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F.A.T.E. Fresno's top agent, [[Desmond Sands]], was deep undercover as an employee of a small Aztechnology shell company operating in Los Angeles. Fearing his cover has been compromised, he has activated his emergency beacon, a signal to F.A.T.E. that he must be extracted immediately. J.P. Redman knew immediately that this extraction would require his top agents. F.A.T.E. San | F.A.T.E. Fresno's top agent, [[Desmond Sands]], was deep undercover as an employee of a small Aztechnology shell company operating in Los Angeles. Fearing his cover has been compromised, he has activated his emergency beacon, a signal to F.A.T.E. that he must be extracted immediately. J.P. Redman knew immediately that this extraction would require his top agents. F.A.T.E. San Francisco's agents were gathered on short notice and told to pack up and depart immediately for Los Angeles. They would receive the briefing en-route. | ||
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Doc sat in the driver's seat of one of F.A.T.E.'s patrol cars, waiting for the last two agents to finish packing the trunk and get in the car. Hector, Wex, and Oni already took off in the Ares Roadmaster. "How many guns are you taking, anyway?" he said, looking at Ana through the sideview mirror as she loaded more into the trunk. She ignored him; you could never have too many guns, she thought. Eric entered the garage as Ana closed the trunk and made her way to the front passenger seat. | |||
"What do you think you're doing?" Eric called out to Ana as he walked up to the car. "I'm employee of the month," he said with a smile. | |||
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Ana gazed out the tinted window of the patrol car from the back seat, taking in the sights as the car crossed the Nishi-Tokyo over Oakland Bay. Even with AR disabled, the skyline was littered with ads, from Ares cars to the latest simsense from Wuxing. She spotted one interesting advertisement she hadn't seen in years: Ares was resuming passenger shuttle service to the moon, something she had always wanted to do. Eric and Doc were sitting up front quietly. The car was on autopilot, powered by the city's Gridlink. Once outside the city Doc planned to take control from the computer, but he knew that in city traffic, the computer was typically more efficient than a human driver, as it was being fed data from the city's traffic management systems. | |||
Their thoughts were interrupted by a video conference request from J.P. Redman. His image projected over the center of the dash of both vehicles. "Agent Desmond Sands has requested extraction from his undercover operation at Pendleton EnviroTech, a rather well known Aztech shell corporation operating in Los Angeles. They advertise environmental cleanup and property restoration services, but from the data Desmond has been feeding us over the past several months, that's not the only thing they do." | |||
Redman's face was replaced with a map of Los Angeles on the projection. "You're familiar with the astral alchera that appeared below Los Angeles after the Twins," he said, referring to the twin earthquakes that devastated the Pacific coast 4 years ago. "Pueblo Corporate has been very restrictive of who it has licensed to study and explore these tunnels and caverns. Only CalTech and UCLA have permits. But that hasn't stopped others from trying. Especially the Azzies. When we heard they were making strides in their exploratory efforts, Desmond was tasked with infiltrating their operation and collecting as much information as he could." | |||
"He was meeting with F.A.T.E. Fresno agents on a monthly basis. On January 12, their last meeting, he said he noticed a change in behavior of one of the lead researchers within Pendleton. He didn't have many details, but suggested bi-weekly meetings in case things developed rapidly. The second meeting never took place, but we received a communication from Desmond that said he was fine, but felt he was being watched closer than usual. Our agents began to worry that his cover was compromised. Their suspicions were apparently valid, because just one hour ago, Desmond activated his emergency beacon. We need to get him out." | |||
The map of Los Angeles zoomed into the southern portion of the L.A. sprawl to an area just south of Irvine. "His beacon was activated at Pendleton's office complex in Newport Beach. It's implanted so if he moves, we should be able to track the signal. We have not been able to communicate with him since January 25. I'm sending over all of his reports on the Pendleton assignment." | |||
''A little light reading for the ride,'' Ana thought to herself as the document transfer took place. | |||
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F.A.T.E. Fresno's top agent, Desmond Sands, was deep undercover as an employee of a small Aztechnology shell company operating in Los Angeles. Fearing his cover has been compromised, he has activated his emergency beacon, a signal to F.A.T.E. that he must be extracted immediately. J.P. Redman knew immediately that this extraction would require his top agents. F.A.T.E. San Francisco's agents were gathered on short notice and told to pack up and depart immediately for Los Angeles. They would receive the briefing en-route.
