[Jack_Spade]

<<Yeah, I almost expected that. At least it won't be in the highly radioactive zone. Racer is waiting for us there anyway. I just have no idea how we are actually going to get into the zone without us being perforated by sentry turrets or border guards.>>
Rex replied


I can help you out with 13 dice, if you manage one success for teamwork we have 14
That should be enough to get 4 successes (or do you mean actually AVA 4 in which case I can simply buy successes)

Cha+Neg: 13d6t5 3[13d6t5=4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 1, 5, 3, 3, 2, 5]

[Haywire]

#43

"If you're ok with that, I suggest to point out to it a rendez-vous location and scout a bit ahead. There is always a hole in a border."

Just buy hits, it's avaibility 4 in total

[Jack_Spade]

<<Sure, I've given you all the infos I could get. I'll leave the rigging to your capable hands and concentrate on staying alive.>>
Rex replied.


Consider it done

[Haywire]

#44

Waywalker sent an AR feed of him nodding. He relaxed in the van's cocoon.
"I'm going to have the van roam around randomly, to avoid being caught. I'd advice you to keep an eye open on the astral side while I'm in VR."
He entered in the virtual reality of the Matrix and jumped in the Fly-Spy.
"Let's have a look..."

Pilot Aicraft (Fly-Spy) jumped in: 14d6t5 4
(I use the successes to bump up Speed
EW throught the sensors: 17d6t5 5
(I use all sensors of the drone, included radio signal scanner and so on)
Teamwork test from Sekretar: 6d6t5 1
Teamwork test from Deck: 12d6t5 4
Matrix Perception: 19d6t5 7

[Haywire]

#45

While rigging in VR, Waywalker's thoughts formed a message to the Dwarf Rigger: "Hey buddy, I've a deal to propose to you: I need two Ares Mule for a matter of hours. I'll give you 2k NY now and a temporized credstick with 6k NY on it. If you do not have your Mules in 48 hours, the credstick is yours. What do you think?"

[belaran]

Waywalker's friend replied rather quickly : Sure thing buddy, I have only one mule, but it's biffed up, so it should do. I'll send it right away to your van..."

As Waywalker finishes to assemble the sensor array, an Ares mule suddenly goes out of the old restaurant garage door. Walking the street as it belonged there, the massive drone arrives to the van in a matter of minute. Rex still recovering from his astral journey, as to clear the back of the van to let the huge drone get in. Once the mage dog form securely fasten next to Waywalker driver seat, the van starts indeed moving randomly inside the city, while the Fly Spy, rushed toward the SOX wall for a little reckon.

In the meantime, the rigger also browses the Matrix to try to learn more about AI and how they work. Gosh, it is a huge topic, and very few "sure things" are in fact known about them. However, Waywalker manages to learn some hard facts, the first being that the more complex the AI is the most powerfull the device has to be to allow to run it. Also, some AI are designed to fit in some devices, so most likely Racer would not leaving a VTOL for a anthropomorphic drone. At least, this is his gut feeling.

Also, AI are very different nature, but it sounds that Racer fell into the less easy to interact with as (meta)human being: Xenosapient. This means the AI has a completly alien understanding of the physical world. It certainly explains how easy it was to get it to agreed to hand over the engine, but it may means trouble down the road...


@Haywire I hope this is enough information on AI, let me know if you need more...


As the van is purposely going nowhere, Waywalkir spots an echo clearly following them on his sensor. Above the van, roughly 300 meter in the sky, a rotordrone seems to be following, quite discreetly, where the van is going...

[Haywire]

#46

Waywalker surfed the Matrix while the drone did a swift recon. A ping appeared in his field of view.
"To: Rex. It seems that we have a pesky bugger on our trail... I'll take care of it."
Waywalker mobilized his Agents to help him with the unwanted attention.

Teamwork test from Sekretar: 6d6t5 1
Teamwork test from Deck: 12d6t5 3
Matrix Perception: 18d6t5 12
Some info on the drone (ratings, firewall and so on)? Does it appear to be from government/military?

[Jack_Spade]

Rex had curled up and covered his eyes and muzzle with his tail.
He acknowledged Waywalkers message: <<We probably won't get around an altercation with those other runners. I'll see to it that we are safe from the astral side of things.>> Despite the tiredness he once again turned to the Kami.


Summon F6 Air Spirit: 12d6t5 5[12d6t5=1, 5, 6, 4, 5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 2, 6, 3]
Resist F6 Air Spirit: 6d6t5 1
Drain Resist: 21d6t5 10
4 Services
No Drain


Calling to one of the servants of the Lord of the Tree Thunders, Rex spoke the name of the Son of the Eastwind and again found the Kami surprisingly quick to answer.
'Oh Son of the Eastwind, hear my plea: We are beset by enemies. I ask you to put your might between them and us and keep us safe from danger from the spirit realm.'

