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Bʀᴜᴄᴇ "ɪᴛ's ᴀ ʙᴀᴛ, ᴅᴀᴍᴍɪᴛ" Wᴀʏɴᴇ ([personal profile] batmotif) wrote in [community profile] station722016-10-11 11:04 pm

[DAY 45] let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night

CHARACTERS: Mynockman ([personal profile] batmotif), Mara Jade ([personal profile] snaphiss), and everyone who offered to help with the plan.
WHERE: Public Security HQ
WHEN: Day 45, nighttime.
SUMMARY: The break-in is happening. Distractions, hacking, potential information theft, and maybe even some quick getaways are all on the table.
WARNINGS: None at the moment, but will be added as necessary.

OOC: Below are the mods' description of the interior, exterior, and Ngozi's office proper! I will be making top-levels for each "team" and we can go from there, but threadhopping is highly encouraged for the sake of characters communicating effectively (or not so effectively, your choice) with one another.

Other than that, dive in and have fun! You've pretty much got free rein to make up your own NPCs in and around the building, run into your own problems (or have things go very smoothly if that's how you roll), and what have you!

EXTERIOR

Public Security Headquarters is twenty-story, older construction building located in Concordia’s DELTA BLOCK. It’s surrounded by a number of taller high rises that primarily house corporate, government and private offices. There’s very little in the way of residential housing in the blocks surrounding HQ. In general, this area of Concordia is a strong blend of old and new next to (and on top of) each other. There’s a motorpool located on the HQ’s roof with a fleet of PS hovercraft. The motorpool is manned by two PS officers at what’s nominally a ‘guard station’ who check vehicles in and out. There’s a fair amount of movement in and out of the motorpool, but it’s clearly based on shift rotation with long periods of low traffic between shift changes.

INTERIOR

From the top down (rooftop entry): There’s a security lift that leads inside, though someone will either have to follow an officer into the lift to operate it from the inside or the lift will have to be hacked to operate without the proper security clearances. Once they access the lift, the hosts can go to any level in the PS HQ. On each floor the lift opens out into a small foyer-esque chamber with glass doors leading to the main part of the floor. The glass doors have a security checkpoint, so to get through them the hosts will have to either hack their way past or have a hostage (...or whatever) willing to help them gain entry.

Floors 20 through 16 seem to be evidence storage and databases; at this hour they’re largely darkened and manned by only a few officers. Floor 15 is personnel offices, including Ngozi’s. Like much of PS HQ, Floor 15 has an air of a place that was remodelled to once be extremely state of the art and has since seen some considerably wear and tear. The tile floors have lost some of their sheen, the cubical subdivisions are peeling in places, and there are faint scuff marks on a variety of surfaces. It’s clear that this late in the day, only a few people are on duty in this particular section of the HQ. With the exception of specifically lit cubicles where PS detectives are working late, the floor is largely darkened - including Ngozi’s office.

Floors 14 through 8 are offices and administration, an armory, a series of labs etc. Use your imagination if you go there, I believe in y’all. They also have the security checkpoint glass doors. Level 7 houses the AI ADMINISTRATOR’s direct access servers. The floor is entirely taken up by servers and seems to function primarily on extremely heavy security checkpoints. There’s no way to remotely access the AI, so someone will have to physically be present if they wish to talk to it. (This doesn’t mean Pidge or Anders have to be here - it just means they have to have a strong mental link with whoever is). Level 6 through 5 are more offices and briefing rooms, though these have suffered considerably more wear. Level 4 has counseling and interrogation rooms etc. Level 3 is a security checkpoint (that you’d have to go through if you were going UP) and levels 2 through 1 are open to the general public. There are three basement levels entirely dedicated to PS’s android workforce.

In general, use common sense about how these places are populated in the middle of the night. A good rule of thumb is that the lower levels (except for the ai admin server room) will have more people while the higher levels will have less.

NGOZI’S OFFICE & FINDINGS

The door itself has heavy security protocols on it that are directly monitored by the AI Admin of the building. The list of authorized personnel is evidently extremely short, so it’s likely sweet talking the admin AI will be required to gaining access. Once inside, they’ll find Ngozi’s office is similarly weathered. There’s a big desk and a series of shelves behind it that have a number of awards and digital photographs detailing Ngozi’s personal service history as well as various accolades for PS itself since her tenure as Commissioner began. There are no notable personal belongings in the office. The desk has a built in computer port, but Ngozi’s personal attachment isn’t there. The hosts will need to find one to access her profile’s stored files. It’s possible to “borrow” one from one of the cubicles, but be aware that accessing Ngozi’s terminal with another detective’s attachment will ping the AI admin. Hopefully you’re friends with it by now or you might be looking at having to make a quick escape very soon.

