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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T18:23:59Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-01


|GM=Burst


|Location=Paris!


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Moth|Nitro|Zephyr}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Saeder-Krupp
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=


|OppositionFaction2=Interpol
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
A very wealthy Johnson told the team he wanted them to plant fireworks on the Eiffel Tower so they would go off when he proposed to his girlfriend.

The team managed to pull off a very quiet, subtle run with good planning and social infiltration techniques, and learned a bit more about the J's true motives.

==Background==
The Johnson had been a runner. He and his girlfrend Astra and several others did a career ending run against the corporate court tower in New York. The kind of run that was so ridiculously hard to pull off that any that lived would be wealthy enough to retire, but also hunted for the rest of their lives. All he wanted was to retire with her. He watched her die on the run. He was the only survivor.

He was aware that interpol was getting closer and closer to him. Mostly high. Increasingly careless. Ready to die. He just wanted one last gesture for her, before it was over.

Saeder-Krupp is run by Lofwyr, and he is known to micromanage his projects. Was this going to put them on the wrong side of a powerful dragon?

[[Moth]] had the linguasoft equipment to speak French convincingly, which would prove essential.

==The Meet==
The J met them in VR. He appeared to be in a fancy Parisian nightclub. Lots of novacoke. Lots of beautiful women. A unicorn.

He seemed to be in a hurry. He gave them just enough information to know that there job was to place the fireworks and where the private plane was waiting at Sea-Tac.

[[Moth]] tried to negotiate for more money, and convinced him to pay them each more, and to pay them up front. They each had the money in their accounts as they left the meet.

==The Plan==
The private plane was beyond luxurious. A cargo hold big enough for [[Nitro]]'s SUV. And a unicorn. And a shining 1966 Imperial towncar. A chef making gourmet meals. An interior garden to help off-set the discomfort of flight for mages like [[Zephyr]]. Excellent matrix access for the wealthy executive on the go.

They focused at first on simply enjoying the luxury of it. [[Moth]] had never been on an airplane of any kind before. [[Nitro]] wanted to rig in and try to drive the plane. [[Zephyr]] explored the indoor garden. [[Nitro]] ate everything the others didn't finish.

[[Nitro]] - a demolitions expert - and [[Moth]] - a skilled artisan - studied the fireworks that were in the cargo hold also. They were legitimate fireworks. They weren't being tricked to set off a bomb or something. They really did want to make an impressive and beautiful show. After working together, they were confident they had the best possible plan - and lots of related sketches - to make a really lovely show.

And what was the barrier to setting this up exactly? [[Moth]] researched all the legal requirements to plan a fireworks show in that location. The primary barrier for the night of the job - tomorrow - was that Saeder-Krupp was filming a commercial and had rental everything. But, she could see everything that would be required to appear as a legitimate fireworks installation company. She called [[SignificantNPC::Juan Lopez]] to forge them all the required paperwork for a fake fireworks company, a small outfit operating in Paris. [[Nitro]] worked on a logo that - after much discussion - only implied the existence of a dragon providing the fire rather than featuring one.

[[Zephyr]] had a premonition - a feeling from Wolf - that the johnson was in danger. [[Moth]] called the J to make sure he wasn't getting kidnapped or something while they were in transit. Though he reassured her that he was unharmed and in no obvious danger, she realized that he was lying to her. By the time the call ended, she was very suspicious there was no actual proposal going to happen, and the girlfriend was dead. With her name, she could try to figure out the history. She soon discovered pictures of a woman with the J, and that they were both runners, and he was the only one to survive. It was sad. It also became clear the J was an extremely wanted person, and likely being actively sought by Interpol.

They re-focused on security for themselves during the job. They had access to all their equipment in the SUV and hours they could use for prep. They agreed that [[Moth]] would make them excellent synthskin masks and full disguises to match their role as fireworks technicians. They would use tight mask discipline. From the moment they stepped off the plane. No one in Paris would ever see their real facess. She called [[SignificantNPC::"Wild Goose"]] and got burner SINs tied to the fake fireworks company.

Every two hours [[Moth]] called her boyfriend [[Dandy]] to check in and share pictures of how fun it was to fly on a plane.

But they had failed to think about security for themselves on the plane!

Interpol was tracking the J and tried to hack [[Moth]]'s commlink once she called the J. But luckily her considerable intuition and the strong firewall of the Farlight XX was enough. Instead of getting hacked and putting all that legwork and planning into interpol's hands, she got an alert that a failed hack had happened. She re-booted the Farlight and turned it off for the remainder of the job. She pulled out her Hermes Ikon. That's why a girl carries two commlinks at all times. Disaster averted!

==The Run==
They arrived safely in Paris, well disguised. The J had reserved a room for them in an incredibly nice hotel overlooking the eiffel tower. 5 stars elegant and luxurious. They spent less than a second considering if staying there was the wisest choice. It was clearly the most fun choice.

The got to the hotel about 1 am, with the fireworks needing to go off at 10 pm. Plenty of time.

[[Zephyr]] confirmed that the hotel had wonderful supplies for summoning. A garden. Expensive magical chalk. He drew circles within circles within circles, working on ritually summoning and binding a strong spirit of the air. In this case, the smell of fresh baked goods on a Paris morning.

[[Moth]], inspired and having some spare time, slipped out to do some shopping. She bought clothes - because Paris! - and the supplies to make them fresh baked croissants in the room's lavish kitchen.

[[Nitro]] acquired rubber bullets and worked on setting up his guns. He did some drone scouting of the area, including getting Moth wonderful images of the scenery to send to Dandy, who she kept calling with little updates. But! He thought he caught a glimpse of Lofwyr himself! He moved into paranoid action, shutting their blinds. And unwittingly foiling an attempt by interpol to watch their room. The J had arrived at the hotel and stopped by to say hello, give hugs, eat a croissant, and order them crazy expensive champagne. He seemed high out of his mind.

It was time to head over to the tower and try plan A. Pretend we have every right to be there. (Plan B was 'Be as sneaky and quiet as we can be'.)

But they were stopped in the lobby of the hotel by an interpol agent considering them persons of interest. Uh oh. Luckily, they knew they'd kept the synthskin masks on the whole time. [[Moth]] thought quickly to explain what they were doing there and make the relationship with the J fit the facts, but not reveal them as runners. She had met him at a party at a club last night. He had invited her back to this hotel where he had rented many rooms, including one she could use after he passed out. She had never been in a hotel this posh, and was so excited she wanted to show her friends - the other two - and invited them over. It was so fun to have access to the good kitchen that she'd gone out for groceries and come back and made croissants. (True!) She added just the right amount of nervousness that she was in trouble for the drug use, partying with the J, and only knew him in that context. It was sufficiently convincing that they got away! It was pretty clear they ought to avoid any more calls or contact with the J, but nothing else was planned or needed.

They came up to the service entrance to the Eiffel Tower area. [[Nitro]] had the SUV all set with the fireworks company logo and brand. They had all the forged licenses and permits to make it look like an administrative error that the whole area had been rented to Saeder-Krupp over top of their permit. They conned their way past the gate guard and his manager - a Saeder-Krupp executive. The approach was to stick to the story that they were there to do legitimate business and were such a small company. They really needed this job. They were friendly and flexible, behaving just like real workers would do in this situation. Trying to be flexible, but with no authority to do anything but proceed. [[Moth]] took the lead in the con, and [[Nitro]] supplied the excellent idea to keep asking to at least get everything set up while they waited for word from their boss if their firework show could be delayed. Eventually, they got permission to set up just as planned.

Everything was ready! They had the fireworks on a timer. They used [[Nitro]]'s drones and [[Zephyr]]'s spirit to make sure the fireworks weren't disturbed in the intervening hours before 10 pm. But they had dodged every source of conflict. No one had any reason to interfere with them.

Success!

They hurried back to the airport only to discover that he had only booked them commercial coach flights home. [[Nitro]] had to work with his fixer to arrange for his SUV to be sent back on a cargo plane, but it was easily arranged.

==Aftermath==
The runners got away clean. Interpol is not pursuing them.

The J is likely caught soon after. They kept an eye on news feeds for what happened that night. It really did seem like it was a gesture for Astra's memory. Nothing terrible happened that they could detect at that same time.

