[Solodice]

Winters thinks about the white coated man for a moment... he doesn't note anything important but he keeps the all white look of him locked away in his head.

When Devil and Winters roll up to Hermes Winters looks over to Devil, "I'll let you do all the talking and I'll be right behind you." Winters then exits his car and walks over to the main office area. He talks a broad look over at the messengers milling around in the garage.

[spoiler]Perception Test to notice anything on the messengers like weapons or anything of the sorts.

Invisible Castle is down so I used the rolz.org site and our group roll area (RainyDays): Perception Test: 13D6E5 => 7 | ones: 1[/spoiler]

[Devil]

Devil's scanned the information Fang has sent him via augmented reality, then switched his SIN over to that of his good ol' delivery boy character 'Leon Vega'. As a professional, he always made certain that the team had everything strait before he put his ass on the line. "Just make sure the kid is ready. If I get burned I ain't gonna be so funny no more. You feel me?", his voice was unusually serious. The kind of tone that Winters had heard from him at the docks. It seemed that he didn't play around when his own life was at risk in some way. Devil had already changed everything about himself before and he didn't fancy the idea of doing it again. Especially on his own dime. More black market plastic surgery was a regular subject of his nightmares, and this job wasn't even close to worth that, so the thief was going to make damn sure it wouldn't become necessary. One way or another.

Devil used the edge of his hand to slide off some of the water from his coat before straitening it, then brushed his wet brown bangs from his eyes in a vain effort to look more presentable. With a glance at his companion, he sighed. "Try not to look so damn imposing. We ain't here to kill nobody.... C'mon." The man then gracefully made for the door of the building, his red eyes subtly scanning for security measures as he entered. Pausing just inside the doorway, he threw back his hood, trying to look like he had nothing to hide, then ran gloved fingers through his hair to get some of the water out. Finally he looked for the front desk, intending to approach it, should no perceived obstacles or threats come to deter him.

[MaxKojote]

Right, let's see what I can do... Fang looked around the node again, before casting his senses wider, first looking for the visible nodes around him. He gestured over his eyes, causing the glow of his Scan Complex Form to be represented by an odd screen over his eyes. Using it, he began to detect the presence of nodes hidden from the  naked virtual eye. Step one: Locate

[spoiler=Matrix Actions]
Signal range: 3 (400 metres)
Detect Active/Passive Wireless Nodes
Detect Hidden Nodes (15+)
Scan(5) + Electronic Warfare (1) + HotSim Bonus (2) (8d6.hits(5)=4)
Scan(5) + Electronic Warfare (1) + HotSim Bonus (2) (8d6.hits(5)=3) Current Hits; 7
Scan(5) + Electronic Warfare (1) + HotSim Bonus (2) (8d6.hits(5)=2) Current Hits: 9
Scan(5) + Electronic Warfare (1) + HotSim Bonus (2) (8d6.hits(5)=4) Current Hits: 13
Scan(5) + Electronic Warfare (1) + HotSim Bonus (2) (8d6.hits(5)=4) Current Hits: 17

[/spoiler]

[Solodice]

At the mention of being imposing Winters sighed to himself and dropped his shoulders down and hunched himself over a little as they entered the front office. Winters took up a nonchalant position right next to the door resting his back against the wall. He just kept his eyes looking about the room as if he was just curious.

[Teafo]

The nodes around the Hermes Delivery Company begin populating your screen, first is the major, obvious one, Hermes as a company, glowing brightly at the center of the solar system like diagram. Smaller nodes all around are floating and moving about, these must be the individual nodes from commlinks of the delivery personnel. Packets of data are sent back and forth between the workers and their central system located inside the building, followed by deliverymen leaving to go on errands.

Inside the building, Fang and Winters enter a brightly lit clean lobby area with a man sitting at a desk, his hands moving quickly in the air, AR gloves evident, showing that he is interacting smoothly with the inner workings of the company. As Fang approaches the desk, he swipes his hand in a dismissing gesture at what he was working on and looks up at the newcomer.
"What can I do for ya?" he asks of the runner.

