Everything you've requested is just known information, so no dice rolls this time.
1. Get info
a) Is the incident related to the governor case or just another one? (probably we will only discover after solving the problem)
Witnesses give descriptions similar to those of the four rebels that escaped the earlier fiasco, namely, a old man, two boys, and a girl, in the 16-22 range.
b) What else is rumored to be in the museum, weapons? Magical shit from other worlds? Maps of an old sewer that may help the rebels sneak past us? Or just something to demoralize us?
Ooh. This is a goodie.
The Emperor that built this place was rumored to have a coastal defence system known as "The Wall" - a 100-mile-long wall which was able to manipulate gravity (!) to generate tsunamis and destroy attacking ships. The working core of the Wall was a glossy green crystalline material which was studded along the barrier and created gravitational anomalies when exposed to sunlight.
Sound familiar? Yeah, right... They just happened upon the treasure trove of
andantesite.
The museum was built around the control center of The Wall, an ornate cathedral with an organ-looking thing in the center. The control crystals were small, de-energized pieces of andantesite, each of which was linked to a crystal in The Wall just outside. Rotation of the control crystal would cause the larger crystal outside to change the direction of gravity near it - this could be used to fire precise waves at incoming ships.
Most of the Wall was shelled to pieces when Robert the Conqueror attacked the coastal empire around 250 years ago. Robert promptly got beaten up by us, the Southern Republic. The rest was ruined when a chance lightning bolt hit the control panel 76 years ago, destroying most of the control mechanism and overloading every remaining weapon crystal, causing the entire wall to sail two miles in the air before crashing back to Earth. Most of the crystals were either annihilated or shattered in this event.
The museum also contains some original texts describing the operation of the weapon. No successful firing is on record, so most regard it as some kind of a myth. The comparatively recent discovery of andantesite's characteristics and uses lends more credence to this theory.
But still, big problem.
2. Secure and lock
A) close all ground-level exits, no one come near, there is a madman there trying to erase history that we have to deal before he hurts innocent people (and this way we can screw him with our more unethical ways without someone noticing)
Done. It's blockaded, all exits are watched including the gaping hole in the wall where they went in. The intruders have sealed themselves in the control room, taking the researchers there hostage.
B) Survey the area, any tunnel or sewer entrance that we can close/send our troops in a surprise attack?
The old building didn't have sewers or tunnels. The museum uses modern plumbing that is just barely big enough to stick a head and shoulders in. One of our uplifted huskies could fit... for a certain value of "fit" that involves some squishing and a really long pole. Plus, the dogs were developed in Antarctica and the first shipment is still half a day away.
3) attempt to *cough* negotiate *cough*
It's become common knowledge among political circles that the last batch of negotiators was made into a smudge on the ground. This batch wants your personal guarantee that there are no explosives in their vests.
Do you give it?A: Don't give them suicide vests and tell them this fact.
B: Tell them it's bombs or nothing.
C: Tell them they're safe, but still put bombs in their vests
D: Don't put bombs, but tell them there are (don't know why you would like to do this, psychological stuff maybe?)
E: Give up.
F: Give them strictly non-lethal weapons and inform them of this fact.
G: Reassure them that if they fail, we won't blow them up - we'll just blockade the place and let them starve with the rest.
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