Flowers for Jackals

Flowers for Jackals
Date 2082-02-18 GM Makiiato Location Puyallup Barrens Status Threat Level: Medium
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Eighty-Eights Triad	Demon Jackals	Black Chrysanthemum
Harebuck Tora Kokoro Pulse Skimmer	DJ Troll Boss 5 DJ Gangers	4 Ninja Assassins
Casualties and losses
None	5 DJ Gangers	None

Summary

In which the Eighty-Eights Triad chooses to investigate the new kids on the block, a gang called the Demon Jackals. They hire a team of runners to investigate, report, and potentially provide the means to a meet for negotiations.

Background

One of the foremost Triad lodges in the city, the Eighty-Eights have survived despite severing their overseas ties, now linked only with other lodges in North America. This severing of ties has extended to their internal practices as well, and the Eighty-Eights are uncommonly accepting of cyber/bioware and technomancers. While they are not as powerful as the Yellow Lotus and they do not have the connections the Octagon does, the Eighty-Eights continue to compete for territory, serving in many cases as the middleman between the Asian gangs of the Seattle Sprawl. Sensing the opportunity to expand their influence David Yang arranges to meet with a team of runners to advance the cause of the Triad, and potentially increase their influence within the city.

The Meet

The four runners meet their Johnson David Yang, Grass Sandal of the Eighty-Eights and front of the Triads external interests. After picking up the tab for the table, Mr. Yang explains that a new gang has risen in the Puyallup Barrens, called the Demon Jackals. They are a mixed metahuman gang, reportedly with a few awakened in their ranks. They have not been particularly open with other gangs, preferring fighting over talking. Mr. Yang also explains that he wants to know more about this gang; who they are, what they do, and if they are working for anyone with whom they owe loyalty to. He offers 16k nuyen to do the job, and offers an additional 2k reward if they can arrange a meet with the leader of the gang. The runners all agree to the terms, finish their dinner, and head out to plan their attack.

The Plan

While Tora checks with the locals within her home turf in the Barrens, Skimmer and Harebuck call up their various contacts to see if anybody knows anything about the new gang. Pulse searches the Matrix, finds a couple of reports, the first mention is only a couple months old and fairly obscure references on BBS, around the same time there's reports of people going missing, but there's no obvious connection other than area and timing. A small-time gang got into a scrap and a member reported having their cyber arm taken. Skimmer first speaks with Zigzag, his ghoul cleanup crew with knowledge of organ legging, but turns up a dead end. Tora asks around the area, but normal folk don't appear to have any knowledge of the Jackal's activities. Harebuck tries his street doc assistant Amanda, but she has nothing to offer. Skimmer on a hunch, calls his Hapsum Do Master Nameless, who offers the information that a Troll Adept former student left his tutelage and joined a gang not to long ago, which he recalls as the Demon Jackals. He also mentions that if they have taken up organ legging, it is a new direction for them. Having only the clues of the latest areas the gang has been working out of, the team decides to go fishing and see if they can hook some gangers.

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