Ungeheuren Ungeziefer
| Ungeheuren Ungeziefer | |||||||||
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| Factions Involved | |||||||||
| ShadowHaven | Invae | ||||||||
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Rogozhin Millie Pockets Limitless |
Various Wasps Samuel Hawthorne Alkabug | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Rogozhin got knocked out, lost a dog, and lost his tolerance for Alkali | All OPFOR killed | ||||||||
Summary
The Invae are cruel. The invae are heartless. They are not above any kind of subterfuge. They will take your loved ones, replace them and weaponize them. They will use you as bait, then kill those you love, all so they can grow, and grow, and grow, until they have devoured everything.
Four runners were caught in that cycle. Four runners stood in their way. But Four runners could not bring back the love and people who were lost.
Background
Samuel Hawthorne was a run-of-the-mill Street Mage, trying to provide for his family of five. It was quiet, and beyond a small little commune he was with there wasn't much that stuck out about the man. Perhaps that's why he and his family were targeted by the Invaders. Three of them, his wife and sons, were taken as "hostages" by the Invae, who would only let them go if he made them a hive. In reality, the family had already been killed. Just food for the horrid things. But poor Samuel did not know. All he could do is try and save them. His commune became the base of operations for him and the wasps. Meanwhile, his daughter was left alive, to be observed as a lure. She was well connected to shadowrunners, some of the few independents who consistently stood up to Invae without corporate backing. She would call them for aid. And if they were taken by surprise, they would such wonderful hosts. One of the wasps, the one tailing this hapless woman, made a disguise of one of the runners she spoke of. A maid who went by Alkali. The wasp took his time learning more about the maid, readying for the chance to prey upon those clueless mercs.
The Meet
A group of five gathered to answer the poor girl's call and help her find her father, though only 4 were runners. Pockets and Millie were rather quiet, Rogozhin was his usual unsociable self with his strange pets, and Limitless found herself made fun of for her confusion over the strangeness. But regardless, they were briefed: 10k nuyen for following the only lead the poor girl had, that being the commune that was rather cagey about her father's whereabouts. She gave what she knew, which wasn't much, but it did mention a specific musician that Limitless had heard of: Raven Son, who...should have been getting ready for a performance downtown but for some reason was...with the commune in Snohomish? The band, Medea Meets Medusa, usually prepared in District. But, Alkali didn't seem to think much of it. It was likely just some eccentricity from the musician. Still, they had a location, a price, and if they wanted they could get some extra value through boltholes and other hideouts in Snohomish. So...they went off to the camp the commune was at.