@Aria, NSEDM,
How many >1rtu@l5cr3@m infected nodes are there (to be found) in the tribal home turf? Latest
IC count of total (registering) instances is about 9400 (spread around the whole 'plex). Seattle 2072 page 8 lists the population as 3,000,000+ (excluding SINLESS?)(that seems low, since
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area indicates 3.9 or 4.2 million for about the right area in 2012). Downtown S2072-40 is 545,000 where the virus started, and might have a bit higher infection rate. Puyallup is estimated at 506,000. The scream infects nodes, not people, so is likely more prevalent in higher tech area, adjusting the opposite way by level of security. Prospero's action of cutting the main matrix connection could also impact this, although he might have been too late to keep it out completely. As a very conservative estimate, I'll say 10 matrix nodes for each person. Every: Commlink; Low or higher lifestyle (CHN); vehicle/drone; business location; Weapon smarter than a knife; PAN devices will jump that count even faster. Without any other compensations/adjustments, that says that on average 1 node out of each 3191 is currently infected, or if all nodes are assigned to people, one person in 319.
This will overlap with whether Sprogget can find those infections or not (see knowsoft queries), but he will have a priority of protecting the tribes. Without a reasonable way of filtering to just the tribe members and friends, he will opt for processing based on the physical location, which should be doable give the triangulation done IC.
@Aria, consider whether going through the infected nodes in the tribal turf (and immediately around it) is going to net some Spined Drakes (or others working with them), and whether hacking those nodes is going to get any useful information. Not all infected nodes will be commlinks. Sprogget could be very busy with scream stuff, but maybe could pass the targeting to LeFey? Plus possibly a boost for initial hacking, if FH can assist as the pieces are collected. Even with all the other things happening, Sprogget still wants to get hold of that Nanofax. And supplies to run it. *Taking* it from Spined Drakes, or their supporters would just add to the enjoyment.
@NSEDM,
Implications for this? Sprogget just started a feed of the tacnet information to Mechanical security headquarters:
offer,
accepted,
implemented; Started just 2 IC posts before Franken-Hunter made his move. That would not be part of tacnet, just a data feed from Sprogget containing the data (tapped) from the tacnet sensors, to be used to fill in and augment the mesh information at the home office. Tacnet involved, because that is the point where all of the sensor information comes together. Since that was just the sensor data, would any observers in the security office have seen anything (scream related) when FH moved in and jammed the connections? I would guess not, but it's your scream. That feed provides a link to where Sprogget does not want FH to do any meddling, so it is going to need to be cut off, if possible.
Which tech (commlinks) currently accessible by Sprogget is (seem to be) virus free? Sprogget needs to report to Cam and Nimbus his updated status/state, taking what precautions he can, to let them know that he needs to be treated as a potential (matrix) hazard until more is settled. Email/text message seems safest, to not provide/keep open a link that could also be used as a path for FH. At the same time, he needs to point out that he may be able to provide some matrix targeting assistance for the more physical threats, if can setup safe enough way to communicate. Normal matrix with participant awareness? text/email? Dropbox?
Main commlink: CMT Clip? - this
is clustered with sensors 'owned' by the monocycle, but it is the monocycle's node that is actually on tacnet.
Novatech Airwave that FH absorbed the piece from?
Franken-Hunter / knowsoft information checks
generic answers:
- information already exists in the knowsoft
- information does not currently exists, but knowsoft has information about how to acquire it, FH can do it
- information does not currently exist, but knowsoft has information telling Sprogget how to get it
- information does not currently exist, but knowsoft says FH might be able to answer
- completely unknown, not in the knowsoft
- should be in the knowsoft, but GM has not figured an answer yet
- GM has not decided if knowsoft should know
Fill in what you can, so Sprogget can pick which areas to use/avoid. Negative answers are also useful in a lot of cases. Knowing specific information exists, even if without the actual information, makes posting much easier. Or fill in places that you prefer Sprogget to focus on
>1rtu@l5cr3@m ping information; knowledge about:
the current map location of each piece?
the (system) rating of each piece?
the data in each piece? (for determining uniqueness)?
the specification for the node currently hosting the piece? ratings, node type?
- extension: would this show special for Cypher and his taxi driver?
information about the pings that have/are disappearing? (destroyed, absorbed by other {specific} node, gone offline?
>1rtu@l5cr3@m data clips information; knowledge about:
do the individual clips include information {meta data} about the source: physical location, timestamps, matrix address, participants
information about the >1rtu@l5cr3@m pieces; knowledge about
do individual pieces contain information about the parent infection they are from? (whether included in the ping information or not)
number of pieces needed to complete the full set?
(how) can 2 regular pieces be triggered to merge?
can any 2 pieces be merged, or are their limitation? What?
when 2 pieces merge, what is the (new) rating of the result?
- variation(s) based on (relative) rating of pieces?
- variation(s) based on uniqueness of pieces?
what programs are (could be) in a piece?
do lower rated pieces have fewer programs?
do (some) different pieces of the same rating have different programs?
what limitations on transferring multiple pieces to the same node?
- eg. How many rating 2 pieces would 'fit' on a rating 4 commlink? How many rating 3 pieces?
What triggers a dormant piece to go active again?
What triggers an active piece to go dormant?
What creates a new piece? a single active piece exploiting/attacking one node at a time? Multiple piece cooperating (teamwork) on exploits?
How are nodes to be subverted chosen? (random accessible, supplied list, shared list from other pieces, ...)
What is the difference between an exploit to infect a node, and the scream?
What is the nature/purpose/content of the scream?
Are there other sprites infected/fused with scream parts?
Are there other bionodes infected with scream parts?
- answer may partly depend on whether history information is available for ping information. On this timeline, Cypher should be unconscious/drugged in the hospital. Might not be active ping? Although the kidnappers showed up fairly soon after he woke up, but they could have learned about him through hospital reports instead of directly.
information about Franken-Hunter; knowledge about
how to trigger/prevent FH from absorbing:
- sprite?
- mundane program?
- >1rtu@l5cr3@m piece?
identify pieces that FH needs to grow?
Will FH absorb pieces that are a duplicate of what he already has, acting as a cleaner?
programs and reconfigurations available to FH?
skills and knowledge available to FH, not part of base sprite?
I had a thought, but decided to not try creating a more permanent IC record of the impossibility of Franken-Hunter. Let him become an urban legend after the fact, with nothing concrete to point to. Using the simrig, Sprogget should be able to create a convincing demonstration that Franken-Hunter exists, and is doing impossible things. Possibly only (fully) understandable by another TM. I thought of maybe showing it to Osha|Oyl, for several reasons. Just sharing the unique with sis for starters, plus the potential for that maybe AI, plus as a diagnostics base for the physical damage Sprogget took. He is used to her fixing up scraped knuckles and more.