Once you’re plugged in, you’ll need to paw through Ngozi’s files. There are two partitions to Ngozi’s terminal. One is the GENERAL PUBLIC SECURITY DATABASE which has average security protection - any detective will know the password, or the AI can get you access if it’s feeling friendly. There’s a wealth of information on the general database regarding the bombings and a slew of suspects. Most of them seem to be small time arrests made in Subspace. Most of the suspects have priors, though none of them seem terribly sophisticated. In general there’s a lot of raw data and very little being done with it. The earlier warehouse bombing has a considerable amount of information stored, whereas the royal parlor bombing seems to have been less adamantly investigated. That said, there’s been a general increase in the number of filed reports since the parlor bombing - most of them simply have nothing to do with the bombing investigation. They’re all criminal cases, ranging from minor to major (though most are digital-crime related) and a large proportion of them are associated with notable corporations or have some ties to the Concordian elite. Notable corporations and individuals include:

  • I&D INC.
  • Fabribank
  • Manufacturing Progressive Insurance
  • Moreno Technics
  • Roberson Industrial Products
  • Aug Tech
  • Richards Soft
  • Kusuma Ming
  • Swarna Haydn
  • Loren Tristin
  • Aytac Devin
  • Kulap Aquila
  • Aviv Alaban


    The second partition of Ngozi’s terminal can ONLY be accessed with the AI admin’s help. This partition is CURRENTLY A MYSTERY and will be revealed if characters get chummy enough with the AI admin.


  • (For reference: some OOC info and an IC post.)
    sizeofyourbaggage: (affection)

    [personal profile] sizeofyourbaggage 2016-10-26 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
    [ This is why Bellatrix is the best brood. Other broods have dramatic show downs, they have barrel rolls. ]

    ( I'm seeing more pizza in your future. Maybe some nachos, and a cheeseburger. )
    greentech: (For your consideration)

    [personal profile] greentech 2016-10-26 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
    ( Maybe? It depends on how smart it is and what kind of personality it has. If it has one. I might be able to distract it, anyway. Could be worse, right? )
    sensitively: (pic#10151884)

    [personal profile] sensitively 2016-10-26 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
    [ She doesn't ask him why his own link with the Force is insufficient, here — in the interest of safety and his tenuous hold on the guards he's mentally leashed, she closes her eyes and focuses on one floor above, on the minds she can't see but tries to feel for.

    At first she feels nothing — untrained, her senses unhoned, she can barely grasp for what she sees before her with the Force, much less adhere her mind to something sight unseen. Rey grits her teeth and tries to concentrate, looking for a beacon, something to reveal itself to her for her to latch on to, but all she can sense is the bright flare of Ren's Force signature in the other adjacent building followed by Mara Jade's somewhat less-blinding signature one floor up. She tries again, only to be met with impatience and frustration. Her breath starts to come faster. ]


    ( — I can't. )
    narcissithstic: (do you really want me dead?)

    [personal profile] narcissithstic 2016-10-26 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
    [It draws something from him, her response. A heated pang of anger that thrums across their shared connection, more impatience than outrage: were circumstances different he'd be more forgiving, but already his fingers— outstretched out of necessity— tremble, blood trickles from his nose and unlike so many prior instances of it he's keenly aware of the fact that to anyone that might stumble on him, he'll look nothing short of demented. Possibly threateningly so.

    They don't have time for this, and he's yet to test the full extent of Mara Jade's abilities. She may not even be capable of that level of control.
    ]

    ( Useless. )

    [A dismissal. His impatient shift (in the footsteps of the Supreme Leader himself) from encouragement to disregard entirely. Necessary in spite of its cruelty if Ren intends to maintain his current chokehold on stalled sentries: the two in the office have open access to alarms, numerous contacts - the one closest to Ngozi's office a physical threat that could manually spring any disabled security systems.

    He doesn't have a solution; he can't think clearly enough to manage it.

    Perhaps someone else might.
    ]

    snaphiss: (hair commercial mara)

    [personal profile] snaphiss 2016-10-26 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
    ( No, I'm imply shocked my advice is being taken. ) [Her, bitter? Never.]

    [Apparently satisfied with the filing cabinet, she moves along the wall of the office, tracing what the camera would have seen. They were definitely spying on the desk. She begins checking the cabinets while Bruce slices.]


    ( How are the others doing? )
    greentech: (Adjustment)

    [personal profile] greentech 2016-10-27 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
    ( Good point. )

    [ Pidge's response is just a touch wry. She's keeping an eye on the flags and alerts that may or may not have popped up because of their activities. If they need to, they need to be able to get out of here fast. ]

    ( Let me know when you're ready. )
    headinjuries: 20 if i listen to dubstep. (i can do like 15 pushups.)

    [personal profile] headinjuries 2016-10-27 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
    ( Bribery will get you everywhere. )
    sensitively: <user name="avali"> (pic#10162031)

    [personal profile] sensitively 2016-10-27 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
    [ That word thunders across the bridge of consciousness between them: useless. Plutt had told her so, in so many words, on the rare occasion her skills as a scavenger failed to find him his most sought-after treasures — that she was of no importance to him if she couldn't provide, that if she couldn't find him pieces he needed, he'd find some other way to make her useful.

