*Sound of a Can Opening*

*Sound of a Can Opening*
Date 2081-05-27 GM Aurora Location Tacoma, Seattle
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Renraku Computer Systems
Units involved
Artemis Boom Poom El Ellie Jenny Glitz	Light corporate security force

Summary

A low-level corporate manager looking for a promotion hires a team of shadowrunners to sabotage the competition.

Background

Two managers at a Renraku-owned industrial park in Tacoma are up for promotion. The likely candidate is an exceedingly angry man known to verbally abuse his employees. The other candidate decides to go outside the law to make sure he doesn't get the job.

The Meet

The client meets with the team in a public park in Renton. It's a nice day. He seems nervous, though, and confesses he's never dealt with shadowrunners before. He is, however, willing to pay the team 36,000¥ to make sure he gets the job above his competitor. He asks them to sabotage the operations of the soda bottling plant his rival manages, but only without killing anyone. The team suggests framing his opponent for the sabotage to make it look like he could oversee a crisis well, and he gives them the manager's contact information for research. The team notes this takes place on extraterritorial property before they accept the deal, and they talk him up to 48,000¥.

The Legwork

Jenny Glitz cracked the host serving the plant and found employee emergency exit procedures in the case of a fire as well as a map of the building's layout. She downloaded copies and gave them to Artemis, who set up a sniper position floating well in the air to prepare for long-range fire support and spellcasting. Jenny then cracked the host serving the manager's office complex and planted credible files implicating the manager hired them for the sabotage. While there, she also discovered that he was a fan of El Ellie, who then had her manager come up with a phony flash contest for a private concert for one fan picked on social media in order to draw him to the scene of the crime shortly after it happened.

The Run

Boom Poom snuck into the plant amidst the buzz of excitement over El Ellie showing up for a private concert soon. He hurled a fireball inside, setting off a fire alarm. Everyone inside hurried out in accordance with the emergency plans and filed into the nearby parking lot, where El Ellie distracted them while Artemis strategically placed ball lightning into the chambers full of unattended machinery. The factory's equipment was ruined. Boom Poom got caught on some razor wire in his escape, but he managed to disentangle himself.

Aftermath

While the terms of the client's job were technically fulfilled, he was abhorred with the extent of the destruction. He didn't renege on payment, but he wasn't happy.

Rewards

• 12,000¥
• 10 Karma
• 2 CDP
• -2 faction rep, Renraku Computer Systems