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[Stirk]

    Describe or fully write how you'd like to respond to Angus MacGuyver's pending death.  Is it a ceremony or do you brush off death as no big deal?  How do you even announce it to the rest of Ocean PMC?  Is it time for a pep talk or solemn reflection?  Should you take the opportunity to announce or fine tune any code of conduct rules while you've got everyone gathered, or would that seem inappropriate?  As before, this event will lock and then resolve during operations voting.

Preferably after recovering our hostage, call a meeting.

"We've had it rough since Danny died. Mercenary work is never safe or easy, and we've paid the price for our inexperience. We've had some close calls, we've lost some limbs, we've taken some hits. Angus Macguyver is lying in the hospital bed waiting for us to pull his plug. Now here's were that eight commandment comes in, so long as we pay rent on time he'll spring back like nothing happened the next jump. That doesn't mean I'm OK with it, that doesn't mean I'll let it happen again if I can help it. I'll do my part to reduce casualties as much as possible. If it happens again despite our best efforts you can come back as long as we recover your body and its chip. We are on target to make the rent. Every credit you make and every mission you do gets Angus that much closer to his new body. We will save him by paying the rent. He might return the favor some day. We're all unkillable as long as we look out for each other. "

[ConscriptFive]

Contract Phase

Lossarnach Country Club

"According to some in New Monaco, 'the only thing in the Thiel system worth visiting,' the Lossarnach Country Club is a very unique place in the new worlds.  It's part English riding school, part hunting lodge, and part golf course... all the kind of one-percenter outdoors activities you can't do on a glitterworld.  Given Lossarnach's unique paleolithic megafauna and a rather flexible definition of 'equestria,' there's some interesting wildlife domestication efforts there as well."

-Sam

Congratulations on your studies of the Smilodon sabretooth cat in the Lossarnach Highlands.  Many believed the Smilodon Populator was already extinct in the wild.  Your discovery has electrified our membership at the fleeting opportunity for a such a legendary and unique quarry.
Lossarnach C.C. would like to commission Ocean's Ten, and only Ocean's Ten, to guide select members on a grand hunting expedition into the Lossarnach Highlands.  Int Geo refuses to provide a precise location for the Smilodon Populator, so we're going right to the horse's mouth instead.  Respected outdoorsmen of substantial means, our members will bring their own weapons, vehicles, supplies, and accommodations.  We expect esteemed professionals such as yourself will have their own personal hardware and not require ours.
As an exclusive contract, we will not perform this expedition without your involvement.  If you have a scheduling conflict this month, we'd be willing to reschedule again no later than next month.

Estimated Profit: 20k

Goodhaven Sheriff

"You may recall we helped create this frontier police force on Harad two months ago.  From what we've seen, they're salt of the earth frontierfolk who've been very grateful for our assistance.  Looks like we contacted them just in time to arrange an emergency contract.  Emergency contracts require some pretty significant operational compromises, so I'll let Neil explain how that affects his work in the footnote."

-Sam

You guys called just in time.  A couple damn fools just tried to rob the Bank of Goodhaven on Main Street.  It looks like they didn't know the safe is on a timer, and thought they could make the banker open it at gunpoint.  A Deputy spotted them, and now we're in a standoff with probably a handful of hostages inside.  We've got a cordon set, and we really could use an expert advisor to get us through this safely.  Your man will have full command of all of my men.  The full posse is rallying on scene, so you'll probably have a least a dozen guns at your disposal by the time you get here.

(Ops Chief: As you can tell, emergency contracts are urgent situations where we immediately deploy with minimal prep time.  There's no time to frak around with research and rehearsals when some bandito has folks at gunpoint.  Also, because your team is dispatching immediately, they won't be available for specialist training or familiarization on new hardware.  On the upside, emergency contracts are relatively short and straightforward, as opposed to the weeklong multi-stage operations we usually get hired for.)

Estimated Profit: 10k

Amnesty Interstellar

"Non-profit investigative journalists committed to Old World values such as human rights, we investigated Flossmore PCF for them last month.  Looks like they're going to use that ELSA69 invitation code after all."

