Curuinor
Dec 11 2008, 10:57 PM
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Dec 11 2008, 07:08 AM)
Hacking (6) + Stealth (9) = 15 dice for Hiding on the To's Noodles node (other icons are at -6 to detect).
[5,6,5,3,2,3,2,1,2,3,5,6,1,1,2] (5 hits).
Went ahead and assumed that Malloc.I was moving around undetected, not that most people would care if a strange icon was logged into a public node.
Matrix perception tests: Computer (1) + Analyze (6) + Observe in Detail (3) +AI bonus (3) = 15 dice. Will simply buy 3 successes, since I don't really care.
Can ask three questions about the random corp icons (which I don't expect to matter much), but they'll be:
- What is their System rating?
- What is their Firewall rating?
- What is their Encryption rating?
I assume those are the sorts of "ratings" one can get from this test - not 100% clear on encryption, but since one would have to decrypt it before attempting to access the node, this seems like how you would gauge how hard that is.
Don't spend a lot of time on any response, since I have no intention of taking up a lot of time digging around in their systems (since it would probably not matter), but a general sense of their ratings might be useful. If the corp has deep pockets, these guys might be all rolling with blinged out Calibans running rating 6 custom corporate OSs with military-grade encryption, or something - and so one might think they could afford more than their offering for important data. If they had to buy their own comms, and they're all running Vector Xim, with no encryption, then one might get the opposite impression.
So, its not a total waste of time to check, I'm guessing.
They have 3/3/3/3 commlinks, and generally generic, corp-approved data. Johnson has a disposable with a little Shiawase mail and nothing else inside.
Glyph
Dec 12 2008, 03:25 AM
Here is Dancer's negotiation roll. Some of the modifiers might or might not apply, but the good thing about Invisible Castle is that if there are negative modifiers, you can just go right to left and take them off.
BlackHat
Dec 12 2008, 12:06 PM
In the data that is given, is there any indication of what the dotted or curvy lines mean? Also, are any of the other numbered rooms labeled (or are we effectively blind to the rest of the facility until we get there)?
BlackHat
Dec 12 2008, 12:23 PM
[1,1,6,4,4,3,2,2,5,3,2,5,1] Roll for security design professional knowledge skill (includes specilization).
So, 3 hits for matrix security, and 2 hits for non-matrix security. Malloc.I basically wants to go over the blueprints provided, and see if everything seems as he might expect - especially if the company has secret MegaCorp ties. Also, to gauge (in case the J doesn't know) the matrix security for a place like that (understanding that it won't connect to the target datachip).
Do the three doors on the south side open up to the outside?
Also, curious about what the other "deniable assets" were responsible for, so we know which parts of the plan we have to double-check ourselves - as Dancer pointed out.
BlackHat
Dec 12 2008, 02:47 PM
Little confused. By "other deniable assets" was he indicating the rest of the team? or the deniable assets he mentioned earlier who have "disabled most of the security"?
Also, are dotted lines the same as curvy lines (alarm sensors)?
Curuinor
Dec 12 2008, 02:52 PM
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Dec 12 2008, 06:47 AM)
Little confused. By "other deniable assets" was he indicating the rest of the team? or the deniable assets he mentioned earlier who have "disabled most of the security"?
Also, are dotted lines the same as curvy lines (alarm sensors)?
No info on the dotted lines. Yes, he does mention the rest of the team.
Shadow
Dec 12 2008, 05:24 PM
Take the job uh whoever is doing the negotiations.
Glyph
Dec 13 2008, 03:10 AM
I had her accept the job in the last post, but I probably should have made it dialog so it would stand out a bit more. Hopefully the new post is clearer.
BlackHat
Dec 13 2008, 03:00 PM
4 credsticks? Are there not 5 of us there?
Granted, the pixie is small, but she dropped concealment, and the hacker is embodied in a hologram.
The doc, whisper, and dancer are there in person.
Glyph
Dec 13 2008, 07:16 PM
I was a bit puzzled by that, myself. And concealment or not, the Johnson would know how many team members got called to meet with him. It may just be a typo, and meant to be 5 credsticks, so I'll see what the GM has to say before I have Dancer say anything about it IC.
BlackHat
Dec 14 2008, 11:07 PM
[1,3,5,5,1,1,1,1] for Datasearch.
2 hits, but managed to glitch on the first roll. Will use a use of edge to negate that.
[3,2,3,4,6,1,5,5]
[2,5,5,1,5,3,2,5]
[6,1,4,1,1,5,4,5]
[2,1,5,2,2,4,2,5]
[4,6,4,2,2,3,3,5]
[5,3,4,6,4,6,1,6]
[4,4,2,2,5,6,2,2]Total of 20 hits over 8 rolls.
