February 13th: Bonebreaker and Jailbreak

Rory:
No, it appears the punching bags and other exercise equipment is used solely by Bonebreaker.

Tabran:
"Yeah... Visas might be a bit harder. See, we didn't make those, the ah bosses did, and they're gone. We can probably make you new temporary ones though, no real problem there." He gives a slight grin. "Free of charge even, long as it gets business moving again."

"humm i have some questions about this plan we have"

tab points out some stuff on the plan's and ask's some questions.
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"ok i have a plan, Bonebraker can you get a list of who is working tonight's shift at the prison? and can you get uniform?

Z i think you are going to have to be the inside guy on this one.

i would like to try and get Zeiss into our hands if possible? we send Z and a 3 others elf and dwarf in with the proper docs requesting the transfer of the prisoner into there custody.

option two Bonebreaker you said that the Military runs the Security for both prisons is it likely that the prisons use the same locks? so that the Key's from one will work on both?"

*Z stops pretending to lay a punch on the bag, and rolls her shoulders. She turns toward Tabran and the group addressing Bonebreaker as she walks back toward the group.*

"You've got a mean punch, Bonebreaker, and I'd hate to be on the receiving end of one of your blows. So before you go getting up in arms again, yeah I lied to you right there, but if I hadn't you wouldn't have listened to the truth, and I have a vested interest in getting the Undermarket back up and running. You can call me Z."

*Having reached the group she she holds out a hand to Bonebreaker, obviously wanting to shake truce on her recent lie.*

(assuming bonebreaker doesn't smash my face in... this will occur after any interaction with Bonebreaker)

*She turns and addresses Tabran.*

"I'm not the best at sneaking, but I have to agree with you on this one. I'm likely the best one for this job, though I'm not happy about it. Flush your plan out a little for me."

*She crosses her arms and you get the distinct impression she is scowling at you from the shadows of her cowl.*

"ied go myself but i kind of stand out a little to much, most of us do, out of who we have that leaves you Kolson and Cal and sorry to say it but Kolson is kind of popular at the min what with all them people wanting to meet him and all.

as for the meat on my plan well if we go for option one then we get one of the forgers to run us up a set of fake transfer papers that say that the prisoner Zeiss is to be transferred to an undisclosed location or something like that. you and your team go in and deliver the documentation, retrieve zeiss and bring him in, we will need some place safe to keep him while we work on making him go away.

option 2 if why what i asked about the keys is right we find some way to get a key for the civ prison im thinking dunging a guard to get his keys or something, i arnt skilled at breaking into places that was Zeiss line of work, and when we have the key small team can go into the prison to get zeiss out before the civ prison cotten on to the key been missing and that it isnt been used to breake someone out from there, now i dont want to do it this way as from what there plans say there is at lest 45 guards in there and thats if they are paroling solo.

there is also the option of posing as a guard, thats one of the reasons i asked for a list of people working tonight's shift we pick someone subdue them and send in one of us in with documentation saying they are covering for him as he has been taken ill.

all of there's plans need a bit of fleshing out but we have a bit of time to plan, Bonebreaker do you know when Zeiss Trial is meant to start?"

"I volunteer to go in with the others if we send a group in. I've already been in to the council chambers myself just a few days ago, so I know it's possible to get in to these high security areas. I probably shouldn't try to talk too much, but I can get Zeiss out quickly if things go wrong and give everyone a fighting chance to escape if it comes down to that. I'm not terrible at sneaking around either. Besides, I'm not currently publically wanted, and a Gnoll combatant isn't going to be unusual. That's ... one of the primary professions of my kind.

I've been watching this fort over the past few days so I'm somewhat familiar with the outside guard and airship patrol routes as of late. It's designed to repel a military force, so fighting through it is not really going to be a viable option at all. It's not incredibly secure against an intrusion, so I believe that could work. Unless they have a weird setup, I doubt you're going to find a master key of any sort that's easily accessible, much less on a single guard. Unless we know exactly where to look, we'll have to get a series of keys or be allowed access by whoever is guarding that area.

Nabbing Zeiss as he is transferred or getting some false transfer papers would work too. There's a few abandoned hideouts near the prison he could be kept and we could operate out of," Snarg lists the hideouts he scouted out, " if we need a place to operate out of for this mission. That's how I'd like this to go down: grab Zeiss without trouble, no prison riot, no things like that. It's going to get people killed who have nothing to do with this if you start something like that."

He scratches his ear a moment and looks up at Bonebreaker.

"What's Hauptmann like? I understand he's in charge. Is he someone who could be bribed or easily tricked or talked in to transferring Zeiss or, fairly unlikely I admit, giving him over?"

"I don't know about sending people in man" He rubs the back of his head with clear unease "If anything goes wrong, with the documents or the story then they have absolutely no way of getting out, then we have two people or more to save".

"If we knew how he was going to be taken to the courthouse..." he trails off in his own thoughts for a second before coming back "Presumably they want to transport him discreetly but securely, that means a wagon, filled with guards. If we could divert it down a back road or even just disable the guards long enough to pull Zeiss out of there, then we can be in and out in less than two minutes". He drifts off again, tapping his hands on the desk as he stares at the map laid in front of them "But then again, it's all speculation. Bonebreaker, do you know how they transport prisoners? The vehicles, the route? You must have had friends go to jail before"

"The tribunal is all the way on the other side of the city. You've got quite a few potential routes to get there. Hmmm, actually," Snarg rubs his chin, "is the process incredibly complicated to get in on the escort and would we have time to forge documents for that? That would make springing him once outside of the city much easier if we had insiders. Of course, there's not much time to set that up, but..."

"Do we know about any hideouts on the route?"

