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Summary
The runners are hired by a mechanic for a promotional street race in the track next to his chop shop, colloquially known as the Landfill.
Background
Greasy Eddie is a sort of celebrity in Everett, both because his undeniable talent in anything related to vehicles, and for the legendary parties he throws from time to time. No pretentious music, nor other high society drek, Eddie's parties are based around 2 things and two things only: shared access to the communal grills, and getting to watch the best pilots the sprawl has to offer competing down in the track, and people wouldn't have it any other way.
The Meet
The runners are contacted by their fixers as usual, and all of them make extremely clear that the pay is almost non existent for this job. It is however a great occasion to have fun and test your skill against equal opponents, so all accept to give it a go. Once at the place, Greasy Eddie swings by and greets all the runners personally, chit chatting about their vehicles and offfering a beer if they so desire, and then leaves them to the race
The Plan
The team decided to meet in meatspace to discuss the details, more specifically at a cat cafe suggested by Strobe. There they discussed on what could be considered a "career killer" within one of the azzie aligned corporations, which are known for their unethical practices. Lambda, after a deep Matrix search, discovered that the target has both a severe addiction to red mescaline, and has some sort of ties with Tlaloc, a known cybermancer. Thanks to Nix's insight on Aztlaneer society and culture, it was deemed enough to ruin her, and it was decided to add a slide to the presentation, with a picture of her talking to this hooded figure that is known to be Tlaloc themself.
The Run
After some digital scouting, Lambda and Trample entered the venue's host, and searched it for hidden sub-hosts, finding one, and then another nested in deeper. Thanks to the fact they were both running silent, they were able to penetrate the defences of Xandra's bodyguard, Titan, and a sprite of his. Once within the deepest layer, Lambda took care of disarming data bombs, decrypting the file itself (revealing that the plan involved turning the archology into a deltaware clinic, specialised in the production of transhumans), editing (to add the photo, as planned), and then putting the encryption (whose password was "Marlboro2004") back in place, while Trample engaged in cybercombat with the technomancer as a red herring, to allow the human decker more leeway to do his thing. After this skirmish, she also made her way inside the deepest host, and took a look to other presentation files, of rivaling companies, specifically Onotari's idea of turning the place into a testing ground for gauss weaponry, and Aztechnology Paranormal division's proposal of turning it into a observation post to better study the many free spirits roaming the area. After the successful host dive, the core of the run was already archieved, but the team decided that attending the convention would have been preferable, to make connections and to interevene directly if something goes south. Strobe had some fun with a trophy husband, Nix found an old wakyambi azzie to leech off for the night, and Trample got to know Axolotl a famous metasapient rights activist.
Aftermath
The presentation was, as forecasted, a disaster, and seeing Xandra so heartbroken moved something within Trample, that decided to counsel her and accompany her back home. The rest of the team got out of there as perfect ghosts, and the J was satisfied by the brilliant execution.
Rewards
- 14k nuyens or double the amount in bioware, Aztechnology brand weaponry or armor
For Strobe
- 14k nuyens or double the amount in bioware, Aztechnology brand weaponry or armor OR 2k nuyens or double the amount in bioware, Aztechnology brand weaponry or armor AND Tlazopilli as a 6/1 contact
For Trample
- 14k nuyens or double the amount in bioware, Aztechnology brand weaponry or armor OR 4k nuyens or double the amount in bioware, Aztechnology brand weaponry or armor AND Axolotl as a 5/1 contact
- Optional contact Xandra Barkirkis as a 5/1