Operation: Bat Country
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| Dates run: | January 12, 2023-March 1, 2023 |
| Run By: | Frito |
| Read the logs: | Operation: Bat Country |
I also have bad news, we are all going to be very close neighbors for the next week to two weeks. Worse news, no one gets their phones back until we get Jasmine Destine back and John Sublime dealt with.
A captured contact means X-Force has to go low-tech in their investigations into mutant organ trafficking at Burning Man. Road trip anyone?
Contents
Cast
Amanda Sefton, Artie Maddicks, Darcy Lewis, Doug Ramsey, Felicia Hardy, Gabriel Cohuelo, Jubilation Lee, Kevin Sydney, Marie-Ange Colbert, Natasha Romanoff, Sarah Rushman, Topaz, Wanda Maximoff
John Sublime
Timing
January 12, 2023-March 1, 2023
Plot Summary
X-Force's relative calm was shattered with a phone call from a contact reporting that Jasmine Destine, sole survivor of that magical enclave and now X-Force resource, had been abducted by U-Clinic - a group of "mutant health centres" set up by entrepreneur John Sublime which had come under the radar for a possible connection to mutant organ smuggling. With Jasmine's knowledge of X-Force and her level of loyalty undetermined, Marie-Ange and Kevin swung quickly into action. All high-tech communication devices were confiscated and plans made to go dark in order to avoid the entire group being identified. Plans were also made to retaliate and retrieve Jasmine and any information that she might have provided. John Sublime was a attending Burning Man - it provided the perfect opportunity.
Unable to use their usual methods due to keeping things off the radar, a road trip to Nevada was planned. An older RV and some untraceable cars were acquired by Jubilee, Artie and Sarah while Doug, Darcy and Natasha went over various low-tech alternatives of their usual equipment. The trip itself took several days, during which the team found themselves living far closer together than they ever had before in various states of caffeination, sleep deprivation and personal drama. Somehow they managed to reach their destination, a mutant brothel in Nevada known as the X-Ranch, run by an old contact of Kevin's, Stacy X, without killing each other, although in some cases it was a close thing. After regrouping overnight, one team headed to Las Vegas where Jasmine was being held and the other to Burning Man to deal with Sublime.
In Vegas, Kevin had himself captured by the U-Clinic to provide insider information, which had the unfortunate side effect of him losing several body parts as he was "harvested" (and the gory details caught on camera by Gabriel and Darcy). Later that night the team infiltrated the clinic with Gabriel and Felicia rescuing a reluctant Jasmine (who thought they were Sublime's people messing with her head) and Topaz and Darcy wiping the data gathered and retrieving Kevin.
At Burning Man, the group set up camp and began gathering information about Sublime and his operations there. A U-Clinic van was being used to gather identifying information and DNA samples of various mutant attendees for the purposes of future harvesting - the focus was on mutant organs for sale to the wealthy who wanted to either benefit from mutant powers such as regeneration or healing factors, or who just wanted to graft on wings, horns or similar to look "cool". Once they received confirmation from the Vegas team that Jasmine was clear, Amanda, Wanda and Marie-Ange combined to create a distraction while Artie and Sarah raided the U-Clinic van and destroyed all the data and samples and Jubilee, Doug and Natasha infiltrated his personal tent and removed all information about X-Force and Jasmine - electronically and psionically with Emma assisting remotely.
The job done, the Vegas team split up to their own devices, with Kevin and Darcy opting to stay at the X-Ranch while the Burning Man crew finished up the event to avoid suspicion, and Darcy took on her first network, Stacy and her people.
In her final report, Marie-Ange detailed that the incriminating information about the U-Clinic mutant harvesting had been shared with the authorities. Sublime escaped arrest by claiming he had no knowledge of what had been going on, the U-Clinics were shut down and Sublime suffered a financial hit. Jasmine Destine was relocated to England where Topaz put her in touch with some magical contacts. And Kevin got to keep the RV.
Related Links
Case File: The Underbelly Project
External Links
Trivia and Meta
Trivia
Hints for this plot were being laid as early as September 2022 with Marie-Ange asking Gabriel to look into organ theft in the Southern states.
Meta
Plotrunner: Frito
