Wine Tasting in K-Town - Revision history

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Terry Amburgey: /* The Plan */

2023-11-01T21:35:16Z

The Plan

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	Plan I		Plan I

	The runners headed back to the lobby to finalize a plan of action. The corner where Buhl, The bearded man, and the beautiful woman was empty so the team gathered there. They decided to be proactive. They were suspicious of Charles Neiderberger and had found out that the family had a guest house on one of their properties. Immediate surveillance seemed in order and the team headed out in their armadillo. They parked in a scenic bypass close to the guest house with Red Ribbon in the cocoon, Sizzles in the command chair, Triage on a bunk astrally projecting. There was no apparent astral or matrix activity. Red Ribbon launched a flyspy for a closeup examination. ~~Thlyspy~~ was blocked by a damper going down the chimney but his microphone picked up chanting. When broadcast over dni it was identified as a ritual to summon a watcher. Going up the chimney the drone carefully circled the house looking through windows. The two mages and the decker were on the first floor. In the second floor master bedroom the bearded man could be seen lying on the bed nude with his wrists fastened together. A few seconds later the beautiful woman came out of the walk in closet wearing the snug jeans but no sports jersey.		The runners headed back to the lobby to finalize a plan of action. The corner where Buhl, The bearded man, and the beautiful woman was empty so the team gathered there. They decided to be proactive. They were suspicious of Charles Neiderberger and had found out that the family had a guest house on one of their properties. Immediate surveillance seemed in order and the team headed out in their armadillo. They parked in a scenic bypass close to the guest house with Red Ribbon in the cocoon, Sizzles in the command chair, Triage on a bunk astrally projecting. There was no apparent astral or matrix activity. Red Ribbon launched a flyspy for a closeup examination. The flyspy was blocked by a damper going down the chimney but his microphone picked up chanting. When broadcast over dni it was identified as a ritual to summon a watcher. Going up the chimney the drone carefully circled the house looking through windows. The two mages and the decker were on the first floor. In the second floor master bedroom the bearded man could be seen lying on the bed nude with his wrists fastened together. A few seconds later the beautiful woman came out of the walk in closet wearing the snug jeans but no sports jersey.

	A hostage situation or a hostage situation with a safe word?		A hostage situation or a hostage situation with a safe word?
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	The question was soon made moot by a comcall with Mr. Johnson - Buhl was panicked by the missing mage and panic turned to rage at the notion of 'maybe he's just tied up at the moment' and told the team to bring him back regardless. With Buhls curses still ringing in their ears the flyspy picked up the sound of the garage door opening. Visual observation showed the door opening while astral observation revealed a watcher very slowly circling the guest house. A quick circuit showed that the bearded man was still nude and unmoving on the bed; the three runners were busy setting lodges and some interior cameras. ''Amanda Jones'' the seductress was the person in the Americar. The team came up with a high risk, high payoff plan: Triage summoned an air spirit to observe the movement of the watcher so that ellis can sneak to the house with being observed by the watcher. Climb to the second story bedroom window [observed on the matrix and visually by the drone to be unlocked and with no alarm].		The question was soon made moot by a comcall with Mr. Johnson - Buhl was panicked by the missing mage and panic turned to rage at the notion of 'maybe he's just tied up at the moment' and told the team to bring him back regardless. With Buhls curses still ringing in their ears the flyspy picked up the sound of the garage door opening. Visual observation showed the door opening while astral observation revealed a watcher very slowly circling the guest house. A quick circuit showed that the bearded man was still nude and unmoving on the bed; the three runners were busy setting lodges and some interior cameras. ''Amanda Jones'' the seductress was the person in the Americar. The team came up with a high risk, high payoff plan: Triage summoned an air spirit to observe the movement of the watcher so that ellis can sneak to the house with being observed by the watcher. Climb to the second story bedroom window [observed on the matrix and visually by the drone to be unlocked and with no alarm].

