Is there a nearby cliff or somesuch where they could have gone upwards?

In reply to Leticia Lensgrove (msg # 955):

No. But the group as a whole seems to have headed further up the canyon.

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Leticia point up the canyon, "Tracks go that way. We follow."

In reply to Leticia Lensgrove (msg # 957):

Same group as last time (Duran, Leticia and Sdian)?

Duran is concerned about tracking multiple unknown targets into high canyon walls...

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OOC: Sdian's call..

Makes sense... Shuttle can you scan the upper reaches of the canyon for us...  let the security folks know too... they may want to pay it a visit in force.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 960):

The response from local security is that they will be ready to deploy in 30 minutes, and here within 90.

Roll a scan for the upper reaches of the canyon.

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On it Sdian

09:46, Today: Jurelda Cabeceira rolled 8 using 3d6 with rolls of 3,4,1.  Elec. Ops (Security)

In reply to Jurelda Cabeceira (msg # 962):

The scan reveals only a couple of very discreet antennas at the top about 12 miles from your position, corresponding to the deepest part of the canyon. No ambushing force detected at this time in the upper reaches.

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Pass that along to the Local Security

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 964):

The local security redirect the group they are sending, ETA there 80 minutes.

Your actions in the meantime?

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Stand Guard and Have Jurelda watch from above a safe distance.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 966):

And on the ground? Continue tracking? You are still some distance away.

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No, in dense cover you could walk into a trap and never know it until you were cooked.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 968):

Ok. So what do you do? Scout? What is your plan when backup arrives.

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Plan? .... I am assuming that the security force may cause a small exodus, and there is some chance they might want to come this way.... we are just after the boy.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 970):

Ok, so setting up an ambush and waiting.

The security force arrives just over 2 hours after then were called after being geographically displaced, as security forces do.

You detect no movement. After about another 30 minutes, they report that the antennas seem to be attached to short range transmitters that use a frequency that does not penetrate rock. The assume there must be a secret base somewhere close, but it will take time to find it.

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Can the shuttle see any movement we cannot account for?
Thermal, and various other spectrums being scanned.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 972):

No. Local security suspect they have gone to ground, hiding in their holes. If they are still here...

The security detachment drop a small contingent at the antenna. It has, as suspected, a secondary transmitter, using sonar to travel through the rock. Locating the base will not be easy...and may have to be done the old fashioned way.

You staying at the camp several miles back?

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There were no tracks leading out with the boy? If there are, we can try to follow them

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 974):

No. Either the boy is with them, or you lost his track further back.

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Leticia? Any ideas?

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 976):

"I hope for his sake we lost his track further back, but it is hard to say where. I have noticed that we were tracking multiple bikes for at least the last day, but initially there was only one bike. I am not sure where that changed, sorry."

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"Hey, Leticia!" calls Bonny over their comms. "Count the bike tracks. I bet it's an odd number! I mean that numerically; not peculiarly. And with the same type of tyre! See if one or more seem more heavily laden than the others."

In reply to Bonny Taching (msg # 978):

"The problem with tracking grav bikes is that they do not leave clearly defined tracks, nor do they clearly indicate weight. Rather, I just track impressions, noting when they occasionally dip and hit the dirt or a shrub or something. So it is hard to count them if some are following others, which seems to be the case here a lot of the time."

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