[belaran]

As the thread has been stalled for a while, due to my busy schedule lately, I've opted to skip a bit ahead, and move forward with the story.

It has not been difficult for Rex and Waywalker to ditch the drone following us, along with the spirit spot by the mage's own spirit. So it's only one hour later, that their van is getting close to the border of SOX, somewhere inside the massive forest of the "Vosges" (or Vogesen in German). The SOX wall has been built in the outer limit of the forest, clearly to use it as a first line of defense. However, as the wall is not as thoroughly maintained as it used too, it also means that if one can cross into it, one can quite easily go through the border.

The drone sent do to reckon has indeed spot a breached part of the wall, large enough to maybe allow the van to pass through. However, it is sadly quite far away and deep into the forest. And going through the deep wood, mostly off road, is quite difficult for a van as large as Waywalker's one... And, of course, as any area of wilderness in the Sixth World, the woods may bring their own brand of danger.


@Haywire: can you roll your Reaction + Pilot Ground graft [(off-road) Handling] ?

[Haywire]

#47

Waywalker dispatched the incoming drone with a swift swoop of his cybercombat, bricking it and causing it to fall to the ground.
Now, not disturbed by anybody, he could get his Agents to monitor the Matrix and focus on the ride. While Rex was resting, he jumped in the van and rode through the forest that was the first line of defense of the SOX.
And, unsurprisingly, there was a way. "There is always a hole in the security, you only need to find it."

pilot groundcraft (jumped in): 14d6t5 1
edge (second chance): 13d6t5 6
Limit is 4+2 (VCR) 6

[belaran]

Even if his body looks simply asleep inside his van, Waywalker has a difficult time crossing the forest. He certainly welcomes his skills, but also all the assistance given by his control rig, along with the telemetry provides by his sensors. Indeed without them he would have certainly break the axle of the van, or simply crash it against a tree. According to his navigation software, he just have 3 km to do off road, before getting to the wall, but this turns out to be such a challenge, that he certainly felt each meter of it.

After few minutes of negotiating through the trees, the van nevertheless arrived, undamaged, to the vicinity of the wall. To avoid being caught by whatever sensors or devices is left on the wall, Waywalker stop the van over 50m away. Sadly, with that much foliage around him, and no any other devices to boost his own signal, it is going to be difficult to a scan in the matrix of the wall defenses. That being said it also makes the van invisible to any counter measure.


Noise: -10d of foliage, topped by -5d of Static

If you get any closer, please roll Logic + Sleaze, assuming you are running silent your 'deck (and all the devices in your PAN).

[Haywire]

#48

"It's the last time I go off road this far...the next time I would prefer to charge head on."
While feeling every meter of the road, the van arrived unscathed and without notice near the border.
The signal was very weak, but Waywalker was confident that he could manage it and defy the Matrix security of the wall.
"Let's see who is around here..."

I use Signal Scrub, Virtual Machine, Agent and Exploit. A 2/S 6/D 4/F 3
Vectored Signal Filter + Signal Scrub + Antennae (3) = 7 Noise Reduction
Running Silent: 5d6t5 2
Teamwork test from Deck: 4d6t5 1
Matrix Perception: 7d6t5 0
Retry at next round: Matrix Perception: 7d6t5 3

[Jack_Spade]

When the car finally had stopped, Rex looked up: <<Are we there yet? Do you need a boost for your brain?>>


Increase Intuition F6: 12d6t5 5 [12d6t5=6, 2, 1, 6, 2, 5, 1, 5, 1, 6, 2, 3]
Nice. I'm spending a point of Karma to quicken the spell, for a permanent +4 to Intuition for Waywalker
Drain resist: 21d6t5 10
No Drain




#153

[belaran]

Sorry for the delay, gents, I've been struck by sickness since a couple of days.

@Haywire: if you retry a matrix perception you lose one die by attempt. Let's not reroll, and keep your 3s.
Devices on the SOX border are (maybe) running silent: 8d6t5 1

Two net hits, so I'll give you "what it is" and the device rating.


Waywalker's cyberdeck manage to get through the garbage's signals and the faulty echoes from the tree, and get a decent read on the portion of the wall the runner are targeting. The decker is able to spot at least one icon. It's a sensor array, located quite close to the breach. Actually, it seems to be rather new, the firmware first version being only 2 years old. The device is coming from a military catalog, and thus is a bit more resistant than the usual one. For now, at such a distance, and with such a garbled signals this is all that Waywalker can see.

Device Rating 3 (security devices)
You can try again, but this time remove two dice (or get close enough to cancel part of the noise and justify a full reroll)

[Haywire]

#49

Waywalker spotted a sensor, likely a military one. "Now the fun begins..."
Waywalker's persona quickly resorted to his preferred method of dealing with problems: inordinate amounts of brute force.

Teamwork test from Deck: 4d6t5 0
Brute force on sensors: 5d6t5 1