pandora's box has been opened.


>>159766
can you give me a reason they wouldn't?

>>159767
If there's no evidence of a conspiracy then it's just a crackpot theory.

>>159766
Well, evidence of an artificial human of any sort would be tracked down......

Every single one of her medical records would have to be doctored, SOMETHING might get through about her true nature....

Metal detectors would make access to certain areas difficult without some proof of metal bones, and getting proof of such for the whole body would set off all kinds of flags.

Probably more, but the communication has become big enough that Big Brother scenarios are very achievable, and GILB has the capacity for it. So it is most recommendable to operate under the assumption they can do this, and act accordingly. Less potential ramifications than ignoring a possible threat.

>>159766
As paranoid as somebody who correctly predicted the presence of a bug in Ashley's home?
And who has received the secret schematics of a person who we are going to be fighting?
And who has been approached by at least one conspiracy?

Once we get a research permit we can just sit on the tech and not do anything with it, and if things start to go pear-shaped we can THEN make with the fire. However, if we destroy it now then we'll have absolutely no leverage to protect Ashley.

basically, we get ALL the research public and they can't use it themselves.
cause if everyone knows the secret then it isn't a secret anymore.

Well I guess if everyone knew about it then people would just use metal detectors to ferret out synthetics.

Man this sounds like Blade Runner all of a sudden.

Well, we don't know if her bones are metal. They might just be plastics. But I agree with everyone else. We can't hide this stuff like that. We're going to get the permits and go public with the research, and people will want to see the facilities we used to make this, assuming we actually say "BTW, Ashely is our prototype." I'd say the GILB probably already knows most of this stuff. After all, the investigator knew where to look. We need to make this as legal, open, and open-source as possible, so they can't screw us over. Once you let information out, it becomes very hard to contain.

As for all Legions being able to listen in, we just need to KILL THEM ALL, and CONSUME our bretheren, to grow stronger. Err, maybe not.

Don't you miss the simple days when all we had to worry about was winning giant robot fights?

PS: Ask Dr. Delarosa if his office is secure.

I speak with Delarosa as he examines Ashley.
"Jack is an agent of mine." he says. "These forms?" he says, "are fake. The whole scene was fake. We needed to impress upon you how deep GILB's fingers can run. They've yet to gain an inkling about our little girl... and I won't let them."
There's something dark in his eyes when he says that.
"The parts we're going to release to the public are going to be minor breakthroughs in the prosthetics industry. Transplants that are accepted by any body... it's a dream come true. Artificial humanity should have never been made real. It's simply too dangerous. Maybe some day later, maybe when we want to explore the universe... but not now. Not in this world's dirty hands.They can have all the peices. The hard part..."
He smiles and looks into Ashley's eyes. After a moment she blushes and turns away. "Is making it all come together in such a way that no one would even tell the difference. As for your concerns about metal detectors... The compound that makes up her bones is mostly undetectable. They'd have to be looking for one compound out of trillions of possibilities."
He sighs and stands up, walking to his desk. "My office is secure. Should you need to speak openly about anything at all... you come to me. Clear?"
"Yes."
"Ashley, if you could leave the room for a moment?"
She nods, walking out.
Delarosa pulls a small, black pin from his desk, shaped like a feather. Then another pin, a red blood drop. Soon, he has eight in all, finishing with a stylized G shaped like a gear.
"Tell me. Do you know what these are?"

woah woah woah, reverse conspiracy? really? i'm sorry but our ability to trust ANYONE is starting to get very weak. we seriously need to just kill all the GILB leaders and start the fuck over. things have gotten double pear shaped. i don't know what those pins are and i'm really not in the mood to care. make Ashley's house secure by moving all the stuff to the garage then set off a small EMP in the building to kill everything in there then bug proof the place. once done train by getting a pick-axe and digging a subterranean tunnel to the lab. i am being tottaly serious about this i am getting tired of all this bullshit.
just tell him, 'no you don't know what they are and you don't care', you are not cut out for this triple reverse espionage shit, you are a mech pilot and thats it. finish up here and leave.

