When I Needed You

When I Needed You
Date 2081-07-05 GM OB Location Redmond Status Threat Level: Medium
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Skraacha
Vichnozeleny Moth Southpaw Mendacius	Warehouse of Skraacha
Casualties and losses
	Austin Sharps

Summary

Ziz hires a team of runners to extract a low-level Skraacha lieutenant for the insect shaman who's camped out under Redmond, for uh, personal reasons.

Background

Ellen Sharps, Sister of Cockroach, has a pressing grudge against her cousin Austin, and to a degree the Skraacha, for ostracizing her after she SURGEd. She pays good money to get him delivered to her and her 'family'.

Rewards

¥20,000, 3 Karma, 2 CDP

+2 Rep with the Cockroaches

Game Quotes

"I was wondering... If you ever rent out the roasted rat cart?" - Moth "What? Why?" - roasted rat cart dwarf, of Rico's Rats "Just for a day for a party." - Moth

"I hate the Barrens." - Mendacius

"The ARO rights are mine, though. Rico the Rat is a branded thing, so you can't use it." - Rico

"He eats the rat, then he gets the drugs." - ob

"COME TO RICO'S RATS. IT'S RATS. DEFINITELY." - Rico the Rat

"Roll negotiation to convince them that rats are 3 nuyen a piece." - ob

"It's one rat, Austin, what could it cost, 3 nuyen?" - Moth

"Uh... Great doing business with you? Y'all have a good one." - Southpaw "A good wh - " - Steven getting hung up on STEVEN: A good what? SOUTHPAW: A good day. STEVEN: What is even a day? We do not have days here. SOUTHPAW: I mean, a good time doing... Whatever you're doing. STEVEN: Ah. Yes.

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

Moth

Moth here! This was my 34th run. This was a good team. Thoughtful planners. I'd be glad to work with any of them again. We were really scratching our heads trying to figure out how we could lure him safely out of that well fortified building when we came up with the lure him out with rat-on-a-stick plan. Thank goodness for Mendacius' mind magic. It worked like a charm! Once he was craving the roasted rat, he came right on out to the food truck. Honestly, I did just fine selling those rat-on-a-stick, even at my best-guess prices. Plenty of foot traffic. Imagine if I'd made one of my baked desserts, or something else truly delicious! I am really thinking how food trucks could be helpful on future runs. It's a great way to get close to a building to stake it out. It's a great way to have disguised team members standing right there - just being in line. You can listen to the conversation of the people in line, or befriend them. You could even do something like a stripper coffee booth if you wanted to really really befriend someone who worked in the building. Plus, I really enjoy cooking and baking! Maybe I will save up for a food truck of my own. Ares makes a Chuck Wagon that would be perfect for it.