As always, we'll address the different scenarios in order.
1. If they ask any of the Morningstar operatives/contacts before they leave the city, they'll find that the individuals that were taken had a number of different roles. Truthfully, the impression that they'll get was that the few who were successfully taken were either a) the victims of bad luck or b) were priority targets because of their positions in the city and that's why they were taken out first. One of the people successfully taken was, for instance, the junior member of the committee that Ellie referred to here for Peggy's plot. As a result, you'll likely want to connect with her as you have your characters investigate this! There was also an assistant to a bank's vice president, the bank itself largely manages the secure and encrypted funds for the major corporations around the city. There will also be a janitor at the UN Embassy. That won't seem like much, but they were there for years, and were also a long-time member of Morningstar as one of its most veteran members in the city.
The other captives are victims of bad luck and timing, being in places that weren't far from the homes of the previous three individuals. If Rey and Daisy look at the mapping that Daisy herself set up, they'll easily realize that certain sectors were more easily accessible to the UNA's early onslaught. There was a method to the eventual madness, so to speak.
There would be no sentiment among the rescued operatives and contacts that they felt followed or tracked in any way leading up to this attack. There would be the sentiment that there wouldn't be the need for that given the government's widespread surveillance and accesses around the city if they chose to utilize them.
2. None of the homes will reveal anything, largely because the real estate market in New Amsterdam moves swiftly. Some of these apartments will already be rented out, with people moved in, and it'll be very difficult to get inside unless they hack their way in. Even then, they'll want to make sure no one's home!
Otherwise, they'll want to start early on any of the cloud information because - as always - most of it has been scrubbed. If they started early, they'll see instances of normal social media use, though a couple of them would've been cagey about it, using it minimally because of their double life. There won't be any Morningstar communication as that's all done on a separate and thoroughly encrypted network, though there will be the occasional instance where they were clearly communicating with other Morningstar agents as friends. Gaby, Casper, and El won't be among these people, likely confirming that they're either very careful or their names are aliases (and by now, Rey would know from her time in doing jobs for Morningstar that it's the latter).
Any other cloud use would involve information about their lives: pictures, favored music and television shows, and a lot of what someone might find on someone's Google Drive. Transaction history and banking history would only be found as encrypted files leading back to someone's banking institution - none of this would be readily available, and would be considered "hard mode" for Daisy.
All of this information will be scrubbed within days of the initial attacks, seeming to almost erase these people as if they never existed. Social media posts including these individuals will vanish. The actions will be very thorough.
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As always, we'll address the different scenarios in order.
1. If they ask any of the Morningstar operatives/contacts before they leave the city, they'll find that the individuals that were taken had a number of different roles. Truthfully, the impression that they'll get was that the few who were successfully taken were either a) the victims of bad luck or b) were priority targets because of their positions in the city and that's why they were taken out first. One of the people successfully taken was, for instance, the junior member of the committee that Ellie referred to here for Peggy's plot. As a result, you'll likely want to connect with her as you have your characters investigate this! There was also an assistant to a bank's vice president, the bank itself largely manages the secure and encrypted funds for the major corporations around the city. There will also be a janitor at the UN Embassy. That won't seem like much, but they were there for years, and were also a long-time member of Morningstar as one of its most veteran members in the city.
The other captives are victims of bad luck and timing, being in places that weren't far from the homes of the previous three individuals. If Rey and Daisy look at the mapping that Daisy herself set up, they'll easily realize that certain sectors were more easily accessible to the UNA's early onslaught. There was a method to the eventual madness, so to speak.
There would be no sentiment among the rescued operatives and contacts that they felt followed or tracked in any way leading up to this attack. There would be the sentiment that there wouldn't be the need for that given the government's widespread surveillance and accesses around the city if they chose to utilize them.
2. None of the homes will reveal anything, largely because the real estate market in New Amsterdam moves swiftly. Some of these apartments will already be rented out, with people moved in, and it'll be very difficult to get inside unless they hack their way in. Even then, they'll want to make sure no one's home!
Otherwise, they'll want to start early on any of the cloud information because - as always - most of it has been scrubbed. If they started early, they'll see instances of normal social media use, though a couple of them would've been cagey about it, using it minimally because of their double life. There won't be any Morningstar communication as that's all done on a separate and thoroughly encrypted network, though there will be the occasional instance where they were clearly communicating with other Morningstar agents as friends. Gaby, Casper, and El won't be among these people, likely confirming that they're either very careful or their names are aliases (and by now, Rey would know from her time in doing jobs for Morningstar that it's the latter).
Any other cloud use would involve information about their lives: pictures, favored music and television shows, and a lot of what someone might find on someone's Google Drive. Transaction history and banking history would only be found as encrypted files leading back to someone's banking institution - none of this would be readily available, and would be considered "hard mode" for Daisy.
All of this information will be scrubbed within days of the initial attacks, seeming to almost erase these people as if they never existed. Social media posts including these individuals will vanish. The actions will be very thorough.