle Arabia Briefing

[10:19] * Crosswind stands in a large concrete briefing room somewhere in the Installation, she waits at the head of a large conference table surrounded by chairs, next to her is a chalk board meant for displaying information and an overhead projector is nearby as well. She seems to be expecting a pony or ponies in particular. The doors are opposite to her on the far wall, which she looks at intently.
[10:20] <Lazer> Vigil trots in as quietly as a mare in power armor really can, taking a seat far from Crosswind, the mare herself in her full gear
[10:22] * Jauni tromps in without regard to noise, and she takes a seat looking intently about with a veil of anger vaugely hidden.
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[10:24] * Flashbang trots in with a set look on her face. She's wearing ill-fitted light barding and a battlesaddle with a grenade machinegun mounted on it. She, presumably, has a particular filly riding on her back.
[10:24] * Crosswind looks up and nods to the two in attendance so far, rathe rimpressed at the quick timing on such a short notice.
[10:25] * Flashbang also has a 10mm SMG holstered on her shoulder
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[10:25] * Butter_Cup is now known as Clipped_Cantle
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[10:26] * Scrap_Metal enters in riding on Flashbang's back. She has her crowbar readied in her mouth.
[10:26] * Flashbang rolls her eyes at Scrap_Metal, "We aren't fighting yet."
[10:27] * Crosswind blinks at the mare carrying the filly... ok that might be a major concern... or maybe the filly was actually a god of war...
[10:27] * Scrap_Metal shakes her head, speaking with crowbar still in mouth. "We're preffarin'! I'm readfy!"
[10:29] * Clipped_Cantle trots into... wherever this is... and takes a brief look around before pulling her helmet off and hanging it from her armor.
[10:29] * Clipped_Cantle is a /very/ short, stocky earth pony mare (http://i.imgur.com/QUDeq.png) wearing a suit of power armor adorned with the colors and insignia of the Applejack's Rangers. A large AMR that can easily be seen to be in exceptional shape are mounted to her back via the armor's saddle, and two bags, a MOP medical bag and a toolbox, hang from the armor itself. She also has a powerhoof on
[10:29] * Clipped_Cantle her left forehoof and a hoof ripper on the right.
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[10:31] * Crosswind looks up at the assmebled group, then speaks. "Good afternoon, gladcha' could make it on such short notice, eithah' through tah' tavern or through the bounty boards, dun' care which."
[10:32] * Brookwind enters last, wearing her dress shirt, tie, fedora, and trenchcoat. There was a Magnum Rhino holstered under it as well.
[10:32] * Cloudcraft a dark green alicorn bearing a cutie mark of a target encircled by a hail of bullets slips inside and trots over to Flashbang and Scrap_Metal. She wears a harness holstering five pistols of various types on each side of her body.
[10:33] * Clipped_Cantle thinks Cloudcraft forgot to change nicks.
[10:33] * Cloudcraft is now known as Everpure
[10:33] * Everpure has no idea what you are talking about >.>
[10:33] * Flashbang leans against Everpure and smiles up at her sister.
[10:34] * Crosswind puts the thought train back on the tracks, she looks to Brookwind. "Ah' assume you are the mare I've been told 'bout?"
[10:34] * Everpure smiles down at Flashbang and drapes a wing over her.
[10:34] <Brookwind> Proverb also trots in, the minute black pegasus dressed in her normal DCR barding, tac vest, and eyepatch. Her 2 snipers, an SVD and VKS, are slung over her back.
[10:34] * Brookwind nods. "I am." She offers a hoof to Crosswind. "Detective Brookwind, ma'am."
[10:35] * Clipped_Cantle moves away from the door and leans against the back wall of the room, observing.
[10:35] * Crosswind shakes Brookwind's hoof before looking at everypony else. "Orrighty, so you're all here for the Saddle Arabia op 'en? If you have no idea what ahm' talking about, raise a hoof. Plus yer' names would be great too."
[10:36] * Brookwind gets out her notebook.
[10:36] * Scrap_Metal salutes to whoever looks to be in charge; Crosswind? "Puce Squadron is all set! Well... most'a 'em 'r havin' foals, an bein' stupid lazy-faces. But I could get a whole couple'a 'em!"
[10:36] * Clipped_Cantle raises a hoof. "All I know is it's got something to do with some slavers or something. Which I'm all for ending. And the name's Knight Cantle. Clipped Cantle."
