@catherine.chun

[arkproject]

Sooo... someone suggested I set up a security system wherever we decide on our new safehouse. I can definitely do surveillance, and encryption and retinal scanners and all that, but I can't say I've ever tried to secure something before.

Any volunteers to help me out? Prior security experience or breaking-and-entering experience both apply.

Comments

@ojiro.juniper

[deicider]

Thanks for taking this on, it'll be a huge help. I'm not an engineer or anything like that but I know a lot about security systems in general. I'll help out however I can.

[arkproject]

That would be great. What's your experience with them?

[deicider]

I have a lot of practice breaking them; one of my ba'sibs is a security engineer and I helped test a lot of their stuff.

[Which is true but leaves out some nuance, like the fact that Cato never asked Sniper to """test""" anything and in fact Sniper just did it to freak Cato out.

That part is beside the point.]

@anonymous

[theseuschip]

Retinal scanners? I thought this place is supposed to blend in.

[ ....”breaking-and-entering experience”.... cath.... ]

[arkproject]

[ Catherine has no idea this is Simon, so her reply is a little more diplomatic than it would be otherwise. ]

Come on, you don't want a super-secret hideout with a scanner for entry?

I assumed there'd be at least some part of it that'd need identity verification.

[theseuschip]

[ of course.

likewise, Simon has failed to remember that she won’t know who he is. ]

Won’t it look like we have something to hide?

@richard.grayson

[preceded]

[Well, since he's already kind of outed himself on the Morningstar post- and it doesn't count as flagging his ID if she's expecting it-]

i have some experience with both. securing my own locations and safehouses, and breaking into other locations.
i'm not that familiar with technology this advanced- but i'll help if i can.

[arkproject]

[ Implying Catherine tracks or cares about things like other people's stated opinions. ]

I'm getting up to speed on the tech so I think I can handle that part. But I could definitely use help with the rest! Once we know what location everyone's decided on, I can start coming up with more concrete plans. In the meantime, I mostly have a bunch of ideas.

It's tricky because we don't want it to be obvious that we're hiding anything in the first place.

[preceded]

it'd be a good idea to flesh out a few of them.
it's good to have more than one contingency plan.

[And then contingencies for those too, according to the school of Batman. Especially when most recently the Morningstar agents had their locations leaked. There's no guarantee none of them will come under fire- and having one of their own add a flare to the security measures- it's not a bad idea]

have you considered adding evacuation protocols?

[There's a small pause and then]

it's not as hard as it sounds.
hiding something in plain sight.
the best lies involve the truth. running a shop or a bar over it, establishing a precedent in going to similar places before visiting this new location, is going to make most people see nothing interesting.

@matches.malone

[reneger]

got a lot of experience with b&e
some with setting up my own shit
i'll volunteer to try and break through your crap

[arkproject]

Thanks, that'll be a big help. Though if you could show me how you'd break it without actually breaking it, that would be even better.

It seems like we'll be running a business no matter where we end up, so maybe we could take advantage of normal store cameras and things people would expect to be there?

[reneger]

depends on which place they pick
a ratty old hoverbike shop shouldn't have much
places in higher-density areas would
but hiding shit is easy if you know where people would be looking for them

@prom.argentum

[mercurio]

i offer myself as a guinea pig to test that any and all security devices/ideas work!

[arkproject]

Thanks, Prompto! Looks like a lot of people like breaking stuff. You going to help me put it back together, too?

[mercurio]

yeah, what's the rocket science in breaking stuff? just punch at things until something gives amirite lol

i could help putting it back together
if i have a teacher for it
i'm not that great at it all by myself

@deimos.fighter

[tishina]

i'll break it for you

[arkproject]

Any other services come with that offer, or just breaking things?

[tishina]

depends on what else you need.

@el.21396518

[mrngstr]

While I appreciate that you're taking initiative even though you're new to all this, there are existing security systems in place for all of our safehouses. I was waiting for all of you to pick a place so I could kick things into gear.

[arkproject]

Oh, really? That would be great! What did you have in mind?

It might make some of the mistrustful people feel a little better if one of us was working on it, too... and I really do need to learn how all of this works. So I'd still like to help, if that's okay.

[mrngstr]

That's fine. Having someone on the ground floor of this who I can work with should make things easier. But can I get an idea of your CV first?

@yalena.yardeen

[motivation]

need someone to test it when you're done?

[ +1 person willing to break it ]

[arkproject]

[ Catherine's definitely on to people by now. ]

Only if you can test it without breaking it.

@kylo.ren

[warfares]

You have experience with this?

[ securing locations, he means; it's no doubt a good thing, having someone with that particular skill-set on hand, but there's another reason for his interest. ]

What about the network? If someone wanted to learn to install initial safe-guards.

[arkproject]

Experience is a strong word. I'm a systems engineer with a background in robotics. I'll need some help on using it for a security system, but in principle I can manage all the technical skill needed.

I'm not a network specialist but I think I could handle that. What kind of safeguards are you thinking?