IC: Phoenix Rising, In Character thread for the campiagn. Options

[DWC]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle—

<<The drone in the air is still several minutes from descending to an altitude where I can reconnect to it, then it's got another ten or fifteen minutes of flight time before it would meet up with them, and they might have docked by then. The other one is in the bed of my truck, in the parking lot, where I can't launch it without five hundred no name assholes stuck behind the velvet rope seeing it and posting videos of it on their blogs. If I'm in the right place at the right time, it should be almost easy. Hack the boat, use its' own antenna to hot mike both of them out, then they're fish in a barrel. But it does increase the risk of tipping our hand. Sounds more like an emergency backup plan if something really, really ugly comes up tomorrow that stops you from going forward with whatever you've already got in mind?>>

Still watching its' progress, Truth takes a quick look on the boat's node, then one at the Doctor's.

[ Spoiler ]

Studying the boat's node
Computer+Analyze 13d6.hits(5)=5
Looking at the doctor's node
Computer+Analyze 13d6.hits(5)=3

[bmcoomes]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle

Well, ladies and gentleman it looks like you don't need anything else from me. So I'll be leaving the room is slotted until 0100. Again thank you and good luck.

[Shalimar]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle

"Thank you for patronage. We look forward to contacting you with news of our success." Charlie tells the johnson as he makes his way to the exit. She gets up
from the table and head over to the door and closes it behind him.

"Is there anything else to hash out tonight, or can it wait until we have gathered the data, and done all the legwork? If it can, then we can just meet up tomorrow at 4pm and that'll give us 8 hours to plan things out since the run wont be going off until after 12pm at the earliest. Is that ok with everyone?"

[DWC]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<"Looks like her internal commlink is slaved to something external, probably the base's IC infested security nexus. I'm also picking up a biomonitor, which the base is probably monitoring, along with all the tags in her clothes.>>

Makes me wonder how they did it in the good old days when the photogs couldn't manufacture wardrobe malfunctions...`

[Coldhand Jake]

Later that morning...

Jake peruses the aerial maps DD found, and does a little picking at the surrounding traffic maps, and some cross-referencing street names with services.

Yahoo! Maps "Well, we could take the 305 down to right next to the facility. Skip the boat, and just walk in along the beach." He ponders that, making a note. "If nothing else, it makes a good escape route." He checks around.

http://harbour-marina.com/Location.html "Apparently...that's where the ferry docks. We could walk right off and take a left. Nice. Plenty of foot traffic to lose one's self in."



He gets himself some coffee, soda, and energy drinks, and sits down to really go over this school, this company, and this complex in intimate detail. Using Marie to help sift through the long sheets of hits, he begins to form a folder of comprehensive data.

[ Spoiler ]

Data Search 2+Browse 6, Matrix-wide, retests every minute, for 20 minutes.
Data Search (8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=1, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=5, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=0, 8d6.hits(5)=0, 8d6.hits(5)=1, 8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=2) 47 hits

A short call to the girls, wishing them goodnight, and he's back at it, doing what he does best, eat random trivia and spit iconically useful fact.

[deadman]

april 11,2070 dante's inferno 0025


"just the selection of the 2 teams finalised"

[DWC]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<I'm going to stick with her all the way home. I want to get a look at her whole travel package, and do some snooping into her place. I'm getting nothing from the boat, which either means its' wireless is shut off and it's being driven by a hard connection, or it's just that old. Means I can't use the boat's radar antenna to hot mike them, though I'm going to see what I can listen into of the wireless traffic on the boat. I'll let everyone know what I found. And someone who can get through Salish customs easily should really take the drive over to the island tomorrow morning to walk the ground.">>

Truth returns to Titanium Lucid's Wakky Warez Warehouse, looking for some software, then resumes monitoring the wireless traffic on the boat.

[ Spoiler ]

Searching for Decrypt-5 and paying :nuyen:500 paid in service fees.
Data Search+Browse(Avail(10)+Rating(5), 1 Combat Turn)
13d6.hits(5)=6
13d6.hits(5)=4
13d6.hits(5)=7
3 Turns to find and download pirated Decrypt-5

Searching for Sniffer-5 and paying :nuyen:500 paid in service fees.
Data Search+Browse(Avail(10)+Rating(5), 1 Combat Turn)
13d6.hits(5)=4
13d6.hits(5)=5
13d6.hits(5)=3
13d6.hits(5)=6
4 Turns to find and download pirated Sniffer-5

Still not sure why SR requires you to decrypt traffic before you intercept it. Seems like it should be the other way around. Either way, it's undetectable, so why the hell not?

