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Message no. 1
From: shadowtk@*********.com (Mark Imbriaco)
Subject: the employment opportunity
Date: Mon Jun 3 15:05:01 2002
*****PRIVATE: Gerome
>>>>>[<french>Hi sarge, what's up?This one you can use as a tutorial
about how to ambush security details- and why Illusions aren't only usefull
if they turn you invisible.++++begin file hijack.avi+++
You look upon a strech of road that looks deserted- probably because
of the hour, from the sky you can see it looks like late evening, and
the two lanes that the road constitutes stretch to both diretions to
the edges of you vision.Suddenly you hear a message that's obviously
radio from the quality of the sound "They are going to turn that bend
every moment now ,The Crete", and then an answer in a gruff tone
"Good, Shadow Pelt- start the illusion" a somewhat whiny voice
answers "You got it", Suddenly- where a moment before there was only
asphalt there is suddenly a roadblock, complete with two Amerindians
in orange vests and blinking orange lights, a meter or so behint it
it looks as if someone decided the road needed renovation- and
expressed his oppinion with explosives rather then words, after a few
moments you hear engine and the camera turns to the left a little
alowing you to see two C-N Patrol-1's bracketing a tanker- all the
three vehicles slow down and stop a few meters before the roadblock.
The voice identified as The Crete says "Show Time- Hack and Slash-
front vehicle, Many Teeth- back vhicle, I'm in the middle" even as he
finishes the sentence the front vehicle hit with what a professional
would identify as four 3-bullet bursts- probably from some kind of AR
by the sound, by the fact that there are no answering shots it's
probable that all of the occupants where killed.Suddenly the back
vehicle is enveloped in flames, and explodes- probably a fireball
igniting the fuel tank.Even as you notice these things happening you
see the stubby barrel of a MGL-6 Grenade launcher in bottom of the
picture and here the muffled thump of a launched grenade with a sound
of breaking glass and a hiss almost immediately following it- when
you follow the barrel you see that the right hand window of the
tanker's driver-compartment is broken and the driver is lolling-
either lifeless or unconcious - in his seat.The Crete says "OK,
Shadow Pelt you can drop that illusion now", suddenly the roadblock
and the damaged part of the road return to wherever they came from,
"Steel Wheel- from now on it's basicaly your show- let's get this
truck to our payment" +++end file hijack.avi+++]<<<<<
--The Crete<10:09:21/06.03.63>

>>>>>[You're mostly right Fang- but APDS in your pistol can be very
useful in urban combat- and if you're close enough to use a pistol on
someone in hardsuit it doesn't necesseraly mean you're in worse
trouble the he is in that enviroment, especially if you get the drop
on him.Most of the people I know use APDS in their backup weapon if
they can afford it, since even a light pistol shooting APDS has a
good chance of cracking most hardsuits.Oh, and Easy- I personally
prefer the AK-98, mostly because of the grenade launcher]<<<<<
--The Crete<10:17:29/06.03.63>

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