CLOSED ♔ i'll tell you 'bout a secret i've been undermining

[superswank]

WHO || Sydney, Sylar, Drax, Frankie, Allison [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a biological weapons threat for the Ukrainians 
WHERE ||Antarctica
WHEN || April 10th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Not all international intrigue happens in presidential palaces, plush business offices, and smoky dives next to waterfronts.  Some happens in the coldest, dreariest parts of the world.

The Ukrainians expect the Knights to head for the Russian research station from the drop point, stop to disable both the helicopter and communications tower, then enter the compound. Once there, they are to find Prytyka and question him on camera, transmitting this conversation live via a satellite uplink with their contact, Kuchma.

They are currently been flown to the drop point 2 miles from Adelie 14, and Kuchma is on the plane with them, providing them all with arctic gear and final requests.  They have access to thermal undergarments, snowsuits, boots, parkas, snow goggles, gloves and mittens, as well as a portable satellite phone and video camera, and several AKSU-74 sub machine guns.

"Many firearms are unreliable in the extreme Antarctic weather, so you might wish to take one," Kuchma cautions. 

Comments

[spinerip]

[Drax's fort save of 23 means he stalks out into the cold without flinching at all despite the fact that he's pretty underdressed for it. He lands with a thump and starts clomping through the snow.]

[risked]

[Allison continues through the snow, keeping alert. (spot 24)]

[watchmaker]

[dashing through the snow, blah blah w/e. (spot 17)]

[superswank]

[ the weak sun sits very low in the sky - it will be dark within the hour. the weather is bitterly cold so they do have to make a fort save (with a +6 from the gear provided) the dc is 15, or they lose 3 hit points as they traverse the snow.

between the ridge and the camp, the terrain is almost featureless and offers little cover. they do, however, spot three areas of interest on the way. ahead of them, about a quarter mile north of the campsite, several satellite dishes surround a tall radio tower. cables from the communications devices converge at a small shack half-buried in snow near the base of the structure. there is no sign of human activity there.

about 1/4 mile southeast of the camp, they see what looks like a well site.

just to the east of the compound, a helicopter sits in a clear area slightly apart from the buildings that make up adelie 14. the tarp that covers the vehicle's dark, hunched form is dusted with snow and flaps weakly in the wind.

syd nods towards the comm tower shack. ]

[watchmaker]

[sylar's fort save was 29, so ... i think he'll be ok for now.] Are we splitting up or going in together?

[thetokenaussie]

[And that Fort Save of 22 means Frankie is doing alright despite the fact that she's freezing her ass off as she trudges through the snow. She does get cold just looking at Drax tho. Srsly wtf.

Yeah that's the tag, Sylar asked her question okay.]

[spinerip]

[Drax's gear isn't really sufficient but he got a 17 anyway. Which means he's going to scoff and shrug off the coat, leaving it in the snow as he continues forward completely shirtless. He will DESTROY hypothermia!]

[superswank]

Maybe two of you can check out that drill site while we disable the comm tower.

[watchmaker]

I can control electricity, dunno if that would help whatever you had planned for disabling the tower or not.

[risked]

[Allison stays alert and with her fort save of 26, she's fine with her layers. When they suggest the split, she waits to see where she'd be more useful.]

[superswank]

[ syd nods towards frankie ] She's going to try to do it without damaging the equipment first, but we'll bring you as a backup. Drax and Allison can check the site. Try not to disturb anything.

[watchmaker]

Sounds good to me.

[spinerip]

[Drax nods his assent, and turns to head towards the site.]

A pity. Leaving sites undisturbed is not where my talents lie.

[thetokenaussie]

We'll catch up with them at the site once the comms tower is dealt with?

[superswank]

[ syd nods. ] We need to disable the helicopter too.

[thetokenaussie]

That... might be a little harder but still doable. [TMW I wish she had specialization in Civilian Aircraft.] At worst, nothing an electrical shortage shouldn't be able to fix.

[superswank]

We'll hit it after the towers then. Let's make this quick.

[thetokenaussie]

Alright - [Glancing back to Drax and Allison.] Stay safe and check in if there's any problems, yeah? [And then she's going to start trudging in the direction of the comm towers.]