Iain R. Short:
I'm sorry, when did this become a series directed by Alan Smithee?
I’m not directing, just assisting. So, I take no credit for the project :-)
These are the notes I have put together from conversations with Compton, and what I read in the story. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. I may have missed something, or parts of the plan may have changed.
THE PLAN
Dren and Johnny get themselves invited to the poker game. Pieran poses as the caterer, Andre Rousseau, and Alex and Raven will be Rousseau’s staff. Dren loses and washes out of the game early, going to the private lounge. Johnny has to make sure that Chorro wins enough to stay in the game. That will keep Chorro from leaving the table while the theft is in progress.
Iain needs to get to the surveillance room on the First Deck and turn off the security cameras before Dren can steal the mirror. There are three sets of stairs that lead from the Main Deck to the First Deck. One is located in the Casino’s Security Office, the other two can be found at the stern in
Wild Bill’s Bar & Grill (see the Casino floor plans posted above). The stairs down to the First Deck are each secured with an
employee only gate. Iain will need a keycard to get through the gate and down to the First Deck (the locked gates probably violate fire codes but, Chorro must not care about that). Once on the First Deck, Iain must go to the Surveillance Room. Only an undead can enter this room. Iain will need to take out any guards there and turn off the cameras.
The plan relies on synchronized timing. Iain performs his part at a predetermined time. It is up to Pieran to keep track of the time, as well, since he will be sending signals to Dren and Johnny. At the predetermined time, Pieran will have a particular food or drink served in the game room. That will be Dren’s signal that it is time to bail out of the game because Iain should have the cameras off.
Dren must get by two locked doors. The first door leads to the private section of the boat. The second is the door to Chorro’s office. On a wall just inside the office door is an alarm. You will have less than 30 seconds to enter the correct code on the keypad, or the alarm will sound. Raven plans to use her ability to “read” the alarm and discover the current code. Dren will remove the mirror, Raven will replace it with Pieran’s fake, and then smuggle the mirror out of the casino to Mike, who will be waiting to drive it away.
After Dren and Raven have both returned to the lounge, Pieran will serve another special food or drink to the game room. That will be Johnny’s signal that the theft is complete and he is free to leave the game.