Honor Amongst

[eerr]

Be the electrician, fix the computer.

Then stroll on through the door.

[Bloddyredcommie]

Jess> tell them about the faint outline in the room that could be a door, it was behind the unused desk.

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Jess : Wait!
JohhnyWhat?
Jess : While I was down there I saw something. I barely noticed it before, I was looking for security, but now that I'm thinking about secret doors, there was something odd about one of the walls. Yeah, a faint outline, that's probably the door!
JohhnyAlright, but we still don't know how to open it.
Yellowjacket: Was there a bookshelf in there?
Jess : there was a filling cabinet, and a computer, well, two computers, one of them was being used.
Yellowjacket: Any of those would work fine as switches to open the door, My money is on the filing cabinet though. Opening one of those drawers should open the door.
Johhny: But which drawer?
Yellowjacket: No idea. Only way to find out would be to open them and see.
So we're back to where we started. The way I see it, there are two options, either we try to bluff our way through and pretend we already know everything there is to know about that door, or we take out those two and search the room.
Jess :…The Drone didn't look like much, and I can get the drop on the Janitor. I don't know how good he is, but I won't underestimate him, and there's little he can do against a good surprise attack.
Yellowjacket: That's kind of risky though, even if we can handle those two easily, which we probably can, all it would take is for somebody to walk into that room and notice people missing. Assuming that room doesn't have any hidden cameras you missed.
Johhny: Either way, we'll need a plan, let me think about this for a second.

(sorry about the Lazy Update. Spent too much time watching Old Spice Guy videos, not enough time making comics)

[Bloddyredcommie]

Nothing at All

(I'm about to go out of town, so one last update)I';

Johnny's plan has a certain elegant simplicity to it. With the room clear, Yellowjacket hunts down the switch.





And with that, I'm going out of town for five days.
Also, by my count, this Animated Spectacular marks the 95th Honor Amongst. I'll be gone for five days, and I average about one update a day after that.

So lets say Ten Days until I hit the big 100, and for that, I'm proposing a Challenge. I use a rather simplistic style for Honor Amongst, I want you to put on your art hats and show me how YOU imagine the characters.
If you succeed (Note: My standards are very low) You might win a Prize! Or a Cameo, or get a chance to name a character. I don't know, I'll think somthing up.

Anyway, thanks for reading so far, enjoy the comic, and I'll see you in five days, when our merry little band of thieves descends into Lab X.

[Asmodemus]

> Forwards into the lab once you're sure there's no security waiting.

[Bloddyredcommie]

The three of you enter the elevator and push the button marked with an X. The Elevator moves downwards, you're not quite sure how long, but you are already sick of the muzak.

The Doors slide open, and you find yourself faced with...

Johhny: Really? Another door, right behind the elevator doors?
Yellowjacket: It makes a certain kind of sense. This elevator is small enough, anybody trying to blast through the door with explosives would probably get killed in the backblast.
Johhny: Yeah, I know, but it just seems so unstylish. It would be one thing if this opened onto a dimly lit corridor, with this big door here very brightly lit at the end.
Jess :Um Guys? The door has words.
Johhny: So it does.
Yellowjacket: A Riddle Password? And they give you a hint? From a security standpoint, this makes no sense.
Johhny:I’ve seen this sort of thing before, it’s mystic. Whoever designed this system thinks that only certain people will be able to answer this correctly, they likely put a lot of faith in a shared identity everybody who is supposed to be here has.
Jess : Or they’re an idiot.
Yellowjacket: You can never forget the idiot hypothesis.
Johhny: The two theories are not mutually exclusive. Cmon Gang, let’s put our heads together and work this out.
Yellowjacket: Woah, Gang? Since when were we a gang?
Jess : Yeah, I’m with cyberkid on this one, we’re barely at “Team” status, if that. We are nowhere near a “Gang”.
Johhny: Details Later, Big Door now.
Yellowjacket: No wait, I think it’s important to determine
Johhny: DETAILS LATER. BIG DOOR NOW!

[Asmodemus]

> Are there any opposing companies that these guys hate?

> Dirt.

> Filth?

> Uncleanliness?

> Mailmen.

[eerr]

chief browning

greenhat
redhat

the electrician

your mom

my mom

the janitor

the janitors

thievery

skullduggery

wizards

sorcerers

conjurers

abjurers

priests

the pope

comunists

bloodyredcommies

[snoomanwaff]

>Speak the name of a rival company. It makes sense in theory.

