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Bedlamite: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */ Aster pAAR

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Player After Action Reports (AARs): Aster pAAR

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	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.		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.

			===Aster===

			I’ve run for a decade in Seattle, but most of the time by myself. I thought having to rely on some other runners I just met would get me real nervous, but these guys were pros. If all my runs with the Haven are like this first one, I’ll be glad I joined.

			I was also worried about potentially running outside my comfort zone; a feeling that only grew worse when we met the Johnson in the dirtiest bar possible in Redmond. Turns out my concerns were unfounded, as we were able to lure our target to a downtown casino; basically my home turf. By the time I (and all the alcohol, and Rabbit’s whip) was done with him, he gave us the info we needed with little resistance.

			While the first part went smooth, I think I’ll tell Moira to decline any bug-related runs from now on. Just talking to that thing gave me the creeps. I certainly wouldn’t have had a chance against it alone, much less with the tactical team following it around as backup. But when things got hot, the team was there to watch my back and get us out alive.


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Moth at 19:19, 24 September 2020

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

Nightwarden: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */ , added Zephyr's pAAR

2020-09-24T15:57:14Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs): , added Zephyr's pAAR

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	==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==		==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.		[[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.


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Brenda at 14:46, 24 September 2020

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	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.		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 ~~Aster~~ 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.		[[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.		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.

Brenda at 13:53, 24 September 2020

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


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	[[Aster]] was taking the lead in the conversation with the Johnson, an effective face, asking all the right questions.		[[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 ~~palms~~ the camera data on the way out.		[[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 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.		[[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.		[[Aster]] finished the negotiation with the Johnson in the van, securing more nuyen for what was clearly an extremely dangerous assignment.
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	==The Plan==		==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 ~~lake~~. 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.		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.		[[Zephyr]] helped supply key information from his memory of being a target of Ares internal affairs.
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	==Game Quotes==		==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.}}		{{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."}}

Brenda at 13:44, 24 September 2020

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


	==Game Quotes==		==Game Quotes==

	{{Gamequote\|~~Amusing quote from game~~.}}		{{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)==		==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.

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Brenda at 13:33, 24 September 2020

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	[[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.		[[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		[[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==		==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==		==Rewards==


	==Game Quotes==		==Game Quotes==

Brenda at 13:23, 24 September 2020

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	The Johnson is a member of the resistance.		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. 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 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.		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.

Brenda at 13:16, 24 September 2020

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	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.		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.		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 Aster 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