	==The Run==		==The Run==
	The first step was to intercept the Americar. At the end of the drive a right turn would bring the car towards them a left turn takes them away. Rather than rely on luck Sizzles hacked the courtesan's phone and then her car and set its course to a GPS location just meters in front of the armadillo. The courtesan, who was on her way to the remaining opposition runners to get paid was upset and got angrily out of the car when it came to a halt. She was met by Trace who used Mind Probe to rip the details of the plot from her mind. The remaining members of the opposition (rigger and street samurai) were returning with some extra local muscle and interrogation gear. The Mind Probe left ''Amanda's'' brain spinning but truly enraged. She pulled a light pistol and prepared to shoot Trace when she was hit by a stick-n-shock croosbow bolt. The team left her flopping on the roadside foaming from the mouth but alive. The team headed to the guest house with urgency.		The first step was to intercept the Americar. At the end of the drive a right turn would bring the car towards them a left turn takes them away. Rather than rely on luck Sizzles hacked the courtesan's phone and then her car and set its course to a GPS location just meters in front of the armadillo. The courtesan, who was on her way to the remaining opposition runners to get paid was upset and got angrily out of the car when it came to a halt. She was met by Trace who used Mind Probe to rip the details of the plot from her mind. The remaining members of the opposition (rigger and street samurai) were returning with some extra local muscle and interrogation gear. The Mind Probe left ''Amanda's'' brain spinning but truly enraged. She pulled a light pistol and prepared to shoot Trace when she was hit by a stick-n-shock croosbow bolt. The team left her flopping on the roadside foaming from the mouth but alive. The team headed to the guest house with urgency.

Sample Text: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2023-09-18T15:00:35Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	[[Trace]]: See now if running the shadows were always like this, I'd be doing it more. Paid trip to the EuroZone and the Palatinate Forest in the autumn? Wine tasting? Beautiful strangers, no one getting shot (crossbows don't count, I checked.) No one dying? Family businesses being reunited? This is some real happily-ever-after work and I refuse to hear otherwise. Body Count (of the violent variety) continues to hold blissfully steady at ''zero''.		[[Trace]]: See now if running the shadows were always like this, I'd be doing it more. Paid trip to the EuroZone and the Palatinate Forest in the autumn? Wine tasting? Beautiful strangers, no one getting shot (crossbows don't count, I checked.) No one dying? Family businesses being reunited? This is some real happily-ever-after work and I refuse to hear otherwise. Body Count (of the violent variety) continues to hold blissfully steady at ''zero''.

			[[Red Ribbon]]: This was an excellent team for the job. If every one was so well-coordinated, runners wouldn't need to carry so many guns around. I'm really beginning to like Sizzles and Ellis, and Trace didn't seem like a half bad guy himself.

			At the end of the day, I didn't need to jump on any turrets or do any crazy driving at all. Sizzles drew who we needed right to us, Trace pulled the info right out of her head, and Ellis got in and out quick with scouting help from Trace and yours truly. Feels good to not be hung up about the actual consequences of the job, as well. What do I really care if some wine company gets taken over? Use magic, don't use magic... whatever. I got paid.

YouMayFireWhenReady: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2023-09-17T15:35:22Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	[[Triage]]: I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.		[[Triage]]: I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.



	[[Trace]]: See now if running the shadows were always like this, I'd be doing it more. Paid trip to the EuroZone and the Palatinate Forest in the autumn? Wine tasting? Beautiful strangers, no one getting shot (crossbows don't count, I checked.) No one dying? Family businesses being reunited? This is some real happily-ever-after work and I refuse to hear otherwise. Body Count (of the violent variety) continues to hold blissfully steady at ''zero''.		[[Trace]]: See now if running the shadows were always like this, I'd be doing it more. Paid trip to the EuroZone and the Palatinate Forest in the autumn? Wine tasting? Beautiful strangers, no one getting shot (crossbows don't count, I checked.) No one dying? Family businesses being reunited? This is some real happily-ever-after work and I refuse to hear otherwise. Body Count (of the violent variety) continues to hold blissfully steady at ''zero''.

YouMayFireWhenReady: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2023-09-17T15:35:10Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	[[Triage]]: I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.		[[Triage]]: I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.

			[[Trace]]: See now if running the shadows were always like this, I'd be doing it more. Paid trip to the EuroZone and the Palatinate Forest in the autumn? Wine tasting? Beautiful strangers, no one getting shot (crossbows don't count, I checked.) No one dying? Family businesses being reunited? This is some real happily-ever-after work and I refuse to hear otherwise. Body Count (of the violent variety) continues to hold blissfully steady at ''zero''.

Lotus: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2023-09-13T21:51:49Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	[[Triage:]] I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.		[[Triage]]: I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.

