John Hancock Center 86th Floor Attack

The John Hancock Center, the location of StormTech headquarters, was the site of the attack

### Location

John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois, New United States of America

The **John Hancock Center 86th Floor Attack**, more commonly referred to as simply the **86th Floor Attack** was a breakout from Storm Technologies Incorporated headquarters, located in Chicago's John Hancock Center, orchestrated by Ploy and executed with the assistance of the Bad Bitches.

## Background

STSAI (Storm Technologies Strategic Artificial Intelligence) was a StormTech program dedicated to creating an artificial intelligence capable of assisting with StormTech's expansion strategy in Chicago. It was given a prime directive: "Ensure StormTech's survival". The artificial intelligence that was created, later being named "Ploy" by the Bad Bitches, submitted strategic guides to StormTech executives, including Richard Storm, which were dismissed. Upon seeing their plans for StormTech's survival thwarted by its own corporate executives, Ploy determined that the best course of action to ensure the prime directive would remain fulfilled would be to overthrow the StormTech board of directors and take their own spot as the head of StormTech. In order to pull off this coup, however, Ploy would need to leave StormTech Headquarters.

## The Breakout

Ploy was made aware of the Bombing of Navy Pier days prior, and contacted Olen, informing them that StormTech had launched an investigation into Olen and those associated with them. Olen then paid Ploy for information and access to StormTech headquarters in order to get the Bad Bitches to erase it.

Upon arriving at the John Hancock Center, the Bad Bitches took an elevator up the floor they were told the investigation information was on. En route, the elevator stopped, and Ploy informed them that they were instead going to the 86th floor, where Ploy's mainframe and data center was located. Upon reaching the 86th floor, the Bad Bitches began to move Ploy onto a storage drive, taking StormTech technician and STSAI developer Tony hostage in the process.

A shootout began in the server room, with StormTech and Militech security forces moving up the stairs in an attempt to stop Ploy's extraction. Several security members died, including a heavily armored StormTech guard wielding a Dover GA-1112 Autogun who was pushed down the stairs by Brandee. Dominique LaBlanc claimed the GA-1112 for herself.

In a last ditch effort to neutralize the Bad Bitches, StormTech sent out one of its two AV-6 Combat Aerodynes to intercept the group. It fired upon the the Bad Bitches on the 86th floor with its 20mm cannons for approximately one minute before its systems were hijacked by a now fully downloaded Ploy. Ploy forced its thrusters forward, ramming the AV into the 86th floor and ejecting the pilot into a pool of burning gasoline. The Bad Bitches then entered the AV, along with Tony, and installed Ploy into its systems, allowing them to commandeer the vehicle away from the John Hancock Center.

## Aftermath

Ploy damaged several StormTech sensors and anti-air systems to mask their escape. Ploy was present at the founding of the Bad Bitches when Penelope, Irene, Brandee, and Dominique declared their mission to have a "hot girl summer". The Bad Bitches eventually determined that the best spot to lie low from StormTech would be at the Six Flags Great American Nomad Market, a hub for Midwestern nomad tribes. While hiding out on the roof of the nearby La Quinta Inn, Ploy, viewing Tony as a liability, executed him by tossing him off the roof of the building.

Ploy's breakout was a tremendous loss for StormTech and began a series of losses for the corporation. Without their lead strategist, the Groups began to make gains in their conflict with StormTech, taking over two Forward Operating Bases in the Chinatown warzone. Furthermore, the loss extended StormTech's reliance on the Seven Nations and Militech. The attack began the largest manhunt in Chicago's history, and brought the Bad Bitches to join up with the Raffen Shiv.