Cyberpunk Review » More Screencaps from Sneakers

To get Janek’s box back, Marty needs to get past some advanced security systems, including motion sensors in Cosmo’s office.

Motion Sensor

“Best motion sensor on the market… also responds to thermal differentials.” It can even detect bad breath!

Marty’s team does research on Dr. Werner Brandes (”The world’s most boring human”), whose office is next door to Cosmo’s. This research includes going through his trash. Proof that hacking is a dirty job.

Liz

Liz: “The man who folded this tube of Crest is looking for someone meticulous, refined, … anal.” (The team turns to look at her) “What?”

The team needs to get a recording of Dr. Brandes saying parts of a phrase used in a “mantrap,” a secure “booth” that requires an ID card and a positive voice print match for access.

Mantrap
Mantrap hack

“Hi. My name is Hacker with Tape Recorder in hand seeking access. My voice is my passport. Verify me.”

In the 60’s, Marty and Cosmo wanted to change the world by hacking. Marty, for the most part, has given up that quest. Cosmo never gave up, and tries one last time to get Marty to rejoin the effort.

Cosmo on the roof

“The world isn’t run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money, it’s run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It’s all just electrons.”
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“There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it’s not about who’s got the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think… it’s all about the information!”

Word Games, Sneakers style.

After retrieving Janek’s box from his office, the team relaxes with a game of Scrabble. Curiosity gets the better of Whistler, who runs diagnostics on the box, while Marty discovers what “SETEC Astronomy” really means.

SETEC Astronomy