EQUIPMENT ORIENTATON - Monday evening

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WHO || Andrew Gatewood and any/all Knights who haven't attended an equipment orientation yet
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Monday, June 15th, evening {back dated}
HOW || actionspam

Anyone showing up to equipment orientation would find a very tall, curly haired man leaned against a wall. He's waiting inside the lab, behind its "Biohazard" labelled doors. Once people begin to show up, he offers a quick greeting and a brief smile, gesturing for them to continue on while he waits for the rest. People are free to look around at the grand library while he waits for the proper head count. Once he thinks everyone has arrived, he takes them up the steps. A great deal of models are suspended from the ceiling that look like space age designs for jet planes, cars, boats, and any number of other things. There are other objects that are much more inexplicable: a giant silver ball, suspended by several rods, for example.

There's another set of doors at the end of the balcony, and he swipes his access card through a reader beside them. They depress with a space age hiss. revealing a clean white laboratory, with rows and rows of tables and lab equipment set up. Numerous knights buzz around in white lab coats, working under microscopes and on computers, conferring over a number of projects.

"Just a bit further." He calls over his shoulder as he waves to a few of the lab techs that he knows. There's a door on the left side of the room with a panel that he presses his hand to, causing the light to change from red to green, unlocking the door for the group.

Beyond is a very long room, with rows of labelled cases and cabinets with transparent glass revealing what's inside. He puts both hands on the edge of the table and takes a deep breath to begin.

Comments

Credit cards

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[There's a stack of envelopes on the table, which Andrew spreads out and tries to explain.]

There's an envelope for each of you with a credit card in your name. We've got a financial department that tracks the expenses, so try to keep it to business purchases only. Things like hotel rooms, air fare, meals, any equipment you can't get from the lab? Those sort of things are fine.

[Each card is silver with this logo branded on it, and the words KARTHUR INSTITUTE across the top.]

You'll also be getting paid monthly, so don't think we've forgotten about you.

[byyourleave]

[he's going to take his envelope, looking at the card a moment before putting it into his wallet.]

Do we also have someone to help us file our taxes at the end of the year?

[totally not serious. Okay, maybe a little, but it's coming off as a joke]

[badexample]

Sure do. [He says with a shrug.] Despite what you may think, this is a business. Not a normal one, but yeah- We have accountants and all that.

[byyourleave]

Good. [because this one? no idea how to really use money.]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn will take his credit card and study it for a moment.]

Question! How flexible exactly is "business expenses"? Or meals, for that matter. Seeing as I am currently on the "hobbit" diet, I find that my first and second breakfasts can really add up.

[badexample]

[He rolls his eyes.]

I'd say use your best judgement, but something tells me you might have left that on the wrong side of the Veil.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Oh, no. I didn't have good judgement there either.

[At least now you know.]

I'll do my best.

[leftenants]

Very nice-- the sheriff's department was never interested in covering expenses.

[It's nice to know that on top of being provided with a place to live, they're being well taken care of in other areas, too. So far, being a knight pays a hell of a lot better than being a Witness.]

So no impromptu shopping sprees. Got it.

[badexample]

No offense to the place you worked before, but... We're probably better at-- Well, just about everything. [He grins]

So you were a cop before?

[leftenants]

Probably more true than you realize.

[There was a hell of a lot of denial going around in Sleepy Hollow. Made certain cases damn near impossible to work.]

Lieutenant, Sleepy Hollow Sheriff's Department. Almost got shipped off to Quantico for criminal profiling, but something came up. Long story short, I wound up here instead of the FBI.

Excalibur Brand Pistol

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[Andrew points over to some aluminum cases lined up along the floor.]

That's your Excalibur. It's our signature issued firearm- a modified Glock 17 handgun. You don't have to take one, but if you do, there's weapons training to make sure you get certified to carry and use it in the field. We get that not everyone wants to use a gun. But we've got the resources to get you trained up, in the event that it's up your alley.

[As he speaks, he opens one of the cases to show off what's inside. The weapon is located inside with the Knight's symbol of a dragon on the handle, and the words EXCALIBUR across the barrel. Below it are located several 17 shot magazines and a silencer.]

Just don't mess around, alright, guys? If you're found out to be misusing the weapon, you could end up not being granted full knighthood in the order. I've seen some people wash out because they didn't take it seriously.

