[farothel]

"Thanks," Kitten said before leaving the container and taking a taxi back to her appartment.  She was never one for idle chit-chat, and she assumed that the person at the other side. There she did the application.  She put Angela Santos as name.  She should be able to remember that as it was the name of one of her collegues in the Marrauders.  The real Angela hadn't made it out of Chicago.

[Ren]

There was no reply at all from the dwarf for quite some time.

[Ren]

Gibbon woke a bit grumpy. Last evening wasn’t the time of his life, and though the differences between the team members were repressed successfully, they were bound to surface sooner or later. He hoped he wouldn’t be the one called upon again, to smooth the rough edges. That was so annoying, he wanted to crack jokes rather than being the sensible one. And on top of the whole situation, by the time he got home, Lisa already left and spent the night out.

Checking his messages, he noticed that Cookie texted him earlier. Then he saw the timestamp and fell back in the bed, groaning. He thought about replying but left it at that. If the man didn't text him again, they didn't miss him yet.

He started his day as usual. It was unusual to strap two guns but he didn’t want to leave the slivergun, as the neighborhood they were to go to wasn’t one of the best. He took a long coat to conceal his tail but today he didn’t want to tie it down, he might have need of his whole sense of balance. Being a bit early, he decided to go to the meeting place on foot, Bellevue was nicely bustling with activity this time in the morning. He bought a croissant and a coffee on the way and arrived about a minute late, taking the last sips from the plastic cup.

[RHat]

Well, it's not like I'm in a hurry - might as well take this slow.  Pulse started probing the museum's system, looking for vulnerabilities while staying under the radar.  Once he found a way in, a few hours later, he got ready to breach the system; he built himself a disguise so that the system and anyone else who happened to check would think he was just part of the background flow of data.  It came rather easily, this time round.

Alright, let's see what we've got here...


Probing the node, seeking admin access. Threshold is System+Firewall+6=14, interval is 1 hour. (17d6.hits(5)=7, 17d6.hits(5)=6, 17d6.hits(5)=5, 17d6.hits(5)=8, 17d6.hits(5)=11)

So it takes 3 hours to find a way in.

Threading Stealth (Resonance 6, Software 4, Specialization 2, Neocorts 3, PuSHeD 1, Analytical Mind 2, Paragon 1, In Tune 2, VR 2) (23d6.hits(5)=6)

...  You know, I'd forgotten just how high Pulse's Threading pool is.  Only using 3 hits, though, to go to Stealth 8.

Fading Resistance, DV3P. (14d6.hits(5)=6)

Fully resisted.

Matrix Perception Test (Computer 1 + Analyze 5 + VR 2 + Technomancer 2 + PuSHeD 1 + Neocorts 3 - Sustaining 2) (12d6.hits(5)=1)

This is just a general "what's there", but it seems to have gone poorly.
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[Chrona]

Inside the node are the icons of visitors and prospective visitors, looking around and moving between rooms, the flow of data around pulse keeps him hidden. Looking around the only thing that stands out are an activation program, visable due to your admin status, on each floor that is marked as being a Gas Security System.

[RHat]

Gas?  That doesn't sound good...  Let's see what else we can find.  Hopefully the security system isn't locally isolated...  He constructed a sprite to search the system for anything to do with security or the target exhibition.

That done, he fired off a message to the rest of the team, who he hoped he wouldn't be waking (he'd gotten an early start, after all).  <<The only node I've been able to find for the museum so far has activation programs for a Gas Security System on each floor.  Hoping to determine what sort of gas it is, but it's possible that their security system is locally isolated, which makes getting in a little more complicated - not impossible, though it wouldn't hurt to have some help if that's the case.>>


Compile Data Sprite; Optional Complex Forms Stealth and Sniffer (13d6.hits(5)=7, 6d6.hits(5)=3, 14d6.hits(5)=7)

Data Sprite compiled with 4 tasks owing, Fading fully resisted.