also, screw having Delarosa claim credit for the research, come out with everything at a live public press conference, the Gilb will flip the fuck out cause the move is way too fucking ballsy but they can't touch you cause you will state that if you or ash go missing or die then the GILB will be the prime suspect so they can't touch you without EVERYONE looking at them. seriously screw hiding in the shadows, cast such a huge light on yourselves that no one can sneak up on you.

only fail-safe i can think of is release a false neural prune algorithm so any brains people try to make simply fail. when asked why ashley works but theirs don't, claim it must have just been a fuck ton of pure luck that ashley works.

>>159918
Facepalm, then say "So you gave us an object lesson intended to make us pissed at the GILB and properly paranoid. Do you have any idea how hard that makes it for me to trust you?

You still haven't given me a convincing reason to destroy the lab."

>>159929
"Exactly my point. Trust must be earned, Anthony, and I have done so little to earn your trust." he smiles. "Which is exactly why I'm teaching you of the ways of the world. You know who you are? How important you are to them? You're the brother of one of the greatest gearheads of our time... no, of all time. The apples don't fall far from the tree, or far apart, Anthony. They want you.. You're going to win your next match. You're going to be left alone, should you want to be. You're going to become a gearhead whether you like it or not... and you're going to be put into the same situation as your sister, unless you do something about it. I'm giving you that chance now, Anthony. You don't have to trust me. You just have to listen to what I say... and make your decisions based on what you hear, and what you think is the best option available."
He sighs.
"These are the major players in the world right now."
His finger moves from pin to pin.
"The GILB. The Raven Nest. 8-ball. The Blood. The Servants of The Hand. The Independant League. Fireball. And Anarchist." he leans back in his chair again, looking me in the eye.
"You will have to choose, Anthony. Between following GILB's golden road of promised victory... Or saving your sister from the hells she's being put through. You cannot have both."

BULLSHIT! we are going to pierce the fucking heavens and forge our own path.

>>159931
Heck yea!!!!

>>159930
Obviously, we need to save your sister. However, we'll follow that road for awhile to get a leg up.

Still not destroying the lab, though.

>>159934
"Very well. It is, after all, your decision in that regard. You know the code word at any rate, and the GILB doesn't know about it... yet. Come back tommorow afternoon, after your match, and I will install the device you've requested for Ashley."
He relaxes visibly.

>>159949
We need to know some details on that:
Paired-key encryption?
Effective range?
Frequency band?
The capabilities of the link? (Non-vocal communication, but what else? Audio routing? Video routing? Emotion sharing? Sensation sharing? What?)
How common are these kinds of devices?

>>159983
"Encryption? Might work. Not many use this sort of thing, mostly militaries. Those use stream ciphers with specific installed keys built into the Legion itself. I could do that. You'll be able to hear one another from roughly three miles away, and the frequency is unique. Untappable. The link is... well, the link can be set for any number of parameters, so you could have a full link, that is to say everything down to tactile feelings, emotions, thoughts, even sights, or simple messages that are like sound communications, and anything in between. I'll also have to alter yours slightly as well."

sounds perfect.

>>159991
"Set the hardware for a full link, and let us dial it back from there in software."

Starting with a full link would have disastrous effects if it were compromised. In my opinion, it should be limited to simple communication. Sight and sound only.

>>160125
Er... You don't actually understand how these things work, do you. Having hardware that supports a full link doesn't present any risk unless the system was designed by a Hollywood director.

There's two controls, and they work in tandem:
The first is outgoing control, which is where the device decides what should and should not be sent. Basically, it boils down to "Don't send anything you don't want to send.
The second is incoming control, which is where the device analyzes incoming data to determine if it meets the metrics to be accepted. In systems not designed by people who are utterly incompetent, that means that the system will reject everything that isn't explicitly listed as accepted. Part of those metrics include authentication; that's one of the reasons why asymmetric encryption is so good for these kinds of things.
These metrics can extend into content-aware checks, meaning that data that doesn't conform to normal operation can be filtered.
Past basic transmission controls you have further validation, which includes sanity checks, input sanitation, range cropping or attenuating, and other such actions.
Beyond that you have response-based controls, which includes monitoring the internal system state for abnormal status and closing connections in the event of a fault.

