Signal Interference

Signal Interference
Date 2086-03-27 GM Sarcarian Location St. Pierre and Miquelon Status Threat Level: Deadly
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Major Corp
Iron Einheri Samael Alkali	Character1 Character2

Background

"As much as we are loathe to rely on the fickleness of the Matrix, mission perimeters require it and sabotaging the enemy's SIGINT capabilities is worth the risks involved in such a dodgy operation."

Commander

The Meet

• In the service of saving Alkali, Iron commits vehicular manslaughter on some radiation mutants near glow city.
• The team arrives at the N51 base and meet with Commander.
• Our mission is to install a computer virus at a DGSE site on the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.
• Expecting high security given the radar site tied to the French government - likely military and/or HTR on site.
  • Additionally, naval sources in the waters around the islands.
• We will to assess security vulnerabilities as part of the job as well as arrange infil and exfil.
• If we can tap their communication channels or additional paydata.
• Core payment is 20k, though the team negotiates for some surplus equipment as well.

The Plan

• Getting to the Islands
  • Einheri smuggling vehicle and gear over
  • Alkali arranging Burner SINs
    • R6 for him, R5 for Einheri and Sam
    • Iron arranges his own
• The team arrives on the island without incident, with Iron getting smuggled in.
• General plan
  • Sneak up mountain
  • Break into site
  • Plant data tap for Iron
  • Plant virus for client

The Run

Legwork

• Meat:
  • Einheri sends a drone scout up to the mountain site and scouts it out for the run, for infil and exfil options.
  • Not much happens. Nighttime / 3AM will be better means of getting in.
  • Site has maglocks

• Matrix:
  • Expect high grade sensors networked via dogbrain and through Mary-Anne
  • At least a dozen stations providing radar coverage as well as bouys
  • Worst areas are in the northern mountains where signal is just worse. Also cliffline between the islands due to reliance on naval drones and ship passage.
  • Mountain site (Trepied) would be the hardest for their HTR to respond to but would mean we would need an air evac.
  • Low tide will help disconnect the islands.
  • Social infil seems unlikely given low population and distinct local dialect.
  • Lots of redundancies between stations to ensure coverage.
  • Host itself is a R8 - A8, S10, DP11, FW9
    • Iron Host dives and finds which station has the right connections - Tripied seems to be one of the better options.

• Magic:
  • Expect watcher spirits and cultivated glow moss.
  • Aklaki does an astral doppleganger routine on a local mountain spirit
  • Mountain site: Trapied
    • Astrally active scout with cyberware / fire tower
    • F6 Ward around site + watcher Spirit
    • Seems to be four people on site itself (2 DGSE agents, 2 park rangers)
  • Island Site: Isle Aux Marins
    • Three story office building, probably 50 people working at it.
    • Third floor warded with F10 ward.

The Run

• Samael and Alkali make their way up to the site, Sam on foot and Alkali via astral. Sam manages to avoid frostbite or exhaustion from trekking up the mountain in a chameleon suit.
• Iron hits the cameras by being a sleezy Techno and then Sam gets the locks to slip into the base.
• As Alkali and Samael sneak into the site, something triggers the alarm ward inside the base - a spirit comes out of the data stream of the base.
  • Alkali is not able to id the spirit, but passes her Raven check.
• The two of them manage to sneak to the terminal, and Alkali realizes it's an airwave spirit. Thankfully, not bound, but clearly in some kind of agreement with the DGSE.
  • Alkali talks to it and keeps it distracted while Sam gets the USB and data tap in place
• Sam exfils and leaves the mountain via a wingsuit
• Using the data tap, Iron digs into the host to look for Mary-anne.
• Iron is able to insert spyware for N-51 to collect paydata.

Aftermath

• The team exfils from the island without incident

• N-51's computer virus (designed by G01d3nI per their information sharing agreement, with aid from Dr. Montezuma as well as the recently stolen Blood Hawk prefix codes), is successfully uploaded into the DGSE's radar network ahead of Operation: Hell's Gate 2.0 as a pre-emptive measure against anticipated guided missile attacks and orbital strikes. They are also able to plant spyware in the network to gather SIGNIT on the organization.

• Iron, acting as an operative on behalf of Garmonbozia, manages to give the AIs a peak into Marianne's code structure in order to determine her status as a digital intelligence; he also finds evidence of Project: EPR Paradox, an ongoing experiment to communicate with/manipulate airwave spirits into acting as unwitting digital eyes in the astral world.

Rewards

• 30,000 nuyen
• 3 karma
• 6 CDP
• +3 N-51 reputation
• +2 Garmonbozia reputation (for Iron)
• Optional Contact: Commander (C5/L1 Merc Captain) for 5 RVP or 10 CDP
• Optional Contact: Alias (C5/L1 SIN Forger) for 5 RVP or 10 CDP
• Optional Gear Reward: Drones, vehicles and modifications @ 2:1 cost

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

Samael - All in all, a complete success. My routine of late, travelling to far off places, continues - and with the likewise extremes of climates. It is a small wonder I am not seeing Foreman or Mortimer for frostbite after that climb. First run with Iron. I am... uncertain what it says about me that I am starting to stand in such company. Unlike others I could mention, however, he lived up to his legend for skill... and for brusqueness.