[Sichr]

@Shadow: You have oportunity to scan every detail of surrounding area with your own senses. Except for some details, like those gangers bathed were from Blood Mountain Boys. They are far from their turf, well that possibly doesnt mean too much, as they are highway gang and they hardly stay at one places for too long. Anyway, you know their current turf is a bit north, Route 169. Under other circumstances it would be tempting to find out what they are up to, but right now it would have to wait. Focused on them, You`ve almost missed Mask on her heavy bike wheeling ahead. The bike is obviously faster, and more versatile when it comes to road races. Mask seem to be just a part of it, protected by the armor and completely focused on the road.
The accident caused by Fang`s lack of remorse when entering the main road doesnt seem too harsh, mostly sheets and plasts, well you can see traffic lights and AROws along the road changing as the Grid updates infomations.
By that time, you notice increased activity in the SUV`s node

@Fang: You notice the data incoming to one of devices in Shadow`s car: GridLink. You are fully aware that this device can quickly bypass any user-set privileges and the car network architecture to become Master node and feed the autopilot with scripted commands...or to allow direct remote control in case car is equiped for such purposes. The device can only be turned off or disabled by hardware means, and is directly wired to the main car control node. The data transfer between GridLink device and Car node is encrypted (Encryption r.4)

VR INItiative would be appropriate

@Nick: As you run under the rail you hear the tires whizzing in the underground garrage and soon car speeds out of it. It parks in fron of the entrance and you can head doors slamming, as the car starts to move again. You take deep breath and start running a bit faster once again. The traffic on  the street is light at this time and weather, and it sure as hell isn`t overcrowded there on the sidewalks, but at ĺeast some bars, holes, should be opened, and you know exatly such places around...

Shadowing roll would be appropriate. Don`t forget Homeground etc...

@Judah:You follow Nick over the short distandce to the main street. It seems the side street he is currently passing is closed for some reason, no traffic, no pedestrians on the sidewalks...except for one car and two men just running out of the building and geting on.
it is impossible to see tzhe inside of the car from your possition, so you change your position a bit. Before doors closes you can see one more man there as a driver. All of them look mundane and have some vivid communication. Doors closes and car ridef forward, following Nick, who almost get to the main street. As you follow them, you suddenly feel another presence on the scene, and you see spirit of water of medium power joining the hunt.

Thisss would be fun...

[farothel]

"Hey, Fang," Shadow said, "are you doing something special on my car's node?  It's starting to get more active."

[Kouryuu]

The Road so far has been Easy driving for Mask, for one it was night and there were no bullets flying his direction as well. a few places it had been on the limit, but then only nearly, and at all difficult places he had slowed down, if driving way over the speed limit can be called normal. AS he turned over to the highway he new that the driving would be even more easy and fast, but he might get locked on my Grind or worse,he might get attention from a patrol.
A quick call was necessary to the only friend he had made in the shadows the only lasting runner relationship, he and His girl had with, Silver. so he pressed on with driving while activating the quick-dial function of his comlink "Hey Silver, I know you are still awake stealing someones account or something, but i need your help here. If you could get into Grind Lock for me and take the heat of my trail, you can be sure i will be very thankful, as this is a life and death situation on the Job." Witch meant a lot for what they had gone trough. " You know my account, deduct as much as much as you think is appropriate for the job you get done. also if you see two Humvee's on the target-list, can you help them too, as they are on the way there as well, but remember that i am much faster and the priority ONE!" He added BullDogs ComCode so Silver had a connection with the others as well "here if you need them talking, but be nice, this one wears his pants way too stiff."

[MaxKojote]

Uh oh...

@Shadow: Um... Not to my knowledge. Something is happening with your GridLink. If you have a way to disable it, now would be a good time.

[spoiler=Initiative]Intuition (6) + Intuition (6) + VR (1) + Overclocking Bonus (1) - Wounds (1) - Sustaining (2) (11d6.hits(5)=2)

Initiative score: 13+2 = 15.

IPs: 4

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Rating (9) + Rating (9) (18d6.hits(5)=8)

Red (Machine Sprite) Initiative: 18+8 = 26

IPs: 3[/spoiler]

Fang was expressing his distaste with the Gridlink interference by cursing harshly in his home tongue. Encrypted. I'm probably going to need to fix this myself, don't have the energy to keep negotiating with sprites.

