Semantic Error is about a low life hacker trying to scrape by in a futuristic Equestria.
So far Cold File (File) has managed to scrape up enough money to get him by for at least a week and has taken on another job.
Current job.
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Your target is the Bio-Dyne research data server. You are to obtain all available information on lot 1474 and erase it from their servers. I will send someone to pick up the information once you've obtained the files.
Once again it's 5000 bits once we get the files and an extra 2000 if they don't know what happened.
We appreciate your help in advance,
-Wintermute
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Currently you have this information from 4 emails used by Bio-dyne employees.
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>[email protected]
Melody is a 32 year old unicorn mare. Currently not in a relationship. She posts a lot of pictures of her pet guinea pig named Daisy in various clothing.She also periodically posts small poems. According to the information you've gathered she has her doctorate in biology with a minor bio-engineering.
>[email protected]
You find no information on this individual.
>[email protected]
Paul is a 28 year old male griffin. Most of what you find is pictures of him in various nice parts of the world. He is married with 4 children. According to his profiles, he works in file management.
>[email protected]
Slide Rule is an accountant, 38 year old earthpony mare that seems to have been in 4 relationships in the last 6 months. She has a lot of profiles on various dating sites and seems to enjoy going to clubs with her friends, Sapphire shores' music and movies about animals, as well as trying "anything new".
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You also managed to Access Bio-Dyne's employee services via Slide Rule's account. Which made you want to target Paul because his job may grant him access to the files you need.
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Archive: https://www.anonpone.com/semanticerror/
[21165 Halfturn way apt. 102-165]
>You continue your search for the utilities box for Paul Apartment. so you can gain access to his computer from the hard-lines in his building. You know that this is kind of a stupid idea but you did walk all of the way here so...
>Putting that aside in your mind, you continue down the dark hall with your PDA lighting the way.
Eventually you find the boxes for fiber-optic communication, Utilities Control and electricity in Paul's apartment.
>You could toss a vampire clip on the fiber lines and break into his network or monitor traffic over the line but you will have to stay in this service hallway while you do it.
Hacking tools
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-Fingerprinter
Helps identify operating system.
-Key logger
Program that records keystrokes(Must be installed on host machine)
-Network Mapper
gives you a map of connected devices on a network.
-Password cracker
program that helps recovering passwords.
-Pinger
Measure how quickly data transfers between nodes.
-port scan
Looks for open ports. (Scan may alert firewall)
-Sniffer
Stops network traffic temporarily (seen as a system test)
-Zombie
Distract system with multiple requests from computers with this software on them.
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Question is, What do you do?
>>27339597
If the vampire clip is our only option at the moment we might as well do that.
>>27339597
>Fingerprinter
But you're a HOOOOOOOOORRRRRSE
>>27339699
>>27339739
>You hook up the vampire clip and begin preparing the PDA.
>While you're doing this you wonder why the Fingerprinter program is called that... Maybe it was invented by a Minotaur?.. Huh.
>As you prepare to gain access you hear some hoof-steps in the darkness getting closer.
What do you do?
>>27339853
ABORT
>>27339853
Crouch
>>27339853
Close the Panel, and turn off your PDA so they don't see the light.
Move away from the hoof-steps.
I can't remember, is this a linear hallway with only back or forward or are there branching paths we could hide in?
>>27339853
Close the panel and sneak the other way.
>>27339885
>>27339912
>>27339917
>>27339982
>You attempt to remove your PDA from the box so you can sneak away but in the process of closing it the vampire clip gets stuck on something and the Box door swings open and slaps against the wall.
>You quickly shut the door and begin slinking away into the darkness.
>"Hello!?" A voice calls out from the darkness and you see a flashlight begin scanning the hallway.
>This service hall has a few branching paths that you might loose this unknown sentry down if that is your best option.
>You keep yourself a few steps ahead for now as you think of a plan.
What do you do?
>>27340182
((HIDE))
>>27340182
Take a branch. They're not going to check every one of them.
>>27340182
Try to hide in one of the branches
>>27340255
>>27340308
>>27340407
>You start taking directions at random trying to through this pony off your trail.
>You duck into one of the corridors you can find and duck behind a large pipe you find.
