Doc could hack into a camera feed at a ski resort parking lot but this is not trivial. It requires hacking the host to which the camera is slaved and then snooping the feeds. All of this adds opportunities to fail and Overwatch Score. It is certainly an option but it's not a freebie. The final approach is ultimately Zweiblumen's choice.
Good point. There may be other easier to hack cameras that would provide the same information, but it sounds like having Ace and Kat identify a suitable candidate is just simpler all around.
This does give me an idea, if people aren't tired of my suggestions yet, for how to spend some of our nuyen - MCT Fly Spy. An eye in the sky (that can share what it sees with the party, unlike a projecting mage) can be very useful. Hopefully someone has Pilot Aircraft and just doesn't know it yet, otherwise we'll have to work around the dog-brain's limitations.
Katsina would likely request that the concealment not cover her and Ace (and Chino, depending).
However, if you wish to reduce the force of the spirit then we'll need to roll to determine which dice of the Spirit resist roll are dropped. This is to prevent OOC knowledge (and metagaming) of which dice are discarded - hits or misses - especially since we already know that this is important for Ohanzee's drain soak and use of Edge. So if you reduce it to Force 6 then we'll roll 1 die, if you reduced to Force 5 then we'll roll 2 dice, and then subtract those (hits or misses) from the Spirit resist, then calculate the drain with your existing rolls (using the Edge reroll if necessary and discarding it if it unnecessary).
Do note that lowering the Force will also reduce the effectiveness of the Concealment power.
I'm feeling too lazy to rewrite the post, so we'll keep it at Force 7 - it is merely coincidence that my decision makes sense from a metagaming standpoint as well, but I'll take it.
Ace and Katsina could find the concealment useful for their initial departure from the house anyway, and if they order their in-town business (and watch out for cars!) the can take advantage of the concealment even more, then lose it when ready by actively trying to be spotted (fake a loud argument in a crowded place, etc).
Lastly, nuyen. I'm assuming that we don't actually have to hand Ace our credsticks to give him nuyen. We could transfer an amount from them to his. Can we do that remotely (that is, keep the nuyen on our credsticks, and then send whatever he needs in town to him as he needs it)?
Also, when ordering my stuff, do I pay in advance or on pickup? I'm assuming in advance, at least for the mask which required customization work. This impacts how much and when I give Ace nuyen.