[10:36] * Flashbang grins at Crosswind, "Hi! I'm Flashbang!" She gives the military mare a wink.
[10:38] * Everpure waves a wing, "Everpure."
[10:38] * Jauni nods, "Jauni Silverclip."
[10:39] <Scrap_Metal> "I'm Admural Scrap. I think I outrank you, but it's kay, it's only fair I let others be 'n charge sometimes too."
[10:39] * Crosswind nods to Clipped_Cantle. "Ranger eh? Pleased tah' have you then, and yea... you could say slavers, but it's a bit deeper." she nods to Flashbang. "Nice tah' meetcha." She even nods to Scrap_Metal. "Filly." and to Everpure. "Glad tah' have you." she looks to Brookwind. "Orright, so what do you have fer' us?"
[10:39] * Crosswind also nods greetings to Jauni as well!
[10:41] * Clipped_Cantle nods back to Crosswind. "Applejack's Ranger to be exact." She looks around. "I hope everypony knows what that is, because I'm honestly tired of explaining the difference between us and the Steel's."
[10:41] * Flashbang turns her grin on Clipped_Cantle, "You're the ones who hire me instead of trying to shoot me."
[10:41] <~Crosswind> "Yup, sure do, 'cept they integrated wif' our military recently."
[10:41] <~Crosswind> "Must be a regional thing."
[10:42] * Everpure chuckles, "Knowin' the difference is kinda important for me, bein' what Ah am."
[10:43] * Clipped_Cantle smirks at Flashbang. "Yeah? You work with AJs, huh? That's good." She nods to Crosswind. "Probably." Aaannnd Everpure gets a nod too. "Yeah... I know that all too well."
[10:44] * Everpure nods at Clipped
[10:45] * Crosswind raises a hoof. "Please direct your attention to miss Brookwind, she's got what this is all 'bout."
[10:45] * Brookwind just nods slowly, flipping through her notebook.
[10:46] * Clipped_Cantle looks to Crosswind and nods, then shifts her gaze to Brookwind.
[10:46] * Jauni turns her attention to Brookwind, watching impassively.
[10:46] * Flashbang lowers herself onto the floor, keeping her back level for Scrap_Metal's benefit, and watches Brookwind.
[10:47] * Scrap_Metal listens, but tries to look mean. She just looks kind of silly.
[10:48] * Crosswind looks to Brookwind, "Floor es' yours." she then trots over to the chalk board and prepares to write anything she deems important.
[10:52] * Brookwind nods, snapping her notebook closed. "Alright, if you don't know by now, I'm Detective Brookwind, and the operation that you've all agreed to partake in involves a large organized crime syndicate in Saddle Arabia, who deal in the trade of selling foals as sex slaves."
[10:52] * Everpure listens in but won't have much to say
[10:53] * Crosswind blinks.
[10:53] * Clipped_Cantle blinks at Brookwind. "...did I hear you right on that last part? Sex slaves?"
[10:53] * Jauni winces.
[10:53] * Everpure is now known as Quill
[10:54] * Flashbang gives Scrap_Metal a gentle nuzzle. But the filly grew up with raiders... probably heard worse before. She turns back to Brookwind with a cold expression, waiting for the mare to get everypony up to speed.
[10:54] * Scrap_Metal answers Clipped_Cantle, "Probly not 'just' sex slaves. That'd be a waste. They probly carry stuff too!"
[10:55] <Brookwind> "Yep. Now, these number are rough, and change regularly, but on average there are about 3,000 slaves in the city at any given time, with about 400 well trained and well armed guards. There are 300 other citizens living in the city, mostly the families of the guards, and the 20 traders who control the operation."
[10:56] * Crosswind writes those numbers down, important information.
[10:56] <Quill> Everpure raises an eyebrow and whistles
[10:58] <Brookwind> "Quite frankly, this is the largest slaving operation I've ever seen, and I was a Ranger for 10 years before doing this."
[11:00] * Clipped_Cantle raises an eyebrow at Brookwind. "Hmm... you haven't been to Filly then... at least Filly in my time, at least, but that's beside the point."
[11:00] <~Crosswind> "So... 3,000 bomb collars revvin' to explode?"
[11:00] * Clipped_Cantle is at leastly redundant.
[11:01] * Clipped_Cantle winces. "Shit... they use collars?"
[11:01] <Brookwind> "Yes and no."