The difficulty of creating a secure system is proportional to complexity of the system, and inversely proportional to the priority of making the system secure.
Almost all computer security problems stem from user error, and we are going to be the ones managing this system. Ashley has the other end, but give her a few days to research this at a public terminal and she'll be fine.

>>160145
agreed.

>>160145
Erm... alright, so it would be pretty safe.

Hey, can we ask about all the organizations? How about we ask about the Anarchist first.

>>160204
"Oh... Well, the Anarchist is an organization designed to, as they put it, topple people in great power. They have no distinct leader, as their belief is anyone who wants to be in charge wants to abuse such power. So they work to topple governments, organizations, and so forth. To be blunt, they fight the power."

>>160304
Ask for a rundown on all the factions, starting with Raven Nest.

Once he's told you about them, ask which group he's in.

>>160309
>The Raven Nest.
"The first and largest military terrorist organization. They have no known base of operations, no known calling card, no known agenda... Their name is said to have originated from the Native American god, it would certainly fit with how mysterious they are."

>8-ball.
"Not so much a terrorist organization as a person with a lot of sway and a large group of followers. 8-ball himself is very cautious and only conducts interveiws via audio call with the audio changed somewhat to hide his voice. He's an incredibly skilled pilot who wants little more than to see the best pilots and the best fights."

>The Blood.
"One of the few organizations on the Entertainment circuit. They are an exclusive club, but there's only one way in. You must kill someone else in the ring, announcing intent to do so at the beggining of the match."
!!!
I remember! Smokah's pilot did that during his second match!
"They seek little more than to see the Entertainment circuit be more gruesome and gladiatorial."

>The Servants of The Hand.
"A small organization dedicated to the connection between mech and pilot. Mostly harmless, but some of the most incredible pilots you will ever see. Watch out for this emblem wherever you go: It's only given to the best of the best."

>The Independant League.
"A group wishing to disband the GILB in particular but uphold the Treaty of Gears. Not that large or notable yet, but growing quickly."

>Fireball.
"Another group that focuses on the Entertainment circuit. They love showy, explosive matches, determined pilots, and, as they say, 'those with fire in their hearts'. Similar to the Blood in a way, but they love pyrotechnics and massive powerful displays above all else."

>>160313
So, which faction is he in?
I'm thinking he's operating in one he didn't list.

The Servants of The Hand, and The Independant League both sound pretty cool.

>>160317
"I used to belong to the servants of the hand, when I was in the military some five years back." he smiles. "Where do you think I got all of these?"

>>160362
well then that shows why he is so intent of man and machine living in harmony. they may be a good group to assist in getting robo-sapien rights.

Getting rights for synthetics would take so damn long, though. GILB would surely discover the lab by then.

I agree with Father that we should take only what we need to maintain Ashley, and destroy the rest for safety's sake. HOWEVER, we should also preserve the research notes so that eventually, when the situation is not as grim, humanity can use this technology for the good of all.

At any rate, I think I would catagorize the groups like this:

Enemy
The Blood

Neutral
Fireball
The Servants of The Hand

Potential Allies
Raven's Nest (mysterious though)
8-Ball
The Independent League

Enemy of our Enemy
The Anarchist

We can absolutely trust The Anarchist and the Independent League at this point, since they actively act against GILB. Raven's Nest and 8-ball might be friendly. At this point we'd better HOPE that Raven's Nest is friendly.

We probably won't be working with The Anarchist in the long term, though. Their ideas about power would conflict with ours. Currently though, their decentralized nature would be a great help against GILB.