[MaxKojote]

Fang grinned as he saw the glowing node of the Hermes node. The visual of the setup of Hermes and its workers was rather nice to look at. Sadly however, he needed to do more than simply look at it. He held up his hand next to his eyes, two clawed fingers outstretched as if adjusting the 'screen'. His Analyze form was switched over from the Scan form as he began examining the Hermes node in detail, watching for traps and protections that he would need to remove first.

Let's take a look at you. Don't want to get myself blown up from not being careful. He looked mostly for the presence of a databomb than anything else, though encryption would be next on his list.

@Devil/Winters: Taking a look at the Hermes node now, making sure it isn't trapped. Let me know what you need me to do after I break in, or if you need me to wait.

@Shira: If my body starts bleeding, there are some medkits in my coat. Just in case you want to stop me bleeding everywhere.

[spoiler=Analysis]
Simple Action to Analyze Node: Analyze (5) + Computer (3) + Technomancer Matrix Perception Bonus (2) + Hot Sim Bonus (2) (12d6.hits(5)=2)
OOC: Good grief that's embarrassing

1st hit: Is a data bomb present?
2nd hit: Is the node encrypted?[/spoiler]

[Teafo]

There is no data bomb present at this node juncture, however, there is a rating 4 encryption across the node, feel free to attempt to decrypt

[MaxKojote]

Fang looked at the wall of encryption, giving the digital version of a whimper. This might hurt a bit...

The first thing to do was to get the tools required for this task. The tool in this situation was a way to get through this outer wall. Concentrating and drawing from the Resonance of the matrix, he began improvising the tool to get him through the wall. Soon enough he removed the original flow from in front of his eyes, replacing it with this cruder one, allowing him to find a way to solve the encryption.

[spoiler=Matrix Actions]Threading Decrypt: Software (3) + Resonance (5) + Analytical Mind (2) + HotSim Bonus (2) (12d6.hits(5)=6)

Discard two hits for a Rating 4 Decrypt.

Intuition (5) + Resonance (5) (10d6.hits(5)=4) Resist four boxes of fading damage.

Fading DV = 0.

Initiate Cryptanalysis:

Combat Turn 1: Electronic Warfare (1) + Decrypt 4 (4) + HotSim Bonus (2) (7d6.hits(5)=1) 1/8
Combat Turn 2: Electronic Warfare (1) + Decrypt 4 (4) + HotSim Bonus (2) (7d6.hits(5)=1) 2/8
Combat Turn 3: Electronic Warfare (1) + Decrypt 4 (4) + HotSim Bonus (2) (7d6.hits(5)=2) 4/8
Combat Turn 4: Electronic Warfare (1) + Decrypt 4 (4) + HotSim Bonus (2) (7d6.hits(5)=2) 6/8
Combat Turn 5: Electronic Warfare (1) + Decrypt 4 (4) + HotSim Bonus (2) (7d6.hits(5)=4) Complete

Approximate time spent on decryption: Approximately 15-25 seconds

OOC: This should catch me up to the other two.[/spoiler]

[obidancer]

Babysitter duty, great... said Kira when she witnessed Fang entering VR, comfortably nested against one of her wall - as comfortably as a wall would allow anyway. She went pick up a pillow from her couch and placed in between the inert body of the Changeling and the wall then proceeded to quickly clean up the kitchen.

She used her CHN to display a holographic representation of the very complete Seattle map she owned and zoomed in on the hospital building they were going to break in and its neighborhood. She paid attention to the other buildings surrounding the hospital; their height, proximity, point of views, and tried to find the company(ies) running inside.

A message from Fang interrupted her. She gave the body a look and no part of the fur seem soiled. Shira turned back into her preparation. Once acquainted with the surrounding, she would trace the potential routes to take for the delivery from Hermes where someone could sneak in/on/under the van with without worrying about being noticed.

[Devil]

>>Alright, pup. Make or break time.<<

Devil looked from side to side and fiddled with his ear before stepping the rest of the way up to the counter. "Uh, yeah. We got transferred. We're supposed to start here today.", he replied casually, playing the role of a man who is more interested in the female employees than his current conversation.

