[Kontact]

[OOC:  First Pass attempt prog 6 +1 skill +3 nan +1 pushed =11d6.hits(5) → [2,5,3,6,4,2,4,2,3,2,2] = (2)
Some knowledge tests to pull my butt out of the fire and hopefully answer Walks' question about the girls.  Matrix Security to understand the workings of this authentication process and how one might bypass it by hacking.. = Logic 7 +3 skill +3 NAN +1 PuSHeD = 14d6.hits(5) → [1,3,6,3,2,2,1,3,5,6,3,6,5,4] = (5)
Cybernetic tech to understand how Personafixes and Data Filters operate 7 logic +1 PuSHeD -1 Defaluting = 7d6.hits(5) → [6,6,2,6,2,4,4] = (3)]

"You what?  Whadda you mean "NO" you fraggin scratch-monkey!?  I am your ADMIN!  I can delete you!"

[OOC edit: I'm hoping the knowledge skills aren't actions, or at least more than free actions.]

[inca1980]

@B.B.:
[OOC: I'll let you add 1 modifier to you're authentication DP for each 2 hits on know. test...so that would be +1.]

The way restricted and general alerts are set-up on this system requires even legit MCT admin ID's to authenticate before performing low-level functions.

At least email is still immediately Admin accessible.

As you punch away at the layers of authentication questions which you're answering based on your Browse program's subroutine phishing algorithms which scan customer service emails at breakneck speeds, then piping it to you're Edit program which does the heavy lifting of answering with the right protocol, you curse these new alert responses you've been hearing about....All it does is slow business down and make the job for an admin. that much harder just when they need to be nimble on their feet.  Statistically speaking though, 9/10 false alerts on a system are usually accompanied by a successful hacking job carried out a few hours to a few weeks later.  If the system is quickly secured within the first few minutes of a false alarm regardless of the cause, the statistics show it improves firewall performance in the long term.  Statistics be damned...this was just plain dumb.  

[Kontact]

[OOC: Rolling Edit + computer( test.  5 hits on the knowledge skill test above should translate into +2 dice.  13 dice should hopefully be enough.  It's only risky instead of desperate.  13d6.hits(5) → [5,5,3,6,1,2,1,6,5,6,2,4,4] = (6)  With the two hits from above this just made it.]

"That's what I thought.  Sucker.  Now to sweep this place up a little before spider-san arrives.  Maybe make it look like the bot malfunctioned and set off the alert.  I know that error code.."

[inca1980]

@B.B.:
Multi-tasking a different thread of thought, you feel that familiar smell deep in your sinus's of nanite as you start accessing memories about Personafix chips.  The only reason you can think that the girls might be in a trance like state having to do with personafix wiring would be if it's interfaced with a sleep regulator.  This is a typical implant along with persona wiring that is given to Bunraku girls.  The sleep regulator allows the girls to work way into the night, but the personafix tends to suffer without enough REM sleep to clean out the synapses.  What the skill wires are probably doing is switching over to maintenance mode which induces an easily interrupted trance-like state.  Best tell Walks that just cuz they're totally zoned out doesn't mean they won't notice she's there.

[Kontact]

His heart still racing from a combination of amphetamine and adrenaline didn't seem to matter to B.B. very much.  He was in the zone.  Bottled lightning.  Organized electricity dancing in a world of-  "Oh shit.  Keep it together."  Right.  Right.  Staying on task, he cruised the node looking for sensor banks.  He had to resolve their security into something he could work with.  Cancel the callouts.  Make sure that pressure and thermal sensors came back with nothing.

A flash alerted him to activity on the VPN.  Mercedes with updates.  Cynth with a question.  Worth a response.
[B.B.@Team Shush: Usually the girls are hooked up with something to block off their short term memory and a set of skillwires to run the persona chips.  Direct load into the coretex of memories and personality, nothing lightweight about it.  Yaks have been running this type of place since the mid 50s or so.  I suppose the trance is about brain-maintenance.  Industry this old, there's no doubt that the clever bastards have found the the most efficient ways to run it.  Be careful though.  I don't think they're vegetative, and if they see you, they might just slot some sort of crazy samurai chip.  Come at you like a hive fulla kung-fu bitches.]