"As I've said, I scouted out some near the prison that could be used. We'd have to find out exactly what route they'd take, if there's one at all, before we could find others and there's simply not time unless Bonebreaker knows of some off the top of his head."

"I have no idea when his trials are going to start, no," Bonebreaker shakes his head. "Getting a uniform would be very difficult, possible but difficult. It would also involve some violence to procure one, either to use or as a template to make more." He scratches his chin. "Hauptmann is a rank, little Gnoll, but I don't know the Hauptmann of the facility at all myself. Might have some files on whoever it is." He looks up. "And I gotta add, trying to get your people in, disguised, to act as the escort sounds insane to me, far better to just nab him from his real escorts. Yer call though."

Snarg shrugs. "Can't hurt to ask since you know far more about it. At least that almost rules out that possibility of infiltration if it's going to be that hard in comparison. So, it looks like we need to figure out what route they're going to be taking when transporting him and how they're going to be doing that. Is that something that's set or do they essentially just use whatever route will be most convenient? Surely they've done stuff like this at least once before. Wouldn't hurt to have someone pull up the files in the meantime though."

"Well, if I were them I'd send more then one convoy. Too many people interested in this event, too many chances for people interfering," he gives a chuckle. "No set routes, but if we got a good forgery going we could make 'em go via a route we choose. Assuming they bought it of course."

"Then let's get some eyes on the place if you don't already have some. We want to know exactly when they leave. Go ahead and get that forgery going. If they don't buy it off, we'll at least be able to see where they're going and adjust accordingly. Do you have an idea of what the escort is going to be like defense-wise?"

Bonebreaker shakes his head. "Not a clue. They could have it well defended, but that'd draw attention. Could have only a few, but that's risky. I'll get some spotters out but..." he laughs a bit. "Well I mean, the District's huge, and they could leave from any one of the exits. Not really sure I have enough to cover the whole border."

Snarg raises an eyebrow at the Ogre. "Unless they have something better to do, it's better than doing nothing at all. If they truly are using multiple escorts, chances are we'll spot at least one and know they're on the move. We're counting on that forgery to be good to make this easier on us."

"well getting a uniform is something i think you should do anyway if not now that at some point soon as it will come in useful if we have to do anything with the Aluvia military in the future.

other option is to watch ways to the Courthouse there has to be a lot less ways of it.....wait i was forgetting how big this city is for a sec, how meany Courthouse dose this city have and is there any one of them that will be used for political or military crimes?"

Bonebreaker gives a sad laugh. "While I agree with you on the uniform thing, I think that one's on you guys. We don't have many people who are good in a fight. As for which courthouse," he strokes his chin. "I imagine for this they'll be using the Military Tribunal, which is in the Royal District. Big old place, usually doesn't allow civilians to view the trials like normal ones do."

"ok well put the uniform in the bonus objective's for now, heck maybe well get lucky and just find one laying on the ground.

if there using the Military Tribunal then we only need to focus of 1 place but that means we need to get into the Royal District do we know if the lockdown has been lifted? if not then Snarg you'll have to show us a way in, unless there is a way into that district from the Veil?

also if we grab Zeiss from them in transit then Bonebreaker do you think you can get us some kind of explosion? im after something big and flashy but not damaging i want a distraction not death."

Gwydo's gravely voice startles those around him, most having forgotten he was standing behind them. “I think we should try and intercept the transport between the prison and the Royal district. A distraction would be a good idea. Something bright to blind the guards, then maybe smoky to obscure the escape?”
“Maybe we can arrange it to be somewhere close to a Veil entrance, so as soon as we rescue Zeiss, we can rush him into hiding, then escape to another location without having to traverse the populated streets?”
“As far as watching for the transport, or there being more than one…” His voice trails off as he thinks for a moment. “If they’re transporting him in a wagon, what would it take to blow a wagon up? Hire some street urchins to place some explosives on the wagon as it is going down the street. Then when it gets close to a Veil entrance, blow it, run in, grab Zeiss, run to the Veil entrance and run away. We can do the same thing for all of the wagons that they try and use. That way it doesn’t matter if it’s a decoy or not.”

"Yeah, I know of a way in, and I very much doubt they've lifted the lockdown since we've been outside a few minutes ago. The entrance I know of involves a bit of rooftop acrobatics, deception, and a lot of luck. I don't see sneaking an entire group in that way without being spotted. You can't take it all the way to the center either, since they have rooftop archers guarding that area once you get closer.

There's not just the lockdown checkpoint to get through either, but other areas throughout the district that are guarded. If we could actually get to the Military Tribunal, we could stake that out, but inside the Royal District, during lockdown, is a terrible place to try a rescue. That should probably be last resort."

"well the Lockdown ends today according to the papers but i haven't had time today to check on it, if its still up now then i can only hope its lifted before the trial if not the a small team will have to go in and get to the trial."

Spoiler:

Bonebreaker coughs slightly. "Actually the Royal District isn't being opened up until tomorrow, from my sources. But if they're moving him tonight, we really want to grab him in transit, our job becomes a dozen times harder if we try to get him in the third most heavily defended location in the city." He scratches his head. "Also I'm not so sure about explosives. I thought you didn't want to hurt or kill anybody?"

"Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Now, I'm not very familiar with the magical arts outside of some simple healing magic. Is there something in your arsenal," Snarg gestures towards the mages, "that would put the guards out of commission for a bit? I've you sleep people on command, but that might not last too long here.

I'm not too sure about explosives either unless you're referring to a distraction in another part of the city to draw attention away from the escort."

Fierneceal blinks and steps in. "Yes to intercepting the transport. No to explosives. There's too much risk of collateral damage involved in explosives, especially if they're going to have multiple transport points. I can create a diversion if necessary, if someone else can find the route."