Homeward Bound By Ramshackle Glory

2020-10-04T20:58:36Z

Bedlamite: /* The Run */

{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-03


|GM=DrBurst


|Location=Puyallup, Seattle


|Ally=Ex-Firewatch
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Aster|Boom Poom|Grease}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=Medium


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Knight Errant
|OppositionUnits=Knight Errant Patrol Team (15 members, lead by a 2nd LT) 3 Dodge Goliath APCs
|OppositionCasualties=2nd LT 5 KE officers 1 Goliath APC


|OppositionFaction2=
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
In Puyallup, a group of 50 [[Ex-Firewatch]] civilians are trapped by a Knight Errant patrol team, barely held at bay by 4 Ex-Firewatch fighters. Runners are called in to get the civilians to safety. The Haven team ([[Aster]], [[Boom Poom]], [[Grease]]) manages to misdirect KE and keep them busy while the civilians' convoy is dug out of the Puyallup ash and sent on their way to an Ex-Firewatch stronghold.

==Background==
After the events of [[Fate of a Coward]], hundreds of Ex-Firewatch members are exposed by a bug spirit infiltrator, resulting in a massive Ares operation to hunt them down. Though the infiltrator was eliminated by a team of Haven runners, that doesn't stop Ares from continuing their campaign of extermination. Part of Ex-Firewatch's efforts are to evacuate the most vulnerable members to a stronghold in the Puyallup barrens, where it is more difficult for Ares to attack them. But on the way there with 50 civilians, the convoy of 10 Roadmasters are mired in the Puyallup ash, leaving them sitting ducks for the pursuing KE patrol. With few defensive options available to them, Ex-Firewatch holes up in a nearby building, where 4 fighters hold off KE and call for a team of runners to get them out before KE HTR can show up to finish them off.

==The Meet==
Given the urgency of the situation, the meet with Ms. Johnson was simply a voice conference held via the matrix. It was obvious that the Johnson was in dire straights, as she regularly broke off mid-sentence to return fire at the KE attackers. Aster, having run for this Johnson last week, could guess the reason for the KE heat, so he cut right to the point: what's the pay. The team agreed to 10k NuYen each to get the civilians and their convoy moving safely to the Ex-Firewatch stronghold as soon as possible.

==The Plan==
The broken Puyallup terrain would have made getting to the engagement difficult, but Grease's driving skills (including jumping over a lava river flowing through an abandoned thermal power plant) got the team there quickly. On-site, the Haven team found a KE patrol team of 15 officers inspecting the Ex-Firewatch vehicles and searching for the civilian's hideout. Thanks to the ashen weather, visibility was poor. Not wanting to start a firefight with 15 KE, the team developed a plan to incapacitate the ranking KE officer and replace him with Aster, who would hopefully be able to misdirect KE long enough for the team to get the civilian's Roadmasters unstuck and on the way to safety.

==The Run==
When the KE 2nd Lieutenant was passing close to the runner's hiding spot, Grease piloted a drone just around a corner, where Aster mimicked sounds of an Ex-Firewatch distress call from its external speakers. When the 2nd LT came searching, Grease put a subsonic round from her silenced rifle through his neck, dropping him without a sound. The team quickly took his gear and began crafting Aster's disguise, altering his face to match and hiding the bullet hole in the armor. Boom Poom placed a trid phantasm over the armor as a 2nd layer of defense, resulting in a solid disguise. Though it appeared the 2nd LT's biomonitor went flat for a bit, Aster put on the dead man's biomonitor and passed off the oddity as brief interference from the Puyallup environment. Aster assumed command of the KE team, directing them to replace his malfunctioning commlink with the backup (granting the team access to the KE tactical network), then ordering them to move out to the north under fake orders from the Captain to intercept the Ex-Firewatch group in the wrong location.

With the KE team gone, Grease got to work with a winch digging out the Roadmasters. Meanwhile, Boom Poom gathered the civilians and organized their escape. By providing the KE tactical network data to an experienced Ex-Firewatch member, Boom Poom was able to plot a route to the stronghold free of KE interference, and the civilians were sent on their way.

