[Ren]

Bulldog swallowed hard. He suspected that Molotob would mean serious business but not this serious. He replied to Kevin after he digested all that information, this time taking care to use the encryption protocols he always did in their business communication. >>Thanks, man, this was more than I expected. Hope you don’t get into too much trouble for getting all this. I’m really grateful, and I owe you one. I don’t really think that I want to get drawn into the bounty situation, but it’s not exclusively my choice. If I do, can you give me who to contact about the extraction? For your decent cut of course.<< Parallel to the message, Bulldog wired 500 nujen to the account Kevin was using for this purpose. He felt just owing him one wasn’t enough for his trouble.

After that, he got back to the others. ”I received some new intel I think all of you should know about.” He re-encrypted the data he got from Kevin, using the team’s encryption protocols, then forwarded the info to the team, careful to delete any reference to the source as well as any personal references before that.
While they pondered the info, he thought back on his military days. Even though the Archology Shutdown was years before his time, the veterans couldn’t help retelling stories of those events, just to educate the younger soldiers. One of them might’ve dropped something in connection to Molotob, even if it wasn’t his name. Info about top secret projects sometimes seeped through layers of secrecy, finding its way to the simple rank and file soldiers.
[spoiler=tests]Note: I wasn’t sure which of the following tests was appropriate here, so I rolled both.
memory test: LOG(3) + WIL(5) (6d6.hits(5)=2) and the missig two (2d6.hits(5)=0)
military knowledge: LOG(3) + Military(3) + Mnemonic enhancer(2) (8d6.hits(5)=1)[/spoiler]

[Sichr]

@Brian: Well, if you manage to take him down. I`ll have extraction team ready to pick him up somewhere out of the spotlight. If you manage to return dear doctor to his former employer, means UcaS, well, let`s say I will owe you instead. Hell...even his current facelift and every detail you can get from him would be more than expected, and if you need to ice him, do so. This for sure is not one of the good guys, if you understand me...

[farothel]

"It's clear that he has something to do with technomancer research," Sylvia said after going through the information, "let's first try to get in and then we'll see about him.  First we have to put our vehicles somewhere legal where we can leave at a moment's notice."
She went on to search for such a spot, driving slowly and within the limits.

[Sichr]

The Junction being planned to be not just residental zone, but also shopping mall, the parking lot was incorporated to the plans, both underground and surface. Underground parts are off-limits ever since, due to underwater leaks, criminal hideouts and more dark places. It is also told to be connected to Underground somehow, well it takes guide to get on the right track. For your purposes this poses unnecesary additional risk. Surface parking, on the other side, provides exactly what you need. There is slight chance, that your cars will be stolen, but, on the other side, it takes someone pretty stupid to try to steal two almost military-like vehicles, good chance someone that stupid wont be able to break in. On the other side you can have your wheels about 70 meters around the corner, ready for hasty getaway. You are aware, that the place is in the drones line of sight, so Nick steps out of the vehicle on last traffic lights:

I will continue on foot from here, sty in touch. I will walk towards main entrance, cautiously, but like desperate.


As he walks to the rainy night, you can see him taking his flask out again, unseparable friend and companion of good doctor Underwood.
Rest of the team continues to the parking. At least you can be sure, that rain also limits the view range for Nimrods and it helps you keep your deployment unnoticed...

Nicccccceeeee. I feeel darknessss comming for your friend, reaching out for him with lussst and hunger...I love the ssssmelll of human ssssacriffficccce in the time of incoming midnight...

[MaxKojote]

@All: Fraulein Shadow, Herr Bulldog. Lead on when you're ready. Fang transmitted through the tacnet. @All: Herr Judah, if you have a magical way to conceal us, now would be a good time to do so. Remember we're going silent, so we won't be able to maintain electronic communication. Fang had already switched off his commlink. His bionode was undetectable, but that didn't mean his team's commlinks were. @All: As for this arschloch's actions with technomancers... We'll see.

[spoiler=German]Arschloch: Vulgar insult targeted at male. Translates to 'asshole'.[/spoiler]

[farothel]

The rain came in handy, Sylvia thought as she quickly changed gear  It would limit the number of people on the streets and more importantly, it would limit the number of police as they would stay close to their hot coffee and doughnuts.  Another advantage was that it would limit the sensor there would be around the building, although this worked both ways.

