Throwing up an IC post for BishopMcQ who is having trouble posting.

Thank you Buddha.

All--everything should be clear on campus now, just an over-excited filter system. I did get to spend an hour chatting with the network engineer about security measures and different departments on campus.

No problem - happy to help. Our weekly total is 113 y'all!

So much for a quick reconnaissance...

Bye
Thanee

No one's dead yet.

Con (defaulting to Cha - 1)
2d6.hits(5)=0

Street Cred (per GM)
3d6.hits(5)=1

Well I am not a Face it seems.

Remote Control Test: [6,4,3,1,4,2,5,5,3,3,1] = 3 hits
Edit Cab Logs: [6,2,3,6,5,2,1,4,4,4,1,2,4,3] = 3 hits
Locate Hidden Node that should be there: [5,5,4,6,1,2,5,2,5,4,6,1] = 6 hits

Hack Node for Security Access: [1,4,4,5,5,6,3,2,3,1,1,5,6,3,2,3] = 5 hits
- Edge: [2,3,1,3,1,5,2,2,5,2,1] = 2 hits
Second Pass Hacking (if required): [2,1,4,3,1,4,4,1,5,4,2,1,1,1,6] = 2 hits

9 total hits. Security access on Firewall <=6.

Redjack--Firewall 5, so on your second pass. The node is encrypted.

With emphasis on 'yet'?

Bye
Thanee

Saytr--Was there more to you post, it left mid-sentence? I don't want to cut you off if you had something else.

Sorry yeah I did my iOS 6 update and when I did it ever since des has cut off my posts and double posted. Finished ic post.

Redjack can remove the "double post".

Bye
Thanee

Alright, so I'm presuming that Papa is going to begin decrypting. (I'm posting rolls and moving forward. Redjack can jump in here if he doesn't want to decrypt the node.)

Decrypting (EW 4, Decrypt 6, Hot Sim) (12d6.hits(5)=2)
Decrypting (EW 4, Decrypt 6, Hot Sim) (11d6.hits(5)=3)
Decrypting (EW 4, Decrypt 6, Hot Sim) (10d6.hits(5)=4)

It will take 15 minutes to finish decrypting.

Team--Who drove to the site? (How many cars do you want right now basically) Papa, Brock, Jenni?

Brock would have driven the gopher with dalma and jenni. I see o ic post about getting there my mistake sorry.

Infiltration (stay out of sight)
9d6.hits(5)=2

Perception (astral since I think the others have the physical recon covered)
5d6.hits(5)=1

Let me know if you need any other rolls from me.

BishopMcQ - Jenni would have driven her own truck (Gaz-P179), since I'm trying to avoid being associated with that group quite yet.

What sort of roll did you want for tailing him? Shadowing and...? Or some unholy mixture that includes an actual driving test?

Fenris--Give me a Tailing + Reaction and Piloting + Reaction test.

I don't have the specialization, but here's Shadowing (using Edge):

Reaction(6) + Shadowing(4) + Edge(6) (16d6.hitsopen(5,6)=6)

...and Piloting + Reaction:
Pilot(Groudcraft) (2) + Reaction(6) (8d6.hits(5)=3)

Did I hit some sort of military or bleeding edge encryption?

Sounds like a standard Encrypt program to me.

EDIT: Oh, lol... I read the quote from the rulebook there. Yeah, Strong Encryption changes that 1 Combat Turn to any time you want, basically.

Bye
Thanee

Redjack--There is Strong Encryption (Unwired) on the node. Think about how you would protect the teams links if you had Interpol chasing your team.

You don't want to think too much about that Strong Encryption rule... it is pretty broken.

Bye
Thanee

I was peeved by it too but then you can use it to your benefit so it kind of balances out - just don't think you can read encrypted message/traffic on the fly.

Our weekly total is 114.

Thought I would make that a little easier to find for myself and others.

Strong encryption is only for nodes or files, can't be used for transmissions.

Good to know *writes note to punish a GM when he gets home from work*

Think I mentioned it a week ago, but I am out of town and apparently didn't save my character sheet on this laptop.

In addition to work related stuff, my answers will probably be sporatik, sorry for any delay.