While leading the KE team away, Aster made a few enemies by denying his subordinates' requests and misdirecting an Ares close air support VTOL. But before KE got too suspicious, the other runners showed up for an extraction. As Aster directed the convoy through an ideal ambush site, Grease T-bone rammed the lead Goliath at max speed, splitting the APC in half and killing everyone onboard. in a fake panic, Aster ordered the remaining KE to dismount and establish defensible positions in a nearby abandoned office building. Grease pilots their truck off a jump, landing in the 2nd floor office building and performing a pick-up maneuver to grab Aster at-speed. As KE is about to return fire, Boom Poom hits them with a F8 gravity well, pinning 2/3rds of them to the floor and spoiling the shots of the others. The Haven team gets away before any more KE reinforcements are able to arrive.

But they weren't out of danger yet, as Boom Poom's wanted status with Evo caught the attention of a local Puyallup bounty hunter. As they drove back out of the area, the hunter followed closely on a motorcycle and peppered the truck with a warning shot from a shotgun. But before he was able to board the truck, Grease cuts him off in a wild high-speed turn, forcing the bounty hunter to crash and giving the team the chance to escape.

==Aftermath==
The Ex-Firewatch civilians safely arrive at the stronghold in Puyallup. Ms. Johnson and her team survives their encounter with KE and pay the runners for their work.

==Rewards==

*10,000 NuYen
*7 Karma
*2 CDP
*+3 Rep [[Ex-Firewatch]]

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|A little girl: "Can I touch the fluffy?" Boom Poom, thinking: ''Oh, great, I'm the fluffy now.'' Little girl's mother: "No!"}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

===Aster===
I know what ex-firewatch is up against; I was on the team that dug up the bug spirit infiltrator in their organization and put it down. They may not be one of us, but ex-firewatch is fighting the good fight nonetheless, so I couldn't sit and watch when this run came up. I'm glad I got involved, this team was exactly what we needed to get the job done. I felt equally in my element and out of my depth as I assumed the KE 2nd LT's position. I'm used to impersonating targets, but those targets are usually in nice suits attending a business gala downtown, not in Knight Errant combat armor prowling Puyallup looking for a fight. I think I made more than a few enemies by the time Boom Poom and Grease were able to pull my ass out of there; I'll have to study up on some KE etiquette so I don't repeat those mistakes next time.

[[Category:Runs]]

Homeward Bound By Ramshackle Glory

2020-10-04T20:54:39Z

Bedlamite:

{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-03


|GM=DrBurst


|Location=Puyallup, Seattle


|Ally=Ex-Firewatch
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Aster|Boom Poom|Grease}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=Medium


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Knight Errant
|OppositionUnits=Knight Errant Patrol Team (15 members, lead by a 2nd LT) 3 Dodge Goliath APCs
|OppositionCasualties=2nd LT 5 KE officers 1 Goliath APC


|OppositionFaction2=
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
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|Notes=
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==Summary==
In Puyallup, a group of 50 [[Ex-Firewatch]] civilians are trapped by a Knight Errant patrol team, barely held at bay by 4 Ex-Firewatch fighters. Runners are called in to get the civilians to safety. The Haven team ([[Aster]], [[Boom Poom]], [[Grease]]) manages to misdirect KE and keep them busy while the civilians' convoy is dug out of the Puyallup ash and sent on their way to an Ex-Firewatch stronghold.

==Background==
After the events of [[Fate of a Coward]], hundreds of Ex-Firewatch members are exposed by a bug spirit infiltrator, resulting in a massive Ares operation to hunt them down. Though the infiltrator was eliminated by a team of Haven runners, that doesn't stop Ares from continuing their campaign of extermination. Part of Ex-Firewatch's efforts are to evacuate the most vulnerable members to a stronghold in the Puyallup barrens, where it is more difficult for Ares to attack them. But on the way there with 50 civilians, the convoy of 10 Roadmasters are mired in the Puyallup ash, leaving them sitting ducks for the pursuing KE patrol. With few defensive options available to them, Ex-Firewatch holes up in a nearby building, where 4 fighters hold off KE and call for a team of runners to get them out before KE HTR can show up to finish them off.