>>160400
I speak with Delarosa about these groups, and he agrees.
"After this match, you might be approached for sponsorship. The companies that produce weapons and parts for the Circuits are just that: Companies. Do not worry overmuch about which of them you ally with except which would be most appropriate for your mech." he thinks for a moment.
"One more thing..." he turns on the television. "Did you instigate this?"
Antoine is holding a press conference with Hannah, smiling and waving at cameras as the press seat themselves.

>>160406

Not... directly. Our actions may have resulted in it, however.

>>160406
"I haven't seen this yet, so, maybe?
If you mean making a lifelong enemy of The Blood, then that was probably me."

>>160413
He chuckles, then sits beside me and lets in Ashley to watch together.
"It is my duty as the Rookie leader to help the sport and, by extension, the Treater of gears to flourish. It has come to my recent understanding that the rampant death in the arena is already far too much of a problem to be allowed to continue. Family of those who compete will understand readily how dangerous even the Entertainment circuit is at this level. It disgusts me that I should even need to make a motion like this. A dear friend of mine nearly perished in her most recent match. Had it not been for the kindness of her competitor, I surely would have lost something most dear to me. And it is for this reason I am now forwarding the motion to ban any lethal action in the ring. Death of a competitor will no longer result in a win, but instead a 'Double KO', a loss on both records, once this goes through. And it will. Families and friends of competitors, my fellow tier leaders, I ask you to support this motion. Make some noise! Start blogs, post in forums, make your voice heard. From this day on, we work to make this a sport you don't have to sign a will to join!"

Silence, then applause.

yep, The Blood is PISSED. we probably have -100000000 points with them.

if we can get 8-ball to second this motion then the chances of it passing become HUGE.

we may also luck out and Smokah will be too pissed off to fight properly tomorrow.

Of course this also means that we can't kill Smokah in the ring and have it count as a win.

...we are going to kill him, right?

Oh wait, it will take time for the motion to pass. Hopefully it will pass after our match with Smokah tomorrow.

"Well, at least it'll be Antoine shouldering the blame for this and not you." Delarosa states. "But this bill will take a while to pass. Even if everything goes smoothly, it will take at the least a week, maybe two. The Blood will be out for it, so watch yourself in the arena."

>>160427
Not unless we have to. If this thing passes then he can't really kill more people anyway.

>>160438
I believe Smokah is the only killer we know of. We're killing him, to be sure. He'd probably take the automatic losses just to kill troublemakers if we let him live. If there are more in other circuits... well we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

>>160447
If I kill Smokah tommorow, the bill will not have passed. This isn't retroactive, anyway.

Well... that leaves me the day. We leave, Ashley seeming to be on cloud nine, smiling and humming to herself.

ask her what was up with her reactions to Delarosa. i am still a little confused about that.

>>160460
She blushes heavily.
"It's ah, nothing." she giggles. "Uh, want to go out to eat or something?"

as long as whatever it is just makes her giggly and not something serious then fine i'll drop it.
just tell her you want an answer at some point but it can wait till later. let's go grab a bite.

>>160483
"You had a crush on Delarosa when you were younger?"

>>160483
Just go eat. After that you two can practice co-piloting until it's time for bed. We can't really help practice teamwork, though.

>>160494
She freezes.
"It... it's that obvious?" she asks.
"Yes, Ashley. It is."
"I, uh, I'm sorry."
"You don't have to apologize. Just don't act on it or anything." I smile and ruffle her hair, kissing her forehead. She hugs me tightly as we head to the nearest eatery.

>>160536
Alright, well, wake us when something interesting happens.
[Activate stand-by mode]

>>160571
[time passes.]
[time passes.]
[time passes...]
Well, I guess this counts as interesting. How good are you at figuring out escapes?

Because, ah... it turns out the Blood has a really good information network.
And, uh, a lot of fingers in, er, a lot of pies. So to speak.
Long story short, me and Ashley are captives. I don't know much. They hit me with some weird shock thing, and you went unresponsive... then they took us to some underground place. My hands are handcuffed to something solid, and my legs are tied up too. I'm blindfolded. I don't know where Ashley is, and they told me to remain quiet.

