The place Copperhead picked should have a semi-decent connection and we can move elsewhere if need-be.

Understood.  Thanks.

Papa Bear, were Junior's passwords for his computer and home security listed or unlisted?  Is there some sort of check I could make to see what other passwords might be missing from the identified list?

Also, just had another thought.  Perhaps the three unlisted passwords have something to do with the three missing chips directly.

I had the same though about the possible correlation with the chips, which is why I figured we should reach out to the J.  If we need a password to get them to eject from someone's head without blowing up, that would be good to know . . .

No indications of home computer or home security passwords being listed. Just 'personal interests', business sites, a few PINs for voicemail and the like, and those unlisted passwords.

With all this talk about Junior's computer-- wouldn't that be located elsewhere from the party? I don't see why Junior would need invites to a party he's throwing at his own pad.

The computer would likely be somewhere totally different.  We're contemplating splitting the party, though no decision on that made yet.

No one asked, but I do recommend splitting-you have two nights to get three chips, and also split parties are much easier for me to kill.

A quick poke here. Noruas needs to settle his body somewhere for him to hack (he can do it from the restaurant if you'd like). I can run him faster than everyone else, since I don't have to wait on so many people responding before I post a turn, but if he doesn't start soon, there may be delays to the rest of the group.

Also, I need to know who is going to the party, and who is doing other stuff (and if so, what?)

Yeah, I have no idea on the whole matrix connectivity issue, but I was assuming we were letting that get resolved before I pressed on.

To answer your question, Duck is definitely going to that party. Select sound filtration should let me get in on plenty of juicy tidbits.

I'm assuming Noruas can do basic searching here to learn what he can about Pengrave, Cooperman, Val & Griffin as well as the party site - enough to give us some basic intel for planning, figure out where might be a good place for him to jack in, etc.  We can take him somewhere else if he wants to get into the party site's system itself to do some preparatory work for supervising things.

I think we should have White Duck call the J from here to find out what the deal is if the chips get slotted and see if she knows what "Cleo" and "Jack" mean as well as what our odds are of getting near Junior's office & computers.  (And also to give her a professional heads up about Junior so she's not blind-sided by it.)

Whether I go to the party depends on whether we agree that splitting up is useful, but even if I go, I expect it'll be in someone's pocket as a fly, not with an invite.

Noted, shape-change spell for Copperhead to disguise herself as something slightly less disgusting.

Hmm, CH, maybe you can get in as maintenance/party staff?

@Papa :P

@White Duck: Could do, but I'm not sure whether that would be beneficial.  Once we get a sense of the size of the venue and what sort of defenses might be in place, we can figure out what makes sense.  I'm coziest and most useful in my vehicle.  If you guys need a quick get-away, that's fastest.  Outside my vehicle, I'm easily recognizable without a spell as well as more vulnerable if I have to rig.  Only reason to exit is if we had a B&E target for me to hit.  But so far, there's no intelligence to suggest that's necessary.  My leaning therefore is to hold onto an invitation (and maybe even have Copperhead cast and sustain a spell on me that he can drop if necessary), but to wait in the van and just rig a fly to eavesdrop/explore.

You mean Caduceus, right?

Um, yeah.  I might be multi-talented, but I'm not *that* multi-talented :>

So, shall we? I think we have a party to attend.

Aren't you going to call the J?

Well damn, didn't realize I was holding things up. Forgot about that, sorry. Doing so now.

Caduceus has some people he can call too, but I was kinda waiting to see what Noruas was able to find so that Caduceus would have a better idea what to ask them.

Ok guys, I need a little help here.  I am currently running a search browser in the matrix to look into these slave nodes I've found.  I would like it if you guys can help me think of what else could be connected to these slave nodes besides cameras.  Yes, I know I lack the decker's proper imagination, but that's why I have and love you all. ;)

Audio feeds, phone/telecom lines, stored transaction data, stored personal data, hmm...

What is a slave node exactly?  I am not too familiar with matrix terms and I Don have my book with me at the moment.  Would household utilities be connected to them, like lights, stoves, thermostats, refrigerators?

Now that I have been able to look into it a little more and get a better idea of what might be included, here are some more possibilities (along with my old ideas):
elevators
automated security defenses (turrets, metal detectors, x-ray machines)
motion sensors
electronic door locks
lights
air traffic monitoring systems
garage doors
sprinkler systems
thermostats
fireplaces

Sprinkler systems are nice things to have control over if we want the party to end early . . . :>