==The Meet==
Given the urgency of the situation, the meet with Ms. Johnson was simply a voice conference held via the matrix. It was obvious that the Johnson was in dire straights, as she regularly broke off mid-sentence to return fire at the KE attackers. Aster, having run for this Johnson last week, could guess the reason for the KE heat, so he cut right to the point: what's the pay. The team agreed to 10k NuYen each to get the civilians and their convoy moving safely to the Ex-Firewatch stronghold as soon as possible.

==The Plan==
The broken Puyallup terrain would have made getting to the engagement difficult, but Grease's driving skills (including jumping over a lava river flowing through an abandoned thermal power plant) got the team there quickly. On-site, the Haven team found a KE patrol team of 15 officers inspecting the Ex-Firewatch vehicles and searching for the civilian's hideout. Thanks to the ashen weather, visibility was poor. Not wanting to start a firefight with 15 KE, the team developed a plan to incapacitate the ranking KE officer and replace him with Aster, who would hopefully be able to misdirect KE long enough for the team to get the civilian's Roadmasters unstuck and on the way to safety.

==The Run==
When the KE 2nd Lieutenant was passing close to the runner's hiding spot, Grease piloted a drone just around a corner, where Aster mimicked sounds of an Ex-Firewatch distress call from its external speakers. When the 2nd LT came searching, Grease put a subsonic round from her silenced rifle through his neck, dropping him without a sound. The team quickly took his gear and began crafting Aster's disguise, altering his face to match and hiding the bullet hole in the armor. Boom Poom placed a trid phantasm over the armor as a 2nd layer of defense, resulting in a solid disguise. Though it appeared the 2nd LT's biomonitor went flat for a bit, Aster put on the dead man's biomonitor and passed off the oddity as brief interference from the Puyallup environment. Aster assumed command of the KE team, directing them to replace his malfunctioning commlink with the backup (granting the team access to the KE tactical network), then ordering them to move out to the north under fake orders from the Captain to intercept the Ex-Firewatch group in the wrong location.

With the KE team gone, Grease got to work with a winch digging out the Roadmasters. Meanwhile, Boom Poom gathered the civilians and organized their escape. By providing the KE tactical network data to an experienced Ex-Firewatch member, Boom Poom was able to plot a route to the stronghold free of KE interference, and the civilians were sent on their way.

While leading the KE team away, Aster made a few enemies by denying his subordinates' requests and misdirecting an Ares close air support VTOL. But before KE got too suspicious, the other runners showed up for an extraction. As Aster directed the convoy through an ideal ambush site, Grease T-bone rams the lead Goliath at max speed, splitting the APC in half and killing everyone onboard. in a fake panic, Aster ordered the remaining KE to dismount and establish defensible positions in a nearby abandoned office building. Grease pilots their truck off a jump, landing in the 2nd floor office building and performing a pick-up maneuver to grab Aster at-speed. As KE is about to return fire, Boom Poom hits them with a F8 gravity well, pinning 2/3rds of them to the floor and spoiling the shots of the others. The Haven team gets away before any more KE reinforcements are able to arrive.

But they weren't out of danger yet, as Boom Poom's wanted status with Evo caught the attention of a local Puyallup bounty hunter. As they drove back out of the area, the hunter followed closely on a motorcycle and peppered the truck with a warning shot from a shotgun. But before he was able to board the truck, Grease cuts him off in a wild high-speed turn, forcing the bounty hunter to crash and giving the team the chance to escape.

==Aftermath==
The Ex-Firewatch civilians safely arrive at the stronghold in Puyallup. Ms. Johnson and her team survives their encounter with KE and pay the runners for their work.

==Rewards==

*10,000 NuYen
*7 Karma
*2 CDP
*+3 Rep [[Ex-Firewatch]]

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|A little girl: "Can I touch the fluffy?" Boom Poom, thinking: ''Oh, great, I'm the fluffy now.'' Little girl's mother: "No!"}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

===Aster===
I know what ex-firewatch is up against; I was on the team that dug up the bug spirit infiltrator in their organization and put it down. They may not be one of us, but ex-firewatch is fighting the good fight nonetheless, so I couldn't sit and watch when this run came up. I'm glad I got involved, this team was exactly what we needed to get the job done. I felt equally in my element and out of my depth as I assumed the KE 2nd LT's position. I'm used to impersonating targets, but those targets are usually in nice suits attending a business gala downtown, not in Knight Errant combat armor prowling Puyallup looking for a fight. I think I made more than a few enemies by the time Boom Poom and Grease were able to pull my ass out of there; I'll have to study up on some KE etiquette so I don't repeat those mistakes next time.

