Chang Gang's First Attempt at a Maze Bank Robbery
- Squad:K, Ramee, Taco, Chris, Peanut, Zolo, and Jean Paul (X)
CG attempted to hit the Maze Bank today, after exploring the area around the bank they found a door with a keypad on it, generators in the canal entrance and the well known opening vent. They decided to send the RC car down the vent in reverse in the hopes of finding a code for the door, as no one has been able to figure out how to drive the RC car forward. The RC car got stuck in the vents and was unable to move. The boys decided to go explore the generators in the canal entrance which they were able to disable with a rather simple chopping hack. This unlocked a door that allowed to hit a electrical box which had a new hack that K got closest to solving with a 18/24. After failing this hack 3 times an alarm was triggered and the police were notified.
About and hour prior to the Maze bank contract being purchasable CG started getting ready setting up boats and getting a car. They arrived at the bank with the getaway plan in place and got to work. When they arrived, X found out that with an electric car, you were able to drive the RC car forward, after voicing that it worked for him they checked the roof, but the vent would not open.
They started at the back door, they scanned the G6 PNY card and got a lock to open the back door, after 1 fail, K opened the door; inside the garage they found an inner door that also required a PNY card, but they did not have a 3rd, or could they find a 3rd by calling people. After searching around, they found the vault area, they are unable to open any of the gated doors, but they know where it is located. After being unable to find a card, and them hearing an alarm, they decide to rush to the sewer entrance to see if they can enter from there.
Ramee and X one shot both the generators at the door and they went inside, there they found that they were unable to hit the thermite hack. The 1 hour limit was over, after going up the ladder, they see a server hack which they assume is the next step, after searching around they find the other PNY door that they found in the other entrance. After learning that the heist is done they start to come up with ideas, Ramee thinking that if they have enough PNY cards, they will be able to sneak through the locked doors through those hacks and not have to go through the generator room in the sewers.
Mr K woke up and saw that the Maze Bank heist was available, but they did not have enough BTC to hit it; after a few calls, and The Manor coming in clutch, they got enough btc and purchased the heist. After setting up for about 1 hour they started. They started with hitting the doors with the G6 PNY cards, after unfortunately failing once they got the first door, they then barely failed the inside garage door. They then learned that cops have arrived on scene and they need a hostage.
Mr K successfully completes the Thermite and both Ramee and Mr K get into the server room, they try to hit the server but they need a code. When searching for codes, Vinny went to the roof to see if the vent was open, to which it was not; perhaps they need to hit thermite and it opens for 10 seconds? They tried the multiple codes that they had available, but none of them work... the working theory is that they need to get into the security room which will have the code they need.
Mr K then went down the ladder, but set off the laser and the alarm went off. Peanut leaves before hitting the thermite to get a hostage and returns with 2 hostages for the bank, after some pressing from the cops they bring the hostages inside the bank doors. Ramee and Mr K escape through the boat in the canals, being chased by the cops, after beaching the boat, Ramee gets chased on foot to get picked up by Vinny on a bike. Mr K was not chased and was able to evade the cops. Vinny escaped rather easily, and after exchange of hostages Taco and Peanut were able to escape pursuit.
During the day, Ramee and other CG members came in clutch and got 4+ PNY cards. After successfully hacking the 2 PNY doors, the boys arrive at the security room; here you are able to look at all the cameras in the Maze Bank (to see the door codes to open them via PC hack at the server); after learning they can see the codes, Mr K and Ramee head to the sewers to get to the Laptop hack, Mr K after failing the Thermite twice, clutched up the 3rd attempt, Ramee went up to the server room. Mr K went back toward the vault area, after telling Ramee the first code, he begins his first hack (seen below). A number of shapes pop up, they need to remember the shapes in each sequence and colors then input them in order, 4 successful inputs opens the door (only the door with the code). After successfully opening the first door, Mr K after some discussion with Taco and Tuggz, finds a thermite hack to take down lazers in the vault room. After getting into the 2 side rooms (without lazers blocking), they get around 60k.
