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« Reply #570 on: <09-29-13/1634:06> »
"That... won't be possible." Bulldog was a bit lost at what he should say to the stranger. He wished Shadow was here, she was more expert on negotiations. But sometimes, you just had to work with what you got. And he didn't really know too much but honesty. "Look, i don't know who he was to you but he's dead. But he was onto something big, something, that threatens lots of people in Auburn. Toxics. If you have intel on that topic, we intend to finish what he began, so i'm ready to buy that from you."
Think the closest thing is negotiation. And i will spend a point of Edge beforehand.
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« Reply #571 on: <09-29-13/1640:02> »
Dead you say...well, such things happen. On the other hand...if you have money, I have intel. And I think you are talking about the same case I was working on. Look...
I`ve been doing analysis of camera feeds from the place he calls Crime Scene. Nothing interresting that you possibly don`t already know, well I extended my search a bit and I found some interresting trace. So what is it worth for you?
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« Reply #572 on: <09-29-13/1742:23> »
This is important. Even if i don't know him, i must get that intel. Frag, i don't really know 'going rates' for these kinds of things! "I hope it will be interesting, otherwise it really isn't worth too much, is it? But 'Crime Scene' might ring a bell. So i say a thousand."
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« Reply #573 on: <09-29-13/2028:23> »
Fang frowned thoughtfully at the commlink and logged into it, remaining silent as Bulldog took the call, slipping back into VR. He reached into the Resonance and drew out a thread to act as a complex form, using it to search through the data on the node for a match to who the caller might be. He winced at the slight strain, sometimes shrugging off the pain didn't work so well.

He was glad Bulldog took the call. He had no interest in trying to keep a caller on the line. @Bulldog: Keep him on, I'll try to see who he is...

Analyze Icon (Caller): Analyze (8) + Computer (4) + HotSim (2) + Technomancer (2) (16d6.hits(5)=4) (forgot to take two dice away. Remove end dice. 4 hits.
1. AccessID
2. Commcode
3. NULL
4. NULL

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Threading Browse: Resonance (8) + Software (4) (12d6.hits(5)=3) Forgot to take two dice away. Remove two end dice. Two hits.
Take 2 hits.

Fading DV: 2S
Fading Resist: Resonance (8) + Intuition (6) (14d6.hits(5)=1) -.- Forgot to take two dice away. Remove two end dice. One hit.
Fading MDV: 1S

Data Search for contact list: Browse (2) + Data Search (4) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (8d6.hits(5)=1) (1 hit, total of 1)
Browse (2) + Data Search (4) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (8d6.hits(5)=3) (3 hits, total of 4)
Browse (2) + Data Search (4) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (8d6.hits(5)=3) (3 hits, total of 7)
3 seconds.
Assuming that it isn't all that hidden.

Data Search through contact list for matching commcode: Browse (2) + Data Search (4) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (8d6.hits(5)=3) (3 hits, total of 3)
Browse (2) + Data Search (4) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2) (2 hits, total of 5)
Browse (2) + Data Search (4) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining TacNet (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2) (2 hits, total of 7)
3 seconds.
Again, assuming it isn't all that hidden.

May I trace the call subscription back to the other end? If so, what penalties will I be at for doing so?
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« Reply #574 on: <09-30-13/0728:48> »
Cha(4)+Neg(2) (5d6.hits(5)=0)
We have deal. Once you transfer money to [account no.] [file] will be available for download. feel free to rate me 5on ShadowRating net, if you like what you get.
Bye chummer.


Sfinx hangs the call.

Fang: Commcode sfinx is using Stealth and multiple proxies to hide his real AccessID. You will need to trace the call back its source. Well,this can be done almost anytime, his commcodevis stored in the memory with encryption keys included for this channel. Protocol reveals that Harry was talking with this contact twice during last few hours, one outgoing, one incoming call. This call is second incoming.

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« Reply #575 on: <09-30-13/1333:55> »
That was surprisingly easy. I either paid too much or the guy just needed the money as much as we need the intel. Bulldog wired the payment to the account given by Sfinx, then downloaded the file to Harry's comm. "Fang, we got us a file, probably containing intel about the original abduction scene. Check it for nasty surprises before opening it." He took driving back from the autopilot, he liked to be in control of the car.
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« Reply #576 on: <09-30-13/1522:10> »
@Fang: Quick scan shows that file contains:
- No malware
- Databomb set to destroy the original file after (1) download

Which means no problems for you.

Acessing the file automaticaly runs basic Mapsoft (http://shadowrun.chinagreenelvis.com/map/) , asking for NavStar or GRID connection. You are sure you have quite secure connecion, allowing it to acess your own mapsoft or establishing secured line for another source.

