Tontine Turnabout

Tontine Turnabout
Date 2086-09-15 GM Sarcarian Location Vancouver Status Threat Level: Deadly
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Proteus AG
Obsidian Intercession Hawkins Geodesic Angra Mainyu	Character1 Character2
Casualties and losses
Intercession (?)

Summary

The Crew has to chase an enemy currently fishing for priceless stolen artwork, and steal it from under their noses (and under the sea) The crew uses stealth to approach the vessel and the drop zone with the help of a Great Water Spirit, and plan a simultaneous smash and grab to grab the key and the safe. However, an opfor used his drill that can pierce the heaven and tore apart one of the runners, leaving the victory bittersweet.

Background

In a previous run, a client had another man killed as the final act of a death pact: where the final man standing gets access to a trove of stolen artwork. However, in a funny loophole, the target was resuscitated. This caused a unique opportunity as the death pact still considered him to have died. This target, understandably miffed, hires runners for some skullduggery: Steal the newly unlocked treasure from right under the "winner's" nose

The Meet

The crew meet the client at a Americana restaurant, with the tab already paid for. The client, using his MCT connections, has hired the runners to attack a treasure hunting expedition. The crew is to intercept this crew and take the treasure from them, or before they can obtain the treasure.

The client does not care whether the opfor is killed. The runner crew gathers together to do some legwork.

The Plan

The crew, via some pictures, discover the backstory: Death Pacts, and the loopholes for the death pact. They discover that their client was likely nearly killed so that the seal for the death pact would be undone. The crew also learn the drop point is...somewhere in the bay.

The crew plans to use either magical or technological means. Then use the point and plan a two phase attack: Obsidian, Hawkins, and Geo would steal the key, and Ahriman and Intercession would go underwater and find the safe.

The Run

Geodesic and Hawkins get close enough via stealth boat and hamster ball to discover the opfor: A deep sea expedition force lead by a cyborg drill bot, a water spirit, and several surface, and submerged scout drones. There is also a human crew in a command vessel that contains the unsealed box that contains the key that opens the safe containing the artwork.

The expedition force has not found the safe yet, so the crew thinks of ways to find it first. Obsidian stumbles on a solution: her water spirit informs her of the Great Form Spirit Wushan, who rules these waters; not only is paying tribute recommended to prevent sea-faring disasters.

And so Obsidian spends 200 reagents and wild summons Wushan. And learns that the opfor has already paid him for safe passage, and to protect him against those that would harm them. Fortunately, that does not prevent Wushan from striking out against the crew, and Obsidian makes a deal with Wushan, gaining 3 services.

Wushan tells them that there is a magical ward that prevents divination in the water, and that the object that they are seeking is in there. The reason the opfor is having trouble finding it is that it has been moved. With the crew having information that the opfor does not. The crew decides to grab the safe and key before the opfor grabs the safe themselves.

Obsidian, Geo, and Hawkins are the surface team, and Ahriman and Intercession form the deep sea team. They decide to split the party to hit both sites simulatanously.

Splitting the party....it was doomed to failure.

Obsidian summons a spirit that...REALLY wanted to steal things. like 0 hits on 7 dice to resist. Stealer of Things. Geo and Hawkins maeuver and Ahriman knocks out the water spirit. Geo and Hawkins blind the drones while the spirit sneak in, and is able to grab the box but is spotted on the way out.

In the ensuing chaos, the spirit is sent back to the metaplane of thing stealers, but not before jumping in the water so that with Wushan's help, the box and key are obtained.

In the undersea mission, Ahriman is able to sneak by while Intercession tangles with the drill-borg. Unforunately Intercession is Drill-borged into hamburger meat....and Ahriman, being a MCT-hater, just abandoned the poor twink-bot. Ahriman continues, and at first tries to dispell the force 10000000 ward, before being reminded by a voice in her head (another player) that she can just....walk through the ward since she's not dual natured.

The crew recovers the paintings, and a decision was made to...take some, as a treat.

Obsidian is successfully able to con the J into thinking either this is all the paintings, or maybe some were already taken or damaged in the transport. And the crew returns safe, but minus one twink cyborg

Aftermath

The client gets to retire with their stolen artwork, The crew leaves with either money or a painting. Intercession is currently undergoing...."character development" -The bonanza is successfully recovered from the sea drake's lair on the ocean floor; Obsidian convinces Phelps that they did not open the safe, allowing the runners to mitigate suspicion for any paintings which may or may not be missing. -The Proteus borg's drill demolishes Intercession's shell; its handlers recover his CCU and bring it back to the arkoblock for research. -Ahriman, Hawkins and Obsidian take on a R4 spirit marker from Wusan, agreeing to a future service for him (+4 Wild Index).

Rewards

20,000 nuyen OR 1 Stolen Painting (potentially of much greater future value)
5 karma
10 CDP
Optional Contact: Wusan (C5/L1 Lord of the Pacific) for 5 RVP or 10 CDP

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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