Also. [He waves over someone from the back to join him up front.] Sir Saltzman here works with weapon modifications, so any questions you have about that, he'd be your guy.

[byyourleave]

[this is show and tell, right? He's allowed to touch the weapon, right? Because he's totally reaching for it]

What kind of modifications were made to it?

[badexample]

To this one? Nothing. I'm just saying that people can.

[byyourleave]

What have people done in the past?

[procurer]

Wait, Excalibur is a gun?

[ Despite the mock offense in his tone, Nick steps up to pick up one of the Glocks, handling it with an easy familiarity as he looks it over with an intent eye. It's obvious he knows his way around similar weapons at the very least, but that doesn't reduce the mildly scandalized expression on his face. ]

I feel so lied to right now.

[canaria]

[Just because a gun isn't Sara's first weapon of choice doesn't mean she hasn't been trained to use one before; she was, back in her home world. But this is a new gun, new things to get used to and learn about it. She hears Nick's comment and lets out a short laugh. What? It was amusing.] Yeah, me too. [feeling lied to, that is.] Looks like a nice gun, though.

[procurer]

[ He's still looking it over, but he has to agree. He's never seen its like. ]

Well, yeah, but Excalibur?

At least they're not making us prove ourselves by pulling it out of a rock, I suppose...

[canaria]

Does that mean Sir Saltzman can make modifications to it or that he has made modifications to it? [it's a serious question, yes. she'll take either answer. or both.]

[badexample]

I don't think he's messed with the Excalibur at all, but a lot of what he does with the Hoard has to do with modifying other weapons.

[canaria]

Oh. [Well, at least it's just a gun so far.] That's good to know, thanks. [Sara casually starts thinking of all the ways she might be able to get her baton modified...]

[leftenants]

[Guns are definitely Abbie's style-- she's glad to be presented with something she's so familiar with, even if she's been dabbling in slightly more dated weapons lately, as well. A gun is comforting; hers had always felt like an extension of herself, and she'd felt safer just having one on the job, even if she rarely pulled the trigger.]

Modifications?

[Interesting.]

Naming it after Arthur's sword-- clever.

[keptbiting]

[ MEANWHILE before anyone can answer abbie, amy's dropped hers on the ground and leapt back from it like it's loaded. even though it's not. LOOK AT ALL THE AMERICANS EXCITED ABOUT WEAPONS and she's freaking out. ]

Sword woulda been better!

Gadgetry

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So that's the two basic things we have for you. Any other weapons like swords and bows and the like can be hashed out with the fellows from the Dragon's Hide during your weapons training.

[But he doesn't dismiss them yet. Instead, he walks over to one last case.]

So we have an R&D department here. Research and Development. Brilliant folks that are always looking to make new toys for all of us. Any time you want to take something for a mission, just come down and see us and we'll sign something out for you. Just try not to break it, alright?

[Inside the lighted case are a pile of what looks like jewelry and cosmetic materials, both men and women's.] They've got surveillance equipment and just about anything you can imagine built into all this stuff. The idea is to keep yourself prepared without looking like you're anything but the average joe walking about. Like this-

[He grabs a wrist watch.] It's got a wire grappling hook, recording device, miniature circular saw, and a high grade laser. [He presses a button and the saw blades come out of the clock face, just to show off a little. Done playing with the toys for now, he sets it back down and shrugs.]

We can train you on pretty much everything here. New stuff comes out all the time, so don't be afraid to toss out some ideas. If we don't have it now, we can probably whip it up in a few months.

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Ooooooh laser. Shawn is going to go right for the James Bond watch as soon as Andrew sets it down, more than happy to play with it until he figures out how it works. What's being taught? What are instruction manuals? Why do that when you can just push buttons until you find what you're looking for.]

How about - and hear me out - a pair of sunglasses perfectly timed to automatically trigger the opening guitar riffs of a song by the Who as we deliver a dramatic one-liner and turn to walk away from the scene? I feel like this is incredibly important.

[byyourleave]

[thank the gods for good reflexes (reflex 21). Baal is able to avoid getting hit the the laser and just looks over at the other man]

My friend, for the safety of the rest of us, please put the watch down.

[not that Baal won't be doing the same thing to learn technology later. But not in a crowded room]