[11:02] <Brookwind> "Yes, every single one of them has a collar."
[11:02] * Scrap_Metal scratches the side of her head. She's not sure if she should speak up her thoughts or not.. so she does. "Why don' ya blockade it, an keep the buyers out. Starve 'em from ther' business 'til they strike out. Then.. when they come.. ther'll be like, one'a those foal carriages with the cry-y recordin', an when they check it out, it'll SPLODE cuz'a bombs!"
[11:02] <Brookwind> "But, I have a program that can deactivate every single one."
[11:03] * Crosswind waits for clarification then looks to Scrap_Metal. "Yah' have an army?" she looks over to Brookwind again, "N' yer' sure that'll work n won't say explode all the collars?"
[11:03] * Flashbang rolls her eyes at Scrap_Metal again, "We'll need a lot of foal carriages for that." She turns back to Brookwind, "So the bomb collars can be taken out of the picture?"
[11:03] * Brookwind nods. "Yes, because it worked on the collar they put on my son."
[11:03] * Clipped_Cantle blinks a few times at Brookwind. "A... program? What kind of program? How's that work?"
[11:05] * Brookwind nods to Flashbang. "Yes. They won't be a concern." She looks to Clipped_Cantle. "A program that I'd be able to run on a terminal. All I need to do is connect to the collar's networking system in the city and hit enter."
[11:05] * Scrap_Metal rolls her eyes. "The point is, ya bait 'em out an set a trap. An ya do that by blockin' business." She snorts, "Or we can jus' run at the gates an use the corpses 'a our fallen pals ta build stairs over..."
[11:06] * Crosswind snorts. "Tah's convenient, I really hope it's universal."
[11:06] * Flashbang blinks and looks at Scrap_Metal, "Uh... that's actually a good idea..."
[11:07] <Brookwind> "It should be. Those collars are rediculously tamper-proof, it took three ponies working together to get one off."
[11:07] * Clipped_Cantle nods slowly to Brookwind. "Ok... collar networking system... Not even Red Eye used anything like what that sounds like... but alright, if you say so."
[11:10] <~Crosswind> "Alright, I really like the fillies idea, but I don't have time for a war of attrition, even iffin' I could make that work. Quicker options?"
[11:10] <Quill> Everpure just wing shrugs
[11:11] * Clipped_Cantle shrugs at Crosswind. "Well, really, with what we've got sitting here I don't see any sort of attack working. Simple numbers."
[11:11] * Jauni thinks, "Looks like a stealth mission's whats needed."
[11:12] * Flashbang looks up at Brookwind, "Do they ever go out in large numbers? Could we set up an ambush to thin out the defenders?"
[11:12] <Brookwind> "Well, my idea involved making use of that wonderful magic tavern. Only problem is my door to Arabia has about a dozen snipers sitting on it."
[11:12] * Clipped_Cantle looks to Brookwind. "Hmm. You know what those snipers are shooting?"
[11:17] <~Crosswind> "Well, snipers ain't a real fun idea to face, even if you're a dreadnought Clipped, we're not, an' they'd raise an alarm for sure."
[11:17] * Brookwind flips through her notebook. "Probably a mix of standard .308 with a pair of AMRs between them as well." She nodded to Crosswind.
[11:18] <Brookwind> "Whatever goes through that door is going to be very dead, no excpetions."
[11:19] <~Crosswind> "Yea, fuck that. But you know... what if we try and go quiet, get that program installed, n' capture the top dogs of the operation?"
[11:19] * Quill raises a hoof, "What if they couldn't see it?"
[11:19] * Flashbang coughs a little bit, then grins at Brookwind, "Then let's send some death through that door." She pats her explosives-laden saddle.
[11:19] <Quill> (Everpure does that)
[11:19] * Clipped_Cantle looks back to Crosswind. "Still good to know what they're shooting, regardless." She nods slowly to Brookwind. "And yeah... well... that kind of makes things rough. Heavy guns." She smirks. "I could probably make it, honestly, if I move quick enough, but... nopony else would. And I'd be fucked up bad... plus the whole alarm thing. So... that poses a problem. How're we all going to
[11:19] * Clipped_Cantle get there to take these bastards down?"
[11:21] <~Crosswind> "How about Sweet's door?"
[11:21] * Brookwind taps her notebook. "There's another door in through the tavern. Miss Sweet Treat's door. As far as I know, they don't know about it yet."
