A Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts With A Single Map
| A Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts With A Single Map | |||||||||
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| Part of The Name of Heaven | |||||||||
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| Factions Involved | |||||||||
| ShadowHaven | Singularity Inc. | ||||||||
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Hawk Clown Vailrunner Akuma | Minutemen Security staff | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| None | |||||||||
Summary
The runners steal experimental software on behalf of a mysterious archivist by running one of the oldest cons in the book.
Background
Archive Angel is a Heavenseeker relatively new to the scene. Through sheer chance she caught wind of a program that seemed able to bypass barriers between parts of the matrix, and theorized that if The Garden is in an inaccessible part of the matrix that this program might help her locate it. However, the program was stored on a wired dataterminal, leaving it safe from her hacking attempts all the way from Denver. So she hired a local team to do the job.
The Meet
The meet was virtual, in a secure VR conference room. Ms. Johnson outlined the job: stealing an experimental search program from unrated (but Horizon-owned) corp Singularity Inc.'s lab in Issaquah. The data the J needed was stored offline, necessitating the runners going in and getting physical access to the project. 3 days was the deadline given and 10k nuyen was floated as a reward, though Akuma bargained for the J's contact info and some extra data as a bonus.
The Plan
The runners met up in an Issaquah dive bar not far from the lab they planned to rob. From there, they pooled what they knew (not much) and decided that their best approach would be to pretend to be an inspection team in order to get inside. Clown took a crack at the lab's host, grabbing floor plans and inserting an inspection into the schedule without being spotted by and matrix defense. The floorplan didn't tell the runners which of the three laboratory rooms the paydata was stored in, so later that night Hawk infiltrated the building's vents with a Spy-Fly and took a look at the labs, inferring which one they would need to grab the data from.
The plan was for Akuma in the guise of a corp hotshot and Vailrunner in the guise of her bodyguard would enter the facility, get shown around the place, and find an opportunity to discreetly put a data tap into one of the dataterminals in the programming lab. To this end fake SINs were bought and disguises were prepared.
The Run
On the day of the job Akuma and Vailrunner rolled up to the lab, with Hawk and Clown offsite nearby for support or if things went wrong. Akuma and Vailrunner had no issues passing themselves off as a suit and her hired gun, and got a tour of the building (with Akuma acting critical of everything she saw and Vailrunner trying to not draw attention to himself) until they reached the lab division right before their target. There, Clown and Hawk ascertained that the project in that wing was in dire straits, and that the guide was trying to hide it. Akuma took the opportunity to berate the hapless employee guide and dismissed him for someone who would tell her what was actually going in. The scientist she got to explain things gave a very technical speech, during which Vailrunner stole away from the group to try and plant the data tap.
Aftermath
Rewards
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Vailrunner - "This hacking stuff just comes off so bizarre to me. I'm sure we're fine, but why do I feel like a horrific can of worms is going come of this?"