[Xarin]

Yuri got the message from Johnny and sighed inside.  Good thing multi-tasking is something they teach in business school.

<<@Johnny: I'll see what I can do>>

<<@Ghost, Jink, and Switchback: Tossing the others a hand, we moving or staying?>>

She hunkers down into some cover and pulls up the AR feeds, cracks her knuckles, and gets to work.

[hacking Gibson Hall for Admin Account]
Hacking on the fly to access Gibson Hall node, IP 1: Hacking 6 + Exploit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (13d6.hits(5)=5)
Hacking Gibson Hall, IP 2: Hacking 6 + Exploit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (13d6.hits(5)=5)
[OOC: if my earlier estimate of Firewall 4 is correct, that should have me in with full Admin access]

[System attempts to detect hacking, if you'd rather handle rolls yourself, I'll edit.  figure I can speed it along since I already know what it's got to roll with.]
Gibson Hall node attempts to detect Yuri's hacking: Firewall 4 + analyze 2 = (6d6.hits(5)=0, 6d6.hits(5)=3)
[Insuffecient hits to get past Stealth 6, entry undetected]

Yuri smiled, pleased with herself after the debacle at the mortuary.  Much better girl.  Jarvis would be proud of that one

A quick scan to the building security and she pulls up the camera logs, downloads them, then wipes traces of her team's presence and sets the remainder on a loop of empty corridors for the next few minutes.

Ex-Test Browse for Camera logs: Computer 4 + Browse 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=2, 11d6.hits(5)=5)
Edit Test to mod camera logs / vid feed: Computer 4 + Edit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=1)

Y'know... while I'm here... Yuri gets ready to pull a search in the system for any connections to Niel's nexus, now a bit absorbed in her virtual work, only keep half an eye on the side window with the feed of the man approaching the building.

[Kontact]

[OOC:  I'm sorry, I meant the augmented guy following Clean Steve]

Here's an assensing role just in case I need one.

assensing 3 + intuition 4 (7d6.hits(5)=4)

[OOC: Go ahead and roll infiltration + logic or logic -1 if you have to default.  Each has an essence of 2.  None are magical.]

Zooming closer to the person creeping in the shadows, Ghost found not one but three people moving through the back alleys.  Each of them had dark lines running through their bodies suggesting wired reflexes, skillwires or both.  It's not until he looks up that he sees the spirit hovering in the air above the whole cadre, shepherding them forward.

[funkytim]

logic 3 - defaulting 1 (2d6.hits(5)=2)

[OOC:  wow box cars]

[Paeniteo Azrael]

[OOC: Wow stuff happened while I was gone]

As the man got off the elevator, Mary made sure to keep an eye on him, and although she didn't follow him into the room, and she made sure to not bump into him as he passed by, she never stopped watching him.

When she saw Clean Steve's face, Mary's teeth clenched. "Great. Now we have a guy like that on us. No wonder that assassination was so perfect...."

As Johnny whirled by her, she made sure to not move out of stealth and keep quiet. Don't need to draw unwanted attention, especially now that a guy was about to walk into a bombed office.

@Yuri sorry to overload you, but it appears that it might be difficult to get the people out of this building.... Perhaps you could make it think there's a fire or something? If that won't work, tell me quickly and I'll deal with it

Agility + Infiltration = 9d6.hits(5)=4 + -4 modifier to see her.

[funkytim]

Ghost returns to his body, awakens back to the material world.

@tYuri, Switchback and Jink  Help!!!!!! Three heavily augmented goons at the back door with spirit supp

He then sprints out of workshop back into the hallway.

[Psikerlord]

<commlink@whole team inc Hiro & Mary> Nullsheen chummers. Jink has seen worse and lived to drive another day. Leave Mr Steve to me. You three take out the backdoor crew, neh? Ghost if you got a magic friend nearby, now might be a good time.>

Umberto inches open the front door, waiting for Clean Steve to come closer, wired reflexes making everything seem almost dreamy. Maybe I find out if that coat fits me after all, eh! ... When the assassin gets to within about 10 metres, he hangs part way out the door, and blasts away with his Ingram for all he's worth!

[OOC: I presume roll initiative ... initiative 15 Initiative (3 IPs) (10d6.hits(5)=5). Jink tries to take good cover in the doorway if possible. ]

[Cato]

Frag it, it's never easy is it.  At least I've got the Uzi if I need it..

@Yuri; Ghost: If you can sling some mojo and bullets I'll see about getting up close..

Switchback glances around into the workshop.

[OOC: if no one has entered yet] He makes a crouched sprint towards the heavy door, stopping beside it and counting silently while he waits for the first goon to enter.

