Disassembling the Foodchain

Disassembling the Foodchain
Date 2085-05-07 GM Villiers Location Seattle, Tukwilla Status Threat Level: High
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Rose of Sharon Howlett Maryann Clay	Disassemblers	Tamanous
Thunder Trades Trauma	Tony 'Bruno' Bruno Keran 'Slice' Goodman James 'Hummer' Robertson	Thomas 'Chef' Harrison, 'Clank'
Casualties and losses
	All Terminated	All Terminated

Summary

The team gets a mission to help a man take revenge on the killers of his family. They get assistance from Maryann, a fortune teller of some renown who helps give them clues for where to direct their investigations. Trades and Trauma go to investigate a butcher's shop where Chef bought meat while Thunder checks out the Big Rhino a barbecue joint primarily frequented by trolls and orks. The team detects some of the Disassemblers heading to a meeting in the ork underground, so the team heads to the Sheraton Tacoma in order to use it's secret underground tunnel. On the way to the meeting, they run into a man who panics and runs before knocking him out and discovering his identity as one of the Tamanous. The team executes him and continues onwards. They prepare for an ambush outside the meeting point and quickly take out the enemies. It turns out that the potential wendigo wasn't a wendigo, so the team packs up and heads to receive their payment.

Background

Rose of Sharon Howlett is assembling a team to pursue a lucrative opportunity, and called the runners to The Stage Door Deli in downtown.

The Meet

The team trickles into the meet. Trauma is the first to arrive and order a club sandwich. Thunder follows them in and orders a large beer. Rose offers a job to take revenge for a man dying of cancer on the Disassemblers who kidnapped and dismembered his wife and daughter. She also offers them Trauma enthusiastically agrees and the rest of the team follows suit. They manage to negotiate to receive the Wendigo's pelt, which would be worth 5000-10000 nuyen.

The Plan

The team return's to Thunder's home in order to have Maryann Clay perform some fortune telling for the team. Thunder and Trauma see visions of the Disassemblers, a man butchering a body, a mysterious catacomb, and a fiery spirit. Trades hands her a silver credstick to symbolize the exchanging of silver between her and Maryann, and she sees a vision of a scarred man purchasing something from a butcher's shop in Tacoma. Trauma and Thunder summon a spirit of man to begin searching for some of the Disassemblers. It quickly finds "Bruno," "Hummer," and "Slice." Trades hacks the butcher shop's camera and terminal and discovers that Thomas Harrison will be picking up a delivery of either lamb or long pork in two days. Thunder arrives at the Big Rhino only to discover that 'Chef' has already left the premises. Trades quickly snoops and traces the commlinks that are in the apartment building and learns that they're meeting at the normal place at their normal time. Trades is able to download a knowsoft about potential smuggler's routes into the ork underground. Thunder books a room for the team the Sheraton Tacoma in order to take advantage of the secret entrance there into the ork underground.

The Run

On the way to the expected meeting point, the team runs into a human wandering the tunnels on their own. Trades disables their shotgun, and Trauma calls out to alert them that the team is passing them by. The man panics and flees before Trades shoots him twice with gel rounds knocking him out. The team checks his commlink and discovers that he is Clunk one of the Tamanous who they are looking for and that he was on his way to the meet that the team is crashing. The team executes him for working with the Disassemblers before proceeding onto the meet. Trades sets up a shot on the rat shaman while Trauma suppresses the enemies and lands a hit on Hummer. Thunder knocks out Sharps, and Trades finishes of Hummer. Thunder moves in and finishes off Bruno. Trauma executes the remaining disassemblers and the team grabs some photos. Trades hacks their commlinks and determines that they've been doing organ legging for the past 2 years. Unfortunately, it turns out that chef wasn't a wendigo, but Clunk did end up purchasing the wife and daughter's organs.

Aftermath

The team gained a positive reputation with the orcish underground, and William Jennings was able to find peace knowing that the murderers of his family would be joining him in death as well.

Rewards

High TL (16 RVP)

• 20,000 Nuyen (10 RVP).
• 6 Karma (6 RVP).
• 2 CDP (Base)
• Trauma: +3 Faction Streets of Downtown, Qualifies as an initiation ordeal
• Trades: +3 Faction Corridors of the Underground, Sharpshooter WotS quality at chargen rate, Qualifies as a submersion ordeal
• Thunder: +3 Faction Corridors of the Underground. Qualifies as an initiation ordeal
• Optional: Maryanne Clay C-6 L-1 (6 RPV)

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

Trades

It felt good being able to do something unequivocally good for the world. The control rig made a world of difference for me when I used the drone, and being able to use all of the supporting technology in order to maximize my accuracy was phenomenal. If this is how street samurai feel with a gun in hand, then I can understand why they keep throwing themselves back into the action. I was glad that my quick thinking with the silver credstick was able to get me a reading from Maryann. I was a bit worried that I would have to depend on my comrade's charity again.

Thunder

Hey guys. Great job with greater purpose. Let's party. We've got two paid nights a hotel and fresh Nuyen. What do you say?
"Certainly! I'll see you there!" - Trades

Trauma

Finally a chance to get some payback to those fucking psychotic Dissassemblers. Wonder if they were among the drekheads who took me... but either way we were unfortunately merciful to the scum. However, getting paid to take out the trash was satisfying, particularly since anyone upset at me for this gig needs put in the dirt too.