>The pony that was approaching continues by you still calling out, "Hello!? You know that children shouldn't be playing around down here right? You could get hurt! Hello!?"
>The pony passes your position and continues stalking down the hallways past you.
What do you do?
>>27340646
Give it a minute, then head back to the control box.
>>27340646
Stay hidden, he'll most likely come back this way to leave. Since we took a number of random turs, we wouldn't want to get lost.
>>27340646
>>27340723
Agree
>>27340683
>>27340723
>>27340993
>You decide to head back to the box you were working on but you realize that you don't remember how you got here.
>Instead of getting yourself lost you decide to wait for the pony to come back though so you can just follow that pony out.
>You wait for what seems like half an hour before the pony comes back through the hall.
>You follow him all the way back to the box where the pony stops. >The pony opens the box and pokes around inside only to find your vampire clip.
>"What in the world are those kids doing down here?" The pony remarks. setting the flashlight down this individual begins working at the vampire clip with his teeth.
>It now seems like this pony is about to give up and walk away as he growls in frustration. "Fuck."
>The pony picks up his flashlight with his hoof and adjusts his coat.
What do you do?
>>27341023
Wait for him to leave, wipe the spit from the clip with your sleeve, and get back to work.
>>27341023
He'll probably come back if he leaves, since he wasn't able to remove the clip. Better move quickly.
Not sure if we have to pick a tool or anything with the vampire clip
>>27341049
>>27341166
>You clean off the clip and plug back in as quick as possible. You have this feeling like he's going to be back soon since he couldn't get the clip off.
>Opening up a monitor of the connect you realize that not only is his deck on right now but it has no protection at all. No virus protection no firewall no VPN... This guy is an idiot! In fact, his home network is set to pair with any device and share media.You could take pretty much anything you want.
What do you want?
What do you do?
I'm going to call it early so I can get a shower before bed.
It feels good moving this quest along.
Good night.
>>27341336
night bath
>>27341336
Goodnight ,Bath.
File is really cute. God damn it, Bath.
>>27341438
A little bitI don't want him to suffer anymore
>>27341308
Sorry, what were we here for again? It's been so long, I can't remember.
>>27343078
>You realize that you forgot why you walked all the way here.
>You slump down on the ground and try to remember why you came here. How high were you!?
>You remember something about Paul working for Bio-Dyne's File management department and that for some reason you didn't want to see if you could use the Execumax office exploit to gain entry into his deck from home... Actually, come to think of it why didn't you!?.. Perhaps you really should find a way off the drugs.
>Forgetting about that you remember that you wanted to find the login information for his account on Bio-Dyne's servers since Paul might actually have access to the information you're trying to steal for the client with his File management job.
Point is, you have access to his computer and you know that he used it to access the Bio-dyne servers. The only question is, what do you do next?
What do you do?
>>27346186
Should we use the Password cracker? That looks like it might do what we want, maybe.
We could also see if he has the login info in a text file somewhere. If he's stupid enough to not use a firewall or anything, maybe he's stupid enough to have confidential login information copied into an easily accessible file.
>>27346186
I bet this is the kind of guy who saves his login info on his computer
>>27346186
We're already all the way in to his computer. Lets get the information we need and leave.
>>27346186
Let's check if there's a file that has the login info first.
Bump
File meeting a qt that drives pic related when
>>27346307
>>27346312
>>27346379
>>27346422
>You consider using a password cracker but you remember that you're not exactly trying a use brute force to enter a server right now, and the fact that you thought that using the password cracker right now worries you a bit.
>Instead you decide to look for a file with all of Paul's passwords in it but you don't find one. What you do find is more games installed on this computer than there probably should be as well as a bunch of pointless custom pointers and screensavers and a 80 gigabyte folder full of cartoon character porn labeled "homework"and a bunch of pictures of children inside a school and at an ice-cream parlor... It dawns on you that this is a child's computer.
>A shiver runs down your spine as you immediately think about that kid stoking it to those pictures you found. Something inside of you says this is wrong as you close the picture folder you opened.
>You realize that this kid probably has this thing set up to record passwords typed into the browser. You check and he does. You easily extract Paul's Bio-Dyne login information.
