Burning Down the Dollhouse

Burning Down the Dollhouse
Date 2081-03-19 GM tkul Location Auburn, Seattle (UCAS)
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Roadkill Shine Moth Baron Mute	Kenran Kai Clan Yakuza Goons
Casualties and losses
Roadkill, Mute and Baron were hurt, but survived	Around 17 Yakuza

Summary

Runners go gas a bunraku parlor and extract the dolls. Succeed while nearly dying in the process.

Background

Roadkill, Baron and Shine had previously been to this parlor to extract a doll by the name of Valerie on behalf of a Johnson. Having seen firsthand the dolls being left behind, they couldn't in good conscious leave those girls still chipped, and the parlor not burnt to the ground.

The Meet

Mute, Moth, Roadkill, Baron, and Shine meet at the Tiny Hoof in Redmond. Roadkill acting as Johnson pitched the situation. A bunraku parlor known as the Blossoming Orchid Mahjong Parlor, operated by the Yakuza was still functional after his last job where he helped extract one of the dolls, but leaving the rest behind didn't sit well with him, so he's gathering a crew to shut them down.

After a bit of meat and Matrix scouting, the team hatched a plan:

The Plan

1) Shine scales the building with several canisters of Neurostun.

2) Mute hacks the HVAC system, sealing the building, and flowing the Neurostun through the rooms.

3) Moth and Roadkill will go from room to room, de-chipping the girls and pulling them out.

4) Shine will maintain physical over-watch on the building.

5) Baron will find and kill the Madame, and leave behind the commlink.

6) Mute will fabricate evidence that the Madame hired an extraction team to poach the girls for the Triads and find every scrap of valuable info and cred.

7) Everyone would assist in getting the girls into the rented vans for a hasty extraction. Possibly calling in Knight Errant to make the Yakuza's night an even bigger clusterfuck to help cover up our escape.

8) The dolls would be brought to a trusted clinic for treatment, recommended by King Midas (Moth's dad).

The Run

On the first go, Baron hit Shine with an Invisibility spell to help conceal his ascent to the parlor's roof, however, the attempt was called off when the talismonger across the street noticed her. Not wanting their hand to already be played, Shine called off the attempt and moved to try again another night.

The next night, the team tried again, this time Shine was not spotted in her climb up the building. Mute then worked his way into the Host, he was suspicious of the lack of Matrix security when he hacked the took control of the building's HVAC system, opening the ventilation hatch on the roof for Shine to dump in the Neurostun, followed by sealing all exterior vents to hotbox the building with the knockout gas. It was at this point that Mute found that there was indeed Matrix security that had eluded his detection, when he got Data Spiked into unconsciousness.

Shine, Baron, and Roadkill were dealing with heavy resistance as the exterior guards had become alerted to the chemical threat inside the building, with one katana wielding adept giving the team particular trouble with dodging almost everything that was thrown at him and seriously wounding Roadkill. Moth was able to stim patch Mute before heading out to assist with the brawl happening in the alley between Baron, Shine, the sword adept, and the remaining Yakuza. After some legendary efforts, the team was able to finally put down the Adept.

Mute on the other hand had readied himself for revenge against the enemy decker, determined to turn the tables, he was able to get some early marks on the decker while he was preoccupied, but unable to match the Yakuza spider's combat effectiveness, and received critical biofeedback for the effort.

Still conscious, Moth, Baron, and Shine were able to wait out the Neurostun before heading inside the parlor to extract the dolls, pile them into the van, before making their way to the Deireadh An Tuartheil in Tarislar where they met Dr. Isabel Wirth, the attending ER on duty at the time, who Moth talked into taking the dolls for PersonaFix treatment, and seeing to the injuries of the team.

Aftermath

Several dolls were brought relatively unharmed to the clinic where they would receive PersonaFix treatment.

The Blossoming orchid Mahjong Parlor is still standing, however is now short-staffed after the recent attack.

Roadkill and Mute received near-critical injuries but otherwise survived.

The team did not find a way to financially benefit from the run, and (Moth) even paid considerable expenses to facilitate what did happen.

Rewards

>10 Karma

>1 Street Cred

>Contact Dr.Isabela Wirth

>2 CDP

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

Shine: That was challenging to say the least. Machida Tatsuya is one tough bastard. He quite simply would not go down, and very nearly chopped Baron in two and was very close to doing the same to Moth before I was -finally- able to drop him. All the while we were engaged with Tatusya Roadkill was down and bleeding, and as the only other medic I was unable to disengage and assist. Fortunately it would appear that gentle Moth is not so gentle as she appears. I might even be justified in expressing the opinion that she surprised even herself with her marksmanship, which exceeded even my own. Furthermore, she was able to stabilise both Roadkill and Baron without my assistance. I would very much recommend our colleagues not to underestimate our Moth in the future. She is more than capable of holding her own in combat.