They returned home richer and with fun memories of Paris.

==Rewards==
30,000 nuyen 
2 karma
2 CDP

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Nitro begins sketching a big dragon in the branding for their fireworks company van. Moth: "We can't draw a big dragon on the side of the vehicle while trying to avoid the notice of a dragon!" After much debate, the van has a huge gout of flame, and in the bottom corner you can just see the edge of the dragon's mouth like its been cropped off-screen.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
[[Moth]] here! This was my 49th run. And quite a run! I got to go to Paris! My first trip on a plane, and apparently the fanciest plane that ever flew. It was great working with Nitro and Zephyr. They are fun and professional, both. Good ideas. Willing to do what it takes to keep a job subtle and quiet. I only wish Dandy had been able to come too! I am so glad interpol didn't get onto my commlink. I hesitate to think how bad that would have been. And I'd have led them to Dandy with all those calls to him. I'm going to make it up to him with fresh french baked goods and the cute outfits I bought shopping.

[[Category:Runs]]

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T17:53:25Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-01


|GM=Burst


|Location=Paris!


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Moth|Nitro|Zephyr}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Saeder-Krupp
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=


|OppositionFaction2=Interpol
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
A very wealthy Johnson told the team he wanted them to plant fireworks on the Eiffel Tower so they would go off when he proposed to his girlfriend.

The team managed to pull off a very quiet, subtle run with good planning and social infiltration techniques, and learned a bit more about the J's true motives.

==Background==
The Johnson had been a runner. He and his girlfrend Astra and several others did a career ending run against the corporate court tower in New York. The kind of run that was so ridiculously hard to pull off that any that lived would be wealthy enough to retire, but also hunted for the rest of their lives. All he wanted was to retire with her. He watched her die on the run. He was the only survivor.

He was aware that interpol was getting closer and closer to him. Mostly high. Increasingly careless. Ready to die. He just wanted one last gesture for her, before it was over.

Saeder-Krupp is run by Lofwyr, and he is known to micromanage his projects. Was this going to put them on the wrong side of a powerful dragon?

[[Moth]] had the linguasoft equipment to speak French convincingly, which would prove essential.

==The Meet==
The J met them in VR. He appeared to be in a fancy Parisian nightclub. Lots of novacoke. Lots of beautiful women. A unicorn.

He seemed to be in a hurry. He gave them just enough information to know that there job was to place the fireworks and where the private plane was waiting at Sea-Tac.

[[Moth]] tried to negotiate for more money, and convinced him to pay them each more, and to pay them up front. They each had the money in their accounts as they left the meet.

==The Plan==
The private plane was beyond luxurious. A cargo hold big enough for [[Nitro]]'s SUV. And a unicorn. And a shining 1966 Imperial towncar. A chef making gourmet meals. An interior garden to help off-set the discomfort of flight for mages like [[Zephyr]]. Excellent matrix access for the wealthy executive on the go.

They focused at first on simply enjoying the luxury of it. [[Moth]] had never been on an airplane of any kind before. [[Nitro]] wanted to rig in and try to drive the plane. [[Zephyr]] explored the indoor garden. [[Nitro]] ate everything the others didn't finish.

[[Nitro]] - a demolitions expert - and [[Moth]] - a skilled artisan - studied the fireworks that were in the cargo hold also. They were legitimate fireworks. They weren't being tricked to set off a bomb or something. They really did want to make an impressive and beautiful show. After working together, they were confident they had the best possible plan - and lots of related sketches - to make a really lovely show.

And what was the barrier to setting this up exactly? [[Moth]] researched all the legal requirements to plan a fireworks show in that location. The primary barrier for the night of the job - tomorrow - was that Saeder-Krupp was filming a commercial and had rental everything. But, she could see everything that would be required to appear as a legitimate fireworks installation company. She called [[SignificantNPC::Juan Lopez]] to forge them all the required paperwork for a fake fireworks company, a small outfit operating in Paris. [[Nitro]] worked on a logo that - after much discussion - only implied the existence of a dragon providing the fire rather than featuring one.

[[Zephyr]] had a premonition - a feeling from Wolf - that the johnson was in danger. [[Moth]] called the J to make sure he wasn't getting kidnapped or something while they were in transit. Though he reassured her that he was unharmed and in no obvious danger, she realized that he was lying to her. By the time the call ended, she was very suspicious there was no actual proposal going to happen, and the girlfriend was dead. With her name, she could try to figure out the history. She soon discovered pictures of a woman with the J, and that they were both runners, and he was the only one to survive. It was sad. It also became clear the J was an extremely wanted person, and likely being actively sought by Interpol.

They re-focused on security for themselves during the job. They had access to all their equipment in the SUV and hours they could use for prep. They agreed that [[Moth]] would make them excellent synthskin masks and full disguises to match their role as fireworks technicians. They would use tight mask discipline. From the moment they stepped off the plane. No one in Paris would ever see their real facess. She called [[SignificantNPC::"Wild Goose"]] and got burner SINs tied to the fake fireworks company.

Every two hours [[Moth]] called her boyfriend [[Dandy]] to check in and share pictures of how fun it was to fly on a plane.

But they had failed to think about security for themselves on the plane!

Interpol was tracking the J and tried to hack [[Moth]]'s commlink once she called the J. But luckily her considerable intuition and the strong firewall of the Farlight XX was enough. Instead of getting hacked and putting all that legwork and planning into interpol's hands, she got an alert that a failed hack had happened. She re-booted the Farlight and turned it off for the remainder of the job. She pulled out her Hermes Ikon. That's why a girl carries two commlinks at all times. Disaster averted!

==The Run==
They arrived safely in Paris, well disguised. The J had reserved a room for them in an incredibly nice hotel overlooking the eiffel tower. 5 stars elegant and luxurious. They spent less than a second considering if staying there was the wisest choice. It was clearly the most fun choice.

The got to the hotel about 1 am, with the fireworks needing to go off at 10 pm. Plenty of time.

[[Zephyr]] confirmed that the hotel had wonderful supplies for summoning. A garden. Expensive magical chalk. He drew circles within circles within circles, working on ritually summoning and binding a strong spirit of the air. In this case, the smell of fresh baked goods on a Paris morning.

[[Moth]], inspired and having some spare time, slipped out to do some shopping. She bought clothes - because Paris! - and the supplies to make them fresh baked croissants in the room's lavish kitchen.

[[Nitro]] acquired rubber bullets and worked on setting up his guns. He did some drone scouting of the area, including getting Moth wonderful images of the scenery to send to Dandy, who she kept calling with little updates. But! He thought he caught a glimpse of Lofwyr himself! He moved into paranoid action, shutting their blinds. And unwittingly foiling an attempt by interpol to watch their room. The J had arrived at the hotel and stopped by to say hello, give hugs, eat a croissant, and order them crazy expensive champagne. He seemed high out of his mind.

It was time to head over to the tower and try plan A. Pretend we have every right to be there. (Plan B was 'Be as sneaky and quiet as we can be'.)

But they were stopped in the lobby of the hotel by an interpol agent considering them persons of interest. Uh oh. Luckily, they knew they'd kept the synthskin masks on the whole time. [[Moth]] thought quickly to explain what they were doing there and make the relationship with the J fit the facts, but not reveal them as runners. She had met him at a party at a club last night. He had invited her back to this hotel where he had rented many rooms, including one she could use after he passed out. She had never been in a hotel this posh, and was so excited she wanted to show her friends - the other two - and invited them over. It was so fun to have access to the good kitchen that she'd gone out for groceries and come back and made croissants. (True!) She added just the right amount of nervousness that she was in trouble for the drug use, partying with the J, and only knew him in that context. It was sufficiently convincing that they got away! It was pretty clear they ought to avoid any more calls or contact with the J, but nothing else was planned or needed.

