Event

[crux_npcs]

Who: Everyone!
What: Spying? Hacking? Get it right here.
When: Right now
Where: Various.
Warnings: This will be the last post for the community until the game re-opens. Feel free to backtag as long as you need.

[Put the prompt code in a comment and I will write a personal prompt for everyone who comments.

A - Infiltrating a Palguta Confederation warship.
B - Hacking a Palguta Confederation warship's database.
C - Hacking a Archive warship's database (access to their ship is impossible unless the lifeform is digital)]

Comments

B - Hacking a Palguta Confederation warship's database, and C - Hacking a Archive warship's database

[constableodo]

[Odo will be hacking whatever he can that will allow him to advance in his investigations.]

[crux_npcs]

[Pathways into the Confederation's database was simple work. From just the layout, it seemed like they were more concerned about system compatibility than with security. After a few simple systems to bypass, it loaded to a single screen, which was quickly translated.

User ID:
Password:]

[constableodo]

[Odo will try a few user IDs, like the name of the species, the name of the ships, that of the fleet (if known), and any known names of people, both with the same password as the ID, and with no password.]

[crux_npcs]

[No password lockouts. But when he tried the name of a ship, plus with an identical password, it processes for a bit and loads another screen.

1. Systems
2. Map
3. People
4. Fleet

At the bottom of the screen in flashing, red text, it says...

WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OF THIS SYSTEM IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH]

[constableodo]

[Death. Ha. Let them try.

Odo looks at each of the items in succession, copying files as he does so.]

[crux_npcs]

[Odo doesn't have a problem doing so. In his records, he gets a map of at least seven inhabited systems, layouts and specs 9 different types of warships, 35 different kinds of civilian ships, and a list of all races currently part of the Confederation.]

[constableodo]

[Odo will copy all the files he can find. Then he'll hack a little further, to see if he can't find anything more.

The fun's only getting started.]

[crux_npcs]

[Ironically, or maybe intentional, the amount of information they keep on their systems is at a bare minimum. It's almost as if they care more about firepower than they do about information retention.

And judging by their ship diagrams, their concern about firepower looking the only thing they'd ever be concerned about.

Unfortunately, on these systems, there's nothing left to find.]

[constableodo]

[Oh, right. Odo will start hacking the Archive database, then.

Let's see if they're as much as a challenge than the Confederation. Ha.]

[crux_npcs]

[It was here that a message appeared on the screen.]

WARNING!! WARNING!!

Connection to server failed. Please enter a simulation room before continuing.

[constableodo]

[Oh, right. It wouldn't be easy, would it?

Odo enters the nearest simulation room and tries again.]

[crux_npcs]

[This time, the connection is successful. But, on the other hand, in the simulation, Odo is now inside a hallway with four different doors. There are probably a thousand theories as to why it's set up this way but it probably looks rather reminiscent of a certain boardgame that was brought on Deep Space 9.]

[constableodo]

[Odo will try all the doors in succession, from the left to the right. Of course, he set the simulation room to record the whole session.]

[crux_npcs]

[Three of the doors sprouted keypads the moment he walked up to them. Locks, perhaps. A fourth one did open and led into a small square room. Each wall was labeled with two things. A cardinal direction and a number.

North: 5
East: 8
South: 1
West: 3

Floating around in the room holographically were arrows. All of them started from the ground and pointed upwards.]

[constableodo]

[Odo comes closer to the Northernmost arrow, looks up and tries to touch the wall. The numbers could be what he should type on the keypads, or number of steps. For now, he'll try everything.]

[crux_npcs]

[The walls feel as if they're made of wood. Probably confusing for others but Odo is no stranger to simulations and hologram rooms. But the walls grant no hints.

Of course, being a simulation, there's nothing stopping Odo from trying other methods because the imagination is somewhat the limit.]

[constableodo]

[Odo will try the following :

- Try to destroy the walls (he's stronger than average, and will mimic a metal fist or a hammer)
- If this doesn't work, try typing the numbers on the relevant doors
- Try to figure out if it's possible to go x steps in each direction, and where that goes.]