Log:Guild Expedition, Scene 9

Guild Expedition 2016/06/14 	 Dialydd Inforcer Diviak Rei Star Girl Sapphire Grimm Psyn 9

Dragonfly announces that as she's spoken to the Inforcers her essential business on the trip is complete. She's going to return to Earth to tell the doctors back home of what she's seen in the Guild medical facilities. She shouldn't be long and will catch up if the ship moves on, but as she's going back she wonders if anyone wants her to carry messages back?

Grimm comes running at the last minute and hands a box over to Dragonfly, all taped up. "Uh, huh..hufff--" she tries to catch her breath. "I have a..uhh..message and a ...something. Could you deliver this to Special Agent Gibbs at Starguard HQ?" she asks shyly, which is a switch from her usual brash behavior.

Dragonfly nods, "I'll be pleased to." she says, and then lowering mher voice a little, "I'll personally see he gets it delivered into his hands." she assures Grimm.

Gabrielle's cheeks flush a bit and she grins. "Th-thanks," she says sheepishly, handing it over to her. "Tell him...to open it at home," she blushes more. The box rattles a bit as she holds it out to Dragonfly. Grimm must not have gotten padding for it. The box..clinks. Hidden within, all taped away and secure, is a heart shaped sculpture made of solid shadow. She's spent the past few nights in her quarters messing up the attempt to craft it with her powers, but at last, she managed a passable gift.

If anyone had dared to knock on her door while she was working, Gabrielle would've snappily told people to go away while her frustration over her powers got the better of her. But now? She's proud, yet shy.

Dragonfly nods to Grimm. "I'll do that. Uh, just to check, is it space capable? Or do we need to put it in a life support pod?!

Grimm laughs softly. "Uhhh...y'know...I have no clue. But it's not a pet or anything." As much as she had been eyeing those adorable creatures in that one store, she has yet to figure out how to smuggle it home safely. Plus, she would probably be bad at keeping it alive.

The Mechanic lounges about the cabin as he monitors various transmissions & conversations carried over comms. Out of sheer boredom he corrects his location after updating the Torus' current particle horizon.

From within the ship, he can see most things just where he is- so since making his 'presence' known, he's usually found right there. Lounging about like a bum.

He looks inside the box Grimm handed Dragonfly with his Quantum Awareness and he smirks. He's never encountered such a material directly before. He'll have to see if Grimm could make him him another sample.

Dragonfly smiles, "I'll put it in a pod just to be safe. Don't worry, Malcolm will have it as soon as I get to Earth. I'll make it the first thing I do." Suiting actions to words she puts the gift into a pod and heads home.

Some time later....

Diviak leads the heroes toward the interrogation room. "I had to pull some strings to let you folks in to talk to her. But given the diplomatic situation, it wasn't that difficult. How many of you are going to go in to talk to her? The rest of you can wait out here until they're done. Afterward, we'll head down to level 3 for that raid."

"Well, we have some tried and tested interrogation techniques. One is called Good Cop Bad Cop. But I am not sure that will be needed or even helpful here. I could just try to break the subject with simple straightforward interrogation. Does anyone else here have experience in these matters?" Vicki asks, glancing about to the others.

Star Girl waits around for the interview to begin. She stands arms folded. "One thing that struck me as odd," Star says. "Someone mentioned that Revenants were into explosives. I wonder why this one chose to be a sniper." She shrugs. "Might be nothing, though."

Star Girl shakes her head in response to Vicki's question. "I mean, other than seeing it on vids."

Psyn cocks her head to the side, "Well I can delve into thier mind directly but then I don't know your policies and such against such things. And I would not want to offend or such." she does offer and then looks at the rest of their group.

Rei says, "I'll wait outside. I don't have any experience of interrogating criminals."

Diviak says, "I suspect that you'll find her difficult to break normally. She does have a mechanical brain connected to her organic one. That makes it tough."