Once connected the file shows the feed from security cameras from Crime Scene...the same you had already seen when studying data collected by previous team. Feed shows just the mist in the parking lot. Outside cameras reveal nothing more, like the target is well concealed by some means. From what you say so far, and text comments from Sfinx also suggests, the magic may be involved which he is unable to penetrate.
Than the area marked on the map stretches and adjacent streets are shown. Working with the expected size of the car, by previous team identified as van by tracks left on the parking lot, some alleys are eliminated, while position of every traffic camera is marked on the map. Browsing feeds from closest neighborhoods reveal nothing, looks like the magic was still employed.
Here Sfinx began to do what he was paid for: assessing the situation based on his own experiences. Extensive use of magic would also draws attention, and it is much safer to use multiple means of protection, combining those or alternate one with another.
Analyzing camera malfunctions in the surrounding area show lots of cases in incriminating time, and it takes  further analysis to eliminate random patterns. 
Analyzing case by case, Sfinx found some feeds were damaged by camera neutralizer. It wasn`t in the closest vicinity of Super Mall, well he supposes that it can be connected to the case...or at least that someone can test this lead. 
Additional analysis show, that even if the subject was evading the attention by some other means, trying to avoid camera`s field of view etc, one of possible routes seem much less random than others, and isolating this one shows that subject was heading  south, towards Puyallup, where the trace ends due to thin spread traffic control system. 
Well last possible location of such malfunction was located on Pioneer Way E (162), and there is no more signs of such malfunctions after the point where Patterson Road E connects to it.
 
If you consider your money well spent, leave the reference on ShadowRating.net
You got my number.

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« Reply #577 on: <09-30-13/1529:14> »
Reminds me something

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« Reply #578 on: <09-30-13/1945:20> »
@All: Curious... This Sfinx person was worth it from the looks of it. Fang watched the feed curiously as it eliminated possible paths. No way he could have done it so easily, not that he'd admit it. @All: He's used  the feed we got and extrapolated the possible path the kidnappers could have taken. It terminates at Pioneer Way E and Patterson Road E. Perhaps we should take a look around there? He slipped back into AR, trying not to think about the fact he had just injured himself post-medical attention.

"Let's hope there aren't more MCT drones around there. I don't even want to think about trying to actually deal with them." He muttered under his breath.
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« Reply #579 on: <10-01-13/0147:53> »
"Maybe we better talk to that doctor first," Sylvia said, "just rushing in will only get us ambushed."
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« Reply #580 on: <10-01-13/1102:57> »
Bulldog answered Shadow's proposition thoughtfully. @all: "You may be right, but at least we should try to check how far that intersection is from where Judah followed the astral tracks. If we find some landmark that is possible to recognize from the astral, he might check if the neighborhood rings some bells. Anyway, i'd usually say that we should start with the phone call, and the meeting that probably comes from that, but today's events tell me that might be a more dangerous venue. Still, the call is the quicker, and if we can reach the doctor in the middle of the night, it's for the better."
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« Reply #581 on: <10-01-13/1222:36> »
At least we don`t have to expect more MCT drones there, as if they are involved, they would simply turn off the GRID and they wouldn`t need to use such devices to blind the cameras. I also like to say the more we know about what we are facing, the better.

Like an answer on this words, another call is incoming. Nick smiles...
Speak of the devil...
He reaches for the pan button to receive the call
Hi Jackque...
...suddenly he loses blood from his face, pupils enlarged, sweating all over he stares at the AR window only he can see...
...Oh my god...
with the quick move he connects the call to Tacnet so everyone can follow...
Darkened room, normal dinning room, lit only by a few candles...
naked woman, standing on tiptoe in front of the camera hanging by the handcuffs on her wrists...you can see blood, but it doesnt seem that she is severely injured, just superficial wounds that bleed enought to draw some mystical images with her blood...
...pentagram around her, like she is being prepared for some kind of ritual...
smooth, cultivated voice saying:

Good doctor Underwood. Finally. First...let me expres my surprise and amazement at your ability to escape my companions. That was...highly unexpected, I must say. Fortunately, I don`t have to relly just on such means, because, as you may already feel, mother and child bond is very strong even without using magic to find you. Your miraculous escape forced me to resort to more drastical means, despites I hate to do such things to my former colleague and friend.
It seems to me that you possess some very interresting knowledge and I would like to ask you to share it with me. Come back to your mother`s appartement and we would talk about those facts and about the possible ways you both can continue your existence on this world. Afterall, you are both skilled experts in your profession and you have shown some interresting bonus potentials.
Just so you cannot say I didn`t warn you...if you hessitate with your visit for more than half an hour, I promiss you to use every piece of her body, every drop of her blood and every scream of her pain exploit the bond between you and her, to find you, to reveal your secrets, and to destroy your body and enslave your soul the ways far beyond your mundane imagination. Time, dear doctor Underwood, is ticking.


AR window shuts as call ends.

MOTHER!
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« Reply #582 on: <10-01-13/1329:57> »
"What the hell was that," Shadow asked when the call was done, "What sick mind would do such a thing?  And what do you know that they want?"
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« Reply #583 on: <10-01-13/1906:02> »
"What the bomboclat is this?" He watches the call a bit stunned and once that was over, "What the frag, what we do?"
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« Reply #584 on: <10-02-13/0022:19> »
Nick is far from calm, but skilled doctor inside of him took control, like if he operates somebodys heart under artilery barrage. He took out his flask and takes anoher deep drink. As he screws the cap, his unusually silent and hoarse voice can be heard...
There is no way I can be wrong. This must have been doctor Molotob. Former colleague, magical talent, MCT sponsored research...this all fits. But what is he after? I don't know. The only thing he knows about our task is that picture mother sent him for assessment.