Running a Decrypt on wireless traffic in the Doctor's PAN.
Response+Decrypt
11d6.hits(5)=3
11d6.hits(5)=4
11d6.hits(5)=2
11d6.hits(5)=3
4 Combat Turns

Intercepting wireless traffic in the Doctor's PAN.
Electronic Warfare+Sniffer(3)
15d6.hits(5)=7

Running a Decrypt on the soldier's PAN traffic.
Response+Decrypt. Starting as a Complex Action and leaving the routine running.
11d6.hits(5)=5
11d6.hits(5)=5
11d6.hits(5)=5
3 Combat Turns

Intercepting wireless traffic on the soldier's PAN.
Electronic Warfare+Sniffer(3)
15d6.hits(5)=6

Running a Decypt on any wireless signal detected between the doctor's commlink and whatever its' slaved to
Response+Decrypt. Starting as a Complex Action and leaving the routine running.
11d6.hits(5)=2
11d6.hits(5)=3
11d6.hits(5)=1
11d6.hits(5)=4
11d6.hits(5)=5
15 hits gets rating 7 encryption after 5 Turns.

Intercepting wireless traffic between the doctor's commlink and whatever else it is slaved to.
Electronic Warfare+Sniffer(3)
15d6.hits(5)=7

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0026 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Truth sets his alarm for 0055, puts his feet up on the table, and watches the doctor take this boat ride, suddenly moved by the idea that this time tomorrow, she might be dead.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0026 - Downtown, Seattle--

The LEBD-1 continues its' flight, safely out of communication range of anything that might bother it.

[Fuchs]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

DD has followed the meeting with one eye, so to speak, while browsing the matrix. Returning to pay more attention to her body, she looks around.

Things seem to progress in a satisfying if not always smooth manner... Not as cinematic, alas!

Team Chat Channel:
<<So, what information do we need until tomorrow, and who is going after which parts of that information?>>

[crizh]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Teamchat>>

I think we should all get some sleep and then tomorrow I'll go with Ralph down to the campus and he can scope the woman Astrally and I'll run the physical sensors I have over her. That ought to give us an idea of what we're dealing with. Perhaps DD you can also ride shotgun in the Matrix through my comm-link? The hit team can be scoping her residence at the same time and the rest of you can work up a plan and perhaps a boat for the data-steal.

[Shalimar]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0025 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Team Chat>>

<<Gecko...you do kind of stick out. You might just want to lend him the Scanner instead if thats possible. Don't want to tip her off with a bunch of new people showing up in her class at once, especially ones that stick out.>>

<<I thought we had already finalized the teams Noowan:
Data Steal Team:
Jake
Charlie
Gecko
Ralph
Dancing Eyes
Tom

Floater Team:
Truth
DD

Wet Work Team:
Etoile
Noowan
Winston
>>

<<I'm going to head out and get some rest, tomorrow night could get really draining if we run into trouble and I need to someone up a powerful spirit to get us out of it. Or just use a lot of mojo in general. At sundown tomorrow I'm going to be summoning a pretty powerful spirit to provide some concealment to the data steal team, but it wont be able to cover everyone. If we use a spirit Noowan binds to conceal the boat, that'd leave you to summon another spirit to conceal the other half of the Data Steal Team, can you cover that if you have at least 4 hours to rest between then and going into the facility Dancing Eyes? It'll have to be pretty powerful if we want to be sure it could handle all the sensors.>>

[Fuchs]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0027 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Team Chat Channel:
<<When will you go to the campus, Gecko?>>

[crizh]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0027 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Teamchat>>

Before lunch, catch a morning lecture. Don't worry Charlie, I'm not the freakiest looking kid on that campus by far and my shades hide my eyes quite effectively. Campus security are used to the odd Traceur hanging about, there's some great architecture down there.

[Zaranthan]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0027 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<Yes, Charlie, I can handle that.

