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Heartbreak has jacked out, leaving the CTI host behind. Flipper will be expecting trouble in the host now, so the next time Heartbreak tries to hack into CTI he needs to be prepared for much more vigorous (and dangerous) opposition. Heartbreak is now not distracted by the Matrix, and may...

Heartbreak can see five icons indicating personal comlinks inside the Security office (he automatically spots these icons, because they are less than 100 meters from him in real space). He picks one of the icons at random and places a mark on it. As long as he has this mark on the CTI employee...

The two employees under Saint's guard slide their comlinks along the floor toward Saint. Kevin drops his own comlink on the floor next to him. The CTI employees now have no way of alerting anyone wirelessly. The manager with the Kevin name tag manages to mumble, "I can't get in there. It's not...

One last thing! Shayuri, I just wanted to mention that I'm aware of how anxious you must be to see Casper's magic rating emerge. That will come directly after this run (literally in the first follow-up post). To be honest, I expected this first run to work as an introduction, or a tutorial. I...

Yes it is. The security office door is maybe 30 meters away, along the wall that Kevin is currently backed into. This is an area with a fair amount of traffic from CTI employees, so wrapping up whatever you're going to do with these workers is a good idea. I'd like to point out that knocking...

The group is entering its first round of combat! Before the round starts, we check for surprise. Normally, a character is surprised because they didn't see the attack coming. For this situation, there is a chance the CTI employees will be surprised because they didn't expect an attack. This will...

The runners hastily make their way through the hallway and down a half-flight of stairs to the Basement-1 level. They're about to burst through a door that will lead to a commonly-used work area for CTI employees on this level. In less than a minute they'll be at the security office door, but...

Good point with the marks being cleared. The only mark I cleared when you rebooted was the one on the host itself, when ALL marks would have been erased. I'll update the post to reflect that. It doesn't change much, however, as the Spider has found the cameras offline, which would have led him...

Heartbreak (somewhat reluctantly, to his own surprise) reboots his device, yanking him back to the cold gray of reality. (Heartbreak is experiencing a pretty common phenomenon among hackers, who almost universally end up developing an addiction to VR over their lifetime. Heartbreak is not...

Sure, something you can purchase over the counter is perfectly reasonable for you to bring along for this run. Someone please make an IC post directing everyone to meet up at the CTI Security office, and we'll proceed with the game. See you all in-character!

As long as the chemical is something common (roach spray, bleach, vinegar, weed killer, etc), I don't have a problem with that. Also keep in mind, the drink is downright nasty all on its own unless it's prepared just right...

quick edit to the above: Heartbreak can absolutely look at the various devices and icons in the Security office from where he is. Once he's in the host, he can automatically spot things within the host that aren't running silently. He doesn't have to be physically present for this.

In case it's unclear; there is no way to reprogram all the drones at once. There may be a way to shut down all the drones at once though, in the security office. Heartbreak can reprogram one at a time wirelessly while connected to the host, or off the host with an actual cable connected between...

I'm a bit unclear on what the group is about to do. Heartbreak and Saint have both expressed interest in going to the security office (I presume to try and shut down the drones, right?) but are Skinny and Casper going with them? Last I heard from Casper, she was going to try to sneak up on the...

Each drone would need to be reprogrammed individually. This is an extended short/easy test as long as you have the sufficient marks on the target. Keep in mind, shutting the drone down would be faster (not easier) than reprogramming the autosoft. You would then be able to tinker with the drone...

The room Heartbreak wants to work in is highlighted on the other runners' comlinks, as well as the locations of the security teams. Casper is the first to realize that there really isn't any way to approach the security team without having the echoing footsteps of her partners warning the team...

Heartbreak is able to place a mark on the device that is monitoring the CTI security agent's drone team. He scored 4 successes in the attempt. I had Heartbreak only attempt to place a single mark, as I wasn't sure how many you wanted to do. At almost the same time, Heartbreak sees the referee...

Heartbreak knows the back-of-house labyrinth here better than anyone else in the group, and indeed probably better than most of the CTI employees themselves. The best place he can think of for having a good chance of being able to work without being interrupted is the "star" dressing room/lounge...

Well whatever you guys decide to do, lets get started! I'm eager to finish up this run so we can get to the meat and potatoes of the campaign. We still need to introduce Casper to her spirit mentor, and watch the world collapse into chaos!

The point I was making is that it isn't a "flip a switch" kind of hack to reprogram an autosoft. Sure, it can absolutely be done in the time frame you guys have left here, but part of what will determine how long the hack takes is exactly how cleverly simple the change is. You CAN flip a switch...