[HydroRaven]

"Sorry, I missed the first part of the plan" says Dubs. "Are we getting in as guests of Rush?"

[martinchaen]

Seijin regarded the gaijin silently for a moment. "Probably. Tanaka-san has said he can provide access passes, and that he is coming on the run. As far as I'm concerned, this means he will be accompanying us, though it is not known to me if he intends to break away at some point. And if things go bad, I don't see how he can claim deniability if he is with us."

[HydroRaven]

"Then that probably means we're not walking in there with him, which would mean we need a cover to use those passes" said the elf, cutting to the point. "I think either delivery people or cleaning crew would be more plausible for the guards to see new faces." Thinking a bit, he then continued, saying "Of course, the cleaning crew cover would give us an excuse to be walking around the building should we get questioned by anyone..."

[farothel]

"I think it's indeed best to have some alternate means of getting about," Mariko said, "even if it's only 'in case of'.  And cleaning crew is indeed one of the things that gives us access to most of the building."

[martinchaen]

"Only one problem, omae; cleaning crews don't typically carry swords, and I don't go anywhere without mine" Seijin said to Dubs as he brought up his commlink and started browsing the Matrix for pictures of maintenance worker uniforms and tools. "Perhaps we can disguise my blade as something else?" he wondered out loud, and continued. "Should also consider posing as delivery people; Tanaka-san mentioned that several deliveries were expected during the night. If one of them are supposed to go to the server room this could be highly advantageous. Alternatively, Yuri; can you hack their schedule and insert a new entry so that they think they're expecting a delivery to the server room tomorrow? Either way, we could just walk right in, drop off whatever goods we bring with us, and walk right back out again. Null sheen."

The big man smiled for once, excitement beginning to creep into his consciousness. "No use denying it" he thought, "work like this may be dishonorable in some ways, but it is also thrilling."


"What about exit strategies?" Seijin said later. "If things do get violent, we'll need to be able to get out of there in a hurry." He looked around at his new colleagues. "If the server room is high enough up, we won't make it out of the building by the stairs before they get there. Any of you ever rappelled or done a BASE jump before? If we're spotted and HTR is called in, things could go one of three ways in my experience. In all three cases, it's likely that personnel will be stationed at the exits. If the guards make us on security cameras, a team could be dispatched straight to our position. Alternatively, they'll move up floor by floor and clear each of them methodically. Once in while they'll send a team or two up to the top floor to secure any VIP personnel, and then flush the building downwards, but I think having a means of escape from the roof would be a good idea."

[HydroRaven]

"Do they let the delivery people go all the way inside the building? Wouldn't the security guards just sign for delivery and send us on our way?" asked Dubs. "Unless..." continued the elf, with a pause for suspense "it's something sensitive they can't handle themselves, like some toxic goo or some spiritual mumbo-jumbo." Dubs looked at Mariko while he said the last part, hoping she could come up with something that would back his plan.

"And if you're thinking about leaving through the roof, if we can find a helicopter or something that flies I can get us out of there" said Dubs to Seijin, trying to give the team more options for their exit strategy.

[Isane]

"I just need a few minutes or so in the server room.  Dealing with doors in the way won't be a problem, assuming our employer actually gives us the keycodes."  She looks over the data again.  "It's a twenty-four story building, with nine guards.  One at the front door, and two of them on break at any time, so it's just a matter of avoiding the patrols and either avoiding the cameras or not attracting any attention to ourselves."

"Posing as a delivery or cleaning crew sounds like a safe bet.  Freeze the camera image and I can get the door open during the guard shift change maybe.  If we uh, do the delivery thing, I can put in a phony delivery notice, but if we go as the cleaning crew the guards won't really question why we're coming in or lingering around.  We really need to find out what Rush plans to do when we get there though..."

"And I don't think we're going to be able to find a helicopter in such short notice.  My VTOL drone could possibly be able to carry one person unsafely, might have to remove the frag grenade launcher so weight wouldn't be an issue and uh... yeah... nevermind."  She turns quiet and stares at the projector, looking for how much camera coverage the place has.  Trying to hack every single camera they pass and edit the footage would get tiring quick and just increase the chances of being found out.

[cr4kp0t]

The program starts to flicker as the holo-projector heats up, obviously not used to being used to sustain such a complex image with so many layers.

By now the stadium is practically empty and there an eerie echo from the cleaning crews as they start their work by disposing of the waste food receptacles.

[cr4kp0t]

As you all look closely at the flickering projection you can see some small text at various points of the blue print... as you look more closely you can see notes written into coding of the plans. they would seem to be rush's idea of what would happen on the run. The text is faint as though someone has tried to erase it and failed.

The notes suggest that Rush's plan is quite simple really he was going to sign in to reception earlier in the evening and let them know that he is expecting a party to be joining him to discuss a potential merger, this would get you visitor passes that would get you into the public area and specific privileged area where the meeting room is which is specifically one located in the same zone as the server room.

This would get you in easily but leave a lot of issues such as being very visible...

His backup plan was to impersonate a maintenance crew and to arrange for a call out to be made. Again quite visible but would have less issues due to having a disguise in the first place but this would allow you to get gear in.

No matter what there are some subtle notes that do indicate there one of the security spiders has been paid off to help support with minor issues but he can't get access to the server room, which is why he needs a runner crew.

The glaringly obvious hole in all of hiss plans is that there is no exit plan only entry and implementation almost assuming that everything goes okay.

[farothel]

"I think we'll have to iron out these plans," Mariko said, "like get a valid entry strategy that won't burn the Johnson and actually get an exit strategy.  But maybe we can better move to a more secure location before we start discussing this."
She'd rather not want to cleaning crew to see what they were up to, and in a public stadium like this who knows was monitoring everything they did.

[martinchaen]

Seijin nodded at Tantei's suggestion. "Sounds good. Did you have a specific place in mind?" he asked, and then added. "Might as well lay the plans before picking up any additional gear. Oh, and I am still in favour of rappelling or BASE gear as a last resort exit strategy."

[farothel]

"I know a few pubs where we can sit undisturbed," Mariko said, "but I'm open to other and maybe better suggestions."

[Isane]

Yuri stands up from the table, putting her hands on her hips.  "W-Well I suggest we get our so called employer in here and go over just how the heck he wants this thing to go down.  If he's coming with us, he's going to be treated like my teammate, not my boss."

"As for an exit plan, leave it to me.  Slipping out the back can be easy when the front door is exploding."  She smiles triumphantly.  "Or a distraction like it."

[HydroRaven]

Dubs stands up with the rest of the crew. "Yeah, I am feeling a little thirsty. We can finalise the whole thing at the pub like Tantei suggested" says the elf, nodding at Mariko with a slight smile on his face. "If you want the Johnson to give us his input, maybe you should have him meet us there when he's done" said Roger as he was turning around, heading towards the door.

[cr4kp0t]

A quick bit of research finds and  a look up on the local map-soft gets you the route and address for one of the pubs that Mariko suggested, the Johnson gives a quick text reply as you let him know the address.
<<incoming message>>
I'll meet you there, just give me a few minutes.
<end of message>

It doesn't take you long to get there and you have plenty of time to grab a drink before you hear the clattering roar of a bit pickup trick rolling up outside. swiftly followed by your employer walking in.
Right then, what are we all drinking then? he calls out to you as we comes to join you at the bar.