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Message no. 1
From: LabRat@*********.CO.NZ (Jays)
Subject: A journey into an very odd head
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 96 02:15 NZST
*****Private:Phobos, Ronin, Forte, Blademaster, The Gang(etc, etc.)
>>>>>[ +++++begin playback
+++++simsense datatype
+++++WARNING : peak levels exceed legal levels.

We are in the matrix, the Renraku system. Home. The node here is a sculpted
system, it is a castle at the moment, the scientists like to keep us happy.
Today we cannot stay in the castle, our new life starts today. First we
tell the system to continue reporting our presense in the castle. A modified
decoy in a small frame, this system is small and weak, they trust us. That is
funny. Today is the day they come for the man called Ronin, we have seen
him on the cameras, he is hurt.
First we must make things safe for Phobos, he will be trying to help Ronin
from inside. We wonder what it must be like to use a deck, we cannot
remember, it is hard to think that far back. We had friends then, other
otaku, we are not sure exactly what a friend really is now, maybe the otaku
are just a dream. The security host stands before us, Expert offence/Blaster,
it demands a passcode, this IC has been online for almost two weeks now, they
are getting slack, if it was not such an important day we would pester this IC
until it triggered a system shutdown. Not today, we must be grown up, yes,
we must. The same code sequence as yesterday, the seed code has changed, that
is new, Logon to Host complete. A large room full of scanners is before us,
like in our submarine games, or maybe a command centre. First a supervisor
passcode is needed to do this quietly, the first one of the day is always
harder, but this system is the one being tested in the mainframe last week,
they missed soooo many errors, like this one, hehe.
supervisor passcode approved, user mirage. Now the fun part,
supervisor passcode approved, user wooden_pony, one trojan horse for Phobos.
Request matrix security roster, filter A grade decker and better, UCAS grid.
Reily, H; Ashford E; Maitlin L.
Invalidate passcodes, Reily H, Ashford E, Maitlin L. Conditional trigger,
on wooden_pony login. That will slow them down.
It will happen very soon, scanning frames sent to all SAN and camera SPU,
search pattern Phobos icon, notify of wooden_pony passcode on login, notify
override bug in type VIa drone expert systems, notify of back door to CPU from
camera and security hosts.
Open log, delete entry passcode approve mirage, delete entry passcode approve
wooden_pony, delete entry Invalidate passcode subprogram excution.
deactivate user mirage.
delete entry deactivate user mirage, close log file.
That will keep them guessing, now to make some noise, throw a tantrum perhaps,
yes, that is always fun. The back door opens in the command centre floor,
a seat in front of a scanner zooms down in to the floor like an elevator,
straight in to the CPU. From there we order a jump to the host gateway
for DC, the host is weaker than in Seattle, and the internal SAN is weaker
still.
We must ask the doctor for a leather jacket, that would be cool.
Execution report, Invaldate passcode subprogramme, complete.
Well time for business, bring that sleaze in, put the cloak and camo up,
lock-on active, steamroller and attack all ready. OK now which datastore
... oh, orders between 1 million NuYen and 5 million NuYen, that looks
important. A crippler is coming out to meet us, oh how sweet, lock on true,
attack targeted, bang bang bang, hehe. It always amazes us that they call that
security, I wonder if we scare them. oh, we hoped for that! Steamroller out,
we love riding these things, hehe the tarbaby's alway squash better than the
tarpits, you get to see the expression on their face if their coder was any
good. Ok well that would have made a hell of a noise, yep yep, internal alert,
there goes a trace, poor wee puppy, the security on that back door will paste
him without codes. Oh there is a probe too, HELLO!!!, we wave to the probe,
a hovering camera, like a drone of some sort, being a rigger would be cool,
just like on the trid, we must ask the doctor for a motorbike. will need
a bigger lab too. silly! we will be away from the lab soon, yes yes, get
away on the motorbike!
Oh that shutdown siren is loud, why can they tell us a quieter way, well that
is as naughty as we can be for one day, hope it all goes well for the people...
hope they remember to come back for me, we had better go back to the castle
before we are missed. That was fun. Wonder if our new simsense toy worked,
hope we did not break it when we changed it.
Wonder if we are getting ice cream for dinner, we must alter the menus,
we would like some ice cream. Maybe we should go and play in the hospital
system, make the machines go beep for no reason, that always confuses them.
We want chocolate ice cream.
perform Graceful logout. complete.

+++++ simsense footage ends]<<<<<
-- peter <01:57:23/6-5-57>

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