((Lemme know if you want any rolls from me. Again, sorry for the delay in posting.))

[MaxKojote]

Let's really get to work now. The screen in front of Fang's eyes vanished as he finished working with it, before taking out an odd wristwatch and fiddling with it.

[spoiler=threading 1]Software (3) + Resonance (5) + Analytical Mind (2) + HotSim Bonus (2) (12d6.hits(5)=3)
Discarded all hits.
Software (3) + Resonance (5) + Analytical Mind (2) + HotSim Bonus (2) (12d6.hits(5)=4)
Stealth CF threaded up from 5 to 9.

Fading DV: 4P - Resonance (5) + Intuition (5) (10d6.hits(5)=6) = 0P[/spoiler]

Having finished upgrading the watch, he moved on to pulling out what looked like an electronic autopicker.

[spoiler=Threading 2]Resonance (5) + Software (3) + Analytical Mind (2) + HotSim Bonus (2) - CF sustain (2) (10d6.hits(5)=3)
Exploit CF threaded up from 5 to 8
Fading DV: 3P - Resonance (5) + Intuition (5) (10d6.hits(5)=3) = 0P

(I'm really  lucky with my fading rolls. I expected to take a couple of boxes of physical there)[/spoiler]

With both complex forms upgraded for the task, he started in on the node.

[spoiler=Hacking on the Fly]Extended test: Hacking+Exploit vs Target's Firewall + 6 (going for admin): Hacking (1) + Exploit ( 8 ) + HotSim Bonus (2) - Sustaining modifier (2) (10d6.hits(5)=2)

2/? hits to get in. Node gets to make an iteration of an extended test: Analyze+Firewall vs hacker's stealth (Stealth 9 + The Resonance Difference [Difficult to Analyze] 1 = 10)[/spoiler]

@Devil: On it.

[Teafo]

Hermes system received no successes to it's detection test to find your hacking. Looks like your luck persists and you are transported to the user domain of an administrator. To anyone else logged into the system, it would look like a corporate system admin just logged in

[MaxKojote]

Once Fang entered the corporate node, he discarded changes to his exploit form, maintaining his stealth form to make himself look like an ordinary admin. He brought up a radar in his interface, using it to begin trying to search for the employee database. Upon finding the file he began checking it to make sure it wasn't going to blow up at him.

[spoiler=Matrix Actions]Complex Action -  Data Search: Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=6) 6/24 hits
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=4) 10/24 hits
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=3) 13/24 hits
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=0) 13/24 hits (ouch)
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=5) 18/24 hits
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=3) 21/24 hits
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=2) 23/24 hits
Browse(5) + Data Search(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) + Analytical Mind (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (12d6.hits(5)=5) 28/24 hits

Time taken: 3 seconds if threshold was 6. 9 seconds if threshold was 12. 24 seconds if threshold was 24.

Upon finding the file: Simple Action - Analyze Icon: Analyze(5) + Computer(3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) - Sustaining Modifier (2) (10d6.hits(5)=5)
1. Does the file have a databomb attached?
2. Is the file encrypted?
3-5. NULL

Simple Action - Set Analyze CF to scan all users and activity. (You make the tests on my behalf when new icons appear and against icons already present. Roll Analyze (5) + Computer (3) + Technomancer (2) + HotSim (2) - Sustaining modifier (2) for a total of 10 dice. See page 228 of SR4A)

Time taken this set of actions: Approx 6, 12 or 27 seconds [/spoiler]

[Teafo]

No data bomb is present and the encryption that was originally present falls away like a cascade of a parting waterfall as the system recognizes an administrator type icon. Overall, the process took approximately 10 seconds

[MaxKojote]

Fang looked around the node somewhat nervously, relaxing as he seemed to have no issues. As he checked out the database, he began making edits to add Devil and Winters to the system.

[spoiler=Matrix Actions]Complex: Edit: 10d6.hits(5)=3[/spoiler]