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[indent][indent][b][i]Shinjuku District
Tokyo, Japan
12:30AM Local Time[/i][/b][/indent][/indent]

Even in the dead of night, the streets of Tokyo are a dazzle of neon, a crush of motorists and pedestrians, businessmen and tourists alike seeming to never stop or even slow down.  Car horns blare, music thrums from an assortment of bars and night clubs, and advertisements flash across massive LED banners.  For all of the wondrous attractions and sights to see throughout Japan's capital, just standing in the heart of Tokyo is a spectacle all of its own.

High above the hustle and bustle, however, shadows flit unnoticed across the night sky, dark-clad figures leaping across rooftops.  Each bounding stride propels them far further than humanly possible, but each landing is quiet as a whisper.  Advanced optic displays filter through the haze of strobes and neon and light-pollution from below to provide crisp and clear outlines of their surroundings, while active optical camouflage lets them blend in, covering their signatures across most of the electromagnetic spectrum.  Ferro-fibrous exoskeletons provide protection against most conventional weapons, while nano-cerrated vibro-blades allow them to cut through titanium like wet paper.

Their equipment is bleeding-edge....

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.....but their techniques are ancient.

As the city swarms with ignorant tourists and nameless [i]sararimen[/i] below, a dozen cybernetically-enhanced ninja converge on their target: the Tokyo branch of S.T.A.R. Labs.  The company has been on the forefront of scientific research and development since its founding, and the Tokyo branch in particular is known for being a technological wonderland.  So many projects that could be worth untold fortunes.....or do unspeakable damage to the world at large.

The security systems at S.T.A.R. Labs are formidable to most, but paltry compared to the capabilities of its assailants. With a method that is frightening in both its meticulousness and its speed, firewalls are broken, sensors scrambled, camera feeds set on loops, and wayward security guards cut down.  With deathly silence and murderous precision, the ninja make their way through the offices and administrative floors, headed towards R&D.

It is only by sheer chance that one is discovered: a technician who had stayed late to complete work on a minor project, happens to glance out of his cubicle and see a skulking figure clad in high-tech armor.  He puts his hand over his mouth to cover up a gasp, but even that noise gives him away.  The masked intruder snaps its head to face the terrified technician, who bolts out of the cubicle in a dead run.

The technician makes it only six paces before the ninja is upon him, and only makes a seventh before a blade carves into his back.  It doesn't even occur to him to scream, as the man is dead before he even feels it.  However, his lifeless body, now propelled only by a few remaining unconscious reflexes, staggers forward a few more steps, just far enough to cross a laser sensor before crumpling to the floor.

While the ninja were indeed thorough in disabling the S.T.A.R. Labs security, there was a secondary security system installed in places like this, by someone just as meticulous as they.  Highly sensitive targets, such as the homes of prominent public figures, military installations, or major scientific firms, were often wired with security and alarm systems unbeknownst even to the people who worked there.  These alarms did not go off inside the building, or alert the local authorities....

....but elsewhere, in high orbit, an alarm goes off on the Watchtower of the Justice League.


[center][h2][u]EVENT #1: TROUBLE IN TOKYO[/u][/h2]
Cybernetic ninjas are raiding the S.T.A.R. Labs facility in Tokyo, Japan
Target Number: 15
Timer: 5[/center]