Not Onotari's arms

Not Onotari's arms
Date 2085-07-19 GM Bulldogc Location Germeny Status Threat Level: Extreme
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Slava Nikerosa	Onotari arms	Saeder-Krupp
Red Ribbon Heart of the Tempest Bunny Hop Neijing

Summary

Runners stole some plasma weapon prototypes from MCT and they have traced the location of these components to an SK owned lab operated by Onotari arms in the AGS. MCT has subcontracted Slava Nikerosa to recover these prototypes discreetly and with no ties back to MCT. In tern Slava has reached out to the local Seattle runner network to strike the facility.

The Meet

The team all met up at Slava's bar, the Runner's Resort, in Tacoma to discuss the run. He explained that he was given the location of a secret lab facility in the AGS that is ripe with tech and ready for plunder. His "source" was able to provide some basic info on the facility as well as a single dose of a special nanite system that the lab uses for employee identification. The nanites are currently not registered with the lab and would not work unless their ID codes could be included in the staffing. Slava did mention a small hiccup with the run, he was not directly offing money for this job. He instead proposed that he would offer his intel on the facility, its location, the nanites, and his services as a fixer and sin forger in exchange for the stolen prototypes. Anything else that the team recovers from the facility is their to keep or sell. He would arrange to either fence the goods or change ownership of anything recovered. The team was hesitant at this prospect but sheepishly agreed at the promise of laser tech along with other likely military grade gear.

The Plan

The team started be digging up as much info as they could on so black sites. The reached out to contacts and performed some matrix searches which resulted in very little information. With that they contacted Slava who arranged for transport on a UCAS military transport. The soldioers were not too pleased with their mission being preempted to drop off some passengers and neglected to inform them that their vehicle would be ejected from the transport and engage in a HALO jump. The team was shocked but Red Ribbon managed to keep it gether and get on the ground safely. They had arrived in the AGS. BHop reached out to a greenwar contact they worked with in a previous job, Bl@ckjack. They were able to provide the location of a centralized host within Berlin which is used to coordinate staffing for all the facilities in the region and recommended that Hop starts there. This began the first host dive of the run. The plan, slip in and try to locate information related to the facility as well as secondary information related to it. Supply deliveries, staffing, layouts are all fair game. Narrowly avoiding the patrolling IC and spiders, Hop found a file room with personal files related to the facility. These files contained information on staff rotations, on site staff numbers, and with each file a coded value linking to their file to their injected nanite system. Armed with this info BHop left the host and the team began thinking of ways into the facility. Plans included sneaking Tempest in as a new guard, hi-jacking or redirecting the next food shipment and posing as the delivery crew along with physical infiltration were thrown about. The team decided on some physical recon before settling on a plan and drove to the facility.

