[schenn]

"Fantastic! Well then, Ice, Pennies, do you think you could do us the honor of some data retrieval on our targets? See what you can find in regards to our target location, the Cavilard Research Center as well as the researcher behind the project, Mr. Gerald Watkins. Maybe we'll get lucky and an opportunity of approach will reveal itself."

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies smiles as she pulls her deck from is case and turns it on.  "I can start with the Cavilard Reasearch Center."  She positions one of the chairs against a wall and sits in it before sliding to Hot SIM and going onto the trix.  She is searching for anything and everything to do with the subject.  She is running the search through her Browse software, so the time required is reduced.

[ScytheKnight]

Ice nods to Pennies "Well, i guess I'll try and look into the doctor then." With that said she sprawls out onto the couch and seems to fall asleep, those used to hackers will however notice the tel-tail twitching of someone in full VR.

Inside the Matrix Ice sends feelers out, sort of, extending herself throughout the matrix, as much feeling for the information she wants as looking for it. She knows Chip could help with this sort of work, but it doesn't seem urgent enough to be using up tasks on him yet.

[Aria]

Requiem studied the other runners and felt a little bit like a baby sitter...not because they were in VR, but because he was probably older than the combined ages of the deckers.  But Silk had clearly recommended them and that was good enough for him...

"We seem to have the bases covered for now.  Why don't I get us some food while the matrix wizards do their thing?"

[Jayde Moon]

@ Pennies

Finding surface information on the Cavilard Research Center is simple enough, it's a public building, after all.

Located at 1302 118th Ave SE, the unassuming research park is located in Bellevue.  It's private, fenced off and has a small campus, focused on the main research building, with two secondary buildings on the grounds.  It used to belong to MCT but was mothballed after Crash 2.0.  Neonate purchased it and it has assumed some of the overflow from NeoNET Labs in Bellevue.

Deeper searching shows two types of research occur at Cavilard... magical research deemed 'problematic' for their main facility and 'pet projects.'  Security is pretty tight, but not abnormal for a corporate research center.

Pictures show a manned gate entry, one way in and one way out, a monowire topped cyclone fence about 3 meters tall, and ample parking for the facility.  One of the two smaller buildings looks like a cafeteria.

Pictures don't seem to show any patrolling guards but they might have moved out of the way for the photos.


@ Ice

Dr. Gerald Watkins is a leading expert on Resonance Theory, as well as a respected programmer.  Ice doesn't find anything to indicate that he, himself, is a technomancer.  There is a story bout a time he was attacked by an unnamed group suspected to have ties to technomancers, but nothing to indicate that Dr Watkins is guilty of any sort of human rights violations or unethical experimentation.

Still, the idea of a 'Resonance Theory Expert' chills Ice to the core.

There is nothing to indicate what his current project is, though previous works have included IC development, spam filtering software, and more IC development.

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies stores all of the information she has gathered so that she can pass it out to the rest of her team later.  Satisfied that she has what she is going to get with this trip into the trix, she slides back to the meat world and opens her eyes, looking around.  She looks over at Ice and sees the other decker still in VR so she begins to organize the data she has stored so that it makes some sort of sense.

[Mercy Merchant]

Once she has the data organized, Pennies looks around and sees that Ice is still on the couch in Hot Sim.  She shrugs and hits the button to send out the data package to each team member.  It looks like Ice has found more data than I have.  Here is a package of what I found out about the company.  As a quick recap, it seems the major projects are "magical research" and "pet projects".  Security seems good for this sort of facility; three meter fence topped with monowire, manned gate, single entrance/exit, probably roaming guards.  Two buildings; research facility and what looks like a cafeteria.  The rest of the information I found is there in the package for everyone to peruse."

[ScytheKnight]

As she receives the package Ice's eyes flutter before she wakes. She listens to the info from Pennies as the datapacket scrolls through an AR feed in her cybereyes.

"Well, I think we can perhaps narrow the field down to 'Pet Projects', Dr. Gerald Watkins is a programmer of some repute, as well as a... a-an expert on... on Resonance Theory." Although her face remains mostly blank her cybereyes flicker around the room as she visibly trembles, her voice shaking slightly before she gets it back under control. "He's seemed to have done a lot of work on IC so we should be careful around him in the Matrix, he may still have some unique off the books software." After that she closes her eyes, focusing a little to send on the rest of the data she has gathered, a large portion of it dedicated to checking for any research with technomancers or other links with technomancers.

With the package sent she settles back in the couch, resisting the urge to curl up into a featal position.

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies receives the data from Ice and scrolls through it before nodding.  She looks around to see if any of the more experienced runners will say anything, but it seems that they are looking to see what the newb thinks.  "You are probably right about the pet projects and the IC.  We will have to be wary about that."  She finishes her viewing of the data and looks over at Ice to thank her, but notices that the woman appears a bit nervous.  **Something is bothering her.  Or maybe she is a first timer, too.**  Pennies stands and walks over to the couch to sit next to the other hacker.  "So, good job with the information.  You are pretty wiz at this stuff.  Have you been at this drek a long time?  Is your deck implanted?  I was going to do that, too, but then thought what if I wanted to upgrade the hardware once I got some creds, you know?  Then I, like, would have to get cut just to fix the fragging thing.  Ended that discussion.  Maybe we should get together and share techniques some time?"

From where she is sitting, Pennies looks around at the others in the room.  "So now that we have some information, what do we do next?"

[ScytheKnight]

As Pennies moves over it takes Ice a moment to summon the control to not freak out. My deck implanted what is she talking about? ohh, right... with these eyes she must be thinking I'm a decker as well.. Do i tell them? No... no I don't know them, if they assume I'm a decker I'm safer that way, no need to reveal anything unless I have to. Ice smiles a little nervously "Yeah, it's implanted... about the only way to keep it safe in the barrens neh?"

At Pennies question to the rest of the runners she says quiet, she's done what she knows how to do, gather information, beyond that, she's had some training, but very little experience.

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies nods at Ice and continues talking.  "Say, I could not help but notice your eyes.  I had mine done when I was about ten.  How long have you had yours?  Do they come with special features?"  Suddenly realizing that she might be talking too much, Pennies blushes and goes silent.  "Sorry.  I did not mean to intrude.  I guess I just got a bit excited.  Sorry."

[ScytheKnight]

Ice gives Pennies a quick look over, this close she can hear the irises adjusting. she looks as nervous as I feel... may not be the only one new to this here...

Knowing she's not the only newbie jeeps Ice relax a little and the albino smiles a little. "I've only had them a few years, not much special about them aside from the flare compensation for my condition... I needed them and I couldn't afford much in the way of special features."

[Aria]

While the girls chattered Requiem studied the facility images they'd gleaned...

"We need to consider access, can either of you get us realtime images of the site?  I've got a spy drone but we probably need something with better quality sensors or from local CCTV..."

[Mercy Merchant]

Pennies nods and sets back on the couch and slides back into Hot Sim to try to access the files for the cameras.

[Jayde Moon]

The dwarf finds the host of the site easily enough, but as she tries to make heads or tails of the virtual structure, various ads from the local area business keep popping up.  Also, the distance causes enough interference that after about 10 seconds, she reemerges, having found nothing.