[[Category:Runs]]

Homeward Bound By Ramshackle Glory

2020-10-04T20:54:06Z

Bedlamite: AAR and Aster pAAR final draft.

{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-03


|GM=DrBurst


|Location=Puyallup, Seattle


|Ally=Ex-Firewatch
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Aster|Boom Poom|Grease}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=Medium


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Knight Errant
|OppositionUnits=Knight Errant Patrol Team (15 members, lead by a 2nd LT), 3 Dodge Goliath APCs
|OppositionCasualties=2nd LT, 5 KE officers, 1 Goliath APC


|OppositionFaction2=
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
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|Notes=
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==Summary==
In Puyallup, a group of 50 [[Ex-Firewatch]] civilians are trapped by a Knight Errant patrol team, barely held at bay by 4 Ex-Firewatch fighters. Runners are called in to get the civilians to safety. The Haven team ([[Aster]], [[Boom Poom]], [[Grease]]) manages to misdirect KE and keep them busy while the civilians' convoy is dug out of the Puyallup ash and sent on their way to an Ex-Firewatch stronghold.

==Background==
After the events of [[Fate of a Coward]], hundreds of Ex-Firewatch members are exposed by a bug spirit infiltrator, resulting in a massive Ares operation to hunt them down. Though the infiltrator was eliminated by a team of Haven runners, that doesn't stop Ares from continuing their campaign of extermination. Part of Ex-Firewatch's efforts are to evacuate the most vulnerable members to a stronghold in the Puyallup barrens, where it is more difficult for Ares to attack them. But on the way there with 50 civilians, the convoy of 10 Roadmasters are mired in the Puyallup ash, leaving them sitting ducks for the pursuing KE patrol. With few defensive options available to them, Ex-Firewatch holes up in a nearby building, where 4 fighters hold off KE and call for a team of runners to get them out before KE HTR can show up to finish them off.

==The Meet==
Given the urgency of the situation, the meet with Ms. Johnson was simply a voice conference held via the matrix. It was obvious that the Johnson was in dire straights, as she regularly broke off mid-sentence to return fire at the KE attackers. Aster, having run for this Johnson last week, could guess the reason for the KE heat, so he cut right to the point: what's the pay. The team agreed to 10k NuYen each to get the civilians and their convoy moving safely to the Ex-Firewatch stronghold as soon as possible.

==The Plan==
The broken Puyallup terrain would have made getting to the engagement difficult, but Grease's driving skills (including jumping over a lava river flowing through an abandoned thermal power plant) got the team there quickly. On-site, the Haven team found a KE patrol team of 15 officers inspecting the Ex-Firewatch vehicles and searching for the civilian's hideout. Thanks to the ashen weather, visibility was poor. Not wanting to start a firefight with 15 KE, the team developed a plan to incapacitate the ranking KE officer and replace him with Aster, who would hopefully be able to misdirect KE long enough for the team to get the civilian's Roadmasters unstuck and on the way to safety.

==The Run==
When the KE 2nd Lieutenant was passing close to the runner's hiding spot, Grease piloted a drone just around a corner, where Aster mimicked sounds of an Ex-Firewatch distress call from its external speakers. When the 2nd LT came searching, Grease put a subsonic round from her silenced rifle through his neck, dropping him without a sound. The team quickly took his gear and began crafting Aster's disguise, altering his face to match and hiding the bullet hole in the armor. Boom Poom placed a trid phantasm over the armor as a 2nd layer of defense, resulting in a solid disguise. Though it appeared the 2nd LT's biomonitor went flat for a bit, Aster put on the dead man's biomonitor and passed off the oddity as brief interference from the Puyallup environment. Aster assumed command of the KE team, directing them to replace his malfunctioning commlink with the backup (granting the team access to the KE tactical network), then ordering them to move out to the north under fake orders from the Captain to intercept the Ex-Firewatch group in the wrong location.