[11:21] * Flashbang facehoofs and looks at Brookwind, "Why didn't you mention that sooner?"
[11:22] <Brookwind> "Because I wanted to tell you just how well prepared these ponies are. They will be expecting us."
[11:23] * Crosswind raises a hoof. "Dun' matter, we got a job to do, sounds like Sweet's door is tah' best option for an infil."
[11:23] * Clipped_Cantle screws up her face a little and nods to Brookwind. "Ah... alright. Well, that takes care of transport then, I guess, but that leaves a lot unanswered. We know they have four hundred or so... they've got snipers... what's this place like? Walls? Towers? Sniper roosts? Something tells me it's probably pretty fortified, based on what you're saying."
[11:24] * Brookwind nods. "I do have a map." She flips to a page in her notebook, showing it to Crosswind. "Lieutenant, if you could draw the map up on the board, please?"
[11:25] * Crosswind looks down at the small map before starting to draw it on the chalk board, leaving details to Brookwind.
[11:25] * Clipped_Cantle smiles. "Great. More intel we've got the better."
[11:26] <Brookwind> "I covered all the bases as best I could, Ranger."
[11:28] * Brookwind begins pointing things out on the map. Specifically, where each of the 20 different traders were located, where Sweet's door came out, patrol paths, sniper positions, ect.
[11:29] <~Crosswind> "Well, easy nough, find where the signal transmitter station fer' those collars are, shut it down, and capture the leaders. Nice and quiet if we can."
[11:30] <Brookwind> "First part is easy. Any terminal in the city is connected to the network."
[11:30] * Clipped_Cantle sighs. "Well... I'm not exactly quiet." She clunks an armored hoof against the floor to demonstrate.
[11:30] * Flashbang nods to Clipped_Cantle, "I'm no sneaky pony either."
[11:30] * Jauni nods, "Sounds like a complete infiltration, any who're rather inept at stealth are probably not useful."
[11:30] <Brookwind> "Also, captue is not going to be likely."
[11:30] * Scrap_Metal blinks, and nods. "What're the guardponies like? Are they fat? Are they skinny? ..Do they climb on rocks? Ya figure which ones got the most morale, an start with those traders. Yer gonna get lots more buggin' out as ya go."
[11:32] * Clipped_Cantle raises an eyebrow at Jauni. "Just because I can't move quiet doesn't mean I can't help. Even if you just put me in a field hospital nearby, that's better than nothing."
[11:32] * Flashbang frowns at Jauni, "Well just make half the ponies here feel completely useless why don't you?"
[11:32] <Brookwind> "We'll need two teams for sure. One for steath, and the other for fire support when things go to shit."
[11:33] <~Crosswind> "I think we hit dead middle of night, it'll go fine, plus I can have a small support team for diversion if needed."
[11:33] * Scrap_Metal rolls her eyes. "Yer goin' in quiet? Yer waaay outnumbered, an they got big security. Yer gonna need lotsa stoldiers ta do anythin', but if any one'a 'em gets spotted, everyone's deaded! That's a dumb plan."
[11:33] * Clipped_Cantle looks to Brookwind, then at her AMR and smirks. "Fire support I can do."
[11:34] * Jauni gestures, "Fire support and battefield tactics are more of a role I can fill."
[11:34] * Flashbang pats her GMG and mirrors Clipped_Cantle's smirk to Brookwind, "Fire support? Sure, I can blow shit up while you all run away from it."
[11:35] <~Crosswind> "Goin' loud would mean we couldn't get to the transmitter in time before alarm is raised."
[11:35] <Brookwind> "Again. literally any terminal in the city will work."
[11:36] * Clipped_Cantle looks over at Flashbang. "Not sure that's the best weapon if there's going to be civvies all over the place."
[11:36] * Crosswind looks over to Clipped_Cantle. "If we can locate military targets, we can keep those to a minimum, but everyone needs to understand, there will be casualties."
[11:36] <Brookwind> "All of them are connected, so activating the program on any of them will deactivate all of the collars. The collars also don't give any indication that they've been deactivated."
[11:37] <Brookwind> "And yes, collateral is unavoidable in a situation like this."
[11:37] * Flashbang looks at Clipped_Cantle, "I know not to blow things up near friendlies. Besides, I was thinking more of laying an ambush when the guards chase our friends. They aren't gonna drag civilians along on a pursuit."
