[Sichr]

Some shopping, if possible:
2x35 clip of SnS (SMG)
2x38 clip of SnS (AR)
1200Y

MCT Fly-Spy
2000Y

Id love to buy Clearsight and Stealth Autosoft for it well I am unable to find the price for autosofts.

[Ren]

@Inca: i was wondering about the rows of special characters in your post. Are they ment to be an actual part of the contents of the files Stake broke or are they there as ornamental elements?

[Sichr]

bad clusters?

[Thermo]

Autosofts are listed on page 269, no idea where to find the pricing though...

[inca1980]

@Zach:
We'll just say u find autosofts for 100¥. 

@Stake:
The ascii gibberish is supposed to represent corrupted parts of a partially deleted file but has no meaning.

[Sichr]

OK. Updated IC and... RackOps

[inca1980]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!   +1 Karma for everyone!!! 
I'm super free this break so it'll be a good time to PbP!

[Sichr]

I got some things to do for school but otherwise like you say. things should run smooth

A dik za karmu, jezisku

[inca1980]

@Zach:
You can add Vlad as a C4 L3 contact.

[Ren]

Hey, Merry Christmas to you, too. I finally got enough time to post now, so i'll try to look up some rules (for securing a call) then i'll post.

EDIT: i didn't find anything better than opening the connection from my deck, setting firewall to the highest possible, scanning for attacks while the call is going on, preparing for full matrix defense.

[Sichr]

Looks like: "Open safe communication channel" is more fluff than rules thing unless you use encryption etc. Otherwise IDN if you are able to hide the signal in SR5.

[Sichr]

edited my post, soory for delay

[inca1980]

@Ren:
Well, the Matrix Action intro paragraph pg. 237 says that those actions listed aren't the only ones and if there's something you wanna do then the GM will let you know what the test is.  I'll just treat it the same as protecting a file.  You could also imagine that you're just writing the message to a protected file, then sending the file back and forth and Zach's comm has the password to the protection.  The communication "channel" will have a Protection rating on it which is equal to the number of hits in a Logic + Computer [Data Processing] test.  If a person wants to use snoop they need a mark on you or Zach first.  Then if they want to read what's in the channel they have to first break the protection on the "channel" which works the same as crack file (Hacking + Logic [Attack] vs. Protection Ratin x 2) and then if they crack it only then can they do attempt a snoop action.

[Ren]

OK then, i'll handle protecting communication that way.
Concerning that, i have a question. The book lists Encryption as a specialization for Electronic Warfare skill, which i took because i wanted Stake to be better good at that. Now i have a greater insight into how encryption works (like protecting files and, with the same method, communication), i'm not sure if the specialization is just there as a remainder of the 4th edition. As for 5th edition terminology, encryption just seems to be used as a method to strengthen firewall protocols (thus giving +1 firewall while using the encrypt program).

According to the above, i'd like to replace that specialization with another one, on a skill connected to hacking and not belonging to the electronics skill group (as i took that as a group at character creation, i couldn't have taken a specialization for those skills).


A different question about the rules. How do you think ID forging works? According to the book (p. 367), the first three ratings of fake SINs don't really require too much supporting data in independent databases, is it possible for a character to make one that will stand, say, one or two cursory checks? Something not permanent, but working temporarily?

[Sichr]

Happy New year getlemen