Opening Volley
| Opening Volley | ||||||||||
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| Part of Emerald City Clash | ||||||||||
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| Factions Involved | ||||||||||
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ShadowHaven DC Harry Metzger Knight Errant | Gang Threats | Unknown Third Party | ||||||||
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Geodesic Heron Thrim Wesson Smith |
Well armored Ancients Off Guard Cutters Various local gangs | Unknown Shooter | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||||
| None | The team personally dealt with 1 cutter and 2 of the Ancients, putting them out of commission. As for actual casualties? The city is a mess. The death tolls only climb | Oh she's doing juuuuuust fine, chummer~ | ||||||||
Summary
A rescue operation that took the crew through the thick of Redmon's broiling gang war, saving a KE informant when the DC of Downtown realized her cover was either going to be blown or irrelevant when the heat came on. It brought a lot of questions to the runners, both about what she knows and who exactly was trying to silence her.
Background
Detective Yuriko Shimada is one of DC Metgzer's better detectives. She's a skilled undercover operative and has proven herself over the years. With rumors of something brewing, she was a natural choice for looking into the Cutters.
That didn't hold up when the war broke out. Not only were the Cutters in high alert, but they were liable to just be murdered on the streets. She knew a lot but exposing that when she was deep in Redmond away from backup risked making her vulnerable, letting the wrong people know. All she could afford to tell Metzger was that she needed an exfil within the next few hours when she suspected things were going to go down. The DC didn't waste time. He swallowed his pride and contacted one of the best networks for doing things fast and dangerous.
The Meet
The meet was quick. Geodesic, Thrim, and Wesson Smith arrived quick with Heron somewhat delayed. The anxiety of the situation was clearly getting to the DC, who was not in the mood for the eccentricities of the team when they arrived. He was incredibly blunt about his proposition: Here's Shimada's location, now get her out. 14k nuyen for them. He was not budging on negotiations, save for the briefest allowance to let them restock on ammo afterwards. The team briefly considered pushing him, but his clear anger and displeasure shut that down quickly. They began to plan in front of him, which prompted Metzger to usher them out to go do the damn job already.