Shimmer Shiny Sea
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Summary
A mysterious corporate Johnson representing Proteus AG hired the runners to discover the location of a data chip containing stolen research from one of its underwater research arkoblocks. The information was being auctioned off at a soirée in Downtown Seattle. The runners infiltrated the party, systematically eliminated their bidding competition, and purchased the information on behalf of their corporate employer.
Background
Situated deep underwater, Proteus AG's research arkoblocks cannot rely on the matrix for backups. Instead they save copies of their research on data chips which are transported to the surface and stored off-site. During one such transfer, a chip containing highly sensitive data was stolen.
The Meet
The runners were sent the coordinates of a downtown Seattle nightclub. Upon arriving at the location, an ARO (shaped like an arrow) pointed them further into the depths of the building. They were led down increasingly secluded hallways and staircases until finally arriving at a nondescript door. With some hesitation, the team opened the door and entered the room beyond.
The Johnson seated in the room beyond was sharply dressed in typical corporate attire. He represented Proteus AG, an AA megacorporation known for their (sometimes fringe) work in biotechnology, marine, and aerospace research. A datachip containing highly important and sensitive information had been stolen from one of their undersea facilities, and rumors about its sale had surfaced on the black market scene. The Johnson had information about the woman currently in possession of the datachip, and was looking to hire the runners to infiltrate a fancy dress party being thrown by her that Saturday night and obtain the chip’s current location for the corp’s retrieval team. He refused to give any details on the data itself.
John Brown negotiated a 22,000¥ fee along with transportation and operational costs for the run, after which the runners agreed to take the job.
The Plan
The meet over, the team retired to a more private location to plan. Jenny Glitz put her deck to good use scouring the matrix for information related to the party, the hostess, and the guest list. After extensive trolling of the informational depths, the team had dredged up the following: the party was a front for auctioning off the stolen chip. There were primarily six guests who would be bidding for the information: Carissa Walsh, an awakened Halloweener with a Bliss addiction and a love of pyromancy; James Bentley, party boy ex-CEO of the now defunct [INSERT CORP HERE] (an unrated megacorp that had been forced out of business by Proteus AG); Elliot Pollard, trust fund recipient and avid partier; Anastas Sokolov, a Vory bruiser with a penchant for prostitutes and combat stims; and Mui Fang and Yaw Fa, members of the Yellow Lotus Triad and overseers of a Triad warehouse downtown.
The objective was simple enough: get party hostess and auctioneer Cecilia Garza to tell the runners where the data chip was hidden. Several ideas were considered, mostly involving some sort of con or interrogation, but they finally settled upon the idea of simply winning the auction. They contacted the Johnson, who agreed to provide funds for bidding, but was only willing to pay a limited amount. It was therefore up to the runners to ensure that bidding on the item did not
The Run
COMING SOON!
Aftermath
The runners contacted Mr. Johnson by means of the provided burner phone and gave him the location of the stolen datachip. After confirmation, the agreed upon funds were transferred by escrow into the runners’ personal accounts.
Rewards
- 22,000 Nuyen
- 3 Karma
- 2 CDP
- 1 Drug of Choice (Under Availability 10)