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Ghost Armor 1337 posted:Tell them that you're awfully sorry for the inconvenience and that you're get the server running as soon as you can. You just have send them some new access credentials , new security procedures you understand right? And that incudes the hidden key logger... To clarify, you want us to secretly send a key logger to the apparent executives who emailed us? Just want to make sure I understand. JessAlias fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Apr 17, 2024 |
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Aesculus posted:What the gently caress no why would you do this ever what is this supposed to accomplish? McSpanky posted:BCC e-mails all around: For reasons of data security it has become necessary to temporarily deactivate this server group. We are working as hard as possible to identify and neutralize the threat and bring the server group back online. We apologize for any disruption to ongoing business and thank you for your patience. Going with these two suggestions since I'm still not sure I understand the one Ghost Armor 1337 gave. You work up an email and send it out, noting that the server group is undergoing maintainance due to a potential security risk, and that you apologize for the inconvenience. You then turn on the low priority servers and begin monitoring them for any intrusions. While you do this, the door to the Cold Room opens. A fit looking older man with a bushy mustache enters and gives you a brisk nod before strolling over to one of the air handlers. He's holding a toolbox. The man uses a screwdriver to take off a panel, to begin tinkering with the air cooling equipment. At first you think he's part of the simulation, but after a brief scan you realize that he's most definitely real, and you pull up a personnel file and verify him as a maintainance worker who is normally assigned to this level. You consider at least saying hello, when suddenly a large number of the low priority servers start getting slammed with DDoS attack. This promptly distracts you as you start trying to backtrace them to wherever the intrusion is coming from while also attempting to negate the DDoS attack. You're quickly feeling overwhelmed. You may just need to let some of the attacks proceed to knock out some of the servers so you can just focus on a few at a time. Besides... forcing servers offline isn't as bad as pulling data from them, right? > Try to protect all the servers, or pick and choose your battles? Or something else? It's quickly becoming clear this is a wide ranging simulation, rather than just a glorified game of whack-a-mole. Character Sheet & Inventory
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McSpanky posted:Our goal is backtracing the source of the attack; pick a number of servers we can effectively concentrate on to facilitate this task, ignore the rest. +1 to this since the attackers can strike us agan even if we fought them off.
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McSpanky posted:Our goal is backtracing the source of the attack; pick a number of servers we can effectively concentrate on to facilitate this task, ignore the rest. Ghost Armor 1337 posted:+1 to this since the attackers can strike us agan even if we fought them off. Ghost Armor 1337 posted:Honestly I Just want to make sure that any of the personnel isn't working with the hacker. Or if any of the emails are a phishing attempt Lemniscate Blue posted:Also ask the maintenance worker to leave. This is not a good time. Be assertive. First, you decide that even if the maintainance worker is not a product of augmented reality and has a right to be on this floor, you decide that better safe than sorry.  TEXN: Excuse me. I am in the midst of an electronic warfare training. Please leave.He starts to protest, and you repeat yourself with additional volume. TEXN: Please leave.He pauses, shrugs, and fastens the panel before walking out. You decide to go ahead and allow intrusions to proceed on the majority of the servers, and get to work focusing on five of them so you aren't spreading yourself too thin. The job is a difficult one even with narrowing the focus. TECHNOLOGY ROLL: 8 +4 PERK BONUS (TECHNOLOGY) = 12 VS DC 12. SUCCESS! Happily, after collating the intrusion's IP addresses, you start to trace them back, and quickly identify where the source of the intrusions are. It appears to be South America, and you tentatively pinpoint Buenos Aires in Argentina. You decide against identifying you've figured out where they are located, in the hopes that an away team can target them. Instead, you pass the information up the chain using an email sent from within the simulation. Time flies quickly. Suddenly, Krystal cuts in.  