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{{a|opcobooneadventure|{{image|SIV|png|}}}}“When it came, the end-game came down fast and hard. It was in a skirmish with a rogue [[structured investment vehicle]] in the Caymans. | {{a|opcobooneadventure|{{image|SIV|png|}}}}“When it came, the end-game came down fast and hard. It was in a skirmish with a rogue [[structured investment vehicle]] in the Caymans. | ||
=== Present === | |||
Bundie | |||
Biffer | |||
Chippy | |||
Frenchie | |||
Swart | |||
Tucker | |||
Lance Corporal i/c of Radio | |||
=== Beach landing === | === Beach landing === | ||
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But the unit kept advancing. | But the unit kept advancing. | ||
=== Learning droid === | |||
Only the Lance-Corporal even heard him. The boy stayed close. He mussed the lad’s hair. “Stay frosty, son — this is going to get sticky. But be prepared to move fast. You may have to make some calls. I’ve your back, lad.” | Only the Lance-Corporal even heard him. The boy stayed close. He mussed the lad’s hair. “Stay frosty, son — this is going to get sticky. But be prepared to move fast. You may have to make some calls. I’ve your back, lad.” | ||
The boy regarded him with a steeliness that took him aback. “But who’s got yours, sir?” | The boy regarded him with a steeliness that took him aback. “But who’s got yours, sir?” | ||
Bundie pressed a weapon into the boy’s hand. It was a late model [[ISDA Master Agreement|ISDA]]. The boy gaped. | Bundie pressed a weapon into the boy’s hand. It was a late-model [[ISDA Master Agreement|ISDA]]. The boy gaped. | ||
“''You'' do, son. We stand, or fall, together.” | “''You'' do, son. We stand, or fall, together.” | ||
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They gamed out scenarios and learned the Irregulars manoeuvres as fast as they could change them up. Bundie clocked the insignia on the uniform — ''that’s three-star MD at the mandate and a EVP on the confirmator''. And they were tooled the fuck up: these were not standard issue C-peashooters | They gamed out scenarios and learned the Irregulars manoeuvres as fast as they could change them up. Bundie clocked the insignia on the uniform — ''that’s three-star MD at the mandate and a EVP on the confirmator''. And they were tooled the fuck up: these were not standard issue C-peashooters | ||
The | The [[Structured investment vehicle|SIV]] anticipated his every move. It was like it had a direct line into his goddamn amygdala. He loaded up a fresh magazine of long-dated IRS, but they knocked out his ISDAs. The [[Present value|PV]]<nowiki/>s boiled into the atmosphere. | ||
The | === Separation === | ||
The SIV ran a defensive line between Bundy and his men. | |||
“Fuck,” he said. | “Fuck,” he said. | ||
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He was left defending the back-end with a repurposed 85 OSLA and a left—handed FBF. | He was left defending the back-end with a repurposed 85 OSLA and a left—handed FBF. | ||
Frenchie loved it: he dug that gallic style. Tucker less so: he didn’t read foreign lingos and couldn’t abide garlic. | |||
“Are you fucking kidding me?” He cursed at the | “Are you fucking kidding me?” He cursed at the FBF, though Bundie had clocked it and already figured it for a sweet shooting iron. | ||
“How am I meant to use this piece of shit? The instructions are all in French!” | “How am I meant to use this piece of shit? The instructions are all in French!” | ||
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The SIV kept coming. | The SIV kept coming. | ||
Bundie tried to close it out. He flipped a downgrade trigger on a DRV: nothing. Hey called key man — homme clef — on the FBF. It misfired. | Bundie tried to close it out. He flipped a downgrade trigger on a DRV: nothing. Hey called key man — ''homme clef'' — on the [[FBF]]. It misfired. | ||
The SIV rolled closer. | The SIV rolled closer. | ||
Bundie jammed a second-to-default EM sovereign basket into the magazine of the only piece he had to hand — a rusty old semi automatic EMTA — and lit up the theatre. It flamed into life. | Bundie jammed a second-to-default EM sovereign basket into the magazine of the only piece he had to hand — a rusty old semi-automatic EMTA — and lit up the theatre. It flamed into life. | ||
It was dirty, noisy and hot — he shucked out burnt up | It was dirty, noisy and hot — he shucked out burnt up [[Risk-weighted assets|RWA]]<nowiki/>s and kept reloading — and at last it holed the [[Structured investment vehicle|SIV]]. It stumbled. Its rollers uncoiled and it stoved into the sand on one knee. It was crippled but still shooting — eventually it crapped out but not before it had annihilated three quarters of Bundie’s unit. | ||
Tucker was already goneski. Chipper was dead. Biffer was in a bad way. Blood gouted from his mouth. He wouldn’t last long. | Tucker was already goneski. Chipper was dead. Biffer was in a bad way. Blood gouted from his mouth. He wouldn’t last long. |