[Ren]

I could bear with this kind of disappointment for the rest of my life, Brian thought. He shook his head slightly at the thought. He was starting to like easy jobs too much. I'm getting soft. He looked around again, using both his eyes and the TacNet's information. Nick... Mask... gangers... MCT goons... the odd person up too late for his own good... Where was fragging Knight Errant? He probably already knew the answer, but he had to know if they were to expect this phenomenon at every turn, so he sent a short text to Kevin, marking it as urgent. He knew the man usually left his comm on, it was a job thing for Kevin.

@Kevin: >>Man, remember what we talked about earlier tonight? I see some uniforms i'm not too happy about. Call me back ASAP if you can talk.<<

[Sichr]

Mask, Brian: Nick is moving much faster than expected, at least according to Tacnet. Strange thing, and even more strange is, that even when his possition appears to match randez-vous coordinates, he is nowhere to be seen
Roll visual perception please, with -5 mod, thresshold to notice him amongst other people is 3

@Judah: From your position you keep nice viev on surrounding area, you can see Sylvia using her astral sight when talking to the stranger who is looking for Nick. Via mental link to your spirit you can see Nick carefully choosing his way through Junction, arriving at the place near one of Junction exits, his aura shows signs of stress but also increasing hope and relief. Enemy spirit is onfusigly searching the area but it is unable to find a single trace. Sattisfied, you decide if it is time to get back to your shoes, or if there is anything more you can do from this place.

[Sichr]

@Brian: [KEVIN:]Can you be more specific? Dont tell me you ran into those MCT guys we have been talking previously. Any names or faces to those uniforms? Maybe I can at least give you some intel on them, but I serriously doubt it. BTW...it looks like they have some kind of situation running near Auburn station. You involved?

[MaxKojote]

@Bulldog: Acknowledged.

@Navi: Navi, would you do me a favour and get  me a reading on the traffic between [Drone1] and [Master] now that you've decrypted the signal? Need to get a trail to follow.

Having sent out his messages, he also left one on Judah's commlink. @Judah: When you see this message, ping me so I can let you out of the car. While he did this, the little winged ball of light flew toward the subscription trail, and began flying around it, attempting to get a reading.

Issue Command: Capture Wireless Signal

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Navi - Capture Wireless Signal: 7d6.hits(5)=1 Fail!
Navi - Capture Wireless Signal Retry: Sniffer ( - Defaulting (1) - Retry (2) (5d6.hits(5)=1) Fail! Again!

The sprite sent him an apologetic response in the negative as it faded from view, its services used up. It had not been able to capture the  signal. Hard to complain, it wasn't really up the sprite's alley in the way of skills. He'd have to do it himself. First he let go of the enhancement he was using on one of his abilities, then he began weaving a new  one from the Resonance. Having done so, he began listening to the subscription trail of his own accord.

Threading Sniffer: Software (4) + Resonance ( + Analytical Mind (2) - Wounds (1) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (11d6.hits(5)=4)
Take 4 hits

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

Capture Wireless Signal: Sniffer (4) + Hacking ( + HotSim (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) - Wounds (1) (11d6.hits(5)=3) Success!

He had managed to get in. As he did so, he began examining all the communication  between the drone and its master, simply reading it.

[farothel]

As soon as they were away, Sylvia subvocalised to the rest of the team:
@all: They're coming again.  I've checked them out and on one at least I've seen heavy modifications.  Cyber-eys, but also bone lacing, wired reflexes and muscle augmentations.  I've also seen some mental conditioning, maybe an attention co-processor or enchephalon or something like that.

As soon as she had done that, she ducked in a small alley or portal where she was out of sight and shifted her hear and skin colour again, flipped her fake SIN from her Angeline Lau persona to Pascale Caragiorgio, and walked back out, now staying a bit behind the guys, but following them.  To make sure she didn't went to fast, she stopped at shop windows to see what was inside.  The disguise was not much, but it was all she could do at the moment and it would fool casual inspection if she didn't come to close.  This would include the drones.

To fool those she bought a baseball cap at one of the shops and put it on.  Now at least they wouldn't be able to see her face.


the shift I do takes 4 combat turns (hair from blonde to brown, skin from caucasion to brown)
If there are no shops, or if they are closed, let me know.  But if we're close to a station, I assume that I can buy a baseball cap in one of those small shops you always find around stations.