-Sam

Despite the astronomical cost, we have decided an immediate and complete investigation of Flossmore PCF's erotic services endeavor is worth our entire investigative budget for the year.  After paying the entire ELSA69 reservation upfront, booking confirmed that it's an all-inclusive adults only luxury resort on Lossarnach that features extensive erotic services in a unique setting.  It wasn't cheap, and all we could manage was a single reservation for three nights on the all-inclusive resort.  A chauffeur from the space port is included with the reservation, and we're assuming the construction site you reported is the physical location of the resort.

In terms of news, if we really want the public to care, we need to identify specific prisoners.  HD facial photography seems like the obvious solution, but we'll try to cross-reference any other data you find with our records.  Full true names would be a priority, but other info like place of capture, circumstances of capture, home of record, or next-of-kin are great identifiers to work with.

We admittedly have no idea what security will be like in the resort, however it is a safe assumption it will be drastically more relaxed than a prison visit.  Forcing luxury vacation-goers to undergo invasive and pervasive security checks seems like a terrible business model.  Presumably, vacation-goers are allowed to retain their smartphones with minimal restrictions.

Estimated Profit: 20k

Interstellar Geographic Society

"Another non-profit organization, our last work with them was a tremendously successful wilderness expedition to photograph Smilodon sabretooth tigers in the forested highlands of Lossarnach.  I'll check this contract with Neil, but I think it might be impossible for us to execute."

-Sam

Attention explorers, the terraforming of Lossarnach populated not only the lands, but the seas as well.  While most are familiar with the terrestial paleolithic megafauna, the Founders seeded plesiosauria as well.  A deep sea apex predator, they are rarely seen and we would value any photography of them.  A bonus would be paid for fresh specimens for dissection and taxidermy.

Estimated Profit: Unknown (likely unfeasible)

Tyrell Dynamics

"A cutting edge tech company, we applied for one of their contracts two months ago and we were dismissed for a weak bid.  At the time, they were looking for some AMR-destined product shipments that went missing on Anghabar."

-Sam

Tyrell Dynamics is seeking a discreet surveillance team to reconnoiter and surveil a warehouse facility identified as illegally possessing our products.
For several months, our shipments to AMR facilities have gone missing.  Further investigation has revealed an organized criminal conspiracy to divert and process these shipments for sale on the black market.  We have identified a warehouse complex likely being used as 'chop shop' for these stolen shipments.  While normally we would coordinate with local AMR security forces or immediately prosecute this target with in-house assets, recent events on Anghabar prevent us from freely doing so.  Thus, we require a deniable third party to resolve this matter.  Appropriate technology will be provided to this third party for the duration of the contract, to enable real-time communication with Tyrell Dynamics personnel.
This third party should:
1. Confirm the location of the warehouse.
2. Confirm the presence of stolen Tyrell Dynamics product.
3. Identify any additional perpetrators or accomplices, such as suppliers or buyers.
4. Identify any security countermeasures.
5. Identify any armed personnel and their weapon systems.
6. Maintain real-time communications with Tyrell Dynamics personnel using appropriate technology.
7. Fully brief Tyrell Dynamics personnel in field conditions.
8. Continue real-time surveillance support during target prosecution if necessary.
9. Avoid conflict with local AMR security.
Although AMR has been largely cleared of wrongdoing in this conspiracy, the various AMR security apparati have not been informed of this operation for OPSEC and legal purposes.  Tyrell Dynamics values rule of law, and would find the loss of life of any law enforcement personnel a sincerely regrettable incident.

Estimated Profit: 50k

Slavic Vor

"One of two leading interstellar organized crime syndicates, the Slavic Vor is highly decentralized alliance of mostly Russian-heritage mobsters.  Supposedly looser in hierarchy and morals than their rival peers, Casa Nuova.  Seem to find violent solutions to most problems."