What do you all say to scoping them out and taking them here or on their way out?

I know that Papa is subscribed to the house feed, not sure if anyone else is.

Puppeting Dalma for Hamagen as needed.

Pap was the only one with acces I believe to that type of video feed of the house.

Agility Boost
10d6.hits(5)=4

Strength Boost
10d6.hits(5)=0

OK so no love for the Strength Boost at all.

Infiltration
13d6.hits(5)=2

Edge
11d6.hits(5)=4

Let me know if I need to roll anything from Athletics to get around in the terrain.

Perception
6d6.hits(5)=1

Sight
5d6.hits(5)=4

Sound
5d6.hits(5)=1

Scent
2d6.hits(5)=1

What sort of roll for tucking the truck way out of LoS of the road (without getting it stuck )?

Agility Boost:
Magic (7) + Attribute Boost [Agility] 1 (8d6.hits(5)=3)

(Agility 9)

Agility + Automatics (5, 1 minute) for assembling the gun into sniper mode:
Agility(9) + Automatics(6) + Improved Ability (3) (18d6.hits(5)=4)
Agility(9) + Automatics(6) + Improved Ability (3) - Diminishing Returns(1) (17d6.hits(5)=6)

2 minutes to assemble. Around the world, Marines cry at my fumbling. Fraggin' dice. >.<

Outdoors + Intuition - looking for information on the general area, type of woods, mundane threats, making sure we follow the road, all out of sight:

Outdoors(3) + Intuition(4) (7d6.hits(5)=2)

Parazoology - Anything freaky that normally lingers in this type of area?
Parazoology (4) + Logic (2) (6d6.hits(5)=3)

And Infiltration to keep from being heard as we sneak through the woods
Infiltration(4) + Agility(9) (13d6.hits(5)=4)

Not my LMG!!!!! Noon!!! Didn't even get to use it lol. Well now it's hammer time!

Fenris--Piloting roll to put it there. You can also roll Disguise if you are cutting terrain to hide it. Any Perception on your side?

Parazoology: Nothing freaky that lives in the area, beyond the normal parafauna of the mountains. Most of the paracritters live much higher up in the mountains, further from civilization.

Survival: This is a predominantly evergreen forest. The highway is regularly driven on, a few hundred cars each day. The smaller road looks to see one or two vehicles a day. Line of sight is clear for about 50 feet (16 m) from the smaller road into the woods.

Saytr--The wreckage looks like the team will be able to salvage gear. The house is in a Rough Neighborhood, so other people may make a move on it if you leave it for more than a day.

Seeing that I am not in a hurry here (you guys still have quite a bit to do before Siren will join you again), I will post later (on the weekend).

Bye
Thanee

Perception: Intuition(4) + Perception(3) (7d6.hits(5)=3)

Audio Enhancement 3:
Audio Enhancement (3) (3d6.hits(5)=0)

Oh Brock will be going back lol. Des Brock or dalma need any rolls for this area?

Saytr--I need rolls for Brock and Dalma if they are sneaking through the woods, or making Perception tests at the site.

Hamagen--If Dalma is going to project, toss me Perception and Assensing rolls. Father can make a Perception test to find stuff in the wreckage if you tell him what to look for.

All--Is the plan to hit the team now, or do you want to salvage gear from the safehouse and wait for Siren to get back?

BishopMcQ
I think the idea with Father is to just have him make sure no scavengers come around, not necessarily look for things.

Dalma is going to do some astral perception...

7d6 = 5 hits

And Assensing as needed...

6d6 = 3 hits

Father is also going to do some perception to keep an eye on the house

12d6 = 3 hits

Stealth
Link
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3716392/

Agi7 +stealth 2=9d6=4 hits

Perception
7d6.hits(5) → [4,2,4,3,4,6,3] = (1)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3716394/

At this point we're outnumbered and out-gunned, as I'm understanding the situation. I definitely think we should wait for salvage...put someone back down at their vehicle that can follow if they split up in the meantime, but going in down heavy weapons and two teammates doesn't seem like the best approach at this point. They don't seem spooked.

Anyone got a laser mic?