[OOC: Initiative roll.. 16( 3 Passes) 6 Reaction + 3 Intuition (9d6.hits(5)=7) ]

[funkytim]

[OOC:  Here goes nuttin']

Ghost runs into the office,  calls on his guardian spirit.  "Looks like I got myself into some trouble" he says through the sense link "Seems like we got a spirit and three goons at back door and a pretty boy at the front.  It's our job take out the spirit and those goons.  Spirit first"

Ghost then switches to astral perception to see if he can see the spirit.  If not he will enter the astral plane again and follow the guardian, wait for him to engage the enemy spirit,  then cast a force 5 manabolt at the thing

If astral perception initiative roll
reaction 4 + intuition 4 (8d6.hits(5)=1) glitch

Spellcasting test

spellcasting 6 + magic 5 (11d6.hits(5)=3) wow almost another glitch

resist 3dv drain

intuition 4 + willpower 5 + focused concentration (11d6.hits(5)=2)

[OOC;  wow these rolls #$%^%^]

Ghost takes 1dv stun damage

[Xarin]

A flick of her wrist in the AR display sent the message to the Gibson Building's system.  Fire Detected on the third floor.

Edit Gibson sensors to detect fake fire: Computer 4 + Edit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=2)

<<@Mary and Johnny: Alarms set, enjoy the havoc.  I'll try not to get shot now.>>

Side requests done, Yuri pulls out her silenced Predator and checks the clip full of stick-n-shocks.  Then she settles into a hiding spot just inside the restroom door to peer at the workshop's big door before looking back to check on the AR windows.

Hiding in doorway to ambush goons: Agility 5 + Infiltration 3 = (8d6.hits(5)=3)

She fires up her Agent on the 'link to start scanning for hidden nodes of the incoming team. Maybe these jokers left a chink in thier virtual armor...

Initiative check: Reaction 4 + Intuition 5 = (9d6.hits(5)=4)
(Final initiative = 13, 2 passes)
(for simplicity, Agent has same Init, 3 passes)

[Kontact]

The Hallways at Gibson exploded with sound and strobing light.  The elevator dropped to the first floor and deactivated.  It seemed like a war was happening.  The whole building was now on high alert. 

[Xarin]

<<@Mary and Johnny: I hope you found something good, because it's about to get very interesting around here.>>

<<@Switchback, Ghost, & Jink: I've got Switch's back.  Trying to get a bead on these jokers' comms, too.>>

[Xarin]

Ok, no direct link to Gibson...  And I couldn't get in on wireless.  But he's a computer guru, so he's gotta have a nexus.  Think girl, think!  Ok, if I was him, I'd have Stealth programs, some IC, and wifi-blocking in the walls.  He's got a runner for a sister so he probably has it all.  Wait, then how's Johnny's signal getting out?

A thin smile crosses Yuri's lips as the lightbulb goes on in her head.  Dropping the biofeedback filter to make room she cranks up her Track program on her compatriot's messages, looking for a nexus router right before thier commlink IDs.

[use however many rolls I can get in before combat starts.  Each one is 1 IP's worth of time.  Takes 5 to finish the Track completely.  Tracking Mary since she has no Stealth program to slow it down.  Not sure if Niel's node would count any stealth it has against it.  Ignore any beyond what I can squeeze in before combat I guess.]
Ex-Test Track attempt to find Niel's node: Computer 4 + Track 3 + Encephalon 1 = (8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=1, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=2, 8d6.hits(5)=4, 8d6.hits(5)=2)

[Psikerlord]

[OOC: Composure test to suppress his Thrill Seeker quality... (6d6.hits(5)=3)]

Despite Jink's first instinct to open fire on the assassin, a small bubble of prudence pushes through to the front of his old brain and he instead half steps out of the doorway, SMG clearly visible but pointed at the ground...

"Mr Steve I presume. I am Jink. Call off your men and we can talk."

Jink patches everyone into the conversation by repeating everything mentally over his link.

"Nice coat," he offers, by way of opening small talk, raising an appreciate eyebrow.

[OOC: if I need a surprise test: Surprise test if required (13d6.hits(5)=2) .. ahh.. not so good!]

[Kontact]

Steve smiles and walks slowly forward, his clear blue eyes dancing with recognition in the streetlight.  "Umberto Kappa!  I was wondering who might be in there."  He put his hands up shoulder high and waved them forward twice.  "You like the coat?"  He raises it up above his waist and turns in a circle to show that he's unarmed.  "What business do you have here at Vanian's tonight?  I don't expect we'll be treated to a second coincidence?" 

[Psikerlord]

Jink watches CS very closely as he raises his hands, and moves his jacket around, trying to detect whether he has any weapons hidden on him, or if he is a spellcaster, is somehow using his magic ... [OOC: Perception test with glasses 3 and actively looking 3: Perception (13d6.hits(5)=4)]

Umberto is happy enough for CS to walk closer, and keeps his SMG lowered as long as he stays at least 5 metres away (if he gets closer than that, he points his firearm directly at him and pipes up with "Close enough, Mr Steve. I can hear you fine from here." )

Otherwise Jink shrugs his shoulders at Steve's question. "You know biz, little bit this, little bit that."

Sending a wireless command to his wagon, Umberto starts her up and directs her to slowly pull away from the curb and pull onto the street, facing it's back towards the front of Vanian's shop. "Wish we could talk more, eh, but I was just leaving."

<commlink @Yuri, Switchback, Ghost> I no like this, chummers. What's happening back there? If you found anything - hide it, or destroy it>