[11:38] <Brookwind> "They might, actually. I wouldn't put it past them using the slaves as bullet sponges."
[11:38] * Clipped_Cantle nods to Crosswind. "Yeah... I get that. Bullets fly, ponies die. Nothing you can do to stop that completely." She looks back to Flashbang. "Ah, right. Yeah, if we could get a part of their force to leave the city and take them apart piece by piece... problem is finding something to bait them into doing that.
[11:39] <Clipped_Cantle> -10 Karma to Dust Off!!
[11:39] <Clipped_Cantle> ...and we don't have a thunderhead here, I don't think."
[11:39] * Crosswind nods, turning back to the board. "Ok, basic plan then, we try to keep it stealthy as long as equinely possible, but because every plan goes to shit, we'll probably go loud eventually, we'll have two teams, one will be a fire support and heavies, and the other will be the stealth unit, they'll get to a terminal and try to take out the higher ups. Sound good?"
[11:40] * Jauni nods, "I'd suggest having a group to pull out and guard the slaves after the collars have been deactivated. If we have to, we could pull them out through the tavern."
[11:40] * Flashbang shakes her head at Jauni, "No way. We aren't getting three thousand ponies through the Tavern door in any reasonable amount of time."
[11:40] * Clipped_Cantle raises an eyebrow at Jauni. "If we had the numbers to transport and protect three thousand slaves we wouldn't /need/ to go quiet."
[11:41] * Crosswind looks to Flashbang. "How confident are you in your explosive abilities?"
[11:41] * Flashbang turns to Crosswind and grins, "Very. What do you need me to do?" She gestures at her laden saddlebags, "I got more than the GMG, too. You need traps laid or some structure brought down, I'm your mare."
[11:43] <~Crosswind> "Precision explosives. Very synched too, when things go loud, and they will, there will be staging areas for sure. We need as many soldiers taken out of the equation as equinely possible as fast as possible when that happens. The stealth team is going to be depending on that."
[11:43] * Clipped_Cantle looks back to Crosswind. "You guys seem pretty well set up, but if your gear needs some TLC, I can take a look at it." She looks around the room. "Goes for all of you."
[11:43] * Flashbang nods confidently to Crosswind, "Precision demolitions is my specialty. Just show me where they need to go."
[11:43] <Jauni> "Again, we'd need to have a support unit to defend the slaves as we pulled. There's not a good way to defend them in the city and we need a good way to get them out."
[11:44] <Brookwind> Proverb speaks up for the first time. "Uhm, L-LT... wh-what about c-countersn-n-nipers?"
[11:46] * Crosswind nods to Clipped_Cantle. "You will have free reign in storage then... just don't mess with the tanks... or that sort of stuff. Keep it to small arms and such. Also, sounds like you're on the heavy team." he looks to Proverb. "Would be welcome, but if you could tap stragglers that would help too." he then looks to Jauni, "No way we could heard them out with the soldiers bearing on us... why not have them help us?"
[11:46] * Flashbang frowns at Crosswind, "They're foals... that's why not have them help us."
[11:47] <~Crosswind> "There are adults too, way I hear it, not just foals."
[11:47] * Jauni nods at Flashbang, "But how many of them are going to be in a condition to help?"
[11:47] <Brookwind> "It's mostly foals, but yes, there are a few older ponies."
[11:47] * Clipped_Cantle nods back to Crosswind. "Sure thing. Heavy team works, or..." She glances at Proverb, then back to Crosswind. "...I can pull overwatch and countersnipe. Pretty much stick me anywhere as long as I don't need to be quiet."
[11:48] <Brookwind> "Uhh... o-ok-k-kay, uhm, I'll n-need a sp-p-potter though..."
[11:48] <Brookwind> Proverb:*
[11:48] * Scrap_Metal furrows her brow. "Aren't ya shuttin' this thing down? ..Not jus' rescuin' ponies? If ya victory over all'a the traders, ya don' need ta get the slaves out quickly.."
[11:49] * Crosswind points to Scrap_Metal. "That! Exactly! Jus' as we don't take prisoners durin' a battle normally, we can't do anythin' till the threat is neutralized!"
[11:49] * Flashbang nods to Scrap_Metal, "That's right. After we've killed all the slavers we'll have plenty of time to get the victims somewhere safe."
[11:50] * Brookwind nods. "The main goal is to neutralize the traders, yes."
[11:50] <Brookwind> Proverb decides she could ask Nguvu to be her spotter, if he wasn't busy...
