The Campaign Builder's Guild

[spoiler=Response to 13][ic=Morgan]Ah, Agent 13! I am Agent Clear. I trust that you have been informed of my coming? It seems we have an assignment. Where do you suggest we proceed from here?[/ic][/spoiler]

[spoiler=Agent 13 replies]
 [ic=Agent 13]Well, I can get a car from the motor pool and then we can drive to the Pyramid of the New Temple of Ptah.[/ic]
 [ic=Zero]But we didn't do the Zero's Zeroes roll call![/ic]
 [ic=Agent 13 as a quiet aside]He's a good man, really he is, but he's a bit of well a fanboy and thinks we're his Justice League or piloting the Voltron lions or something.[/ic] [/spoiler]

[spoiler=Petruchio Says more about the Diggers] [ic=Petruchio]I'd be surprised if they weren't looking for more consultants.  Ever since Agent Zero came in to lead the local Chapter House, there's been a big recruitment push and restructuring and scads of new ways of doing things.[/ic] [/spoiler]

[spoiler=Summary of Game Monday]Agent Clear and Stone met.

Talked to people at New Temple of Ptah.

Agent 13 talked to HALey.

Stone is in with Prometheus Tech now.
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[spoiler My Laboratory at Prometheus Tech]Would like the following there: Set up Dimensional Science Lab (gateway, devices to lower/raise gauntlet and shroud, dimensional entity containment equipment), Set up Medical Bay (for installation of cyber/wetware, medical procedures, eventually cloning equipment), Set up area for building and reverse engineering of equipment (r&d/r&e)[/spoiler]

[spoiler=On the Lab]Now the rowin' gambler he was very bored
He was tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing
before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61.
-Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"


Sorry, my mind wanders in my young old age.  Anyways, all that is available from Prometheus and their suppliers and you've got the lab of your dreams.[/spoiler]

[spoiler Projects]I begin working on upgrading security here in Prometheus Tech. First will be a security audit. With that I'll have a basis to design my initial plans to present to Victor. With the bleeding edge tech here I think we may need it. Also would like to begin work on improvements on the Styx Armor design... improved nanotech could be quite useful here... likely would start by it having improved nutrient usage... not needing the maintenance capsules would be very helpful... also them playing nice with other cyberware would be a major plus in the long run.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Start of the Security Audit]
Security is not yet as tight as it ought to be.  It shows evidence of woolly-headed Traditions-based "we're all friends here, right?" thought.  It's not hard to gain access to the building on a sort of an "I'm with him" or "he's with me" basis.  

There's not an exact record of exactly how many Ecstatics and Verbena work in the horticulture division's roof top garden.  Or of who they are.  Almost everyone is using a Shadow Name for their official employee file.  For all you can find out, either Ivesly or Langstrom from the Mirror City troubles could have resurfaced here under another pseudonym.  [reread the IC WOD History rtf for details, Stone could very plausibly have heard about this from the Technocracy].


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[spoiler Security Measure Proposal pt. 1]To control access, use CAC enabled doors,etc. This is for access control purposes so people can't just wander around. Also usable as punch cards. It can also be used to keep track of supplies as well. You want a meal, you put in your card to let them know you came in and ate. That is what the military mess halls do. Biometric usage is also a tool that can be used to either augment or substitute for lost CAC cards. Add cameras in public areas excluding latrines (privacy still is needed there...) Have Kirlian video cameras at major checkpoints that are hidden/look like normal cameras. (detection of kindred, other awakened, etc). Outside cameras and Kirlian cameras would also be useful to detect intrusion, etc. Maybe an AI like HALey could be useful in the regards of processing all the received data. All of this should be implemented gradually tho due to nature of employees and financial reasons.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Tightening Security]Victor likes your proposals, and says that he'll start freeing up some of the budget to implement them.[/spoiler]

[spoiler Implementation of Security]I begin comparison shopping for various pieces of equipment I need to perform the upgrades. In this shopping, I also try to make sure the devices are not ones known to "phone home".[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Comparison Shopping]
You find what you're looking for easily and stay well within budget.

While you're working on this, you receive an email at your new Prometheus company email address from Agent0 @ Diggers . net
Subject: New Temple of Ptah
Thank you for your assistance in this investigation.  Agent 13 and Petruchio agree with the conclusions and opinions you've offered.  Agent Clear dissents, but he's an unreasonable vampire-phobe.
Based on these opinions I have decided to induct one of the ghoul acolytes, the one you met, Osiris's Blessing; and an individual, presumably a vampire, that they call the least of the Masters, who goes by the name: Thoth-Did-Blink-and-Lo-the-Scales-Balanced, as probational members of the Diggers to see how trustworthy they are.
By the way, Agent 13 and Petruchio both speak highly of you.  You may, if you wish to, also be inducted on a probational basis.
Sincerely,
0
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[spoiler To the Diggers]I will accept your offer. It's always good to be in the loop after all.[/spoiler]

Once Sauron is in Irons, Duke Oberon says, 'Sir Gavain, gag him.'  Gavain immediately complies, binding Sauron's mouth with a piece of cloth he finds.  Duke Oberon continues, 'Now, remove his cape, coronet, jacket, and boots.  Relieve him of the contents of his trouser pockets, and anything in his shirt pocket too.'  Gavain does so.

I think I should mention at this time, just in case I hadn't before, that Duke Oberon and Sir Gavain are both of that large, muscular blue-skinned variety of changeling (in other words, Trolls).  Oberon is wearing a regal looking set of robes.  Gavain's outermost layer is a suit of chain mail.

With the nearly helpless Sauron before him, Duke Oberon gives each of Sauron's kneecaps a sharp kick.  You hear cracking sounds, so you assume breakage or other serious damage has occurred.  Then Oberon treads on Sauron's hands in such a way that broken fingers are almost certain. He removes a ring from one of Sauron's hands.

Oberon orders Gavain to remove any other jewelry that Sauron might have.  Then he calls for Gavain to bring him his heavy non-chimerical axe.  Looking down at Sauron Oberon pronounces, 'You are a traitor and a murderer.  Your behavior has caused a disturbance of the peace.  You corrupt the innocent.  You lie so much I doubt you know what truth is.  You've never paid your taxes.  You associate with a known witch.  And you wear a three piece suit.  The sentence is death.'

Oberon lops off Sauron's head in one quick, clean movement.