-Sam

So just because you're in a warzone, you think you can stop paying us?  No, not you of course, the mark.
There's an auto shop on Anghabar, not the best, but he's got a hook-up with AMR Logistics Branch that smuggles fossil fuels to him.  The shop stashes tanks of fuel in an attached service bay which he then flips on the black market.  With the strikes and all, he's making a killing on fuel and decided he doesn't need our protection anymore.
We need you to make him reconsider this.  A nice little explosion would make the point don't you think?  Also give neighboring businesses something to think about?  Us Vor provide a valuable service, and it's best everyone thinks about it, no?
But dead men don't think, and more importantly don't pay.  Rob him, scare him, beat him, but don't kill him.  As long as he becomes a paying customer again, anything you rob you can keep as a bonus.

Estimated Profit: 30k

"So I've spoken with Neil about what he thinks we can handle this month.  We're minus MacGuyver, Hunt, and Salt, for seven unrestricted operators total.  I never thought I'd say this after last month, but after talking it over with Neil, I think we can do four missions this month.  Goodhaven and Amnesty are low-risk solo contracts, where additional personnel seems either more difficult and/or wasteful.  The Country Club is also fairly low risk, and two personnel seems appropriate.  With three personnel left, that leaves room for one more.  Neil asked me 'if he looked like Captain Ahab' and said he has no idea where he'd get an open water whaling ship or how to sail it for the Int Geo contract.  It's a choice between Tyrell Dynamics and the Slavic Vor then.  The fuel demolition practically has Redbrick's name on it, but the warehouse surveillance looks safer and has a higher base pay.  However, if Tyrell doesn't like our bid again, we're going to be coming in light this month.  I ultimately tossed a coin and Tyrell Dynamics won."

Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C. C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics)

"Dear Lossarnach Country Club,
Ocean PMC will happily guide the most elite big game hunters in the 'verse to the Smildon Populator.  Our two guides are esteemed wilderness experts intimately familiar with both Smilodons and the Lossarnach Highlands."

"Dear Goodhaven Sheriff,
A friend in need is a friend in deed.  We are immediately dispatching a skilled negotiator who's also not afraid of tactical solutions to resolve this situation."

"Dear Amnesty Interstellar,
The institutionalized human rights violations we discovered at Flossmore PCF were beyond anything we anticipated.  A male undercover investigator with a hidden videocamera will bring these atrocities to the light of the public."

"Dear Tyrell Dynamics,
Ocean PMC is glad your investigation into your missing shipments on Anghabar has gone so well.  Our three man intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) team will be equipped with FLIR thermal optics to provide full 24 hour coverage of your target facility."

(1) Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Sam

[Stirk]

Is it ironic that Ocean's Ten is completely incapable of sea operations?

Anna should be able to handle the robbers with her social skills, help train the militia, and still probably wants to prove herself after the last mission went bust. Best case she talks them down, worst case Ethan and Powder get to see her try out her combat leadership.

Throw Mr. Blonde a book on golf and he can also get his revenge for last month. That righteous anger issue might be a problem, but he is the only one who can do it. It shouldn't be too hard as long as he can avoid blowing his cover or smacking his hosts around.

Lossarnach Country Club is one part entertainment one part actually hunting. Haxton and Redbrick seem to be good enough with both hunting and people to send with the group, and Haxton knows the area.

Our remaining three operators could then handle the last mission, preferably Tyrell. It is basically a nice peaceful scouting mission that doesn't involve setting off explosives in a war zone in an area hot with terrorists for the Russian mob. This sounds like a good opportunity to get an Officer in place to help with the communication, and generally hope our scout has gotten enough experience to scout effectively.

TLDR I totally agree this time. Might have to modify the pitches for operator choice. I've been meaning to point it out for a while, but it is kinda weird our Mercenary squad is greeting all the companies with "Dear" like we're an old lady sending paper letters . It works well as a style, but I imagine the Slavic Vor getting a "Dear Russian Mafia" letter and wondering what type of merc talks like that.

Dear Lossarnach Country Club,
Sorry to have kept you waiting! Two of our men are ready to escort your esteemed hunters to their target. Haxton knows the area well and was on the mission that found the Smilodon Populator, you couldn't ask for a better guide for your quarry.

Dear Goodhaven Sheriff,
A friend in need is a friend in deed. We're dropping Anna Chapman ASAP. You probably remember her as Redbrick's assistant, she's a damn good negotiator who knows how to fight if things go south. Good luck out there.

