Mission 1: To Gather

[Skuld-chan]

The computer finally concludes it's memory check, stopping just about 1.3 Terra-bytes.  Other phrases list down the screen as the boot process continues.  Words like "plasma infused level III processor core", "nitrogen coolant system", and "spinning cycle set at 2.47 GHz".  A whine can be heard from the background as it starts up.  The next thing shown on the screen is a very colorful login prompt.


"Hmmmm." Rachel muzed.  She was astonished with how quickly the machine was ready to use after the boot test.

"Let's see, the most common highest access user names are Administrator and God.  With this being a government facility, I'd be willing to bet that the passwords are using 1024 bit cypher encryption keys and are at least 25 characters long.  Most systems with that kind of security will block out the terminal after three failed log in attempts... and we really have no idea how many failures have occurred before now." Rachel stated in a high level of Geekese.

She cautiously walked around the terminal, and examined every inch with scrupulous detail, which resulted in a card slide reader, biometrics identification system, complete with fingerprint access as well as optical verification, and some sort of needle point access with an indention in the surface that would appear like a finger could fit easily.

"We need to find a way to extract the previous login information off of these devices."  Rachel said as she pointed each one out.  "We can try to recover the magnetized bits off the card reader interface, the fingerprint oil residue off the bio-reader glass plate, or the DNA remnants off the needle point."

[draconious380]

Eric listens to the girl carefully.  "You want me to just shoot the thing," he says jokingly.  He extends his blade and pries at the card reader.  With a jerk he knocks it free and it dangles by a bundle of wires.  "I can override the card reader, but my knowlege of biometric security is thin.  I doubt that my attempt to hack did much in the way of advancing us through the security either."

[Skuld-chan]

"Actually, you did a very good thing!  If we can find a chunk of iron, and make tiny shavings, we can read the magnitized area with the iron shavings.  Then we can make a new card based on the readings we get from the iron."  She turned towards the Major.

"We need to find a 50 micron laser gun, and a glass tube with two copper ends that we can hook up an electric current to.  We can use that to read the DNA off that needle."  Rachel said pointing over to the needle interface.

[draconious380]

For a moment Eric looks a little confused, and then he starts digging in his pockets.  "You said a laser gun?"  He produces a small cylindrical device.  "Here you go one laser gun."

[Arcbad]

Sarah raises an eyebrow at the Major. "You just carry things like that around in your pocket?"

[draconious380]

"You never know when anything may be helpful.  Prepare for the unexpected.  besides such a thing is useful when I need to do some repairs on my own electrical systems."  He seems a little depressed as he finishes his statement.

[Arcbad]

"Prepare for the unexpected," Sarah repeats to herself. "But if you prepare for the unexpected, then you are expecting it as a possibility, so it isn't unexpected."

[draconious380]

(Skuld?  Forget about this game?)

"Stop right there, you are on your way to a headache."

[Arcbad]

Sarah smiles. "I seem to have a habit of doing that."

[draconious380]

(Skuld?)

[Skuld-chan]

Rachel takes the gun from the Major and examines it intently.

"Awesome!"  She exclaims as she begins to disassemble the gun...


(A few minutes later...)
Rachel holds up a mess of a contraption that she's made from the parts of the gun.

"There.  Now all we need is some iron shavings."  She glances around the room in search for a chunk of iron and something to shave it down with.

[draconious380]

Eric stares at the contraption, and he blinks three times.  "I hope you can undo what you did to that thing, because those are really expensive!!!  Oh and because I need it to maintain my cybernetic parts."  Eric looks up and notices pipes on the cieling.  "Would steel work?  I see an ample supply of steel over our heads?"

[Skuld-chan]

Rachel blushes a bit as she thinks she might be able to reassemble the gun back to its original form.

"Um...Yeah.  Steel will work, since it's mostly iron."  Rachel answered back.

[draconious380]

Eric crouches slightly, and then he leaps to the ceiling and grabs a pipe.  Immediatly under his weight the pipe buckles and dents down into a u-shape. He kicks his feet forward and tears the pipe off the ceiling.  With a yank he tears the other end of the pipe free and offers it to Rachel.