The map is updated. Vandermay Academy is way the Hell in the south part of the CAS district, almost off the charted area of the map, FYI.

What are Mel's options on detecting if others are listening in on a commlink? I know that she can detect marks on it with Matrix Perception, but is there anything else she can do?

I think it is sort of a process of elimination. If Mel knows that MARKs are required to snoop on a commlink call, then if the icon doesn't have any unusual MARKs, it should be clear. At least, that's how I see it.

The only way that someone can listen in on a commlink is to perform the Snoop Matrix Action, which requires a Mark on the target commlink.

If you spot a Mark on the commlink, you can then make a Matrix Perception test to try and spot the device (more than likely a cyberdeck) that has the Mark on that link, and then you can try and Mark it to perform a Trace action if you would like.

Okey dokey - looking to push us forward a little bit. Our postings have dropped way off in the past month, and I didn't want to be too pushy, but I don't want to see the game stall.

Mel already has a Mark on Bai's commlink, although she currently doesn't have one on Huiquing's commlink since it is not on.

Seems like your choices are (but limited to):

1) Call Bai and have him try and meet you somewhere else.
2) Drive to the school and pick him up.

The benefits of meeting Bai on campus are that security will be fairly tight, and Huiquing has every right to be there, so whoever wants him dead may not try something on campus.

The downside is that security is pretty tight, so if you ARE forced to do anything illegal, you'll have to deal with Knight Errant in addition to whatever else you are dealing with.

Off-campus you lose the threat of KE, but lose their security as well.

I put Jack's position out there a day or two ago, waiting for feedback.

I thought Sisco's position was pretty clear too...
I prefer trying to pick the kid up at school.
Really, I don't think they'll try anything there but rather wait till we pull out and go after us on the street.

Snap prefers to go with Jack's idea if it's doable.

Mel agrees with going on campus for this.

Ok excellent - thanks for posting everyone, I appreciate it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'm assuming you want to meet Bai outside his dorm - I've updated the dropbox with a picture of the campus from the air. (in the Adventure 2 Folder)

Is Mel going to hack one of Grease's drones again to get that aerial view?

Any spirits being summoned?

Any other precautions before you arrive at the gate?

En route, Snap will summon a F5 spirit of Air with Elemental Attack. Better safe than sorry.

Ok:

Snap Summons
12d6: 41 [12d6=3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 6, 5, 4, 1, 6] = 3 hits

Spirit Resists
3d6: 5 [3d6=1, 1, 3] = 0 hits

Snap Resists 2DV Stun
13d6: 38 [13d6=3, 6, 4, 3, 1, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 6]= 3 hits

So you have 3 services and no stun

Jack is going to change into his suit, which should still be in Mr. T. Figure I should look the part of a high-level yakuza's bodyguard, even if I am an ork.

Mel will hack the fly-spy and get it airborne before we get to the campus.

As soon as Mel lets the fly-spy go, she start Matrix Perception checks on Bai's phone, looking for MARKs that aren't his (hot-sim).

Your Matrix Perception only shows the 4 owner's Marks on Bai's Commlink.

I'm going into VR(cold) just in case we need some fancy driving.....

Mel will relay that info to the group. (I can put together an IC post, but I don't know what the digital sculpting is for the campus, so Lobo may have a better time putting Mel's perspective together)

Are you hacking into the Campus Host?

Also I'd like a more general idea of what you guys are doing.

Are you just rolling up to the front gate? Any recon of the area outside the campus? Physical or Magical or Matrix?

I'd say we let Huiquing do the talking at the gate. He's probably used to getting his way. I think the two biggest concerns are:

1) Why is rolling around in this van?
2) Why is he hanging out with orks?

As far as the rest of it, I don't think we really know enough about the area to pull off much of a recon with the timelines involved.

Yes, Mel will hack the host...that will start the GOD score, yes?

You actually started your GOD score when you hacked into the drone. You've had the drone up and running surveillance over the campus for about 10 minutes with the GOD score active (although remember I don't roll to add to it until 15 minutes pass).

I'll start rolling for you to hack the host in a little bit and post the results.

Your ASDF and programs? Datajack Wireless?

Both are good questions - however, since he isn't under duress, he can probably get onto campus, as there is nothing illegal about hanging out with orks. (Especially since Sisco is actually legal in this zone.). The only thing you would have to worry about would be that people will remember the visit as odd.

Are you going to stay in VR while you head to the campus? Remember that you will be laying slack and unresponsive in the driver's seat and not able to interact with anyone physically.

Not that it is unheard of, since VR isn't illegal, and drivers in VR are probably pretty common, I'm just checking from a role-play perspective.

Not really concerned about legality, but he called us demons or some shit not too terribly long ago. I figure with Chinatown being in the CAS, there's probably a general understanding of the prejudice that the Triads and other Chinese show toward orks and trolls. As long as we can get in without the guards digging into it too much, I'm not too worried if people think the visit is odd.

EDIT: Actually, since KE runs security for the CAS, I am a little worried about legality since Sisco is the only one with a legit SIN for this zone. I guess we should ask Huiquing about it IC.