"One question for you..." Vicki states to Diviak. "Okay, a few questions. One, do you have any rules or regulations about how an interrogation can be performed? What I mean is.. am I able to promise leniancy in exchange for information? Do I have anything that I -can- offer if not that? Also.." She gestures to Grimm and Psyn, "What are the laws involving psionics in interrogations?"

Dialydd murmurs softly in his deep rich tones, "Yes, it is...But not impossible...She dreams of dying a glorious death as she regards it: slaying a high value target then dying at the hands of those she considers her opposites, perhaps even worthy foes, the Inforcers." His tone is somewhat abstract as he tilts his head to observe the assassin.

Diviak nods. "You can suggest that leniency might be on the table. I'll be the room to confirm or deny anything like that. There's no guarantee, of course. As for psionics, it depends on the jurisdiction int he Guild. For the Guild Laws themselves, mental reading is permissible, but not admissible in court. She can't be tried based upon evidence found that way. But we can use it to further investigations.

The Mechanic listens as they go over the limits of their abilities here in Guild space. He seemed most interested in the rules and regulations where psionics are concerned. Then he volunteers to wait outside and listen in through the communications system- after all walls are more or less meaningless to him. He could be on the other side of the wall before most beings could blink- or whatever they do instead of blinking.

"I have no actual experience in interrogation techniques- I'm an orator, not an interrogator. But if you require any assistance of a scientific nature, I'd be happy to assist. I could also pick a form a bit more... fear-inducing, if you wish. I am quite good at playing the strong, scary & silent type." The Mechanic says as he leans against what looks like empty air. But his suit jacket creases as if something was there holding him up.

Psyn nods her head as she listens. "Well it comes down to do we need the information we gather to be admissible or to be used to further the investigation?" the teen asks, her age does show through a little, but she is trying to not let it.

Star Girl suggests to Vicki. "I don't think we should handle things differently, now that we're not on Earth."

Nodding, Vicki suggests, "Then Psyn, you could be quite helpful if you watched from the viewing room." A pause and she asks Diviak, "IS there someplace Psyn can observe where she will have direct line of sight, but not be -in- the room?" And she asks Psyn, "Can you link us up so we can communicate via your power?"

The Inforcer thinks about it. "Not with the way things are set up currently. If you want to be able to look at her directly, you'll need to be in the room."

"I can open a small gateway between the rooms- for Psyn to see through directly. I can make it relatively small so that i tmight appear a bit... more inconspicious." The Mechanic offers as a spinning vortex of energy opens up over his outstretched hand. The connection solidifies, and within a square frame is a small viewport looking at our assassin fron the side. It shrinks until it is just small enough to see through.

Psyn nods, "I could create a link between our minds, I also can creat a bit of a dampening field, use my mind to lower the strength of will, might just make interrogation easier."

Dialydd murmurs again as he obseres the assassin on the view screen. "But, Psyn would not be doing this at the behest of an Earth government. She would be soing so to assist the INforcers. Earth laws and limitatoins would not apply, no?"

"Well, just goes to show you. One way mirrors may be primitive, but in cases like this, they are superior." offers Vicki with a snort. "But no, I don't think we'll need a dimensional aperture." She glances to Star Girl and shrugs, "When in Rome." she says with a light smirk. "But yes, I wish to follow the local laws and regulations. So Psyn, would you care to join me in the interrogation room? I suggest you not say anything unless we both agree you should. And please link us up mentally."

Grimm remains outside and folds her arms over her chest. "If we're just here to save lives with information, who cares of it's admissible? She was caught trying to kill one of ours. That's probably plenty to convict her for a long time."

Diviak nods to Grimm, "There's no question about whether or not she'll be convicted. There were way too many witnesses to the act."

Star Girl shrugs, with her arms still folded. "But we have the rules on Earth for a reason... And I kind of think those reasons apply no matter where we happen to be." She nods to Grimm. "That is a good point. With Diviak around, maybe that's the equivalent of approval of the local courts..." Her expression is a bit anxious, she's not quite settled the matter in her own mind.

