EXPOSÉ: The Void
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:42 pm
On December 29, I received a text message from Kains Son, the leader of the mercenary network known as The Void. Brief and concise, it contained only two words. "Contract available." I had let Kains Son know about a month ago that I would be interested in the next contract that came up, though he did not know I was investigating him or his process. While everything with The Void appeared to be on the level in public, I was curious as to how things worked behind the curtain and wondered if the ideals they preached would hold true under pressure.
As per standard operating procedure, Kains would not tell me the name of the target until I had accepted it. Once I had, I received only the following: "Target: Lyric. Payment: 10,000 per vial. 2 hits remaining on the contract." Despite prodding, he would not give up the name(s) of whoever had taken out the contract. Nor would he tell me who else had accepted the contract or Lyric's starting blood. Total silence was not the name of the game tonight though, which he specified to me only after I had initiated a hit against Lyric.
As a reminder, one can pay extra for "silence" on a contract, requiring all involved mercenaries to remain tight-lipped and, ideally, nobody will even know a contract has occurred in the first place. As far as we know, this option has not been taken on a contract yet - though if it has, would we know?
I personally finished the contract on Lyric, laying in wait for her to move again and assaulting her the second she had. I was paid on January 1 (happy New Year's to me, eh?), the earliest my schedule matched with Kains'.
A hefty twenty-thousand in the bank for a measly two vials. The entire process from the word 'go' was short and methodical and left me with the impression of individuals who made a career of this and would not tolerate misconduct. We will leave the philosophical discussion of mercenaries as a whole to the comments, but all else aside and at the end of the day, The Void is nothing if not professional and discreet.
As per standard operating procedure, Kains would not tell me the name of the target until I had accepted it. Once I had, I received only the following: "Target: Lyric. Payment: 10,000 per vial. 2 hits remaining on the contract." Despite prodding, he would not give up the name(s) of whoever had taken out the contract. Nor would he tell me who else had accepted the contract or Lyric's starting blood. Total silence was not the name of the game tonight though, which he specified to me only after I had initiated a hit against Lyric.
As a reminder, one can pay extra for "silence" on a contract, requiring all involved mercenaries to remain tight-lipped and, ideally, nobody will even know a contract has occurred in the first place. As far as we know, this option has not been taken on a contract yet - though if it has, would we know?
I personally finished the contract on Lyric, laying in wait for her to move again and assaulting her the second she had. I was paid on January 1 (happy New Year's to me, eh?), the earliest my schedule matched with Kains'.
Kains Son: Come to the bank at Octopus and 27th. I know you're close.
Liander: There.
Kains Son: Deposit.
A hefty twenty-thousand in the bank for a measly two vials. The entire process from the word 'go' was short and methodical and left me with the impression of individuals who made a career of this and would not tolerate misconduct. We will leave the philosophical discussion of mercenaries as a whole to the comments, but all else aside and at the end of the day, The Void is nothing if not professional and discreet.