They came up to the service entrance to the Eiffel Tower area. [[Nitro]] had the SUV all set with the fireworks company logo and brand. They had all the forged licenses and permits to make it look like an administrative error that the whole area had been rented to Saeder-Krupp over top of their permit. They conned their way past the gate guard and his manager - a Saeder-Krupp executive. The approach was to stick to the story that they were there to do legitimate business and were such a small company. They really needed this job. They were friendly and flexible, behaving just like real workers would do in this situation. Trying to be flexible, but with no authority to do anything but proceed. [[Moth]] took the lead in the con, and [[Nitro]] supplied the excellent idea to keep asking to at least get everything set up while they waited for word from their boss if their firework show could be delayed. Eventually, they got permission to set up just as planned.

Everything was ready! They had the fireworks on a timer. They used [[Nitro]]'s drones and [[Zephyr]]'s spirit to make sure the fireworks weren't disturbed in the intervening hours before 10 pm. But they had dodged every source of conflict. No one had any reason to interfere with them.

Success!

They hurried back to the airport only to discover that he had only booked them commercial coach flights home. [[Nitro]] had to work with his fixer to arrange for his SUV to be sent back on a cargo plane, but it was easily arranged.

==Aftermath==
The runners got away clean. Interpol is not pursuing them.

The J is likely caught soon after. They kept an eye on news feeds for what happened that night. It really did seem like it was a gesture for Astra's memory. Nothing terrible happened that they could detect at that same time.

They returned home richer and with fun memories of Paris.

==Rewards==
30,000 nuyen 
2 karma
2 CDP

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Nitro begins sketching a big dragon in the branding for their fireworks company van. Moth: "We can't draw a big dragon on the side of the vehicle while trying to avoid the notice of a dragon! After much debate, the van has a huge gout of flame, and in the bottom corner you can just see the edge of the dragon's mouth like its been cropped off-screen.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
[[Moth]] here! This was my 49th run. And quite a run! I got to go to Paris! My first trip on a plane, and apparently the fanciest plane that ever flew. It was great working with Nitro and Zephyr. They are fun and professional, both. Good ideas. Willing to do what it takes to keep a job subtle and quiet. I only wish Dandy had been able to come too! I am so glad interpol didn't get onto my commlink. I hesitate to think how bad that would have been. And I'd have led them to Dandy with all those calls to him. I'm going to make it up to him with fresh french baked goods and the cute outfits I bought shopping.

[[Category:Runs]]

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T15:07:35Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-01


|GM=Burst


|Location=Paris!


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Moth|Nitro|Zephyr}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Saeder-Krupp
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=


|OppositionFaction2=Interpol
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
A very wealthy Johnson told the team he wanted them to plant fireworks on the Eiffel Tower so they would go off when he proposed to his girlfriend.

The team managed to pull off a very quiet, subtle run with good planning and social infiltration techniques, and learned a bit more about the J's true motives.

==Background==
The Johnson had been a runner. He and his girlfrend Astra and several others did a career ending run against the corporate court tower in New York. The kind of run that was so ridiculously hard to pull off that any that lived would be wealthy enough to retire, but also hunted for the rest of their lives. All he wanted was to retire with her. He watched her die on the run. He was the only survivor.

He was aware that interpol was getting closer and closer to him. Mostly high. Increasingly careless. Ready to die. He just wanted one last gesture for her, before it was over.

Saeder-Krupp is run by Lofwyr, and he is known to micromanage his projects. Was this going to put them on the wrong side of a powerful dragon?

[[Moth]] had the linguasoft equipment to speak French convincingly, which would prove essential.

==The Meet==
The J met them in VR. He appeared to be in a fancy Parisian nightclub. Lots of novacoke. Lots of beautiful women. A unicorn.

He seemed to be in a hurry. He gave them just enough information to know that there job was to place the fireworks and where the private plane was waiting at Sea-Tac.

[[Moth]] tried to negotiate for more money, and convinced him to pay them each more, and to pay them up front. They each had the money in their accounts as they left the meet.

==The Plan==
The private plane was beyond luxurious. A cargo hold big enough for [[Nitro]]'s SUV. And a unicorn. And a shining 1966 Imperial towncar. A chef making gourmet meals. An interior garden to help off-set the discomfort of flight for mages like [[Zephyr]]. Excellent matrix access for the wealthy executive on the go.

They focused at first on simply enjoying the luxury of it. [[Moth]] had never been on an airplane of any kind before. [[Nitro]] wanted to rig in and try to drive the plane. [[Zephyr]] explored the indoor garden. [[Nitro]] ate everything the others didn't finish.

[[Nitro]] - a demolitions expert - and [[Moth]] - a skilled artisan - studied the fireworks that were in the cargo hold also. They were legitimate fireworks. They weren't being tricked to set off a bomb or something. They really did want to make an impressive and beautiful show. After working together, they were confident they had the best possible plan - and lots of related sketches - to make a really lovely show.

And what was the barrier to setting this up exactly? [[Moth]] researched all the legal requirements to plan a fireworks show in that location. The primary barrier for the night of the job - tomorrow - was that Saeder-Krupp was filming a commercial and had rental everything. But, she could see everything that would be required to appear as a legitimate fireworks installation company. She called [[SignificantNPC::Juan Lopez]] to forge them all the required paperwork for a fake fireworks company, a small outfit operating in Paris. [[Nitro]] worked on a logo that - after much discussion - only implied the existence of a dragon providing the fire rather than featuring one.

[[Zephyr]] had a premonition - a feeling from Wolf - that the johnson was in danger. [[Moth]] called the J to make sure he wasn't getting kidnapped or something while they were in transit. Though he reassured her that he was unharmed and in no obvious danger, she realized that he was lying to her. By the time the call ended, she was very suspicious there was no actual proposal going to happen, and the girlfriend was dead. With her name, she could try to figure out the history. She soon discovered pictures of a woman with the J, and that they were both runners, and he was the only one to survive. It was sad. It also became clear the J was an extremely wanted person, and likely being actively sought by Interpol.

They re-focused on security for themselves during the job. They had access to all their equipment in the SUV and hours they could use for prep. They agreed that [[Moth]] would make them excellent synthskin masks and full disguises to match their role as fireworks technicians. They would use tight mask discipline. From the moment they stepped off the plane. No one in Paris would ever see their real facess. She called [[SignificantNPC::"Wild Goose"]] and got burner SINs tied to the fake fireworks company.

Every two hours [[Moth]] called her boyfriend [[Dandy]] to check in and share pictures of how fun it was to fly on a plane.

But they had failed to think about security for themselves on the plane!

Interpol was tracking the J and tried to hack [[Moth]]'s commlink once she called the J. But luckily her considerable intuition and the strong firewall of the Farlight XX was enough. Instead of getting hacked and putting all that legwork and planning into interpol's hands, she got an alert that a failed hack had happened. She re-booted the Farlight and turned it off for the remainder of the job. She pulled out her Hermes Ikon. That's why a girl carries two commlinks at all times. Disaster averted!

==The Run==
They arrived safely in Paris, well disguised. The J had reserved a room for them in an incredibly nice hotel overlooking the eiffel tower. 5 stars elegant and luxurious. They spent less than a second considering if staying there was the wisest choice. It was clearly the most fun choice.

The got to the hotel about 1 am, with the fireworks needing to go off at 10 pm. Plenty of time.

[[Zephyr]] confirmed that the hotel had wonderful supplies for summoning. A garden. Expensive magical chalk. He drew circles within circles within circles, working on ritually summoning and binding a strong spirit of the air. In this case, the smell of fresh baked goods on a Paris morning.

[[Moth]], inspired and having some spare time, slipped out to do some shopping. She bought clothes - because Paris! - and the supplies to make them fresh baked croissants in the room's lavish kitchen.

[[Nitro]] acquired rubber bullets and worked on setting up his guns. He did some drone scouting of the area, including getting Moth wonderful images of the scenery to send to Dandy, who she kept calling with little updates. But! He thought he caught a glimpse of Lofwyr himself! He moved into paranoid action, shutting their blinds. And unwittingly foiling an attempt by interpol to watch their room. The J had arrived at the hotel and stopped by to say hello, give hugs, eat a croissant, and order them crazy expensive champagne. He seemed high out of his mind.

It was time to head over to the tower and try plan A. Pretend we have every right to be there. (Plan B was 'Be as sneaky and quiet as we can be'.)