[11:50] <~Crosswind> "Well, I want to make somethin' else very clear. This ain't about revenge, this is about helpin' the slaves, s you leave any thoughts of torture here. I ain't dealin' with it there, we clear?"
[11:51] * Clipped_Cantle nods to Crosswind, frowning. "I see somepony torturing they're going on the list with the slavers. I don't give a damn."
[11:52] <Scrap_Metal> "Quiet works ta a point, but why don' ya emphasize the loud when it starts? An I mean like... so loud they poop 'emselves! So's they can' figure out what's goin' on through all'a the distractions."
[11:52] * Brookwind nods. She, of course, was going to beat the everloving fuck out of whoever killed her husband. She didn't give a damn.
[11:52] * Flashbang stares at Crosswind, "Of course it ain't about revenge. It's about making sure these bastards never hurt anypony ever again." She scratches at her shoulder, "Besides, there's too many to make 'em all die screaming."
[11:52] * Jauni gestures, "The slavers are going to use the slaves as fodder. What are we going to do to minimize that?"
[11:52] * Crosswind looks to Clipped_Cantle and nods. "Right, just makin' sure, because last op I went on I watched mah' team rip anothah' pegasus's wing off, wasn't a good day."
[11:53] * Brookwind winces.
[11:53] * Clipped_Cantle frowns deeper and shakes her head.
[11:53] <Brookwind> Proverb shudders visibly, holding her wing.
[11:54] <~Crosswind> "Anyhow, Flashbang es' on explosives, Clipped is leading the heavies. Proverb is on counter sniper, n' looks like the rest will be infil team. Questions?"
[11:56] * Clipped_Cantle blinks at Crosswind, then tilts her head. Leading? "Just one. If I'm in a leader role here, who's going under me?"
[11:57] <~Crosswind> "Well I could grab some heavies to back you up, unless you want to go solo."
[11:58] <Brookwind> "I would advise not going alone."
[11:58] * Jauni raises a hoof, "I can fall in as a heavy."
[11:58] <Clipped_Cantle> "Heavy... what? And I'm not thinking being solo is a good idea here."
[11:58] <Brookwind> "The streets are narrow, it'll be easy to get bottlenecked if you're not careful."
[11:59] * Jauni nods, "I'm an energy rifle user."
[11:59] <~Crosswind> "The rangers, we have power armor units here. Like you." he looks to Jauni. "Sure, but yer' half exposed, you want a suit?"
[12:00] * Jauni shrugs, "I doubt a suit would fit me, but I can grab my plating from my stable."
[12:00] * Brookwind looks over at Crosswind. "And, I might be alble to get a couple Veteran Rangers from my old squad too. They were good friends with my husband..."
[12:00] * Scrap_Metal waves her hooves. "Hey. Hey! When I say 'distractions', I don' mean shootin' more bullets. You can do that too, but it's ther' job ta rally 'gainst that. ...Ya got lotsa Flashbangs? An maybe like.. real loud horns an stuff?"
[12:01] * Clipped_Cantle ah's at Crosswind. "Alright, yeah. That works. Just need to know what they'll be armed with and all that, but I don't need that right this second." She looks over a Jauni and nods. "Probably a good idea. I can fix a lot, but taking a hit unarmored makes it kind of hard to not do that dying thing."
[12:02] * Crosswind looks to Scrap_Metal. "Was thinkin' the explosives from the demomare would work for that." she then turns to Clipped_Cantle. "Probably LMGs or the like."
[12:02] * Flashbang grins and nods to Scrap_Metal, "Scrappy's right, we need to plan a good distraction." She turns to Crosswind, "Oh, I'm the distraction..." her grin grows wide and wicked and she nods, "Yeah... I can do that..."
[12:03] * Crosswind looks to Proverb. "Yah' gotta make sure their snipers don't get to engage us, er' we're fucked."
[12:04] * Clipped_Cantle nods to Crosswind. "You guys good on AP ammo? That shit's a lifesaver. If not, I can always make you some if you've got the materials."
[12:04] * Scrap_Metal frowns and shakes her head at Crosswind, "Noooo~. Ther' 'r actually bombs an noise-makers you can use that won' kill too, so you don' have ta worry 'bout the slaves so much. Deaf's better 'n dead."
