[Sichr]

In progress
For now, lets deal with those guns
Omar has tapped the data stream from main node to sentinels, and now he is analyzing it . It looks quite familliar, the same stream when he deals with his own drones. But there is more to see if you know for what you are looking:
1) Sensory data: are sensory data flowing from security node to drones or from drones to security node?
2) Targeting informations, smartgun data: Are data sent from the guns/sentinels to the main node? Or are nodes working independently, having their own Pilot?

[Sentinemodo]

The node is continously streaming it's sensory data to master node.
The node is operated by the independent pilot, but it is accepting orders from the master node.

The standing order is to shoot anything that moves within 100 meters with short wide bursts. The orders can be overridden by external commands from the setup admin account. The admin account itself is blocked from deletion (operation restricted to manual operation) are possible for   
The pilot itself has been equipped with multiple autosofts.

Complete description of the drone parameters as perceived from the admin account:

Ares Sentinel R Series (Small)
Device Rating 3
Node mattrix attributes: Response 3 Signal 0 (hardwire only) System 3 Firewall 3

Drone attributes:
   + Handling 0
   + Accel 5/10
   + Speed 40 (Tracked vehicle, rail only)
   + Body 2
   + Armor 6
   + Sensor 2 (4)

Drone modifications:
   +Tracked Vehicle, Permanent
   +Weapon Mount (Normal, External, Fixed, Remote)
   +Armor, Normal (Rating 6) Rating 6
   +Special Armor Mod, Nonconductivity (Rating 4) Rating 4
   +Improved Sensor Array
   +Searchlight
   
Small Drone Sensors capacity 6 :
      +Radar Rating 3 
      +Microphone Rating 3 [Audio Enhancement 3, Select Sound Filter 3, Spatial Recognizer; Noise Analysis Software 3]

Pilot rating 3 autosofts:
   +Clearsight Rating 3
      +Copy Protection Rating 3
      +Registration
   +Defense (Sentinel) Rating 3
      +Copy Protection Rating 3
      +Registration
   +Targeting (Ares MP-LMG) Rating 3
      +Copy Protection Rating 3
      +Registration

Drone weapon mounted: Ares MP-LMG (stripped version)
   +Ammo Drum/Box
   +Smartgun System, External
   +Camera Upgrade, Thermographic
   +Camera Upgrade, Ultrasound
   +Camera Upgrade, Vision Enhancement Rating 3
   +Camera Upgrade, Vision Magnification
   +Laser Sight
   DV: 6P   AP: -1   RC: 0

Drone is damaged from previous ammo explosion it has already dropped the jammed ammo and reloaded.

5 out of 10 damage boxes are filled

The drone can load new ammo bin in the autoload mechanism mounted in the car - it takes complex action  to reach from most destinations around the car, and a complex action to load new bin. The bin holds 100 rounds.

[Sentinemodo]

the node itself is running analyze 3, encryption 3 and reality filters (ergonomic) 3 and pilot with its 3 autosofts. The node is pretty slow due to overload because of that. Response reduced from 3 to 1.

[Sichr]

OK from what I see from here it can confuse the dogbrain a bit if we stream another sensory data to security node, but I would not count on it, since guns are automated. Maybe readjustment of smartgun against sensors...this can lead to the gun firing in the safe are if anything goes wrong. But to override this machine completely We would need to hack main node, since it is able to analyze and possibly repair changes we done. I continue loading peripherals, so with little edited timestamp, we may feed it to drone if needed.

Decryption initializing:
EW(4)+Decrypt(4)+MathSPU(2)+FullVR(2) (12d6.hits(5)=3)

Following intervals:
EW(4)+Decrypt(4)+MathSPU(2)+FullVR(2) (12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=8)

[Sentinemodo]

encryption cracked in six seconds

[Netzgeist]

@Omar: "Do my Analyzer program deceive me, or have you just decrypted the master node, Omar? Beautiful job there, omae."

On the last instants, Fractal was wondering if he should crash the reality filter program which have been causing them so much trouble, but he thought better and decided not to. An alert was the last thing he wanted now that the guns were not shooting and they knew Sam was alive and relatively safe.

So he just logged off, in order for his 'link to not be negatively influenced by the former node he was in, and started hacking the master node on the fly.

Hacking the Master Node on the Fly (user privileges)
4 (Hacking) + 2 (Exploit especialization) + 6 (Exploit program) + 2 (Hot-sim VR) = 14 dice
1ª turn = 1 hit, and a glitch (ouch, not good; Fractal will spend Edge to reroll misses
Rerolling misses = 13 dice = 4 hits, and the glitch is negated (new result does not support glitch)
Total hits during the first attempt = 5 hits
2º turn = 14 dice = 5 hits, no glitch
Total hits in two turns = 10 hits

Fractal
{Health: 0 / 10P and 0 / 10S damage, NO Wound penalty, No Stun penalty}
{Edge: 2/ 4} {Initiative(Meat/Matrix): 7/18; IP's: 1/3}
{Armor Vest: Ballistic Armor: 6; Impact Armor: 4}

[Sentinemodo]

Clean entry after first second.

