We Got Ourselves A Convoy!
| We Got Ourselves A Convoy! | |||||||||
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ShadowHaven EVO | Shiawase | ||||||||
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[[SignificantNPC::Rewired]] [[SignificantNPC::Delphi]] [[SignificantNPC::Frostbite]] [[SignificantNPC::Nogitsune]] [[SignificantNPC::Skimmer]] |
Corpsec Corpsec Decker | ||||||||
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Summary
The runners kidnap a prototype transhuman from Shiawase and deliver it to an unpleasant Russian lady working for EVO.
Background
Several weeks ago, Shiawase's biotech division in Calfree created a prototype transhuman, with the purpose of creating a solider who suffered no ill effects from drugs or toxins. This test subject, Shiwase Asset(SWA)-D473 was able to process several intense cocktails of drugs with no negative side effects, while still benefitting from their benefits. Augmenting D473's genes in order to tie the extra organs created within the body to their genetic code, Shiawase wanted to send D473 to Japan in order to show the main office their success, but the cocktails required to keep D473 stable while travelling have to be kept at a specific temperature, pressure and must be changed out every hour. To this end, Shiawase decided to send a guarded convoy to Everett where Dr. Souma Haruko would be waiting with cases of D473's cocktail, allowing Shiawase to send a ship to Japan without endangering their asset. One of Shiwase's drivers for this convoy, Trent Burslow, is a former Vory member and works as a mole for Irena Tachikov. Informing Irena about the convoy, she dug up the details of Shiawase's discovery and acted fast to hire some deniable assets.
The Meet
Irena Tachikov, using her username AcqCented to contact the runners, invited them to "The Stained Sickle", a Vory bar in Tacoma. Nogitsune is feasting on the corpse of a ganger he killed to slake his fox bloodthirst, narrowly avoiding a concerned citizen's call to Animal Control, Delphi calls up Clyde in order to get to the meet, but is held up by Animal Control sweeping through the area looking into animal attacks. Frostbite is standing outside a warehouse where he had previously seen Bug Spirits within, including attracting the ire of a stray dog. Skimmer makes his way back from his spiritual teachings and Rewired actively ignored his neighbor and did some due diligence in looking up information about AcqCented. It turns out she's a known Johnson with Corporate ties, and she's been pretty active in hiring runners over the past six months.
Eventually making it to The Stained Sickle, the runners are directed to a simple capsule booth equipped with soundproofing and a white noise generator, Irena explains that Shiawase is transporting an asset along the I-5 highway. She wants the runners to ambush the truck and get the asset to her at a port in Downtown Seattle where she'll have a ship waiting. Irena promises the group 14k nuyen for the job done, including leaving the truck drivers alive (She wants to keep Burslow alive but undiscovered), and keeping D473 alive and unharmed. Delphi negotiates up to 18k as well as getting the information that D473 is technically a living metahuman. Irena also showed interest in Frostbite, due to his unique look and how heavily 'wared he is.
The Plan
Dismissed by Irena, the runners head back to to Skimmer's apartment in Tacoma and start doing their legwork. Delphi and Rewired begin to hunt down information on the Matrix for any indication of Shiawase was doing. With the info provided by Irena, the runners found the plotted course of the convoy, and found a spot in Tacoma where security would be lowest. They also discovered that Shiawase had paid off the highway authority and were able to have sections of the I-5 declared as "under construction" to keep it clear of any other traffic, ensuring that they were able to reach Everett before the drug cocktail ran dry and D473 began to destabilize. Frostbite went to Tacoma to scout out the I-5 and found a favorable position next to a smoke stack. Frostbite set up a sniper's nest and attempted to get spike traps, though his contact couldn't find it. Nogitsune also tried to find spike traps, but it would have taken too long in order to get them. Finally Delphi called up Clyde and went to the crime mall to buy some spike traps.
Coming up with a plan to box in the convoy from the front and back, and blow out the engine blocks of the two Shiawase corpsec vehicles before stealing the truck and taking it into a smuggling route that Nogitsune recalled. With the plan set, the crew headed for the I-5 in order to execute it.
The Run
Nogitsune drives stealthfully along the I-5 trying not to be spotted by the Shiawase convoy as it approaches the Tacoma turn where the plan was set to go in motion. Skimmer and Nogitsune shoot open the engine block of the head car, causing it to crash and killing a Dwarf Decker who was riding with Corpsec, at the same time, Frostbite used his sniper rifle to blow the engine block out of the rearmost car, causing it to crash and severely injuring all the corpsec members inside. While the wrecked CorpSec attempted to defend their charge, they were in no shape to resist the shadowrunners as they moved up and intimidated the drivers into getting out of the truck and giving them the keys. The runners scrambled, with Nogitsune behind the wheel of the truck, with Rewired and Delphi going into the back where they found SWA-D473 in a chair with autoinjectors pumping their drug cocktail into their body.
During the drive, Delphi assenses the transhuman and finds a barely-there aura as well as the multiple organs that are within the figure. Understanding that D473 is some sort of Shiawase experiment there's a short discussion about handing them over to the Johnson, as Delphi recognizes the beginnings of sentience within the transhuman. The runners emerge from the smuggling tunnels and hear Knight-Errant heading down the I-5 to respond to the news that there has been a car accident on a road supposedly under construction. The drive is smooth over to the pier where several figures are loading shipping containers onto a large ship. Peering at one of the containers, Delphi clocks the container as holding an EVO tag.
Aftermath
Irena pays the runners their promised Nuyen, though along with the payment, sends an address to Frostbite. She sends him to an EVO friendly streetdoc in Tacoma who offers Frostbite a prototype EVO synthetic modular arm. Delphi goes back to her apartment in Puyallup and does a reading thanks to being pushed to follow the mystery of SWA-D473 by her Oracle mentor spirit. Gazing into her crystal ball, Delphi sees a facility in a snowy hellscape, where figures are marching out, claiming "We are EVO Asset D473."
Rewards
- 2 CDP
- 3 Karma (3 RVP)
- 18000 Nuyen (9 RVP)
- Optional Contact: Irena Tachikov (6/1) EVO Aquisition Expert (6 RVP)
- Optional For Frostbite: Synthetic Full Arm, Modular (6 RVP)