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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mosier" data-source="post: 6551132" data-attributes="member: 6776381">12th December, 2011 - 12:30pm Casper and SkinnyThe two infiltration experts, ironically, are in the group that walks through the front door, just like any other tourist or customer. There are so many people in the public area of the Crash Test Industries campus that nobody really notices Casper and Skinny, even though Skinny looks like he just lost a fight with a truck. Once the two get past the open air market and enter the building through the lobby, both are nearly overwhelmed by the bustle of the place. There are huge displays all over the place, showing pre-taped interviews with the project managers, developers, and supervisors of the Pow! drink line. It's all part of the pre-release buzz for the product. Even more amazing, people are absolutely eating it all up. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of people throng the area, from one advertising display to the other, making the place uncomfortable to navigate. The first thing Casper notices is that the public area is cleverly designed to look huge, but it would actually not be all that impressively large without the buzz and commotion. The restricted, employees-only areas of the building easily add up to double or even triple the size of the public area, and that only counts the first floor! Casper and Skinny both know that below them and above them are even more restricted areas, accessible through various locked doors and guarded elevators.Casper and Skinny are both equipped with AR-capable comlinks, which means they can communicate with each other about as easily as with a cell phone. It also means that they can send (and receive) visual information directly to their retinas via their visual displays (if they're wearing them). This is probably the easiest way to send information quickly to each other. The most relevant info Casper and Skinny have found by casing the public access area is as follows:-The public entrance to the Showroom is guarded by two men in business suits. They appear to be relaxed and at ease, and they're even answering questions and making small talk with customers. These men will only allow access to the event to people who show a press invitation, which contains a small datachip the guards scan with a handheld device. Heartbreak may be able forge the data on these chips, or trick the device to accept a worthless paper as legitimate.-The emergency exit doors in the public areas are hidden from the public view, behind cleverly designed architecture and furniture arrangements. Apparently someone in Crash Test Industries REALLY hates the idea of the public being able to see any of the building's emergency doors. These doors will open freely from this side (obviously), and they connect to public and restricted areas alike (including the Showroom), as all areas of the building share the same network of emergency exit routes. The hard part won't be getting into the "back of house" areas, but remaining undetected while they're in them. Heartbreak and SaintSaint parks the car in the underground lot beneath the CTI building. He notices the emergency stairwells here, leading up to the street level, and the rest of the building. Heartbreak finally sees the CTI network host through AR. Heartbreak doesn't expect to have much trouble hacking in this host. He doesn't "feel" the Matrix here yet, because he hasn't seen the place through VR. The most notable thing Heartbreak has found relating to the CTI host network is its rating of 2. Apparently CTI hasn't gotten the memo that deckers are a real danger, otherwise they would have created a much more robust network. Once Heartbreak connects to the host in hot-sim or cold-sim VR, he'll be able to sense the other Runners' locations based on their comlink pings. Heartbreak also knows that there is a security camera on the other side of the emergency exit door. Finally, he has discovered that there is a backup in case the presentation goes badly today. CTI is ready to play a (completely false) pre-recorded video to all the people in the public space who won't be present for the live Pow! demonstration. These people will be completely clueless, thinking they're watching live positive reactions to Pow! even if the event goes badly. Apparently CTI isn't quite as dumb as they first appear!</blockquote>

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