Talk:Session 10: Calling Vincent White

I'm just throwing out some initial thoughts and ideas to get the discussion started. There are lots of options and feel free to take this conversation in any direction.

What can Eric expect? I don't date, so correct me if I'm wrong, but dinner, drinks, and heading back to an apartment seems pretty standard. I'd like to see Eric's response to Manami's message. Her response could be valuable for planning.

Potential settings:

Restaurant
Night Club
Manami's penthouse suite at the Shiawase Arcology
Vincent White's apartment (probably not Eric's real apartment, I'm guessing?)
any others?

Objectives

Obtain anything we can on the Drakes Bay project

While the team is brainstorming, Dmitri is asked what he would need to dive into Shiawase's Matrix and access top secret data. He says that there are two major roadblocks.

Login credentials - if he had Coltrane's RFID keycard, he could probably browse Shiawase nodes with her privilege levels.
Firewalls - if he did it from within the arcology, instead of connecting remotely, he could bypass several layers of very high security.

Exploring the Shiawase Arcology idea

We would need to smuggle Dmitri into the arcology.
Eric would need to obtain Coltrane's keycard and pass it off to the team.
It's possible she would notice, as the card is likely RFID.
Once she realizes the card is missing, she will most likely report it lost/stolen and have it deactivated. There will only be a small window to use it.
The Shiawase Arcology is a massive complex. Although security is tight, the CIA has some methods of entry that can be explored if the team decides to go that route.

Things to consider

Manami's intentions are unknown. The team should have a plan to extract Eric if he gets into trouble.
In public, Manami typically travels with at least four heavily armed bodyguards and a mage. The possibility of the mage being Yukawa Sato is unlikely but not impossible.
You can bet that her health is monitored by Shiawase at all times.

I dont think Tony and I have any helpful experience. The last time we started a relationship was in high school, these characters are in their late twenties/early thirties. Additionally, dating 60 years ago was nothing like what it is now, I assume dating 60 years from now will also be very different. That being said, dinner, drinks, and (if things go well) sex is probably still pretty standard, considering their age. Considering her lifestyle, I imagine dinner would be someplace super trendy/expensive. Drinks would probably be at a club full of celebrities and VIPs. I would assume there would be as many drugs as drinks considering the scene/her habit. I cant think of any other potential settings to add...but things never seem to go as planned.

Key Card: I think the best option would be to get it while in the club, pass it off to a teammate, they copy it while still in the club, and then Eric plants it back on her. Drinking, drugs and dancing will make pickpocketing much easier.

Hacking: I am thinking backdoor here. How good are sprites? If Eric can get into the arcology and let the sprite in behind the majority of the defenses, could it then make a backdoor for Dmitri? It is my understanding that as long as the sprite is compiled (bound) Dmitri should be able to send it on my commlink and use its services remotely. Also, as long as Dmitri is on the Matrix, I think he has a mental link with the Sprite.

Kidnapping: If she does plan to do something neferious with Eric, she will probably take him back to the arcology. There is no point in her doing it off her home turf. My major concern would be that if they are very suspicious of him, they might take him back to the arcology and use mind probe. We could be in for a shit storm then.

This mission seems to have the potential of leaving a lot of members out. Thoughts?

--Macabreengel 12:52, 31 January 2011 (EST)