The Dead and The Dying

The Dead and The Dying
Date 2081-09-07 GM Atlatl Location GeMiTo, Italian Confederation Status Threat Level: Semi-Prime
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Jet Set Milo Minderbinder	MCT
Twitch Burn0ut Legion John Brown Koi	Hansel Gretel

Summary

Twitch, Burn0ut, Legion, John Brown, and Koi are hired by Hans to enter an MCT black site located in the heart of the GeMiTo sprawl to steal a prototype move-by-wire system. The prototype move-by-wire is actually a biodrone stirrup system designed for metahumans, and the team must fight off a large number of test subjects controlled by a facility rigger team in order to retrieve the original system requested by the client.

Background

One month prior, a runner team employed by Hans stumbled across paydata regarding an extremely advanced move-by-wire system designed by MCT. The designs were dismissed as false information seeded within the database until a rapid series of product line upgrades launched, raising suspicion that the system was real. After extensive logistics tracing, the system production facility was located in the center of GeMiTo.

The Meet

Hans requests that the team meet at a smuggler's airport in Northeastern Snohomish, where he arrives onboard Jet Set's transport plane. After introducing himself, the team sits down to discuss the job in the flight office, where he offers them 100,000 NuYen in 'ware along with access to a delta clinic in Europe if they succeed in retrieving a prototype move-by-wire system from a black site designated as MHSC-1A. After agreeing to the terms and finding out that the black site is located in GeMiTo and belongs to MCT, John Brown leads negotiations in order to get a 20,000 NuYen bonus if they are able to retrieve additional testing and evaluation data for the site and cause significant damage. Hans agrees and provides them 24 hours to load any equipment they need for the job.

The Plan

Hans explains that due to the high security features surrounding this particular site, a second team was sourced to handle the majority of the external security systems in order to permit a faster and more survivable ingress. The external security consists of 1 km of heavily mined standoff around the facility, a "death cloud" of rotodrones, and a large number of missile launching systems. The second team will provide mine marking during the insertion process. The interior security features are entirely unknown and it is up to the Haven team to improvise once inside.

The team packs their equipment onto Legion's heavy lift plane and follows Jet Set to New York City for a refuel stop, followed by a long flight to Palermo, Sicily. While in the air, Twitch utilizes a satellite connection to perform research on GeMiTo and see if there was any intel available on MCT that Hans had possibly missed. After landing in Sicily, the team meets with Milo Minderbinder, who is supplying planes for ingress/egress as well as munitions for the external security team. After debating what vehicle to take and making some last second purchases from Milo, the team loads onto a drop sled on a cargo plane and departs for GeMiTo.

The Run

The external security team is dropped first and begins engaging the black site from range with rocket fire, prompting all of the defensive drones to scramble after them. Baby is dropped via sled just outside the mined area, while an overflying fixed wing aircraft performs a MAD scan and drops AROs indicating the locations of mines within the barren, cratered area for Twitch. As Baby approaches the facility at high speed, five of the missile turrets open fire while several rotodrone swarm groups divert towards the team. The group's combined fire manages to disable all the missile and roto drones by the time they reach the closed loading bay, though the defensive swarms begin to send more towards them in response. Twitch is able to get a MARK on the bay door and move everyone inside before any defensive drones can arrive to open fire.

Aftermath

Hans accepted the transfer of 1A as meeting the requirements of the contract, and the release of all test subjects as sufficient for the bonus. Jenna returned to Seattle with Koi.

Rewards

• 120,000 NuYen in 'ware OR 90,000 NuYen in 'ware and access to a Delta Clinic.
• 2 CDP

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