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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Ace is only tangentially related to anything happening at Or'zet Underground, but does end up at the top of the Seattle A&R list often enough, making him feel at least tangentially responsible. While trying to create himself an evening of Christmas Cheer but kept getting distracted by the A&R numbers and some details he saw on a balance sheet. It made him go a little off the rails in a novacoke frenzy and call a runner team that he forgot he had called by the time they arrived. | |||
==The Meet== | ==The Meet== | ||
Ace was holled up in the Ultra Resort, seaside in Auburn. The team was smart enough to park down the block in an A zone not roll their explosives collection into an AA garage, and were stopped by two armed troll security guards and given a polite once over, eventually revealing they were on Ace's payroll and walking the team over to a side tower entrance and a Horizon attache/assistant. The collected most of the heavy arms and send the team on their way with the attache who takes them to a small elevator the 18th floor where Ace's (substandard by his opinion because it was not the 20th) and found him in the throes of a massive novacoke crash, pouring over A&R datasheets. He barely remembered having called the team when the arrived, and offered them a small % of the nightly seattle feeds if they could up the profile of a dwarf who ended up on his books while pushing the ratings. He threw them a handful of credsticks and simrigs as an operating budget and sent them on their way. | |||
==The Plan== | |||
After leaving and heading towards the OU to start planning, the team realized it has not actually gotten contact information for the target of tonight's media assault. Shredder reaches out to Elmo Stubitz using "I know a guy" and put herself directly in the center of a Horizon internal slapfight and the behind the scenes drama of an Or'zet Underground headliner. Elmo gave her Pete's # and quietly pulled himself out of the conversation. Not revealing that he was Pete's Agent, or not wanting to get into it with Ace. | |||
The team does track down Ace at Crusher 495 where it's a family potluck and Rock & Roll night. They are a bit surprised to find how mellow and pleasant Pete is, and more so that he has been a "Guest" in the Underhaven signing with no real direction from Horizon the Festival or Crime Time. | |||
Getting a feel for him and thinking out options the team decides another explosion on his record is going to look great, as well as highlighting how safe and efficient he is when blowing stuff up by figuring out a block party venue and getting some drone attention. | |||
==The Run== | ==The Run== | ||
Shredder reaches out to Auntie Amelia to make contact with the Mothers of Metahumanity and see if they need a building demolished anywhere in the barrens, and after a little waiting they do find a member with just such a need. Ms. K. Ms. K glosses over the permitting changes neccesary, but does point the team to the ruined and HMMVV blood soaked building from House of Horrors, and the team decides that's probably a better than hyping up an explosive dwarf in the O.U. | |||
They reach back out to Elmo to try and get additional help and realize how precarious of a situation they are putting him in. Elmo does send a van with a PA, a keg of beer, and some lighting/party assistance, but no actual favors. | |||
Dez and Trauma stay in Crusher 495 and start hyping up the event, using Crusher as a"Pre Party" and letting cash and booze flow to the growing crowd there are they make some performative efforts to hyper the spur of the moment party that night. | |||
Ultimately as Shredder starts setting up the party and providing light crowd Control, 141 starts the Ninja-ing around the block and the target building and begins noting potential infected problems. The team covers the manhole up with a van, and 141 sneaks around the back of the building and catches (with a quite good stealth and perceptin roll) a grendel up on the second floor unnaware. | |||
In the meantime Shredder and Trauma work out some crowd based entertainment, a few freestyle neighborhood rap battles and skateboard tricks + a keg keep the crowd going through the gunfire of 141 destroying the alpha predator on the second floor. The event culumnated in Trauma, rapping skillwires as "The Fury" in her original runner gear and custom ballistic mask, delivering a rousing performance, but not quite as strong as Lil'; Boom boom who was using the exploding building to punctuate his last few lines. | |||
The needle was moved, maybe not as high as a coked up Ace Powers hoped, but enough for everyone to make some bank for the night. | |||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Ms.K's house of horrors in redmond has been officially demo'd, three weeks early and $180K nuyen under budget. | |||
Pete "The Boom" Crenshaw has picked up a secondary hip hop monicker, a little more street cred, and a little more notoriety for being involved in streetside explosions he somehow does nt get arrested for. | |||
Ace Powers just angered Kirby Fangsbreath for getting involved in Crime Time's show, but the team did play things close enough with Elmo to avoid much blowback themselves, aside from Trauma getting some public awareness. | |||
==Rewards== | ==Rewards== | ||
High diff due to minor infection risks. We'll call it 16 RVP. | |||
20K Nuyen (10 RVP) | |||
5 Karma (5 RVP) | |||
1 Street Cred (1 RVP) | |||
2 CDP (Run Guarantee) | |||
4k Operating/Advance Budget. (Negotiated) | |||
Mundane Ascension for Shredder. | |||
Alt Reward for 141: Hawkeye | |||
+1 Public Awareness for Trauma Aka " The Fury" | |||
+1 Reputation Mothers of Metahumanity | |||
+1 Reputation Horizon | |||
==Game Quotes== | ==Game Quotes== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:03, 16 December 2024
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Summary
Ace Powers got distracted from a holiday drug bender to look at bad daily stream figures, and hired a run team to up a Dwarve's media profile who had been slid into his A&R blanket.