Inside you find familiar sculption of a prison. It seems you are in a main building, or rather a corridor inside main building.
there is a manned gate here. behind it is a guard inspecting traffic. your icon has been once again sculpted as a bound prisoner.

from time to time a data package arrive is inspected and carried further behind the gate through the exit marked with 'Principal' by another guard.

the guards are an IC program
the gate is an analyze program operated by the IC
the principal node isn't encrypted
the packages are data streamed from the drone nodes. (encrypted but you have the keys). there is twice as much them so this the stream combined from both drones.

[Netzgeist]

As soon as the new prisoner enter the node, he begins to work: at the drone node, he thought his limited privileges were enough - but now, he imagine that to edit the control directives of the node and the drones he will need a more interesting way into the files.

And he begins working on an admin account:

4 (Hacking)  + 6 (Edit) + 2 (Hot Sim VR) = 12 dice = 2 hits
Rerolling misses with Edge = 10 dice = 3 hits, no glitch
Total hits achieved = 5, enough for an admin account to be created

Fractal
{Health: 0 / 10P and 0 / 10S damage, NO Wound penalty, No Stun penalty}
{Edge: 3/ 4} {Initiative(Meat/Matrix): 7/18; IP's: 1/3}
{Armor Vest: Ballistic Armor: 6; Impact Armor: 4}

If the account is created, Fractal logs off the node and connect again using it.

[Sentinemodo]

account created. prisoner went out and a second later a warden came back.
The gate has automatically opened for you.

you have one edge left?

from the admin perspective you see that the ic are rating 3. the node is also sending his access logs to the principal node.
there is an encrypted file that is having a databomb on it in the node. the IC that is fetching the data packages is originating from the principal node it is checking the file every time he goes in the routine is:

1st init pass: log on, pickup package
2nd pass: inspect file
3rd pass: log off

as previously the node is slaved to the principal node
(but you now have override over the drone nodes)

the admin account cannot be deleted without manual operation
and the orders issued by the node can be overriden by the principal node

the principal node has system 4 firewall 4 response 4 signal 0 stats
can be logged on only from security accounts on corridor node or higher or after being cleared as legitimate by the analyze ic in the corridor node.

[Netzgeist]

Once on the node with his shining brand new admin account, Fractal sends a message to the team:
@Team: "Hello, fellows. I'm on the node controlling the drones with admin privileges. Look, there's another node whose entrance is only accessible through this one, and that's the one controlling everything, the one node to rule them all; from here, I can change the drones directives, but the other node can override any controling I get. Also, I need the help of one cypher here - there's an encrypted data-bombed thing here that glimmers to my view."

Programs Running (System 6, Response 6, Firewall 5, Signal 3)
Analyze 4
Spoof 6
Stealth 6
Exploit 6
Edit 6

[snake_eyes]

At the wardens office, he sees the configuration/status of the drone and what autosofts it is running. Hmm...he could shut down the pilot on drone #1, but that may trigger an alert on the main security node. This is probably not the best node to be attempting the shut down of the entire system; but he could trigger a shutdown of the pilot and restart the drone node buying time if needed. Ahh...Unca Omar finished the decryption of the master node.
Hacking on the fly for Admin Accnt Priv on master security node:
Hacking(4)+Exploit Spec(2)+Exploit(10)+TM(2)=18d6.hits(5)=8,18d6.hits(5)=9
And Mr. Fractal noticed a data bomb on a file....In the master node...not bad Mr. Fractal, Mouse thought. Mouse will log off the drone 1 node and log into the master security node.
Matrix perception on the master security node looking for IC and databombs, and other programs running on the node.
Matrix Percep 11 - sustaining(2) = 9d6.hits(5)=3
@Team: I have an account on the master security node as well. I'm sending in some help to defuse the databomb.
Using my registered Crack Sprite r4 with defuse to defuse the databomb:
EW(4)+Defuse(4)+Edge(4)=12d6.hitsopen(5,6)=6
After that my sprite disappears...
Mouse will create two more admin accounts, one for Unca Omar and another for use incase this attempt fails. So we are still faced with the same problem of the pricipal node overriding commands to the drone nodes. Mouse was thinking about boosting his stealth, but he was already threading the exploit CF and would take a while to properly thread the stealth, but he would give it a try anyway.
Software(4) + Resonance(5) +TM(2) - Sustaining(2)=9d6.hits(5)=0, 9d6.hits(5)=6
Discard the first attempt, only keeping 5 of the six successes of the second.
Fading: Res(5) + Will(5) = [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3330701/]10d6.hits(5)=5
No fading...Mouse is one lucky kid. So Mouse is running Exploit(10) and Stealth(10) and has a 2CFs he's sustaining.
Hack on the Fly Admin Account on the principal node.
Hacking(4)+Exploit Spec(2)+Exploit(10)+TM(2)-Sustain of stealth(2)=16d6.hits(5)=5
16d6.hits(5)=2, spend a point of edge to reroll misses,
14d6.hits(5)=6
1point of edge remaining
If still needed...
16d6.hits(5)=5

[Sentinemodo]

you need to score 10 hits to get into the node (firewall 4 + admin account 6)
so you take 3 passess on the try

Sichr, Netz what do you do meanwhile?

[snake_eyes]

For the principal node I rerolled misses on the second which put the total to 13 on pass 2

[Sentinemodo]

correct - 2 passess

[snake_eyes]

FYI, Mouse's current status:
Damage: 1P, 2S
CF threaded: Exploit(10), Stealth(10)
1 Edge remaining
-1Response(from reality filters)