[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies smiles and nudges Ice, "Good thinking.  I do not have much that can help, but maybe a little."  She turns to Requiem, "So, can you get us a couple of ID badges that the host would recognize?"

[ScytheKnight]

Ice tilts her head a little at Pennies' comment "I may not be an expert... but ID cards aren't going to get us into the Matrix systems. We could try forcing out way in, but it's not exactly my forte, especially if we have to brute force the Host directly. What we need is a weak link, a low level device connected to the Host we can plug into, we can bypass most of the security systems that way."

[Aria]

"Whilst it is possible we might find something suitable in the guard booth I wouldn't want to count on it.  As to getting the badges, that seems like a social engineering approach would be more appropriate.  I tend towards the more violent sorts of negotiation which I'm not sure is what we need at this point...and of course the technicalities of a hack a more your areas of expertise.

If Divillian can get us on the appointment list and we can talk our way on to the site then there will surely be something inside that you can use to access the host.  A single guard is unlikely to want to escort us around but there may be someone inside tasked with that, then my approach might be called for.  Again, weapons detectors on the booth or at the main door might be an issue but we have a little time to source stealth gear along with the face masks."

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies looks at Ice.  "But wouldn't a badge have a chip of some kind that the host would recognize as authorizing access?  Wrap our icons to disguise us on the trix and just go in.  Well, probably not if you do not think so.  I really need to come up with better ideas."

[Stoneglobe]

"Well depending on their level of magic/astral security I may be able to help with the stealth side of things. Whilst we're putting our plan together I'll get an astral survey done"

Xipe slips over to one of the chairs and seems to drop into a deep sleep. Entering the astral plane is something Xipe live's for. Ahh, it feels like home here. No need for a bucket when I enter this reality. Xipe accelerates away from his body in the direction of the facility planning on doing a fly by to see what's there without triggering any alarms or response.

[schenn]

Before you go Xipe, a little gift. Divillian says, his minds eye focusing on Xipe's astral form and releasing a flood of mana towards it. It bends and wraps itself around Xipe, making his astral form look like a naturally formed simple air spirit. This should at least hide your identity from their astral security. Be careful.

[Jayde Moon]

On the astral plane, Xipe looks to his limbs in wonderment as Div's spell takes effect.  He nods to himself and then zips out in the direction of the facility.  It takes him a few minutes to find it, the astral topography is harder to read than the the geography of physical sight, but he manages it.

Immediately he notices that there is an air elemental that patrols the facility overhead.  Unsurprising, that is a standard measure.  other than that, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of magical defenses that he can read.  The guards appear mundane.  Seeing inside the buildings will be a bit trickier... he'd have to slip past the spirit of air and even looking like an innocuous air spirit himself, if he gets spotted, he will garner attention... the kind he doesn't want.

[Stoneglobe]

Hmm, so nothing much more than an elemental patrol. Not worth risking being spotted at this point to get a closer peak. Better to keep the facility as unaware of the threat as possible. Xipe finishes scouting round the outskirts of the facility and flies back to his body. Working hard to keep the grin off his face that he always gets when going astral he reports his findings back to the team.

"Astral security seems to be the absolute minimum you'd expect at a corp facility. Patrolling elemental only. Didn't go inside as I didn't want to risk the elemental spotting something and raising the alert level but I wouldn't plan on much in the way of magic to hold us up."

[ScytheKnight]

Ice nods slowly, absorbing the information. "Well, this does support what we know of this primarily being Matrix research facility...

[Jayde Moon]

Taking everything into account, the group considers their next move.

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies does not really understand the mojo part of this very well, but it seems the slinger is happy about the situation.  She looks around and asks, "So when do we do this and what do you need from Ice and me?"

[Jayde Moon]

"Well, the way I see it," Div says, taking the lead, "We hack ourselves in, maybe we're inspectors, or exterminators.  If it's the former, we have to be from NeoNET, since UCAS has no authority to inspect the premises.  If it's the latter, then we're contracted by NeoNET... anyhow, we get ourselves on, we mock up some id Badges with RFIDs that register our identity and company... then you guys hack us in to the schedule."

He looks around to see if everyone is with him so far.  "Once we're in, we find what we're looking for, maybe some more payday, then we get out.  I figure the ruse will buy us several minutes, but expect we'll be discovered once we make a step in the direction we want to go, so we'll have to be ready for it to go south."

He pauses to see what the others have to offer.

[Stoneglobe]

Xipe cocks his head to one side as he listens to Div's suggestion. "As ruses go it's as good as any other and a lot better than trying to blast our way in. As there isn't much in the way of awakened security I should be able to help make us look the part as well."

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies looks excited.  Something is happening and she is involved.  "What do you need us to do?"

[Jayde Moon]

"Well, let's figure out what play we want to make... then you, Pennies, and Ice go nearer and insert the info we need into their schedule.  I think Requiem should provide cover for you while you do that," he looks to Requiem, who nods, "and the rest of us get whatever we need to look the part when we make our move."