[12:05] * Crosswind looks to Scrap_Metal. "Sadly, based on how the odds are... I'm aiming for a casualty in tah' soldier barracks, but yea, you're right about the slaves." she looks to Clipped_Cantle and grins. "Got thousands and thousands stored, plus plenty of materials for tooling new ones."
[12:05] <Brookwind> Proverb nods. "O-Of course! But uhm, I-I'll need a spotter..." She says to Crosswind.
[12:05] * Crosswind nods to Proverb. "Anypony you have in mind?"
[12:06] <Brookwind> "Uhm... N-Nguvu..."
[12:06] <Brookwind> Proverb looks at her hooves, knowing Crosswind wasn't very fond of her coltfriend.
[12:06] * Scrap_Metal looks at Flashbang. "Oh! Fireworks! Sooo much noise they won' be able ta talk ta each other!"
[12:07] <~Crosswind> "Sounds good. Jus' make sure you give em' time to prepare. N'... keep em' on a short rope, I dun' want more... of what he did before."
[12:07] * Flashbang grins at Scrap_Metal, "I can manage that."
[12:07] * Brookwind giggles. "H-He likes ropes."
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[12:07] * Flashbang thinks Nguvu should be fine since these ponies aren't actively horrifically torturing the pony he loves.
[12:08] * Clipped_Cantle smirks at Crosswind, figuring she was exaggerating a little, but... "Alright, sounds good. Any time frame on when this is going to go down? And we've got a nice base plan, but it'd be nice to get a little more detail in it. Sooner the better, too."
[12:09] * Crosswind nods. "Alrighty, all ready then. Clipped with heavies, Proverb overwatch, Flashbang explosives tech, Everpure... probably heavies, Juani heavies, and the rest of us stealth." she looks to Clipped_Cantle. "Ideally this week, but a lot rides on gettin' Sweet in on this."
[12:09] <Clipped_Cantle> "Who's that?"
[12:09] * Brookwind nods. "I can talk with her."
[12:09] <~Crosswind> "The mare who has a door that can get us in."
[12:10] <Clipped_Cantle> "Well... yeah. I was hoping for more detail than that, though."
[12:11] <Scrap_Metal> "Do they got helmets, and talky thingies? Or are they all jus' a bunch 'a chumps?"
[12:12] <~Crosswind> "She was a sex slave bein' rented out fer' money to older stallions and evil bastards, used, abused, and defused. Happy Clipped?" she looks to Scrap_Metal. "Direct question to miss Brookwind."
[12:12] * Flashbang looks at Scrap_Metal, "Good question Scrappy."
[12:13] * Brookwind nods to Scrap_Metal. "Yes and yes."
[12:13] <~Crosswind> "You know we could probably take down their network with ah' jammer or somethin'."
[12:14] * Jauni winces.
[12:14] * Scrap_Metal snorts. "Well that should'a been the first part 'a the plan! 'Long as they can talk ta each other, you can 'spect the worst."
[12:14] * Clipped_Cantle flattens her ears at Crosswind's words. "No, not really, but I guess I should've figured that one out on my own." She looks to Scrap_Metal, then back to the mare. "Right. Comms. How's that work with you guys? You got comms like what I got in my armor?"
[12:15] * Flashbang raises and eyebrow at Brookwind, "They have personal comms and we don't? That's a problem."
[12:15] * Crosswind nods to Clipped_Cantle, "DCR combat masks have basic EFS n' radio systems. But we can get external units fer' anyone who don't want a mask."
[12:16] <~Crosswind> "Basically anythin' you need, ask me for it, n' I can more likely than not get it."
[12:17] * Clipped_Cantle nods back to Crosswind, her ears slowly unflattening. "Right. I can just tune my helmet's comms in to you guys. Shouldn't be too hard. But yeah, if they've got comms too... if we can stop that..." She looks to Brookwind.
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[12:18] * Brookwind nods. "Yeah, they've got comms."
[12:18] * Flashbang agrees with Clipped_Cantle. She looks to Brookwind, "Any way to shut down their comms?"
[12:18] <Clipped_Cantle> "Yeah... you said that... I was more wondering what kind. And if we can remove said comms from the equation."
[12:18] <~Crosswind> "Well, maybe we can blow up their radio towers tah' disrupt their movements? Cut off their command? Also might be able to use a jammer."
[12:21] * Scrap_Metal rolls her eyes, "Does anypony actually know 'bout comm stuffs? Ya need ta not plan somethin' that'll not -fail an kill everypony- if ya guessed wrong."
