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THE HAMMER AND SICKLE PUB

Eutopia City, outside the Headquarters of the ECL
Owned by the ECL

The Hammer and Sickle is a place for workers and the ECL staff and volunteers to get a drink after a long day's work. Naturally, there is a big sign with the old Soviet hammer and sickle. Big red flags and red and black flags are draped on walls throughout the building. Photographs of Marx, Lenin, Rosa Luxembourg, Joe Hill, and others hang on the walls. And the place is no stranger to many a drunken soapbox speech about "no masters and no servants!"
 

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The Weatherman walks into the Hammer and Sickle. He's always felt somewhat out of place at establishments such as this, but he respects and admires the strength and comradery of the people who fit in a little better here. Lamont looks at the black and red flags and nods in approval. He approaches the bartender.

Mmmm....vodka.
 

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Cornelius pours the Weatherman his drink.

Here you go comrade.

What do you think of how we've been running the ECL? The changes we've been making have been really exciting, you can already see the conservatives squirming. I think the prospect of well organized and educated proletariat truely scares them.
 

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Yes, even our brethren in the left seem to be alarmed by your accelerated progress. As you may know, I've been criticsized for my radicalism with Topan affairs. Let them. High speeds make their kind uncomfortable.
 

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Josephus drops in for a beer.

Aaah. Nothing like a nice cold beer after a long day at work with my comrades. You're doing a good job with the ECL. You should look into the ECL's dispute with the day labourers situation, though.

Josephus
 

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Good to see you comrade. Don't worry about it, we're working on the day labourers problem. Loic has helped organize a labour advisory board on CAFTA, which will hopefully allow for some constructive discussion with labour leadership in Tilapia and St. Esprit.

I'm also going to have the ECL carry out an investigation of the problem to get some solid numbers and figure out just what is going on there.
 

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Cornelius is on his telephone reading what appears to be a list of serial numbers, but hangs up immediately when he sees someone entering the bar.
 

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Dank arrives from the jailhouse dirty and tired. He walks behind the bar and runs his fingers across the selection. Jagermeister? Na...Vodka? No....Jack Daniels! Good choice. He takes a big swig out of the bottle and reaches for an Anton Pannekoek article someone left on one of the tables. Dank opens it up and starts reading it, Why Past Revolutionary Movements Have Failed .
 

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Olson walks into the pub and grins. "Hey, can I get a free drink. I used to have more money, but I had to pay a big fine."
Olson looks over at Dank. "Hello comrade. I see jail has treated you as poorly as it treated me. If you need some help, let me know. I still have a GA seat, I may be able to help you out."
 

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A man in a white suit and matching hat sits in the corner of the pub, reading a newspaper and drinking some herbal tea. Dank recognizes him immediately, even if Rio doesn't look up or acknowledge Cornelius' entry. It appears the Cuban had been sitting here waiting for him to return.

-vS as NPC
 

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From outside a dirty window, an unseen "Moxie" Fulder takes careful notes as Dank enters the back room. Ten minutes later, Rio stands and follows him. Drawing an object from a pocket, Moxie quickly circles around back and listens at a different window, still unseen.
 

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A shower of glass shatters the back room window as a flashbang, tossed by FLEA SWAT, hurtles into the room, instantly stunning Dank and Rio. The front door of the Hammer and Sickle explodes inward a split second later, and SWAT squads swarm into the building. Two teams beeline for the back room door, breaching it quickly with a shotgun blast. Within, Dank is laid out on the floor, stunned. Rio has pushed himself up on his elbows, and raises his hands as the SWAT storm in. Both are quickly seized and disarmed.

The entire incident is over in thirty seconds. FLEA agents begin systematically processing everyone in the building, while outside, "Moxie" Fulder is on camera leading the wanted fugitive Rio and his apparent accomplice Cornelius Dank to separate cars. Inside, on the bar's TV, footage of Josephus landing in Tilapia is pre-empted by the breaking arrest story.
 

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Major Edward Braxton walks into the bar completely unaware of the commontion happening in the back room, and sits down to have a drink. bar keep give me 5 Vodkas please.
 

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Dank's stand-in bartender, presently being interrogated by FLEA detectives, mumbles "we're closed." The detectives look up suspiciously at the bar's latest customer.