The Spider

> Seized data-center assets point to the owner operating in one of the poorest neighborhoods: The Row. SWAT have been deployed to serve a search warrant on the Brixley Talent Time to assist with investigations into an illicit pornography ring.
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> Description of "The Spider"

## Brixley Talent Time

### Location

7408 Martinez Boulevard, The Row

**The Spider** is the fourth playable mission in *Ready or Not*. Hard drives seized during a raid on the apartment of Michael Williams contained child pornography which implicated Brixley's Talent Time in a child pornography ring. D-Platoon have been dispatched to serve a high risk arrest warrant for George Brixley. Seemingly unaware of this development, Brixley continues to groom potential clients - But, forever unwilling to take any chances, has hired several low lives as armed security. Alerted by the arrival of the LSPD, Brixley and his men have barricaded themselves inside, holding several civilians hostage.

## Mission Brief

**Team Lead**: *Alright- everybody ready to roll! So if you guys haven't been told yet, CID finally received the decrypted metadata from those marked Mindjot drives that we seized a week or so ago. The data from the images on the drives corroborates information our guys have put together on a small operation running out of The Row. We're heading over to 7408 Martinez Boulevard with a warrant for the arrest of George Brixley. Current intel: our target has a prior conviction for kidnapping - did some time in Leavenworth, about three years. He also has a prior felony for conspiracy and sexual assault, he's not going to want to go back to jail. Brixley has firearms training, and we assume he's going to be armed. The structure we will be entering has some quirks to it - Jackson, the intel you gathered last night, what's up with this place?*

**Officer**: *He's running some sort of talent agency, round-the-clock, all week. Weekends are his busiest times, so minimum one female in the building, likely more. Could be children, too.*

**Team Lead**: *OK, so we could have kids in there. Moving on, the structure has three known entrances: one on the main road, side one, that goes through the reception, one on the third side of the building, and one on the fourth side. We don't know much about the internal space, floor plans we've got are from the former owners of the building who had it set up as a clinic. Speaking of clinics, medical: we'll have R-A's on-scene as well as pediatric ambulances in case there are any kids. Primary hospital is going to be YMH, secondary if we have multiple patients is going to be Coastal Grove Medical Center.*

**Team Lead**: *For radio, we're gonna be operating on Tac-5 Central Tactical, make sure your radios are set to Tac-5. Backup channel's gonna be Tac-1.*

**Team Lead**: *OK - question time. Anyone?*

**Officer**: *What's our go for use of NFDD's?*

**Team Lead**: *Interior deployment is authorized based on assessed need. Bang a room if you have to. Anyone else?*

**Team Lead**: *Perfect. Alright, let's go. Remember to watch your mouth, everything is being recorded - all the time.*

## Objectives

### Main Objectives

* **Bring Order to Chaos**
	+ Arrest or neutralize any contact at the scene.
* **Rescue All of the Civilians**
	+ Detain any unarmed contacts at the scene.
* **Apprehend George Brixley**
	+ Apprehend and secure the owner of Brixley Talent Time

## The Map

The map itself consists of four areas: The street outside, Brixley Talent Time, a U4 Convivence Store and a courtyard that connects both buildings.

### The Street

The Street is the maps insertion point. In Single Player, it is entirely absent of enemies or civilian NPCs, presumably having been evacuated by the LSPD. As part of the Row, the street Brixley's Talent Time sits on is filthy and dilapidated. Months worth of trash have accumulated on the curb and makeshift tents of the city's homeless litter the sidewalk.

An abandoned Debanco Security truck can be found, along with picket signs protesting Senator Fremont's Veterans funding cut bill, foreshadowing the level Ides of March.

From the street, the player can gain entry to the U4 Convenience Store, which is directly right of their insertion point, which will lead them into the back section of the court yard. Entrance to Brixley Talent Time can be gained from the far side of the street, which has been barricaded by the LSPD - Preventing players from leaving the map.

The courtyard can be entered directly from the the fence between two buildings.

