Duke here Aria how do you want to do this updated char sheet in your inbox
Can you post a bio / description at the very least in the OoC so I can link you at the beginning of the thread? You can post your sheet too if you don’t mind the others reading it (and saves time on the ‘this is what I do…’ speech
). I suggest you plan on being on the main extraction target and that you know one of the other runners there already so you don’t get shot at when you turn up on scene. Art (Mr J) sent you on ahead to recon the exterior…or something like that!
Ok, on to the questions – I’ll answer what I can OoC to save time and avoid awkward inconsistencies with who asked the question etc, I’m assuming you are all on your way to Oxford (or arrived) by now, and that these questions (and subsequent questions you ask) have been dealt with more or less to your satisfaction…
My questions might have slipped through, so here again:
Which corporation do we steal the mathematician from?
For that matter: Which corporation is the most influential in Oxford?
He is a Professor at Oxford University, this is in theory an independent body (with probably as much if not more wealth than an AA corp!), but in practice they get lots of corp sponsorship for research. As far as you can tell his current project (whatever that may be) is being run under the auspices of Renraku and he wants out!
There isn’t one corp with more influence than another really (although Ares for example doesn’t have a big presence). Oxford is a premier centre of learning and the corps hover around like devil rats on a corpse!
Just another question: how does the primary know we are the team extracting him and not the rivals? Is there something we can tell him or show him to identify ourselves as the "right" extraction team?
Now there’s the rub…he doesn’t!
@Aria
Save you a trip to my sheet - Daniel Curtis is C3 L5.
Naturally I wouldn't expect him to know anything about the target's security arrangements - in fact I won't even mention a target.
But as a professor at Oxford (who used to live on the other side of society) he hopefully has a passing familiarity with campus security.
Response times?
Armed?
Mostly independent, or do they rely on regular police?
Astral/matrix capabilities?
On-campus panopticon?
Really just anything he might know that's of any use.
There isn’t a campus per se…Oxford Uni is made up of individual colleges (the dreaming spires, ie most of the centre of the city) that share certain buildings, like the Maths Institute. Each college has its own security but the shared facilities contract to KE with correspondingly quick response times and armaments (I can’t actually remember off hand if the British police are still independent or corp…anyone know??!). Will have to try and dig out my London source book again
Matrix and magic is probably in-house security as this is where the principal threats are likely to come from.
Surveillance is ubiquitous…the British pioneered the modern (2050s +) police state!
Something I haven’t yet pointed out…much of the centre of Oxford has been pedestrianised with quaint ye olde cobbles (go and check out the Golden Compass film for visual inspiration!). Vehicle traffic is heavily restricted…apart from those with a corp pass of course! There are electric taxis around too…and student powered cycles (their legs rather than anything more dubious!)
Another thing to note: the Maths institute is connected to a large part of this quarter underground to the north and west (which you won’t pick up on Google maps)…just to make your lives easier/more complicated! I’ll see if I can find a good map/image etc of the 2015 plans!
http://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/field/field_document/ROQ_Masterplan_2008.pdf p19 or so… and there’s a nice pic to the header here:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/about/developing-oxford/roq/planning/masterplan...there is an underground garage under the institute –car lift access.
Matrix Searches:
You find the guest list on various social media sites and can piece together a picture of who is and isn’t expected to attend (some people have too much time on their hands and spend it ogling the rich and famous and studying their every move!). With a bit of judicious editing you could insert yourselves onto the guest list stored at the Randolph (with a hack!) or impersonate someone who is expected to attend but probably won’t. You will still need to hack a copy of the invite though to put on your ‘link!
Astral Searches:
Maths Institute
Ok, so it’s not all technically warded, they have used biofibre in the walls to prevent astral snooping and warded where that isn’t possible (large glass atriums etc…). The building isn’t all that big and it is probably more economical this way than warding individual rooms…at least to my mind.
There is activity in and out of the institute but mostly out as people leave to go home…by the time the group arrive the institute will have closed up for the night.
Randolph Hotel
Plenty of auras in the building, too many to do an accurate count. There will be one or two spirits too hanging about…
North Oxford House
There are indeed similar security arrangements on neighbouring houses. There might be ‘nosy neighbour’ syndrome but these big houses are quite carefully concealed from each other with trees and hedges.
And the IC questions:
“Okay, you mentioned that the target is a willing scoop, is he in on this plan to pick him up tonight or is this simply schedule intel we have that we are acting on? “
“You mentioned another team, is it just one, do you know who they are? Do they know about us? Are they jumping in on our action, or is it the other way around? Or is the target a jump ball for whoever can get him? It matters because then we have an idea of what that other team knows.”
He is expecting extraction tonight. The other team is hired by NeoNet. We are moving ahead of schedule because of the NeoNet extraction
“On the subject of the other team, are we fighting them for the wife and family too, or just the primary?”
“Going back to the wife, any intel on her or the event she is at? What does her security detail consist of?”
Just the primary, charity event for <insert worthy cause> sec detail is two bodies
“Does the primary have a security detail?”
“You said you don’t care about the other team, what is the word on collateral damage beyond them? If we have to be rough with any of the targets, how much is too much?”
He does but they will not be around as he’s covered by campus security while in the building. Non functioning is too much…Art isn’t more specific
“We get an address when we have the primary, do you want the family if we miss him or the primary without the family if we miss them?”
“Drop details: If we are being chased, are we going to get waived off the drop? Or is a hot drop available? You want the family as one drop or can we space it out? Is the safe house for the target and family alone or can we linger as well? Are we on the clock for the drop as well?”
Without the primary the family isn’t required. If you can’t get the family Art will be disappointed but the primary is the focus. If you are being chased this whole thing is hosed! Don’t be! The family can be in multiple drops, they could even go to different (secure) locations provided we can prove to the primary they are safe. The clock is less important once the initial extract is carried out…
Phew, hope I’ve covered most things here…as ever, shout if I’ve missed vital stuff
Ps. Damn, two new sourcebooks I really want to read just as this is all getting going