Dialydd continues to watch the assassin through the view screen as he asks, "And punishment for attempted murder is, hmm, what under law here, Inforcer Diviak." His tone is one of mild curiosity. Well, to humans it sounds like mild curiosity.

Diviak nods. "It varies. We do have a death penalty. Alternatively, it could be life in prison. Or hard labor."

The Inforcer adds, "The death penalty is usually through spacing. Depending on the individual in question."

"So, this interrogation has zero to do with any court proceedings for the crime committed. This is purely information gathering for the purpose of furthering the investigation." suggests Vicki. She looks to Star Girl and smirks a bit, "I think of it as inter-agency cooperation. So yes.. let us get to work." That said, she looks to Diviak, "Shall we then?" she asks as she gestures to Psyn. "Grimm, if you like.. you would make an extra-ordinarily good Bad Cop..."

Dialydd says in a tone of mild surprise. "Interesting. One demand of False Guild's of Earth governments the abolishment of the death penalty. Claimed interstellar societies were above such things and was...not worthy of sentients? No, other word."

Star Girl nods. "Ok.."

Grimm raises an eyebrow. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" she says as if offended by Vicki's implication, but the growing smirk shows she's kidding. "Just tell me when you need some bad cop," she adds as she steps over.

Rei listens to the conversation in silence. She has nothing useful to add.

Diviak says to Dialydd, "The death penalty is exceedingly rare. But it hasn't disappeared entirely."

Psyn nods her head and then does link everyone up, not just those going into the room. She nods her head and well at least 8 minds anyway.

The Inforcer says, "Well, let's get this over with. I have an op to run in a couple of hours." He motions to the viewing room, and then heads into the interrogation room, with whomever is following.

Rei says, "That's..." She looks at Psyn. "Weird." It's a first for her."

Star Girl smirks a little at this. It's a new sensation for her, too. o O ( Hello! Woah, weird... Sorry! ) She does her best to quiet her thoughts to a level that avoids spamming her teammates.

The tall robed and veiled figure nods slightly at the touch of Psyn's mind. He thinks. o o(Greetings Psyn. Thank you for providing this link.) His mental voice is quite clear and completely free of any of is hesistations in English.

Mentally, Vicki projects, < If anyone has suggestions... Please communicate them to me while I interrogate. > And she follows Diviak to the room. "Let's do this then." she offers as she strides in, carrying what appears to be a tablet computer made up of her sapphire energy. Her outfit is a blue ship uniform as well. Simple and undecorated. "Good afternoon." she states to the prisoner, "That is, if you even use that designation of time." That said, she sits down and calmly clicks through a few entries on her tablet. Then she tsk tsks softly, "My, you've been naughty, haven't you?"

Revenant(#2785TOn)

A lithe woman dressed in a skin-tight white and purple body suit. Her face is no longer covered in a helmet, revealing the robotic portions of her head. Her eyes have been replaced with mechanical ones, and she has short black hair, shaved on one side.

The Revenant glances toward the Inforcer and looks back to Vicki. Her face is nearly expressionless.

Star Girl thinks. o O ( Do we know if she's committed any other assassinations? Does she have a standard method of operating? )

Psyn just stands quietly for now. If she has to use her other abilities she will but for now its just the link.

Shaking her head, Vicki states, "For the record, this conversation has zero to do with the crime you committed... with enough witnesses to guarantee you a guilty verdict in your own courts." She consults her tablet and adds, "But... anything you give that assists in a further investigation into the Nar'qu -will- be taken into account. It could result in leniency shown by the court. Perhaps it could even result in an honorable death rather than an ignoble one." She shrugs as if it makes no difference to her. Mentally 

Diviak moves to the side of the room, but he's otherwise quiet. He's already had some time with the prisoner to get some questions answered.

