alphalogs | Daycycle 13 [ DEC 26-31 ]

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Daycycle 13 [ DEC 26-31 ]

DAYCYCLE 13
[ DEC 26 - 31 ]

[OOC: This Daycycle will run for six ooc days instead of the usual 5 ooc days from Dec 26-31. ]
MORNING

Troubleshooter Team: Alec Hardison & Jason Wilcox
Mission: There is an INDIGO corridor in R&D that we want you to inspect. We’ll give you 5000cr each at the end of your mission just for walking from one end to the other. Here are vouchers to let you walk through it legally. Make sure you wear these telemetry suits when you go through it.

All other Troubleshooters: You are to report to your Service Firm positions for the day, until called on for Troubleshooter duty.

Intel: The Humanists staged an attack last night and left many citizens temporarily blinded by pepper spray. There is a 1000cr reward for any participants being handed over for punishment.

A special was attacked yesterday by an anti-Specials group. Steve Rogers has asked to address all Troubleshooters in regards to this incident.

AFTERNOON

The afternoon is mostly uneventful. Save for a Vulture pilot who crashes his copter into the Armed Forces mess hall at approximately 1423. What is initially thought of as a treasonous act is quickly determined to be a Happitime overdose and is hushed up by the highers ups.

EVENING

The evening is launched with a very special and mandatory showing of the Teela O’Malley show. The show begins by describing the state that humanity was in when The Computer took control. People were a slave to their whims. Alpha Complex is held up as a paragon of innovation and cooperation among people and technology. In fact, many REDs watching the show may not recognize the Utopian society being depicted as anything close to the society they find themselves in. It ends with a touching montage of citizens swearing their allegiance and thanks to The Computer that brings the legendary host to tears.

Sleep aid gas is expelled at 2100.

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You are welcome to play out missions from any point (beginning, middle, end) but are not required to. You will, however need to provide information on the debriefing post below once you've determined with the other players involved how the mission played out. You can indicate if the mission is complete (finished), pending investigation (still being discussed occly), or in progress (currently being threaded out.) You are encouraged to approach other characters for assistance with missions whenever possible, as almost every sector has a playable character. They may be able to provide you with valuable information from their roles within Alpha Complex or assistance in tracking down a traitor. You'll soon find out that the more avenues you have through the bureaucratic nightmare that Alpha Complex is, the better.

Reward and punishment will be determined by the outcome of your missions, though they may depend entirely on the current processing power of The Computer at the time and classified information not available to you. In other words, everything is never as it seems, so be prepared for anything.

Please debrief The Computer and your Briefing Officer on your mission using the form below.

When Steve Rogers moves in front of the microphone, the sound of his steps are the only noise that echoes through the Commissary. There's a silence in the room is heavy — stuffed full of anger from those in the room who hate that a Special has been given the floor, much less one that has been promoted to ORANGE, and the only thing reining them in are the over two dozen cameras that cover every single angle of the Commissary.

What angers the anti-Specials even more, is that there's no awkward tapping of the microphone, or shy tests of "Can you hear me?" Nothing about this particular Special projects weakness. Instead, there's a fierce solemness in the Captain's eyes that sets the tone immediately. And when Steve talks, his voice is loud and clear.

"Yesterday, five individuals trapped a girl in a room and assaulted her. They laughed as they kicked and punched a young woman who had no way of defending herself. And when they were done, they left her, barely moving, and bleeding on the floor."

A beat of silence, as he stares out in the crowd, looking at the sea of faces. Some of them had only heard rumors. Since most of them weren't Specials, most hadn't even seen the video.

"I know this, because they sent a recording of that event to every Special in the Alpha Complex. Their message was loud, and clear. That they don't like us, they want us gone, and all of us will be next."

Another beat. When he talks again, he naturally starts making eye contact with the wide-eyed or stern-faced or furrowed-browed in the audience.

"I get it. I would be angry too if I were you. All of you worked hard for years to get out of INFRARED, and suddenly, people who have just shown up are getting to skip ahead of the line. They get better food, better housing and better treatment than you had when you started out. If I were in your place, I would be asking myself one question: What makes them so Special?