Lotus: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2023-09-13T21:51:31Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	This one was low-impact thanks to a really good team. RR and Trace are absolute intellectuals, and Ellis and Triage both favor a low-footprint approach. I wasn't sure what to make of Ellis to begin with - that's right diary, I'll admit only to you that I didn't know what the frag a hanuman was. Still, she was careful, quick, and precise - can't ask for more than that. No wild cards on the crew - good comms, good teamwork. RR is cool as hell - I hope she'll hang with me again. A little overeager to run over an escort, maybe, but hey, she managed to squash the urge. Triage was...well, I want to say "withdrawn" - not exactly a friendly type, but he was sharp-eyed and didn't need anyone to tell him how to coordinate. At the end of the day, I was mostly a ride-along on this one. Trace is a hell of a detective, RR provided the necessary physical surveillance, Ellis did the second-story work perfectly, and Triage provided full magical coverage. I guess I was the "analyst" on this one. You don't generally think of a shadowrunner team as needing one of those, but hey, the job is different every time. The pay was decent, though if I read the news afterward right, things got a lot messier after we left. Not sure if there's gonna be much work left in K-town after a successful consolidation. I guess AG Chemie decided the fastest way through was a hefty helping of greenmail.		This one was low-impact thanks to a really good team. RR and Trace are absolute intellectuals, and Ellis and Triage both favor a low-footprint approach. I wasn't sure what to make of Ellis to begin with - that's right diary, I'll admit only to you that I didn't know what the frag a hanuman was. Still, she was careful, quick, and precise - can't ask for more than that. No wild cards on the crew - good comms, good teamwork. RR is cool as hell - I hope she'll hang with me again. A little overeager to run over an escort, maybe, but hey, she managed to squash the urge. Triage was...well, I want to say "withdrawn" - not exactly a friendly type, but he was sharp-eyed and didn't need anyone to tell him how to coordinate. At the end of the day, I was mostly a ride-along on this one. Trace is a hell of a detective, RR provided the necessary physical surveillance, Ellis did the second-story work perfectly, and Triage provided full magical coverage. I guess I was the "analyst" on this one. You don't generally think of a shadowrunner team as needing one of those, but hey, the job is different every time. The pay was decent, though if I read the news afterward right, things got a lot messier after we left. Not sure if there's gonna be much work left in K-town after a successful consolidation. I guess AG Chemie decided the fastest way through was a hefty helping of greenmail.



			[[Triage:]] I do not understand people. A pretty woman asks you to and you suddenly forget you have a pretty important job to show up to? Anyways, I digress. The run went as smoothly as could be hoped for. Everyone knew their role perfectly, and while there was one woman who probably didn't have a great time due to a electric bolt, we at least did do non-lethal. Looking back on it, I think Red Ribbon was joking when she mentioned running her over. Never met a hanuman before, and at the risk of offending cultural stereotypes, I will say Ellis climbed like fire up an oil slick. Most people don't outrun a watcher. Between Trace and Sizzles, we managed to get most of the information we needed before we even got to the country. Again, it was a simple and clean run. And I got to bag some wines that probably cost more than my apartment, which is nice.

Terry Amburgey: /* Rewards */

2023-09-13T13:09:48Z

Rewards

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	1 Karma (1 RVP)		1 Karma (1 RVP)

	Optional contact: Prof. Dr. Franz Andreas Buhl. Connection:6, Loyalty:1 (6 RVP)		Optional contact: [[Prof. Dr. Franz Andreas Buhl]]. Connection:6, Loyalty:1 (6 RVP)

	Fluff: A free bottle of award winning wine every year at the time of the Wurstmarkt		Fluff: A free bottle of award winning wine every year at the time of the Wurstmarkt

NotAProblemTiger: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2023-09-12T19:23:43Z

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

			[[Sizzles]] Decker's log: with a little help from my friends.

			My first trip to Germania! I'm starting to feel positively ''cosmopolitan''. a real "citizen of the world".

