Your brain on drugs
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ShadowHaven Horned Bear Ashen Hand | Major Corp | ||||||||
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Broken Arrow Overhaul Melt | Saeder Krupp PMCs | ||||||||
Summary
The fledgling runner band 'Whiplash' got high, committed corporate espionage, and started a riot.
Background
The a small park in touristville became the site of a bloody shootout when members of the Cutters and Ancients gangs clashed in the area. While not unusual for Redmond, what was unusual about the incident was the amount of interest the triple-A corporation Saeder-Krupp took in the immediate aftermath. Saeder Krupp's security was quick to move in and secure the park, locking down the location as they began a lengthy investigation into... something unknown.
The mercenary group Horned Bear was hired to fined out what exactly the corporation was looking for before they had time to close their investigation and cover their tracks, but in order to do this the mercenaries needed a distraction, and for that they turned to Shadow Haven...
They turned to Whiplash.
The Meet
The runners were contacted by their respective fixers about a job in Redmond, being told that a Johnson had requested a distraction for another team. Unfortunately, the call came in shortly after Melt had given Broken Arrow a hit from her stash of Red Mescaline, a powerful if relatively harmless hallucinogen that enhances perception while slowing reaction time. Unfortunately Broken Arrow’s low reaction meant once the drug took effect he would be rendered effectively comatose for the rest of the day.
Broken Arrow and Melt met with Overhaul as the drug had begun kicking in, and after the two explained his situation the rocker decided he didn’t want to be left out and took some for himself. Unfortunately Overhaul had already done a few lines of Novacoke before coming to the meeting, and the cocktail of drugs now in his system did not play well together.
One member overdosing, another quickly slipping into a drug-fueled haze, and the final member effectively mute, the gang met with the Johnson, Raytheon. Raytheon informed them of the basics of the job and showed them to the meeting spot where they would hash out the details with Ashen Hand and his Horned Bear squad. By this point, the rest of the crew have to carry Broken Arrow into the meet, and the technomancer is only able to communicate with the rest through DNI.
The Plan
The group discusses postponing, but Ashen Hand informs them that time is of the essence on this job. It is decided that Broken Arrow and Melt will accompany the Horned Bear mercenaries in their Roadmaster, working on the matrix to scout the park and any surveillance or matrix defenses Saeder Krupp’s PMCs might have set up, while Overhaul took a walk around touristville to meet with a few contacts and see what kind of chaos he can stir up.
The Run
Entering hot-sim, Broken Arrow and Melt conjure up some Crack Sprites to help them with their recon, and move in to check out the park from afar. They find that the PMCs have set up their own network in the area, and have taken control of the cameras present to monitor for any attempted infiltration.
Meanwhile, Overhaul uses his connections to set up an impromptu concert at the park with his band, 'Whiplash.' Already sick of the Saeder Krupp presence in their back yard, Overhaul uses his performance to work the crowd into a frenzy, its steadily growing chaos bit by bit drawing the attention of corporate security until it became an all out riot that demanded the complete focus of the Saeder Krupp guards.
Meanwhile on the matrix, while Broken Arrow remained outside and continued to search out the locations for each camera in the park, Melt had entered the host and began looping them one by one. The two were able to effectively blind Saeder Krupp's matrix security and give Horned Bear a window to slip inside and search for their objective, however as Melt attempted to sneak out the Spider Saeder Krupp had working the network managed to spot her.
A short matrix battle ensued in which Melt traded blows with the spider to keep him busy, while Broken Arrow sought the spider's cyberdeck in an attempt to shut it down. After pushing a resonance spike too far, Melt suffered nearly-lethal fade, but bought Broken Arrow the time he needed to eject their pursuer from the matrix and allow the mercenaries they were working with to subdue him quietly.
Back in meatspace Overhaul was hyped up on his success and eager to kick some corpo ass. He took another hit of novacoke and fired his gun into the air, but this proved to be the line that broke the camel's back. The overdose he took was enough to knock him unconscious, so as the chaos unfolded around him the rocker took a nose-dive on stage. A fellow band member was able to scoop the dazed rocker up and deliver him to the Horned Bear mercenaries waiting to extract him and the twins.
Aftermath
- Horned Bear completed their mission, retrieving the information they had been sent to dig up and extracting with no losses.
- The riot made its way into local news, though was ultimately small and short lived as corporate security deployed tear gas and Stick-n'-shock rounds to subdue the crowd.
- Ashen Hand attempted to pass on advice about the serious nature of shadowrunning, but the gang was far too high for the message to stick.
- In this very special episode, the members of Whiplash learned a valuable lesson about recreational drug use. That it fuckin' rocks.
Rewards
Run Rewards for "your brain on drugs" Medium (12 RVP)
- 24k in gear rates for alpha cyberware up to avail 15 (6 RVP, remainder can be taken in liquid.)
+1500 (Negotiations)
- 4 Karma (4 RVP)
- 4 CDP (2 RVP)
OPTIONAL REWARDS
- Ashen Hand at loyalty 2 (C5/L2) (6 RVP)