Voyage by Leningrad

Voyage by Leningrad
Date 2081-10-01 GM Burst Location Paris! Status Threat Level: High
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Saeder-Krupp	Interpol
Moth Nitro Zephyr

Summary

A very wealthy Johnson told the team he wanted them to plant fireworks on the Eiffel Tower so they would go off when he proposed to his girlfriend.

The team managed to pull off a very quiet, subtle run with good planning and social infiltration techniques, and learned a bit more about the J's true motives.

Background

The Johnson had been a runner. He and his girlfrend Astra and several others did a career ending run against the corporate court tower in New York. The kind of run that was so ridiculously hard to pull off that any that lived would be wealthy enough to retire, but also hunted for the rest of their lives. All he wanted was to retire with her. He watched her die on the run. He was the only survivor.

He was aware that interpol was getting closer and closer to him. Mostly high. Increasingly careless. Ready to die. He just wanted one last gesture for her, before it was over.

Saeder-Krupp is run by Lofwyr, and he is known to micromanage his projects. Was this going to put them on the wrong side of a powerful dragon?

The Meet

The J met them in VR. He appeared to be in a fancy Parisian nightclub. Lots of novacoke. Lots of beautiful women. A unicorn.

He seemed to be in a hurry. He gave them just enough information to know that there job was to place the fireworks and where the private plane was waiting at Sea-Tac.

Moth tried to negotiate for more money, and convinced him to pay them each more, and to pay them up front. They each had the money in their accounts as they left the meet.

The Plan

The private plane was beyond luxurious. A cargo hold big enough for Nitro's SUV. And a unicorn. And a shining 1966 Imperial towncar. A chef making gourmet meals. An interior garden to help off-set the discomfort of flight for mages like Zephyr. Excellent matrix access for the wealthy executive on the go.

They focused at first on simply enjoying the luxury of it. Moth had never been on an airplane of any kind before. Nitro wanted to rig in and try to drive the plane. Zephyr explored the indoor garden. Nitro ate everything the others didn't finish.

Nitro - a demolitions expert - and Moth - a skilled artisan - studied the fireworks that were in the cargo hold also. They were legitimate fireworks. They weren't being tricked to set off a bomb or something. They really did want to make an impressive and beautiful show. After working together, they were confident they had the best possible plan - and lots of related sketches - to make a really lovely show.

And what was the barrier to setting this up exactly? Moth researched all the legal requirements to plan a fireworks show in that location. The primary barrier for the night of the job - tomorrow - was that Saeder-Krupp was filming a commercial and had rental everything. But, she could see everything that would be required to appear as a legitimate fireworks installation company. She called Juan Lopez to forge them all the required paperwork for a fake fireworks company, a small outfit operating in Paris. Nitro worked on a logo that - after much discussion - only implied the existence of a dragon providing the fire rather than featuring one.

Zephyr had a premonition - a feeling from Wolf - that the johnson was in danger. Moth called the J to make sure he wasn't getting kidnapped or something while they were in transit. Though he reassured her that he was unharmed and in no obvious danger, she realized that he was lying to her. By the time the call ended, she was very suspicious there was no actual proposal going to happen, and the girlfriend was dead. With her name, she could try to figure out the history. She soon discovered pictures of a woman with the J, and that they were both runners, and he was the only one to survive. It was sad. It also became clear the J was an extremely wanted person, and likely being actively sought by Interpol.

They re-focused on security for themselves during the job. They had access to all their equipment in the SUV and hours they could use for prep. They agreed that Moth would make them excellent synthskin masks and full disguises to match their role as fireworks technicians. They would use tight mask discipline. From the moment they stepped off the plane. No one in Paris would ever see their real facess. She called "Wild Goose" and got burner SINs tied to the fake fireworks company.

Every two hours Moth called her boyfriend Dandy to check in and share pictures of how fun it was to fly on a plane.

But they had failed to think about security for themselves on the plane!

Interpol was tracking the J and tried to hack Moth's commlink once she called the J. But luckily her considerable intuition and the strong firewall of the Farlight XX was enough. Instead of getting hacked and putting all that legwork and planning into interpol's hands, she got an alert that a failed hack had happened. She re-booted the Farlight and turned it off for the remainder of the job. She pulled out her Hermes Ikon. That's why a girl carries two commlinks at all times. Disaster averted!

The Run

They arrived safely in Paris, well disguised. The J had reserved a room for them in an incredibly nice hotel overlooking the eiffel tower. 5 stars elegant and luxurious. They spent less than a second considering if staying there was the wisest choice. It was clearly the most fun choice.

The got to the hotel about 1 am, with the fireworks needing to go off at 10 pm. Plenty of time.

Zephyr confirmed that the hotel had wonderful supplies for summoning. A garden. Expensive magical chalk. He drew circles within circles within circles, working on ritually summoning and binding a strong spirit of the air. In this case, the smell of fresh baked goods on a Paris morning.

Moth, inspired and having some spare time, slipped out to do some shopping. She bought clothes - because Paris! - and the supplies to make them fresh baked croissants in the room's lavish kitchen.

Nitro acquired rubber bullets and worked on setting up his guns. He did some drone scouting of the area, including getting Moth wonderful images of the scenery to send to Dandy, who she kept calling with little updates. But! He thought he caught a glipse of

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