[JackVII]

Tapping out a bit of truth, a bit of white lie, and a bit of elicitation Mlinzi writes back.

[spoiler=Mlinzi's Comm]<<@AmazingGrace47 [rohorafiki] Got a job to "procure" some from a foreign dealer in Mombasa. Wanted to see if there were any reports of it being dangerous. Haven't really seen much of it lately. Heard it may have something to do with the Maasai... may just be rumor>>[/spoiler]

[Csjarrat]

//Everyone be quiet, spotted a drone behind us. It might be listening in.//
Not taking any chances, Ultra switches the truck to pilot control and sets his deck up for "work".

5/4/4/2 deck configured as:
-Firewall 5
-Attack 4 (5)
-Sleaze 4(6)
-DP 2(3)

Programs: 2(3)-
Virtual machine; Tool box (+1DP), Exploit (+2 sleaze)
Decryption (+1 Attack)

Ultra begins to sleaze his way through the device's defenses, trying to chip away at its firewall.
hacking 5, log 5, hot sim 2 (12d6.hits(5)=3) hack on the fly, 1 mark.

[JackVII]

"Drek," Mlinzi lets slip before shutting the frag up. The woman slips her vision to the Astral and tries her best to see if they are being followed in Astral space.

[Ren]

"Where is it? Tell me if you need me to take it out." Mutumbo asked over the comm. He calmly stared  in the same direction as before, there was no sense in revealing he knew of its presence yet. His right hand slided to his rifle though.

[Reminder]

Ultra begins to sleaze his way through the device's defenses, trying to chip away at its firewall.
hacking 5, log 5, hot sim 2 (12d6.hits(5)=3) hack on the fly, 1 mark.

You try to get a solid mark on the microdrone that is pacing you, but just as you think you have it solved, you suddenly realize your attempt has failed
Attempt failed, the drone's owner now has one mark on your deck.

"Drek," Mlinzi lets slip before shutting the frag up. The woman slips her vision to the Astral and tries her best to see if they are being followed in Astral space.

Other than your party and a few small animals, astral space is as clear as the sky overhead

[Csjarrat]

Ok, screw this. Not taking any chances now, you're going down you flying piece of shit.
used a point of edge on this so no limits;
log 5, cybercombat 5, hot sim 2, + edge 5 (17d6.hitsopen(5,6)=10) 10 hits with a data spike! attack base damage of 5 from deck for total soak of 15.

[Reminder]

Ok, screw this. Not taking any chances now, you're going down you flying piece of shit.
used a point of edge on this so no limits;
log 5, cybercombat 5, hot sim 2, + edge 5 (17d6.hitsopen(5,6)=10) 10 hits with a data spike! attack base damage of 5 from deck for total soak of 15.

Your spike finds it mark and hits hard, severely damaging the minidrone but not quite bricking it.

The drone took 8 matrix damage. It didn't have to soak the full 15 since data spike is an opposed test, and your net hits were reduced a bit.  The other actions in the initiative pass have been taken at this point (you have no way of knowing what they were, so you can do whatever you want with your next turn.

[Csjarrat]

Seeing the icon flicker and fade as his data spike finds purchase, Ultra follows up with a second blast of damaging code

data spike (12d6.hits(5)=4)

[Reminder]

Seeing the icon flicker and fade as his data spike finds purchase, Ultra follows up with a second blast of damaging code

data spike (12d6.hits(5)=4)

The drone's icon fades as your second data spike hits.

[Csjarrat]

//Guys, I dropped the first one, I think there might be another one floating around. anyone in the vicinty got kit that's running silent? I might be getting a false positive here.//
Ultra gives his system a full reboot knowing that the bout of data slinging would surely have alerted the GOD.

[JackVII]

"Nope, but now that you mention it, I probably should." Mlinzi says out loud, assuming the truck has audio pickups inside.

Fiddling with her junky commlink, she switches it to silent mode.

[Ren]

Mutumbo sent a quick test to Ultra. >>You sure it’s not Alzmer or some of his equipment, like the car?<< He looked around from the shotgun position anyway, checking both the sky and the ground around them. He even considered the other signal could be slightly ahead, anticipating movement and “following” them that way. He also checked above them, leaning out of the window.
[spoiler=perception]INT(5) + Perception(6) + active search(3) + vision enhancement(3) [Mental(7)] (17d6.hits(5)=7)
Notes: limit and dice pool both raised by electronic enhancement.[/spoiler]

[Reminder]

Mutumbo sent a quick test to Ultra. >>You sure it’s not Alzmer or some of his equipment, like the car?<< He looked around from the shotgun position anyway, checking both the sky and the ground around them. He even considered the other signal could be slightly ahead, anticipating movement and “following” them that way. He also checked above them, leaning out of the window.
[spoiler=perception]INT(5) + Perception(6) + active search(3) + vision enhancement(3) [Mental(7)] (17d6.hits(5)=7)
Notes: limit and dice pool both raised by electronic enhancement.[/spoiler]

The only thing you notice is how clear the day is as the sun rises towards its apex.

[Csjarrat]

//No, I'm not, hence the question.//
With his deck back up and booted, he slaves it to his commlink's defences and gears for combat again.

Forgot about that, frees me up a bit.
5/4/4/2 splits as:
Attack 5 {6}
Data Processing 4
Sleaze 4
Firewall 2 (slaved to commlink for firewall 5)

Programs:
1-Virtual box; -Armour (+2 resist), decryption (+1 attack)
2-Hammer (+2DV)
Where are you, you little fuck?!
int 4, computer 2, hot sim 2 (8d6.hits(5)=4) hopefully this will pinpoint him!

[JackVII]

Not liking the fact the team is apparently being followed, Mlinzi thinks it's a good time to call in the cavalry. Still astrally perceiving, she sends out a call for her spirit friend, Wawindaji. Within a second, a portion of astral space coalesces into the familiar form of the Emela-Ntouka  that Wawindaji seems enamored of lately. "Hello roho-rafiki, I can sense your concern. What do you need of me?"

Summon F4 Spirit of Beasts w/Guard = Summoning (5) + Magic (4) + Specialization (2) [F4] (11d6.hits(5)=4)
Spirit Resist = Force (4) (4d6.hits(5)=0)
Drain Resistance [DV 2] = Willpower (5) + Charisma (8 ) (13d6.hits(5)=2) <- Jeez...

I'm not sure if we're in turns at the moment, so I am going to wait before asking the spirit to perform a service. For his first service, I want him to follow our convoy and monitor astral space for anyone following us.