“Truth is, I don’t know. All I know is that thirteen days ago I woke up on a table, my lungs gasping for air like I’d never used them before. I was told that my life before this moment — all the years of memories I had, was a glitch. Then I was given a RED uniform and told to report for duty in the morning.

“I know that on my first day here, a Troubleshooter in Technical Services taught me how to use my PDC. Later on, two veteran Troubleshooters in the Armed Forces showed me the ropes.”

Steve looked for his fellow Very Special Forces members Cooper and Nakamura in the audience, subtly nodding to them in thanks when he saw them. He didn’t dare name them, or Alexeyev in Tech Support, for fear of putting them in danger.

“Three days ago, many of the Troubleshooters standing in this very room put their lives on the line to protect citizens from becoming collateral damage. We worked together and saved lives. It didn’t matter who we were or what label was slapped on our backs.

“The anti-Specials Society? They don’t want that. They want to divide us. They want us to start hating each other, so that the next time we’re passing in the hallway, or eating shoulder-to-shoulder in this Commissary, we’ll be so pre-occupied with our hate that we could never build trust again. And then the next time that we’re out there, taking fire from unknown shooters, we’ll stop having each other’s backs when we need it the most.

“I’m not going to tell you that this situation is fair. It’s not. But what I can tell you, is that fairness isn’t what the anti-Special Association has in mind. What they want is violence and chaos.
They proved that when they kidnapped a girl and nearly beat her to death.

“I don’t know who they are. They could be standing right next to you. They could try to recruit you next week, tomorrow. Maybe even tonight. They’ve already attacked one person and I know that it won’t end there. But if you disagree with them — if you disagree with mindless violence, don’t join them. Stand with me instead. We’ll find a way to make this fair, together.

“My name is Steve Rogers and my schedule and contact is public information in every one of your PDCs.

I hope to hear from you soon.”

The air was as still as death itself, and as Steve moved away from the microphone, he could only hope that his words have changed a few potential enemies to potential allies this morning.

He's still reeling a little from the orientation videos over the past couple of days, the fact that his life — or what he remembers of it — is supposedly a glitch; the speech that took place at breakfast and the sudden realization that he's apparently one of the Specials...which apparently does not bode well for his safety. Jason's fast and agile, but he's not a fighter and never has been. He's always been the type to resolve issues with words whenever possible. Hearing that some girl — a fucking girl; who beats a girl?! — was assaulted just for being what he's been told he is is rattling at best and terrifying at worst.

But he takes his orders and, if he's honest, they make him even more nervous. He makes a mental note to look for the girl when he gets his tour and orders in the medical wing. He doubts she'll trust a new face, whoever she is, but if he's like her; if there's a way to prove that, then maybe he can intercept her care from the other doctors and handle it on his own. The last thing anyone needs is for another attack to take place, especially if it means whoever they were are coming to finish the poor girl off. Jason doesn't hate much, but people who hit women or children? He hates the hell out of them and if he can prevent round two, then he wants to do that.

Putting on the suit that was given to him and pocketing the vouchers that make it "legal" for him to walk down a goddamn hallway — pin a rose on someone's nose if they're so damn special that they have a hallway that's illegal to walk down if you're not one of the clique — and he heads to the rendezvous point to meet his mission partner, a man he's never met or heard of, but whose name he now knows.

When he sees who he thinks is the man, Jason extends a hand. "Are you Alec?" he asks. "I'm Dr. Jason Wilcox. We're assigned to this mission together." Jason pauses and waits for a response, gauging the reaction until he's sure that it's the right guy. "Quick question: if we're getting paid 5000 credits to walk down a hallway, on a scale of doubtful to absolute certainty, what are the chances we're being sent on a suicide mission, you think? I just want to write a note if we're going down, is all I'm saying. Know what I mean, man? Gotta go out with a bang if I gotta go out."

It's not until the second spitball that Ray realizes they're coming from an unexpected source right behind him. A Special.

Well, if Steve's OK weathering the storm, Ray can wait until he's finished to finally turn around and cock his head at the slight blonde. He's mildly amused and so not remembering an old adage about a cat and curiosity that he should probably be heeding...

"I take it we're protesting the promotion?"

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DAYCYCLE 13

[ DEC 26 - 31 ]

Daycycle 13: Debriefing

Addressing the Troubleshooters

Jason Wilcox & Alec Hardison - Mission

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