The Run

RR avoided local attention and drove near the facilities location, copious use of air surveillance from the two riggers eventually led to discovery of the exact location of the base. The lab was burred underground and partially within a hillside. RR scouted out the apparent main entrance while Neijing located a concealed air duct and a collapsed shaft of some form. The entrance was well secured and contained fiber optic vison ports, a secured door and camera system. The surface vent, a motion sensor and camouflaged, and the shaft appeared to be an old stair well or elevator. Neijing wriggled their flyspy through the rubble to investigate the shaft more, finding only a deep pit with a couple of doors welded shut, one for each floor of the facility. Until now the team had managed to avoid detection but once inside the shaft, Neijing was spotted by one of the security deckers managing the base. The spider began to mark Neijing, hoping to trace their location discreatly until one of the marks failed. Neijing fled the region quickly and the team escaped without further apparent issue. At the same time as the Flyspy surveillance was occurring Tempest decided to perform some astral scouting of the entrance in search of barriers. While poking their head through a wall the on duty security mage spotted Tempest's astral body and attacked it. Tempest then found herself . Tempest at the time was masked as a magic 3 magician and found herself trapped within a high power mana barrier. Not willing to stick around and see what happened next, tempest pushed through the barrier and escaped it, fleeing back to her body. This detection prompted security to begin an investigation and procedural divinations related to the facility as well as stricter intake controls for the next week. The team was unaffected by this increased security as their plan adjusted. They decided to attack one of the replacement security mages that was scheduled to transfer into the facility with the next resupply shipment. They returned to Berlin and adducted the woman on the street after studying her social media habits and schedule. The attack went off quickly and without much incident and Red Ribbon's stealthful driving allowed them to escape notice deftly. The team kept the guard sedated and ransacked her apartment, stealing some weapons and security armor. All that remained was for BHop to reenter the host and insert Tempest's biometric data into the personnel files. The dive started off fine but just as Hop inserted the data the local bloodhound IC spotted their sprite. While security was distracted BHop made a quick escape. This latest alert prompted a new series of investigations as well as a report to the lab, tightening security at the facility further. With Tempest's cover set up the team waited a few days for the next shift rotation and Tempest joined the rest of her "coworkers" for a ride down to the base. The team overhearing chatter about being excited to see the new toys they are allowed to play with. The team arrived near the base around the same time as Tempest did and the action phase begun. Tempest wasted no time fitting in with the new guards and managed to escape being spotted as suspicious during the entrance security checks, both sin and astral information matched the implanted offsite records and she was allowed entrance to the base. Mean while Neijing attempted a physical infil through the air vents. BHop assisted Neijing on the matrix, disabling alarms on the vents and toggling fans that blocked Neijing's progress. Red Ribbon maintained a secure getaway vehicle and kept watch outside. While Tempest was processed for entry and given an orientation from the local cyborg head of security, X-332, Neijing scouted out portions of the base visible from the vents and BHop began the host dive to locate mission critical files. Following orientation, Tempest was allowed to roam the base until her next duty assignment and found herself in the armory. Once there the team was shocked to find that it contained a number of functional plasma pistols that each of the guards took, Tempest included. Additionally the armory contained a various weapons, armor, and a stockpile of missile launchers and missiles. On the lower levels Neijing eventually located the research labs containing assorted prototype components, suit of prototype Borg armor being shot at by a mounted Archon, and a dismantled non-functional plasma rifle. Over on the Host's side, BHop was deftly avoiding detection by a pair of patrol IC and a spider. Eventually Hop located research files for a number of active projects, plasma pistol/rifle research, early designs for plasma shielding, advanced laser weapon research, as well as advanced armor and ballistic weapon designs. They began the long and arduous process of dismantling data bombs and encryption on each of these files and began to copy them. Getting greedy however, Hop tried to copy more than just the stolen plasma research and was eventually spotted by both the IC and spider. A combat ensued which eventually resulted in the spider being bricked just before some Black IC nearly killed Hop, sending her into overflow. This daring combat put the entire base on lockdown and HTR was dispatched to the base. Tempest continued to avoid direct suspicion but once Neijing had already stolen the Archon and Borg armor which locked down the labs that Tempest was currently in. As Neijing attempted to escape the base with the plasma rifle, armor, and laser in tow Tempest talked her way out of the lab and ultimately stopped by X-332 on the upper level. Now fully suspicious of her, X attacked in hopes of capturing Tempest for interrogation. Tempest, not willing to be captured, fired a massive blast of electricity, which nearly collapsed the ceiling down on her, took out the stairs to the lower level and a number of internal doors. the HVAC system in the adjacent room was also destroyed, with Neijing still inside it. She was luckily able to drop 15 meters to the floor below moments before the blast, avoiding the brunt of the damage. X-332 escaped unarmed, fleeing down the stairs as the ball of death formed.

