shest: (♙ of innocence decent or race)
Ocelot ([personal profile] shest) wrote2014-05-05 06:53 am

001 Shot Fired [text; action for Rocket Base]

I'm going to list a series of words.

If they are at all familiar to you please respond otherwise dismiss this.

Cold War
Spetsnaz
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nikita Khrushchev
Tselinoyarsk


[About an hour later on the Rocket frequency:]

My name is Adamska. Code name Ocelot. Call me either. I'm a GRU Major if that means anything to any of you.

I would like to speak with whomever is in charge here.
explosivecombat: (Someone needs to listen more carefully)

[text / Rocket frequency]

[personal profile] explosivecombat 2014-05-06 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
You're the second one seeking out the person in charge that I've spoken to recently; while I can't blame either of you, unfortunately you're going to have to get in line if that's what you really want.

In the meantime, I have enough authority within the organization to answer at least some of the questions you may have.
explosivecombat: (And what have we here?)

[personal profile] explosivecombat 2014-05-06 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Bluntly put, the significance of petty thievery is to pass the time and collect a paycheck between missions. If it can be done easily and you get rewarded for doing it well and doing it consistently, I don't see why you would refuse. Deciding that it's beneath you isn't going to endear you to those higher up the chain of command.

However, I'm a soldier myself, and I've been here long enough that I don't have to rely on such things anymore. I take far more interesting missions, and I hand out several others; it's far easier to carry out the sort of thing I prefer doing with others than it is on my own.

In other words, I may have work for you from time to time, should you want it.
explosivecombat: (Go on and keep that up)

[personal profile] explosivecombat 2014-05-06 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, in fairness, there's a difference between grand larceny and stealing poor Lass Maryanne's level 20 Drifloon.

So yes, it's fucking stupid, but sometimes you have to kiss ass.]


Do you have a particular specialty?
explosivecombat: (It's no accident that I've survived)

[personal profile] explosivecombat 2014-05-06 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
You'll find that your proficiency with guns isn't going to be much help to you; if you had any on you when you were brought here, you've been stripped of them for the duration. I don't know where they are, nor does anyone else; I'm just aware that this place - or whomever runs it, more likely - doesn't like us having conventional weapons.

However, explosives are fair game, and if you're as good as you say with your other skills, it's safe to assume you're a quick study and I doubt the technology will be much of a problem.

It's 1915 where I came from, for reference, and I'm managing just fine despite our technology apparently being backwards even by that year's standards.
explosivecombat: (And what have we here?)

[personal profile] explosivecombat 2014-05-06 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Don't question the logic of this place. We can't keep bladed weapons that are more efficient than the average butterknife, but one of my coworkers was given what amounts to a humanoid thing the size of a small child and absolutely covered in swords. As long as we're allowed something, I'm not going to complain too much.

I think I know what world you're talking about, if that's the case; it's not my own, either way. I know a few things about it, however; I assume that you're working for the Soviet Union at this point?
explosivecombat: (How cruel...)

private;

[personal profile] explosivecombat 2014-05-06 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm the last person to deny that, believe me. Perhaps I'll tell you what I did to my world's equivalent of the Russian army one day.

Until then, I'll be sure to keep in touch if I have any assignments for you, Major Ocelot. There's not much sense in leaving trained soldiers bored out of their minds.

Should you need me for anything further, my name is Solf J Kimblee; I'm a State Alchemist for the Amestrian military, which I doubt means much to you. I'm a Beta in this organization, however, which will likely mean a good deal more in the weeks to come.