[Ren]

@Kevin: ”OK, I won’t tell you. Still, if you know anything about the situation around the station, or these two corp razorboys, I’d very much appreciate it.” Bulldog sent the footage about the two MCT guys to Kevin. He made sure the pictures were not those made from Shadow’s viewpoint, what might have compromised her, rather ones that Mask took when first noticing those two.  He also asked Nick for any names he might have heard, for these two, and forwarded those as well. ”By the way, what the frag are those MCT guys doing in Knight Errant jurisdiction, with MilSpec equipment?”
[spoiler=names]I checked and Nick heard one of the men call the other Homolka, and they mentioned the name Kukac, who is probably some kind of hacker. Bulldog will forward all this to Kevin if Nick gives the names.[/spoiler]

[Sichr]

@Brian: No match found for those names or biometrics, probably some black ops foot soldiers. For the Knight...well,There is nothing more on the security network that there is car accident close to Junction, that the traffic has been rerouted and situation is under control. By my opinion, if you ask those guys about their competencies, they will show you some kind of KE or LS Officer badge. I mean some kind of bulletproof SIN. And than they add you to their targets list. My advice is: Do not engage, I repeat, do not engage. But we both know you have your own head. If you get any more details, or some real player, I`ll be in touch, unless, OFC, you become hot potato.

While reading the messsage, you notice Nick passing by in unnatural speed...he seems to be at one place now and at another right after. You have feeling he nods at you when he passes by, before he reaches your humvee.
Looks like your man is almost safe home.

[Sichr]

Nick feels he would need another drink after this is done It seems nobody is paying attention to him, world around him moving like slo-mo trid, well he is moving towards meeting point. Once he gets there, he looks around to find his mates, and he notices Mask on his bike and even Brian watching the hallway, not paying attention to himself. They must be on guard to eliminate his followers, if any. Goot that they are so focused. Nick Nods and speeds forward to reach his planned destination, Brians off-road.

@Brian:OK you can let me in now, I`am next to your car.

[Ren]

Bulldog knew it would be strange if the car opened to let apparently noone in. "Wait for me, i'll be there in seconds." He swore in a low tone under his nose, then returned to the car. He opened the driver's door, looking around again, leaving a few seconds for Nick to climb in and get to shotgun position, then he also got in. >>Ready to leave, guys.<< he texted to the others, checking their acknowledgement before leaving the place.

[Sichr]

Everyone gets the message
@Judah: You see Nick boarding the vehicle, seems like your mission was successfull so far.
Everyone one last post before the scene is concluded

@Fang: Listening the feed between drone and its master, you see constant stream of:
[Target Analyze Results].  Which compose of biometrics, voice pattern in some cases, AccessID, GPS, timestamp, thermographic scan, query on FaceID database and its result,
"NO MATCH"

Another packet

It seems that drones are very independent and autonomous in their operations, as there are no Commands or signs of Jacking-in. Layout of the data is more complicated than from standard Agent or Pilot program, well not as complicated as Sprite would be. It is highly probable that Automatic programs are fed with more than a few "Options".

[Ren]

Bulldog drove away in his usual, dynamic style, but was very careful not to go over legal limits. He didn't want to draw unnecessary attention.
A lot happened in the last half hour, which added to their already considerable amount of problems. MCT was not a welcome guest to the scene, when they disregarded laws this blatantly, it meant that the situation was important to them. The ork wanted some time, to think in relative calm. @all: "Let's get back to base."

[MaxKojote]

Fang's preparations for tracking the drones to their master was interrupted by the message from Bulldog.

@Bulldog: That makes  it easier. Good work. Wasn't relishing poking my head  into an MCT master node.

@Shadow: Get in your car and ping me, I'll take the wheel again. He released his hold on the Sniffer complex form, maintaining the tactical network in case they were attacked. If the doctor qualified, he would have started receiving tactical information once he entered within range. As soon as Shadow entered her car and pinged him, Fang took control of her vehicle, following Bulldog's back to base. Hopefully he could do something about the bleeding soon, use of the Resonance had caused him a couple of injuries.

[farothel]

"Roger, roger," Sylvia said, mimicking the voice of those comic relief droids she had seen in a re-make of Star Wars she had seen once.  She walked back to her car, making sure the two guys she had been talking to were nowhere to be seen.
"We can drive back more slowly, no," she said to Fang when she was back in her car, "just let GridGuide run us on auto-pilot, follow traffic rules and blend in with the wage-slaves.  Sounds like the safest option to me right now."

[vinnmun]

Judah quickly finds his body and lets his spirit go. He comes back into the physical with his eyes open and seeing the inside of Sylvia's car, "We be bad like yaz no!?" he says with a smile, "We heading back to hideout?" He asks Sylvia.

[farothel]

"I guess so," Sylvia said, "we have what we came here for."