I think the angle here is to intimidate Antoine into recalling the bill.
I don't know what time it is or how long I've been out.

>>160607
You shoulda woke us when the ambush started.

[Triangulate position by comparing signal strengths of GILBN towers with their geographical positions, then messaging Antoine, Hannah, and Delarosa with our location and status. Request that they bring a Gear or two.]

Move your head close to your hands so you can get the blindfold off. From there, look around for something along the lines of a hairpin so you can pick the handcuffs - it's easy, don't worry about that.

Tell us what you can hear.

wonder if we could disable your safety locks and manually put you into 'car-lifting strength' mode.

>>160640
Oh, balls. Looks like some of us were damaged by the jolt.

What the crap are you talking about? Why do you even think that should be possible? o.0

>>160647
wait, you mean you don't know about moms picking up cars to get their kids to safety?

okay, lowdown is a person only uses about 5% of their muscle mass at a time and rotates through the entire muscle, that's how endurance works. when in EXTREME DANGER your body can disable the safety locks and use all 100% at the same time making you fucking powerful. draw back is it hurts like a motherfucker.

>>160651
That's adrenaline, not 'safety locks'. Safety locks are something you would put on a robot, but even then they would be called inhibitors or regulators.

I'm pretty sure we can't muck about with out host's biochemistry. That just seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

>[Triangulate position by comparing signal strengths of GILBN towers with their geographical positions, then messaging Antoine, Hannah, and Delarosa with our location and status. Request that they bring a Gear or two.]
>[$%$$ASSET (GEOMETRIC LOCATOR) DAMAGED#$%#$]
>[ASSET (%$%@%!^) UNAVAILABLE]

I lean back, lifting my hands and pulling away the blindfold. The room I'm in is bare save the pipe and the door, but I can stand at least.

I look at the cuffs. FUCK! Biometrics. Well-funded assholes, nothing worse.

I'm alone in the room.

>>160679
Dammit, our systems are damaged.

[run diagnostic]

>[Severe damages recorded in several ancillary systems. Extension of damage is severe in these areas affected. Cannot run self-repair or system restoration.]

[Record the tower IDs and signal strengths directly and send those instead of position information]

Biometric handcuffs? Awesome! They're buying the most expensive security they can get without having a damn clue what to do with it.
Try to position yourself so you can untie your legs, and start looking around for anything you can use to apply a sheering torque to one of the links. Thin steel rods would be best.

>>160688
>[Record the tower IDs and signal strengths directly and send those instead of position information]
>[cannot ping remote towers]

>Try to position yourself so you can untie your legs,
My hands are in an odd position. They've covered the knot with heavy duty tape, too.

And the cuffs aren't linked, it's like one solid piece fused together.

>>160693
What do you mean by 'biometric' handcuffs? Do they snugly fit your wrists or something?

[list fully functional systems]

>>160693
[Pinging is not required. Tower identification is periodically sent out as part of normal operation. Passively record that information.]

>>160685
How the...
Ok, it seems that we took damage, even though the energy require to DO that would be enough to cook your brain. Delarosa sold you some defective hardware.

Look around the room for anything you can use, and try to peel that tape off your leg bindings.

>>160704
>[Pinging is not required. Tower identification is periodically sent out as part of normal operation. Passively record that information.]
>[Function damaged.]

>Look around the room for anything you can use, and try to peel that tape off your leg bindings.

Before I can do much more, the door opens, and the light turns on.

It's Alan. A small pin with a red blood drop is on his shirt.
He takes a long, final drag on his ciggarette, then puts it out on the ground with a rather loud stomp.

"I was originally after Ashley, you know. If you hadn't stepped in like you did, I wouldn't have had to damage legion like I had."

>>160711
"What do you want with her?"

Yea, Delarosa sold you defective hardware. It's pathetically easy to block attacks like that.

>>160715
>[it should be noted that this version has no systems in place to prevent disconnection from tissue from heavy physical shock.]


>"What do you want with her?"

"I'm just going to make certain that Antoine understands the consequences of making such a sweeping change." Alan says with a smile.