She got out of the car, now with her chameleon suit, although it wasn't active yet.  She only activated it as soon as they got close enough to the building so the building's cameras could see them.  She also activated her thermal damping and put one commlink completely off and the other on hidden.
"I'll go a bit ahead and check things out," she whispered to the others, "I'll let you know when it's safe."

She moved on, slowly and checking for sensors to avoid them. She also checked the astral from time to time.  It wouldn't do to avoid cameras and get caught by a spirit.  She didn't expect any in a residential building, but she also didn't got where she was now by taking chances.


inflitration:
agility 6 + infiltration 4 =10 (10d6.hits(5)=3)
+2 due to thermal damping (for those sensors that pick this up): thermal damping (2d6.hits(5)=1)

perception tests to detect me are a -4 due to chameleon suit

perception (to see and avoid cameras, guards and other sensors):
intuition 4 + perception 3 + active 3 + enhancement 2 =12 (12d6.hits(5)=4)

Non-Linear Junction Detector rating 4 (to pick up signals close by):
Non-Linear Junction Detector r4 (8d6.hits(5)=1)

astral perception:
intuition 4 + perception 3 =7 (7d6.hits(5)=4)

[Ren]

Bulldog made sure that none of the previously seen MCT drones were in line of sight when he let Nick out of the car. It wouldn’t be wise to give their vehicles away that soon.
[spoiler=perception]INT(4) + Perception: visual(6) + Enhancers(3) + Active(3) + TacNet(2) – chameleon(4) (14d6.hits(5)=5)
Note: I assumed that the chameleon coating and rain modifiers are not compatible, so I counted the worse of the two. (Just imagine, the processors of the coating would be hard pressed to keep up with the raindrops’ dynamically changing pattern.)[/spoiler]

After taking care of that, he followed Shadow and parked behind her. He also suited up for stealth, the chameleon suit off. He prepared his battle rifle for the operation, checking the clip and the chamber, skinlink, smartlink. The pre-op preparation started to up his adrenaline levels in a Pavlovian way, although it would be complete when the op really started. He checked his other equipment, nodding when he found everything was in perfectly working order, and set all his stuff except the commlinks in wireless mode, working through his skinlink adaptation.
@all: “Fang, be prepared to use Nick’s comm to get into the building’s system. I reckon you won’t have too much time, and I think you will have to at least let us in before we can do anything. Also, do you have any hardware we can slot in the security room, to ensure your connection while we act a couple of stories higher?”

While they let Shadow do her recon, he also thought back to the picture, the manners, the symbol on the floor, and what Kevin told him about Molotob. Maybe this would bring forward some association on what kind of threat they were bound to meet up there.
[spoiler=knowledge test]LOG(3) + Magical threats(2) + Mnemonic(2) (7d6.hits(5)=2)
Note: I assumed it is not toxic, if yes, here’s the specialization dice: toxic(2) (2d6.hits(5)=1)[/spoiler]

[Sichr]

@Brian: In this line of work, Molotob had to have perfect understanding of human mind even without use of magic. Nick isnt exactly flawless character so there is some risk Molotob would have upper hand in conversation that will inevitably occur. It is highly possible that he specializes in his line of work even further, so you should be really aware of various brain raping methods.

@Sylvia: You seem to be fine for now. In junction, some windows are lit. In the appartement building across the street only a few, it seems that most inhabitants do not fell amongst night-life types...and that partial annoyance  caused by raised alarm is far gone and forgot. Only the lobby is fully lit and you can see that black SUV parking next to the main entrance. Nick, walking on foot, is still behind the corner, invisible from that point.

[farothel]

Sylvia went around the back to the back entrance Nick had told them about.  With the lobby completely lit and probably with a couple of guards somewhere, it wouldn't do to go that way.  For now she just wanted to locate the cameras and sensors in order to know which ones they would have to loop to work without problems.  That would be Fang's task.

[MaxKojote]

A clawed, furry hand entered Bulldog's field of vision. It was holding an optical tap. "You can use this. But remember that if anyone finds it, they can just remove it and probably will send an alarm." On that note, perhaps he could try something.His eyes  became slightly unfocused as he cast his matrix senses out, finding both hidden and visible nodes around him, using the Resonance to thread together a complex form that would allow him to manipulate the  Matrix into  seeing all the nodes around him, settling into the warmth of VR as he did so. Less than half a minute later he was back in AR.