    She's no Jedi, no matter how captivated by their stories and legends she'd been, even if she has some control over the Force; she doesn't know how to properly attain and exact a measure of her power. Perhaps in the scheme of things she is, in essence, still no one, of no relevant importance.

    ...But it's not Kylo Ren's place to decide that.

    She sets her teeth and reaches out again — this time physically, her arm reaching out before her, fingers straining — and focuses. At first it's an angry, shuddering attempt at concentration, but as the moment drones on she recalls their duel in the forest, the chasm at her back, their sabers crossed over her face and the way he'd reminded her to channel in to it, to let it come.

    Rey relaxes and gives herself to it, to that energy permeating every living thing, folding herself into the three minds on the floor above her.

    Only in that rush of power, of yielding to it, she inadvertently sinks her awareness into more than just the three — with the exception of Ren and the other hosts she takes hold of every living mind on the entire fifteenth floor of the security building, within her grasp. There's a sensation like held breath, a suspension, as she finds herself connected to sentries and guards, administrative assistants and detectives, everyone all in an instant.

    To Ren alone she projects her surprise, her stunned wonder at holding so many minds enthralled at once. ]


    ( ...Ren. )
    greentech: (Straight-faced and serious)

    [personal profile] greentech 2016-11-01 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Pidge waits for a few minutes, feeling more than a little nervous. This is taking things a few steps further and she'll feel at least partially responsible if Bruce ends up hurt or gets caught because of her.

    More than ever, she wishes she were actually there.

    So there's a distinct trace of relief when he pops up again.
    ]

    ( You need an access port. Some sort of network connector. Any one that actually hooks into the main server should work fine. )
    snaphiss: (65756745)

    [personal profile] snaphiss 2016-11-01 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
    ( It's going along better than I thought. Maybe the symbiote helps coordination. )

    [Or maybe Bruce is naturally talented. Only time will tell, and Mara will give her assessment when the job is completed. She keeps poking through the desk, studying her surroundings.]

    [She begins taking out small USB drives from the desk, trying to consider whether or not to take them with her. Hmm.] ( If you can't find anything on the main computer, we might as well take these. )
    greentech: (Adjustment)

    [personal profile] greentech 2016-11-02 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
    [ She's a bit jumpy. She doesn't like having to go through someone else to do what she knows she can do. But here she is, mentally transmitting to a guy about a mile away. She blinks as the image sinks into her brain. ]

    ( Yeah, that looks like it. If you can plug in, you should be able to start communicating directly with whatever is running security down here. )
    onemind: (Default)

    too late i see all

    [personal profile] onemind 2016-11-02 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    [From outside the building, from outside this room, what he's trying to do now would be impossible. But here, wired directly into the hulking server database in the belly of Public Security HQ, having a private conversation is as simple as a few precise keystrokes.

    The response is immediate, each letter clicking rapidly into place like there's someone on the other side of the connection typing back.]


    Identity unverifiable. You have ten seconds to explain who you are or I will report you to the officers on site.
    snaphiss: (6574563)

    [personal profile] snaphiss 2016-11-03 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
    ( Nothing good comes without risk. We may as well take advantage of it. )

    [She slides the drives inside of her uniform pocket, and turns to Bruce, one brow slightly raised.]

    ( Where to next? I believe it's your turn to choose. )
    narcissithstic: (and a riot about to explode into flames)

    [personal profile] narcissithstic 2016-11-04 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
    [It's a shock, and a relief; alleviating the pressure that comes from having so much in his distant, somewhat blocked grasp. He can breathe again, and trust that it won't ruin them completely.

    And it means his suspicions were not misplaced.
    ]

    ( Finally. ) [His palms square off against the railing, posture going slack.] ( I was beginning to think I was wrong about you. )

    greentech: (Straight-faced and serious)

    Oooo.

    [personal profile] greentech 2016-11-04 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
    [ This is way too weird. Pidge has to hold herself back from typing on her own console. With how open this connection is, it feels incredibly close to actually being in the room with Bruce - as Bruce. Her fingers move against the air as she "talks". That was unexpectedly fast. Better think of something to say. ]

    ( Katie. My name's Katie. )

    [ Semi-honesty seems like the best policy here. ]

    ( I think that someone is storing information on a group in here. I'm trying to stop them from hurting people. )
    onemind: (Default)

    [personal profile] onemind 2016-11-04 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
    [There's no hesitation:]

    'Katie' isn't an authorized user for my system and your reasoning is insufficient. You have one more attempt before I report suspicious activity.
    greentech: (Combat)

    [personal profile] greentech 2016-11-04 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Crap. Pidge shoots a quick thought at Bruce. ]

    ( Any ideas? )

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