< I suggest we find out what scares her for bad cop if we can't get any information from her. > Grimm remains stoic and a step behind Vicki. <"Naughty"? You really are playing the good cop.>

The Revenant smirks at the mention of the honorable death vs. an ignoble one. She still doesn't say anything.

Dialydd watches some sort of spider-like creature crawl along the upper edge of the view screen rather than pay attention to the image /on/ the screen.

Star Girl looks over towards Diviak, eyelets narrowing. o O ( Hrm. These Inforcers don't seem so special anymore... )

Psyn reaches out with her mind to see what she can glean of the Revenant's thoughts.

Psyn looks into the mind of the Revenant, and she sees a couple of flashes of memories. Or what the plan was. Payment was made by a Lancian. She was to shoot the diplomat publicly, and die in the ensuing shootout. The public nature of it was intended to inflame anti-alien sentiment on Earth, and drive the humans from connecting with the Guild.

"As you have likely become aware, we are interested in learning information. Again, this has no reflection upon your particular case. But..." Vicki lowers her tablet and locks eyes with the Revenant. "We are -going- to learn this information. The easier you make it, the easier it will go for you. Right now, they're allowing -me- to have a conversation with you. Extraction will be by the least unpleasant manner available. If you just sit there and give me nothing..." She glances towards Grimm and shrugs, "Then my hands will be tied. I'll have no choice -but- to let -her- have a shot at you. I won't be able to do anything to help if that's the case."

Then she looks back to the Revenant and stage-whispers, "I've seen her in action. She scares -me-." (That... is not really a lie. Grimm is scary!)

Psyn shares the information with the others through the link, as she picks it up also she seems to look for thoughts as to why she looks more bruised.

Dialydd murmurs out loud then in the mind link, "Who are the Lancians?"

What? Little young Grimm? What could be so scary about the young woman with the rocker style. As Psyn shares the information, she grins a little dark grin. It gives her some information on the assassin's psychological profile. Now what did her professor say about these types again...?

Dialydd then shakes his head. "Ah now I remember...Odd." He returns his full attention to the view screen.

Grimm must've been daydreaming about Malcolm that day. She can't seem to recall a thing.

The Revenant finally speaks. "I am not scared of anything you can do with me. I was prepared to die. I was expecting to die. This is only making the process longer."

Laughing softly, Vicki shakes her head, "You think I was planning to have her kill you?" She smirks then and her eyes flash blue, "You'd be surprised what you can live through."

The Revenant leans forward, and raises her hands to point at her head where the robotics are. "No anesthetic was used. Do whatever you want."

Star Girl says aside to Diviak, "I don't recall her being so beat up after the fight... Did anything happen?"

Rei mentally pipes up in a concerned, hesitant, and doubting tone of thought, "Uh... You're buffing I hope?" She doesn't know Vicki well enough to be sure either way.

Diviak nods to Star Girl, and whispers to her, "One of the other Inforcers took it upon himself to 'soften her up'. He's been relieved of duty".

Shrugging, Vicki remarks softly. "Okay then. It's out of my hands." But mentally she says < I am trusting that Grimm doesn't plan to simply hurt her for the information. You are capable of creating fear... without harming the Revenant. Yes? >

She stands up though and gestures to Grimm. "Please Lady Grimm. If you would be so kind..."

Robe puts in through the mindlink. . o o(Confuse her with kindness. Offer her refreshment. Pain, fear, she is used to these. While she may take longer to reveal under it, pain and fear may be counterproductinve. Just a suggestion.)

Psyn just listens as she stands there and then does have a thought and shares it through the mindlink, << I might be able to alter her mind temporarily, give her a fear, make her painfully honest. Or just try to delve deeper. What are we still looking to learn? We know who hired and why." >>

Grimm smiles and steps up to the plate. o O (Hurt? That's so...unimaginative). Somehow that thought makes things sound so much worse. "I suppose it's my turn. We'll get the information we need. And it won't even -have- to hurt. What it -will- do is leave you a pathetic, drooling vegetable. Unable to feed yourself, clean yourself...you'll live a nice, long life being taken care of by others," she says with a darkly comforting voice.