But they were stopped in the lobby of the hotel by an interpol agent considering them persons of interest. Uh oh. Luckily, they knew they'd kept the synthskin masks on the whole time. [[Moth]] thought quickly to explain what they were doing there and make the relationship with the J fit the facts, but not reveal them as runners. She had met him at a party at a club last night. He had invited her back to this hotel where he had rented many rooms, including one she could use after he passed out. She had never been in a hotel this posh, and was so excited she wanted to show her friends - the other two - and invited them over. It was so fun to have access to the good kitchen that she'd gone out for groceries and come back and made croissants. (True!) She added just the right amount of nervousness that she was in trouble for the drug use, partying with the J, and only knew him in that context. It was sufficiently convincing that they got away! It was pretty clear they ought to avoid any more calls or contact with the J, but nothing else was planned or needed.

They came up to the service entrance to the Eiffel Tower area. [[Nitro]] had the SUV all set with the fireworks company logo and brand. They had all the forged licenses and permits to make it look like an administrative error that the whole area had been rented to Saeder-Krupp over top of their permit. They conned their way past the gate guard and his manager - a Saeder-Krupp executive. The approach was to stick to the story that they were there to do legitimate business and were such a small company. They really needed this job. They were friendly and flexible, behaving just like real workers would do in this situation. Trying to be flexible, but with no authority to do anything but proceed. [[Moth]] took the lead in the con, and [[Nitro]] supplied the excellent idea to keep asking to at least get everything set up while they waited for word from their boss if their firework show could be delayed. Eventually, they got permission to set up just as planned.

Everything was ready! They had the fireworks on a timer. They used [[Nitro]]'s drones and [[Zephyr]]'s spirit to make sure the fireworks weren't disturbed in the intervening hours before 10 pm. But they had dodged every source of conflict. No one had any reason to interfere with them.

Success!

They hurried back to the airport only to discover that he had only booked them commercial coach flights home. [[Nitro]] had to work with his fixer to arrange for his SUV to be sent back on a cargo plane, but it was easily arranged.

==Aftermath==
The runners got away clean. Interpol is not pursuing them.

The J is likely caught soon after. They kept an eye on news feeds for what happened that night. It really did seem like it was a gesture for Astra's memory. Nothing terrible happened that they could detect at that same time.

They returned home richer and with fun memories of Paris.

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T14:58:28Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-10-01


|GM=Burst


|Location=Paris!


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|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Moth|Nitro|Zephyr}}
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|Threat=High


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|OppositionFaction=Saeder-Krupp
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|OppositionFaction2=Interpol
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==Summary==
A very wealthy Johnson told the team he wanted them to plant fireworks on the Eiffel Tower so they would go off when he proposed to his girlfriend.

The team managed to pull off a very quiet, subtle run with good planning and social infiltration techniques, and learned a bit more about the J's true motives.

==Background==
The Johnson had been a runner. He and his girlfrend Astra and several others did a career ending run against the corporate court tower in New York. The kind of run that was so ridiculously hard to pull off that any that lived would be wealthy enough to retire, but also hunted for the rest of their lives. All he wanted was to retire with her. He watched her die on the run. He was the only survivor.

He was aware that interpol was getting closer and closer to him. Mostly high. Increasingly careless. Ready to die. He just wanted one last gesture for her, before it was over.

Saeder-Krupp is run by Lofwyr, and he is known to micromanage his projects. Was this going to put them on the wrong side of a powerful dragon?

[[Moth]] had the linguasoft equipment to speak French convincingly, which would prove essential.

==The Meet==
The J met them in VR. He appeared to be in a fancy Parisian nightclub. Lots of novacoke. Lots of beautiful women. A unicorn.

He seemed to be in a hurry. He gave them just enough information to know that there job was to place the fireworks and where the private plane was waiting at Sea-Tac.

[[Moth]] tried to negotiate for more money, and convinced him to pay them each more, and to pay them up front. They each had the money in their accounts as they left the meet.

==The Plan==
The private plane was beyond luxurious. A cargo hold big enough for [[Nitro]]'s SUV. And a unicorn. And a shining 1966 Imperial towncar. A chef making gourmet meals. An interior garden to help off-set the discomfort of flight for mages like [[Zephyr]]. Excellent matrix access for the wealthy executive on the go.

They focused at first on simply enjoying the luxury of it. [[Moth]] had never been on an airplane of any kind before. [[Nitro]] wanted to rig in and try to drive the plane. [[Zephyr]] explored the indoor garden. [[Nitro]] ate everything the others didn't finish.

[[Nitro]] - a demolitions expert - and [[Moth]] - a skilled artisan - studied the fireworks that were in the cargo hold also. They were legitimate fireworks. They weren't being tricked to set off a bomb or something. They really did want to make an impressive and beautiful show. After working together, they were confident they had the best possible plan - and lots of related sketches - to make a really lovely show.

And what was the barrier to setting this up exactly? [[Moth]] researched all the legal requirements to plan a fireworks show in that location. The primary barrier for the night of the job - tomorrow - was that Saeder-Krupp was filming a commercial and had rental everything. But, she could see everything that would be required to appear as a legitimate fireworks installation company. She called [[SignificantNPC::Juan Lopez]] to forge them all the required paperwork for a fake fireworks company, a small outfit operating in Paris. [[Nitro]] worked on a logo that - after much discussion - only implied the existence of a dragon providing the fire rather than featuring one.

[[Zephyr]] had a premonition - a feeling from Wolf - that the johnson was in danger. [[Moth]] called the J to make sure he wasn't getting kidnapped or something while they were in transit. Though he reassured her that he was unharmed and in no obvious danger, she realized that he was lying to her. By the time the call ended, she was very suspicious there was no actual proposal going to happen, and the girlfriend was dead. With her name, she could try to figure out the history. She soon discovered pictures of a woman with the J, and that they were both runners, and he was the only one to survive. It was sad. It also became clear the J was an extremely wanted person, and likely being actively sought by Interpol.

They re-focused on security for themselves during the job. They had access to all their equipment in the SUV and hours they could use for prep. They agreed that [[Moth]] would make them excellent synthskin masks and full disguises to match their role as fireworks technicians. They would use tight mask discipline. From the moment they stepped off the plane. No one in Paris would ever see their real facess. She called [[SignificantNPC::"Wild Goose"]] and got burner SINs tied to the fake fireworks company.

Every two hours [[Moth]] called her boyfriend [[Dandy]] to check in and share pictures of how fun it was to fly on a plane.

But they had failed to think about security for themselves on the plane!

Interpol was tracking the J and tried to hack [[Moth]]'s commlink once she called the J. But luckily her considerable intuition and the strong firewall of the Farlight XX was enough. Instead of getting hacked and putting all that legwork and planning into interpol's hands, she got an alert that a failed hack had happened. She re-booted the Farlight and turned it off for the remainder of the job. She pulled out her Hermes Ikon. That's why a girl carries two commlinks at all times. Disaster averted!

==The Run==
They arrived safely in Paris, well disguised. The J had reserved a room for them in an incredibly nice hotel overlooking the eiffel tower. 5 stars elegant and luxurious. They spent less than a second considering if staying there was the wisest choice. It was clearly the most fun choice.

The got to the hotel about 1 am, with the fireworks needing to go off at 10 pm. Plenty of time.

[[Zephyr]] confirmed that the hotel had wonderful supplies for summoning. A garden. Expensive magical chalk. He drew circles within circles within circles, working on ritually summoning and binding a strong spirit of the air. In this case, the smell of fresh baked goods on a Paris morning.

[[Moth]], inspired and having some spare time, slipped out to do some shopping. She bought clothes - because Paris! - and the supplies to make them fresh baked croissants in the room's lavish kitchen.

[[Nitro]] acquired rubber bullets and worked on setting up his guns. He did some drone scouting of the area, including getting Moth wonderful images of the scenery to send to Dandy, who she kept calling with little updates. But! He thought he caught a glimpse of Lofwyr himself! He moved into paranoid action, shutting their blinds. And unwittingly foiling an attempt by interpol to watch their room. The J had arrived at the hotel and stopped by to say hello, give hugs, eat a croissant, and order them crazy expensive champagne. He seemed high out of his mind.

