Palm Paradise

Palm Paradise
Date 2083-06-12 GM KaterSalem Location Seattle, Palm Paradise Eurosauna Status Threat Level: High/Deadly
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Major Corp
Ryan Danes Pell 8133D3R Hard Drive	Character1 Character2
Casualties and losses
None

Summary

A matrix-bound Mr. Johnson summoned the party to retrieve some data that wasn't on the matrix in any tangible sense, after some messing around with employment records, septic sabotage, and social engineering, the party was able walk on out with the data and make the delivery back over the matrix.

The Meet

The group met within the matrix, having to gather before in a specific point before getting yanked down a rabbit hole to Mr. Johnson's little nook, a rather shabby location, which the group noticed was decorated by someone who had no idea what went into making a comfortable room, with the odd, old chair thrown haphazardly about in an effort to look 'livable.' They were informed that the target was a collection of data that Johnson refused to elaborate on, all they got to know was that the information was very dangerous to be in ownership of, and that it was not on the matrix, but rather kept in a form of physical media entirely separate from it. Holding onto a schedule of the target who would be carrying the data, the party decided to take a closer look at the Palm Paradise Eurosauna.

The Plan

Meeting up at a runner bar after dropping back into meatspace, the party decided to take a dip into the matrix for some helpful information, although, due to some technical issues, the party ended up walking out of cyberspace with a tour of matrix facilities of the Sauna, and a list of contracting groups the company would call upon in case of emergencies. Pell gladly ordered a VIP ticket with some spare nuyen she had for an easy-in with the Sauna, letting her get nice and close to the target, so she had her way in set up. In the meantime, through some creative cracking, hacking, and brainstorming, the Decker Trio managed to forge employment records with the 'Super Pesky Plumbers' Plumbing service, a retro vidgame-themed firm the sauna relied on for their plumbing emergencies, with some fake facial hair and some purchased costumes, they were ready to make their entrance.
Working together, the group drummed up a plan, on the day of the target's appointment, Pell would go in before the group to scope the area out, waiting for their mark to arrive before going to the locker-room and sabotaging the toilets to give the plumbing team an excuse to enter, make the sabotage even worse, and justify blocking off the locker room so they could poke around the target's belongings for the data-package, if worse came to worse, Pell was meant to tail, and get close to the target to steal the data off of them if the locker turned up to be a dead lead.

Aftermath

After some trickery and a quiet stroll out of the building, the party gathered in the truck and found a local area that could discretely parse out the data from the target's blood, after putting together the delivery for the Johnson. With a small meeting in their shabby matrix rabbit hole, they were handsomely rewarded with a lovely chunk of Nuyen and a congratulations on a job well done before being sent back out into meatspace.

Rewards

- 16.000 Nuyen (8 RVP)
- 8 Karma (8 RVP)
- 6 CDP (2 RVP)

Game Quotes

"Damnit! Why do all my runs have to involve brothels!"

"We'll go as plumbers, as the tallest, you're wearing green."

"I just don't get it, 'It's-a-me' just doesn't make any damn sense grammatically."

"Don't tell me it's in their ass!" "Thankfully, your knowledge of the matrix informs you that the data is likely not stored in their ass."

"Let's a-go!" (Repeated every 5 minutes.)

Amusing quote from game.