OOC: Phoenix Rising, Out of Character thread for the runners Options

[crizh]

OK that will let DD perform an Intercept Traffic, although presumably she'll have to Decrypt it first, which ought to let her pick out the relevant Access ID's which is all she will need to start a hack.

If we are really lucky the local system is slaved to whatever is on the other end of this cable. If we're really unlucky she might try to hack the wrong system and bring the whole UCAS Military down on us...

[bmcoomes]

Right, dame your lucky with those dice, a bad roll there you would have been fried.

Brent

[crizh]

Frankly that is the most unlikely roll I've ever seen. I usually use an off-line roller and I wouldn't have had the balls to post that, I'd have just re-rolled it.

[Shalimar]

So what could we legitimately access through the tap?

[crizh]

Everything, nothing.

It depends on how good DD is...

[Shalimar]

Everything, nothing.

It depends on how good DD is...

I'm hoping a critical success will help on it.

[Oenone]

It depends on how good DD is...

And just what exactly is hooked up to the main fibre-optic cable. If we're lucky and they're linked to the research computers for sending out updates and backing up the data we can get right in to the information we need.

As there aren't any records of signals sent between this place and anywhere else it seems at the very least we can monitor all the communications traffic between this place and whichever base they're reporting to.

[Zaranthan]

Dancing Eyes shouldn't have a problem slowing down one of the spirits for you.

[Shalimar]

Just so long as he doesn't take it out, its only force 4. It only has 10 boxes. If you hit it with a Force 5 and get 5 net hits it'll go pop. I suggest Force 4 so at most you drop it 8 boxes, 9 boxes would be good, but if you rolled great and got 5 net hits we'd be in trouble.

If we are going to do this, we need to do this before somebody sets off an alarm or something since its critical that the two of us surprise them. The +6 modifieer will help, but I don't think we could do it without the plus 6.

Hey, Brent. How would penalties for having stun damage interact with the penalties from Orgasm? If the spirit is already at -2 from stun, would I still need to hit him with a -4 penalty from orgasm, or would it only need to be a -2?

[bmcoomes]

They would stack, I think.

Brent

[DWC]

They been there about an hour so they have had an appitiser, some drinks, and have just started the meal.

Brent

As an aside, DD did get access to the restaurant's security cameras, so Truth is broadcasting live video of their meal to anyone on the network who wants it, along with the rotodrone subscribed to the network that's broadcasting aerial camera footage of the restaurant exterior.

[Shalimar]

They would stack, I think.

Brent

If thats the case, then a Force 5 Orgasm spell should do it, meaning I could get away with using my sustaining Foci (I'd have to drop invisibilty though). Only at -2 instead of -4, so not bad.

[Little Johnson]

any of you guys/galls play on OpenRPG?

ive used it a few years ago. Im looking for a reason to try it again.

[bmcoomes]

Well I'm looking at it, I think I'll try a game or two on it. I'd love to have some of you guys there.

Brent

[Little Johnson]

Im in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Zaranthan]

I've used OpenRPG, and it's great and all, but I can't commit to being anywhere at any particular time. Sure, I'm usually on afternoons and weekends, but I can't count on it. If I could, I'd be in a tabletop game. My lack of posting isn't just lack of stuff to do. I'm simply not here.

Just so long as he doesn't take it out, its only force 4. It only has 10 boxes. If you hit it with a Force 5 and get 5 net hits it'll go pop. I suggest Force 4 so at most you drop it 8 boxes, 9 boxes would be good, but if you rolled great and got 5 net hits we'd be in trouble.

Sounds about right to me.

[bmcoomes]

Fuchs: DD at turn 6 10d6 = 3 hits You crack the decryption, But I need a Computer + Browse (6) to locate the right information flow.

The system's perception test Firewall 6 + Analyze 6 = 12d6 = 6

Right now the system detects your tap.

[Fuchs]

Well, if possible I spend one edge on the sniffer test:
rerolling failures on the sniffer test (5d6.hits(5) =1)
Still getting detected anyway.

Browse+Computer (if it's an extended test):
Browse + computer to check data flow (12d6.hits(5) =2)
Browse + computer to cehck data flow (12d6.hits(5) =3)
Browse + computer to cehck data flow (12d6.hits(5) =0)
Browse + computer to cehck data flow (12d6.hits(5) =2)

[Shalimar]

Was any bonus given from the critical success of placing the tap?

[crizh]

Was any bonus given from the critical success of placing the tap?

Hey, I got a critical success, I didn't even notice that.

Cool.

[Shalimar]

How about the stealth 6 program (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

We are so hosed.

[Fuchs]

Can't do much more than spend edge, sorry. Bad luck someone was monitoring the exact node we were tapping.

[Oenone]

Erk. This could get very very messy then....

Say, we have access to the place she's having her meals security system right? I wonder if triggering the fire alarm to pull her outside might be a good idea, because I suspect we're going to need to shoot her pretty quickly if the hacking has been detected.

@Brent - Is there anywhere nearby which has good line of sight to the front door (or the point people are gathered to during a fire alarm) and is within extreme submachinegun range?

[crizh]

Thing is I'm not sure that is how it works.

Intercept Traffic is for wired comms. Imagine you have three nodes, two that are communicating and a third that is merely the telecommunications hub between them.


A-------------HUB------------B


Like so. You can Intercept Traffic between A and B by running sniffer on HUB. You can only detect the Intercept by making a Matrix Perception test whilst accessing HUB.

What we've done is inserted my commlink thus.

A----------TAP-----------HUB-----------B

This allows DD, who I'm allowing access to traffic to run Sniffer in her own Comm-link on the traffic passing through our network which I've physically inserted into the data-stream.

The Spider can detect her Sniffer program but only if he has access to her comm-link. Which he doesn't unless he wants to hack his way through mine.

[Fuchs]

The rules say the matrix perception must be done on the node the sniffer program runs in. If that's the commlink, and not the closest node it's tapping, well then we're fine.