It was time to head over to the tower and try plan A. Pretend we have every right to be there. (Plan B was 'Be as sneaky and quiet as we can be'.)

But they were stopped in the lobby of the hotel by an interpol agent considering them persons of interest. Uh oh. Luckily, they knew they'd kept the synthskin masks on the whole time. [[Moth]] thought quickly to explain what they were doing there and make the relationship with the J fit the facts, but not reveal them as runners. She had met him at a party at a club last night. He had invited her back to this hotel where he had rented many rooms, including one she could use after he passed out. She had never been in a hotel this posh, and was so excited she wanted to show her friends - the other two - and invited them over. It was so fun to have access to the good kitchen that she'd gone out for groceries and come back and made croissants. (True!) She added just the right amount of nervousness that she was in trouble for the drug use, partying with the J, and only knew him in that context. It was sufficiently convincing that they got away! It was pretty clear they ought to avoid any more calls or contact with the J, but nothing else was planned or needed.

They came up to the service entrance to the Eiffel Tower area. [[Nitro]] had the SUV all set with the fireworks company logo and brand. They had all the forged licenses and permits to make it look like an administrative error that the whole area had been rented to Saeder-Krupp over top of their permit. They conned their way past the gate guard and his manager - a Saeder-Krupp executive. The approach was to stick to the story that they were there to do legitimate business and were such a small company. They really needed this job. They were friendly and flexible, behaving just like real workers would do in this situation. Trying to be flexible, but with no authority to do anything but proceed. [[Moth]] took the lead in the con, and [[Nitro]] supplied the excellent idea to keep asking to at least get everything set up while they waited for word from their boss if their firework show could be delayed. Eventually, they got permission to set up just as planned.

Everything was ready! They had the fireworks on a timer. They used [[Nitro]]'s drones and [[Zephyr]]'s spirit to make sure the fireworks weren't disturbed in the intervening hours before 10 pm. But they had dodged every source of conflict. No one had any reason to interfere with them.

Success!

They hurried back to the airport only to discover that he had only booked them commercial coach flights home. [[Nitro]] had to work with his fixer to arrange for his SUV to be sent back on a cargo plane, but it was easily arranged.

==Aftermath==

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T14:40:45Z

Moth:

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|Date=2081-10-01


|GM=Burst


|Location=Paris!


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Moth|Nitro|Zephyr}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Saeder-Krupp
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==Summary==
A very wealthy Johnson told the team he wanted them to plant fireworks on the Eiffel Tower so they would go off when he proposed to his girlfriend.

The team managed to pull off a very quiet, subtle run with good planning and social infiltration techniques, and learned a bit more about the J's true motives.

==Background==
The Johnson had been a runner. He and his girlfrend Astra and several others did a career ending run against the corporate court tower in New York. The kind of run that was so ridiculously hard to pull off that any that lived would be wealthy enough to retire, but also hunted for the rest of their lives. All he wanted was to retire with her. He watched her die on the run. He was the only survivor.

He was aware that interpol was getting closer and closer to him. Mostly high. Increasingly careless. Ready to die. He just wanted one last gesture for her, before it was over.

Saeder-Krupp is run by Lofwyr, and he is known to micromanage his projects. Was this going to put them on the wrong side of a powerful dragon?

[[Moth]] had the linguasoft equipment to speak French convincingly, which would prove essential.

==The Meet==
The J met them in VR. He appeared to be in a fancy Parisian nightclub. Lots of novacoke. Lots of beautiful women. A unicorn.

He seemed to be in a hurry. He gave them just enough information to know that there job was to place the fireworks and where the private plane was waiting at Sea-Tac.

[[Moth]] tried to negotiate for more money, and convinced him to pay them each more, and to pay them up front. They each had the money in their accounts as they left the meet.

==The Plan==
The private plane was beyond luxurious. A cargo hold big enough for [[Nitro]]'s SUV. And a unicorn. And a shining 1966 Imperial towncar. A chef making gourmet meals. An interior garden to help off-set the discomfort of flight for mages like [[Zephyr]]. Excellent matrix access for the wealthy executive on the go.

They focused at first on simply enjoying the luxury of it. [[Moth]] had never been on an airplane of any kind before. [[Nitro]] wanted to rig in and try to drive the plane. [[Zephyr]] explored the indoor garden. [[Nitro]] ate everything the others didn't finish.

[[Nitro]] - a demolitions expert - and [[Moth]] - a skilled artisan - studied the fireworks that were in the cargo hold also. They were legitimate fireworks. They weren't being tricked to set off a bomb or something. They really did want to make an impressive and beautiful show. After working together, they were confident they had the best possible plan - and lots of related sketches - to make a really lovely show.

And what was the barrier to setting this up exactly? [[Moth]] researched all the legal requirements to plan a fireworks show in that location. The primary barrier for the night of the job - tomorrow - was that Saeder-Krupp was filming a commercial and had rental everything. But, she could see everything that would be required to appear as a legitimate fireworks installation company. She called [[SignificantNPC::Juan Lopez]] to forge them all the required paperwork for a fake fireworks company, a small outfit operating in Paris. [[Nitro]] worked on a logo that - after much discussion - only implied the existence of a dragon providing the fire rather than featuring one.

[[Zephyr]] had a premonition - a feeling from Wolf - that the johnson was in danger. [[Moth]] called the J to make sure he wasn't getting kidnapped or something while they were in transit. Though he reassured her that he was unharmed and in no obvious danger, she realized that he was lying to her. By the time the call ended, she was very suspicious there was no actual proposal going to happen, and the girlfriend was dead. With her name, she could try to figure out the history. She soon discovered pictures of a woman with the J, and that they were both runners, and he was the only one to survive. It was sad. It also became clear the J was an extremely wanted person, and likely being actively sought by Interpol.

They re-focused on security for themselves during the job. They had access to all their equipment in the SUV and hours they could use for prep. They agreed that [[Moth]] would make them excellent synthskin masks and full disguises to match their role as fireworks technicians. They would use tight mask discipline. From the moment they stepped off the plane. No one in Paris would ever see their real facess. She called [[SignificantNPC::"Wild Goose"]] and got burner SINs tied to the fake fireworks company.

Every two hours [[Moth]] called her boyfriend [[Dandy]] to check in and share pictures of how fun it was to fly on a plane.

But they had failed to think about security for themselves on the plane!

Interpol was tracking the J and tried to hack [[Moth]]'s commlink once she called the J. But luckily her considerable intuition and the strong firewall of the Farlight XX was enough. Instead of getting hacked and putting all that legwork and planning into interpol's hands, she got an alert that a failed hack had happened. She re-booted the Farlight and turned it off for the remainder of the job. She pulled out her Hermes Ikon. That's why a girl carries two commlinks at all times. Disaster averted!

==The Run==
They arrived safely in Paris, well disguised. The J had reserved a room for them in an incredibly nice hotel overlooking the eiffel tower. 5 stars elegant and luxurious. They spent less than a second considering if staying there was the wisest choice. It was clearly the most fun choice.

The got to the hotel about 1 am, with the fireworks needing to go off at 10 pm. Plenty of time.

[[Zephyr]] confirmed that the hotel had wonderful supplies for summoning. A garden. Expensive magical chalk. He drew circles within circles within circles, working on ritually summoning and binding a strong spirit of the air. In this case, the smell of fresh baked goods on a Paris morning.

[[Moth]], inspired and having some spare time, slipped out to do some shopping. She bought clothes - because Paris! - and the supplies to make them fresh baked croissants in the room's lavish kitchen.

[[Nitro]] acquired rubber bullets and worked on setting up his guns. He did some drone scouting of the area, including getting Moth wonderful images of the scenery to send to Dandy, who she kept calling with little updates. But! He thought he caught a glimpse of Lofwyr himself! He moved into paranoid action, shutting their blinds. And unwittingly foiling an attempt by interpol to watch their room. The J had arrived at the hotel and stopped by to say hello, give hugs, eat a croissant, and order them crazy expensive champagne. He seemed high out of his mind.

It was time to head over to the tower and try plan A. Pretend we have every right to be there. (Plan B was 'Be as sneaky and quiet as we can be'.)

