04-06-2023, 03:13 AM
Post written with input from Lauchenoiria
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It had been shockingly easy to infiltrate WOE. The human element had been the key. That, and having an insider.
Gabriel Fleming had, once again, proven his value to Xiomera by providing the key elements of planning what would be known, in Imperial Intelligence, as Operation Treechoker. The name of the operation, a less than subtle pun on "tree hugger", conveyed the mission quite well. ImpInt was to capture members of WOE, and bring them to Xiomera for interrogation. The fact that they were in Lauchenoiria was of little relevance to the Xiomerans.
The operation began with the simple expedient of gaining access to the non-secure online server that WOE members used to communicate casually. From there, ImpInt agents managed to convince one of the WOE members to trust them enough to let them into the more secure server where actual discussion and planning took place. Taking advantage of peoples' willingness to trust others was an ImpInt specialty.
After some time on that server, ImpInt agents were able to narrow down two likely candidates to start the operation. The first was a bombastic individual named Clay Moss. He was often the first, and last, and loudest person to speak at WOE events on the streets of Buttercity. The second was a much less outwardly noticeable person named Irene Ramos. Ramos was not prone to speeches or taking center stage at rallies. What she was prone to do was organize. Every event, gathering and meeting of WOE in Buttercity seemed to involve her in one fashion or another.
Between a big speaker and a big planner, ImpInt reasoned, enough useful intelligence should be able to be gathered to begin bringing WOE down.
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Both of them were brought into the custody of ImpInt in a similar fashion. Moss was tricked easily enough by being told that a group of interested people wanted to hear him speak. When he arrived for his big speech, he was given a drink with enough knockout juice to put him to sleep for quite a while. Ramos was simply tracked to her home, and nabbed late at night. She was likewise given something to make her sleep through a very long trip.
When both of them woke up, they would be somewhere neither of them had ever expected, or wanted, to be - Xiomera.
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It had been shockingly easy to infiltrate WOE. The human element had been the key. That, and having an insider.
Gabriel Fleming had, once again, proven his value to Xiomera by providing the key elements of planning what would be known, in Imperial Intelligence, as Operation Treechoker. The name of the operation, a less than subtle pun on "tree hugger", conveyed the mission quite well. ImpInt was to capture members of WOE, and bring them to Xiomera for interrogation. The fact that they were in Lauchenoiria was of little relevance to the Xiomerans.
The operation began with the simple expedient of gaining access to the non-secure online server that WOE members used to communicate casually. From there, ImpInt agents managed to convince one of the WOE members to trust them enough to let them into the more secure server where actual discussion and planning took place. Taking advantage of peoples' willingness to trust others was an ImpInt specialty.
After some time on that server, ImpInt agents were able to narrow down two likely candidates to start the operation. The first was a bombastic individual named Clay Moss. He was often the first, and last, and loudest person to speak at WOE events on the streets of Buttercity. The second was a much less outwardly noticeable person named Irene Ramos. Ramos was not prone to speeches or taking center stage at rallies. What she was prone to do was organize. Every event, gathering and meeting of WOE in Buttercity seemed to involve her in one fashion or another.
Between a big speaker and a big planner, ImpInt reasoned, enough useful intelligence should be able to be gathered to begin bringing WOE down.
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Both of them were brought into the custody of ImpInt in a similar fashion. Moss was tricked easily enough by being told that a group of interested people wanted to hear him speak. When he arrived for his big speech, he was given a drink with enough knockout juice to put him to sleep for quite a while. Ramos was simply tracked to her home, and nabbed late at night. She was likewise given something to make her sleep through a very long trip.
When both of them woke up, they would be somewhere neither of them had ever expected, or wanted, to be - Xiomera.
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