NAGA Equipment Liberation

After doing more research on the info given to us by one of our informants, I was able to verify most of it.
 
Hunter, Eclipse, Ricochet and I begin going over the information available to us, which isn’t too much, but at least enough for us to make up a couple of possible mission plans.
 
NAGA is getting better at hiding their information, even with some of my back doors, I was unable to get all the information that I wanted.
 
We decided that we would drop down onto the train at the tunnel exit. Eclipse had some equipment that we could use to attach to the train, and board in a stealthy manner. We’ll see how that works out.
With Hunter’s help, I plant a wi-fi booster before the entrance of the tunnel to help me be able to enter the train’s computer system.
 
We are stationed on the top of the tunnel at the exit side. So far so good.
 
Wow, that was a hard jerk when we jumped off the tunnel entrance. Good thing we were only dropping a few feet. Sudden acceleration to over 50 mph in a split second, even when you think you are ready for it is tough, but man what a thrill!
 
We make our way to the first car that appears to be a cargo car. These NAGA guys were somewhat smart, separating the cargo between personnel cars. I had hoped that they had put the cargo in the middle and personnel on each end, but no such luck. Two personnel / miscellaneous cars on each end of a cargo car, and just three cargo cars.
 
After we drop in the car, and clear it, I hack into the onboard computer system to complete the takeover of the system. I had adjusted the speed readout to keep the train moving just a bit slower than what the engineers thought we were moving so that we could move across the top of the train easier.
 
Taking over the computer system was a simple hack. They hadn’t changed the security codes. I lock down the doors out of the personnel / miscellaneous cars and the top hatches. I also monitored the internal com system and any local radio transmissions.
 
The rest of the team moved rearward to find the main target of our raid, the hoverbikes. This front cargo car had a bonus, an ATV command vehicle. I quickly lock it out of being controlled by NAGA remotely.
 
Oh boy, we almost lost Eclipse off the side of the train. I catch a transmission between an agent and a superior. I fill their radio channel with static.
 
The rest of the team makes it to the back section of the train. My initial thought was that I could force a decouple electronically, but there are mechanical aspects of it. I shut down the security systems and block the alarms for when the cars decouple. Eclipse handles the mechanical decoupling as I keep the alarms quiet.
 
Things were going well, almost too well. The engineers figured out that the train wasn’t getting up to speed and turn off the electronic controls. At least they don’t know that the rear cars were decoupled.
 
The last cargo car carried a couple of non-descript troop carriers. No way to removed them safely while the train is moving. We all quickly agree it is best to just drop them off the train and deny them to NAGA. Eclipse finds a briefcase in one of the transports and takes it with him as he forces the carriers to drop off the train.
 
The rest make their way forward while I try to wrest control of the train out of the engineer’s manual control. They find two combat hover bikes. I quickly try to see if they can be slaved together, but there is no autopilot. Eclipse should be able to tow one of them with the other. Good thing he is a pilot.
 
Between Eclipse and I, we decouple the three cars. Hunter and Ricochet make their way back into the first cargo car while Eclipse quickly travels back towards the hover bikes and takes off.
The hover bikes don’t fly fast enough to catch up with the rest of the train. I try to engage the electric brakes to try and slow the train down a little bit so that maybe Eclipse can catch up, but I am unable to keep them engaged long enough to do anything. It’s hard to fight a cyberwar when the opponent uses mechanical means.
 
I disconnect from the train’s web, shake my head to clear it. “I can’t slow the train down.” My eyes lock on the turret on top of the command vehicle. “Guys, I have an idea, not sure if it is good, but hey, we’ll either succeed or die.” And evil grin crosses his face, “One of you get in the driver seat, the other, hit that button over there to open the cargo doors.” He says this as he is climbing up into the turret. “When this goes off, there is going to be a lot of damage. As soon as I fire, gun it out the side. Let me know when you guys are secure.”
 
I quickly finish my climb into the turret and strap myself in tight. I quickly scan the controls and power up the weapon systems. “Good” I think to myself, “they have the guns loaded. May not have been the best idea on their part, but it makes it easier for me.” He jacks into the system so that he can control them electronically.
 
Ricochet jumps in the driver side while Hunter actives the door controls and dives into the second seat. The doors start buffeting the car “Three, two, one, GO” I yell as I engage the weapon. I shake my head as I realize that I didn’t slot my ranged weapon program, “Opps…”
 
I brace myself a best I can to limit the chances of knocking myself out as we start to rocket out of the car. Just as we start out, the train car starts to twist and flip. “Well, at least I got us decoupled!” I don’t think this thing was made to fly.
 
We hit the ground hard as I watch the end of the train flip over the top of us. That landing almost knocked me out. I hope the other two are doing better in the front.
 
Ricochet tries everything he can to get us under control, and we eventually slide to a stop at the bottom of the hill. The train engine started slowing down, not that it really had a choice. I slot in my weapon program, and take a pot shot at the engine, and surprise, I hit. “I’m gonna have to remember to do that more often.”
 
We make our way back to our base of operations. By this time, I’m starting to get a bit of a headache. It’s near the end of my last dose. I get my meds and dry swallow them.
 
Sparks walks into the common area after disappearing into his area of our operations center. He sees the attaché case on the table. "So, what do we have here?"
 
Ricochet looks at the case “just something interesting Eclipse picked up from one of the vans we demolished.”
 
Sparks looks over the top and sides while walking around the case. “Well, so far it looks like a fairly standard NAGA intel case. This shouldn’t be a problem.” He sets his cyberdeck on the table and jacks in. He also pulls out his infiltration kit and starts setting out the contents that he thinks he is going to need.
 
He mutters and picks up different tools, uses them a couple of times then puts them down, mutters some more, reaches over touches his cyberdeck without looking at it, his left hand flying over it touching and scrolling, “Ah ha!” He then looks up at the others just as they hear a click. “Ok, there you go! Who wants the privilege of opening it up?” He looks at Eclipse, “Well, you found it.”
 
When the case is opened, we find some very interesting intel. Close by us, there is a power source that we could use to power these vehicles and weapons. We begin making plans to infiltrate the area and liberate the power sources.
 
Before we leave, I make a couple of upgrades to my cyberdeck and add a couple of programs on it.