Marvelous Beasts and Where to Find Them

Marvelous Beasts and Where to Find Them
Part of Big Game Hunter
Date 2081-05-31 GM DocMcGuffins Location Seattle
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Knight-Errant Security Services
Units involved
Click Esper Phantom Drifter Sinister Spider Wild Bull	High-threat response team

Summary

A hunter hires a team of shadowrunners to retrieve rare books containing information about paracritters.

Background

Big game hunter Erican Polarstar has hunted all manner of quarry in his day, but his interests have turned to rarer beasts as of late. He found out about a series of five physical books written by magical scholars (as they are often wont to write on parchment) detailing such beasts of interest, but they were locked away in a museum vault, not for sale by law or bribe.

The Meet

For whatever reason, Polarstar had the team meet him in his high-society hunting lodge, which checked their SINs at the door with a scanner that was more powerful than usual; most of the team had no problem with this, though Esper implanted a suggestion into the mind of the SIN scanner operator that Phantom Drifter didn't need to be scanned. Each team member was also required to bring a weapon used for hunting, which was of fairly little issue aside from Spider, whose firearm was an SMG. Ultimately, she convinced the people at the door that she hunted technocritters with her cyberdeck.

Once everyone was settled in, Polarstar explained his desire to obtain the books from the magical history museum along with basic information about where they were kept. He offered the team some money, and they accepted.

The Plan

Spider began by breaking into the museum's host, finding it of unusually powerful specifications. She attempted to access information about the books, but the host was too good at recognizing her illegal activity, so she decided not to risk convergence. She did rearrange several I/O functions, such as switching the security alarm with an exhibit in a rarely-visited part of the museum.

Frustrated, the team regrouped. They decided to buy some plastic explosives to deal with the vault instead of picking its locks and hacking its security software, which they were able to find relatively quickly. The plan turned into a smash-and-grab; they called in Pitty 'Grease Lightning' McShane to act as a getaway driver once the books were in hand. Spider and Esper would attempt to get the team as close to the vault as possible without raising alarms, and the muscle would put down any security staff who tried to stop them on their way in and out.

Aftermath

The shadowrunners made away with the books in good condition and were able to return them to the client, who was satisfied with their performance.

Rewards

• 20,000¥
• 2 Karma
• Contact: Erican Polarstar