But they were stopped in the lobby of the hotel by an interpol agent considering them persons of interest. Uh oh. Luckily, they knew they'd kept the synthskin masks on the whole time. [[Moth]] thought quickly to explain what they were doing there and make the relationship with the J fit the facts, but not reveal them as runners. She had met him at a party at a club last night. He had invited her back to this hotel where he had rented many rooms, including one she could use after he passed out. She had never been in a hotel this posh, and was so excited she wanted to show her friends - the other two - and invited them over. It was so fun to have access to the good kitchen that she'd gone out for groceries and come back and made croissants. (True!) She active just the right amount of nervous that she was in trouble for the drug use, partying with the J, and only knew him in that context. It was sufficiently convincing that they got away! It was pretty clear they ought to avoid any more calls or contact with the J, but nothing else was planned or needed.

They came up to the service entrance to the Eiffel Tower area. [[Nitro]] had the SUV all set with the fireworks company logo and brand. They had all the forged licenses and permits to make it look like an administrative error that the whole area had been rented to Saeder-Krupp over top of their permit.

==Aftermath==

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T14:32:03Z

Moth:

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T14:26:58Z

Moth:

Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T14:10:21Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:58:17Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:48:20Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:44:55Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:38:25Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:25:02Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:13:14Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T13:08:47Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T12:41:15Z

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Voyage by Leningrad

2020-10-02T12:20:53Z

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Fate of a Coward

2020-09-24T19:19:35Z

Moth:

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|Date=2081-09-23


|GM=Burst


|Location=Emerald City Casino; Puyallup bar


|Ally=Ares ex-Firewatch resistance
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|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Aster|KBC|Rabbit|Waspkeeper|Zephyr}}
|RunnerCasualties=


|Threat=High


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==Summary==
The Johnson - a leader in the Ares ex-Firewatch resistance against the internal bug faction - hired the runners to help them figure out who had leaked the names of 100 members of the resistance to Ares corporate. They were being purged in a sudden crack down. There had to be a person who had turned, willingly or unwillingly.

The runners arranged to get the needed information from a member of Ares internal affairs. The 2nd in command who had a secret gambling addiction.

Once they confirmed which member of the resistance was actually now an infiltrating bug, they killed him and the IA team watching over him.

A very detailed summary of the run is available in [[Waspkeeper]]'s notes; see [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PXHdG-i7kIBzwX3WPpL-LaRItUqp8fux4ReQ5_gU4II/edit report].

==Background==
There are two factions in Ares. A group who support replacing personnel with bugs. And a resistance who fight against the bugs.

The Johnson is a member of the resistance.

The resistance has been seriously compromised. Ares has at least a hundred names. They are cracking down on them in a purge. Killing everyone they can find. See news [[Civil Danger Warning: Local Terrorist Cell Disrupted In Raids|report]]. The resistance urgently needs to know who was the leak so they can take appropriate action to escape pursuit, based on what that person knew.

The Johnson was aware that Ares internal affairs was investigating HR platoon 7, fire squad blue. This squad has four members. All four of them are resistance.

[[Zephyr]] is a runner on the team with an Ares corporate SIN, who had a history with Ares internal affairs, and was at particular risk on this job if identified.

==The Meet==
The team - [[Aster]], [[KBC]], [[Rabbit]], [[Waspkeeper]], and [[Zephyr]] met with the Johnson in Touristville at the One Star Bar. They heard a KE high alert on the way in - the purge had begun. The Johnson just had time to explain the background when KE burst into the bar, hunting the Johnson.

[[Aster]] was taking the lead in the conversation with the Johnson, an effective face, asking all the right questions.

[[Rabbit]] engaged KE so the other four could evacuate with the Johnson safely, and palmed the camera data on the way out.

[[Waspkeeper]] broke the lock on the back door and led them to her van to drive away. [[KBC]] squelched the opfor team's attempt to signal that they had found the Johnson, which would have led to immediate air support. [[Rabbit]] proved an impressive combatant, surviving a hail of gunfire, with KBC's firewall support. KBC and Rabbit worked together to stop a teen in the parking lot from uploading video of the five runners fleeing with the Johnson, nuking the camera feed from orbit.

[[Aster]] finished the negotiation with the Johnson in the van, securing more nuyen for what was clearly an extremely dangerous assignment.

==The Plan==
From conversation with the Johnson and some quick matrix searching, the team had a couple leads. Internal affairs was investigating HR platoon 7, fire squad blue. That was the most likely source of the leak. Internal affairs staff would know what happened. Whether fire squad blue was the source of the leak. If so, how they got one of the team members to turn. Which team member was compromised. What had happened to all four of them.

[[Zephyr]] helped supply key information from his memory of being a target of Ares internal affairs.

The head of internal affairs, Connie Dixon, proved to be absolutely careful in her social media. Zephyr remembered her as a relentless investigator. Stubborn. Incredibly sharp at counter-con. Not a good target for the runners to try to crack.

However, her second in command, Simone Bader, had several advantages as a target. He was a male elf like [[Aster]] so an ideal target for social infiltration. Likewise, [[KBC]] and [[Rabbit]] discovered on the matrix that he had a gambling addiction. Occasional binges where he would be at the casino for several days.

The team put together a plan to lure him to the casino, gather the information and supplies to steal his identity, and interrogate him. If he had the information, that would get them the answers they needed. If he didn't, his identity and access would get them into Connie's files.

==The Run==
The team works together to con Bader into coming to the casino. [[KBC]] gets into the commlink of the casino's Players Club Director. The team buys a 500 nuyen gift certificate. She attaches the real gift certificate to a message to Bader, masquerading as the Players Club Director. Free money to spend if he comes in the next 48 hours. [[Aster]] helps craft the ideal wording of the message. A con. Bader tries to resist, but Aster ultimately convinces him with the offer of a free room at the hotel for the duration of his stay. [[Rabbit]] rents the suite for this purpose, which gives the team the information about where Bader will be sleeping, and a key to his room.

Bader arrives. [[Aster]] goes in, well-disguised, to befriend him for the duration of his evening of gambling. He studies his mannerisms and voice, and gets his handprint. [[Rabbit]] uses her high lifestyle to come into the casino without issues at security, passing as a rich corp kid. She heads up to the room, and gets in place with her monowhip.

[[Waspkeeper]], [[Zephyr]], and [[KBC]] remain outside, helping with watching casino security and other threats. [[Waspkeeper]] sends in her fly spies to watch. [[Zephyr]] summons a spirit to help watch the astral. [[KBC]] watches cameras and is right ready to help jam Bader so he can't call for help.

A very drunk Bader takes [[Aster]] up to the roof to show him something neat. And they watch as Ares bombs a safehouse in the barrens. The team just has time to get a warning to the Johnson of the location about to be bombed. Bader is clearly well informed of the operation.

Bader goes back to his room to sleep. [[Rabbit]] is waiting, and tags him with a monowhip neural strike that renders him paralyzed. [[Aster]] catches him as he falls, and has him watch - paralyzed - as he takes on his exact appearance, his clothes, his face, his mannerisms. Everything. To add to the intimidation, Rabbit also casts fear on him. [[Zephyr]] supplies advice from his memory of Ares security procedures, and [[Waspkeeper]] chimes in with very specific knowledge of security protocols. They alert the team that he likely has a cyanide tooth capsule, and how to remove it before he can move again. [[KBC]] maintains the jam.

Bader was sufficiently intimidated. He cracked under [[Aster]]'s intimidating questioning and [[Rabbit]'s looming threat. It was fire squad blue. They would not break or turn. They were loyal to the end. Ares brought in a Detroit specialist... Three of them died during the bugification merge. One survived. That one - Tim Fleming - is the mole. He is now an Ares bug. The Ares hive mind has access to everything he knew, and everything he is still learning.

[[Zephyr]] realized that an Ares watcher spirit was on the way for a routine check-in that Bader was alive and well. The team drugged him and staged it so that he would accurately look asleep in his bed. Nothing suspicious about his appearance or emotional state. They had to hurry out. [[Rabbit]] fixed the camera feed in the room, to hide that anything had happened but the man sleeping peacefully the whole time.

The team called the Johnson so she could take immediate action to burn every location Tim ever knew about, and make sure Tim was taken care of. The Johnson gave them Tim's location and asked for help taking him down.

