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Part 3 - The Pit Bar System

[Another way to run a hackable location -- this time the hacker is in a physical-world location (finer points of which should be taken care of at the table-top game), and the hacker can browse all the pertinent items that are hackable.]

The Pit is down from My Commlink. The Pit is a room. "The press of bodies and the smell of the unwashed mingles with the stench of stale alcohol and the busy buzz of conversation. Ahhhh...The Pit. Home Sweet SINless."

Instead of going down from My Commlink:

try logging off instead;

Instead of going up from The Pit:

try jacking in instead;

Meat Body is in The Pit. "You wrinkle your nose as you realize it's you who smells unwashed. Your temples are pounding, and you could really use a soycaf, but there's a warming beer here between your hands, and you don't have the motivation to call over the waitstaff or walk over to the ordering system. [paragraph break]This world seems so 2-dimensional after coming down from the Matrix."

[A few types of access-points devices that one can purchase as "retail" packages are pre-programmed in: Cafe, Restaurant, Library, eStore, Hub, Residential, Premium, Retail, Freemium & Civic. So we can just use the out-of-the-box access-point "Cafe".]

Pit access-point is a cafe-access-device in The Pit. "The Pit node is set up like an old-fashioned terminal. You go over to a screen and place orders, which the bartender then fills in order of priority. Sure beats waiting in line."

Lou wears Lou's commlink device. Lou's commlink device is a commlink-device. It is set to hidden mode.

Lou is a man in The Pit. "Ah, the famous Lou. If only his commlink weren't hidden. But then he's a Troll and you could see him anyway if you'd only take time to open your meat eyes."

Peaches' commlink device is a commlink-device in The Pit. It is set to passive mode. "A 3D icon of a peach floats in the Bar's virtual space, spinning slowly."

Peaches is a woman in The Pit. "The peach icon belongs to the cute-for-an-orc woman sipping some frothy bar drink laced with marinated fruits. You've heard of her before: her name is Peaches."

Stalker's commlink device is a commlink-device in The Pit. It is set to passive mode. "Another interesting icon: a black panther. It sits, cleaning its paw with a massive tongue, its eyes closed."

Stalker is a woman in The Pit. "The panther icon belongs to this tiny Asian woman with short-cropped black hair wearing an all black jumpsuit and one of those bulky army jackets almost everyone wears. She's so tiny she could hide anything under that jacket. Her hands, covered in black skin-tight gloves, are resting lightly on the table. Her eyes flick in your direction, and you feel a chill run down your spine as she mentally dissects you and checks your spleen for signs of tumors. Ok, small -- but deadly."