Amnesty International and Tyrell Dynamics are good as is. We might need some new NV gear to spread between the hunt and the scouting mission.

(1) Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Sam
(1) Stirk's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Stirk

[Shadowclaw777]

“Dear Slavic Vor
The Ocean’s Eleven can have this Anghabar auto-shop and the technician that owns it to keep continuing their financial subscription to your services with no heat on your part and to be done quickly. A two man team of a demolition expert that can cause controlled and intimidating explosives as well as one of our skilled enforcers who knows how to make the customer talk the talk and walk the walk, will result in you to keep generating a stream of revenue from this store even with it happening during the riots.”

“Dear Amnesty Interstellar
The institutionalized human rights violations we discovered at Flossmore PCF were beyond anything we anticipated.  A experienced undercover investigator with HUMINT training  with a hidden videocamera will bring these atrocities to the light of the public, the operator will mimic her gender by being using her acting classes to imitate homosexuality to skirt suspicion from the reservation.”
Reuse the same bid for Tyrell Dynamics, since we are going to send a three man there uWu
This plan will allows us to work with both lucrative offers of the Slavics and Tyrell, as well as the seventh woman out to use her effective training to score us 20k, as well  memes

1) Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Sam
(1) Stirk's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Stirk
(1) SC777’s Pitch (Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics, Slavic Vor): SC

[King Zultan]

(1) Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Sam
(2) Stirk's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Stirk, King Zultan
(1) SC777’s Pitch (Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics, Slavic Vor): SC

[Shadowclaw777]

I feel like I would be remiss if I didn’t try a effectively the same planning made by Sam, except for the trade off of the Lossarch County Club for the Slavic Vor mission, see indeed their is thought process tha the perceived risk of just an additional 10k is not worth it for the “easier” mission of giant cougar hunting. You see I think the risk of doing that mission compared to a mission where we send either aggressively hotshot and ol’ grizzled big game hunters, with the assistance people not having any form of wilderness experience, to have a chance for it to go horribly wrong. The first mission there, we sent a freaking whole four supposedly decently trained operators there, and that’s why their was a reason it went so well as it did.  I will laugh if we fail the difficulty and improvisation rolls, and get one of the uber rich hunters missing and learning the truth, and their is another thing I didn’t even consider the horrible backlash of failing or the effect of casualties on a mission where we have rich people with us compared to a mission where you can go in with ski masks if you were to face local rioters or police on the Slavic Vor mission, and you might still say, we’re never going to train a wilderness experts and we’re never going to sent more than two people there. Which to that I can agree with, but I feel like we’re missing an opportunity here

Secondly is to mainly note the reasoning of expertise, we have an entire operator that is suited for the role that Slavic Vor has, the entire “names calling on it”, yet we have no operator that much suited compared to Nikita and the previous experience of three other operators on that mission, hardly what I call knowing the layout of the land. One penultimate note is the concerns of moral ambiguity with the concerns of “if the light-hearted factions are engaging in human trafficking imagine the horrible thing crime organizations do”, as well as the robbing someone is just an optional objective I don’t know why that would be creepy, it’s showed in all forms of media with organized crime about protection money so I just seem to be standard-bad guy stuff. The final note for the Slavic Vor to end off at is that of the thing of future objectives, I imagine it’s possible for a Gentleman’s Club to have a one and done deal, and never contact us again, we take the money and we have plenty of more contacts fine. But the thing is the deeper you go into a organized crime syndicate, sure their is the thing of the missions ramping up in difficulty however at the caveats usually the crime organization can afford just as fabulous rewards and more financial cash, if compared to political parties and private companies since the risk of the mission down the line. The more you go down the line, by focusing on a single contact that is often of the “medium” or “large” category than the more they are going to benefit you with more intensive cash money, and possibly things like “cybernetics” like Tyrell or other goodies if they could trade out for raw cold hard cash.

