Correct

sabs: Assuming you're talking about the commlink you most recently hacked, it's an unbranded commlink running an unbranded OS. If you mean the one that's subscribed and broadcasting the ID, that's an Ares KE Exec running an Ares OS (spec lookup is equivalent to Transys Avalon with Novatech Navi.)

There's nothing you can do to prevent him from potentially seeing Ting-Ting that wouldn't be even more obvious without hacking the eyes themselves (and then you'd be stuck doing continuous edits). Don't forget though that she did alter her face too, so it's not immediately obvious she's the same person.

Mickle:That's correct, you can summon spirits and they can materialize, but you can't cast spells on targets that aren't astrally active when you're projecting. You can manifest and communicate with people on the material, but can't actually interact with them physically.

sabs: Read the IC, so I'll add a couple more things here.

Quick info from a search, you're certainly welcome to roll an extended data search test if you want more. (And if you're looking for something specific, let me know.)
Det. William McCann, Ares Citizen, HKPF OCD
Knight Errant lists one Detective William McCann as a decorated officer currently assigned to the Hong Kong Police Force's Organized Crime Division. He was transferred in January to aid in an ongoing investigation, but further details have not been released. Has a wife and two children currently living in Detroit.

sabs + Thanee: He's currently facing about 90 degrees off from Ting-Ting's approach path. AR overlays fill most of his vision as he appears to be flipping through the various stills on his commlink, as well as the message windows containing the messages between himself and the other two links.

I guess, since they were observing him, they saw that "subtle nod" towards Ting-Ting near the shrine... because I don't think Dante and Ting-Ting actually talked there.



And bound her open hair. Almost as good as Superman's "disguise"! Of course, she is still wearing the same clothes (tight leather suit, suitable for riding a motorcycle; not spraypaint ).

The main question, however, is... what to do with him now.

Bye
Thanee

@Mickle: Don't forget though that if you want to cast a spell on the physical world, you can summon a spirit of man with one of your spells and get it to cast the spell.

@Edana: Is it ok for me to post arriving in the alley way

Okay I'm confused Edana, can you clear up something for me.

Commlink 1: Belongs to the Guy int the Alley name: Ser(gei)
Commlink 2: Belongs to guy in Park: No Name

There is a subscription to a 3rd Commlink owned by HKPD Detective William McCan of Ares/Knight Errant.

There is a 4th CommID referring to someone called Em
There is a 5th CommID referring to someone called Alexei who is on his way to the Alley way.

Is this correct?

Seth: Yeah, you can be in the alley, there are a couple service entrances for the shops in the area, plus the typical alley trash bins/bags. Dante may or may not end up there depending on his IC responses .

sabs: Here's a list of commlinks you're aware of:

1. Joseph Stein's, passive mode. (On the man you're labeling Sergei)
2. Unregistered, hidden mode. (On Sergei, you have hacked this one. Subscribed to the guy in the park, encrypted link that you've decrypted.)
3. Unregistered, hidden mode. (On the guy in the park, you have hacked this one.)
4. Det. William McCann HKPF OCD, active mode. (Subscribed to by the guy in the park. Ares branded link and OS.)
5. Unknown. (Subscribed to by the guy in the park. Encrypted link.)

There are CommID's for 3 people on the guy in the park's hidden commlink:

• Ser (Matches the hidden link on Sergei.)
• Al (Presumably Alexei)
• Em (???)

(As an aside, you guys are in a place I never expected you to end up, but hey, that's half the fun, right? )

Fractal is a good speed hacker he's shiite in matrix combat (mostly because he's got no agents to help him) but he's... good at cracking low hanging fruit.

Btw, one of the things I'm doing, is siphoning off all this data down to my commlink. I want copies of everything all these commlinks I've hacked have. I'll go through it later..

You know Fractal showed up in disguise, just as a lark.. to see how good the rest of the team was, and just to have some fun. Now I'm superglad he did it. I think that's part of his SOP.. He almost never goes outside as himself. I'm gonna have to start picking up more SiN's.. including level 1's and 2's for everyday walking around.

Tell me about it... I really need some extras, too. Until then, not broadcasting unless really, really necessary helps some at least.

Bye
Thanee

I have just re-read the IC posts, and realised that I didn't post turning into a dog. That I guess is the problem with asking for "how something would work", then dithering about whether to do it or not.

So I have posted IC the turning into a dog in the alley.

The only thing I have from my human form is a commlink embedded into the dog collar. It sure feels dangerous without armor!

sorry for not posting sooner...I agree with others that maybe a physical confrontation isn't the best idea ATM. Hopefully this gives us something to chew on for later

I am on vacation adn without access till tuesday.

See you guys in 5 days

I too will be busy this weekend, and will find it difficult to post until Momday.

No worries, I'd imagine most people will have some kind of plans for the weekend. I'm going to try to get in at least one more post before the weekend though, so you'll at least have something to come back to. Will probably be tonight before I have the time to dedicate to getting that written up though.

