Chapter 03: Battle and Recovery

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• Retreat from engagement, reassess
• Drones were sent inside to determine of the truck we were searching for was there
  • Drones determined that it was
  • Trucks and bay were covered with more of those astrally-active spores
  • The drone attempted to open the cargo bay doors, but they only opened about a foot
• Plan was hatched to get the truck out using accessed rigger interface
  • I was charged with dealing with the toxic spirits
  • The rest were charged with dealing with the more corporeal matters afield
• I still had my spirit of man summoned, he would join me in battle and try to lead the toxic spirits away from their haven
  • Two were dispatched with some effort, both my spirit and I were casting manabolt at them
  • After two, it became apparent the toxic spirits were mostly minding their own business, hanging out
  • The spirits were disengaged and the corporeal troops bent on interfering were dispatched
• The truck was autopiloted out of the garage, smashed through the cargo bay door, and driven down to the first rest area south
  • In only the few minutes since the bay door was budged and the battle was engaged, the spores had crept out of the door and started spreading outside
• Johnson was called and a squad was sent in to detox and claim possession of the vehicle
  • We were detoxed as well
  • It appeared, from the livery of the recovery team, that we had been hired by Ares Tech
• Upon arriving home, the authorities were notified anonymously of the toxic site in the hopes that they would clean it up completely as we did not have the resources to perform a full detox