[Sichr]

@Mask: WhoHOA. You just won me 50 bucks, you know. I bet you would call, when I saw you passing by. Your SUV friends brought some fun to this evening, washing that Blood Mountain dirt. LOL They didn`t stop yelling yet. Traffic control you say. Well I`can look into it, got some backdoors around. Just tell me if you leave local grid. And watch for pursuits, Knights are eager to show their balls

[Kouryuu]

Mask was happy to hear back from Silver.
@Silver
"You know me, like these fools would ever catch me on a bike. Wont leave Local Grid, need just to get to Auburn General on full throttle, then make a retreat. Just need you to make sure they are chasing my tracks as far from me as possible, you know the drill right?

Also if by seeing me you meant that you are at Casie's, give out a round on my name and the Auburn Ramblers, you can put it on my tab as always."

With this his attention turned back to the road ahead, it might be a easy track to drive, but at these speeds it is a suicide waiting to happen even a single mistake can get you killed in mili-seconds.

[Sichr]

@Fang: VR Initiative: Agent(4)+Device Rating(4) (8d6.hits(5)=2) = Ini: 10

[Kouryuu]

Mask was sure Silver would work his magic so he turned on the highway and let the bike go way over the speed limit it was supposed to go. Tripple the speed of the original limiter flying down the road and trying to avoid the patrols who most likely would not be even close to catching him. the first part was geting on the highway itself, a few hard corners and you are on, then it's time to fly, the cars he over took almost seemed like driving in the oposite direction, if mask would not know the reallity and the speed he was pushing his BMW he would consider this kind of thing. fearing to even peak at the speedometer or even to blink Mask put most of the highway behind and it was time to  leave for the final stretch.
"Be right there, just a few sec." he said over his com to Nick as he came on the C st NW. and kept on speeding towards the 3rd street along the monorail line.

Soon Racing would stop, and the fun part would start.

As soon he is near the 3rd street, he starts taking in the surroundings to see if he can find the attackers and Nick

4xDriving tests: (19d6.hits(5)=5, 19d6.hits(5)=5, 19d6.hits(5)=7, 19d6.hits(5)=12)Thressholds as Follow: 3(+2) / 1(+4) / 4(+1) / 3(+2) Modifyed threshhold: 5 / 5 / 5 / 5

2xShadowing roll (Driver):(11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=4)
Highway
3rd street NW

Actively looking for attackers and for Nick: (15d6.hits(5)=7)

[MaxKojote]

Let's get to work.

@Red: Pilot [Shadow's Car Node] to follow after [Bulldog's Car], please.

The controls were in position for the sprite to take control as soon as the order was received. In the meantime, Fang began threading up a trace complex form to follow the subscription link between the car and the GridLink controller. He wouldn't need to decrypt it, and if need be he could hammer as required.As an afterthought, he set his analyze form to check out the icons in the car node in an attempt to find the GridLink controller. If that icon was found, he could use the AccessID to get in if needed. Although it might be better to use it as a different thing to trace.

He shrugged off the more minor strain of threading together the trace form, concentrating through the previous aches that he had inflicted on himself earlier. As he set his analyze form to check out the icons, the machine sprite took over at the controls, making use of his autosoft equivalents to drive the car more elegantly than Fang was.

[spoiler=Matrix Actions]Red - Delay until receiving command

Fang - Issue Command (Simple Action): @Red: "Pilot [Shadow's Car Node] to follow after [Bulldog's Car]."

Fang - Threading Track (Free Action): Software (4) + Resonance ( + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining (2) - Wounds (1) (11d6.hits(5)=3)

Accept 0 hits.

Fang - Threading Track (Bonus Free Action from Multiprocessing) Software (4) + Resonance ( + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining (2) - Wounds (1) (11d6.hits(5)=4)

Accept 4 hits.

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

Fang - Set Analyze to Passive analyze all icons in node (Simple Action): (GM makes rolls. Computer (4) + Analyse ( 8 ) + HotSim (2) + Technomancer (2) - Sustaining (4) - Wounds (1) = 9 dice.) Main purpose is to find the GridLink controller's icon.

