[encrypted] The Espionage Squad Job

[leverageintceo]

[Remember that button that popped up before the second part of Kid Quantum's debrief became available? It's back now. Time to scan your fingerprint or input your ridiculous password or scan your eyeball again, at least if you want to see what this is about.]

[On the other side of the security measures, Parker is not in the ventilation system. Instead, she appears to be sitting on a table in one of the many conference rooms on Legion World.]

Since Kid Quantum has made the announcement already: Hi, I'm Payback and I'll be leading the Legion's Espionage Squad. Talk to me if you're interested in joining. I'm not about to draft anyone who doesn't want to be here.

Comments

[unrecovered]

I'm in.

[vata]

[Payback. Oh what a familiar, welcome face.

Sombra holds up the little bear she'd last been given in their prior interaction, tucking it under her chin and lifting a little stuffed arm so that it waves in artificial greeting.]

Do I get bonus points for calling shotgun?

[i_got_this]

Hey. I can do stealthy shit.

[leverageintceo]

Yep.

[private]

[leverageintceo]

We've got a few people who seem like they're people you know from home. Thoughts on their suitability and skills?

[leverageintceo]

[Okay, maybe she was lying a little when she said she wouldn't draft anyone. But there's no way that Azúcar wouldn't volunteer anyway, so what she said was basically true.]

[The bear is a nice touch though. Parker grins.]

Having someone riding shotgun is always nice.

Text

[goddamngrenades]

You know I'm in.

[leverageintceo]

What kind of stealthy shit?

[Parker is one of the Legionnaires who reads everyone's files, so she's got an idea of what Switch can do. Still, since they've never interacted before, she'd like to hear how she sells it.]

Text

[leverageintceo]

I'd be sad if you weren't.

Is Delta coming too?

Text

[goddamngrenades]

Getting back at a corrupt government entity on the sly and rubbing their faces in it? Yeah, he's in.

[ The're working on the 'working together' thing bit by bit. Baby steps. ]

[vata]

I know, right? [So humble, Azúcar.]

Plus I don't know if anybody's told you, but I make some great roadtrip playlists.

[agnominal]

Signing up.

[steelandtemper]

I was quite literally made for this.

as he copies and pastes his exact response to q

[fantasmaniac]

Reaper here.
Strengths lie in special and covert ops.
Give me a team, and I'll lead.

[mylawn]

[ughHHHHGHHGHhhh]

[mylawn]

I hear you need people who know what they're doing.

Permafilter

[unrecovered]

[He takes a moment to look over the post.]

Locksmith was our infiltration specialist - his skill set is perfect for this, provided nothing relies too heavily on his left side. Delta can compensate for his blind spot, but only so much.

Locus can move pretty quietly for someone his size, and the invisibility helps. He'll be good for stealth and backup.

Switch...[Oh, South.] She's capable, but only if her ego doesn't get the better of her. If she thinks it's in the bag, or that she knows better, she won't listen to anyone else. For extremely delicate work, she's a liability.

[i_got_this]

Ch'yeah, what do you want? I can be a literal fly on the wall, for one. I ran bombs and cameras through the duct system in our last mission - as a mouse. I can be people and pass through restricted areas undetected, stuff like that.

[In fact - this is video; South takes advantage of that and shifts into a spitting likeness of Parker, shrugs her shoulders, and shifts back.]

[deafleppard]

I tried hacking once. It was a lot harder than the movies made it out to be.

The sneaking around stuff I could do. And you know, beating people up.

[rushing_by]

I'm good for stealth, a quick getaway, running through walls, and I can brute force combination locks and passwords through superspeed as long as any alarms won't be set off for getting them wrong.

And also punching people. Lots and lots of punching people.

Plus, I'm a CSI back home, so I know how to avoid leaving evidence that anybody in that line of work could pick up.

[isthisapidge]

I'm so ready. If you need hacking and espionage, I'm your paladin.

Permafilter

[leverageintceo]

[Parker nods along with his assessments, taking in the information and spinning it around to see how it fits with what she's gathered on her own.]

What methods have been used to try and compensate for Switch's ego in the past?

[Parker's had her own issues with ego and teamwork, but she doesn't think they can put South on jury duty to teach her about the importance of working with people. Probably.]

[leverageintceo]

That hasn't come up. Probably because we mostly use those teleporter things to get places instead of cars.

Unless that's innuendo about your computer skills, in which case I haven't heard any complaints.

[leverageintceo]

[Parker eyeballs "herself" at the other end of the line.]

How's your grifting?

[Looking like someone is one thing. Being able to act like them is another. Another really, really important thing.]

Text; Private

[leverageintceo]

We've got some people who I'm guessing are from where you're from. What is your assessment of their capabilities for this sort of thing?

[Yeah, she asked Wash. She's asking York too. Best to get multiple opinions, hopefully minimize any unconscious bias.]