How soon can we have an idea of what this place looks like? The sooner we start planning the way in and out, the better.>

[Shalimar]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0030 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<DD did provide the satelite over view of the facility and surrounding area already. Since its a military facility they might have trouble getting internal plans for it. I wouldn't bet on getting that stuff until we meet up tomorrow to plan...if we get it at all.>>

<<As to the way in and out we seemed to be fairly agreed on getting a speed boat, and I'll work on that. We'll get to the island on the under the concealment of a water spirit bound to Noowan. Dancing Eye's and I will summon up a pair of spirits to conceal those of us actually going into the facility while the bound spirit continues to hide the boat. On our way out we'll use the boat again, with spirits to speed up the boat if neccessary with a fall back plan of stealing a vehichle and heading up the 305 which could shake any UCAS pursuit at the border.>>

[deadman]

aprl 11 2070 dante's inferno 0031


"Good deal, rest well all and I will catch you all latter untill tonight my friends."

[Tarantula]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0030 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<All chat>>
<<If we could get a hold of a latex face mask before tomorrow, and maybe get Jake here to choose a face for me, I'd be a lot more comfortable with walking into her class>>

[Shalimar]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0030 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Team Chat>>
<<I can make you invisible if you'd like, she wouldn't be able to recognize you if she can't see you. I can meet you at the school at 10:30 tomorrow morning if you want.>>

[Tarantula]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0030 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Unless she happens to be awakened, and astrally perceives. Isn't that kind of the reason I'm heading down there to check her out in the first place?

[Shalimar]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0030 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Good point, stick to the mask, then I can sleep in.>>

[DWC]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0030 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<"At the risk of stereotyping, is it really much of a risk that a doctorate robotics R&D engineer with a cranial commlink is awakened?">>

[bmcoomes]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 1000 - University of Seattle, Seattle--

Gecko & Ralph:
It's an overcast day, the weather has been holding out at lest. You walk the campus that is filled with students of the University. You AR interface is crammed full of activity you wounder how any of these people can find there way around let a lone get any learning done. You make your way to the classroom in question and Dr. Cummings has yet to show up. So you have time to get set-up and find a chair close to her. When you walk into the classroom stadium seating is sprawled out before you which means you can get an unobstructed view but you won't be able to get to close. You find your vantage point and sit down as some of the other students file in. Soon more and more people fill the seats and lastly Dr. Cummings shows up from her office door. Which is from the front of the classroom. She steps up to the lecture desk and beings talking. You come to find out the class is about design and interfaces of drones. She look round the classroom as she begins. She doesn't' notice the new faces and keeps on about the class subject.

[ Spoiler ]

Perception roll = 0 hits

[crizh]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 1000 - University of Seattle, Seattle--

Gecko settled back in his chair and began to run his sensor suite around the classroom peering out at the students from behind the mirrored façade of his wrap-around Oakley Xtreme Sports goggles.

<<Channel1-Encrypted.>>

Hey, DD, any chance of dl'ing me a knowsoft so I've got a whelk's chance in a supernova of understanding a word of this?

He had tried to sit as close as possible to the front without being conspicuous, time to fire up the passive millimetre wave detector and see if he was close enough.

[ Spoiler ]

If he's within 15m (50ft)...

Cyberware Scanner 6

2 Hits, 3 Hits, 3 Hits or 4 Hits.


Depending on how many implants she has....

[Tarantula]

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 1000 - University of Seattle, Seattle--

Ralph settled in, with his face mask on, doing his best to look like an average college student. He listens to the lecture enough that he could make a guess if he got called on, but hoped it wouldn't be necessary. Going into astral perception he makes a quick check of Dr. Cummings.

[ Spoiler ]

Assenssing Dr Cummings (18d6.hits(5)=5)

[bmcoomes]

--Firday April 11th, 2070 at 1000 - University of Seattle, Seattle--

Ralph:
Once you shift over to astral perception you see a fire spirit bond to Dr. Cummings. Who happens to be looking around the room to for interesting astral activity.

[ Spoiler ]

Perception roll: 9D6 = [4, 4, 6, 6, 5, 1, 1, 5, 4] = 4 hits

Once you asses the Dr. you see the spirit draws close to the Dr. and she looks up at you.

"Can I help you?"

[Fuchs]

--Firday April 11th, 2070 at 0900 - Matrix, Seattle--

DD runs through the program of the latex mask kit, adjusting the settings in a manner to enhance their effect - or so she hopes.

[ Spoiler ]

programming latex mask kit: Computer 3, edit 5, VR +2 (10d6.hits(5)=6)