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[Dwarmin]

Voting OIANM, as well

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Time for some pre-session RP with Tar. )

As Susan went by Sami's room, she stopped to tie her boots and casually slipped a note under the door.

I'd like to speak with you, alone. Can you meet me in the bathrooms? I know for a fact they're not watched.
- Dr. Traverse

She then headed there herself to wait and see if Sami would show up...

[Taricus]

((Weird, I think we were going to do the same thing to Mark as we did with Lucy. Kinda why I wanted to wait until the session for it >.>))

Sami found the note arriving back at her room, not noticing it until she stepped on it, wherein she picked it and read it. A few minutes later, Susan spotted a familiar figure entering the bathrooms.

"So, Rags, you wanted to speak with me?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

Susan put a finger to her lips to indicate silence, then checked all the stalls in both bathrooms to make sure they were truly alone. Once that was confirmed, she took Sami inside to one of the corners. "I have a favor to ask, and it's a big one. It depends on if you know how to make trojan viruses. Can you?" she asked. She would give Sami the details if she could; if not, there was nothing for it.

[Taricus]

"I could try, I suppose. Never done it before, and I specialize mostly on the hardware rather than the software. Still, depends on what you need." Sami said, a bit leery about having a conversation within the bathrooms.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Susan leaned on the wall. "...All right. Do you remember when I took Von Streak aside after the last mission and talked to her privately for a bit? Well, the end result was the truce we currently have... but what they want is our Mutant Essence Extraction research." She held up a hand to forestall any questions for the moment. "I know. They have a mole among us, somehow, and a damn good one at that. She knew way too much about us. That's why I asked to have the meeting out here. We'll figure out who it is and deal with them later. Anyway, they likely know by now that Carlos and I figured it out and they'll be wanting the data sooner or later."

Rags sighed and pinnched the bridge of her nose, just between her eyes. She wasn't the most technologically inclined person - she was speaking to the one who was - but she hoped what she was about to request was possible. "What I'm hoping is that you can somehow integrate a trojan virus into that data before we hand it over. Something to give us a backdoor into their information networks - hopefully - and maybe give us all of their data, an edge on them of some sort. That research data has to stay intact, you understand; if they test the M.E.E. and it doesn't work, they'll suspect something is up and we'll probably be dealing with a pissed off JS. Even if you can't do it, I'll have to get them the data to uphold this truce - even if it means making the JS stronger, if it keeps them off our backs long enough to get secure footholds against the NPO and KotS it may be worth it. If I don't come through with the research, they'll probably be pissed off anyway and try to steal it since they know we have it. So, there's the rub..."

She put a hand on Sami's shoulder. "Can you do it?"

[Taricus]

Sami was silent for a few moments, out of shock. Several more moments passed before she responded. "I can do it. However, there's one problem I see in your plan; Convincing me to go ahead in aiding the JS and thus the united counties at large. You're going to have to give me a VERY good reason as to why we are trading this sort of information to them, and to do so without the data being damaged."

[SeriousConcentrate]

Susan looked down. "There are a few. The first is that we might be able to count on their aid against the other factions here on Port Cane, which we really need. Look at us, Sami. There's only, what, ten of us here at this base? Six agents - one of whom doesn't do any fieldwork - the twins, Faust, and Carlos. Lucy, if you want to count her, but I think most of us would rather not get her involved past paperwork. We need all the allies we can get right now - at the very least, we don't need more enemies than we can handle. If any of the factions decide we're a threat, they can easily wipe us out. As good as we are, we can't handle entire armies. I for one do not wish or intend to die in a blaze of glory any time soon."

She looked at Sami. "The second is that mole. We might not be able to stop them from getting that research - or any we've done so far, for that matter - until we know who it is, how much they know, what they're capable of, and what to do with them. If we go with my plan, we at least have a chance of getting something out of them taking it... because I don't trust the JS not getting a hold of it somehow. Bloody hell, for all I know the mainland UC already have M.E.E. data and they're just asking for it from us now to see if we'll keep our word. And speaking of, I already told you why not to alter the main contents of the data; they probably know we have it, and that it works. If they can't replicate the results themselves they'll either suspect something or become outright hostile. I feel it's best that we placate them until we can do a little housecleaning."

Rags looked around. "Third and selfishly, I do believe you owe me quite a sum of cash. This can be considered clearing your debt." She looked at her hands. "You know me. I wouldn't do anything to endanger us. Please believe me when I say that I want to keep us alive until we get reassigned."

[Taricus]

"At this stage, we're the small fish in the pond, anyone attacking us wouldn't commit a serious investment of resources taking us out, not without risking all the data and material held here. Sure, they could wipe us out, but they'd gain nothing for a serious amount of resources being drained from other, more vital fronts. Hell, most factions would have to go through the PCNA in order to reach us on land, and I'd reckon that Storm could make coming in from the sea an untenable approach."

"The mole, I could prevent from accessing the labs computer. Give me a biometrics reader and I could potentially make it resistant to any attempts at theft. And as I said, we'd be pretty resitant to an attack, due to the PCNA. We don't have to worry abut that. Besides, we have a far greater power over the JS; one of their members consorted with the PCNA, and I'd doubt the other JS officers would really like that, now wold they?"

Sami mostly ignored the third sentence, taking it as a joke before continuing on. "I understand that, but but you have to look at the bigger picture, if they get this sort of thing, wo knows what nasty suprise they could think up? Besides, they can't get mad at us if they broke the data themselves, now can they?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

Rags sighed, seeming drained. "That's just it. We don't know if they'll know if we tampered with the data. I'd prefer them not to have it, either. But it's all I can think of to keep us all safe." She slumped against the wall, pressing the fingertips of her left hand to her forehead. "Well... if you won't help me, will you at least keep quiet about this meeting? I don't want to tip anyone off to the fact someone's onto them until we're ready to pounce on the mole. And for that matter, have we been keeping any tabs on Maya Cortez?"

[Taricus]

"Hey, I'm on-board, I know how to stuff the data, all it needs is to be encypted, and to provide an incorrect decryption tool. The trojan is a good idea, and this is the best chance to get one in onto their systems. Just wish it wasn't such valuable data. As for Maya, I think I can limit her access to the network, but you may want to tell faust about that."

[SeriousConcentrate]

Rags sighed and nodded, feeling like a weight was off of her shoulders. "Thanks, Sami. I was sure I could trust you. I'll talk to Faust about it later, and I guess Alan can do everything that needs to be done to the data?" He was installed in Carlos's computer, she remembered. "...We should head back out, before anyone wonders where we're at. If you need to talk to me about anything, you can come to my room... but if it's something confidential, you'll have to ask me to meet you out here again. Or maybe in the OR, I believe the cameras can be deactivated in there... and no one should question it too much if you talk to me while I'm using it for its usual purpose."

[Taricus]

"Fair enough. Though if Alan encrypted the data, it would take them a millenia to crack it, though may that just piss them off as well. But yeah, should get going now, especially since that something that I requisitioned just arrived, I'll show it to you guys just before the briefing but needless to say, it's pretty cool."

[SeriousConcentrate]

"I look forward to seeing it, and what Faust thinks of it," Rags said, sure Sami meant the infiltration drone they had spoken of last time in the cafeteria.

[Weirdsound]

Rejoice, the OPs are updated! We should be good to play tonight. I could be late, but I doubt it. I'll phone Kuji if that is the case.