 Onto to the fact of the bidding and total manpower, we are to send two 1-team missions which to me seems all fine and dandy until you look at the Mr. Vega, it’s just a resort filled with human trafficking, and all Vega has to do is enjoy his visit with his bottled-up anger and try to get interview with one of the female workers, doesn’t seem like much could go wrong right?, nope their is probably in my mind a comparable chance to something happening like the previous AI mission, and him slipping up in the wrong moment and then he gets captured, I’m not going to be saying I’m against the mission since it’s a possible 20k mission for a single person with no backup, however we always assumes everything is going to peachy keen with no frick ups, and that’s totally been the case with our respective planning, but let’s say it all because we chalk it up to bad RNG >.>

Anyways, the dealio I’m mainly trying to get at is that we can get more money and have the respective expertise and skill (Also equipment...) for the Slavic Vor mission that we lacked for the previous two months beside a training introduction. I imagine that Redbrick is skilled enough to only need another hand for that mission, and we progress down a faction that is more willing to offer jobs into the future. As well the county club mission can be continued for the following month.

(1) Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Sam
(2) Stirk's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Stirk, King Zultan
(1) SC777’s Pitch (Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics, Slavic Vor): SC

[Stirk]

I feel like I would be remiss if I didn’t try a effectively the same planning made by Sam, except for the trade off of the Lossarch County Club for the Slavic Vor mission, see indeed their is thought process tha the perceived risk of just an additional 10k is not worth it for the “easier” mission of giant cougar hunting. You see I think the risk of doing that mission compared to a mission where we send either aggressively hotshot and ol’ grizzled big game hunters, with the assistance people not having any form of wilderness experience, to have a chance for it to go horribly wrong. The first mission there, we sent a freaking whole four supposedly decently trained operators there, and that’s why their was a reason it went so well as it did.  I will laugh if we fail the difficulty and improvisation rolls, and get one of the uber rich hunters missing and learning the truth, and their is another thing I didn’t even consider the horrible backlash of failing or the effect of casualties on a mission where we have rich people with us compared to a mission where you can go in with ski masks if you were to face local rioters or police on the Slavic Vor mission, and you might still say, we’re never going to train a wilderness experts and we’re never going to sent more than two people there. Which to that I can agree with, but I feel like we’re missing an opportunity here

They have wilderness experience, and you clearly just want Slavic Vor for some lame Russian memes :V. There is no way going big game hunting with a small army of experienced hunters is going to be more dangerous then going into a war zone (in which we already had one guy shot) and mugging a smuggler with explosives. The Lossarch mission is something I would feel safe leading, if lacking in the competence to pull it off well.

I'll reiterate here that working with Slavic Vor is a bad idea in general. They arn't Robin Hood, this setting isn't soft enough that working with the Gangsters noted as the "more violent ones" is anything close to a good option. It is a setting where the local law enforcement is running a brothel full of sex slaves quasi-legally and the Corpo cops break fingers to get answers, its better off not thinking about what the actual criminals get into. If we do end up working criminal enterprises I'd rather work with the Mafia and we can all pretend they are upstanding movie protagonist types who strictly follow their nostalgia code.

Secondly is to mainly note the reasoning of expertise, we have an entire operator that is suited for the role that Slavic Vor has, the entire “names calling on it”, yet we have no operator that much suited compared to Nikita and the previous experience of three other operators on that mission, hardly what I call knowing the layout of the land. One penultimate note is the concerns of moral ambiguity with the concerns of “if the light-hearted factions are engaging in human trafficking imagine the horrible thing crime organizations do”, as well as the robbing someone is just an optional objective I don’t know why that would be creepy, it’s showed in all forms of media with organized crime about protection money so I just seem to be standard-bad guy stuff. The final note for the Slavic Vor to end off at is that of the thing of future objectives, I imagine it’s possible for a Gentleman’s Club to have a one and done deal, and never contact us again, we take the money and we have plenty of more contacts fine. But the thing is the deeper you go into a organized crime syndicate, sure their is the thing of the missions ramping up in difficulty however at the caveats usually the crime organization can afford just as fabulous rewards and more financial cash, if compared to political parties and private companies since the risk of the mission down the line. The more you go down the line, by focusing on a single contact that is often of the “medium” or “large” category than the more they are going to benefit you with more intensive cash money, and possibly things like “cybernetics” like Tyrell or other goodies if they could trade out for raw cold hard cash.