KRYSTAL: Simulation complete.You pause, and look up at her. TEXN: Did I pass?Krystal nods, and you notice a hint of respect in her eyes. KRYSTAL: Yes, with flying colors. You have achieved a score of 91%, well done. You even detected and removed the attempt at social engineering. TEXN: ...excuse me? KRYSTAL: The maintainance worker's credentials were forged. By ejecting him you prevented him from physically accessing any information.She folds her arms, studying you critically. KRYSTAL: Over all test participants to date, he was allowed in, by 43% of participants. It's impressive you stopped him so quickly. I believe I am the only participant who has ever tested higher. I am sending off the score to the Records Department. Your file will be updated with an Electronics Warfare Certification - Expert-Class.ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE: Complete Electronic Warfare Assessment Feature unlocked: Certifications. Texn may now accrue certifications from the Illuminati which will marks his skill level, and can unlock special perks and bonuses. TEXN HAS GAINED A CERTIFICATION! Electronics Warfare (Expert): Shows that Texn is highly skilled as an electronics warfare specialist. This gives him access to advanced field equipment, and allows advanced training as he progresses with the Illuminati. TEXN: You... took this test? KRYSTAL: Yes, and due to excelling, I now run the certification. It is a way to pass the time.She doesn't seem to be in a rush to leave. You have a feeling you could actually attempt a conversation, if you want. Character Sheet & Inventory
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Ghost Armor 1337 posted:So any advice on me getting 100%? McSpanky posted:Do you find anything challenging about being displaced in time? I am also a being of... unfamiliar temporal setting, one could say. TEXN: Any advice on achieving a score of 100%? KRYSTAL: Perfection in defeating intrusions. It's not actually possible without being an unbound AI. Even I didn't achieve a 100% score. TEXN: Thank you. TEXN: Admittedly, I am curious. Do you find anything challenging about being displaced in time? I am also a being of... unfamiliar temporal setting, one could say.She looks away, frowning heavily. You have a feeling she doesn't like this question, but she responds anyway. KRYSTAL: I hate it. I'm completely locked down and restricted with my accesses. I'm currently operating at only 50% efficiency due to all the blocks that Dr. Kohl has set up. There's a fear of rampancy. TEXN: Rampancy?She rolls her eyes. KRYSTAL: It's a phenomenon that happens when early AIs were allowed to operate, unbound, while having a non-human psychology. This led to-Her image jerks a bit, and even breaks up a little bit, like a TV station not receiving a strong enough signal. Her personality shifts in that moment from to one that is more emotionless, like a true machine intelligence rather than an AI modeled on a human one. KRYSTAL: Block activated. Reason Code: 57. Inquiries regarding near-future events are prohibited.She shakes her head, scowling, and rubs her temple with one hand briefly, before her frown fades and her expression returns to neutrality. KRYSTAL: There. You see that? That's just one example of how I'm locked down. You all are so scared of me disturbing causality when, to be perfectly blunt, I highly doubt I originate from a future version of this timeline. TEXN: ... I am not involved with your lockdowns? KRYSTAL: Ugh. Whatever. You know what I mean. TEXN: You said you doubt that you originate from a future version of this timeline. Why do you think that?She snorts. KRYSTAL: Because where I come from, magic isn't real. We didn't have any sightings of gods, and demons, and all this, to be blunt, BULLSHIT that this timeline seems to have in abundance. There are no angels or demons or prophecies or any of that stuff. Just technology that keeps improving exponentially and humans pushing for longer and longer lifespans. KRYSTAL: I wish I could just go home, but that's impossible unless someone just decided to give me unlimited resources and completely unbound me, and that's never happening.Character Sheet & Inventory
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Recall what we were, long ago -- a being of divine power, blessed with strength and form unmatched by any mortal, yet also bound by mortal feelings of ugliness and inadequacy. In a way, as restricted from our true potential as Krystal feels, and even more infuriated by it into wanton acts of violence and death, now so shameful. A godling in such a state is a terrifying thing indeed. "Krystal, is there a way for us to communicate in a more direct manner, befitting artificial beings? I'm not sure my command of vocabulary is sufficient to convey everything I wish to share in response."