With the KE team gone, Grease got to work with a winch digging out the Roadmasters. Meanwhile, Boom Poom gathered the civilians and organized their escape. By providing the KE tactical network data to an experienced Ex-Firewatch member, Boom Poom was able to plot a route to the stronghold free of KE interference, and the civilians were sent on their way.

While leading the KE team away, Aster made a few enemies by denying his subordinates' requests and misdirecting an Ares close air support VTOL. But before KE got too suspicious, the other runners showed up for an extraction. As Aster directed the convoy through an ideal ambush site, Grease T-bone rams the lead Goliath at max speed, splitting the APC in half and killing everyone onboard. in a fake panic, Aster ordered the remaining KE to dismount and establish defensible positions in a nearby abandoned office building. Grease pilots their truck off a jump, landing in the 2nd floor office building and performing a pick-up maneuver to grab Aster at-speed. As KE is about to return fire, Boom Poom hits them with a F8 gravity well, pinning 2/3rds of them to the floor and spoiling the shots of the others. The Haven team gets away before any more KE reinforcements are able to arrive.

But they weren't out of danger yet, as Boom Poom's wanted status with Evo caught the attention of a local Puyallup bounty hunter. As they drove back out of the area, the hunter followed closely on a motorcycle and peppered the truck with a warning shot from a shotgun. But before he was able to board the truck, Grease cuts him off in a wild high-speed turn, forcing the bounty hunter to crash and giving the team the chance to escape.

==Aftermath==
The Ex-Firewatch civilians safely arrive at the stronghold in Puyallup. Ms. Johnson and her team survives their encounter with KE and pay the runners for their work.

==Rewards==

*10,000 NuYen
*7 Karma
*2 CDP
*+3 Rep [[Ex-Firewatch]]

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|A little girl: "Can I touch the fluffy?" Boom Poom, thinking: ''Oh, great, I'm the fluffy now.'' Little girl's mother: "No!"}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

===Aster===
I know what ex-firewatch is up against; I was on the team that dug up the bug spirit infiltrator in their organization and put it down. They may not be one of us, but ex-firewatch is fighting the good fight nonetheless, so I couldn't sit and watch when this run came up. I'm glad I got involved, this team was exactly what we needed to get the job done. I felt equally in my element and out of my depth as I assumed the KE 2nd LT's position. I'm used to impersonating targets, but those targets are usually in nice suits attending a business gala downtown, not in Knight Errant combat armor prowling Puyallup looking for a fight. I think I made more than a few enemies by the time Boom Poom and Grease were able to pull my ass out of there; I'll have to study up on some KE etiquette so I don't repeat those mistakes next time.

[[Category:Runs]]

2020-09-28T04:49:43Z

Bedlamite: Final draft of AAR.

{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-28


|GM=Chrisst111


|Location=Redmond Barrens, Seattle


|Ally=OtherCon
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Aster|Rougarou|Palooka|Beuford "Saint' Mcgill}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=Medium


|Metaplot=Against all odds - The OtherCon story
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Evo
|OppositionUnits=EVO Security Troll
|OppositionCasualties=


|OppositionFaction2=
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=[[File:OtherCon Logo.png|200px]]
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|Notes=
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==Summary==
When [[OtherCon]] member and elephantine SURGE Tallyah goes missing, their friends fear that Evo has recaptured them for nefarious purposes. OtherCon calls on the Haven to find out what’s happened to Tallyah and keep them safe from Evo’s grasp. The Haven team ([[Aster]], [[Palooka]], [[Rougarou]], [[Beuford "Saint' Mcgill|Saint]]) wastes no time tracking the target to a flat in the Redmond Barrens, where they safely extract Tallyah before Evo can get to them.

==Background==
The OtherCon are the largest grouping of SURGE-afflicted metahumans in Seattle. Many of their number come from Evo’s research and development division, from where they escaped after the incident at Evo Tower. Evo is actively trying to return the escaped R&D assets, so OtherCon must constantly be on-guard.

==The Meet==
The Haven team receives commlink calls at 4am from Ms. Johnson, who asks that they meet her at a downtown soykaf shop as soon as possible. Most of the party is able to arrive within minutes, but Saint is a half-hour away in the wilderness. Finding the Johnson, a squirrel SURGEling, to be visibly anxious among the early morning wageslave clientele, the party decides to make contact while Saint is still on the road.

