Schmitt shook his head: "No offence, but I wouldn't expect you to come up with an art dealer of such high caliber. Fortunately I do know some people in Europe that can take care of that side of the deal quite reliably. Although I'm sure your friend the Sunkid would find someone in Hong Kong to buy your loot. The old fox is quite resourceful.
About the plan:
As you can imagine, I wouldn't undertake such a venture without doing my homework.
The bank might appear invincible: A foundation with 1 m thick plastcrete walls, a time locked, half meter thick titanium steel save door with tungsten hardening, a military grade drone/agent controlling the buildings defenses, an eight-man guard squad on duty at all times with relieve no more than 5 minutes away, one remote decker/rigger as well as a six-pack of watchers ready to alert an Aztech trained mage to send his spirits after magic users. Not to mention that Zola himself likes to work late and at times sleeps in his office, which necessitates that his two bodyguards stay with him. Those are Ramirez Escobar, an Ex-Jaguar/Physical Adept that loves his bladework and Kynos a remorseless mercenary with enough chrome inside him to almost qualify him as a cyber zombie.
But as so often with great security systems the human factor is its greatest flaw: Zola is a perfectionist and a micro-manager. He possesses an override code for the safe's time lock.
It took me some serious foot work, but I managed to get hold of the duty plans for the coming two months. I know which mage is supposed to be on watcher duty, which decker is supposed to be logged in and I am also in possession of detailed floor plans of the building.
I am also in the favorable position to have seven open visa for council island. This is maybe our greatest advantage: Thanks to their obfuscation tricks, the bank is not real AAA territory, therefore its in theory under Salish-Shidhe jurisdiction. This means Zola can't just call KE for help or bring in other specialists at short notice. All permanent off-duty personal is therefore housed in a hotel vis-a-vis the bank. And since they can't carry their heavy artillery with them, they have to equip in the bank's armory before they can do anything.
My preliminary plan is threefold:
1) Gain somehow access to Zola's personal effects and find the override key
2) Find the on-duty mage in his home and make sure that he isn't available for overwatch
3) Find the decker/rigger and likewise disable them from direct interference
With that it's just a matter of gaining access to the building, strolling down into the vault, emptying all lock boxes and leaving Council Island for Seattle."
Schmitt smiled and added: "Of course nothing is ever easy or convenient and there is a lot to be done and figured out before that, but we have about two months to find solutions, before the duty rooster becomes out of date."