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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|}}}}===Synopsis=== | ||
MCA drops remaining irregulars unit on the beach at Cayman brac. The mission is to liberate is a detachment of SICAVs help captive by enemy stocklending counterparts who are using it as a cheap source of sales credits. | |||
===Prologue=== | |||
“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.” | |||
=== | === Beach landing === | ||
Bundie | Group Captain David Bundie set his jaw. He scanned the ragged remnants of his company, lined up on a pew and hooked into the [[static margin]] line. Of the original 60, seven soldiers remained. | ||
The old [[MCA]] transporter was a Spartan crate. It rattled and droned and swept low across the water. | |||
The combatant units around the Cayman theatre were battle-hardened [[Limited liability company|LLC]]<nowiki/>s. They went right down the capital structure. Bundie mandated prep for [[Equity securities|stocks]]. Shoulder-mounted [[Master Securities Lending Agreement|Mizzlers]] and, in case of [[Agent lender|ALD]] cointel interference, a brace of bump-stock [[Pledge GMSLA|pledge model]]s. To handle [[synthetic equity swap|synthetic]] light arms, they packed with late-model [[2002 ISDA Master Agreement|ISDA]]<nowiki/>s retrofitted with [[dynamic margin]] [[CSA]]s. | |||
And then there was Frenchie. He had an assortment of exotic continental fire-irons: an antique [[FBF]] side-loader, a vol-insulated CMOF and his trusty [[OSLA Anatomy|Osler]] if they really got in a jam. | |||
Bundie addressed the line. “Okay, lads, this is it. Anyone who wants can stay —” | |||
They didn’t let him finish. They barked, “Sir! No, Sir!” in staccato unison. | |||
They wouldn’t have it any other way: it was written in their eyes: it flowed wordlessly between them. They functioned like a single organism. Bundie looked down, shut his eyes and smiled. “All right, my lovelies, all right.” | |||
The | The [[Confirmation - ISDA Provision|confirm]] squawked. The [[Close-out netting|netting flag]] flashed steady green. | ||
“All right, lads, we’re over the target trade date. Let’s rock this” | |||
They set their [[IM]] dials to 20, shuffled along the cargo deck and numbered off as they dropped out of the [[Master Confirmation Agreement|MCA]]. | |||
Bundie said, “THREE.” | |||
Biff said, “SEVEN.” | |||
[[General counsel|Chip]] said, “EIGHT.” | |||
Swart said, “TWENTY-FIVE.” | |||
“THIRTY- | Tucker said, “THIRTY-ONE.” | ||
The kid looked with the radio unit gulped. Just him and the Frenchman left. | |||
Frenchie grinned. “''Allez, garçon''.” | |||
The kid dithered. | |||
“Nervous?” | |||
The kid nodded. | |||
“First time?” | |||
The kid scowled. “I’ve been nervous plenty of times.” He bolted, hollering, “THIRTY-NINE.” | |||
Frenchie slapped the tin, yelled, “SOIXANTE-NEUF” and fell away towards the roiling combat theatre. The [[Master Confirmation Agreement|MCA]] clambered into the sky. | |||
The lads fell through anti-avoidance flak and swingeing searchlights Their chutes bloomed with collateral as they struck their margin thresholds. They floated down in a tight pattern onto the beach. | |||
The kid with the radio unit hit the deck first. Frenchie was last: with five feet to go he snapped-off a salute and pulled a [[three-point hero drop]] in the high-tide flotsam. | |||
[[Rehypothecation|Rehypothecator]] choppers hung low: they made a devilish din, rucked up the tree-top foliage and drew attention from the unit. The boys yukked it up, packed up their ATEs and hit the tree-line. | |||
=== On-field briefing and the Liquidator === | === On-field briefing and the Liquidator === | ||
The unit formed up under the trees. | The unit formed up under the trees. | ||
Bundie clamped a hand over his hat and bellowed over the racket: “This could get ''tasty'', lads. Hostiles in these parts are well-organised and well-armoured: [[limited recourse]] shielding fore and aft.” | Bundie clamped a hand over his hat and bellowed over the racket: “This could get ''tasty'', lads. Hostiles in these parts are well-organised and well-armoured: [[limited recourse]] shielding fore and aft.” |