M E M E N T O - M O R I
Torture and Interrogation Officer and Agent
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Objective: Help to her fellow ISB companions
Location: Cinnegar, Empress Teta
Equipment: 2x Sunfury Pistol | Light Armour | Viper Mk. I Skinsuit | 2x Vibrodagger || Cloaking Device | 5x ASBF Probe Droid || Empyrean gland || OPBC-01m
Direct Tag: Kazian Blackwood | Closed
Tags: Jon Hojkstra | KN-967 | TK-818 | Thomas Barran | Kroeger | Rath Nihro | Open
"Galactic Common" | <"High Nelvaanian"> | ~ telepathic communication ~ | << comm. channel >>
I nodded briefly to the man that the surface and buildings would remain. There is indeed a greater chance of survival if a building collapses with you in it rather than under it. I don't know how muddy the sewer system may or may not have been, but I wouldn't have minded that part if I could survive it. I figured the man might have more field experience and experience than me, so I left it up to him. Because of this, I had to prepare for a longer and longer run; this was of course not an obstacle, I just quickly instructed the AI via my biochip to check the external images, possibly satellite images, to see how clear the road still was on the surface.
"Fine, then we use the buildings. I've already requested the latest footage to see if the shortest route is still clear, or if the fighting has already reached there and we need to correct it." I told him as I looked towards the door.
No, I didn't detect any movement or presence, neither me nor the sensors, it was mostly just instinct, always expecting to be attacked at any time. It was somehow necessary to stay alive; and of course, in our profession as agents, excessive caution and paranoia didn't hurt either. Without these, the "agent" will be very short-lived. To the next one I nodded in agreement that it was indeed time to move on. I took one of the pistols in my hand just in case and when the man started for the door I did the same. As the sensors showed no sign of anyone nearby, I opened the door and stepped out through it, answering the next question there and then.
"My original title and rank is Torture and Interrogation Agent and Officer; my job was to track down, capture, torture for information, and then kill a high-ranking Galactic Alliance politician. Unfortunately, the cowardly worm left the planet in the first minutes of the invasion, so I was transferred here to assist in your rescue, Agent." I said to the man. "So, because of the original task, I am in full gear."
At that moment, I received the information whether the road to the nearest building was clear or not. Well, I had no luck in the first job, but here it seemed to be for the moment. The images were immediately projected onto my retina by the AI, no one was in the range we needed, no civilians, no soldiers.
"The way to the building is clear, hurry up!" I told him.
Even though I was an agent, I also had military training, so my movement on the street was more like a soldier, a commando, than an agent. I also tried to watch the windows, street corners, vehicles left outside, to see if any enemies appeared. But none of this happened until we reached the entrance. I opened it and gestured with a military gesture for the man to go ahead, and I followed. At the building, the lobby was completely empty, and from here there was a staircase and lifts leading up.
"If it's not a secret, what was your mission here that left you stranded in the middle of the battlefield without reinforcements and support?" I asked him.