Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread III

[Victim]

"Ok then, so what we need to do is find a hacker -- our files have info for a number of them in China, make it look like he has the info, and wait for Markum to come after him...or impersonate him and contact Markum."

"Sounds like something resembling a plan," Megan says. "Optic, will you need any help setting for the information we have and some fake downloads, messages, etc?"

"What other stuff do we need to do? Besides the fake documents, I guess we should hack an airline for the ticket records. And then we'll need clothes and stuff. Tourist guides..."

 

[DM_Matt]

"Sounds like something resembling a plan," Megan says. "Optic, will you need any help setting for the information we have and some fake downloads, messages, etc?"

"What other stuff do we need to do? Besides the fake documents, I guess we should hack an airline for the ticket records. And then we'll need clothes and stuff. Tourist guides..."

"We can buy tickets without hacking. They don't ask for VISAs, customs does when you get there. If you don't have appropriate stuff in the closets of your rooms, we'll have some fabricated. Optic and Blue should be able to set up the fake trail with the help of our alien AI. We should be able to make it look like this hacker did a good job of covering his tracks, but not too good not to get caught. Most Chinese of the best hackers are hardcore nationalists, many with ties to the government. I suggest that we take one of two routes...the riskier but more plausible claim will be making it appear that a government hacker has gone rogue. It is more likely to attract Markum, but also more likely to attract the Chinese. Alternatively, we can go for an indie, but he'll be less attractive to both."

 

[kirinke]

ooc:
Would Hope have any contacts in that arena? One's that she can trust, hacker wise, maybe through Bit Basher?

 

[Victim]

"We can buy tickets without hacking. They don't ask for VISAs, customs does when you get there. If you don't have appropriate stuff in the closets of your rooms, we'll have some fabricated. Optic and Blue should be able to set up the fake trail with the help of our alien AI. We should be able to make it look like this hacker did a good job of covering his tracks, but not too good not to get caught. Most Chinese of the best hackers are hardcore nationalists, many with ties to the government. I suggest that we take one of two routes...the riskier but more plausible claim will be making it appear that a government hacker has gone rogue. It is more likely to attract Markum, but also more likely to attract the Chinese. Alternatively, we can go for an indie, but he'll be less attractive to both."

"We're going to be attracting Chinese attention anyway - we might as well have them looking in the wrong direction."

Oh yeah, we have money to just buy them. And while I didn't want to have to work on setting up the hacker, the fact that they don't need or want me to...

"How many days worth of stuff" medicine "should we pack?"

 

[DM_Matt]

"We're going to be attracting Chinese attention anyway - we might as well have them looking in the wrong direction."

Oh yeah, we have money to just buy them. And while I didn't want to have to work on setting up the hacker, the fact that they don't need or want me to...

"How many days worth of stuff" medicine "should we pack?"

(My own oversight, not an in character issue at all)

 

[kirinke]

(My own oversight, not an in character issue at all)

ooc:
There's also the fact that Hope probably needs to pack her own 'medicine', the anti-depression stuff and whatever the Trust shrink prescribed her.

 

[DM_Matt]

(The oversight I was referring to was the hacking part)

Hope could contact some hackers, but it seems that the you already have a patsy.

Black says "Bring a week's worth of stuff. That should be more than enough. Ok, hmmm, I think this patsy will do. Zhang Yu, Age 28, lives on a rice farm with some pretty ridiculous comm equipment. It is in the middle of nowhere, near enough to Tianjiang that Markum will go for it, and far enough that we'll be able to control the location and see backup coming from pretty far away. The bonus is that this guy really does have some great intel. So the question then becomes -- do we try to intercept Markum on his way in? Do we let him mistakenly approach the hacker and see what happens? Do we take down the hacker and try to pose as him? Something else?"

 

[kirinke]

(The oversight I was referring to was the hacking part)

Hope could contact some hackers, but it seems that the you already have a patsy.

Black says "Bring a week's worth of stuff. That should be more than enough. Ok, hmmm, I think this patsy will do. Zhang Yu, Age 28, lives on a rice farm with some pretty ridiculous comm equipment. It is in the middle of nowhere, near enough to Tianjiang that Markum will go for it, and far enough that we'll be able to control the location and see backup coming from pretty far away. The bonus is that this guy really does have some great intel. So the question then becomes -- do we try to intercept Markum on his way in? Do we let him mistakenly approach the hacker and see what happens? Do we take down the hacker and try to pose as him? Something else?"

IC
Hope is mostly quiet during the conversation. "Intercepting Markum on the way in is bad, we don't even know what he'll look like. Letting him approach the hacker is even worse, this guy could kill him before we could get close to save him and posing as him is a very bad way to start a relationship built on trust." she said wryly.

"My best suggestion is pretty simple. We let the deal go down, at least up till the meet. We take the hacker down and then wait for Markum to show up." she looked up at the others.

"From there, I can see a couple of possibilities. One, we're probably are going to have to convince Markum that we're the good-guys, without a big fight. Because, he's gonna be rightfully ansy when he sees us en-mass. We tell him the truth, maybe have Wren and Skylark teleport him here, so we can convince him." she looked rueful.

"That's the best-case scenario. Worst case scenario is the big-fight where we have to knock him out and take him back here so we can convince him. I'd rather not have to resort to that,"

 

[Victim]

"Why do we need to meet Markum as a group? It should only take a couple of people, right? With teleports, the rest of us could be out of the way but still close enough to help if needed."

 

[DM_Matt]

"Why do we need to meet Markum as a group? It should only take a couple of people, right? With teleports, the rest of us could be out of the way but still close enough to help if needed."

(Its clear this mission isn't really your guys' thing, so...)

Black and White's phones suddenly start making all kinds of noise...

"Oh, crap. There is a massive riot at the Liberty Dome at the Comets' game. People got violent for no apparent reason...and they lost contact with the Treadwell Blimp, which had been at the game (the dome is retractable, and is retracted for day games), but has since begun flying South. Maybe yo uguys should go see what's up."