Dean is from the UCAS but Starbucks doesn't really care where it sets up shop. Given his back ground, I would say that he would know that the Starbucks should have cameras on a single success of a corporate policy knowledge role. If you don't have that knowledge skill, let me know what you took. and I'll make a judgment call on it.

Have we lost Cedric?

We may have. I haven't heard from him in a while.

We are dangerously close to having to declare a mis-game.

Ok. I know Thanee has been strapped down with a big game con in Europe. She posted in my Puyallups game that she just got done with it.

Perhaps we recruit a new player. Should we do some targeted recruiting?

Besides, Jazz is still observing the Matrix for a few hours and won't say much, anyways.

Bye
Thanee

cedric not dead, just not paying attention. Sorry

I don't have anything similar to that knowledge skill.

Forensics, Crim Law, etc.

Ok, I'm charging ahead. I assume Dean to be watching the area as we discussed earlier and the other three return to the safe house.
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Following up on our stated goals:
1) Tuesday/Wednesday: Keep tabs on ork woman so that we know where the rendezvous will be.
- a) Who is she?
- b) Where does she live?
2) Wednesday 10pm - Target meets with Ork woman
- a) Where will the meet be?
- b) What type of counter surveillance will there be?
3) ____________: Record and eaves drop on Starbuck's meet.
- a) Interrogate Starbuck's video security to determine last date/time of meet(s). - In Progress by Jazz
- b) Extrapolate next meet date/time.
- c) What type of counter surveillance will there be?
4) ____________: Fund raiser. Opportunity to link target to Ares
- a) What is the date?
- b) How will we get onsite?
- c) How will we identify the Ares agent(s)?
- d) What type of counter surveillance will there be?
- e) What type of security will there be?
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Questions:
1: When/where is the fund raiser?
2: Once Jazz gets into the Starbucks system, will she be able to use the Starbucks security data cross referenced to the schedule data from the campaign HQ to extrapolate the next meet for his mystery payoff?

Just back from business trip to Canada. Trying to catch up. Are these questions for me or the group or both?

The questions are yours Alex.

Yeah! Now I have strep. My kids are awesome.

Ok, let's take a look at the questions:

Fundraiser: If my count is correct, we have spent two days IC. The meet was Day 1 and the fundraiser was set for a week later. Therefore we are on Day 3. It was planned at his headquaters.

Schedule Extrapolation: Seems like a reasonable request. Make an Extended Computer Test (6, 10 minutes).

It's still some time before Jazz is done, I suppose.

Bye
Thanee

When I get my rolls, I will be happy to provide the information requested.

Ok. Then Jazz can do the extrapolation. Here are the rolls: takes 30 minutes.

Bye
Thanee

The most probable (92%) time for the meeting is Thursday between 1900 and 2130. Never the same person twice for the drop.

Well that complicates things just a bit, but then again... he didn't get away with it this long by being too sloppy....

Ok, in the interest of moving to the next step I'll recap where we are and where I think we need to go next: It is Sunday, lunchtime. Dean is in the ork lady's neighborhood while Book, Dalton & Jazz are at the safe house.

I have updated our working list adding a few items and am throwing up a straw man of what we will do.

1) Tuesday/Wednesday: Keep tabs on ork woman so that we know where the rendezvous will be, prepare for meet.
- a) Where does she live?
- b) Who is she? Who is her husband/family? - Cross reference address to occupants - [Jazz]?

2) Wednesday 10pm - Target meets with Ork woman
a) Surveillance begins at 7:00am; The entire team in the van. Book to use watchers and Jazz to manage matrix based surveillance.
b) Team will leave plenty of distance early in the day in order keep from compromising their surveillance.

3) Thursday between 1900 & 2130: Record and eaves drop on Starbuck's meet.
- a) Interrogate Starbuck's video security to determine last date/time of meet(s).
- b) Extrapolate next meet date/time.
- c) What type of counter surveillance will there be?
- d) Establish surveillance prior to and during meet.

4) Friday: Fund raiser at Election HQ. Opportunity to link target to Ares
- a) What is the date?
- b) How will we get onsite?
- c) How will we identify the Ares agent(s)?
- d) What type of counter surveillance will there be?
- e) What type of security will there be?