Data Search (12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=0, 12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=3)

[Chrona]

Your sprite has found relevant data in the stock list, they have a supply of an unknown amount of CS gas in supply. Other than that it only find the occasional log in and out on the Log List of a security account from outside the node.

[RHat]

Hm...  This might get me somewhere.  Sergei pulled the access ID from the log and began a trace on the ID, while tasking the search sprite to see what it could find for that ID Matrix wide.


Threading Track (21d6.hits(5)=5)

Track threaded to 5.

Fading Resistance, DV5S (14d6.hits(5)=4)

Trace User (Computer 1 + Track 5 + PuSHeD 1 + Neocorts 3 + Analytical Mind 2 + VR 2 - Sustaining 2) (12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=3, 12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=4)

Data Search (12d6.hits(5)=8, 12d6.hits(5)=6, 12d6.hits(5)=1, 12d6.hits(5)=3, 12d6.hits(5)=2)
Data Search (12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=3, 12d6.hits(5)=3, 12d6.hits(5)=8)

[Chrona]

The trace leads to a node somewhere in downtown, the access ID belongs to a company called Webnet, and unimaginatively named hiring company for Spiders.

[Punch]

@all:Irony,  let us know what kind of gas? and whether the activation be disabled remotely and/or triggered?

[RHat]

Alright, let's just file that away for now...  Might be able to soften things up if I arrange for a distraction at one of Webnet's other clients.  In the mean time, let's look into this gas.  Confident that the vulnerability he'd found would be around for a while, he made a quick edit to the access log, tasked the sprite to remove the reference to his log out or any other actions either of them took once they showed up, and logged out of the system. 

Once out, he let his complex forms dissipate - he didn't need them right now.  What he did need to do was find some details on CS gas, so that he could figure out what they'd need for countermeasures.  Building a search utility, he tracked down the information.

<<Looks like CS - tear gas.  Best if we have chem protection, but the access I've already got is sufficient to set it of if we want.>>


Because I'm leaving the node, this task counts as a remote task - and is thus automatically the sprite's last.  As such, it will disappear once the task is complete, without taking a Log Out or Jack Out action.  Happens to leave a nice, clean access log.

Threading Browse (23d6.hits(5)=10)

Only using 4 hits.

Fading Resistance DV4S (14d6.hits(5)=6)

Data Search (13d6.hits(5)=5, 13d6.hits(5)=6, 13d6.hits(5)=8, 13d6.hits(5)=6, 13d6.hits(5)=4, 13d6.hits(5)=4, 13d6.hits(5)=3, 13d6.hits(5)=3, 13d6.hits(5)=3, 13d6.hits(5)=6)

[Chrona]

As per Anniversary Commonly referred to as tear gas, CS gas is an irritant that affects
the skin, eyes, and mucus membranes, causing them to burn and water. It
also stimulates a physiological panic response: increased heart rate, shortness
of breath, and so forth. Washing thoroughly with soap and water can
remove CS from the victim’s skin, thus ending the duration of the nausea
prematurely. CS gas becomes inert after 2 minutes of contact with the air.
A full seal or rating 5 chemical protection is needed to avoid its effects totally.

[farothel]

'Just great,' Kitten thought after reading the messages.  She had just sent off her application to the museum, so for now she had not much to do.
@team: if anybody needs a hand, I'm available until such time as the museum contacts me for that job.

[RHat]

"You know anyone who might be able to get us the chem gear we'd need?"

[Punch]

@all:I have some chem gear on order, so I could have a chat with my contact on your behalf or anyone else who needs it. Just so we're clear this comes out your own pocket, I won't be charging extra for being the middleman but you will have to pay them the standard finders fee. Lastly, if its just CS gas you'll only need sealed eye protection and a decent respirator, damn crap gets in through the eyes and whatever hole you breath through, also wash yourself off including your clothes then take the mask off, better safe than sorry If you still if you still feel paranoid use a gas mask and a full suit, anyone on edge does not mix well with explosive rounds, rats etc.