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>don't trust them
>you're okay
Hngh. Really twisting that guilt knife, Anya. The Alison sexpology debt is racking up.
>40kg jetalium, only 2 D-rank mods
Hmm. Given that we can see those mods, she doesn't have a privacy module equipped, correct? And Roxy has a Rank C scanner, right? So any Hide add-ons would have to be rank C or better (and those cost 1 mill a pop!). Or are we still tapping into the Rank B we got loaned by the syndicate? In that case, any Hide add-ons would have to be rank B or better (since D costs 200 000 and C costs 1 mill, I'm guessing B is in the vicinity of 5-10 mill a pop).
In either case, that probably means her mod loadout has decreased since last we saw her, since Hides are expensive and we haven't escalated the crime / violence level in the simulation by much. I'm guessing Anya's probably working out of a limited budget as a result. Likely she's currently in a Hide'd division mod (due to the low jetalium mass) that probably has a relatively simple loadout of chemical sniffers, bio emulator (maybe?) and a few low-grade weapons, also with Hides. She'll have been given a Track Camera - or several.
Of course, that's assuming they gave her the support she needed to be effective. If she literally IS working undercover Vice as a naked jetal (metaphorically speaking) that could mean requesting to go into Vice was a big downgrade for her and she really isn't being taken seriously by her higher-ups. Maybe that's why she's grumpy and second-guessing herself.
>no idea what she's doing
(Alright, things are progressing fast here, but let me add in a few points, some possibly outdated, before we proceed right to the stripping.)
Well, first of all, being new at something isn't a crime. Unless you're new at being a criminal, but you know what I mean! It's a handy excuse, and if people see you improve rapidly, they'll be all the more impressed with your competence and potential. So coming to me and asking for advice to become better was a right move. You're of course willing to give lessons in 'how to be a hooker'.
Secondly, did they send her undercover to work as a jetal or as a biological? Part of the trust issue could be that she's not selling herself as a jetal sex worker well enough - or as a suitably motivated biological sex worker, if that's what she is pretending to be. Being personable and 'in character' to who she's SUPPOSED to be is super important as a sex worker! Has she ever roleplayed before? You can really recommend it as a 'get into it' aide.
Thirdly, what does she WANT to focus on? Vice is a big field, there are plenty of gangs, and considering her ambitions to change the system from the inside catching the worst kind of scumbag on the low end is a fine start, but you both know that alone won't be enough. She needs to pick her targets and choose her battles based on her current strength and what kind of bad stuff she's sniffed out, no? She has to decide where to focus and how to climb the ladder best.
If that robot she's after is some mid or upper league guy, then... well, she's got to have a plan of action and she should consider secondary priorities, too. Taking out a big crime boss is all well and good, but how do you stabilize the area in which you've just left a criminal power vacuum? How do you get witnesses that help you nail convictions? Even though she's a jetal, she can't do everything on her own, prove everything on her own. She needs a contact network, and working in Vice, that means making contacts with criminals too. It's better if she doesn't have to, obviously, but you'd rather see her support a stable gang like the Dead Batteries than tear it up and let a guy like Bluetooth creep into society's cracks in their stead.
Fourth...ly, you don't know anything about how the police really operate, but you're guessing she has a budget of resources to work with, right? And Vice, based on your experience with how often the police fails at catching vice - or care to catch it - sounds like the kind of typical ungrateful and stressful work that only gets fed low end budgets, especially for unproven rookies. It's a thing in some TV dramas, certainly. Nothing good comes easy, sadly.
Well, to that, and this is just an option you're airing, now that she's undercover has she realized that she can actually supplement her budget by doing lucrative vice work - as in actual vice work, while she works? For example, you haven't accepted any more prostitution gigs for fear of getting tracked down, but you could get in touch with a couple of your old contacts and get a somewhat high-end job. If Roxy's willing to come along with you, the two of you could split the difference in income half-and-half - and probably get paid more if she admits to being a sex-jetal-for-hire. Unless this causes legal issues with her bosses, it's like a case of win-win for the both of you. Unless, y'know, she jails you and your customers afterwards.
Still... you trust her. Not many people try to do the decent thing, so you'd be willing to risk it to help her out and give her a on-the-job budget boost and hooker experience. It's not like it won't be beneficial for you, either! You'll be able to make some money while in hiding and be secretly protected by a police jetal at the same time. But she'll have to promise to mask herself as not being the same associate of Roxy's wherever she's currently really operating and promise not to target anyone buying sex from the two of you. You don't want to make even more enemies, after all.
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Now, do we want to involve anyone else in this?
We could call Fern and tell him we've got the sister core working Vice. She's on the hook and is asking the hook for ad-vice. Planning to go after some low-tier to mid-tier robot boss, from the sounds of it. Does he have anyone that might fit the bill?
We could also call Polatt, see if he has any input on where the Dead Batteries would want to see a Vice cop working, aside from anywhere that isn't their turf. Since Anya needs to get her sex cred up, you could also ask if they've got any anonymously sourced sex work they could throw Roxy and Anya's way.
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