[IP] Panzerknacker Options

[Volker]

"Who ever said a word about killing him?
Just send over a spirit to knock him out. If you can control spirit of men, you should be able to make him eat sleeping pills or something. That wouldn't even provoke attention."

[Jack_Spade]

Flatline chimed in: "Yeah, or just send an air elemental and engulf the guy, choke him out, or use it's noxious breath ability. He won't even feel it while he is in VR"

[SquirrelDude]

"So with your concerns about geeking the spider resolved, which plan do you prefer Anna?"

[Gilga]

Anna seemed hesitant "Lets geek him... he probably has plenty of physical security one way or the other..."

[SquirrelDude]

Slobber paused, and dramatically blinked a few times.

"Wait, what?"

[Gilga]

Shrugging she said "The air spirit thing... I am not proud of using a spirit to knock someone out, but it more reasonable than breaking in there and splitting up."

[Volker]

bnc pauses a moment, not quite sure whether Anna is being serious, sarcastic or just not paying attention again.
"Come again?
Just to get this straight: We have already agreed on sending a spirit to take care of the spider. So we have following options:
a) Send a spirit to strangle him until he falls unconscious, not painless, but unlethal.
b) Send an elemental to choke him until he falls unconscious.
c) Force him with magic to take sleeping pills so that he falls into a deep and sleepless slumber.
d) Kill him. Ignore all our moral values and wishes of our Mr. Schmidt, draw unnecessary attention and -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Anna??"

[Gilga]

"Oh fuck off... the spirit will knock him down - you can hack the camera if you really want to watch. I will come with the spirit." She placed the cup of coffee and stood up. "Then when the spider is gone, I'll be back in my body and plant the freaking grenade, secure the skinny dyke if she needs to do her matrix mojo... Join the rest of us in the safe so we can empty it...

Yes, I put some gell rounds in any security guard that reaches pistol range with me.

Is there anyone else that feels the need to call me stupid or taunt me on my ability to make a 'plan'... or focus as we build on top of more and more assumptions? "

[SquirrelDude]

"You know what 'geek' means, right? That when you said you wanted to 'geek' him, you were saying you wanted to kill him?

"I'm in agreement about putting him to sleep remotely with a spirit, though."

[Volker]

bnc stood as well, glaring at Anna. "Yes, you moron. If you are no shadowrunner, don't use shadowrunner slang, dammit. Or at least fucking listen when the grown-ups talk and explain to you what the fuck you just said. Sit down."

[Gilga]

"He'll be decommissioned... Hopefully in a non-lethal manner. I will project there so that I keep control of the spirit in case we need some extra firepower or a distraction... "

[Volker]

bnc sighs in frustration.
"Fine ... as long as you do your job..."
She shakes her head and sits down, muttering to herself. "You won't last in the shadows, sweet-meat..."

[Gilga]

"Now... the question asked... after we put the decker to sleep...should we destroyl the deck? Or disable him in anothr manner?"

[Jack_Spade]

"That won't be necessary. The less damage we do, the less reason the decker has to come after us - a pissed of Zola is bad enough, I don't want to give this decker a reason to look for us in particular."
Schmitt replied.
"Alright, so now that this is resolved, we can move step by step through the building, so we are all on the same page about everyone's position.

We start out here, wearing the RP cloaks, using invisibility and spirit concealment.

We move to the back door. This one we can open with the SOK, but first bnc establishes a connection to the camera above the door for a direct connection hack, gaining access to the Security Host, so she can target all relevant cameras."

He indicated at the camera, about 2.5m above the ground. Krestov stepped forward and without a word plugged the long fiber optic cable into the UC-Slot.

"We have a long enough cable, so in theory you can stay outside and out of sight to do that. Kite sits in the car and keeps a drone flying above to provide real time on-site overwatch.

We open the door. In front of us are the stairs leading upward to the guards. That is the most critical part of the operation as that is the place where the patrols move up and down.

What do you think: Is it better to rely on the existing camera infrastructure to get intel on the inside, or should we instead send Kanmushi bugs in to get a discreet view of the inside?"

[SquirrelDude]

"I'd prefer to try the bugs so that bnc doesn't have to risk alerting matrix security, and we may be able to infiltrate them without even opening the door"

[Volker]

"Agree. Everything we control ourselves cannot be intercepted. Kite should have spare concentration for surveillance."

[Jack_Spade]

"Alright." Schmitt gestured to Kite and the rigger began deploying the miniature drones.
"We'll either need to open the door a bit, or deposit the drones beforehand during work hours. Delayed reboot would make them undetectable until we move."
Schmitt made another few steps into the first room.
"From here, Anna moves over to the next room and into the women's restroom, deposing the gas grenade."
He gestured at the mock facilities.
"The ceiling is 2.65 high and you have to remove a cover. Do you have any trick up your sleeve to get up there, or should we put a step ladder on the equipment list.?"

[Gilga]

Anna grinned "This is too high for stilettos... " pausing she added, "Fortunately, I am familiar with the levitate spell."

[Jack_Spade]

"Good that makes that a whole lot easier. You all wear sealed FBAs so the narcoject/DMSO mixture won't hurt you.
By this time bnc has taken control of the utilities host to direct the gas where it is needed.
Right, for that, another direct connection would be useful. The thermostat in the ladies' is probably the closest physical access.

Now we have gas pouring out of the vents. The guards have about three seconds to realize what is happening to them.
Hm. It wouldn't be a total catastrophe if they called for back up, but it would cut down our remaining operation time severely.

Any ideas how we can prevent them from using their commlinks to call for help?"

Schmitt asked.

[Gilga]

Anna said "I do not think there is something we can do to make them not call for help, the only thing that makes them not call for help, in my opinion, is if they think that help is already on the way... So calling again is unnecessary... "

[Volker]

Seeing as the action isn't going to start anytime soon, bnc removes the helmet and switches back to normal communication.
"I'd rather deploy the drones without opening the doors. An illegitimate entry might leave traces and/or raise alarms. Maybe there's a cleaning services or something who has to enter after working hours. The drones are small enough to accompany them undetectedly."

bnc falls silent for a moment after Anna posed her idea. She then says, "That's smart. I could hack their captain's link and send an alert message and the instruction to move somewhere we are not. That should distract them for three tics."

[Jack_Spade]

"A good idea indeed. The question is: Do you want to risk marking Zola's commlink to spoof the message or do you think a MARK on their commanding officer in their homebase in Seattle would be better.

With Zola you can expect instant obedience without delay. But of course you risk alerting Zola directly.
An advisement by the commanding officer might cause the team leader to ask clarification questions."
Schmitt replied.

[Volker]

"No, the commanding officer, not Lavadora himself. I'd prepare the link in a way that incoming calls are redirected, answered by the answering machine or something like that. We only need a few seconds of confusion, then they're out anyway. Maybe I can manage to retrieve a voice sample of his (or her?) 'link and feed it to a voice generator. I could mimick his voice. If only Torrent were here..."

[SquirrelDude]

"I'm in agreement about not alerting Zola, the person we least want to see at the job. Mimicking the captain's voice like a decent away of going about it. Can anyone here do voices?"

[Gilga]

Anna said "Perhaps... but it does not work on voice recognition systems."