The team leader approaches the Green that seems to be in-charge and steps aside with him for a brief conversation.

CL takes his cart and says, "Wonderful choices most impervious leader."
CL doesn't want to go close to them, because they look dirty. He then squaks, "Credit says they let us by."

OOC: Sorry for delays; wife is in and out of hospital and probably will be for a few more weeks.  Put let's keep on trucking...

After Seth talks with the GREEN goon, he nods a little and says, "Go on through.  You're right. We have nothing to fear from your equipment."

You move on into the elevator.  The spacious Cargo Elevator VWVHHAEC-E1 has enough room for you all.  Its bot brain politely requires all passengers (especially repair people) to show proper authorization.  You see points in the elevator where it can be flooded with sleeping gas in case of a violation.  You each scan your authorization and are passed.

You move on through the elevator to CHECKPOINT 2.  Again, the checkpoint has a cabinet with climbing gear for 6 people.  There is nothing on this floor, you notice, except for Checkpoint 2, which is a bulletproof plastic enclosure about the size of a one hour finishing booth.  Inside the booth, sitting at machine gun emplacements, are two bored GREEN lieutenants.  They don't seem as stupid as the goons, but they appear lethargic and tired.

You will have to go, one at a time, through the booth and have all your equipment x-rayed separately.  Then you will pass into another elevator to take you down further.

"Who's first?" the GREEN lieutenant says with a yawn and a wave of his hand.

Seth considers for a moment then settles on his Equipment Guy.  Seth recalls Gunter's RSI earlier and knows that he is obviously the best suited to take the bulk of everyone's gear through the checkpoint, as he can explain the nitty-gritty details to the friendly lieutenants.

((Seth indicates that Gunther should work with the guards to X-ray the carts, and everyone can take this opportunity to toss any choice bits of equipment into a bag that the equipment guy will have X-rayed))

Gunther waits for everyone to toss their equipment into his cart.

Please everyone state what you are (and in a private line, what you are not) placing on the cart.  If you are not putting something on the cart, let me know what you are doing with it.

CL places his equipment into the cart, and organizes it neatly.

Seth also entrusts his stuff to the Equipment Guy, rearranging a few things to make room for his larger pieces.
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Lynn says, "Vee must arrange this in a happy configuration," as she stands over the cart, rearranges the equipment, puts her own in the mix, and stands back, revealing that the equipment is a neatly arranged smiley face.

Seth grins at Lynn, "Spot on! Now the cart brightens my day every time I look at it.  It's so neat too, now Gunther should have no trouble describing everything to the friendly guards."

OOC: I'm waiting for actions from Joseph and Bruce.  I'll assume they join in throwing in all their equipment if I don't hear from them soon.

You feared the guards might confiscate your items, but they seem generally interested only in weapons, not other treasonous items.  They place the items on a tray to be scanned, run them through, and scan each of you individually.  With each individual, when they find something that sets off the alarm, they take to a private curtained booth, look at it, and release you, unconcerned with the traitorous quality of the items.

They debate a minute about the laser pistols, since there are no barrels.  Finally, they say to tell the guard at Checkpoint 3 to make the final decision about the weapons.

No takers???  Okay...

After your ID is checked and cleared, you go down the elevator to Floor VWVHHAEC-3, where CHeckpoint 3 guards the termination center itself.  Checkpoint 3 is identical to Checkpoint 2, except that there is only a single BLUE guard.  He is asleep on a chair between you and the anteroom to the termination center.

CL keeps smiling.

Seth turns to his happiness officer with a grin and says "Ah, look how the masterful Blue citizen keeps watch over the termination center while keeping a calculated facade of restfulness to entrap any traitors who might try to escape.  Please announce our presence to the guard and make sure he is in a good mood when we present ourselves for our mission."

Lynn says, "Unfortunately, good and vize leader, my happiness duties extend only to members of our mission.  I do believe it should be you who vakes him up, but I vill do it if you vant me to.  Perhaps vee should just get on vith the mission though, no?  Our mission iz inside the termination center, not in the checkpoints."

"He may be on a nap forced by the computer, it may be a bad thing to wake him o great leader, however I do not doubt your decision." He says to Seth.

Lynn! Surely you do not think that an upstanding Blue citizen would be sleeping while on such a vitally important duty as guarding a termination center?! One must never question the ability or judgment of a higher security citizen, especially not an upstanding IntSec guard like this fine man.



Seth hadn't considered this, and momentairly wavers in his decision, but soon makes up his mind.  He clears his throat loudly and approaches the guard, then gives him a moment before introducing the troubleshooters. "Sir, I am Seth-R-BCK reporting for troubleshooting duty in accordance with experimental happiness regulation PEC-V-9A-65992B.  The GREEN guards who cleared us to this point instructed us to report to you for final clearance into the termination chamber."

He does not seem pleased to be woken.  "Show me your identification," he says grumpily.

Seth presents his identification to the guard and instructs the rest of the team to do so as well.

[Note: I'm not sure what form ID takes in paranoia.  If we don't actually have any identifying documents, I would use my PDC to place a call to IntSec/controll and request that the friendly folks on the other side of the omniscent cameras authenticate us to the guard.]

The guard yawns, checks your PDCs for a half a moment, and waves you forward as he leans back in his chair to go back to sleep.

"Vell, shall vee go?" Lynn says to Seth.  "Or shall vee stand here vile I crack some more Commie killing jokes?"

*follows while looking for anything out of the ordinary

"Yup. I'm ready."

"Alright everyone, let's bring a little bit of happiness to this corner of Alpha Complex!"  Seth instructs his Communications and Recording officer to make sure to get videos of the team while they carry out their duty.
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