GURPS Cyberpunk 2078 Session 14: The Konpeki Plaza Heist

Characters:

Alexander "Specter" Marshal - Solo
Pat "Peacock" Watson - "Former" Nomad
Ruby "Paxos" Lang - Netrunner

Braxton "Jar" Jiggs - Cybertech/Ripperdoc     NPC

Getting In

While the others were out shopping, Paxos got a cybereye installed to make use of Chyron.  With their disguises in place (except for Jar, who as usual wore his signature white leather vest and matching pants), the crew boarded a motorboat on loan from Peacock's Nomad family and took it out into the bay.  Peacock shut off the engine and used the waves to maneuver it into a concealed location along the Arasaka Waterfront.  Everybody put on their borrowed scuba gear, put their gear into the drybags, and dove into the murky, polluted water.

Specter found the maintenance pipe entrance and cut off the bars of the grate, then the crew swum inside and up into the belly of Konpeki Plaza.  When they emerged inside the raw concrete maze of B3, Paxos and Jar were exhausted, but with no time to rest, the crew stripped off their wetsuits and re-equipped.  Peacock was keeping watch and saw an Arasaka heavy walking towards the maintenance corridor they'd arrived in.  At their insistence, Paxos, half-dressed in her stolen Danger Gal outfit, waddled over and started hacking into the commnet.  She only just finished breaking in before the guard arrived, and was able to send him away with a spoofed message from another guard asking to be relieved.

The crew finished getting dressed and headed out to the elevators with Paxos in the lead, Pinging and Controlling cameras to hide them as they walked past.  The rest of the floor seemed to be empty of personnel, so they arrived without further issue.  Specter pried the doors open then climbed up an emergency ladder two stories to B1, followed by Jar and Peacock, while Paxos kept watch; the cooler they'd brought along for the bioware was just tied off of Specter and clanged against the B2 doors, probably drawing attention.  Jar also struggled and slipped, kicking the door on his way past.

GURPS Cyberpunk 2078 Session 13: An Appropriate Amount of Preparation

Characters:

Alexander "Specter" Marshal - Solo
Pat "Peacock" Watson - "Former" Nomad
Ruby "Paxos" Lang - Netrunner

Braxton "Jar" Jiggs - Cybertech/Ripperdoc     NPC

Legwork

Paxos started off the research into the Konpeki Plaza job by looking into 'Saka public records to see if there were any third-party cleaning or maintenance crews they could infiltrate, but no, they did everything in-house in typical zaibatsu style.  However, they did have contracts with two security companies: the obvious internal one, but also a contract with Danger Gal, Michiko Arasaka's business.  Meanwhile, Specter and Peacock took a harbor tour to inspect the hotel from the water.

Specter successfully convinced the captain to get closer to "the building that got hit by a cruise missile" because that was "badass", which made it easier for Peacock to spot the submerged sewage pipes, which seemed to be relatively unsecured; they'd just have to cut through some bars.  The ground level was a no-go, with a veritable swarm of turrets, cameras, and guards.  Equally foreboding, they saw nobody leave or enter via the main entrance the whole time they were on the boat, which suggested they were highly insular, and sneaking in pretending to be a janitor was probably a tall order.

Jar, doing the bare minimum to pose as an electrician, went to get records from the city and sweet-talked a clerk into giving him the sewage and electrical layouts for the docks around Konpeki.  They were outdated, but with Specter and Peacock's expertise, Paxos was able to determine (roughly) how everything should line up on the inside of the hotel.  There'd be a pipe they should be able to squeeze through going through part of subbasement level 3, though they'd have to cut their way out.