As opposed to half an operator? Haxton was on the last mission and it is again incredibly simple. He spent a good part of a month living there just a couple of months back, there is probably nobody besides us who knows that particular area better. You're supposed to get the guy scared enough to crawl back to the Russian mob and wish to do so by causing an explosion, its not like taking some of his stuff before destroying it all is morally worse. Its less about what they're asking us to do *now* and what they're doing behind the scenes. If the Prison offered us a completely innocent job unrelated to the whole trafficking thing would you want us to take it? Would you want to get "more involved" and delve deeper into it in the hope of better rewards in the vague assumption that they won't ask us to do anything worse then beat smugglers half to death? It isn't anything unique to organized crime either. The Lion mission is a job we got for doing another job. If we build connections we could get some fancy animals to play around with. You wanted a K-9? Then the people who train exotic extinct animals are the ones we need to build relationships with.

Onto to the fact of the bidding and total manpower, we are to send two 1-team missions which to me seems all fine and dandy until you look at the Mr. Vega, it’s just a resort filled with human trafficking, and all Vega has to do is enjoy his visit with his bottled-up anger and try to get interview with one of the female workers, doesn’t seem like much could go wrong right?, nope their is probably in my mind a comparable chance to something happening like the previous AI mission, and him slipping up in the wrong moment and then he gets captured, I’m not going to be saying I’m against the mission since it’s a possible 20k mission for a single person with no backup, however we always assumes everything is going to peachy keen with no frick ups, and that’s totally been the case with our respective planning, but let’s say it all because we chalk it up to bad RNG >.>

That, again, applies to everything?

Anyways, the dealio I’m mainly trying to get at is that we can get more money and have the respective expertise and skill (Also equipment...) for the Slavic Vor mission that we lacked for the previous two months beside a training introduction. I imagine that Redbrick is skilled enough to only need another hand for that mission, and we progress down a faction that is more willing to offer jobs into the future. As well the county club mission can be continued for the following month.

Redbrick has also been playing cop since we started and probably isn't too keen to try out the other side. We progress down a faction that will have us beating up grannies to sell their cookies on the black market before long, and lose out on advancing in organizations that we might actually want to work with for real reasons.

[ConscriptFive]

Sam looks over the pitches and heads back to his console.

"Dear Lossarnach Country Club,
Sorry to have kept you waiting! Two of our men are ready to escort your esteemed hunters to their target. Hoxton knows the area well and was on the mission that found the Smilodon Populator, you couldn't ask for a better guide for your quarry."

"Wunderbar!  Our membership has been eager to get such a fantastic beast in our crosshairs since the documentary aired."

"Dear Tyrell Dynamics,
Ocean PMC is glad your investigation into your missing shipments on Anghabar has gone so well.  Our three man intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) team will be equipped with FLIR thermal optics to provide full 24 hour coverage of your target facility."

"Tyrell Dynamics thanks you for your interest in this matter.  Your bid satifisfies our contractual needs.  You will be authorized a direct line of communication with Orion Six for further coordination.  Again, we stress the importance of your success on this contract.  Loss of life, including law enforcement personnel, would be a regrettable tragedy if required to complete your scope of work."

Sam perks up, "Task Force Orion?  Looks like you'll be working with some tier one operators this month.  Our guys might learn a thing or two from them.  Also, sure sounds like they want us to read between the lines about potential AMR casualties.  As you might imagine, corporate types don't like plainly discussing first degree murder of law enforcement personnel in written correspondence."

"Dear Goodhaven Sheriff,
A friend in need is a friend in deed. We're dropping Anna Chapman ASAP. You probably remember her as Redbrick's assistant, she's a damn good negotiator who knows how to fight if things go south. Good luck out there."

"Sorry to hear Redbrick can't make it, but beggars can't be choosers here.  I'll send a Deputy with a car to the spaceport pronto."