[KimikoMuffin]

Willem DaFoe.

Though da foe might not be deir foe specifically ...

[Bloddyredcommie]

Jess : Alright, we should watch what we say, carefully consider-
Yellowjacket: Willem DaFoe
Door: *BEEP* Password Accepted, Opening Door.
Jess : Okay, I refuse to believe that worked.
Yellowjacket: It makes sense, not the obvious choice, something easy to remember, and the message serves as a reminder for-
Jess : REFUSING TO BELIEVE THAT WORKED!

The door opens up onto a hallway. There is a Touchscreen Computer Terminal on the wall, Pipes run along the wall, and a funny looking High-Tech Security Camera keeps watch like a computerized eye.

[Asmodemus]

> Johnny, Jess: Okay, can either of you disable that camera without being seen?

> Yellowjacket: Prepare to hack into that terminal once they deal with the camera.

[Bloddyredcommie]

Jess : WHAT THE HELL, I was going to try to use my gizmo on that.
Yellowjacket: Wouldn’t have worked.
Jess : …what?
Yellowjacket: That fancy wrist device is running a modified Armiscan VI OS. Chances are those cameras are running an Overwatch OS, designed for use in security systems, it’s pretty much incompatible with any other operating system.
Jess : Why?
Yellowjacket: So you can’t hook up any old computer and try to hack it, duh. You need a specialized rig like the one I used to have that can run a-
Johhny: Stop yapping you two. Jack, work your magic on this computer here.
You manage to pull up a profile you built for yourself on the Armistice System, however, their SysAdmins have figured out what you were doing for the last week or so, and are shutting you down. You’ve got administrator privileges for maybe two minutes, less if they get lucky. After that, you’ll need to pull out before they trace you to the console you’re using.

[Xander]

ZUPDOG!

[Asmodemus]

> Map, security logs and lab reports.

[eerr]

Just turn off all their computers remotely.

[Fawkes]

Jack: Ask Jess if you should activate Zupdog.

[Bloddyredcommie]

ZUPDOG!

You are now Security Chief Browning. You were searching this floor when the alarms started going off. Somebody better have an explanation.

Browning: Simmons! I’ve got alarms blaring here, what the hell is going on!
Simmons: Not just you sir, we’re lit up across the board. Pretty much every floor is reporting blips, bleeps, break-ins, malfunctions, fires, containment breeches-
Browning: I get the point, what’s happening!?
Simmons: Besides the alarms, nothing. Sir, I think we’ve been Zupdoged
Browning: Whats…
You are now Yellowjacket

Yellowjacket: I DON’T KNOW DAWG, WATZ UP WITH YOU!
Jess : Goddamit, seriously, what the hell did you just do.
Yellowjacket: An old trick, unsubtle, but effective. You hit their centralized system and turn on every alarm in the building. It’s easy because nobody looks for it, or tries to block it. Most systems are built to make it tough to stop alarms from turning on, not the other way around. The way I did it, the only way they can stop it is a full system reboot, which will take about 20 minutes.
Johhny:So, you just bought us 20 minutes.
Yellowjacket: No, I just bought us however long it takes them to realize they need a full reboot, plus twenty minutes.
Johhny: Alright, you’ve got plenty of time in that system.
Yellowjacket: No, I’ve still only got about 45 seconds left, so let me work.

[Asmodemus]

> Get map.

[eerr]

you don't have much time, just check the map.

[Xander]

Lab reports.

[Bloddyredcommie]

Also, WHOO, #100!

[Xander]

Nice. Keep it up.

[Fawkes]

>Browning: Put on your containment breeches.

(breeches are pants)

[Bloddyredcommie]

>Browning: Put on your containment breeches.

(breeches are pants)

Armistice International brand Containment Breeches are some of the best in the industry I'll have you know.

[Bloddyredcommie]

The Sysadmins are hot on your tail, but you’re able to grab the Facility Map

And with that, you log out. A smooth getaway.

Well, not yet, you're still trapped inside a top secret armistice facility, and you have no idea what type of security they have here, or if it got activated by Zupdog (Facility like this might be on a separate system, and you don't hear any alarms blaring...yet).
You're across from the elevator by the way, and you want to get away from it quickly before that door opens again, this time for a goddam SWAT Team.