With 30 minutes left to finish the heist, they open the last door, Mr K starts to hack the lazers inside the vault room, he needs to correctly match 28 instead of 24 earlier. This proves to be very difficult, and failed 5 times. With 20 minutes to go in the heist, they are in a rush to get to thermite; Peanut comes in clutch and gets 4 thermite from Future. Peanut rushes back to the bank, Mr K clutches the Thermite hack in 1 try, but they notice that there is an even bigger vault door in the back, there are 3 big bars above the door, 1 is green, 2 are red. Ramee thinks that you will be able to fingerprint the scanners by the door, as well as scramble stuff in the security room.
Mr K does the thermite again, after one fail he successfully does it, they use the fingerprint scanners on the 2 fingerprint readers; They need 4 codes per fingerprint scanner. You get the code from the security room, you are able to descramble a system to receive codes (tuggz, taco and ramee think this) When ramee goes back upstairs the server has locked down and they are unable to continue the heist. After discussing, They have 2 options moving forward; The security room cameras are able to give Ramee (laptop hack) a code for the last door; when the security people look at the camera, they see a scrambled code, once ramee completes the laptop hack the code descrambles. They need to enter 2, 4 digit codes into the fingerprint scanners to successfully enter the hack. They need to do this in coordination because there are lazers that turn back on at the fingerprint scanners. (Laptop Hack x2; and Vault, Money trays and Gold bars inside the last vault) The boys then escape with all the marked cash they could get; around 100k in Marked Bills.
They get prepared outside the bank and get hostages, once everyone arrives, K calls Taco to start the heist; Mr K quickly hacks the tech spot to get the codes for the PNY cards; Ramee after failing twice to get warmed up ace's the 2 PNY card doors. Ramee and K head down to the sewers. Mr K starts the thermite, after failing once to get warmed up, he just gets the 2nd thermite, Ramee heads up to the server room, Mr K turns around and heads back to the main bank to go downstairs In the meantime, Peanut is with the 2 hostages, Vinny and Tuggz go to the security room, as they dont want to screenshot, they pre-write the codes to each door on a notepad in game. Once Ramee is at the server and ready he starts opening the doors, Ramee is on fire today, he has 1 shotted every hack since the 2 PNY card fails. While Ramee is hacking the doors, Mr K tries to do one of the 2 thermite hacks that are necessary, he just barely fails at 27/28. They open the doors and begin to get the loot from the side rooms. Vinny starts ferrying the loot upstairs while Tuggz and Ramee open doors, and Taco and K start to think about the plan of attack.... 16 minutes in, 44 minutes to go.
Tuggz had to go to sleep and wake back up due to scuff. During this, they were planning, K is gonna hit the thermite, Vinny and Tuggz will both watch the door; once he completes after 2 fails, they see the SAME code on the door; they tell this to Ramee. Ramee tries the laptop hack, it is a harder version of the original door hack (3 symbols instead of 2 per line) (See picture below). After Ramee fails the first try, Mr K wants to test the theory if there are different door codes, he tries the thermite again, after failing 3 times, he hits the thermite and Ramee gets the door code to hack; he barely failed the hack, they have to try again... After a few try's on the Thermite, the bank alarm goes off. Ramee escapes to the boat and finds 4 cops sitting there; Meta wise, the cops started going into the tunnels and set of the lazers and caused the boys to fail after 44 minutes. They escape with all the loot, similar numbers to the last time.
