Bug Out Bag
| Bug Out Bag | |||||||||
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| Factions Involved | |||||||||
| ShadowHaven | The Skraacha | ||||||||
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Winter FedUp Pell Apex |
Skraacha Adept Skraacha Druid Skraacha StreetSam Skraacha Technomancer | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| None | None | ||||||||
Summary
A run in the Orcish Underground to save the insect Surge and talismonger Elias Wendell, after his lair was discovered by the Skraacha. The runners Winter, Apex, Pell, and Fed Up were recruited by Bianka Dreschler to extract Wendell, who the Skraacha believed to be an insect host, before he was exterminated. Through a combination of social skills and spirit searches, the team were able to make it past the Skraacha's cordon and enter Elias's hideaway. Pell convinced the old bug to leave his home as Fed Up and Apex negotiated with the OpFor, eventually resolving the situation without bloodshed. The team smuggled Elias to Dreschler's Sonomish safehouse, where they received payment for a job well done.
Background
The talismonger Elias Wendell had been living in the OU his entire life, and he wasn't about to let one little SURGE change that. Sure, his new insectoid features meant that most people would attack him on sight, but goddamnit the OU was where he lived. For two decades he practiced his craft, holed up in an abandoned tunnel, only ever visited by a select few. Recently, though, he received an unexpected guest: a street urchin exploring for new scavenging spots. He came upon Wendell and ran off, reporting his existence to the Skraacha. Wendell, in a panic, called his friend and customer Bianka Dreschler, who organized a run to save him from the inevitable insect killing strike team.
The Meet
The meet was extremely short notice, with each runner only being given ten minutes to accept the job and prepare. Fed Up finished his coffee, Apex closed out his search tabs, Pell paused her conversation with Ghaz, and Winter took a break from ruining rich peoples' dining experiences. As they jumped into the matrix, they were led to a small destination host containing a sunny matrix cafe. Dreschler and her decker associate Ooze awaited them; their personas taking the form of a humanoid Jackalope, and an Orcish rockstar ever-with shifting corpse paint.
Dreschler hurriedly explained the situation and laid out the requirements for the job. The team were to get in and extract Wendell, willing or not, from his home before the Skraacha strike team arrived. Wendell was determined to resolve the situation without leaving his home, and could be incredibly stubborn. The use of force was permitted, but not if it resulted in lasting injuries. As the run was taking place in a civilian area, collateral damage was to be avoided at all costs. When the extraction was complete the team were to bring Wendell to a safehouse in Sonomish, where they would receive their payment. Payment was agreed on at 12k nuyen each, with the possibility for future collaborations.
The Plan
As the team dropped into AR, they began planning over DNI. Fed Up was struck with inspiration, and decided to call up a contact to find some Deepweed. When that failed, they got Winter to bully the Lonestar officer Chet Hughes into stealing them some from the evidence locker. Fed Up's plan was to "smoke out the Skraacha", forcing them to astrally perceive and see that Wendell was not a bug spirit. As the team met up to begin executing their plan, Winter summoned a beast spirit to search for Wendell. By the time the team had talked their way out of a Skraacha shakedown, the spirit had found their target.
The team traveled to their target, with FedUp fast talking his way past the Skraacha's cordon.