Star Girl nods to Diviak, relieved. She asks quietly, "Diviak, where do Revenants come from?" . o O ( Operated on with no painkillers... I can't even imagine what that would be like... )

Grimm thinks over the mindlink <>

 says Vicki as she steps back and folds her arms over her chest.  she says to Psyn.

Diviak says as an aside to Star Girl, "There's a...fixer who makes these assassins. We haven't shut down his operation yet."

The Revenant doesn't even flinch at Grimm's threat. She glances over toward Psyn, though.

Robe continues to watch the interrogation through the view screen, attentive and unmoving. His only movement is the slow clenching and unclenching of one hand.

"This fixer makes them... how?" Star asks tentatively. "What was she, before she was a Revenant?"

Psyn does get an ID on the Lancian on her second attempt. The alien's name is 'Uhtac', and he's from the planet Iewei. She believes he was working directly for the Nar'qu.

Diviak says to Star Girl, "Let's talk about that later."

Psyn pushes herself a bit harder to get more information and does get it, she shares it over the link, rubbing her head just a little, always hard going deep into someone's mind.

Nodding, Vicki reaches a hand out to place it on Psyn's shoulder. "Thank you." she says softly before looking back to the Revenant. "And thank you. Your cooperation was helpful. I only hope that your people do not learn how easy it was to get the information from you." That said, she looks to Grimm and nods.  she says mentally.

Grimm smiles a little at the extra information. "Thank you for being so cooperative," she flashes a dark smile at the Revenant. It seems they got their information the easy way. "I was really looking forward to peeling back your courage and seeing what makes you really tick," she clicks her tongue.

Star Girl nods to Diviak.

 Gabrielle teases back. 

The group heads outside to a conference room, and the prisoner is returned to her cell. Diviak says, "Hopefully you managed to get something useful? I couldn't tell."

Looking to Psyn, Vicki lifts a brow. "Our young friend here got the information we require. The identity of the Lancian who hired our Revenant friend." That said, she shrugs and says, "It was a team effort, but if we were a team, Psyn here gets the MVP award for this game."

The Inforcer says to Star Girl, "To answer your earlier question...it's unclear exactly where the Revenants come from. Current speculation is that they are either kidnapped and modded, or cloned and then modded. One or the other."

Robe turns to look at the Inforcer. "This one would posit they are cloned and modded. Explains why there no fear of death. If copy of mind made and transferred, death no meaning."

Diviak nods to Vicki, "Thank you. I'll follow up on the investigation as soon as I can."

"Perhaps that is where we can stage this.. raid you spoke of? To capture the Lancian in question?" offers Vicki. "Or either way, we would like to assist in your Nar'qu raid. We have.... a vested interest in them."

Star Girl cringes at the thought. "So is the Lancian the one who created them, or just a client?"

Psyn nods her head and then glances back towards the others now.

Diviak shakes hsi head, "No, I suspect the Lancians don't have a direct hand. They're clients. The planet this one was on...would be a bit of a trip. I was intending to raid something closer...on the planet below."

Robe reaches into the voluminous arms of his robes and removes a small white paper packet. He holds it out to Psyn. "Mentalist known ot me always a bit tired after use of powers. Sweets? From Earth. Jelly bears called."

Nodding, Vicki looks to the others, "So, who is up for a raid on the Nar'qu?" she asks with a grin on her face. "I for one.. am looking forward to getting a bit of our own back."

Psyn shakes her head, "It takes just a moment, its more that I have to rein by ability back in. To keep it from spreading and drawing from everyone. Getting stronger these days."

Star Girl nods. "Sure, any way we can help..." . o O ( Though I would kind of like to take on the Lancians... wait is this still on? )

Robe bows slightly as he murmurs in his rich voice, "As you desire, Psyn."