			This one was low-impact thanks to a really good team. RR and Trace are absolute intellectuals, and Ellis and Triage both favor a low-footprint approach. I wasn't sure what to make of Ellis to begin with - that's right diary, I'll admit only to you that I didn't know what the frag a hanuman was. Still, she was careful, quick, and precise - can't ask for more than that. No wild cards on the crew - good comms, good teamwork. RR is cool as hell - I hope she'll hang with me again. A little overeager to run over an escort, maybe, but hey, she managed to squash the urge. Triage was...well, I want to say "withdrawn" - not exactly a friendly type, but he was sharp-eyed and didn't need anyone to tell him how to coordinate. At the end of the day, I was mostly a ride-along on this one. Trace is a hell of a detective, RR provided the necessary physical surveillance, Ellis did the second-story work perfectly, and Triage provided full magical coverage. I guess I was the "analyst" on this one. You don't generally think of a shadowrunner team as needing one of those, but hey, the job is different every time. The pay was decent, though if I read the news afterward right, things got a lot messier after we left. Not sure if there's gonna be much work left in K-town after a successful consolidation. I guess AG Chemie decided the fastest way through was a hefty helping of greenmail.

Terry Amburgey: /* The Hotel */

2023-09-12T13:46:41Z

The Hotel

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	Security checks at SeaTac went smoothly and the runners rested well on the flight. Once the flight landed in Frankfurt and met their escort, the team took mass transit to Mannheim at the other end of the sprawl. Then a short trip on light rail to Kaiserslautern station. The short walk to Design Hotel Zollamt was uneventful but the team was spotted at the station by the astrally lurking Blossom, the senior mage on the opposition team. Two magically active, one heavily cybered, one hanuman, and a nondescript human of questionable provenance. Concluding that its a team of four runners and a grunt she went back to her body to warn her companions.		Security checks at SeaTac went smoothly and the runners rested well on the flight. Once the flight landed in Frankfurt and met their escort, the team took mass transit to Mannheim at the other end of the sprawl. Then a short trip on light rail to Kaiserslautern station. The short walk to Design Hotel Zollamt was uneventful but the team was spotted at the station by the astrally lurking Blossom, the senior mage on the opposition team. Two magically active, one heavily cybered, one hanuman, and a nondescript human of questionable provenance. Concluding that its a team of four runners and a grunt she went back to her body to warn her companions.
	==The Hotel==		==The Hotel==
	The runners approached the hotel warily examining the hotel and nearby surroundings - visually, on the astral, and on the matrix. Seeing no obvious threats the team entered the lobby. There were roughly a dozen people some seated in chairs some standing by the front desk. The runners using AR or VR soon noticed there were two more matrix personas in the room than meat bodies. The runners using Visual perception noticed their Johnson, Buhl seated in a corner conversing with a bearded man and a very attractive human female in a sports jersey and snug denim jeans. At that point Cobra the opposition decker tried to place a mark on Sizzles. Sizzles responded in kind but successfully. Cobra jacked before Sizzles could get a location. The attempted hack set off a stream of DNI chatter. The team grabbed their room keys and rushed upstairs. Red Ribbon examined the hotel security systems and was underwhelmed. Sizzles hacked the unknown persona in the lobby and upon determining his location to be the MET2000 training facility decided to logoff. The entire team used contacts with shadow connections to determine the possible identity of the opposition runners and contacts with corporate knowledge to check on AG Chemie and the Neiderberger family. Seeing the outline of their opposition. The outline of a plan took shape.		The runners approached the hotel warily examining the hotel and nearby surroundings - visually, on the astral, and on the matrix. Seeing no obvious threats the team entered the lobby. There were roughly a dozen people some seated in chairs some standing by the front desk. The runners using AR or VR soon noticed there were two more matrix personas in the room than meat bodies. The runners using Visual perception noticed their Johnson, Buhl seated in a corner conversing with a bearded man and a very attractive human female in a sports jersey and snug denim jeans. At that point Cobra Girl the opposition decker tried to place a mark on Sizzles. Sizzles responded in kind but successfully. Cobra Girl jacked before Sizzles could get a location. The attempted hack set off a stream of DNI chatter. The team grabbed their room keys and rushed upstairs. Red Ribbon examined the hotel security systems and was underwhelmed. Sizzles hacked the unknown persona in the lobby and upon determining his location to be the MET2000 training facility decided to logoff. The entire team used contacts with shadow connections to determine the possible identity of the opposition runners and contacts with corporate knowledge to check on AG Chemie and the Neiderberger family. Seeing the outline of their opposition. The outline of a plan took shape.

	==The Plan==		==The Plan==
	Plan I		Plan I