Doc sat in the driver's seat of one of F.A.T.E.'s patrol cars, waiting for the last two agents to finish packing the trunk and get in the car. Hector, Wex, and Oni already took off in the Ares Roadmaster. "How many guns are you taking, anyway?" he said, looking at Ana through the sideview mirror as she loaded more into the trunk. She ignored him; you could never have too many guns, she thought. Eric entered the garage as Ana closed the trunk and made her way to the front passenger seat.
"What do you think you're doing?" Eric called out to Ana as he walked up to the car. "I'm employee of the month," he said with a smile.
Ana gazed out the tinted window of the patrol car from the back seat, taking in the sights as the car crossed the Nishi-Tokyo over Oakland Bay. Even with AR disabled, the skyline was littered with ads, from Ares cars to the latest simsense from Wuxing. She spotted one interesting advertisement she hadn't seen in years: Ares was resuming passenger shuttle service to the moon, something she had always wanted to do. Eric and Doc were sitting up front quietly. The car was on autopilot, powered by the city's Gridlink. Once outside the city Doc planned to take control from the computer, but he knew that in city traffic, the computer was typically more efficient than a human driver, as it was being fed data from the city's traffic management systems.
Their thoughts were interrupted by a video conference request from J.P. Redman. His image projected over the center of the dash of both vehicles. "Agent Desmond Sands has requested extraction from his undercover operation at Pendleton EnviroTech, a rather well known Aztech shell corporation operating in Los Angeles. They advertise environmental cleanup and property restoration services, but from the data Desmond has been feeding us over the past several months, that's not the only thing they do."
Redman's face was replaced with a map of Los Angeles on the projection. "You're familiar with the astral alchera that appeared below Los Angeles after the Twins," he said, referring to the twin earthquakes that devastated the Pacific coast 4 years ago. "Pueblo Corporate has been very restrictive of who it has licensed to study and explore these tunnels and caverns. Only CalTech and UCLA have permits. But that hasn't stopped others from trying. Especially the Azzies. When we heard they were making strides in their exploratory efforts, Desmond was tasked with infiltrating their operation and collecting as much information as he could."
"He was meeting with F.A.T.E. Fresno agents on a monthly basis. On January 12, their last meeting, he said he noticed a change in behavior of one of the lead researchers within Pendleton. He didn't have many details, but suggested bi-weekly meetings in case things developed rapidly. The second meeting never took place, but we received a communication from Desmond that said he was fine, but felt he was being watched closer than usual. Our agents began to worry that his cover was compromised. Their suspicions were apparently valid, because just one hour ago, Desmond activated his emergency beacon. We need to get him out."
The map of Los Angeles zoomed into the southern portion of the L.A. sprawl to an area just south of Irvine. "His beacon was activated at Pendleton's office complex in Newport Beach. It's implanted so if he moves, we should be able to track the signal. We have not been able to communicate with him since January 25. I'm sending over all of his reports on the Pendleton assignment."
A little light reading for the ride, Ana thought to herself as the document transfer took place.
More to come...
Notes
- 4,421¥ remaining on the team stipend
- There is a whole chapter detailing Los Angeles in the Corporate Enclaves sourcebook. Here are some main points:
- LA broke from CalFree and became a free city in 2046. It was annexed by the Pueblo Corporate Council in 2061.
- The city was devastated by a 9.6 magnitude earthquake in 2069. The city experienced an unusual drop in elevation, known as the Fall. A large area of sunken caverns, caves, and sinkholes appeared beneath the city, known as the Deep Lacuna. They appear to be a unique astral construct and are the subject of intense study by CalTech and UCLA.
- 3 years after the quake, parts of the city have rebounded prosperously, and LA remains the media capital of the world.
- Relations between CalFree and PCC can be described as tense and untrusting.
- Useful maps:
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