In 1 day he along with a collection of Maelstrom members were going to go on an Assault to wipe out the 6th Street gang in Santo Domingo and send a message to all of Night City by that matter.
He had spent most of his time Ripping older members and getting them Implanted with the best gear Maelstrom had to offer.
Sandevistan MK.3 and above was the standard for Sandevistan user's for this task.
Kiroshi Optics MK.3 were a must.
Cyberdecks had to be upgraded to MK.3 and above.
Any Berserk Operating systems were welcome but Rich suggested for those with MK.1's to upgrade to MK.2's
Syn-Lungs and Second Hearts were added to those who needed such.
Cataresist, Pain Editor, and Inductor's were put on the list of necessary.
Optical camo were a necessary for this task.
And of course the non-necessity yet demanded were Krenzikov's, Nanorelays, Maneuvering Systems, Synaptic Accelerater's, Reflex Tuner's, Supra Dermal Weave, Subdermal Armor, Fireproof Coating, Heat Converter's, Microvibration Generator, Bionic Joints, and etc.
He had been up from 1am to 4pm and he was covered in blood.
Rich was a good Ripper Doc but the mass of work he had to do in such short amount of time was to an extreme degree nearly to the point that he was working on 2 to 3 people at once, he was becoming worried that he wouldn't be able to perform to what was expected of him.
He himself couldn't go back to his old ripperdoc so he to go find a new Ripper to work on him and he was already on a tight schedule as is.
He already had the Implants he'll need he just needed someone to actually reimplant it all and it was a pain in the ass.
Because so many rippers followed the book religiously and his main frame and body had been experimented so far deep that it would be difficult for any Ripper to get it and not fuck it up.
Speaking of Experiments, he would also need to see Bjorn in this short amount of time and it botherd the fuck out of him.
The Veterans were stoked to get some heavy action while those that haven't been in Maelstrom long were shitting up a storm because they were about to get the chance to get a baptism in fire.
Tough biz it all was.
Dum Dum had been around to give everyone they're spots and roles.
From what he understood. Even Patricia was given her own role with her own team to play.
The plan was simple.
Cut off, Isolate, and Exterminate 6th Street.
No one gets in, and no one gets out.
The first step of the plan was to block every main road that leads In and out of of Santo Domingo.
Royce was going to have the largest team for this task.
The second step of the plan was to cut off power and any connection to the web in the area of Santo Domingo.
Dum Dum and his team are to set up Micro Closed Net Antennas in every building silently while using Optical Camo to go unnoticed.
And then it would be Rich's turn to go into Cyberspace and hack every net runner and Ultimately every 6th Street members main frame and gain full control of they're Cybernetic skeletal frame and shut them all down using 2 simple quickhacks.
Cyberware Malfunction and Cripple Movement.
Shut off the power, deal with any net runners that try to get brave, and most of all hack any and every member of 6th Street in Santo Domingo to shut off they're Cybernetics.
And this is where most of Rich's stress was coming in from, because he was a really damn good net runner probably one of the best in Night City currently.
But who the fuck did Royce think he was?
The second coming of Rache Bartmoss or some shit.
What's Next, we going to attack the moon and shut off all the generators that run oxygen and water on that son bitch.
Fuck, might as well bury him now and be done with it already.
...
Calm, positive thoughts.
As his finished up on the last batch of foot soldiers getting ripped.
First things first, Ripper Doc.
What were his options?
As Rich stormed out of All Foods and took off.
He was still covered in blood but his body was trying to catch up with his brain.
And so far he had a list of Rippers in Watson Curently.
Viktor Vektor
Cassius Ryder
Charles Bucks
These were the few he was near by and he was leaning toward Ryder.
He didn't mind the fat fuck he did good work, he just hated his over dependence on auto carvers.
They were useful when you needed to get something in a pinch but it wasn't quality carving.
It lacked the personal touch and detail.
But beggars couldn't be choosers.
He drove by Ryders place and when Rich enterd he faced the one and only Cassius Ryder as Ryder didn't care at first because he signed Rich off as just another Maelstrom piss stain.
But then he saw what was in the box Rich was carrying brought in with him and then started getting to work immediately.
No words needed to be spoke as it was a Ripper needing to be Ripped by another Ripper.
There was an mutual respect there by simply being part of the craft and both forticating they're own style of Ripping.
Ryder had a hard time at first but he figured out and respected the ingenuity within the carving and where was which.
As Rich's body had been built and redesigned to take more Implants more then humanly possible.
And this was the side that made Cassius understand that the man in the chair right now was not going to live long.
But who the fuck was he to say anything he already silently agreed to do the job.
Cybernetics Installed=
Frontal Cortex:
RAM Upgrade
Memory Boost
Mechatronic Core
Self-ICE
Circulatory System:
Adrenaline Booster
Bioconductor
Tyrosine Injector
Immune System:
Cataresist
Inductor
Nervous System:
Reflex Tuner
Synaptic Accelerater
Integumentary System:
Subdermal Armour
Heat Converter
Ground Plating
Ocular System:
Kiroshi Optics MK.3
Operating System:
Berserk Militech MK.5
Cyberdeck:
Stephenson Tech MK.4
Hand:
Smart Link
Arms:
Projectile Launch System
Legs:
Reinforced Tendons
When all the work was done and all the blood was cold he saw the result of his work.
Cassius Ryder knew what he just done and he knew that he would have to make some prayers tonight and ask for forgiveness and prey Max Tech didn't shoot for him when it came to questioning later.
For he knew he just created a Future Cyberpsycho.
But the Truth was that Cassius Ryder had no idea just how high the body count would be.
At the moment Rich was getting used to the Extra Cybernetics in his head.
And all over his body as he was running everything real low not even 5%.
No, he had to wait because now he had to meet with Bjorn.
He needed to meet with the man that was going to push him off the edge.
And One Foot Deeper into hell.
To Be Continued.