NaKoth
08-03-08, 13:09
With most of my armor burned to black and totally out of ammo, I was ready to leave Grant Outpost and head home.
The hunting trip had been a success, I was carrying more valuable items than I have had for a while.
While storing the goods to the GoGuardian I noticed a flash of light from the Genrep building up the hill, followed by another flash.
Someone was coming...
I decided to investigate and if needed, to defend our Outpost.
With my main weapon depleted from ammo I grabbed my rusty blade and ran towards the Genrep.
As I was not fully combat geared I thought to take the long way and to surprise the visitors from behind.
Some time later I arrived to the hills behind the Genrep. As I was preparing to storm to the building I suddenly heard a loud cry followed by a muffled shot.
Sniper !
Someone limped out from the building, bleeding from his leg.
As soon as he was outside, Anthony, was hit for the second time.
This time straight between the eyes. He fell to his knees and then his lifeless body crashed to the ground.
I ran inside the building to take cover and to check out for the other runner.
As I entered the building, the other runner, Incog Nito was just about to activate the Genrep and escape, when hes body suddenly went limp and he fell down, dead.
The sniper had hit him through the window.
I quickly barricaded the window by turning a nearby table on its side. I prepared to face the sniper and was hoping that the close quarter fight would give me an advance.
Few moments later I saw a blue haze swift pass me and the genrep activated. The sniper had left in the cover of stealth.
I searched the bodies of the two dead runners, to deliver any documents to my officers, thinking maybe they can make some sense in this.
Among the items was a voice recorder, still recording.
I stopped the device and pressed play...
"----------"
12:15 Arrived to Grant, waiting for Anthony to show up. Finally today, I, Incog Nito will make my name known to everyone. Finally I get a chance to do some real work instead of cleaning the toilets and making coffee all day. Today I have the chance to interview Anthony from The Company about the current affairs on business market and ....
*Genrep activates"
Hello Incog
Hello Anthony, your a little late, everything allright?
Anthony: Yes, yes, lets just get on with this. Although this is quite secluded location, I don't feel safe here, with all the things happening right now...
Incog: Alright,let us begin.
Anthony: First of all I would like to take a moment to introduce myself and The Company to your readers. The Company is small, but efficient Diamond Real Estate clan, focused on providing top-notch tradeskills. Along with constructing, researching and other trade areas, we are heavily focusing on providing runners with the best apartments Neocron has to offer. In the near future our apartment selection will also include custom interior design services.
Incog: Thank you for the introduction, I'm sure there is still few runners who has not yet had the pleasure of doing business with The Company *laughs*. Anyhow, moving on... many runners, including myself, have seen quite a few new businesses and shops starting up lately. What do you think about the increasing number of entrepreneurs and how will it affect your business?
Anthony: Indeed, there has been a real boom of new traders. Some seem to be less organized, lone runners and some whole clans devoted on various trades.
Personally I welcome all the new people to the market. It gives the customers a chance to have more options on goods as well as where, when and with who to do business with. There will be some rival businesses of course and that may show as decreased clientele, but currently The Company is doing fine and the future looks bright.
Incog: What are your thoughts about the recent mercenary and other violent attacks against businessmen in the city?
Anthony: It is troubling indeed. I haven witnessed myself an attack against defenceless tradeskiller, not a pretty sight... Also the fact that most of the attacks are carried out at their shops is a sad thing.
The Company has had its own troubles also. Twice so far have we been attacked. On both occasions the attackers have been successful on killing our businessman, but in one case with high costs.
We will be investing into increased security in the near future. As a side note, all of our customers have been safe in our office and even some runners who are otherwise in war with each others, have holstered their weapons while visiting at our office. Thank you for everyone on doing so.
Incog: You mentioned increasing the security. What exact measures are you going to take?
Anthony: I do not want to go into details, but we are considering to......
"----------"
The rest of the recording is a mess of loud screams and muffled shots....
The hunting trip had been a success, I was carrying more valuable items than I have had for a while.
While storing the goods to the GoGuardian I noticed a flash of light from the Genrep building up the hill, followed by another flash.
Someone was coming...
I decided to investigate and if needed, to defend our Outpost.
With my main weapon depleted from ammo I grabbed my rusty blade and ran towards the Genrep.
As I was not fully combat geared I thought to take the long way and to surprise the visitors from behind.
Some time later I arrived to the hills behind the Genrep. As I was preparing to storm to the building I suddenly heard a loud cry followed by a muffled shot.
Sniper !
Someone limped out from the building, bleeding from his leg.
As soon as he was outside, Anthony, was hit for the second time.
This time straight between the eyes. He fell to his knees and then his lifeless body crashed to the ground.
I ran inside the building to take cover and to check out for the other runner.
As I entered the building, the other runner, Incog Nito was just about to activate the Genrep and escape, when hes body suddenly went limp and he fell down, dead.
The sniper had hit him through the window.
I quickly barricaded the window by turning a nearby table on its side. I prepared to face the sniper and was hoping that the close quarter fight would give me an advance.
Few moments later I saw a blue haze swift pass me and the genrep activated. The sniper had left in the cover of stealth.
I searched the bodies of the two dead runners, to deliver any documents to my officers, thinking maybe they can make some sense in this.
Among the items was a voice recorder, still recording.
I stopped the device and pressed play...
"----------"
12:15 Arrived to Grant, waiting for Anthony to show up. Finally today, I, Incog Nito will make my name known to everyone. Finally I get a chance to do some real work instead of cleaning the toilets and making coffee all day. Today I have the chance to interview Anthony from The Company about the current affairs on business market and ....
*Genrep activates"
Hello Incog
Hello Anthony, your a little late, everything allright?
Anthony: Yes, yes, lets just get on with this. Although this is quite secluded location, I don't feel safe here, with all the things happening right now...
Incog: Alright,let us begin.
Anthony: First of all I would like to take a moment to introduce myself and The Company to your readers. The Company is small, but efficient Diamond Real Estate clan, focused on providing top-notch tradeskills. Along with constructing, researching and other trade areas, we are heavily focusing on providing runners with the best apartments Neocron has to offer. In the near future our apartment selection will also include custom interior design services.
Incog: Thank you for the introduction, I'm sure there is still few runners who has not yet had the pleasure of doing business with The Company *laughs*. Anyhow, moving on... many runners, including myself, have seen quite a few new businesses and shops starting up lately. What do you think about the increasing number of entrepreneurs and how will it affect your business?
Anthony: Indeed, there has been a real boom of new traders. Some seem to be less organized, lone runners and some whole clans devoted on various trades.
Personally I welcome all the new people to the market. It gives the customers a chance to have more options on goods as well as where, when and with who to do business with. There will be some rival businesses of course and that may show as decreased clientele, but currently The Company is doing fine and the future looks bright.
Incog: What are your thoughts about the recent mercenary and other violent attacks against businessmen in the city?
Anthony: It is troubling indeed. I haven witnessed myself an attack against defenceless tradeskiller, not a pretty sight... Also the fact that most of the attacks are carried out at their shops is a sad thing.
The Company has had its own troubles also. Twice so far have we been attacked. On both occasions the attackers have been successful on killing our businessman, but in one case with high costs.
We will be investing into increased security in the near future. As a side note, all of our customers have been safe in our office and even some runners who are otherwise in war with each others, have holstered their weapons while visiting at our office. Thank you for everyone on doing so.
Incog: You mentioned increasing the security. What exact measures are you going to take?
Anthony: I do not want to go into details, but we are considering to......
"----------"
The rest of the recording is a mess of loud screams and muffled shots....