Rei nods to Vicki, "I'll be pleased to help." she says.

Psyn smiles, "But thank you for offering." she says to Robe and then looks at Star Girl and nods her head, thinking 

Rei adds, "I'd better get suited up then." and puts the briefcase she's been carrying on the floor and steps on it. The briefcase transforms and unfolds to form her battlesuit around her.

Rei

Rei's half-Japanese heritage shows in her facial features, although her height, nearly six feet, and her abundant crop of curly red hair is a clear indication of a western genetic influence. She's slender and athletic in physique. When she moves it's with an assured poise.

Her normal everyday dress code tends to the kind of smart casual that only comes from the top fashion houses. When she's dressed up for special occasions it's select Paris and Rome fashion houses that supply her outfits.

Vicki

Mid-length brunette hair and gray eyes are two of the most striking features this young woman possesses. She will never be called beautiful, but is defitely someone whose features could be considered attractive. She's got the sort of build that an athletic tomboy would have, which means that she is not going to ever be called topheavy or voluptuous. She is however in excellent shape with a trim tummy and trim hips and legs. She moves with the sort of grace that many years of martial arts training will impart upon a person. In general, an athletic young woman who takes care of her body.

Today, she's dressed in street clothes. A simple pair of black flats are worn on her feet. These serve a dual purpose as shoes that still look okay with her suit, but are comfortable enough to run in should the need arise. Her french gray suit pants are nothing spectacular, but they are loose around the ankles and calves, growing tighter up along her muscular thighs. With a black belt about her waist fastened by a silver buckle, she has a simple white dress blouse on her torso and a black suitcoat over the top of it, she has a well put together look to her. She seems to lack obvious jewelry except for the blue stone in what appears to be a class ring on her right ring finger.

Star Girl

Star Girl is a blonde-haired crimefighter, wearing a blueish-black body suit. She stands about 5' 5" tall with a slender and athletic build. Her uniform bears a white eight-pointed starburst on her chest, and the icon is echoed on her back, and on the backs of her gloved hands. The uniform is seamless and doesn't offer any hints to how is was constructed. She wears a mask that covers her eyes, ears, and neck, but leaves her mouth and scalp uncovered, allowing for her shoulder length blonde hair. The eyelets white, opaque, and very expressive.

Grimm

A fair skinned young woman standing at 5' 6" with layered, textured long hair. Shes wearing a half-buttoned up red flannel shirt with blue and dark red cross-lines on it, and an army green tank top underneath. Charcoal grey cargo capris end just below her knees, finished with ankle-high flat brown boots with a series of straps and buckles. The flannels sleeves are rolled up to her elbows.

On her right wrist is a black banded bracelet. A silver banded ring adorns each thumb. Her left eyebrow is pierced with a silver ring just past the arch. Her left ear has a helix piercing with a simple silver loop earring, with standard lobe piercings with black spiral hoop tribal earrings.

Psyn

This young woman looks to be a teenager, though it is hard to tell as she is covered from head to toe with a dark crimson bodysuit. The bodysuit fits like a glove, showing off her form. Long black hair runs down to the middle of her back. A matching mask covers her eyes and part of her nose. It leaves her lower face and mouth bare, so allows breathing and talking while keeping her identity hidden.

Robe

This man is covered in a long silken black robe that seems to barely contain the breadth of his shoulders. His broad shoulders seem to taper down to a trim waist but it hard to tell given the general all-concealing nature of the robe. The robe reaches from his neck down to just above the the ground. It is intricately embroidered at all of its edges with seemingly abstract patterns in violet and cream. The tips of black shoes peak out from underneath the lower hem of the gown. The man is very tall, standing close to 2.1m (just shy of 6 ft 11 in). He seems graceful even when standing still from the top of his head to the tips of his long slender six fingered hands.