Tim proved to be at a run-down bar in Puyallup. Sitting at the counter having a drink. There were civilians inside with him. The team made a plan to lure him outside to attack him in the parking lot, away from the civilians. Unaware that he was being guarded by an Ares internal affairs combat team!

[[Aster]] went in, using Bader's face and mannerisms. One of Tim's handlers. He told him they had a lead on the Johnson and to come right away to help take her out. Aster and Tim stepped out into the parking lot.

[[Rabbit]], hiding behind a dumpster, leapt out with a devastating monowhip strike and killed the bug. This both destroyed their target and drew all fire away from [[Aster]] who was the only other team member visible to the unexpected attackers.

[[KBC]] kept up a firewall for the team, adding further protection. When one team member called for aerial support, she tracked the incoming VTOL and got a mark on it for herself and Rabbit.

[[Zephyr]] cast a devastating spell on the opfor causing them to have terrible accidents. One man set off his own grenades while trying to attack Rabbit, killing himself. The opfor mage offended the free spirit of Puyallup and was swallowed as the earth opened under his feet.

[[Aster]] and [[Waspkeeper]] killed their share of opponents, guns blazing.

[[Rabbit]] was able to dataspike the incoming VTOL, preventing it from reaching them.

In a very short time, the Internal Affairs team was dead. No witnesses. The job was done.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson had the information she needed to save as many of the resistance members as she could.

Bug-merged Tim Fleming is destroyed. He won't cause the resistance any more trouble.

Bader woke up in the hotel room eight hours later, knowing he had betrayed internal affairs. He is likely on the run now. He has no information that could hurt the team at this point.

==Rewards==
23,000 nuyen 
4 Karma 
+3 Faction Rep with Ex-Firewatch 

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|As the team watches the opfor mage get swallowed into the earth. "And that's why you don't mess with Mother Nature." KBC: "And that's why you don't mess with us."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
[[KBC]] here! This was my 4th run. I got to work with [[Rabbit]] again. She is just amazing! Such a good combatant, and we are an absolute terror working together on the matrix. And it was great to get to work with [[Aster]], [[Zephyr]], and [[Waspkeeper]]. Top notch professionals. All very focused on gathering the right information, even under a time constraint. We worked well. Subtle and quiet, for as long as we could be. I wish I'd noticed that Ares support team at the Puyallup bar. I think maybe I should have done a matrix perception as part of scouting the bar. There were no cameras. But I didn't think about looking for weapons. Cyber equipment. Stuff like that tells you if there are threats in the area. A lesson learned. I'm glad we helped the resistance against the bugs. I did make the team pause and just confirm - since we hadn't accepted the job yet due to the interruption - that we wanted to do that, rather than take the 60,000 each to turn the Johnson in. I'm glad we helped the resistance. But decisions like that... They should be conscious ones. A choice. Not an oversight.

===Zephyr===
This was my first run with the Haven and right up until the end everything was going super smoothly. The other team members KBC, Rabbit, Aster, and Waspkeeper were very professional and masters at their specific crafts, I’d be quite glad to work with any/all of them again. There was quite the firefight outside of that bar in Puyallup but on the bright side I got a recording of what happens when you cross Mother Nature.

Though I do need to keep my eyes peeled for this Johnson again, she seemed to have a link to the Ares databases which could be a starting point to getting my SIN wiped out.

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:55:46Z

Moth:

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|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
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|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four people's pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed. [[Rabbit]] shot him in the head. The man thought he was dead, but it was stick & shock. They dumped his unconscious body in an alley. He'd live.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

The driver who gave them the information they needed lived. What he did next remained a mystery.

By avoiding searching vehicle #3, the team avoided a huge grenade trap!

'''But, the team fears that Microtech did get their biometrics. The dwarf was going to scrub that for them on the way out. Now they need decker support to get their data off a corporate host!''' ((Stay tuned for an upcoming run!))

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}
{{Gamequote|Santesso, hearing about the flashing alarm light. "I've heard that sound, it's a bad sound!" - Santesso ". . . it's a light, there is no sound." - Silas}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say? But, speaking of papa, what is he going to say when I have to confess that this corp has my biometrics? We need to get that data scrubbed!

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:54:08Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four people's pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed. [[Rabbit]] shot him in the head. The man thought he was dead, but it was stick & shock. They dumped his unconscious body in an alley. He'd live.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

The driver who gave them the information they needed lived. What he did next remained a mystery.

By avoiding searching vehicle #3, the team avoided a huge grenade trap!

'''But, the team fears that Microtech did get their biometrics. The dwarf was going to scrub that for them on the way out. Now they need decker support to get their data off a corporate host!''' ((Stay tuned for an upcoming run!))

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say? But, speaking of papa, what is he going to say when I have to confess that this corp has my biometrics? We need to get that data scrubbed!

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:51:32Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four people's pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed. [[Rabbit]] shot him in the head. The man thought he was dead, but it was stick & shock. They dumped his unconscious body in an alley. He'd live.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

The driver who gave them the information they needed lived. What he did next remained a mystery.

By avoiding searching vehicle #3, the team avoided a huge grenade trap!

But, the team fears that Microtech did get their biometrics. The dwarf was going to scrub that for them on the way out. Now they need decker support to get their data off a corporate host! ((Stay tuned for an upcoming run!))

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say?

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:43:25Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four people's pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

By avoiding searching vehicle #3, the team avoided a huge grenade trap!

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say?

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:41:10Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four people's pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say?

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:39:48Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say?

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:38:26Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run. This one was an adventure. I really thought we were going to do a clean social infiltration. And, honestly, I'm sure that's why I was picked. But then it went sideways. Nothing we did wrong! The Johnson messed up. But, everyone really thought on their feet, and kept at it. [[Santesso]] is a great teammate. We really team up well together, and he is great at matrix searching and with his drones. [[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] are absolutely top notch combatants! I felt safe with them. And I am so glad they all waited for me to get back to the van. That's a lesson. Stay closer to the vehicle! Also, I think they were all a little surprised to see me go all intimidating on that guy. I usually fast talk or inspire. That's more 'me'. But I am a first class impersonator, so I can pretend to be intimidating! I just had to think ... what would papa do? Or say?

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:32:13Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
===Moth===
[[Moth]] here! This was my 48th run.

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:31:27Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Moth, after hearing Santesso's great idea: "Time to shake the Christmas present and see what's inside."}}
{{Gamequote|Driver: [crying]. Moth: "Did I give you permission to cry you little bitch?"}}
{{Gamequote|Moth: "He doesn't look trustworthy. He looks like a dead man to me"."}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:28:37Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

[[Rabbit]] kept the dwarf's cyberdeck. He agreed to help repair it for her.

==Rewards==
22,000 Nuyen 
4 Karma 
2 CDP 
2 Faction Rep for cleaning up Biogen's mess. 
Note: Fake SINs and licenses can be bought @ half cost with that money because of Biogen's services.

Rabbit only: The remains of the dwarf's cyberdeck which could be repaired with a massive amount of GMP.

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T15:03:00Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

[[Moth]] spoke briefly to the Johnson confirming that she was in a panic, that the man getting caught was an error the Johnson had made setting up the drop, and that she feared for her own life if she didn't recover him. Biogen could hide them both. If he could be recovered.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==
The Johnson and the dwarf were helped by BioGen to flee Microtech's wrath. They are establishing new lives in San Francisco, under new identities. The dwarf did get the job with BioGen.

The runners got paid, with an extra bonus for their loyalty to the Johnson and discretion.

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:54:23Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==

===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

[[Rabbit]] raced over to Santesso's downed drone and collected it so it could be repaired. [[Santesso]] moved the van closer to the door, to make it easier for Moth to reach. [[Moth]] dove into the van as they pulled away.

There was one guard still alive that [[Rabbit]] shot on the way out.

[[Santesso]]'s van had all the add-ons for stealth. They were able to get away just as six squad cars of HTR SWAT teams were pulling up.

[[Moth]] helped stabilize the dwarf, and alerted the Johnson they were on their way. Target acquired.

==Aftermath==

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:49:16Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==
===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones battled the drones out front. He lost one, but the other was able to take out both opfor drones.

