Supervisor's Office

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Encounter Conditions

After getting in the office from Catburgling on the Catwalk - either blowing up the door, battering it down, swiping supervisor's ID, or sneaking in with an electrical kit.

Initial Text

If you used the ID or electrical kit or battered it down:

The door to the warehouse manager's office opens obliging. Most of the room is dominated by a small, rather out of place, cubicle.

There's a powered-up computer displaying a password screen, but the only personal item is an untouched page-a-day calendar from last year. It's like nobody actually works here. Which is a shame, because you're pretty sure this office has the only window in the whole warehouse.

or, if you blew it up:

You step through the ruined door into the warehouse manager's office. The walls and window have some smoke stains, but the damage is pretty superficial. The cubicle that dominates most of the room is basically unharmed.

There's a powered-up computer displaying a password screen, but the only personal item is an untouched page-a-day calendar from last year. It's like nobody actually worked here, even before the explosion.

Summary of Choices

1. Hack the computer (with processor device equipped) - Warehouse Computer (hacking)
2. Search the cubicle Gain office thermos, Arzac prescription or interoffice memos
3. Search the office walls
   1. Enter - Gain unstable emitter, unused Y4, etc. if you enter the right code
   2. Leave it be
4. Check the calendar
5. Head out

Choice Text and Results

Hack the computer

See Warehouse Computer (hacking)

Search the cubicle

Once only?

You root through the desk, eventually finding a bottom drawer where someone's stashed a thermos and several pill bottles. You pull them out and close the desk back up.

You found: office thermos

You found: 2-3 Arzac prescriptions

First time per day:

You search the desk, but the most interesting thing you can find is the stack of interoffice memos in the "IN" box. It's amazing that people still use paper but… yup, they all have today's date.

For lack of anything better to grab, you take the memos.

You found: recursive memos

Otherwise:

You glance over the desk. There's nothing even remotely of value here.

Heck, you already took the memos. There's nowhere deeper to sink.

Search the office walls

After a quick search, you find a keypad attached to the wall. On closer inspection, it's attached to a small safe.

You can hear voices echoing up from the warehouse floor, so if there's an alarm things could get pretty sticky.

Enter Code: ___

Enter

NOTE: The correct code can be obtained like this:

• Equip a Midgard Cap and stop at chat with the Workers On Break. They will tell you the warehouse supervisor's kid's name.
• Equip a PDA and hack into the Warehouse Computer from this encounter. Use at least one View on the Public Calendar to learn the kid's birthday.
• Enter the birthday in the format: numerical month then day, no leading zero for month, leading zero for day.
• Example, if the birthday is May 7th, enter 507.

Incorrect code, with high stats:

The guards aren't fast enough, though, and you're able to find your way out of the office before you get cornered.

Incorrect code, low stats, non-Etheric:

A loud buzz sounds from the vault, following by a ringing alarm from the main warehouse.

A massive spider drone bursts into the room, knocking chunks of polysteel loose from the door. Two security offiers slip in after, blocking off any easy route of escape.

It's either through them or out the window.

(Fight Midgard SD1 and 2 Midgard Security)

Incorrect code with low stats, Etheric:

A loud buzz sounds from the vault, following by a ringing alarm from the main warehouse.

A creature made of black stone that faintly resembles a spider tears into the room, raining fragments of polysteel and chitin over you. Two Midgard security officers, obviously more concerned with you than the spider, join in its rush forward.

Whatever that thing is, it's taking up the entire door. You'll either need to cut through here or jump out the window onto the street below. Which sounds like a more appealing option the more you stare at the spider.

(Fight Horrific Spider and 2 Midgard Security)

And for the above two fights, if you successfully run away, you leave the warehouse and possibly take some damage, depending on your Reflexes?:

You leap through the window, crashing to the street below. You hit the pavement hard, taking ?-21-? damage. Well… if they don't think you're dead, at least they'll think you're crazy.

Or

You leap through the window, crashing to the street below. You hit the pavement, but roll with the worst of it, only taking ?12-15? damage. Well… if they don't think you're dead, at least they'll think you're crazy.

Or

You leap through the window, crashing to the street below. You hit the pavement with a perfect roll, avoiding any damage as glimmering shards of glass rain around you. Well… if they don't think you're dead, at least they'll think you're crazy.

And, if you take lethal damage:

That was a little more than you bargained for. You drag yourself somewhere safe to pass out.

Correct code:

You type the numbers and press enter.

The vault clicks and swings open slowly. The vault is filled with a surprising assortment of stuff. You grab the handful of things that look interesting and head out.

You found: unused Y4

You found 5-6? of: Arzac prescription, fresh cred chips, tracking chip

There's also a small lead box containing the emitter you've been looking for. Perfect!

You found: unstable emitter

Correct code, further times: (no rewards)

You open the vault again easily. It doesn't seem like anyone's changed the password since you were here last.

Check the calendar

You flip through a boring year of inspirational corporate messages underneath pictures of kittens. The only thing you saw marked was a birthday for <name and birthday>, but you probably missed some things in the boredom.

Or, after trying it 8-10ish times:

You scour over the year of inspirational corporate messages underneath pictures of kittens. There are no meetings or vacations noted in the spaces provided.

Literally the only things marked are birthdays for <5 names and birthdays>.

Or, with Focused Perception:

You scour over the calendar as though it's the most interesting and significant thing in the entire world. There's a year's worth of fascinating corporate messages underneath pictures of adorable kittens.

There are also birthdays marked for <5 names and birthdays>. You spend so long staring at them in fascination, trying to figure out the pattern, that your eyes start to water.

You've earned 2 XP in Perception

Head out

You head back out of the manager's office and on to the warehouse floor.