Getting Intel on the Base

This is Part 2 of the "The Nut" series originally published on Glipho.

If I am to wreak havoc on the largest base used by malware purveyors, the first step is to gather intel, like weaknesses in the base that I can exploit. After making a few inquaries with my fellow malware fighters, I find that if I want any answers, I need to go to the head malware fighter.

This person, Mr.Bill is a malware fighting legend and has been fighting malware the longest in our band of malware fighters.

So I make my way to Mr.Bill and tell him about what I found.

Mr.Bill: "Not many malware fighters know about this base."

Me: "So how do we destroy it?"

Mr.Bill: "Short answer, we don't. We sent a team there a long time ago, and security has only increased since then. It embarrassed us when they came back."

Me: "The team came back before completing the mission?"

Mr.Bill: "Yes...In body bags."

Me: "Oh."

Mr.Bill: "They were able to gather some good intel before they...came back. The base is under heavy guard from all sides. And the anti-air defenses were top notch. We all knew that there was no way to get in without major losses. After two tries, the team pushed through and entered the base, which they had half-jokingly named 'The Nut'"

Me: "The Nut?"

Mr.Bill: "Owing to the difficultly of getting through, someone made the obvious statement that it was a tough nut to crack. The name stuck and became our unofficial codename for the base."

Me: "It there any way we could get through today?"

Mr.Bill: "Not likely. We could try a stealth operation, but there are way too many guards to hope that the operation stays stealth. And an air attack is out of the question. Once our jets pierced the perimeter, the air defenses made short work of them."

Me: "So I want to go in somewhere where several of our own have died, take whatever malware I can, and generally cause havoc on the base?"

Mr.Bill: "I can't authorize such an operation. We would lose too many men."

Me: "What if just one went through? Could the operation stay stealthy then?"

Mr.Bill: "At this point, that could be possible if the one person was able to get through without sounding alarms... Wait, you're not thinking of..."

Me: "That's exactly what I'm thinking."