[i][/i][i][/i][i][/i][center][h2][color=ec008c]Samantha Dalton “Chaos”[/color][/h2]

[h2]Briefing[/h2][/center]

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[color=ec008c]Samantha[/color] was feeling better and was excited about their next op. Her condition had improved quickly once she started physical therapy. She still had no clue what Sophie had done but she knew whatever process she had used, she healed much faster. She was full of energy and had been hard at work with Xander’s support on gear for their upcoming op. She was excited to share with the team what they had developed for them to use. She did her best to focus on the briefing. She found it hard to sit still after her injuries had forced  a week of convalescence on her. It was like her subconscious wanted to test her body’s limits to prove they had healed. Her knee was bouncing up and down as she tried to bleed off excess energy. 

Samantha was still pouring over the intel from the last op. She had found evidence buried in the hacking code that pointed to Pavel’s involvement. She had found some bits and pieces of router information that had allowed her to follow the route of the signal that had hacked their drone from router to router following where it had bounced from. There was some signal coding that allowed her to confirm that at one point the signal had been passed through a satellite in space. There was not enough information for her to triangulate the location of the satellite. The data had been corrupted enough that she was unable to take it all the way to the source. She could tell the boss that whoever had hacked their drone knew what they were doing and they were more paranoid than her. She had managed to trace the signal back through 57 different routers in 32 different countries before missing pieces of data broke the chain. She was proud of herself for managing to reconstruct it that far. She was still working on analyzing the huge amount of data she had sent back from the op at the beginning before their signal was hacked. 

Samantha had to pause her work on the data to work on supporting their next op. Samantha had needed to do some necessary hacking to get the team invited to the party. Instead of hacking Pavel, Samantha hacked those she thought might be invited. While most of those companies had adequate cyber security, it was nowhere near good enough to keep her out. She had infiltrated emails at 50 different tech companies that she thought might receive invites. She found it child’s play to intercept the incoming invitations and confirm that executives so and so with company x were unavailable to attend but they would be sending x in their place. She simply replied as them, to insert their own people and then arranged to have couriered invitations rerouted and intercepted by Raven Squad. Now the team all had legitimate invitations for Pavel’s party. Pavel had developed a fancy card invitation with an embedded chip in it that contained the identity information of the person invited making them unhackable. He was right, they were pretty unhackable. That didn’t stop her from getting the real deal setup for their team. [i]There was always a way![/i] 


Samantha had to develop fake identities for the team members who needed them. Along with fake ids, she implanted enough believable searchable history that their fake identities would pass a background check. Samantha had created backdoor access for herself with the social security agency, and the internal revenue service a long time ago. She created legitimate social security accounts, with fake work history and birthdate information. At the IRS, she duplicated the fake work history along with fake filed taxes. She created a fictitious social media trail with doctored photos to help sell the back story. She didn’t think guests would receive that level of scrutiny but Samantha was not taking any chances with her team. She had a lot of fun creating identities for the team. She wondered if Michele would get the reference of her fake id. She couldn’t resist trying to get a rise out of the quiet French woman. [i]Spending time with Xander was rubbing off on her.
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Samantha had managed to hack into some of the lower level employees' emails. She had managed to have a box of equipment shipped to the mail room and delivered to one of Pavel’s executives that was out on maternity leave. The box would be delivered to the woman’s office and sit there until her return to work in two months. It wasn’t a huge box and had to go through a security screening process before leaving the mail room. Samantha had to design a box with a shielded interior space to hide the weapons and electronic gear she wanted on hand. Pavel’s parties were famous for confiscating any kind of communication or smart device. He was right to be paranoid about industrial espionage as that was how he had made so many of his own breakthroughs. He had stolen them from his competitors. It was the only way she could think of to get her laptop past Pavel’s security screening. She had shipped hers and Michele’s wingsuits around the interior making it look like a clothing delivery to the office. [i]I mean who hadn’t had something shipped to the office so that you didn’t have to worry about porch pirates intercepting your delivery? [/i]

Samantha paid attention to the briefing as Skye went over everyone’s role. When Skye was done Samantha popped up with a wide grin and rubbed her hands together. [color=ec008c]“Who wants presents?”[/color] She looked around at the team and winked at Xander. He knew what was coming since he had her develop and build most of it. She didn’t wait for anyone to answer. [color=ec008c]“Everyone is getting presents! But ladies first!” [/color]

[@FourtyTwo]
She handed a very fashionable purse which held the other items she had developed for Skye to use. [color=ec008c]“Okay boss, the chain handle can be used as a garotte or a whip. The keychain inside has a penlight charm that looks like a flashlight but doubles as a taser. There are three different unbreakable glass perfume bottles, Each one is a different shape, The square one has acid, the ball shaped one has a sleeping agent, and the octagonal sphere shaped one has pepper spray. The lipstick tube has a popup stiletto ceramic blade, the makeup compact can transform into a compact two shot gun. The extra bullets are in another bauble on your keychain that looks like a lighthouse.” [/color]