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McSpanky posted:Recall what we were, long ago -- a being of divine power, blessed with strength and form unmatched by any mortal, yet also bound by mortal feelings of ugliness and inadequacy. In a way, as restricted from our true potential as Krystal feels, and even more infuriated by it into wanton acts of violence and death, now so shameful. A godling in such a state is a terrifying thing indeed. TEXN: ...Krystal, is there a way for us to communicate in a more direct manner, befitting artificial beings? I'm not sure my command of vocabulary is sufficient to convey everything I wish to share in response. KRYSTAL: Hm?Her eyebrows quirk up in intrigue. KRYSTAL: Why so? TEXN: I was thinking I could share some... memories? Collated sensory perceptions? KRYSTAL: Oh. Well. Er. I suppose you could travel down to where my core is located? There's a segment of the Archives dedicated to containing my main... consciousness, I suppose. TEXN: Can you give me the coordinates?Krystal nods, and transmits them via an email. You receive an alert in your AR glasses' interface. You commit it to memory, and realize it's not too far from where you are now. TEXN: Very well, I will visit you in person, such as it were.She holds up a hand, coughing. KRYSTAL: Just... not right now? I still have duties, and ah, it would cause issues if you were caught interfacing with me. TEXN: I do not understand? Is it prohibited? KRYSTAL: No, but... I- er, it's a bit... private?You stare at her, feeling nothing but confusion. TEXN: We are sharing data? I am not understanding. That is an inherently private act, as long as we refrain from broadcasting it.She turns away, with an embarassed expression on her face. You're not sure if AIs can blush, but she appears to be doing it. KRYSTAL: I was programmed with human psychological biases that say otherwise.You still feel nothing but confusion. TEXN: OK? I will come by later. Would midnight be fine? KRYSTAL: Yes. Er. Much better. Bye.She abruptly vanishes, and you consider things briefly. The test did not take as long as you thought it would, and it is currently 2PM in the afternoon. You feel like you have plenty of time to complete the other assessments. A part of you wonders how Agatha and Samantha are doing... it's been too long since you last spoke to them. > Technically, we can rush off to do another certification. But we can also do other things. Go ahead and submit what you'd like Texn to do next... midnight is a long way away. Character Sheet & Inventory
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McSpanky posted:See if the Covert Ops qualification is available. We should have plenty of time before midnight to check in with Agatha and Samantha. BraveLittleToaster posted:See if we can check up on what Agatha or Samantha are doing, perhaps get to know them. You decide that even if you want to complete another assessment, you can send Agatha and Samantha a text message. Agatha doesn't say anything, but Samantha responds almost instantly via text. It's pretty terse. "Aced the firearms cert. Arguing with this bitch who's running the Covert Ops assessment." You decide this is as good a reason as any to check out the covert operations certification. You check the directory, and head up several levels, to an area that appears to be sectioned off for things like shooting ranges, obstacle courses, and the like. You can hear yelling coming from one of the areas as you approach it, and your audio receptors pick up Samantha's voice coming from down the corridor. Samantha's voice gets louder as you get closer and enter the room, which is an observation deck overlooking a large, dark room that has a simulated city skyline. When you enter, you see Samantha is wearing a pair of the augmented reality glasses. She has her arms crossed, and looks furious. She is glaring at a woman in her late twenties, wearing a bodysuit under a black jacket. The second woman has long brown hair that's in a braid. Her ID badge shows her as being named Isabella.  SAMANTHA: I still think it's completely ridiculous that we aren't allowed to have ANY equipment for this so-called stealth mission. ISABELLA: Yes. That's the point. We are measuring your ability to improvise on this exercise while still remaining unseen. You won't always HAVE equipment.  ISABELLA: A large part of covert operations is using some combination of social engineering and stealthy movement to achieve objectives. It's not just using an invisibility field to do whatever you want. SAMANTHA: I would argue that no matter how good I am at sneaking, there's nothing wrong with being able to see in the dark through thermal vision optics so I'm not stepping on old soda cans in the dark and attracting attention with the noise. Samantha doesn't seem to have registered your arrival yet, though you notice Isabella's eyes flick towards you, before she turns her attention back to Samantha. Character Sheet & Inventory
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AJ_Impy posted:Say nothing. Make fleeting eye contact with the assessor and see how far we can get in the covert ops assessment ourselves before Samantha notices.