Edana, quick question for you

How.. automated is Hong Kong? Do most people walk around in AR, because all the street signs, and traffic controls are there? Like Neo-Tokyo? Or is it more analog, and less digital?

Trying to get a feel for if I could potentially cause a minor accident, at the right time, by messing up gridguide, and making some folks think the pedestrians have the right of way, when they dont?

My impression from going through the HK stuff is that most of the city is going to be fairly AR heavy. The exceptions would be places like the walled city where there's no real law, or maybe Lantau island and the northern reaches which is mostly undeveloped/underdeveloped. So causing an accident should be a reasonable application depending on how you go about it.

Want me to roll some kind of roll to abstract the process? or?
Fractal is going to look at the traffic patterns, look at the ground patterns, figure out the best place for Dante to escape from, based on where the people we know about are. Accident is last resort, if I can just cause a giant bottleneck of pedestrians and cars so that Dante can slip through. That would be best. Force people to step between Dante and a pursuer by making their AR tell them to avoid something on the ground or something.


Oh I'm putting all the commlinks we know about on our DataNet so people can see them.

Causing a bottleneck would be trivial for you (vs. typical rating 2-4 commlinks), so I'm not going to make you roll anything unless you want a really specific setup. Either end of the alley would probably work, but the one back towards the street you came in on will be the busier one. Plus the guy from the park is coming in the other way, but he's not on a direct intercept path.

*lurks*

Are we waiting on Edana to post, or Thanee?
Or both?

There isn't a whole lot I can do at the moment, or is there?

Bye
Thanee

I'm just waiting for something to do or information. Max is unaware of any commlink communications, due to his astrally projecting status...

Yeah, Seth is supposed to let you in.

*double lurks*

Sadly I don't have astral perception...If you were to manifest I would know you were there

I am also basically just waiting on events. I am around in case a fight breaks out, or a chase occurs

Basically I think we are waiting for Edana.

your watcher is supposed to be conveying messages...

I am a little dim at the moment. Reviewing the past posts I think that basically I am waiting in the alley while all the action is happening in a shop very nearby. I'll post something telling Max roughly what is happening.

If there is something that you think I should have told you and haven't let me know OOC and I'll send another Watcher.

"@Team: Can you send me a image of this second guy or patch me in to the indicator you've set up? Don't want any surprises..."

That is something Fractal should do (give Dante access to the indicator).

Bye
Thanee

Yeah, I'm planning on doing that
though I'm getting a touch worried Edana has gone a to the wall?

Someone into the Game of Thrones too much?

(I just finished the new book)

I'm still here, sorry about the absence, had some unexpected work come up and I haven't really been able to keep up with that and here. I think I'm mostly caught up on reading the stuff I've missed, so I should be able to get a post up in the next 24 hours at the worst. (I'm really hoping my workday will be less 'exciting' tomorrow, and I'll get some time to post in the morning.) Thanks for sticking around .

If there's anything specific you want me to cover other than the conversation between Dante and his new friend, feel free to let me know and I'll work it in.

Sorry if this side action is taking up too much time and others aren't able to be involved - would there be a better way to resolve this without taking up the other's time?

@Edana
Welcome back!

@phlapjack77
Personally I'm cool with it. This is play by forum, it just takes a while

I turn on the microphone on his commlink, and feed the audio to my commlink,
No way I'm not getting to hear what they're saying.

I think we have lost Edana again

Ah well. With luck he will return in the future.

I feel a little sad in that we had quite a nice group. Feng Shui is one of my favorite games, and this was feeling very Feng Shui. (If the rest of you haven't read it: go get the rules now!)

<<@Team : To try to get this run back on track, I took the initiative of scouting the garden retreat on Lantau Island more closely. I was able to get one really good pic of the layout with my flyspy.>>



I arrived on Lantau Island, ready for surveillance

The approach view of the flyspy

The garden had strange upright poles with writing on them

Vacation?

Bye
Thanee

what? no, I was there to scout the target!

I was kind of excited to be heading to the place IRL that we were also visiting in game. My idea for pictures to post here was much, much cooler in my head than the results

Massive jealousy.

Mind you I was playing in a game based on Doll House, then went to LA for 3 weeks for work. That was weird.

Just a quick FYI, I'm still alive, though the last several weeks haven't been entirely fun. (Death in family, friend having surgery, couple other relatively minor things.) All things considered it could be worse though.

Anyhow, if you're all still around and interested, I'll try to catch up on what I've missed here this weekend and get a post up early next week.

(Also, those pictures are pretty cool, bet it was a fun trip .)

That must've been really cool! Never seen a game based on Doll House, but thinking about it, it's a great premise for a game...



Sorry to hear about all the hardships - life can really throw some stuff at you. Glad to hear it sounds like you're getting past all of it.

And I'm still around, still interested

still lurking

@Edana
Hope things get better for you, and welcome back.

Still lurking!

Really sorry to hear that, Edana. Sounds like you had some hard times there. Good to hear, though, that you are doing ok.

Anyways, I'm still around!

Bye
Thanee

Sorry to see it stopped.