### Convenience Store

The Convenience Store is much smaller than the one in "Thank You, Come Again". The publicly accessible portion of the premises comprises only of a small store. Despite the dilapidated surroundings, the store is in decent condition, although a shotgun under the counter suggest it is a common target of robberies. In the back of the store is a hallway which leads to storage, a locker room and toilets, through which, the courtyard can also be accessed.

It is absent of civilians, and enemies will never spawn inside on Single Player, but depending on the actions of the players and NPCs, suspects may take refuge inside during a firefight.

### Courtyard

The courtyard is connected to both buildings, and the roof to Brixley's Talent Time is accessible via a fire escape, giving an additional point of entry, The Courtyard itself is covered with bags of trash, abandoned cars and what seems to be another homeless camp. It is often inhabited with at least 2-4 enemies and commonly the player will also encounter civilians here.

It is not recommended that new players chose the courtyard as their first entry point, as firefights in this open space can quickly get out of hand, especially if there are enemies on the roof. Guards inside the building, including Brixley himself, will often run outside to assist their colleagues.

### Brixley Talent Time

Brixley Talent Time itself is situated inside a disused Needle Depository, The Martinez Safe Injection Clinic. Used as front for Talent Scouting, this place is a breeding ground for exploitation, fraud and sexual assault. The building itself is in a complete state of disrepair, littered with clutter along with signage and paraphilia of the premises previous tenants.

The lobby of the building can be accessed from the front street, and is usually populated by at least 2 enemies. The bulletproof glass booth can prove hazardous if a guard is standing inside it, but it is never-the-less usually the easiest point to gain entry.

Inside the reception there are usually several female civilians. When arrested, they will say various interesting things. (E.g; "Just get my children out of here!" or "I just want a future for my boy!") Be warned, as guards often patrol this area, and may hit the civilians. The receptionist may also be found here, but she is still regarded as a civilian and not a suspect.

There is a children's waiting room containing discarded toys, clothes, games and clothes. The walls are plastered in posters and children's headshots. There is a casting room, called the "Smile Room", which contains some unnerving imagery of smiling faces and more children's headshots. It is connected to Brixley's office, where the player will usually encounter him.

Brixley will almost always take his own life when players or their team members enter the room unless he has first been pacified by using CS gas, flashbangs, tasers or pepper spray. This will not fail the mission, but will result in a bad rating. This is more likely to happen if players enter the building through the courtyard, as Brixley often joins the firefight and fires at players, before turning the gun on himself when his henchmen are killed or pacified.

Inside Brixley's office, among various unnerving imagery of children, is a computer containing an open chat window with Amos Voll. The chatlog implicates Brixley in supplying Voll with children for his pedophile ring.

## Connections To Other Maps

23 Megabytes A Second (Streamer): The hard drives found in the server room directly implicates that Brixley Talent Timeis in a child pornography ring.

Sinuous Trail (Mindjot Data Center): On one of the computer screens, Mindjot's logo can be found.

Valley Of the Dolls (Voll Health House): Message between George Brixley and Amos Voll can be found on a computer.

Hide and Seek: The mission name "The Spider" refers to the Human Traffickers in Port Hokan, implying a connection. This is enforced by paperwork found at the port which shows that many of the slaver's victims are in fact minors.

## Trivia

* In the beta version, the guards at Brixley's talent time were employed by Bolton Security, who were also hired by Amos Voll on the level Valley of the Dolls, though with some extra variants (one of them wearing a Balaclava and Kevlar vest). In the final version, the majority of the guards appear to be petty criminals employed by Brixley. Many use the same models as the extra robbers on Thank You, Come Again and the shooters in Elephant.
	+ It’s implied that the petty criminals are actually Bolton Security but undercover. Most of the suspects have ear pieces like Bolton Security, and voice lines in the final version imply they were sent by Voll to pick up a payment from Brixley. Furthermore, in the Valley of the Dolls briefing, it’s stated that the suspects arrested at the talent agency are the same guys stationed at Voll’s house.
	+ If you listen closely to the arrest dialogue, one of them will say they are a "private investigator".
* There are at least two Bolton guards present in the final version, apparently to collect headshots for Amos Voll as evidenced by notes found in Brixley's Office.
	+ It's implied that the two guards are Eddie and Lewis.