[i]A German scientist. Cloak and dagger in a hotel. Black bags by moonlight. It's like the war all over again.[/i]

Tinker smiled at everything that was presented to him, inscrutable with that eyepatch muffling his expression. The envelope in front of him was fine stock, which he flipped out to quickly and quietly read the specific mission details - his role, Raven's role, what the conditions were. Well, that was a nice little bit of food for thought - how to do it, the timing of it, the best ways to stay out of sight. Isla turned and mentioned something about regretting having to take him in alive. "My dear, he's not of any value to us if he's dead, now is he? You know what they say about dead men, tales, all that." He nodded respectfully to Disciple and stood to get things ready. "Black Dogs, meet in three hours for more detailed briefings."

First was a quick refresher for his constitution - a power nap, a shower, a pot of strong tea, a full English at the cafeteria. A nice new suit, then out to the Black Dog briefing room, where he laid out the intel the organization had provided. A hotel's blueprint. A convention timetable. Tickets on the next jet to Germany. Legends, fake ID's for them to operate under. And of course a nice hefty grimoire on the topic of shapeshifters. Well, you couldn't have a mission without a grimoire, could you? Wouldn't be quite proper. 

When the others got there, Tinker began. "Conrad's going to be in the German town of Hesse for a conference, which is our way in. We pose as attendees and hotel staff, lose ourselves in the noise and clutter. By the time we arrive in Hesse, it'll already be dark. We need to get Conrad into a security black spot, extract him and leave no witnesses. Raven - you're with me on that. We're going in under civilian ID's to make contact with him, draw him out, then bag him. Rune, Striker - it's likely he'll have security. Based on what we know about Conrad, we're probably looking at a small detachment of German ex-military. Since he wants to go undetected as much as possible, they'll be a fairly small group. Your job is to make sure they're neutralized before Raven and I go in. Remember, this is a covert mission - suppressors on any firearms, bloodshed is to be avoided if at all possible. Be discrete, be professional."

"Now, the elephant in the room - Mr. Conrad is a shapeshifter. That means we get one shot at this. The second he realizes something's wrong, he's going to break away and transform, at which point we lose the ability to track him. That means there is no room for mistakes today. Co-ordination will be vital and our timing must be perfect. Questions?"