He's like a goddamned predator. There's no humour in that smile.

>>160715
You keep attacking Delarosa's credibility. Why would he do that? He has so much sensitive information on Ashley that if he wanted to, he could hurt us far worse than just letting someone taze Legion.

Besides, we don't know how vulnerable our electronics are. Static shock can fry circuit boards, and you can't exactly insulate the entire brain now can you?

>>160716
"I don't give a damn about that. What do you want with Ashley?"

>>160717
Faraday-on-insulator protection makes currents running through the brain a non-issue for the same reason as why birds can stand on power lines.
It's a whole mess of design flaws. They really didn't think this thing through.

>>160716
"You think you can stop him? It's already begun. The people want this. Kidnapping us is pointless!"

[extreme danger detected: increase adrenaline flow into body]

>>160720
Settle down, there. Ashley first. After THAT we can start provoking him.

Maybe something along the lines of "Doesn't your mission statement say something about making it more entertaining? So why is it that people have stopped cheering when you execute your opponents?
Did you join the bleeders so they wouldn't kill you? The way you're driving down recruitment rates they won't have a choice in a year or two."

>>160719
>It's a whole mess of design flaws. They really didn't think this thing through.
W-well, heheh, uhm... I only had so much money... Delarosa was against this kind of model but, I, uh...

>"You think you can stop him? It's already begun. The people want this. Kidnapping us is pointless!"

He chuckles.
"Any bills are sent through him to the rest of the government. It's not much of an issue to force him to back down from his position. and if he resigns, the next in line goes to the one with the greatest win percentile."

He smiles, leaning close to me.
"I know my next match will be a loss, so I can keep you here indefinitely. I've got something against hurting girls, but I wonder how close you and Antoine are?"

>>160730
"Considering that he's spent half the time I've talked to him beating me with a lead pipe? Not very.
So, that's why you're doing this. You're a sociopath with psychotic tendencies. You're not here for the sport, the fame, or the money, you're just here to cause as much damage as you can.
Too bad you're too much of a coward to face me in a fair match; I'd love to turn you into a greasy smear."

[request security override, host in lethal danger.

override biometric restraint]

>>160733
What? That's not even our equipment!
Go run a self-diagnostic or something.

>>160733
[Cannot affect sympathetic nervous system]

>>160732
>"Considering that he's spent half the time I've talked to him beating me with a lead pipe? Not very.
>So, that's why you're doing this. You're a sociopath with psychotic tendencies. You're not here for the sport, the fame, or the money, you're just here to cause as much damage as you can.
>Too bad you're too much of a coward to face me in a fair match; I'd love to turn you into a greasy smear."

"I'm not easily provoked." he replies simply. "Again, had you not intervened, our match would have gone normally, as the rules specifically refer to captives for focing a surrender of the opposing pilot. In fact... I daresay it could still go through, should Antoine give in quickly. To be honest, I was interested in fighting you." he turns around. "There is no greater feeling than stepping into that arena against a foe I am uncertain of defeating. The thrill, the adrenalin..." he turns around, his eyes wild and wide. He calms after a few moments. "You're of no concern to us. I'll let you go as soon as we capture the other fine lady, presuming you don't run off and tell a little bird."

only thing left is try getting pissed off enough you can break free. best way to do that is think of horrible things happening to people you care about.

>>160738
I think that's the best deal we're gonna get.

>>160738
"Yea, 'not easily provoked' is part of being a sociopath.
I'll ask again: what do you want with Ashley? What possible advantage do you get from kidnapping her?"

>>160749
"He will come for her, or change his mind on the press conference announcement. It's funny how similar you two are. Both of you will never fail to save the frightened woman."

>>160751
Laugh, and laugh hard.
"Yea, you go ahead and keep thinking that. I know I should be scared, but all you need is a handlebar mustache and a hand rubbing habit to make the image complete."

>>160751
"I forgot to mention that he was beating me with a lead pipe because I attacked him after he tried to strangle Ashley to death. Because she rejected him."