Username: Paul02733386
Password: S00p3rst1t10n
>Now that you have Paul's information you can easily log into his account on Bio-Dyne's servers, but it also occurs to you that you are currently piggybacking a connection to the larger world wide web through his personal line. If you log in here, it will look like access came from Paul's apartment on a computer that he previously used to log in, but you also run the risk of being caught by that unicorn you saw. Of course you could always try talking your way out of a situation where you are caught working down here, but you could also go home and access the server from your home deck, being sure to anonymize your presence but even if they don't know where you accessed from they can still see that it wasn't from one of their employee's normal IP's so this could be a way to completely cover your tracks.
What do you do?
>>27350407
Completely cover our tracks, we want that bonus. We have our druggie honed bullshiting ability to back us up if needed.
>>27350469
Be ready to bail if that pony returns.
>>27350469
>>27350673
>You decide that his is too good of an opportunity to pass up and log in right here and now.
>Fortunately Paul does have the correct level of access to pull up all of the information on lot 1474. You run a search of all of the instances of lot 1474 and mark them to be saved onto the tablet's memory and deleted from the source database, just as planned. Unfortunately due to the read/write speed of the tablet an speed of the connection it's going to take a few minutes for the process to be completed.
>A flashlight flips on right next to you, "Ayy! What do you think you're doing down here!"
>You're first instinct would be to simply bolt but your tablet still isn't done and you can't leave the tablet, Brandy is in there... and also part of the data you need...
>You consider your options while the unicorn stares you down. You've still got your gun, but you've never shot another living thing with it before. Sure you've pulled it on a few punks but you're no killer. Of course you could talk your way out of this but you need to think up a good lie first.
>The unicorn seems to be getting impacient, "Ayy! I'm talking to you! What do you think you're doing in here!"
What do you do?
>>27351004
His cutiemark is a wrench, so I doubt he has a good grasp on high tech stuff. We could say we're trying to diagnose a problem in the network and if he asks why he wasn't told we could say it was a specific resident that asked him directly.
>>27351048
This. Say we were called in to check this out from the comfort of our bed, and our groggy appearance should help sell it.
>>27351048
>>27351198
>You take a deep breath and prepare yourself for this little encounter.
>It looks like the unicorn got some tools while he was out.
"Hey,I'm here trying to diagnose a network problem that a customer called in."
>"And do you think you could tell me why there wasn't a single soul letting me know that some I.T. was going to be rummaging through a Permit-required confined space?"
"Uhh well, the customer called me directly and today was supposed to be my day off so I just kinda woke up and came here."
>"Oh, and you thought that you'd just let yourself in then!? You understand that you could die down here right? We are required to get a permit every time any pony comes in here, and that includes you! Why the fuck didn't you get this passed through the main office first!?"
What do you do?
>>27351355
D-die?
This is back? Did File ever get with that big bootied zebra?
>>27351355
It sounded like the client handled all of that.
>>27351355
"Said it was quick and easy. Thought I could be in and out without causing any trouble. Sorry, I'll finish this up and get out of your hair. Is that alright with you, mister...?"
>>27351355
Ugh, I'm sorry, the company I work for has some guy who can barely speak the language dispatch me from Celestia knows where. I've only been with them for a couple of months, I got laid off when my last company was bought out by the Neighponese and have been Woking in the middle of the night every sense, sorry I'm a little off.
Did you say die down here, thanks for the warning, I'm almost done and will be out of your I'll let them know if they didn't follow the right procedure, hopefully they will actually get it right next time.
>>27351370
If we get past this guy and complete our mission I suggest this course of action as celebration.
>>27351365
>>27351415
>>27351433
>>27351474
"I'm sorry, I just got this job like a month or two ago and the guy I I work for barely speaks anything besides neighpon, I thought that the client or the company would have had that taken care of for me."
>"I thought you said that the client contacted you directly."
"Y-yeah, but it came though a company phone, you know. It's routed through a company Serer and A.I.... Wait, did you say that I could die!?"
>The unicorn starts getting really close to you shining his flashlight in your eyes. You notice that he's just a bit bigger than you.
