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« Reply #195 on: <08-04-13/1205:16> »
Knives comes bopping in off the street and into his flat, blood still rushing from thrashing the restaurant.  He hangs his coat up and pulls out his best mates for a quick wipe down before bed.  Stripping out of protective gear Knives finally heads to bed around a quarter to three.  All too soon his alarm blares on through his head, institutionally he checks the time 10:00.  *Bloody hell... why?  Oh... right... gotta ring the mates*

After putting on a pot of soykaf he rings Johnny.  "Oi mate, I need some help with this job.  I'm lookin for a bloke named Liu Xeng. I hear he's a fixer down in SoHo.  You ever heard him?"
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« Reply #196 on: <08-05-13/0401:42> »
\\you having a laugh mate? Have you seen the news today? Not sticking my hand into that hornets nest! :-)//
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« Reply #197 on: <08-05-13/0558:41> »
*News? Oh bollocks this can't be good*
Knives pulls up the news, skimming through looking for what the news said about SoHo.
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« Reply #198 on: <08-05-13/0805:57> »
You point your link to the bbc news trid feed and zap it up onto your AR wallpaper so you can see it full-screen.

And we return to our mains news story today, a mysterious shooting in a Soho restaurant late last night.
Armed police officers attended the scene within minutes of the gunshots being reported. The City of Westminster council confirmed today that the restaurant is licensed to the Xeng family, a disgraced former police officer "forcibly retired" on corruption charges. Police say that no body or trace of blood has been found at the site so far, but are extremely concerned for the owner's wellbeing.
Mr Xeng has not been seen since last night by family or friends and Metropolitan Police urgently wish to speak to him regarding last night's shooting.
Eye-witnesses report hearing smashing, shooting and the sound of motorbike engines around 2am last night and all witnesses are urged to come forward with any information on last night's events.
Metropolitan Police have today issued an arrest warrant for a Troll identified as Michael Maxwell, a known offender with a history of violent crime. {the screen shows an E-Fit of Micky's face from the security footage Hax created}
The public are advised not to approach him as he is believed to be armed and extremely dangerous and instead must report his location immediately to the Police or Lord Protectors office.
We are expecting a statement from the Chief Inspector just after 12:15 GMT, for more on this story and the rest of today's news, subscribe to the BBC news feed on your commlink, now for the weather where you are.....

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« Reply #199 on: <08-05-13/0815:06> »
After muting the weather he responds to Johnny, "Fair enough mate.  Looks like Mickey is getting his come upins.  I wasn't asking you to go poke your head in the restaurant but maybe you know where the Yaks might hide him?  Not asking you to risk your neck but any info you can get would be a huge help mate."
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« Reply #200 on: <08-05-13/0819:03> »
//If they've got any sense mate they'll have had him on the first maglev to paris before this hit the news, they might have him holed up somewhere in the 'smoke but i don't think they're that daft to be honest.
I'll put some feelers out but i can't make any promises with this guy's face all over the national news//
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« Reply #201 on: <08-05-13/0904:10> »
"Well thanks mate." He hangs up Johnny and sends a message to the team.
<Morning.  Hope you lads saw the news.  Looks like we burned that bridge proper.  What's the new plan?>
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« Reply #202 on: <08-05-13/1106:54> »
Hax will sift through the data from the handheld data he took looking for numbers, contacts, anything that seems useful to them at the moment the rest he will try to save for later and make sure he can actually read it. (trying to keep it from totally corrupting the file text) 11d6.hits(5)=4  if I need to roll something so the file text aren't corrupted let me know.
After he garners anything he can from the devices data he sends Ray a message. <hey man, how are ya, hey I need any info you can give me on the grid-guide HQ here. do you know what kind of defenses would they have, Spiders, IC, agents? What about meat space? Also, anything you can get me on the whereabouts of a Liu Xeng? Thanks for the help. he searches the trix for info on grid guide HQ.  Gonna spend a good but of time digging here. He also asks his agent to help look for info on the GG HQ around here info on building blueprints, and the like, but any Info is ok.
 12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=6, 12d6.hits(5)=6, 12d6.hits(5)=6, 12d6.hits(5)=3, 12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=3 for my data search extended test. data search 4 + browse 6 + 2vr
Agent, 4+4= 8
8d6.hits(5)=0, 8d6.hits(5)=5, 8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=1 with one glitch