"Dear Amnesty Interstellar,
The institutionalized human rights violations we discovered at Flossmore PCF were beyond anything we anticipated.  A male undercover investigator with a hidden videocamera will bring these atrocities to the light of the public."

"This is an appropriate method of investigation.  We wish we could offer you more, but we're 'all-in' already.  Get to the bottom of this matter, and I'm sure our donors will be grateful for your anonymous services."

***

Hardware Phase

"Ma'am, Neil here.  Our guys got rather tore up last month.  Simon Templar surviving was a damn freak thing we can't depend on.  That being said, I'd like to put together some medical and general survival kits this month.  Mostly IFAK/TCCC stuff, but with some additional CLS goodies a specialist might know what to do with."

Hardware Proposal: Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK)
An oversized double magazine pouch on a MOLLE style clip, the PFASK stuffed full of basic first aid and survival supplies at a price point that should make it standard issue.  Its inventory is largely Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC/"TC Three") oriented, aimed at simple immediate remedies of otherwise lethal injuries.  SOF Tourniquet (SOFT), Israeli Pressure Dressing, hemostatic Combat Gauze and Kelly forceps are provided to stop bleeding.  Fentanyl lollipops are great for general anesthesia with a vial of injectable lidocaine for local anesthesia.  A needle-lung deflation kit for treating tension-pnemothorax is also a life saver.  A rubber nose hose is also cheap addition that shouldn't take up any space.  Broad spectrum antibiotics, NSAID's, dermabond, general bandages, syringes, sanitizer and latex gloves round out the medical side.  In terms of survival gear, waterproof matches, water-sanitizing Globaline iodine tablets, dental floss, tampon, mylar blanket, razor blade, a small roll of duct tape and sewing needle provide a variety of solutions.  While normally worn on the belt or attached to MOLLE compatible gear, the PFASK can be dissassembled and its components carried as the operator deems appropriate for lower profile operations.

(1) Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK): OpsChief
(0) Save 20k:

[Shadowclaw777]

(2) Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK): OpsChief, SC777
(0) Save 20k:

I see not that much useful things we can acquire that is as universal as this item

[Powder Miner]

(3) Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK): OpsChief, SC777, Powder Miner
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It WOULD be nice to lower our casualty count. (Or, at least, lighten the casualty severity.)

[King Zultan]

(4) Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK): OpsChief, SC777, Powder Miner, King Zultan
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I feel like this is something we should have thought about getting earlier.

[Naturegirl1999]

(5) Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK): OpsChief, SC777, Powder Miner, King Zultan, NG1999
(0) Save 20k:

I feel like this is something we should have thought about getting earlier.

[Stirk]

(6) Personal First-Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK): OpsChief, SC777, Powder Miner, King Zultan, NG1999, Stirk
(0) Save 20k:

I feel like this is something we should have thought about getting earlier.

We did a think about it! Now that we don’t need any fancy equipment it really is probably a good time to get it, unless we want more NV equipment

[ConscriptFive]

An oversized double magazine pouch on a MOLLE style clip, the PFASK stuffed full of basic first aid and survival supplies at a price point that should make it standard issue.  Its inventory is largely Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC/"TC Three") oriented, aimed at simple immediate remedies of otherwise lethal injuries.  SOF Tourniquet (SOFT), Israeli Pressure Dressing, hemostatic Combat Gauze and Kelly forceps are provided to stop bleeding.  Fentanyl lollipops are great for general anesthesia with a vial of injectable lidocaine for local anesthesia.  A needle-lung deflation kit for treating tension-pnemothorax is also a life saver.  A rubber nose hose is also cheap addition that shouldn't take up any space.  Broad spectrum antibiotics, NSAID's, dermabond, general bandages, syringes, sanitizer and latex gloves round out the medical side.  In terms of survival gear, waterproof matches, water-sanitizing Globaline iodine tablets, dental floss, tampon, mylar blanket, razor blade, a small roll of duct tape and sewing needle provide a variety of solutions.  While normally worn on the belt or attached to MOLLE compatible gear, the PFASK can be dissassembled and its components carried as the operator deems appropriate for lower profile operations.

