A Smuggler's Start

A Smuggler's Start
IT'S TIME
Date 2081-07-23 GM Korean BBQ Location West Coast Status Threat Level: Low
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Laesa Syndicate	Knight Errant	Tir Tairngire Coast Guard
Flyboy Doris Pollux

Summary

The Laesa Syndicate hires Pollux, Flyboy, and Doris to smuggle drugs from the Tacoma Docks to Cara'sir.

The Meet

The team meets a Laesa Syndicate representative at a warehouse in Tacoma tucked away near a wharf. He offers them wine and mentions that King Midas has a request to smuggle a shipment of drugs from the Tacoma Docks to Cara'sir via the sea. Due to increased security on the normal land routes has slowed their drug operations, the Laesa Syndicate are trying to judge how stringent at-sea security is to see if a boat smuggling fleet is worth investing in. The Johnson states that they pay is 20,000 nuyen, with an alternative payment method being 40,000 worth of watercraft equipment if they agree to continue working with them. The team agrees to his terms without negotiating, as nobody wants to risk annoying Moth's dad.

The Plan

After checking charts, Doris determines that there are no especially good options to avoid the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the best route would just be straight down to Cara'sir along the coast. The team heads down to the Tacoma Port Operations office to fill out IMDG [1] export paperwork as a cover story. Doris calls Mint in an attempt to buy a large quantity of turnips to declare on the forms, but unfortunately Mint is out of turnips due to a recent blight from the poor water quality. Pollux calls Da-Xia Wu to grab several cases of liquor instead. Doris does a matrix search for Cara'sir import and declaration forms, and finds more paperwork to fill out on their end.

Flyboy's Panther is to act as a lead screening vessel, matching speed with Doris' houseboat at an appropriate distance.

Rewards

• 40,000 nuyen in Watercraft or Watercraft Upgrades OR 20,000 nuyen
• +1 Laesa Syndicate Rep
• 2 CDP

Game Quotes

"I've actually never been on a boat before." - Pollux

"Can I take this to go?" - Doris, with a bottle of wine from the meet

"Flyboy is napping profusely while the paperwork is being filled out." - Chrisst

"Cyberbullying isn't real, just unplug your deck" - Doris, hacking in AR

After Format Device+Reboot Device on the KE Coast Guard boat: "You have an amazing amount of spite packed into such a tiny body." - Pollux "That's nothing, I was told to cool it by my boss. Old Doris would have SUNK THAT FUCKING BOAT!" - Doris