After a quick fail for attempt #9 on the PNY card doors; they begin attempt 10. Crew: Mr K, Ramee, Peanut, Zaceed, Zolo, Arya Downstairs: K, Zaceed, Arya, Laptop: Ramee Sewer door: Peanut (believed to be the 3rd hack they are missing Camera's: Zolo Arya wakes up and they get ready to hit the heist... Mr K wants Arya to do the RC car, so they make sure she is able to use it... after some complication she is easily able to control it. Mr K goes to Tech Support to unlock the vent, and Arya begins her hacks... she gets both the easy pincracker hacks for the door codes... Ramee quickly aces the first PNY door, he fails the first hack on the 2nd door, but Aces the 2nd hack. Mr K, Peanut, and Ramee all head to the generator area, while Zolo and Arya bring the van inside and get to the cameras. Ramee and Peanut both quickly do the generator hack, Mr K goes inside and gets ready for thermite... HE IS ON FIRE! he ACES that 24 thermite and Ramee goes upstairs; Zolo calls him to start giving codes and unlock the doors while Mr K heads back to the main bank and heads downstairs to begin the lower part of the heist... while Ramee is quickly hacking through the doors, Arya, Zaceed and K begin to collect the money in the side vaults. Approx: 15 minutes in; 45 minutes to go.... Now they test there theory of the door Peanut is at, opens when K hits thermite.
Mr K after a few fails, successfully hits the thermite, Arya and Zaceed go to hit the pincracker; BOTH succeed on their first try; Ramee unfortunately fails the laptop hack.... The important part, the door in the sewers DID NOT open for Peanut, he came back inside the bank and headed for Ramee for a second theory; they are going to look for a vent like the roof that opens once the Thermite is hit; They see 2 vents on either side of the vault room, they think that those will be one of the hacks; but they need to find the entrance.2nd attempt, after 1 fail, K successfully hits the hack; The next idea for the 3rd hack area did not open, they look upstairs near the teller desk... K starts his 3rd try, while Peanut is waiting in the lobby area to see if the door opens, the door does not open, but Ramee thinks he spotted something at the desk near the G6 turn in NPC; Peanut heads back downstairs for Ks 4th time doing the thermite.
They find that the Computer at the G6 worker when Mr K hits the thermite, you can bypass the vault security via that computer. Everyone gets geared up, they know all the hacks and how to get into the vault; they continue to try.... 38 minutes down.... 22 minutes left...When they try the next hack, the bank alarm starts going off; They are unsure about how the lasers went off; Mr K went outside and saw a cop running around, he thinks it was the cops; Ramee didnt see a PD boat directly outside of the sewer entrance, after searching around, Ramee steals the PD boat; everyone escapes in cars/vans and they deposit the money in the house.... They are extremely disappointed that the alarm went off, but have no idea why... They have the entire heist figured out.
Mr K, Ramee, Zolo, Zaceed, Arya, Tuggz.
After the usual hacking into the bank, they quickly get to the basement and open all the doors; After thermiting the downstairs 28 thermite, Arya, Zaceed, Ramee all 1 shot there hacks, Tuggz hits the computer and the vault opens. In a rush for time, as they think that the gold bar doors are timed before they cannot be opened.... Tuggz finds a hack for the Teller door in the main lobby of Maze Bank.... After Zaceed opens the door, they find 3 computers they have to hack (must hack all 3 of them); Ramee quickly does 2, Zaceed tries to do the last one and ACES the hack. THE CODES HAVE STOPPED!
Zolo tells Ramee the code to the gold bar door.... after a successful hack the doors open! Mr K quickly gets the gold bars, and a 9090 GPU blueprint. While everyone is looting, Mr K and Ramee have the idea of leaving the bank early with the BP and the Gold Bars. They are going to stash the loot and return to help the other 4 to escape cops. Cops arrive shortly after Mr K and Ramee leave; The cops say they will not pursue, they do not believe them, so are being safe.... Zaceed calls Mr K and says that he also escaped with gold bars.
The CG group collected 15+ gold bars of different weights, plus all the cash in the bank (approx 150k), as well as the 9090 GPU BP.
Mr.K called Bruce to let him know the news, and Bruce gave him a Speech of congratulations in return.