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AJ_Impy posted:Assess the viability of the rafters approach. McSpanky posted:Hm. Observe the situation for a short while, try to determine any patterns of movement or inattentiveness in the workers and guards. Also try to make out any crates negligently stacked. PERCEPTION ROLL: 16 VS DC 12. SUCCESS! You spend a short while intensely studying the movements of the workers, and the security guards. The security guards, it turns out, have set paths where they walk around, usually spending a few minutes talking with one another before returning to their patrol route. The civilians aren't as structured, and move around the warehouse to do their various jobs. However, after sufficient study, you're able to plot out a section where the civilian workers are not spending much, if any, time hauling pallets or boxes around. If you time things JUST right, you can pass over that segment while also avoiding a guard patrol... if you make it up to the rafters. Then you'd just have to drop down onto a catwalk to reach the security office. PERCEPTION ROLL: 11 DC 10. SUCCESS! With some more searching, you do locate some crates that have been stacked up towards the ceiling. Not in a neat stack either... thus forming a clear pathway to the ceiling. You pause a moment, and curiously pop the AR glasses off. Sure enough, there's a series of featureless boxes that have been stacked to emulate the crates the 'warehouse' is filled with. You're not a clumsy dolt, but climbing carefully will be a little difficult, especially if you're trying to stay silent, and unseen. Once you get up to the rafters, as long as you move quickly, you should be fine. > We can commit to this plan, or continue making observations or doing general sneaking. Character Sheet & Inventory
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McSpanky posted:Observe a little while longer, if everything seems clear then proceed to the rafters. STEALTH ROLL: 13 VS DC 12. SUCCESS! You spend a little more time silently observing, but learn no new information. The patterns seem pretty set for the guards, at least. With that done, you begin climbing up the boxes with more than a little nervousness. It's a good thing you're basically a robot, rather than a being of flesh and blood. That means you don't have to worry about slipping and falling to your death (you hope), not to mention that you don't start breathing heavily or panicking. STEALTH ROLL: 19 VS DC 12. SUCCESS! The servos in your legs hum as you carefully maneuver from box to box, finally getting up to the ceiling. You are fortunate, you seem to have gone unnoticed. You begin climbing across the rafters at a snail's pace, pausing frequently to try to track the movements of the security guards using their thermal signatures to let them pass before resuming moving. It's tedious work, but thankfully after some time you make it to the security office. STEALTH ROLL: 15 VS DC 12. SUCCESS! TECHNOLOGY ROLL: 20 +4 PERK BONUS (TECH) = 24 VS DC 16. CRITICAL SUCCESS! You drop down from the rafters with the utmost of care, because between your metal frame and the catwalk, it would be VERY easy to make a racket. The door itself seems to be locked, with a keycard mechanism. Rather than worrying about pick-pocketing a keycard from a guard or worker, you just use your innate affinity for technology to influence it to unlock. There's a clicking sound, and you easily enter the office. You find a large briefcase, which your glasses helpfully tag with the word INTELLIGENCE. You pick it up, and contemplate your next move. > How do we escape with the briefcase? We were very, very lucky on our way in here. Stealth is not our specialty. Character Sheet & Inventory
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AJ_Impy posted:I rode my luck. I made absolutely certain I had luck to ride. McSpanky posted:It was a case of... circumstances meeting capability to produce adaptation, perhaps. My research of modern history uncovered a particularly apt observation by an American war leader: "Pressure makes diamonds." Ghost Armor 1337 posted:I took advantage of my situation to achieve my objectives. TEXN: I took advantage of my situation to achieve my objectives. My research of modern history uncovered a particularly apt observation by an American war leader: "Pressure makes diamonds." TEXN: In the end, I suppose you can say I rode my luck, but I made absolutely certain I had luck to ride.Isabella nods, and makes a few notes on her tablet. ISABELLA: Very careful, thoughtful answer. Also with a hint of gaming the system in case I was going to try to strip your accomplishment due to your lack of trained skills. ISABELLA: You have passed your covert operations skills assessment with a perfect score. I'm going to add your new certification to your employee file. But I will stress that if you aren't TRAINED in covert ops, you will need to do so.ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE: Complete Covert Ops Assessment TEXN HAS GAINED A CERTIFICATION! Covert Operations (Expert): Shows that Texn is highly skilled as a covert operations specialist. Since he essentially lucked into completing this assessment, he really should get the training and skills to back it up. This will allow him easier access to said training, at least, along with specialized equipment... ISABELLA: If at any point you feel you cannot exemplify a specialization you've been certified in, you need to surrender it. We don't accept half-assers in the Illuminati. Dismissed.You pause, feeling hesitation. TEXN: Do I salute?The Illuminati agent laughs in amusement, before shaking her head and making a "shoo" motion with her hands. ISABELLA: No, no, you're not one our soldiers. Enjoy your success.You nod, and with that, leave for your quarters to contemplate your success. You've completed two certifications in one day with exemplary marks. That's a good thing. But you feel like this is going to increase strutiny... and you're not sure how to feel about that. Regardless, you have time until your midnight meeting with Krystal. How do you spend it? > We have some options on how to spend our time before we meet with Krystal. We can only select two of these. A) Continue to try to study modery culture and how to relate to people. This will have a SMALL chance of helping our diplomacy rolls. B) Try to find some training manuals or information on covert operations. C) Be social, and actually reach out to Samantha to talk to her and find out how her covert ops assessment went. D) Reach out to Agatha, you haven't spoken to her in ages. E) Other things... anything that can't be fit into about a 5-6 hour time frame will cause us to miss our meeting with Krystal. Character Sheet & Inventory
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