A black wide brimmed hat with dense veiling masks his face but a mane of partially braided raven black hair spills out from beneath the veiling to hang down his back in soft waves to end at mid back. The exposed skin of his hands is a flawless cafe au lait brown and his exposed forearms are very well toned. A silver bracer with deep intricate traceries of cerulean blue encircles his very well toned lower left arm.

He seems attentive to his surroundings but it is hard to tell, given the extent of the veiling, exactly what he is looking at.

Mechanic

The Quantum Mechanic is very short and has an masculine angular build. He is wearing an elegant black suit with a bold blue velvet tie which is covered in circular designs. These designs seem to change when you aren't looking.

He looks quite dapper for a crazy cosmic wanderer from no-where and no-when near here. He's also especially clean despite being called 'The Mechanic'.

His round eyes are the color of a dull & impossibly black metal- though these are usually hidden behind sunglasses (regardless of day or night).

Besides this singular feature- everything else about its face is always in flux. Some features are immediately recognizable to some as their own.

It seems the face is an amalgam of the faces in a preset radius.

The transformation is rapid and very soon it's Bluejay stood where Rei had been.

Bluejay

When in her battlesuit Bluejay is a mostly midnight blue anime styled cybermech combat suit with fully enclosed visored helm. The visor is illuminated from within by a constantly changing head-up display and when Bluejay is engaged in combat a bluish-green force field surrounds her. Most of the suit's external armor is colored a deep midnight blue with slightly lighter blue highlights. On the chest of the suit is an emblem, a dark blue rose in a white diamond.

"I like your color scheme." says Vicki to the now aptly named Bluejay. But she clenches her right fist, and armored plates extrude from her clothing... the clothing changing to a simple skintight undersuit to accomodate for the armor. A helmet even grows about her head there. "I am prepared as well." she states.

Diviak leads the group to where there is a military shuttle craft waiting. There are already several Inforcers on board the ship. "Thank you all for being willing to come along. We could use our teleportation technology, but I am concerned about potential...issues. We're going to go in the old-fashioned way." If the old-fashioned way means taking a space-worthy combat shuttle.

The Inforcer pulls on some heavier combat armor and tests its matching force field, which seems to be in working order. "Alright. So, the plan is to land a couple of miles from the compound. It's a warehouse on the edge of a medium-sized settlement. It's currently believed to be run by the Nar'qu cartel. No shooting until you get shot at. Am I clear?"

"No so different from earth after all," Grimm comments as she prepares to board with the others. She's still just wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans.

And of course, Vicki doesn't bother making her own spacecraft. It's more for mobility than for combat after all. "Works for me. I can jam visual sensors, but can't actually -cloak- our appearance. Is anyone here able to conceal a group from them?"

Vicki asks this as she climbs aboard the shuttle of course.

Diviak chuckles. "No need. We have a cloak on board. Otherwise we might take fire on the way in. I suggest buckling in. It will get bumpy. The atmosphere is a bit thick."

Bluejay shakes her head. "Not something my suit can do. Sorry."

"I meant for... when we exit the shuttle." offers Vicki with a shrug. She sits down and blue straps buckle her in. That way, if she needs to unbuckle, she can do it in an instant.

Robe follows along with the others. He remains silent and listens, obeying instructions as they are given or suggested.

Grimm takes a seat and starts fastening her harness. "If people stay close, I could probably disguise them or hide them. But it's not a guarantee. Someone might still see through my illusion."

Diviak nods as he straps in. "Ah, I misunderstood."

Star Girl buckles in as well. "I can go stealth, once we touch down," she offers.

Psyn shrugs, "I can cloak from minds, though never tried it against aliens." she says, "not sure if it would work."

Robe asks in a calm tone, "Is atmosphere of the planet breathable without aid? Like space station?"

The shuttle glides out of the docking bay and arcs down toward the planet Cerule. Unsurprisingly, it looks awfully blue. The planet is mostly water-covered, with a series of islands arranged in multiple archipelagos. Diviak nods to Robe, "The planet was terraformed about three hundred years ago to match the same climate as you have just experienced on Cerule One. You may find the air a little thick, like I said. But otherwise, you should be fine."

