Debts of Honor

Debts of Honor
Date 2086-05-19 GM Robinton Location Atlanta, GA (CAS) Status Threat Level: Extreme
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Major Corp
Blackhawk Miut Wayfarer Oracle	Character1 Character2

Summary

• 5/19: 4 Hours (5pm - 9pm)
• 5/26:

Background

During the events of Disasterpiece Theater, Koi and Weevil were killed in the CAS - and while Babylon and Blackhawk escaped, their friends were left behind. Now, Blackhawk and some of Weevil’s friends make their way back to the Confederate American States in order to follow the final trails of their friends in hopes of recovering any element of them as a memorial - only to find that the files lead to a series of experiments by the CAS government on similarly murdered augmented runners - and ultimately, recovering Koi and/or Weevil’s bodies. The heartfelt moment of being able to bring them home for burial is short lived as the team has to now figure out how to safely do just that - and bring themselves home.

The Meet

Lisa Cutty came across some records about the bodies of Koi and Weevil being recovered after the events of the failed Atlanta run. She explains to Blackhawk how there is a general understanding in the shadow community that deals with the CAS that the Piedmont Hospital is off limits and something of a black hole for shadowrunners. She accidentally comes across a report that the bodies were recovered and taken to Piedmont for unknown reasons. It's not a job, per se, but a tip - and one she gives him a solid warning on to be careful with.

Blackhawk, in turn, contacts Wayfarer, who contacts Miut and Oracle, and the team gets together to discuss the issue - and that they are going to do what they can to bring their friend's body home.

The team ends up contacting Cascade in order to get them smuggled into the CAS while Blackhawk arranges to have his truck shipped over for 3 grand - arriving in three days unless it encounters issues at the CAS border.

The Legwork

Pre-Run

• Wayfarer spends the day pre run connecting with Drifter, fishing, and prepping his gear for the mission.
• Miut spends the day getting her decking gear in order, resupplying on lockpicking, Medkits, and electronics gear.
• Oracle gets some medical supplies and preps his gear, generally trying to not tip off his wife that he's about to go on a shadowrun, despite Wayfarer's AMAZING EMAIL.
• Blackhawk gets his whole full 'baited for bear' kit set up.

Matrix

• Piedmont Hospital - R6 Host: A6 S7 D8 F9
  • Has a reputation as being off limits to the shadow community - a sort of black hole where runners vanish.
  • Part of a set of rumors where runners who die in the CAS get their bodies "disappeared" into the Piedmont for some reason.
  • Learns that the Piedmont is funded from the CAS directly
    • This turns into PILES of conspiracy theories about why the CAS is funding the hospital, ranging from 'working on gammaware' to 'cyberzombies' to 'stealing used cyberware for reworking or genetic therapy' and even wilder options.
  • File references to a company called Gene Corps, though the connections are uncertain outside of shared funding.
    • Gene Corps is, officially at least, a public health organization focused on genetic therapy for common, everyday, illnesses.
  • Registry of patients should be located inside the hospital Host

Meat

• Cameras over each Door
• Maglocks at each door
• Bollards (Car blockers) by main entrances to Hospital and ER
• Security guards at each entrance

The Run

Day One: Arrival

• The team arrives in Atlanta, manages to steal/buy a car after the Miut Pregnancy Scam (tm), and then heads to Rockdale to establish a safe house
• They manage to not escalate the local Lone Star after having an run in with some 'local color' vis a vis metaracism
• The team gets a Low Lifestyle motel in the SE corner of Rockdale. (Note: Oracle - Creature of Comfort. Wayfarer, Miut - Insomnia)
• During the evening:
  • Wayfarer does research on Atlanta maps, locations, etc
  • Oracle calls his wife. It goes to Voicemail. DUN DUN DUUUN (one night of Insomnia)
  • Miut checks in with Oracle
  • Blackhawk winds down and rests.

Day Two: Atlanta

• They call Hextech in order to get some Matrix help for Miut, who has to agree to eating a quarter cup of Bellevue Dirt in exchange for Hex's help, as she has gotten the reputation as the "sand chick"
• By night, Blackhawk scouting run on the Hospital
  • Disguised via R6 Synthskin

Game Quotes

Wayfarer's Email to Oracle's Wife, what with his 0 ranks in Con:

• Sorry, this was last minute.
• Hope you are faring well.
• Atlanta is a beautiful city I've heard, and also is where we'll be heading for this job.
• Don't worry, we're going to be fine.
• Originally we were thinking of saying no to the client, but we can't deny the money this brings in.
• With any luck, it will be just a few days.
• Regretfully I will be dragging Fionn along since it deals with spirits.
• Unfortunately I don't know much about spirits.
• No need to worry about the dangers, I will keep him safe.
• Not even going to bring him into the building itself.
• Everything should go easy enough and we'll be back within a few days to a week.
• Ring you when we get back.