[[Rabbit]] secured the target and his damaged deck, and raced back out to the van with him.

[[Fortuna]] killed the guard inside and headed back to the van.

[[Moth]] kept encouraging them to move as quickly as they could, but didn't herself have the athleticism to keep up. She was making her way back to the van more slowly. They could all see a silent alarm flashing red. They needed to get out quick!

==Aftermath==

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:46:05Z

Moth:

{{CategoryTemplate}} 
{{AARInfobox|



|Date=2081-09-11


|GM=Silas


|Location=Tacoma - on the road, at a truck stop, at a warehouse


|Ally=
|Ally2=


|RunnerList={{AARCharacterList|Fortuna|Moth|Rabbit|Santesso}}
|RunnerCasualties= One drone down, ready for repair


|Threat=High


|Metaplot=
|Metaplot2=
|Metaplot3=


|OppositionFaction=Microtech
|OppositionUnits=
|OppositionCasualties=Twelve guards, two drones


|OppositionFaction2=BioGen
|OppositionUnits2=
|OppositionCasualties2=


|Image=
|ImageSize=
|ImageCaption=


|Notes=
|}}

==Summary==
The runners are hired by a Johnson who wants to extract a decker from a corp, so he can go work for a 2nd corp that the Johnson is helping. What is planned as a careful social infiltration turns into a high speed rescue when the target promptly gets himself caught!

The runners know the target is in a shipping container with limited oxygen. He's on one of three vehicles, or at a warehouse. They confirm after checking the 2nd vehicle that he is at the warehouse, and rescue him in time.

==Background==
Their target, a cheerful and perhaps overconfident dwarf, was working as the chief of security for Microtech. He wanted to work for BioGen instead.

Their Johnson was tasked by BioGen with arranging his extraction. BioGen specializes in SINs and helping people disappear. If he can just get to BioGen, they think they can make it impossible for Microtech to find him to re-capture him.

==The Meet==
The runners met the Johnson at an apartment complex, where she has an office accessible through a secure elevator. She explains the situation, and offers to get them in touch directly with the target to plan the op. As the chief of security, he has the information they need to plan a subtle rescue. He is in a very secure workplace where he works in the basement and lives in the tower. He is always watched. There is considerable security, including that the area he can best be extracted from is only ever accessed by four other people. But he can make the team IDs with those four peoples pictures and the team's biometrics so they can get through.

The Johnson sets up a secure drop, via a host, so he can take the biometric information, and hand off camera feed, floor plans, schedules, dossiers on the four targets, and the other information they will need to plan the extract.

==The Plan==
The first plan was the subtle social infiltration. They could get in using disguises and the fake IDs coded to their biometrics. But, they'd need to plan for a hotter exit, given all the security controls.

This plan went out the window when the promised camera feed instead showed the target being locked in a shipping container. He was unconscious.

Luckily, he'd included his implanted stealth tag in the other files sent. [[Santesso]] had the skills to track the stealth tag, with support from [[Moth]] and [[Rabbit]]. The target was in a vehicle driving south, from Bellevue to Tacoma.

No more time for planning! They needed to race into pursuit. [[Santesso]] sent a rotodrone ahead to chase the truck, while the team piled into his van. [[Rabbit]] brought her motorcycle. [[Moth]] and [[Fortuna]] focused on packing gear.

The rotodrone caught up just in time to see that the truck was at a warehouse in Tacoma. But then the steath tag went dead. And three vehicles exited, all going in different directions. Their target could be in any vehicle, or inside the warehouse. What to do?

[[Santesso]] quickly got fly spy drones following each vehicle. They looked closely at the drone's footage of the exiting vehicles. One had no driver; on autopilot. That was the vehicle that had dropped him. It was headed north back to headquarters. That could just be because it had dropped off all its packages and was returning to base. But that might just have been a trick to throw them off. That vehicle was closest to them heading south and would pass them soon.

The other two vehicles had drivers who looked like enforcers. Tough guys. A little blood. Possibly from yanking out the stealth tag.

His drone was right there. It was close enough to do something to try to help them guess which vehicle he was in. If he was in a vehicle.

[[Santesso]]'s drone had the camera, a microphone, and its guns. He realized they could ping a shot off the vehicle and record the audio, and listen to how hollow the truck sounded, when rattled. The shake the Christmas present to guess what's inside approach! The others all joined in the effort to listen to the audio and best guess what they were hearing. The one returning north sounded the most empty. The second one sounded pretty darn empty. Something inside. But not much. The third one sounded packed.

They decided to catch up to the vehicles in order of emptiness-sounding, reckoning that if he was in a vehicle, that might be its only purpose. A single crate.

The fly spys would keep tabs on the other vehicles so they could catch up.

==The Run==
===Vehicle #1===
This was the apparently empty or mostly empty truck heading north. No driver. Running on autopilot. It was going to pass them soon. [[Rabbit]] took over driving their van, while [[Santesso]] jumped into the truck and took it over. He had it pull to the side of the road. They pulled up behind it.

[[Fortuna]] was able to open the complex lock on the back, with support from [[Rabbit]] and [[Moth]].

And, it really was empty. Just heading back. One package checked. Three more places left.

===Vehicle #2===
The second truck had pulled into a rest stop. The enforcer driver had gone inside.

[[Santesso]] sent a fly spy into the rest stop to keep watch on him. He was just coming out of the bathroom and on his way over to the counter to order.

[[Moth]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Rabbit]] approach the back, planning to work together on the lock again. [[Santesso]] flagged them that the man was ordering more than one cup of coffee. Curious. [[Moth]] quickly studied the truck with her thermographic vision, and warned the others that there appeared to be several people inside. Guards?

[[Fortuna]] and [[Rabbit]] were confident physical combatants. They decided to fling open the doors and surpise whoever was waiting inside, while [[Moth]] took cover around the side of the vehicle.

[[Rabbit]] had her whip, and began cutting the opponents in half. [[Fortuna]] had a gun and a knife. [[Santesso]] gave them 'I am the firewall' protection, while [[Moth]] inspired them to move more quickly than their opponents.

[[Rabbit]] and [[Fortuna]] made short work of the opposition. They had them all dead, before the driver stepped out of the truck stop. They all hid inside the back, non-lethal loaded, ready to surprise him when he opened the door to deliver the coffee, with the intent to capture him. And he was very surprised. And immediately unconscious.

They searched the truck, but there was nothing else in it. An ambush for them?

They needed information, but that's why they'd captured him. They carried him to [[Santesso]]'s van and started driving toward the third vehicle, while [[Moth]] interrogated him with help from [[Rabbit]] who made the man magically terrified. None of the others had actually seen [[Moth]] interrogate a prisoner before. But she was quite intimidating when she needed to be. Channeling her father on Laesa syndicate business. The man quickly cracked and gave them all the information they needed.

The dwarf was in the warehouse! In a crate against the back wall. He gave them the security code to the doors. The number of guards. The security measures to expect. They were ready to return to the warehouse.

It seemed particularly wise to hurry before [[Fortuna]] came down off her kami.

===The Warehouse===
They drove up, and [[Rabbit]] sniped the gate guard with stick and shock. He fell forward and triggered the gate control.

[[Santesso]] brought the van up to the closest door they could see to the back wall. [[Rabbit]], [[Fortuna]], and [[Moth]] made their way in, using the code and key from the enforcer they'd captured. [[Fortuna]] and [[Moth]] were hidden under RPC cloaks. [[Rabbit]] was the fastest of them and headed straight for the big crate against the back wall. [[Fortuna]] cleared several smaller rooms where guards could be hiding, and found one in the bathroom. The others were outside, guarding the exterior, making their way towards the entrance.

[[Santesso]]'s drones

==Aftermath==

==Rewards==

==Game Quotes==

{{Gamequote|Amusing quote from game.}}

==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

[[Category:Runs]]

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:38:39Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:33:34Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:27:38Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:23:03Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:17:56Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:13:21Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:06:59Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T14:02:27Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:44:47Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:43:01Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:40:27Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:36:25Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:32:57Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:26:54Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:25:41Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:24:59Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:23:14Z

Moth:

Like Pulling Teeth

2020-09-12T13:22:51Z