>>160770
He shrugs.
"Then he will have to live with her disappearance for the rest of his life." he says simply. "Both Ashley's and... Ah, there she is." he says as a distant door clangs shut. "The one you saved yourself. Now I have the complete package!"

>>160771
"Fine. Now let me out. After I kill you in the arena, I'll be back for the girls."

>>160771
"Hannah's the one he's in love with, not Ashley. She's not doing you any good.

Actually, whatever, I'm not going to even bother trying to point out the holes in this plan anymore. It's like something a third grader would come up with.
If you have what you want, then I need to get my Legion unit repaired."

Somehow convince him to take your leg bindings off, or otherwise find a way to get them off.

Then rabbit-punch the fucker in the back of the head. If you hit him hard enough with the cuffs you'll knock him out.

He wants gladiatoral combat? Fine. When he's knocked out, ram your heel into the base of the skull at the back of the neck until something breaks. I wonder how much fun he'll have paralyzed from the neck down.

>>160775
"If, you mean." he says, leaving the room.

Someone else enters, unbinding me. Then a sack gets thrown over my head.

It's pulled off much later, and I'm tossed out onto the ground in front of the stadium.

The match is in an hour.

>>160807
[check logs for triangulation data or GPS locations]

[Use triangulation data from the GILBN towers that was recorded as we were taken away to determine th location of the facility.]

In an hour, 'eh? Go get in Burn, and proceed to destroy Smokah while it's unmanned. Then start dragging the parts back to Ashley's place.
If anybody complains then tell them that he kidnapped Ashley, so you're kidnapping his mech. If they persist, then point out that your actions are well within the rules of the game, that you are in a 30 meter tall machine of death, and that they are quite squishy.

...I don't think it's actually within the rules to sabotage his mech.

Also are you nuts? He'll know what we're doing, and threaten to kill one of the hostages. Heck, we can't even kill Smokah if his robot is non-functional.

We've gotta play this legit. Or at most, sabotage his mech a little bit. Though I remember that Anthony said he didn't want to sabotage anything. Just kill him in battle.

>>160827
Ah, but it IS within the rules! Sabotage is permitted!

Go tell Antione. It would be better if he heard about this when you can actually help him calm down and make sensible decisions.

And one more thing, don't kill what's his face. We need him.

We were EXPLICITLY warned not to do that.
We don't have many options, so sabotaging his mech is as good a plan as any.
Also, we don't have to kill him. At this point Antoine should be perfectly willing to make the prick an unsolved mystery, and we need to play up our chivalrous knight bit.

... Actually, just report that he's holding Ashley captive. He loses, Antoine murders him in his sleep, we get out smelling like roses.

>>160843
>murder
Anthony already decided against that.

>>160852
No, Anthony is opposed murdering somebody ourselves. Giving Antoine the name of a guy involved and letting him go doesn't stain our hands, even if the public DID find out.
Besides, if Ashley and Hannah aren't released then we're going to be doing a LOT of justified killing to get them free.
If one of them dies, then our off time is going to be spent saying things like "Give me the names of every member you know and I'll finally let you die."

Oh, also:
[Use the acceleration applied to Anthony while in the truck alongside a road map to determine possible paths for the vehicle to have taken.]

Alright, simple solution time. We'll just kick his ass. Match in an hour? Not much time to do anything else. Alright, review, what components to we have installed in Burn? I hope we got all our anti-Smokah tech in properly.

I'm not going to fall to his level. I'm going to defeat him, fair and square, in the ring. If he dies, then that's his own damn problem.

I arrange transport for Burn and make my way to the stadium, eating in silence. Antoine doesn't meet me there. As the warnings sound, I slide into my 'pit, and prepare for the match.

>>161002
Assuming there IS a match. He took Ashley hostage, so unless she shows up before it's time you can just call him on that and have him eat the loss.

Meanwhile... [Send recording of the bastard talking to Delarosa.]

>>161007
>[Cannot send media or make calls, function not available with this unit!]

Thread's over, by the way.