after seeing the news Hax sighs * yeah, figured it would be like this. At least there is no blame towards us.*
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« Reply #203 on: <08-05-13/1130:39> »
<Yea mate great job on the video!  Guess we need to get started, chances are that bloke has hopped a few borders since we went to bed.  I'll head over and have a walk about the building see what I can.>

Knives downs a cup of soykaf as he suits up.  Just in case he'll leaves the boys behind,  just bringing a few ceramic blades with him.  Once he's ready he'll hop on the bike and heads to the GridGuide HQ.  He'll pass by a few times before parking the bike and hoofing it.  Trying to blend in with the foot traffic Knives cases the place noting any cameras, security, or possible points of entry.


Infiltration 3 + Agility 6 = 9d6
9d6.hits(5)=3

Perception 4 + Intuition 3 + Enhancements 3 + Actively Looking 3 = 13d6
13d6.hits(5)=4

And a security knowledge roll for what it's worth.
Security Procedures 2 + Intuition 3 = 5d6
5d6.hits(5)=0
Looks like it's not worth shit lol.

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« Reply #204 on: <08-05-13/1155:41> »
______Lumen_______
//Knives, just got shut down by my mate over in chinatown. Said the 'Yaks are super pissed with the Maxwell boys for smashing up their joint. Looks like Xeng has gone to ground though, none of his "customers" are talking.//


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Its a bit after 6am when you rise and start hitting your link.
//Morning, you're up and doing early today arent ya? You get mixed up in the chinatown shooting then? If he's still alive he could be anywhere mate. I'll ask around but he'll probably be at the bottom of the English channel or shot to bits. Gridguide HQ? hmm.. thats pretty high security stuff you're hitting. I'll put the word out, but you might get hit with a finders fee for that kinda thing.//

Your trawl of the 'Trix starts out slow, but it begins to look more and more like the joint has been hit before.
Several news articles posted two years ago point to a run gone wrong; shots fired, "neo-anarchists" to blame etc etc. Searches of public databases turn up nothing, the building is apparently classed as high security and therefore unavailable through standard channels.
Undettered, you hit up the Manchester data-haven and locate some out-of date schematics for the building. The schematics have been up for a year, so shouldn't be too out-of-date, but they're not cheap:
They're up for sale at 1k Nuyen
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« Reply #205 on: <08-05-13/1403:30> »
Mantis is glad that he was able to sleep in. First thing he does is make a pot of soy caff light a cig and sit in the only real piece of furniture in the room an old sofa chair. With his caffeine and nicotine intake getting taken care of he heads to his comm link. First pops up a message from one of his team mates, too check the news. After reading through the news cast Mantis is happy that there is a decker helping out with this run.

Sitting back waiting to get a call from the team Mantis begins scanning through Magic based rumor mills on the Trix. Jenifer was hunting in the magic world when she went missing, I've checked time and time again to see if any of these rumors would have info leading to her but they never have. Thing is with so much time checking them out I got to admit I'm hooked on seeing what new mana intel the world has gotten. With that Mantis spends his time hunting the data havens with his "Slicer MD" agent doing most of the looking for good information.


Slicer MD Magic Rumor searches
Agent 3 + Browse 6 = 9
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4162503/ 1 hit




Once Mantis does a few quick checks on line he decides to Text his two fellow runners.


--------------------Message----------------------
To: Team
From: Mantis

I'm up and running, Also feeling alot better then yesterday so let me know when you want a meet up.

