Presence + Academics + Glory + 1 for Locus for James to grant himself Streetwise dots using The Story Is True: (8d10)[10][2][6][8][8][5][7][2](48)
Potential exploding 10s: (8d10)[6][9][2][5][10][7][4][7](50) 3 successes total + 3 dots
And to save on double posting I'll put my Int+Streetwise roll here too: (1d10)[10]
Removing the unskilled penalty on any success above: (1d10)[10]
And then one extra die per success above, up to 5: (5d10)[5][8][3][8][9](33)
And more potential exploding 10s: (7d10)[1][3][10][4][7][8][3](36) And then three successes here too with the effective 5 dice.