BishopMcQ - How accurate is Brock's statement? Sans the dug up earth (which could, of course, be really really bad) is it impossible to approach the house from any direction besides the road, even on foot?

Fenris--There's about a fifty foot clearance from the treeline to the house with no real cover. The forest line does have explosives, so it will take a demolitions type person or extreme care to not trip those. The road is clearly designed for cars to drive single file and the ditch would make a fast approach reckless. Overall, the site looks like it is relying on its remote nature to protect it.

Anyone with Security Systems, Procedures etc want to toss dice at it?

Nothing from me about the security details in the way of knowledge skills.

BishopMcQ we are going to wait for everyone to group up here. Will post out some directions in the IC thread as well.

Team--Everyone good with that? If so, I will bump to Monday when Siren rejoins the team.

Cool beans.

@bishop what ten of day is it in IC early evening late or just before sundown?

It is dusk.

Our weekly total is 115.

Security Procedures [6,1,5,2,5,5,2,1,4,2] = 4 hits

Matrix Perception, each comlink/node to personally for back doors, hidden users, added accounts, log changes
- Ollie's Comlink: [1,6,5,2,6,4,5,3,5,3,4,6] = (6)
- Jenni's Comlink: [4,6,5,3,6,4,1,4,2,3,1,5] = (4)
- Brock's Comlink: [5,2,3,5,6,4,4,4,2,4,5,5] = (5)
- Dalma's Comlink: [5,6,2,4,5,5,3,4,3,2,6,6] = (6)
- Siren's Comlink: [4,1,5,2,3,6,4,1,1,6,6,4] = (4)
- Van Node: [2,2,1,4,4,1,2,4,4,3,3,1] = (0)
- Jenni's Truck Node:[4,4,4,2,5,2,5,4,1,1,4,3] = (2)
- Brock's Truck Node: [6,3,3,6,2,2,5,1,2,2,5,2] = (4)
- Siren's Car Node: [5,4,4,1,5,5,4,3,3,6,2,4] = (4)

Detect Hidden Nodes (15+, 1 ct):
- [4,6,5,3,6,2,2,5,5,4,5,1] = (6=6)
- [2,1,6,1,5,3,5,5,5,2,2] = (5=11)
- [3,3,6,3,3,5,4,1,2,5] = (3=14)
- [3,2,2,3,4,6,2,2,5] = (2=16)
- [1,6,1,2,5,6,1,5] = (4=20)
- [4,5,1,3,3,5,6] = (3=23)
- [2,1,2,3,4,2] = (0=23)

Matrix Perception: Decrypted Node [4,6,4,6,5,5,2,3,1,5,2,5] = 6 hits
- Alert status of the node?
- Users in node (including hidden)?
- Presence of data bombs?
- Hidden access to other nodes?
- Programs (Loaded/Running)?
- Is a trace running?

- Alert status of the node? Not on alert
- Users in node (including hidden)? No users detected
- Presence of data bombs? No data bombs associated with the node. (Note individual files may have them)
- Hidden access to other nodes? None.
- Programs (Loaded/Running)? Analyze, Encrypt
- Is a trace running? No.

Where are you running the Detect Hidden Nodes at?

No modifications found in the nodes you scanned.

I assume the two trucks to be pulled off the road somewhere together. When I arrive there, I will run hidden nodes. I will be running again with the team, but starting with the vehicles to see if we've simply been tracked to entire way, prior to scanning the woods to see if my teammates just slipped by hidden cameras or motion sensors.

Running out of time to post. As the game is pacing faster than I can keep up again, here are more things for Papa to do if the time advances before I can post again:
- Browse/Analyze for what files are here. Check for data bombs on any before opening. Looking for files regarding Locket, the team or the objects or locations (where the objectives were last known to be)
- Scan for hidden nodes using Brock's comlink where the team is.
- Determine multiple escape routes from the curent parking spot (both trucks modern? ergo: Can be remote controlled)
- Acquire the following software: TacNet, Targeting (all armed drones), Chaser & Covert Ops autosofts (ergonomic).
- Using LOS from someone who can see the camcorder, determine if it has a wireless node, if so, intercept the signal (determine what exactly is being watched and the spectrums being watched).