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« Reply #206 on: <08-05-13/1411:50> »
Hax responds to Ray <any Idea on the cost?>

after receiving Knives message he responds. <I thought that may happen, I have been looking into digging around the trix for info, I have a building schematic about a year old, the draw back is its 1k nuyen. wanna drop some cash on it?>
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« Reply #207 on: <08-05-13/1506:23> »
Responding to Johnny: <No worries mate I appreciate you asking around.  At least Yak's are reacting according to plan ;).  Hopefully that should at least get one foot out of the dog house.  Got another question for you then; you got anyone on the inside of the GridGuide?  I need some info on the HQ building.>

A few minutes later, enough to make a lap around the HQ building, Knives stops lights up a smoke and texts back to the team:
< To Manits: Morning sunshine.  I'm on location now scoping it out.  Unless you've got some magic eyes that can see through walls I think I've got the ground covered.

To All:  I don't know about you lads but a grand sounds a bit excessive for a year old map.  I don't mind dropping the quid if we have no other options but let's keep looking.  We've still got two days to deliver so let's see what all we can dig up before nightfall.>
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« Reply #208 on: <08-05-13/1600:50> »
Mantis sips on his caffeine as he lays back in his easy chair the message shows up from his teammate.


------------------Message------------------
To: Knives
From Mantis

Well the only thing that I can think of is to drop a few watcher spirits to go inside and check out the magical defenses and I might even get them to describe the lay out of the place. Not as good as a blue print on the place but it might give us an idea of the lay out. Let me know what you think.
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Once the message is sent Mantis can't help but think about how bad his last summoning was. You can't stop summoning just because a few spirits signed you up for a troll trash band concert. This is the shadow you are running drake is going to hit the fan it can't all be arctic all the time. Mantis has a feeling his going to have to go and send a small team of watchers on the target location.
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« Reply #209 on: <08-05-13/1754:09> »
___Scawire___
Your search finds very little other than the official 'Trix site for the gridguide office, showing it's address and contact information

___Lumen___
Its about 2.20pm by the time you've suited up, chatted with the team and finished your laps of central london and the Gridguide HQ. You've spent a couple of hours observing, driving around and making walk-arounds as a pedestrian, checking out infil/exfil routes and on-site security.
Your drive-bys give you an idea of possible escape routes;

1) Main roads-  Busy during day time, hell in the rush hour, clear at night. 25-35 minute drive in clear traffic back to east end. Bike would be better than car as no parking nearby.
2) Undergound- any one of about 4 central stations are within a short walk/run. Underground service stops at 11.30pm, but begins at 05.30.
3) River- You could feasibly make an exit through the city centre and onto the river, within 5 minutes drive you could be at any one of 3 private jetties.

Your walk into the central mile is relatively pleasant. the drizzle and smog of last night has cleared into a patchy sunshine, while still cold, your longcoat easily keeps you warm.
The streets are clean and your fake SiN keeps you out of trouble.
You find the building with no issues whatsoever, it is a large glass and steel modern building, with a large glass atrium dominating the main entrance.
The left side of the building is bare except for one entrance to an underground car-park. your pass-by spots a swipe-card access control for the gate.
Inside the large atrium you can make out several guards manning a search station. MAD scanners can be seen just inside each of the main entrance doors and are crewed by two guards, one by each scanner.
At street distance it's hard to spot any internal cameras, but with the place so well protected, its almost a given that there will be some.
The rear of the atrium is dominated by an impressive reception desk and internal glass elevators leading to the upper floors, staffed with another guard and what you assume to be admin staff.
a pair of large doors can be seen either side of the reception desk for ground floor access.

A large and patrolled rear gate controls access to the rear service area. Access for pedestrians is granted via intercom and some kind of biometric scan via a small gate, and you can make out a small guard post on the far side of the larger vehicle gate to check incoming traffic.
The service area is protected by a large wall, roughly 6 foot high and you can make out at least one camera covering the gates.
//Gridguide HQ? jesus, you're hitting the big leagues now haha, not got any insiders there to my knowledge. That's a hell of a target to hit, be careful mate, can't be losing my whipping-boy 8 ball partner ;-)


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//ah, that all depends on the finder. i'll get back to you later this afternoon//

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By the time you've done all your searches, recon, talked to your contacts, rested up, eaten and gotten clean its about 2-2.30pm.
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