Part 13: Kaesong district II
Roll: 54
Signaling your acolytes, you reset the cogitator with a sharp kick before moving toward the hatch. Once inside the access corridor, you think of staying there and eavesdropping on the two tech priest argumenting, but you've kept your intrusion hidden so far and you don't want to take more risks.
As you move, Electryos whispers to you "They might detect my tampering of the security systems, we must not tarry."
"Do you think they'll notice that we accessed those messages?" you ask.
"Maybe? Though they'll most likely get pictures of us from the cameras once they detect the tampering."
Since you already know the way and the plant is now mostly empty of its workers, you quickly exit the building. Though as you reach the end of the passageway along the building, you hear a siren from the building you just vacated. You speed up, reaching your car without being stopped. Once aboard, you drive to the edge of the district, just in case if the tech-priests or workers search the neighborhood for you, before taking stock of the situation. Electryos has opened his robes, showing a patchwork of scars, ritual tatoos and minor augmentics, while Telemacus is applying an ointment taken from a first-aid kit on an ugly burn.
"Electryos, how's the burn? You took a nasty shock down here." you ask.
"The electricity has damaged my flesh, but iron -nnngh- will prevail." he replies with grunt as a patch is applied to the burn. "And come to worst, I've got some stims.", he continues, patting one of his pocket.
"Understood. So to sum up what we found, we know there are more than this plant and they might have a certain 'serum' against the virus" you start.
"Or at least it's good enough to allow the servitor conversion, so not necessarily an efficient cure, considering that conversion is usually done on brain-dead meat sacks. They may also have intentionally spread the virus, which is in line with what we've found in Jianghu." Electryos adds.
"The fact they have tech-priests working with them worries me, the Mechanicus is a dangerous enemy to have. Maybe we could talk to the tech-priest in charge here, he might be able to help us, even if we don't have much proof right now." you say.
"Much proof? We have a plant undertaking secret servitor conversion on virus patients! Manned by a pair of tech-priests, with accomplices in the health services of the planet!" says Telemacus.
"We have only a suspicious transfer order, the words of a dead man and our word on what we saw in the plant. If we're going to directly accuse Mechanicus cult members, we should need some material proof." you say.
"Well, those are in the plant, do you want to go and fetch them? I'm sure now that they are on alert, we'll get a warm welcome." retorts Telemacus.
"Well, there's not much Mechanicus presence here, apparently the tech-priest in charge is Magos Zhou, who was one of the lead we could have followed. His lab-manufactorum is on the periphery of the city, not too far from here. We could go ask him a few questions." cuts Electryos.
"Frak... Do you think he could be the author of the messages signed 'Z' that we found in the plant? It seemed that that person was the leader, or at least commanding the two others." says Telemacus.
"Horus take them, if that's the case it's even worse!" you cry out.
"Such an honored member of the Mechanicus would not have meddled in such a base conspiracy! I'm certain he would collaborate with us." counters Electryos.
"Without concrete proof, he might not accepts any accusation against his subordinates" you say.
"Last option would be to go back to the office and have a call with Vince. But crossing back all the city after what we've done at the Administratum might be dangerous." says Telemacus.
So do you
-Go to Zhou's lab/manufactorum
--He'll help us bring those desecrator to justice!
--He's in league with them! He must be stopped!
-Go back and assault the plant.
--(optional) write-in what you priorities are (killing everyone, making prisoners, finding concrete proofs...)
-Try to go back to the office and have a call with Vince.
-Write-in.
If you choose to go to Zhou's lab/manufactorum with the 'He's in league with them' option, I think you'll get a choice on how to approach it, but I don't want to clutter too much that vote.
And, yes, you already decided not to start a fight in the plant last time, but if you want, you can.
And, yes, you already decided not to start a fight in the plant last time, but if you want, you can.