Given the above for our working plans here are the list of things to occur Sunday Afternoon through Tuesday Evening (as I see it). I would like to work through these quickly in OOC and then just make after-the-fact IC posts for the time period.
1) Retrieve Dean and cease surveillance till Wednesday.
2) Have Jazz search the matrix for who the woman, her husband and family are [Thanee - Can you make rolls here?]
3) Book can bind up to two more spirits. I think it would be in our best interest with such a small team that he spend some of his expense money before hand doing that. [I will post rolls asap]
4) Dean show spend some of his expense money on a fly-spy (like Dalton got) and perhaps some RFID or micro cameras (with audio). [Cedric - What do you think about this?]
5) Dalton wants to get some alternate registration for his van. With the various decals he has for the side, he also needs some alternate digital registration. [Alex - What would be the cost for this by rating? Is this just a license to you?]

After these items are completed/gathered, I think we can fast-forward to Wednesday morning.
Agreed?

I'd like to get this wrapped up, get some karma and look towards the next run.

Use the cost for a fake license. That will do nicely.

@Thanee/Cedric - You still with us?

Cedric still here.

I hesitate to get an off the shelf spy fly drone, although it's better than nothing, since I don't know squat about piloting it or protecting it's signal. I'd be better off using a watcher spirit to track but I could post it to provide info.

I'll use the expense money to get the drone, it's the best I can do, and I like using micro-cameras, they're hard to spot and in a place that has lots of signals would be hard to pick up. I don't know how we'd secure their signal though.

Dean already has Force 3 binding materials and I'd like to bind at least one elemental Force 3, maybe a second one too. The more spirits the better in my opinion.

I've also got an agent program I can lend ot the cause. It is basically a research device, with analyze, browse and spoof utitlities at Rating 3 but if Jazz wants to have it (Marshall) tag along and put it to some use it can run off my commlink and not take any of Jazz's subscriptions or response negatives.

So, for now Jazz will have to look around and possibly extract info from the Starbucks system about those meetings we still know nothing about (right?) and then go for more info on the ork girl.

Bye
Thanee

@Thanee

IC post up. It got lost in the OOC for some reason.

Here's an Analyze Roll 3 hits

Bye
Thanee

When I have thought of something to post as reason, I just make an Exploit Test for the password?

Bye
Thanee

That will work.

Alright, here's the roll...

Hacking + Exploit + VR 4 hits

Bye
Thanee

4 hits!! Rock-n-roll!

Whoop! Whoop! Now the game is moving!

And Hacking + Edit... 2 hits

Bye
Thanee

I'll see your two hits and raise it by ... crap only one hit.

Good for you!

Lucky me...

Bye
Thanee

While the apartment number was not given in a post, I assume we have it from the recon we have done?

My appologies. Yes, I thought that was understood. Let's call it 1408.

Anything else that folks need IC-wise?

Thanee is up again, right?

Yep, sorry. Missed Alex post.

Though, I thought there was more to do than just the data search for the orc girl?

Bye
Thanee

Looking for who is living at the address is Data Search + Browse, I suppose.

Let me know if you need anything else.


Ok, that's not exactly a great roll. 1 hit.

Bye
Thanee

Once more with feeling... Data Searching for Mr. Roche... 4 hits

Bye
Thanee

Thanee - You're up.

Yep, thinking about what to do about the guy from the meeting in Starbucks and how to figure out more about this Mr Roche and the orc girl.

Bye
Thanee

I think we need some Dean about the physical security and surveillance around the apartment. It appears to be a safe house, so to be on the safe side we need to determine why they woman lives there, if possible.

Been another week. How about a GM bump?

I'll see if I can work that up. I've been sick with sick little ones as well. Sorry, I haven't been paying the attention that I normally would.

Sorry. Didn't mean to push over the holidays. I've been covering for most of my team so it seems more like a couple of long weekends to me.
Get those kids well!!

No offense taken. However, I am at a loss as to what I can do to bump things along. I can have something blow up or a bum walk by - again. However, what are you looking for?

Yeah, guess we'll just have to figure out what to do next.

Bye
Thanee

Folks, I am sorry to say it but this is the end of Southern Hospitality. I have lost interest as we didn't move this along very well. In all honesty, the lion's share of that is my fault. I am therefore ending this game and hope that we can play another time.

I plan to make my objectives more clear next time as well as take more player feedback into question.