Sanctum Sundered

Sanctum Sundered
Date 2085-04-03 GM Eva Location Puyallup Status Threat Level: High
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Sir Boris Aldrich Karl Von Altdorf of the Order of the Silver Torch	Lancea et Sanctum	Vampire Bar
Kadō Anansi FL0W	Bodysnatched Dude Head Vampire Vampires	Bartender Patrons
Casualties and losses
	Total	Yes.

Summary

Sir Boris hires the runners to go deal with a vamp coven, and they blow up a vampire bar along the way.

Background

Sir Boris learned of a symbol found near several murders. Thinking this had the markings of a cult, he hired some runners to find the problem and give it a repeated stabbing.

The Meet

Very paranoid about showing up in a Z zone, the runners meet outside Sir Boris's 'castle' - a small crenelated tower constructed of salvage. Sir Boris informed them of the signs of an emergent cult and gave them a symbol and a map of linked murders. After milking him for more gold (yes, he paid in gold) the runners set off.

The Plan

The runners headed to where one of the murders was while Anansi used a spirit to Search for the symbol, finding a bar.

The Run

Anansi used Psychometry on the bloodstain, catching a full emotions-laden afterimage of the murder. Remembering the face of the killer, they went to the bar to try to find her. They didn't find the killer, but when she went inside, Kadō recognised her own kind - predators. Infected. After waiting for one bearing the symbol to leave so they could track them down, FL0W decided to breach into the bar with a bunch of explosives, following in to make sure no Infected had a chance to regenerate. They didn't last long, between the blasts in the confined space and the FL0W's bullets.

They then followed the one who'd been allowed to escape in a car with the aid of another spirit, grabbing him and... persuading him to spill his secrets before Anansi got frustrated with his snark and pulled enough from his mind to impersonate him flawlessly.

Introducing Kadō as a freshly-turned cult recruit - which required little acting - they drew the cult leader off while FL0W snuck through the back. The leader was burned to cinders by Anansi's summoned fire spirit, while FL0W opened fire on the rest and Kadō rallied her comrades. Though impaled on a sword, FL0W managed to finish off his assailant, before the ward was brought down, allowing the fire spirit to finish off the other adept while the remaining mage was gunned down.

Aftermath

Recorded images were sent to Sir Boris, who doled out the promised gold. The Puyallup police made a nice little PR stunt about the rescued captives from the vampire den after a tip from FL0W, handily diverting attention away.

Rewards

Rewards for 'Sanctum Sundered':

10k Nuyen (5 RVP)

3k nego nuyen

10 Karma (10 RVP)

2 extra CDP (1 RVP)

2 CDP

Optional rewards (replacing equiv rvp of above):

Sir Boris Aldrich Karl Von Altdorf of the Order of the Silver Torch (C3/L3) (5 RVP)

Tough as Nails (Phys) for FL0W (5 RVP)

Game Quotes

"Oh, we're definitely killing them, they have no sense of style." - Anumati

"I've got a lot of dice for this. Famous last words." - Anumati

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

Anansi: "What the hell is with that guy? surly he knows there is better armor around now than full on plate male. I guess everyone has a thing these days.. Flow though, seems like a bit of a loose cannon, taking down a nest of vamps, what ever couldn't care less but he almost wrecked our changes of finding the target. All turned out alright though in the end."

FL0W Did a good thing, burned through some ammo but damn did it feel good to kill some fucking blood suckers. Got me some good armor to go with it after this run.