Curuinor
Dec 15 2008, 10:55 PM
Pursuant to a request, we have changed posting methodology:
Description "Talking" Thoughts and Comms Emphasis
Glyph
Dec 17 2008, 07:45 AM
Hey Curuinor, can I make a quick tweak on Dancer? When I added her cyber, I forgot to update her fake licenses. Can I reduce her clothing from 1500
to 1100
to add a rating: 4 fake cyberware license (for the smartlink)?
Curuinor
Dec 17 2008, 02:19 PM
QUOTE (Glyph @ Dec 16 2008, 11:45 PM)
Hey Curuinor, can I make a quick tweak on Dancer? When I added her cyber, I forgot to update her fake licenses. Can I reduce her clothing from 1500
to 1100
to add a rating: 4 fake cyberware license (for the smartlink)?
Yes. You know, you're the only player of SR I ever met who even bothered with licenses.
BlackHat
Dec 17 2008, 02:54 PM
Well, I suppose before making a bunch of rolls to start probing a way in, can Malloc.I even find access to their node? Assuming they don't have a public site hosted there - its probably another batch of data-searches to find the access id of their node, so I can attempt to connect to it - but let me know if there is some other method (like, if the J left access ID, commcodes, etc).
Extended Test Rolls (15 hits over 8 rolls, 1 potential glitch, but I'll use another edge to negate it - no use in tipping them off that someone is looking for this information)
Man, my luck with glitching data searches sucks.
Curuinor
Dec 18 2008, 11:52 PM
Some information:
Malloc.I would probably realize that 2:00 is the best time for any raid, as it is darkest and pretty much everyone has or can get vision enhancement. However, the same is true for any guards. 10:00 is probably the best time for scouting, for the reverse reason.
BlackHat
Dec 19 2008, 12:16 AM
Well, I was hoping just to get the information I need to connect, and then once I had that, I was going to post about trying to connect stealthily - so as not to tip them off that anythign si strange (such as someone logging in and disappearing, or doing nothing). Since the BBB says to assume anyoen runnign stealth is hiding:
Matrix stealth test:
[4,2,3,3,2,1,5,1,4,4,1,3,6,6,2] = 3 hits
Based on your analyze roll, the IC probably doesn't spot Malloc.I at all, right?
Mickle5125
Dec 19 2008, 01:18 AM
if Necessary to save the GM effort, Rose can have sent her agent to gather public information about the available security options offered in the area.
Shadow
Dec 19 2008, 09:03 PM
Ok one, I want to astrally scout the location, check the ward, check for spirits etc, spend about 2 hours observing in detail from astral. The other thing is I want to summon and Bind two force 3 spirits, one a Air, and one a Water. These appear in the form of animals from the Chinese calendar. I am not really sure what rolls I need for the astral scouting, but I do know what I need for the binding and will get those to you later today unless you want to do them.
Curuinor
Dec 20 2008, 12:31 AM
Please do do the rolls for the binding.
Shadow
Dec 20 2008, 02:09 AM
I did them on invisible castle but that sight is anything but intuitive. So I am going to go back and see if I can grab the raw rolls off of it and post them here.
For Cur only:
[ Spoiler ]
you can't imbed images on DSF, you can link to them.
Curuinor
Dec 20 2008, 02:46 AM
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1862783/The great thing with invisible castle is that you can do things like this.
Now, you incidentally did not add your power focus dice to anything(you have 2 for each summoning that can go to drain or the actual summoning). I will, therefore, let you roll those incidentally-horrible dice again if you wish.
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1863124/Those are the dice I rolled for summoning. So you don't really need to re-roll.
Curuinor
Dec 20 2008, 03:08 AM
Now, if you don't want to reroll, you get 3 services from the water spirit(due to its critical failure) as well as +2 dice to bind it, and 1 stun damage from the air spirit.
ravensoracle
Dec 20 2008, 07:04 AM
Whisper has moved on is there anything else for the rest of us to discuss or should we move it along as well?
BlackHat
Dec 20 2008, 02:51 PM
Malloc.I will start probing the target:
Extended Hacking+Exploit (threshold of target's System+Firewall+6), because Malloc.I is looking for Admin access. (Guessing somewhere in the 14 range)
[3,3,4,5,4,2,4,3,6,5,4,4,4] (3 hits)
[6,1,3,3,2,1,4,3,3,6,6,3,2] (3 hits)
[6,5,3,4,2,2,5,1,5,2,2,1,3] (4 hits)
[1,2,4,2,2,2,6,3,6,4,3,6,5] (4 hits)
Let me know if you need more (if its 3 or less more, I'll just buy them with the next roll).
Should be about 4 hours until Malloc.I is ready to install himself into their system.
