Seeing Kat's obvious discomfort with the helicopter's noise, Illya reaches out to mildly reverse gravity's effect just around her ears, which prevents any sound from reaching them.

He attempts to smile at her reassuringly, and then speaks,

Essex's Black Site masqueraded as a run-of-the-mill pharmacy.  Essex was already one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, so no one suspected their delivery trucks weren't (only) there merely to deliver supplies for the drugstore.   There, was, in fact, a supply run earlier that morning, according to the footage from the street cameras Shiva shared with them.  The content of the crates, which were taken directly to the basement levels, contained nutrients for the cloning cells.  And explosives.  Enough to blow the entire block up into the sky - several times over.

Ana's own scan confirmed that the facility was planned to be erased out of existence.  The explosive charges were already primed and ready to go, waiting for someone to pull the trigger.  One confirmed Mutant - a man that looked like the love child of a gorilla and a dire wolf, was assisting his fellows with waking up the half-baked Marauder clones.  More concerning than the human mannequins stepping out nude from their vats were the status logs appearing on the computer monitors.  Those had a very distinct heading, reading 'test site B'...

"Wait for my signal," Tank told the others as the team took up positions. He'd been told to make sure the ground floor was clear before the team proceeded, and that was what he was going to do. "Shiva, can you give me a dead zone in the street-level cams, so they don't see me coming?"

In reply to Tank (msg # 22):

"I can loop the footage from 5 minute interval. So all they see is empty alley. However, I am pretty sure these creeps have dead man switches on the explosives. I need to hack them before we attack and they set off the bombs by default." Shiva responds.
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"From out here I'll keep an eye out for anyone trying to set off the bombs and try to stop them."

"Tank; don't do anything until we figure out what to do about the bombs.  The Marauders didn't have any regard for civilian causalities - or themselves, and this team is likely running the same playbook. They're going to set this thing off the minute they notice us coming"
Johnson was sitting in a van a block away.  He wondered if it was far enough away...
"Windtalker - see if you can find out who's holding the detonator"

Something about this entire situation doesn't add up... "Why do they have bombs?" Gwenyth asks, attacking the surface level incongruity first. Sounds like they have some time to talk while the big brains scan the area.

Illya looks at Gwenyth and shrugs, "To destroy the evidence?"

"Or us" Johnson added "Even if they don't kill you, so many civilian casualties is going to launch a Federal investigation of Freedom Force.  Put the entire initiative on hold. "

"It seems like they know we're coming.  It always seems like they know when we're coming.  Are there leaks in whatever office is giving out warrants?  Why else would they be getting the clones up early?"  Kate asks as well.

Before he started hacking into systems or sending his arms to start fiddling with explosives in a populated area, he wanted to be sure. No more dead children because he did not spot something in time. When he expanded his sensors to take in enough data, he could start running a predictive program to find likely outcomes.

Many of the programs he had worked out on his lab's HQ computer would assist him in making this. Even if all his stuff had been blown up. He still had what was on him, although his home made gaming systems were up in smoke.

Ooc-creating asset. Spending 1 pp to use tech resources and 1 to add 3rd die to total. Spending another point to make asset last.

Wits-d10
Senses-d12
Tech-d10
Distinction: Rigged with Explosives-d4(+1 pp)
Tech Resource-d8

Total roll=21
Effect die=d12

00:22, Today: Shiva rolled 10,8,4,3,7 using D10,d12,d10,d4,d8 with rolls of 10,8,4,3,7.  Creating predictive algorithm asset.
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Gwenyth nods in response to Kate. "Yeah! They could have installed a self-destruct at any time, but why are they only just now getting around to it?" She had previously dismissed Kate's conspiracy spinning as the influence of that Fujino chick but was beginning to suspect that Kate might actually be onto something...

Ana Sofía sends her senses in to look for someone who seems somewhat in charge to read their mind about bombs.

d12 Telepathy
d10 Willpower
d8 Psych
d8 One Step Ahead of You
d6 Enthralling Mind (and step up effect die)

01:13, Today: Windtalker rolled 9,6,2,6,4 using d12,d10,d8,d8,d6 with rolls of 9,6,2,6,4.  Read mind about bombs.