Difficulty Modifier: Easy (+1)
Roll (2d4): 5
Result: 6 - Good

A perfect example of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts, the PFASK is a lengthy shopping list but none of it is particularly expensive or otherwise difficult to obtain.  Based heavily on the early 21st Century US Army Improved First Aid Kit (IFAK), Neil starts by buying some surplus IFAK's which already covers most of the inventory for under 100 bucks a pop.  Replacing the included plastic CAT-style tourniquets with durable anodyzed metal SOFT-style tourniquets is also easily done.  The perishable pharmaceutical products end up eating most of the budget.  Luckily, libertarian lack of oversight on  narcotics made the Actiq-style Fentanyl lollipops relatively common on the open market due to their addictive euphoric properties administered in a form that's difficult to accidentally overdose on compared to other opioid products.  Still well under budget, Neil manages to stuff an Asherman chest seal and "penny" bandage shears into the medical side of the kit.  On the off chance one of your operators is comfortable with more advanced procedures, a scalpel and surgical silk suturing kit is included.  On a medical kick, Neil is tempted to acquire a burn blanket, some intravenous products, or even a used defibrillator, but realizes there's no way he could compact those large items into such a small package.  Moving on to the survival side, again, nothing on the shopping list is particularly expensive or otherwise exotic.  With plenty of budget left over, Neil decides to include a whistle, compact Sharpie pen, and a Ziploc bag labeled in Sharpie "EMERGENCY USE ONLY" with some hard currency and two unlubricated latex condoms.  Managing to follow classic survivalist advice, he crams the entire survival pack into a slim pocket-sized Copenhagen tobacco dip can.

Custom Personal First Aid and Survival Kit (PFASK) (Quantity: Standard Issue)
A two piece issue consisting of a military style IFAK MOLLE medical pouch and a civilian style Copenhagen tin pocket survival kit.  Provides a full spectrum of Tactical Combat Casualty Care ("TC Three") solutions for stabilizing otherwise mortal traumatic wounds.  Of additional medical note: includes antibiotics, general and local anesthesia, and common NSAIDs.  Lacks the space and/or refrigeration to carry intravenous products or other larger devices.  The inconspicuous Copenhagen tin pocket survival kit provides means for water-sterilization, firemaking, and basic shelter.  A handful of other utility items in the tin may have specific uses for a survival trained operator or general improvisation.

Specialist Training Phase

"Ma'am, it's Neil.  It looks like you want to chase Smilodons in the woods again.  The survival kit got me thinking;  You remember when I mentioned Crocodile Dundee?  Wilderness tracking was only a part of what he did.  Wilderness survival is a whole 'nother skillset he had.  Now, wilderness survival skills are something that are rarely used, but absolutely key when you need them.  If the specialist ends up under-used like Redbrick's demolitions skills, you might still be able to dazzle some clients with cool demos Bear Grylls style."

Specialist: Wilderness Survivalist

Wheras the Wilderness Tracker seeks to explore the wilderness looking to meet certain quarry, the Wilderness Survivalist seeks to escape the wilderness with minimal to no contact or supplies.  He can provide food, water, and shelter with little more than his bare hands in a wide variety of wilderness environments.  Besides identifying edible flora and fauna, he's also familiar with dangerous wildlife and how to generally avoid them.  His general resourcefulness includes firemaking and rudimentary first aid from improvised materials.  As you might imagine, he is more than comfortable wilderness orienteering and does so in a means to avoid human and wildlife threats.
James "Hoxton" Hoxworth seems like the best candidate at this time, as he has had some experience in the wilds of Lossarnach and is scheduled to head back there soon.  We'll set him up with a pocket slingshot as well.

(1) Wilderness Survivalist: OpsChief

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Specialist: NCO
Often called the "Backbone" of the military, NCOs act as field leadership allowing missions to go smoothly. In addition to acquiring small-unit tactical knowledge, our NCOs will undergo management and leadership training to insure the team works efficiently and at high moral. Communications training is also part of this course, including verbal, written, and use of equipment to insure orders and reports go through clearly under any tactical situation.

I don't care who we pick, but we should probably send them on the Tyrell Dynamics mission.