Detect Active/Passive nodes in 1km.

Threading Scan: Software (4) + Resonance ( + Analytical Mind (2) (14d6.hits(5)=4)
Take 4 hits.

Fading DV: 4S
Fading Resist: Intuition (6) + Resonance ( (14d6.hits(5)=5)
Fading MDV: 0S

Detect Hidden Nodes in 1km: Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=3) 3/15 hits.
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=1) 4/15
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=1) 5/15
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=3) 8/15
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=0) 8/15
url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4279442/]Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2)[/url] 1015
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2) 12/15
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2) 14/15
Electronic Warfare (2) + Scan (4) + HotSim (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2) 16/15

And that's why I should use a sprite in the future. Time taken:  27 seconds.

[vinnmun]

Judah takes a deep breathe and concentrates on summoning a force 6 beast spirit. He turn to it with his astral perception. "Keep the team concealed and assist them in combat with my body."

1) Beast spirit Spec + Spellcasting + magic + power focus 2) Spirit resisting 3) Centering + wilpower + intuition (19d6.hits(5)=5, 6d6.hits(5)=3, 11d6.hits(5)=9)

He awaits for the spirit to possess him.

Intuition + willpower vs. force 6 x 2 (9d6.hits(5)=3, 12d6.hits(5)=7)

His eyes go white and has more of a feral facial expression on his ork face.

[Sichr]

@Sylvia: Across the street you can see cave of the underground garage entrance, blocked only by gate sensor and currently retracted emergency roadblocks. A few more meters away from you there is a building entrance. Lights are standard, doors are closed, there are no signs of unusual activities except for AR signs showing local grid is unavailable and suggesting good citizens to walk around.

@Fang: You can detect long list of nodes currently in mutual signal range with you. Quite a lot matches the result of the previous search 20 minutes ago, some are new. To gain any usefull knowledge, you will need to analyze those results with further query/parameters

@Brian: It is hard to recognize the masked silhouette against the dark night sky, but you manage to catch the glimpse of blurred movement pasing one of lit windows, and you are quite sure that those drones are circling around the building about 6 floors aboe the ground, which means one floor above your target level. It would still be hard to target them directly from this distance, as it is more instinctive feeling than reliable "lock on target"

[farothel]

"Nothing here," Sylvia said over the comm, "only an arrow asking people to get around as local network is down.  Anything else you guys have seen?  Matrix or magical?"

[Sichr]

@Sylvia: While you wait for response from others, you continue your observation, trying not to draw any attention [roll perception/infiltration, you may want to wait unless you agree on the terms posted in OOC and how you will proceed, but good perception roll may be helpfull in the Security skill check]

[MaxKojote]

Fang's eye twitched as he gazed at the long list of nodes. No, fuck it. Navi is better at this than me. He slipped back in the warmth of VR as he began negotiations through the Resonance to gain the services of a Data Sprite.

Compiling Rating 6 Data Sprite (Defuse, Sniffer): Resonance ( + Compiling (6) + HotSim (2) + Paragon (1) - Sustaining (2) (15d6.hits(5)=9)
vs
Rating 6 (6d6.hits(5)=1)

Tasks: EIGHT

Fading DV: 2S
Fading Resist: Resonance ( + Intuition (6) (14d6.hits(5)=5)
Fading MDV: 0S

Negotiations had gone much in his favour as the familiar flying  ball of light took form in his bionode.

@Navi: Can you map out a list of the nodes within mutual signal range of <bionode>? I'm trying to search for a specific one and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the information. With your help I might be able to find the target.

Having done that he set his Analyze complex form to search through all the nodes he had discovered in MSR to try and find one which matched the parameters of the building in front of him.

This would end up being an MPT on all the nodes in range. For what it's worth I currently have 14 (Computer (4) + Analyze ( 8 ) + Technomancer Bonus (2)  + HotSim (2) - Sustaining (2)) dice for each check if you want to do it. If you want me to trade dice for hits, here are the asked questions:
1. Are you the node I'm looking for? Y/N
2. Data Bomb Y/N
3.Encryption Y/N