Elite Force teams with Angels of Paragon

Monday evening Divinity and Sunstroke of The Elite Force teamed with members of The Angels of Paragon to embark on a Task Force for Manticore in pursuit of Countess Crey. From the first grim words Manticore spoke, it was apparent that this would not be a standard job. After the Task Force pulled an informant named Drake out of a Crey facility, it became clear that Manticore was right. Countess Crey was walking in the shadows.
Using Drake's information, the team shut down a Crey facility trying to merge Rikti technology with high-powered computer systems. A mysterious tip on a computer screen pointed toward a possible encounter with the countess herself. The message's sender claimed to be Dr. Friedkin, a former Crey employee now consigned to life in a machine.
Friedkin's tip did lead to the countess' location, but the quarry escaped.
With no good leads to work from, they took Manticore's advice and rousted some Crey agents. One of them divulged the location of another Crey facility.
The Task Force then went to the facility, and it seemed that luck was on their side. They found another message from Dr. Friedkin.
But it was a trap. The countess had discovered that Friedkin was helping, and the second message was nothing but Countess Crey's ruse. Despite overwhelming forces she summoned to defeat them, the combined team prevailed.
The countess then tried a different tactic. Her forces kidnapped City Councilman Birch and threatened to kill. She hoped that the team would fail, thus ruining their reputations, but they rescued the councilman in the nick of time.
But it wasn't over yet. It seemed Hopkins took your actions against Countess Crey as a personal affront. He put forth a test, and the reward was a battle with him.
Having passed Hopkins' test, the team was guided to his location. In an epic battle the countess' most trusted minion was defeated.