Paradise Lost
“Paradise Lost” is intended to be a ‘traditional’ black trenchcoat shadowrun story where the runners find themselves in the middle of a shadow war between corporate level entities, culminating in a decidedly morally gray situation wherein they must make some choices which have no good outcomes; only ‘least bad’ ones.
During the first phase of approximately 3 to 6 months, the characters are hired by a Johnson known as Trevor Hill. These runs focus on acquisition of new tech, data, and information and almost exclusively target Renraku at various locations around the world; however, other targets are an option to allow some GM flexibility. Players who dig beyond the surface levels of these jobs will come to realize that all of it seems to focus on Renraku’s Digital Intelligence information and research.
During the second phase of approximately 3 to 6 months, runs may continue to take place against Renraku, but other independent Johnsons get involved with jobs -from- Renraku that are aimed at discovering who has been running them during the prior months, what kind of research is being stolen, and ultimately, who the source behind Trevor Hill really is.
The final runs of the metaplot, over 1 or 2 months, take the runners into some of the deepest shadows they’ve ever run. With HTR teams on one side, a shadowy organization on the other, and an impossible choice ahead of them, they will learn that it’s not just Dragons they should avoid when it comes to making deals.
Author: Robinton
Known Factions
Opfor: Renraku Corporation
Key NPCS
- Trevor Hill, MIT&T Graduate, aka Mr. Johnson
- Arthur Davis, Atlantean Foundation: Person of Interest to the Johnson and target of a failed assassination Disasterpiece Theater
Grab and Go for GMS
Act 1 (Threat Levels: Medium to Deadly)
- Run Types: Extraction of Personnel, Data Steal, Interception of a Delivery
- Goods Acquired: Almost exclusively paydata, advanced computing hardware
- Johnson: Trevor Hill, Egghead Johnson MIT&T Graduate, survivor of the Boston Lockdown
- Target: Renraku Corporation and affiliates
Runs
| Name | GM | Date | Runners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divorce Rates | Robinton | 25 November 2085 | Mirage Miut Getaway Hypnos Grackle |
| Running Red 2 | Robinton | 10 November 2085 | Silver Lining Alkali Cauldron |
| Disasterpiece Theater | Robinton | 14 September 2085 | Babylon Jessie DeVux Blackhawk Weevil Pacho Herrera |
| Running Red 1 | Robinton | 31 August 2085 | Eric Payne Boombox RC-45 Pinnacle Girl |
The Story So Far
Running Red 1: Trevor Hill has acquired for his client a set of unusual drones from Renraku, notable for their advanced sensor suites which allow for significantly increased bandwidth.
Disasterpiece Theater: Trevor Hill hires the runners to assassinate Arthur Davis, but the runners are unable to do so. Davis is warned by an interested third party that someone put a hit out on him.
Running Red 2: Trevor Hill acquires programming research done by Renraku which covers swarm programming upgrades which would allow for optimized usage for the various drones stolen during RR1.
Divorce Rates: Trevor has acquired a specialist from Renraku who focuses on AI communications and hardward support for high bandwidth needs.
News
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Attack | 6 October 2085 |