"Cerule. I may be able to blend in with the background here more than anywhere else when stealth is required. Everything I do is blue." offers Vicki with a smirk.

The shuttle hits the atmosphere, and shudders. The pilot says something which translates as 'Cloak on.' The ship remains in a steep dive, headed toward an island chain almost directly under the station.

Bluejay activates her neutrino scan and zooms her view hoping to see what awaits the raiding group.

Everyone manages to keep from feeling too nauseous. There are a couple of heroes that feel a little off, but the turbulence ends before it becomes an issue. The ship levels out and continues to dive, headed toward what looking like a moderate-sized city.

Were she not already so blue, Vicki might start looking.. blue in the face. That helmet makes for good camouflage! Either way, she's got her game face on... and she just stares straight ahead, waiting to be told that they are landing.

Grimm grips her seat tightly, feeling a little lurch in her stomach as her eyes go wide. But she doesn't risk losing her lunch. "So what's what they mean by thick atmosphere..."

The ship comes in over the water...and rises again to get over a cliff. The shuttle slows and lands in a field of blue-ish grass and flowers. The feeling is not unlike the end of a roller coaster ride.

Robe watches the approach carefully and when it seems the ship is about to touch down, he runs a hand over the bracer on his left arm. The engravings glow a soft golden color for a moment before a golden-silver haze envelops his body. "A warning: ability to perceive visually through field mildly impaired."

Star Girl looks down to where she's been gripping her seat. Hopefully it's strong enough for her not to have deformed it.

Bluejay switches off her scan for now. "I can see everything with my scanning system. Everything. There's just too much clutter for me to make any sense of it though. I'll try again when we're closer." she tells the group.

"Got an idea of what direction to look?" Grimm asks Bluejay as she fidgets with her belts, trying to unfasten herself. "I can take a peek with a narrower view."

Blue-straps unfastening on their own, Vicki is up on her feet and heading towards the exit. "We should move fast. The more time we spend preparing, the more time they have to spot us."

Grimm feels around a bit with her own senses as she asks. The buckle comes free and she stands up, stretching her legs and testing her balance as her shadow sight canvases all around the ship and beyond to figure out where to start taking a closer look.

The Inforcers unstrap from their harnesses and gear up. Diviak says, "The pilot and co-pilot will remain behind if we need combat support." He grabs an energy rifle from a rack of weapons, and he heads to the rear bay door. It glides open, turning into a ramp down to the ground. Sure enough, the air seems suitable to breathe. Though it feels...heavy and humid.

Bluejay nods, "There's the warehouse Inforcer Divaik mentioned. The one with a blue, what else, hovervan parked near the main doors.

Robe trails along with the rest of the heroes. He senses about himself every few senonds by consulting the Dream of Reality.

Star Girl unbuckles and leaves the craft. "I'll be close guys," she says, as she activates her cloak and fades from sight.

Bluejay adds, "There's a communications tower next to the warehouse as well. I don't know if that should be disabled before news of our raid can be passed on?"

Diviak heads down the ramp, along with a couple more Inforcers. The ground feels slightly spongy when you walk on it, almost like the ground is filled with water.

Diviak looks to the tower. "Nicely spotted. I think we need ot disable that first."

Psyn just follows for the moment, watching around them.

Watching Star Girl fade away, Vicki smirks a bit, "Perhaps our predator friend here can get in and disable that while the rest of us make our way closer?" she asks, referencing sci fi movies from so long ago

Grimm follows Diviak, sinking a bit as she steps on the spongy ground. She freezes. "Eugghh...that's weird.." she murmurs, then slides her hands into her pockets nonchalantly.

Robe murmurs softly, "Like the coastal swamps on Bas-Tyra. Curious." He boucnes a few times, sinking a bit further than one might think for his height and build.

With the extra weight of her suit Bluejay is slogging along sinking ankle deep with each step.