9+6=15, with d10 stepped up to d12 for effect die

Ilya flicks the zipper on his ill fitting uniform.
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"Too many people involved with getting those warrants, and Essex's pockets are deep.  Maybe they hacked us only to cover up for their real source" whatever was the case, they didn't have time to look into it right now "They know we're coming, which means we're only a minute away from a total catastrophe.  We need to defuse these bombs, now!"
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In reply to Agent Johnson (msg # 34):

Shiva proceeded to scan the bombs, and thier inginiton devices. If there was a signal device to cause detonation, he may be able to jam that. Or all communications if need be.
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"John, there is a remote trigger option. Look for that connection to shut it down while I go after Ruckus, who has a manual detonator."

Knowing about Ruckus, Ana Sofia now searches for him. The mind she's in probably has a general idea where he is and surely knows what he looks like, so she'll start there and then hunt him down her way.

In reply to Windtalker (msg # 36):

"Rodger dodger, Ana. If Tank does not need me for combat, I can send the armature down and try to manually dismantle the explosives after I shut down enemy communications and after Agent Windtalker does her mental takedown." Shiva replies.

"The explosives are your top priority," Tank assured Shiva. "Shut them down at all costs."

Shiva sent out his limbs, and began hacking the local networks. Using the data from the government's files on explosives, his sensors had revealed the entire map of the underground 'minefield' that would level city blocks. Once he got a entire landscape of not only the bombs, but the various signals, alarms, and commination's that covered the area-he could focus in on disarming the devices. Frist he would do the digital shutdown, then he would send in his limbs to manually disarm them if needed. He would also be relying on his Predictive Algorithm, allowing him to foresee missteps and random events with a very high degree of accuracy. Using 1000s of bits of data and digital imaging showing potential events that may occur.

OOC:

Wits-d10
Senses-d12
Tech-d10
Rigged with Explosives-d4(+1 PP)
Asset-d12
Tech Resources-d8

09:57, Today: Shiva rolled 2,12,5,3,3,7 using d10,d12,d10,d4,d12,d8 with rolls of 2,12,5,3,3,7.  attempting disarm.

Spending 1 PP to add 3rd die.

Total roll=24
Effect die=d12

Total PP left=1.
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Once Ana Sofía knows which one Ruckus is, she sets to work. The bombs can be set off remotely. The manual detonator is stupid. I should lock it up so no one uses it.

d10 Willpower
d8 Mind Control
d8 Psych
d8 One Step Ahead of You
d6 Enthralling Mind (and step up effect die)

10:08, Today: Windtalker rolled 5,3,8,6,1 using d10,d8,d8,d8,d6 with rolls of 5,3,8,6,1.  Messing with Ruckus's mind.

Spend 1 PP to add a third die.

8+6+3=17, with a d10 effect die stepped up to d12.

d6 to Doom Pool.

PP: 1 -1 (extra die) +1 (rolled 1) = 1

Shiva hacked the signal for the remote detonators and shut them down, but defusing the bombs themselves would require him to enter the building.  In the basement, Ruckus reached the very logical conclusion that walking around with a detonator that can evaporate him and anyone standing next to him was stupidly dangerous.  He unhooked it from the wires crisscrossing the room and locked it in one of the drawers.

"Remote Detonators deactivated. I will need to send the arms in to lockdown the explosives. Looking for alternate route inside." Shiva downloads the city hall maps of the local sewer system and infrastructure to find a way his arms could get to the basement without using the elevator. If need be he could have them drill inside, as they could fit through the narrow pipes of the water system. He had to make sure the security alarms would not spot him either.

OOC-What would I need to roll to use the sewer system to get under the basement and then use ether various pipes and waterways to enter, or just drill a small hole to the basement?

"We need to go now if John's ready! Frank, I can serve as a scout for you and direct you to the room with the detonator." Her plan is to keep her senses up ahead of him to warn him telepathically of what's ahead.

Try to create a scout asset:

d10 Clairvoyant Senses
d8 Wits
d8 One Step Ahead of You
d6 extra die (1 PP)

10:28, Today: Windtalker rolled 6,3,7,5 using d10,d8,d8,d6 with rolls of 6,3,7,5.  Try to create a scout asset for Tank.

7+5=12, with a d10 effect die if it works.

PP: 1 -1 (extra die) = 0

Illya watches the tense conversation with wide eyes, "Bombs? How many?"

His gaze wanders off into the distance, "I may be able to extract them all at once, without having to enter the building. Shiva or Windtalker, is there a way that either of you can give me their precise locations?"