The entire base now aware of an attack, most guards moved towards the main entrance and set up defense lines along the only perceived exit. Neijing began the slow climb back out of the destroyed rubble and machinery while Tempest set her eyes on the welded door they had seen from the shift outdoors as a likely escape option. The two remaining security spiders engaged security drones and wall turrets while the guards on the lower level cut their way through the 2nd door below. Tempest took some minor damage from the laser drones and fire element that arrived to delay her while Neijing joined by Tempest's side. The guards below began to fire shotgun blasts and plasma bolts at the pair. Red Ribbon launched drones to assist in, firing grenades into the rubble in hopes of clearing passage for her team. Magician guards continued to run delaying tactics by placing mana barriers and physical barriers at the entrance to the shaft, buying precious time for their comrades to being down the intruders. Tempest and Neijing continued engaging the drones and spirit attacking them while RR avoided fire from the shaft. A strong plasma bolt from X-332 finally landed on Tempest, dropping here to the ground. Seeing that Neijing, was unable to carry Tempest out amidst all the fire, Red Ribbon engaged the winch on her van and Neijing attached it to Tempest. Once both were on, RR hit the gas and ripped the two out of the "clear" shaft, undenounced to the non magical members of the team, a potent mana barrier was still in place and Tempest's dual natured body tore through it. The interception luckily did not kill Tempted, but the security system on the plasma pistol she carried nearly did. Once it left the confines of the bases stabilization field, the excited plasma contained in its clips exploded badly burning Tempest further. The vampire's regeneration was barely sufficient to keep her alive as the team escaped the bases perimeter. RR's expert driving skills avoided the perusing drones, the inbound HTR transport and escorts, and the SK satellite surveillance grid, allowing for their escape. The team called Slava for exfil from the country and escaped by the skin of their teeth.

Aftermath

Due to quick intervention from Red Ribbon's valkyrie module, Bhop avoided permanent brain damage from the devastating Black IC attack, and Tempest narrowly survived the brutal escape and the team deftly avoided local air patrols as well as satellite imaging. Even though the stolen plastic pistol exploded, Hop managed to recover a lot of research and blueprints, not only to the stolen plasma tech but also many other OA active projects. Additionally Neijing got out with the partially completed plasma rifle. This was more than enough to fulfil the base contact and earn a small bonus. Additionally Slava was able to change ownership on the stolen goods and provided cash for the recovered research data.

Rewards

Not Onotari's arms Extreme 16.5 hours 83 RVP

28,000Y (14 RVP) (From recovered gear)

Optional gear rewards (RVP paid from money RVP only)

1 set of medium borg armor with void black coating + 1000Y (5 RVP) Claimed by Neijing

1 ares archon with external smartlink (top mount) + 400Y (9 RVP) Claimed by Neijing

If taking slava as a contact, May trade for gear rates on sin forging services, firearms(or mods), armor(or mods), or std/alpha grade cyberware under 18 avail

30 Karma (30 RVP)

Optional karma rewards (RVP paid from karma RVP only)

Up to 3 instances of spec mod/prototype martials (regular or 2ndary) at gen rates. (5 RVP each up to 15 RVP)

In leu of spec mods up to 15 RVP of gear rate credit(60k) towards a deck upgrade. BHop only

2 free CDP (0 RVP)

78 CDP (39 RVP) Suggested knowledge skills, security procedures, security design, Corporation: Saeder-Krupp among probably many other options.

Optional Contacts (CDP RVP only)

Slava Nikerosa 5/3 (7 RVP)

Bl@ckjack 4/2 (5 RVP)-the German Greenwar decker please let me know if you are taking this and ill make up the contact page. Likely an active/network decker contact with some corp and host related aspects.

Red ribbon may upgrade Von Neumann to loyalty 4 (1 RvP per loyalty bump max 4)

BHop - repays 1 chip to Yamada for services rendered

General optional rewards (Any RVP)

For BHop

(9 RVP)Better on the net firewall

(6 RVP)Daredevil

For Tempest

(3 RVP)Profiler

(20 RVP)Lightning reflexes

(5 RVP)Honest face

For Red Ribbon

(3 RVP)Impenetrable Logic

Narrative consequences!

• Von Neumann has been provided the means to build plasma pistols at its leisure.

• SK did not loose the plans to build its stolen plasma tech as they were not destroyed but has suffered a small setback on its plasma rifle program.

• MCT has recovered its lost plasma prototypes along with some advancement of the technology thanks to SK's weapons' tech program.

• BHop is paranoid that her signature has been discovered and is in the hands of SK.

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

Heart of the Tempest

Well. 'Twas certainly an adrenaline rush. I was caught in a lie and without mine powers, and had to beat a fighting retreat. 'Twas unfortunate, and between the backlash of mine powers an' a fire spirit. Far from death, despite mine girlfriend's objections, e'en after a plasma blast incinerated the best portion of mine abdomen. Mine gifts art most handy indeed.

Neijing

"Why is Lorelei so damn reckless? Still, good prototypes recovered, louder then I wished on the exit. I can still chalk it up as a win despite all"