>"Fucking yes, there's high voltage electrical lines, gas-lines, water-lines All kinds of dangerous shit running through here! You don't just waltz into a place like this! If you get caught down here without a permit, or worse if you get fucking hurt, it isn't just your ass on the line, it's also the fucking site owner and anyone who saw you's ass as well! Do you fucking understand!?"
"Once again, I'm really sorry. They told me that this was going to be a quick and easy job and I got a bit ahead of myself. Is it okay if I just finish up really quick and get out of your hair?"
>"Fucking no! It's not "okay" I don't need to be babysitting your stupid ass while I'm supposed to be tracking down some tenement's little shits before they get themselves killed down here!"
"Wait, there's kids down here?"
>"Yeah, that's why the door was open, those stupid brat's busted my door and now they're running around down here! So right now, I should be tracking them down and getting them out of here before I fix the lock and seal this shit up again, but I can't because now I can't leave you alone until you're out of here!"
What do you do?
Things seem to have slowed down for the night so I'm going to call it here.
Night.
>>27351666
Alright. I'm pretty much done in here anyway.
>>27351666This whole exchange made me chuckle.
Are your saying a trained professional here on business takes priority over kids in danger? Besides, I'm almost done here. I'll be out of your hair before you know it.
>>27351666
A trained professional would be able to tell the difference between data cables and power cables. We'd also have absolutely no reason to go near gas and water lines. If somebody couldn't do at least that much than they definitely wouldn't have a job.
Happy to see this back.
We noticed the robot last time... but no one mentioned this... if robots are a thing in this world couldn't we just buy one and give Brandy and physical form? Unf yeah... maybe those lewd protocols will come in handy after all...
>>27357488
From what I've seen, File might need a one night stand, but he wants more than that from Brandy.
>>27358125
sex the AI
>>27351666
If there are kids running around down here it sounds like his priority should really be tracking them down. We're an adult and more than capable of taking care of themselves; it's the kids that are likely to get themselves killed and he'll be liable for it since he decided to babysit a grown adult instead. Why doesn't he go get the kids and we'll be done and out of here by the time he finds them.
>>27359632
This... tell him we aren't moving anywhere from this terminal and if we finish before he finds them we'll just head back the way we came from... nothing can kill us between here and the exit right? Clearly the kids are the priority.
bump for the quest
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>>27352162
>>27351790
>>27353940
>>27359632
>>27360329
"If there's kinds down here shouldn't looking for them be a higher priority than watching me?"
>The unicorn growls in frustration, "I need to get everyone out of here, and right now, you're the only one I've found. If I leave you here and you get lost in here I could end up locking you in this place."
"Come on, you're acting like I don't know the difference between a gas line and a communication line. I'm a professional, I'm not going to end up killing myself, and I'm pretty sure I'll be out of here before you lock up."
>"That doesn't fucking matter if you know what you're doing, there is always a possibility that one of these gas lines is loose which will asphyxiate you before you have time to tell anypony that you know what you're doing. That's why you're supposed to have a walkie-talkie on you with some one else checking up on your stupid ass every few minutes."
"Wait, do you have one?"
>"Yes, and their going to be checking up on me here soon. But that doesn't matter. I need to get you out of here before I can keep looking for those fucking kids, unless you want to help me look for the little shits."
The process on the PDA is about 30% done.
>Arguing with this unicorn is starting to get on your nerves but as soon as you're done here You'll have time and money to go out and do something. perhaps you could buy a robot and let Brandy control it or pick up some easy pussy or maybe you could get together with your land-lord and... Wow, it's weird. You didn't think about hooking up with Tyra until recently. Maybe she did something with... you don't know.
>Putting you thoughts back to the task at hand you know that you have to do something. The PDA is processing the information a lot slower than you thought. and this unicorn sounds like he's about to say something to the apartment staff.
What do you do?
>>27364664
Why don't we offer to help him look for the kids, then split up at some point and double back to the PDA by which point it should be done.
>>27364939
>>27364664
Yeah our PDA is doing it's work right now We can tell him that we'll help look and when we found them we pick up the PDA on the way out. Lock that thing into the network access box. I am pretty sure if anything comes up, Brandy can handle the situation
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