Going off the rails on a Crazy Train!
| Going off the rails on a Crazy Train! | |||||||||||
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ShadowHaven Atlantean Foundation Red Dragon Triad Ghost Train Woooo! | MCT | Neohaven | Metaplanar Threats | ||||||||
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Angra Mainyu Oberon Stryker Asura |
Various HTR Guard Teams A large detachment of mobile deploy MCT base units |
Mundane Street Sam Adept Mage Rigger/Decker |
A giant swarm of Wraiths Enraged Passenger Spirits Crystal Entities lying in wait | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||||
| By the end of the run several members had taken heavy injuries and Stryker was barely able to survive the Engulf of an enraged Force 8 spirit | At least 5 killed, 4 knocked unconscious, and a giant armored VTOL's worth of a unit stranded in an active manastorm | The mage was near death due to the attack of various shadow spirits, but was ultimately resuscitated. | A vast quantity of Wraiths and Passengers banished away, with about 3 wraiths and around a dozen passengers disrupted during the chaotic travels | ||||||||
Summary
Normally, reconnaissance missions are rather simple. You find the location of a target and observe it for a given time you believe is appropriate to study it, learn what makes it tick, and report back. Sometimes there is a greater risk involved than the job itself would entail, or the job itself is innately risky because the target itself is dangerous, but the detached nature of the mission objective means that involvement may be minimized for safety's sake and for time.
But not in this case. Not when the reconnaissance can only be done from directly within the cabins of a great vehicle spirit. Not when that vehicle spirit is said to take you to exactly where one needs to be, and it seems like every player in the business and on either side of the fence of legality wants to see what makes it tick.
So when a spirit train shows up and a guy gets evidence that a miracle train has arrived in the Mojave Desert and your boss wants reconnaissance done on it, you should be ready for the Hell that's awaiting you.
And hey, think of it this way:
You might just find what you've been looking for all this time.