Before the meet begins, Aster suggests that the location is too insecure. Johnson agrees and takes the party to a nearby hotel to hold a more discrete discussion. On the way, the party notices someone following them, but they seem to move on after everyone goes inside the hotel.

In a hotel room, Johnson describes Tallyah, an elephantine SURGEling and aspected sorcerer who had previously escaped from Evo's clutches. Tallyah has not been heard from for 5 days, worrying OtherCon that they may have been taken by Evo again. Johnson is able to provide their picture, flat location in Redmond, and information on their ex-boyfriend Jasper (who has been out of town in Calfree). OtherCon doesn't have much money to offer (10k for the entire job), but Aster is able to negotiate a 16k reward for safely returning Tallyah before Evo can capture and return them to R&D. During the meet, Saint arrives, finds noone sneaking around the hotel entrance, and takes up a position watching the stairs.

Just as the deal is sealed, a fragmentation rocket fired from outside the hotel flies into the exterior wall and detonates, filling the room with shrapenel. Palooka is barely able to sprint out the door in time, and Rougarou jumps on the Johnson to protect her. In the aftermath, the party finds no signs of the attacker and a spent Aztechnology Striker one-shot launcher with a slight astral signature of panic. Johnson is handed off to [[Alessa P]] to keep her safe while the runners complete the job.

==The Plan==
The runners get away from the meet location without drawing too much Knight Errant attention and gather at one of Saint's safehouses in Redmond to plan. In order to find Tallyah, they choose two lines of investigation: (1) track down whoever attacked them at the meet and use them to gather more information on Tallyah, (2) investigate Tallyah's Barrens flat to find leads on any kidnapping or unusual activity.

==The Run==
The first line of investigation comes up empty. The runners figure that an aztechnology striker must have either been used by a Corp asset, or sold reciently on the black market. If it was a black market deal, the runners stood a chance of tracking down the buyer. But Alessa P's black market contacts find out that Evo has been buying up all the Strikers brought into Seattle for the past month. Not wanting to knock on Evo's door and ask who used a Striker reciently, the runners decide to move on.

The most striking aspect of Tallyah's Redmond flat is the SURGEd troll out front with an assault rifle and obvious Evo gear. Saint's assensing shows the troll to be a serious problem, with deltaware cybereyes and the rest of his body replaced with mostly alpha and betaware. Additionally, Saint finds a micro-bomb installed in his brain, suggesting that this troll may be one of Evo's SURGEling experiements forced to work for the Corp. Not wanting to start a firefight, the runners hide the car and investigate the flat surreptiiously. Saint summons a plant spirit, who is ordered to go look for Tallyah inside the building. Finding a mana barrier at the building's edge, the spirit sneaks through it. Inside the building contains the expected civilians plus another mana barrier on the 3rd floor. This time, the barrier proves to be inpenetrable. Meanwhile, Aster investigates the adjoining Stuffer Shack, speaking with the Orc attendant. The Orc is able to recognize Tallyah, but says they have not been seen for about a week.

With Evo security outside, the runners figure there must be some worthwhile intelligence inside Tallyah's flat, so they decide to sneak in. A third-story window entry point is identified in a quiet alleyway, where Rougarou and Palooka climb in via gecko tape gloves carrying a rope. Before the others can join them, the Evo troll takes notice of everyone walking into the alley and begins to investigate. Saint attempts to alter the troll's memory, but the troll notices the spellcasting and knocks Saint out with full auto gel rounds. Aster fakes being a random unafiliated drunk in the alley, so the troll ignores him while tying up Saint and taking him away. Palooka is able to hide the rope before the troll sees the evidence of infiltration.

With Saint captured, the remaining runners decide they must investigate Tallyah's flat while they are still hidden before attempting any rescue of Saint. Aster climbs the rope to join the others, then investigates the rest of the 3rd floor. In the middle of the normal apartments is the center flat, which is covered in intricate magical runes. The front door is maglocked and appears to be undamaged. Aster quietly dismantles the maglock and bypasses the mechanism, quietly opening the door and nearly getting stabbed in the face by a katana.