[@BigPapaBelial]
She smiled and turned to Freya with another designer handbag but this was scaled up in size to suit Freya’s larger frame and look more natural with her body size. [color=ec008c]“You also have a lipstick ceramic stiletto blade, a makeup carbon composite gun,  a hidden taser on your keychain, the three perfume bottles, and the chain handle can be used as a whip or garotte.”[/color] She pointed out the large designer metal bauble hanging off the zipper pull. [color=ec008c]“This holds a collapsible asp hidden inside. Just twist the top and snap your wrist while holding the bottom which becomes the handle.”[/color] The bauble looked rounded 3d stylized P. The bottom of the P was obviously the handle.  

[@Wayward]
Samantha grinned as she handed a different style of designer handbag to Michele. [color=ec008c]“Michele, I have some special surprises for you since you will coming with me to have my back. Like the others your purse chain handle can be used as a garotte or a whip. You have a taser hidden in a keychain charm. The lipstick tube has a popup stiletto ceramic blade, the makeup compact can transform into a compact two shot gun. The extra bullets are in another bauble on your keychain that looks like a heart. Instead of giving you a perform bottle, I designed a carbon composite needle launcher for you.  It looks like a standard ink pen. You push the click button on the end of it and a small, barbed needle will shoot out that is dipped in a fast-acting sleeping agent. It is short range, but you can fire as fast as you can reset the spring-loaded firing mechanism and the pen can hold 25 needle darts. It can shoot up to 10 feet. There is a metal cigarette case for you in there. The cigarettes in the case are mini smoke bombs. Light them and drop them and they produce a smoky cloud of about 3 feet. The zippo lighter is a small torch. Just flick the dial the opposite way and a sustained flame about an inch long will be produced. It only has enough gas to burn for about two minutes though.”[/color]


[@Awesomoman64] [@Theyra] [@PerfectThought] [@ReusableSword] 
She then proceeded to hand boxes to all the guys on the team. [color=ec008c]“Each of you have designer looking belt buckles with hidden blades that pull out. If they wand you, they will think it is the buckle. It shouldn’t read though as the blade is ceramic. The buckle is brass. The metal cigarette carrying case combines with the zippo lighter will form a carbon composite gun that will hold 2 bullets. On your keychain is what looks like a small push button flashlight that doubles as a taser. Two extra bullets are hidden in the tech logo looking keychain. A steel cylinder hidden inside the beer can keychain can hold your choice of sleeping agent, acid, or pepper spray. Just press the top connector piece downwards. It has a little push button lock so it doesn’t work till you want it to. These are all items that can be carried in a jacket or pants pocket that can be quickly removed before stepping through the metal detector. Your wrist watches hold the circuitry for new encrypted closed team communication devices. The cuff links and tie bars hide tiny cameras and scanners. Ladies your communication circuitry is hidden in your necklaces. The matching bracelets have a small camera eye and scanner.”[/color]

Samantha paused to explain how the new communication devices worked to everyone. [color=ec008c]“The new communication devices are based on older cellar technology that was abandoned at the time because we didn’t have the technology to make it smaller and lighter. Now we do. I custom built the circuit boards and tuned them using circuitry embedded into a grown crystalline matrix for stability. The signal is run through an encryption filter and decrypted by the devices. The devices together create a closed network that only communicates with each other. It is experimental at this time but if it field tests well, we will be updating all Raven’s communication equipment. The devices will read as active electronics and put out an EM field which can be read by Pavel’s scanners. For this reason, there is an off and on switch embedded into them. Press the set button on your watches gentleman to turn them off and on. Ladies press the gemstone centerpiece down to turn yours off and on.”[/color] 

She pulled out a pair of the newly developed earbuds. [color=ec008c]“The new earbuds work in conjunction with the circuitry devices and are smaller and more comfortable to wear. They are hard to see visually as they sit further into the ear canal. They allow you to hear everything else going on around you as well. I had to get creative with the microphones. They are tiny and printed into a silicone based sticker that should disappear on your skin and blend in. I suggest putting it somewhere on your throat or chest to pick up your voice. To send a nonverbal acknowledgement simply tap the microphone and it will send a beep.” [/color]

[color=ec008c]"I also have some miscellaneous stuff if anyone is interested. Pens that can be planted which contain hidden microphones and transmitters. Pens that have retinal scanners and dna collection devices built in. I have contact lenses that can change eye colors and provide a retina scan different to your own. Tie bars that hide a usb style connector and encrypted data link that is plug and play. It will allow remote access to the system using that device."[/color] She waved her hands out to indicate they were empty. [color=ec008c]"That's all I had time for."[/color]  Samantha felt a deep satisfaction as she looked out at all of them. [color=ec008c]“Any questions?”[/color]