Shadow
Dec 20 2008, 03:37 PM
Uhm so what happened? I was gonng re-roll but the IC post sort of indicates I don't get the spirit....
Curuinor
Dec 21 2008, 06:07 AM
Got crit on water, failed to get air.
I'll assume you
reroll.
Glyph
Dec 21 2008, 06:24 AM
DisguiseInfiltrationBoth were mainly to be sure I didn't botch, since they are relatively simple tasks. Hope I roll as good when we get to the run itself.
PerceptionTo see what she notices about the perimeter defenses and the surrounding area.
Sorry it's been a while since I posted. I was a bit unsure what Dancer was supposed to
do, but since other people are starting on the preliminary scouting, I figured I would do that for her, too.
Shadow
Dec 21 2008, 06:28 AM
Ok will ge that roll to you soonish...
Glyph, Dancer was eyes on the ground doing a physical recon with Rose.
Glyph
Dec 21 2008, 07:26 AM
Well, she's still in commlink communication with the others, so Rose can meet up with her there. I figured Dancer would check things out from the ground, and Rose would check things out from the air.
ravensoracle
Dec 21 2008, 05:51 PM
I figured Doc would play a support role for the sneaking around part. He's following along with Dancer and Rose astrally, ready to provide any magical or scientific support. Doc knows a great deal about chemistry and biology so he knows his way around a lab.
Curuinor
Dec 22 2008, 04:15 AM
Well, I have to go on vacation tomorrow: 9 days without internet access, from the 22nd to the 31st. The stand-in GM from my regular game should be contacting you here shortly.
Shadow
Dec 23 2008, 09:13 PM
Works for me if you want to hold it off till then, I have relatives in town for a few days.
Curuinor
Jan 1 2009, 07:05 AM
Happy New Year's, everybody. I just got back from a pan-European trip, being quite unable to find a hotel with free internet(or a reasonably priced internet cafe). We shall be resuming immediately. Sorry for the lack of response from my backup GM: it appears that he was hauled off to Tahiti(which actually has worse weather than here right now).
Now, assensing and perception tests for those ghoulies:
Perception
AssensingRather a terrible roll on the assensing there.
Also:
Can you gimme the Google Docs sheet of Whisper that you had, Shadow?
BlackHat
Jan 1 2009, 01:54 PM
No problem, glad to have you back.
Mickle5125
Jan 1 2009, 07:36 PM
Welcome back and happy new year!
Glyph
Jan 1 2009, 09:13 PM
Happy new year!
ravensoracle
Jan 2 2009, 04:00 PM
Well I hate to say it but my New Years wasn't so happy. I don't want it to affect my posting so I will see if I can calm a bit before I post. It will most likely be tonight or tommorow morning.
Curuinor
Jan 6 2009, 01:37 PM
Anybody replying? Shadow? ravensoracle? This is player-player conversation, you know.
Glyph
Jan 7 2009, 03:31 AM
Shadow hasn't posted for awhile. In his own game he's running, his last post said that he would be visiting relatives, and super-busy. I don't think he's posted since then.
Curuinor
Jan 11 2009, 03:02 PM
Drats. Now I'm getting worried. Shadow really hasn't posted since December 23.
Curuinor
Jan 15 2009, 03:28 AM
Well.
I believe that interest in this game has pretty much dried up, and Shadow isn't coming back, at least not anytime soon. We could end this amicably, or we could boot off Shadow and continue the game with his character dying quickly, adding one of the people in the waitlist.
Now, what are your opinions? If you don't have any, then I will believe that we have ended this amicably.
Mickle5125
Jan 15 2009, 04:28 AM
I'm leaning towards giving shadow the boot, buuuut, if everyone else wants to end things, I'll not hate you all.... much.
Glyph
Jan 15 2009, 07:18 AM
I would be in favor of continuing, too.
BlackHat
Jan 15 2009, 01:53 PM
Agreed. I'd be sorry for Shadow, but its been about a month since anyone has heard from him. Perhaps we could do it without his character dying, so that if he comes back, we could put him at the top of the waiting list for when one of the rest of us falls off of the face of the earth.
Curuinor
Jan 15 2009, 02:01 PM
Agreed.
BlackHat
Jan 15 2009, 02:04 PM
Also, as far as interest, I am still very interested in this game, but Malloc.I has begun a multi-hour hacking process, so I'm not expecting a whole lot of limelight until that completes.
JoelHalpern
Jan 18 2009, 01:40 AM
FYI,
Curuinor has contacted me, and invited me to fill the empty slot in the game.
As my original character concept would be very duplicative with the group, I suggested two alternatives to him. As soon as I hear back, I will get the character put together and submitted to him for approval.
Yours,
Joel
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