The katana is weilded by Tallyah, who invites them in after finding they are not Evo. After Aster explains their mission, Tallyah states that it would be preferable to escape from their magical lodge rather than wait around until Evo sends a HTR team to dig them out. The party makes their way back to the empty apartment and climbs out the window (except for Tallyah, who simply jumps out and casts a spell to fall gently to the ground). On the way out, the troll notices Tallyah and starts shooting to prevent their escape. After being hit by gel rounds from Rougarou, SnS from Aster, and shock gloves from Palooka, the troll falls unconcious. Using a keycard from the troll's pocket, the runners rescue Saint and extract Tallyah safely. During the escape Rougarou finds a carbomb planted on his car and must call up Alessa P for a mechanic who can help remove it. [[Zoey Zip-Tie]] is happy to help, but Rougarou owes her one.

==Aftermath==
Tallyah is returned safely to the Johnson at The Daze, where they recover from the attack and plan how to hide from Evo. The runners are paid.

==Rewards==
Aster, Palooka, Saint:

*4,000 NuYen
*8 Karma
*2 CDP
*+1 Rep OtherCon

Rougarou:

**4,000 NuYen
*8 Karma
*[[Zoey Zip-Tie]] as a 2/1 contact, you owe her a chip
*+1 Rep OtherCon

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

===Aster===
This run could have gone better, but that wasn’t the fault of any of the Haven that’s for sure. Johnson was obviously nervous and reckless at best, and actively naive at worst. It was her indiscretion that got us tailed at the meet and nearly fragged via rocket. If all of OtherCon are like her, I’m not sure I want to take another run from them.

That said, the rest of the run was mercifully straightforward. Turns out we got to the “kidnapped” target fast enough that Evo hadn’t had the chance to actually kidnap them yet. Chalk one up to acting decisively, I have to credit my teammates for that. Granted, that decisiveness got Saint a facefull of gel rounds, but it all worked out in the end.

[[Category:Runs]]

... Bushy Tailed

2020-09-28T04:04:41Z

Bedlamite:

... Bushy Tailed

2020-09-28T03:35:04Z

Bedlamite:

... Bushy Tailed

2020-09-28T03:34:42Z

Bedlamite:

Aster

2020-09-28T03:08:20Z

Bedlamite:

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=Character Information=

===Summary===
A Brazilian dryad orphaned at 3 years old, Aster was raised by foster parents in Mitsuhama Computer Technologies to serve as a diplomat in the foreign service. After the collapse of the Imperial Japanese State's colonies in the 2060s, Aster chose to request an extraction rather than risk returning to MCT service in Japan itself. When Aster was extracted by agents of the Draco Foundation, he agreed to provide his particular skills in certain jobs around Seattle high society as payment.

===Goals===
*Maintain a high standard of living in Downtown Seattle.
*Develop powerful contacts and friends who could shield him if MCT comes looking.
*Build enough wealth to retire to San Francisco in style.

==Background==
Born to young elven parents in Brazil; Aster never had a chance to remember them. When Aster was just 3, Brazil was invaded by the great dragon Hualpa's forces, who defeated the Brazilian government and formed the nation of Amazonia. In the ensuing chaos, Aster was orphaned, picked up by a group of metahuman traffickers, and shipped off to Peru where he was sold to a local MCT representative.

Recognizing the rare opportunity presented by a baby dryad, Aster was placed in a foster home with MCT corporate parents and closely monitored to learn more about dryads and how they may be exploited. Like most imperial japanese at the time, Aster's "parents" were openly hostile towards metahumans; Aster quickly learned skills necessary to employ his dryad nature, manipulate other's behavior, and avoid the worst punishments. Realizing his aptitude as he graduated primary school, his MCT handlers moved him to a Hawaiian facility specializing in training MCT statesmen, politicians, and ambassadors for foreign service.

Aster proved to be adept at statescraft, quickly adjusting to the use of bioware and cyberware focused on enhancing social manipulation. By the 2050s, Aster was assigned to the diplomatic branch of the Imperial Japanese State forces occupying the San Francisco bay area, where he served as assistant for relations with A/AA corporations and other minor organizations. While operating in CalFree, Aster had several negative encounters with Colonel Keiji Saito, the leader of local IJS forces.

