Snap looked over all of the information Arc sent. It gave her the airfield, the plane in question, the time it was meant to leave. Everything she needed to do what they asked. She moved to the amplifier and sat in it. Reaching over to Poland wasn't going to be easy, but the device would help. Happily, she wasn't going to be doing the heavy lifting and for her sprites, there would be no interference for distance or even spam, once they got in the Airport's Host.
She had a plan. And a back-up plan.
Plan A was to shut down the control tower. It would take some time to get it up and running again. In the meantime, most flights would be grounded without the ability to coordinate air traffic. This should buy the team the time they needed. If it didn't work, then simply bricking the plane was the next option.
Closing her eyes, she entered the virtual stream. As usual, she felt a rush of euphoria. The Matrix is where she belonged, she often felt. More a home than the real world. She called on one of her registered sprites to accompany her. The first thing she wanted to do was get a good look at the host.
Arriving in virtual Poland, she found the host easily enough. It wasn't hidden, after all, a very public host tasked with running so many of the necessary functions. She'd have to get in and find the control tower.
Do me a favor and scan the Host, tell me what you find.
Certainly!
The sprite began looking over the host alongside Snap. The two of them approaching the virtual structure from multiple sides. It was unimaginatively sculpted to appear as it did in the meat world, an long building accessible from one side. It took the two of them about five seconds to learn the most basic fact.
The Airport Host is running on a Rating 6 platform, nothing overly impressive.
Thank you. I don't need you anymore for now, wait for me to return.
Well, that said a lot more than just that. It gave Snap an idea of the processor and how strong the firewall might be. It was enough information to begin a hack. Getting into the host would be the hardest part, for that she wanted to be sure she had a hand. She reached out into the resonance stream and began to compile. Taking strands of ephemeral code, she wove it into a complex entity. It took just a few moments and all of her concentration but she managed. It took a lot out of her and even from VR she could feel the headache setting in.
Hello. Ready to crack heads.
We are going to assist one another in entering that host there.
The sprite turned to regard the host.
Great. When do we start?
We can start now, I'll wait once we get inside. We'll set my MARK first, then one for you.
Alright! Let's do it.