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Red: Remote Control the car. (Drive actions as appropriate.)[/spoiler]

[Ren]

Bulldog saw the bike taking them over and the TacNet confirmed it was Mask. He automatically stepped on the gas, following the bike, when he saw it went on towards the highway. So be it. he thought and kept up as much as he could. Despite that he took the turns of the ramp with some care.
[spoiler=1st stretch]TH3: REA(8 ) + Pilot Ground Craft: Car(3) + AR(1) + TacNet(2) + Home Ground(2) (16d6.hits(5)=8)[/spoiler]
When he reached the highway, his smile widened. Although he was used to tight streets and off-road environment, he couldn’t help enjoying the rush of adrenaline as he sped past the nighttime traffic. He took special care to look for anything checking the traffic on the highway, it wouldn’t help getting into a chase while Nick needed their help.
[spoiler=2nd stretch]TH3 (+100% speed): REA(8 ) + Pilot Ground Craft: Car(3) + AR(1) + TacNet(2) + Home Ground(2) (16d6.hits(5)=4)
vs. Shadowing: INT(4) + Perception(4) + Radar(6) + TacNet(2) + Home Ground(2) (18d6.hits(5)=7)[/spoiler]
He knew the exit would be treacherous, so he slowed down considerably. He lost sight of Mask’s bike long before reaching this point but he still knew his destination. He intended to drive that way but first he needed to know what the situation was. ”Mask, what’s the situation over there? Did you already pick up Nick?”
[spoiler=3rd stretch]TH4: REA(8 ) + Pilot Ground Craft: Car(3) + AR(1) + TacNet(2) + Home Ground(2) (16d6.hits(5)=8)
note: i didn’t roll for the fourth stretch because i think by the time we came off the highway, Mask will have already reached Nick’s position[/spoiler]

[vinnmun]

Magic 7 + Summmon 6 + Rating 4 focus = 17 (17d6.hits(5)=10)
Force 5 Spirit of Man (5d6.hits(5)=2)
Centering + will + int to resist 4 stun (11d6.hits(5)=3)

8 Services, force 5 spirit of man

take 1 stun, at 3 stun, so now at -1 to actions


Judah looks over to the spirit, "Slow your roll!" He begins praying to Jah and summons a skinny Indonesian fellow, a Spirit of Man. He squints a bit feeling that light surge of pain and tries to shake it off. He commands, "Protect Nick from astral danger and keep him concealed." Judah would in the mean time keep on alert and an eye on this Shade of his.

[Sichr]

@Judah: Spirit is not as willing as you are used to, as it seems that somethig is worrying him:
Edge(5) (5d6.hits(5)=2)
Reroll 6(1) (1d6.hits(5)=0) Two services less
He hears his task and with no answer he leaves to fulfill it. apparently he is glad that he don`t have to stay close to you.

@Fang:
Agent actions:
Log On[Vehicle Control Node]: Admin account (Complex Action)
Free action(no action, your turn)

[farothel]

"Give me a second," Shadow said.  She slaved the car to her own PAN, cursing that she hadn't done so before they left as she usually did, and let her analyse and firewall programs loose on the car's system.  She also put a lock on the system that only Fang, his sprite and the vehicle's sensors could sent or receive data.


OOC: analyse rolls to check the car's system by logging in and letting my analyse + firewall on it (difficulty is the enemy's stealth).  Using a script that goes as follows:
1) Scan the icon last scanned.
2) If enemy, put system on alert, warn Fang
3) if no enemy, go back to 1)
I'll put in 10 rolls (with 4 IP, it shouldn't take too long).
It is BTW a copy of the script that runs on my own commlink all the time, although as respons it has reboot.

firewall 4 + analyse 6 =10 (10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=4, 10d6.hits(5)=6, 10d6.hits(5)=3, 10d6.hits(5)=4, 10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=4, 10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=3, 10d6.hits(5)=6)

As I don't know how those systems work exactly, if I can rewire something with the hardware skill, I have that one.

[Sichr]

@Fang: Your analyze starts to feed you with informations. Most of it are diagnostic, sensor input and control data used by autopilot and direct control interface for driver, this mostly provided by linked devices. Pilot is also runing, simply monitoring the sensor input and standing ready for the case of emergency situation, but otherwise in stand-by mode. GridLink/GridGuide system continues to feed the interface with traffic data, functions as normal. Increased activity a few seconds ago was QTRTM ( ) agent. It runs no programs amd it follows script. It is classical agent, so it has no pilot rating/autosofts, it is, AFAYK, designed to override the external input and issue scripted commands to pilot. Its AccessID is known to you, it is Rating 4 and Adaptability upgrade.

[Sichr]

Node: CT1 IP 1

Red: Ini 26
Fang: Ini 15
Shadow: 11 - Node slaved to Sylvia/Fang, spoof chip activation
QTRTM Agent: Ini 10