Background
Ace is only tangentially related to anything happening at Or'zet Underground, but does end up at the top of the Seattle A&R list often enough, making him feel at least tangentially responsible. While trying to create himself an evening of Christmas Cheer but kept getting distracted by the A&R numbers and some details he saw on a balance sheet. It made him go a little off the rails in a novacoke frenzy and call a runner team that he forgot he had called by the time they arrived.
The Meet
Ace was holled up in the Ultra Resort, seaside in Auburn. The team was smart enough to park down the block in an A zone not roll their explosives collection into an AA garage, and were stopped by two armed troll security guards and given a polite once over, eventually revealing they were on Ace's payroll and walking the team over to a side tower entrance and a Horizon attache/assistant. The collected most of the heavy arms and send the team on their way with the attache who takes them to a small elevator the 18th floor where Ace's (substandard by his opinion because it was not the 20th) and found him in the throes of a massive novacoke crash, pouring over A&R datasheets. He barely remembered having called the team when the arrived, and offered them a small % of the nightly seattle feeds if they could up the profile of a dwarf who ended up on his books while pushing the ratings. He threw them a handful of credsticks and simrigs as an operating budget and sent them on their way.
The Plan
After leaving and heading towards the OU to start planning, the team realized it has not actually gotten contact information for the target of tonight's media assault. Shredder reaches out to Elmo Stubitz using "I know a guy" and put herself directly in the center of a Horizon internal slapfight and the behind the scenes drama of an Or'zet Underground headliner. Elmo gave her Pete's # and quietly pulled himself out of the conversation. Not revealing that he was Pete's Agent, or not wanting to get into it with Ace.
The team does track down Ace at Crusher 495 where it's a family potluck and Rock & Roll night. They are a bit surprised to find how mellow and pleasant Pete is, and more so that he has been a "Guest" in the Underhaven signing with no real direction from Horizon the Festival or Crime Time.
Getting a feel for him and thinking out options the team decides another explosion on his record is going to look great, as well as highlighting how safe and efficient he is when blowing stuff up by figuring out a block party venue and getting some drone attention.
The Run
Shredder reaches out to Auntie Amelia to make contact with the Mothers of Metahumanity and see if they need a building demolished anywhere in the barrens, and after a little waiting they do find a member with just such a need. Ms. K. Ms. K glosses over the permitting changes neccesary, but does point the team to the ruined and HMMVV blood soaked building from House of Horrors, and the team decides that's probably a better than hyping up an explosive dwarf in the O.U.
They reach back out to Elmo to try and get additional help and realize how precarious of a situation they are putting him in. Elmo does send a van with a PA, a keg of beer, and some lighting/party assistance, but no actual favors.
Dez and Trauma stay in Crusher 495 and start hyping up the event, using Crusher as a"Pre Party" and letting cash and booze flow to the growing crowd there are they make some performative efforts to hyper the spur of the moment party that night.
Ultimately as Shredder starts setting up the party and providing light crowd Control, 141 starts the Ninja-ing around the block and the target building and begins noting potential infected problems. The team covers the manhole up with a van, and 141 sneaks around the back of the building and catches (with a quite good stealth and perceptin roll) a grendel up on the second floor unnaware.
In the meantime Shredder and Trauma work out some crowd based entertainment, a few freestyle neighborhood rap battles and skateboard tricks + a keg keep the crowd going through the gunfire of 141 destroying the alpha predator on the second floor. The event culumnated in Trauma, rapping skillwires as "The Fury" in her original runner gear and custom ballistic mask, delivering a rousing performance, but not quite as strong as Lil'; Boom boom who was using the exploding building to punctuate his last few lines.
The needle was moved, maybe not as high as a coked up Ace Powers hoped, but enough for everyone to make some bank for the night.
Aftermath
Ms.K's house of horrors in redmond has been officially demo'd, three weeks early and $180K nuyen under budget.
Pete "The Boom" Crenshaw has picked up a secondary hip hop monicker, a little more street cred, and a little more notoriety for being involved in streetside explosions he somehow does nt get arrested for.
Ace Powers just angered Kirby Fangsbreath for getting involved in Crime Time's show, but the team did play things close enough with Elmo to avoid much blowback themselves, aside from Trauma getting some public awareness.
Rewards
High diff due to minor infection risks. We'll call it 16 RVP.
20K Nuyen (10 RVP) 5 Karma (5 RVP) 1 Street Cred (1 RVP) 2 CDP (Run Guarantee)
4k Operating/Advance Budget. (Negotiated)
Mundane Ascension for Shredder. Alt Reward for 141: Hawkeye
+1 Public Awareness for Trauma Aka " The Fury"
+1 Reputation Mothers of Metahumanity +1 Reputation Horizon
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Dezeroth A'kyer: I never got the chance to help a rapper! Oh, it would have absolutely gotten me fired in my old job. I hope he ends up like Lil Jon. He was my favorite rapper as a young lad.