Aster took the first opportunity to leave CalFree, accepting an assignment in 2060 to move to MCT headquarters in Tsimshian, where he was assigned as handler for the Tir Tairngire ambassador. For the next 5 years, Aster played a significant role keeping the peace between MCT's Tsmishian interests and the surrounding NANs. However, MCT's foreign influences began to crumble after the 2061 disasters in Japan. By 2065, MCT was forced to consolidate its forces at home, choosing to abandon its interests in Tsimshian.

With the pending withdrawal of MCT from Tsimshian, Aster was given a choice: return to diplomatic service in CalFree under the increasingly erratic and hostile Colonel Keiji Saito, or move to Japan where (despite Emperor Yasuhito's reforms) he could expect hostility from most everyone. Not liking either option, Aster opted to post a request for extraction to the Matrix. On the day MCT's caravan rolled out of Tsimshian, it was with great relief that Aster found himself suddenly blindfolded, rushed into a hijacked helicopter, and flown north.

When the blindfold was finally removed, Aster found himself in the back office of a downtown Seattle DIMR research facility, surrounded by shelves of manga and action figures, and sitting across a desk from the troll Adowa "Moria" Webster, who was distracted playing Final Fantasy. To say Aster was confused would be an understatement. Moria refused all offers of payment for the extraction, instead revealing that she operates as a fixer for the Draco Foundation; DF had chosen to extract Aster in exchange for some help on a few choice jobs. Aster quickly agreed, and Moria helped get him set up in a penthouse in a nearby apartment complex. For over a decade, Aster has run various jobs for Moria to help keep up his high lifestyle in Downtown Seattle.

== Narrative Significant Qualities ==

===Positive===
*Biocompatibility (Bioware) - MCT pushed the limits of social manipulation bioware to give Aster an edge in his assignments.
*Glamour - As a dryad, Aster has always naturally elicited a positive reaction from those he interacts with. Unfortunately this makes him particularly memorable as well.
*Honest Face - From a young age, Aster learned how to lie. Really well.
*Linguist - An important part of Aster's MCT education was to learn many different languages.
*Method Actor - Many of the Draco Foundation's jobs have called for Aster to infiltrate exclusive high-society establishments. He has found that the easiest way to accomplish this is to (as literally as possible) become someone who is supposed to be there.
===Negative===
*Allergy (Uncommon, Mild) (Alcohol) - Perhaps as a result of the bio- and genetic-engineering that MCT did, Aster can't handle alcohol.
*Reduced Sense (Taste) - In Aster's line of work, it isn't uncommon to be offered an alcoholic drink. Normally, it is more expedient to just accept it and deal with the minor allergic reaction than draw attention by refusing it. Repeated inflammatory reactions have taken their toll on Aster's sense of taste.
*Creature of Comfort (High) - Aster likes his fancy Downtown apartment, exclusive club memberships, and jobs infiltrating high-society.
*Distinctive Style - Aster's first impression is always positive, in a very memorable way.
*Symbiosis - Through regular meditation in his rooftop garden space, Aster is attuned to the environment around his Downtown apartment.

==Run History==
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==Affiliations==

===Contacts===


{{ContactTable|


{{HasContact|
|Name=Adowa "Moria" Webster
|Loyalty=3
|Chips=Even
|}}

{{HasContact|
|Name=Tia Skinner
|Loyalty=1
|Chips=Even
|}}

{{HasContact|
|Name=Lucille "Dimple" Cousteau
|Loyalty=5
|Chips=Even
|}}

{{HasContact|
|Name="Wild Goose"
|Loyalty=1
|Chips=Even
|}}


}}


===Organizations===
*Draco Foundation - Extracted Aster from MCT in return for his services.

===Group Reputations===

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|'''[[Ex-Firewatch]]'''
| +3
|-
|'''[[OtherCon]]'''
| +1
|}



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=In Character Information=

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==SINs==
*Toma Kado (UCAS, R4)

==Appearance==

=== Clothing ===
The only constants in Aster's appearance are his expensive clothes and characteristic dryad glamour. Using basic disguise techniques augmented with myriad cyber/bioware, Aster reguarly changes his appearance to best suit the situation.
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