[12:22] <~Crosswind> "I do, but like ah' said, jammer or blow up their towers, they'll stil have short range, but jammer can shred that up."
[12:23] * Brookwind nods slowly. "Jammer'd work, yeah."
[12:24] <Scrap_Metal> "Do ya know fer sure that they don' got some secret talky techy?"
[12:25] <~Crosswind> "Orrighty. Looks like all the basics er' covered, but as yah' all know, plans never last n' we don't Scrap_Metal. We jus' have to adapt for anythin like that. Fog ah' war and all that shit."
[12:26] * Flashbang blinks at Crosswind, "So what are we doing about their comms? Jammer? Blowing up towers? How are we getting at the towers, or getting the jammer close enough?"
[12:27] * Scrap_Metal grumbles. "Surprise an chaos 'r the ENTIRE plan! Ya don' 'adapt' ta losin' that, ya jus' die."
[12:27] <~Crosswind> "Jammers are portable, n' rather inconspicuous. Each one can jam 'bout a square mile. So we bring a few n' scramble the entire area. Towers can be either shut down with power or blow it up." she looks over to Scrap_Metal. "Or you fight like hell and live to see another day."
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[12:29] * Scrap_Metal rolls her eyes at Crosswind, "Kay. An everyony goin' has ta kill eight guardsponies each, or we lose. That's the worst plan ever."
[12:29] * Flashbang blinks at Crosswind, "So... our backup plan if things go bad is, 'fight like hell'?"
[12:30] <Brookwind> "Sounds about right."
[12:30] <~Crosswind> "We know it's going to go loud sooner or later, but with your explosives planted, Proverb's sniping, and the heavies. We should take out a majority in short order."
[12:32] * Clipped_Cantle sighs. "That's a shit backup plan, but one that I'm used to. Not much else that can be planned.
[12:32] <Clipped_Cantle> "
[12:32] * Flashbang blinkblinks at Brookwind and Crosswind, "Right... show me where exactly I'm planting these explosives..." She makes a mental note to bring lots of explosives...
[12:32] <Scrap_Metal> "It -sounds- like lotsa wishful thinkin'. Get ther' talky stuff down, or you should plan yer attack on bein' dead."
[12:33] * Crosswind turns to Brookwind. "Could yah' know where highest troop concentrations are? Like barracks n' assembly areas?"
[12:33] * Flashbang nods with Crosswind, then adds to Brookwind, "And the armory. That'll make a nice, big bang and deprive them of lots of weapons."
[12:35] * Brookwind nods. "Yeah." She points them out in the map for Flashbang.
[12:36] * Crosswind nods and looks to the assembled group. "Alright then, if there ain't more questions, ya'll are dismissed, pay's 3,000 caps for the job, know yer' not here for it, but it's here for you. Armory is open to yah' all, same with commersary and BX, so with tah', dismissed."
[12:39] * Clipped_Cantle nods to Crosswind, waves to everypony, then heads out for now.
[12:39] * Jauni nods, and heads out of the room.
[12:39] * Flashbang follows Clipped_Cantle out. She assumes Scrap_Metal is still on her back.
[12:41] * Crosswind looks to Brookwind. "We're talkin' a big leap here, yah' know that right?"
[12:41] * Brookwind waits for the others to leave before nodding to Crosswind. "Yep. Really big. We're 15 going up against what, 400?"
[12:42] <~Crosswind> "Yea, we could get more, but honestly, I'm thinkin' surprise and speed are the key."
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[12:44] * Brookwind nods. "Mhmm. Well, looks like I need to get back to Trottingham tomorrow, break out my blacks." She said, referring to the distinctive black armor of the NCR's Veteran Rangers. "Grab my Sequoia and my Brush Gun too."
[12:44] * Crosswind nods. "Orright, you do that, stay safe out therah'."
[12:45] * Scrap_Metal rides Flashbang off into the sunset! ...Or back into the Tavern.
[12:45] * Brookwind nods. "I have to. Can't let my colt down."
[12:45] * Crosswind smiles. "All tah' right reasons, eithah' way, good luck, see you soon."
[12:46] * Brookwind nods, tipping her had to Crosswind. "Have a nice evening Lieutenant."
[12:46] * Crosswind nods, she herself heading out of the conference room to sleep.
[12:47] * Brookwind heads back to the tavern to sleep.