[inca1980]

@Mercedes & Woofer:

The AR Naga unfreezes and starts undulating around the room again as AR menu reappears in Woofers hands since he was the last one perusing it: 


Agnes
Bea
Bessie Mae
Candy
Catherine
Dee
Clare
Rhea
Rosie
Snow White
Noemi
Galadriel
Mariel
Jenny Tonic
Miss Sabrina
Wilma Ballsdrop


@B.B.:
[OOC: we'll just go with the same matrix initiative to save time this CT.  It would most likely come out the same.]

Matrix Init CT2 IP2:  B.B.-20, System-11, IC-10

[OOC: The threshold was 8 for the authentication test so you need to roll one more time.  If you make it which you probably will, you can cancel the 2nd muted alert with a free action.  Spider comes on the next CT.]

You notice that an MCT Spider has been alerted because the madame selected "Yes" and you were too busy authenticating to notice and intercept the traffic.  He'll probably be a little suspicious that some Admin already was authenticated even before MCT could get on-node to check the system.  Hopefully it'll be a dumb agent instead of a real member of the geek squad.  ETA 2 seconds....which is a lot of time in the Matrix.

[Sludig]

Woofer looks at Mercedes, "What do you think? Snow White?"

[FastJack]

Mercedes grins, "You do so like waking them with a kiss, Prince Charming... Sounds like we have our girl!"

[Kontact]

[OOC: when I said two hits from above, I meant this..

[OOC:  First Pass attempt prog 6 +1 skill +3 nan +1 pushed =11d6.hits(5) → [2,5,3,6,4,2,4,2,3,2,2] = (2)

which was my first roll on the test ...and sort of the reason I was freaking out.  The extra two dice you gave me from the knowledge test improved my chances significantly.   So, the authentication should be done now and the alert against my new ID canceled before it could go through.  Does this mean that I'm free to edit the system logs?  I know what I want to do, but have no idea what options are available to me.

[Walks Through Walls]

I'll look at the doors do they have any type of lock on them? Then I will head cautiously down the stairs to the next level down. Can I see how far down the stairwell goes? or is it closed off at each level?

[inca1980]

@Mercedes & Woofer:

The madame raises an eyebrow, "Very.....interesting.....selection, but we cater to all tastes.  She has had her horns and tusks removed for your convenience.... I'll call her down if that is your decision..?"   She pauses for a moment, amusement barely visible on her face.  You click on her icon to get a closer view of this beauty,

<<Snow White>>


@Cynthia:

You do see that there is a mechanical lock on the doors but you have no idea if they're locked or not.  When you make your way to the stair-case you can see through the middle of it down to the first floor and you are on the fourth. 

@B.B.:
Matrix Init CT2 IP2:  B.B.-20, System-11, IC-10
[OOC: you have 2 action phases to do whatever you want.]

[Kontact]

"Time to make this place hospitable."

[OOC: Corrupt 3 +6 skill +3 nan +1 PuSHeD = 13d6.hits(5) → [5,1,6,2,4,1,5,3,2,6,1,3,4] = (4)  If you need another roll, like, say, there was an encrypted backup of the system log, then, here you go 13d6.hits(5) → [6,5,5,3,6,6,2,4,3,4,5,6,3] = (7)

[FastJack]

Mercedes stifles a laugh at Woofer's choice and his reaction to the image.

Composure Test (15d6.hits(5)=3)

[Sludig]

Woofer coughs, "Uhm, I'm not so sure, we asked for a goth cheerleader, do you have pictures of these so we can before we choose?" *trying not to cringe*

[Walks Through Walls]

I will try and figure out from looking down if this stairwell goes on into a basement level. I will then continue down to the third floor.

At the watcher, "Look in each of the rooms and tell me if there is anyone in any of them."

I will walk down the hallway trying to get a better feel for the layout of the building. Again I am going to look for any signs of a security system. Also I will try and figure out if the dimensions inside seem about right for the space that the building is taking up outside.