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==Background==
==Background==
A Horizon influencer is whipping up the dwarves of the Underground, preparing for what looks like a race riot between them and the ork population. A concerned citizen with connections to Mothers of Metahumans hires a team of runners to social engineer the problem away.
During a job to extract a prototype insect spirit conversion artifact, the team found their target stolen by a different team of ShadowHaven runners before they got to it. A chase ensued, and the enemy team crashed their car on a major highway, destroying the stabilizing container without much time remaining before it went off in the middle of downtown.
==Meet==
==Meet==
Meeting at an old-fashioned barbecue restaurant, the team discusses the job with the Johnson. The Johnson brings them up to speed on the situation about the Horizon influencer, a dwarf named Jenda Kantor. Kantor has a sizable following of viewers on his streams, in which he goes on novacoke-fueled, conspiracy-laden rants about how orks are trying to kick the dwarves out of the Underground. The Johnson is concerned this is leading to an imminent riot between the metahuman populations of the Underground, and he wants the situation resolved. This means Kantor cannot be made into a martyr. The team considers their options.
The team tried to reason with the other runners by explaining that they had a fridge that would stabilize the prototype, but they were on drugs that were making them paranoid, and they wouldn't listen. The posturing intensified until a fight over the prototype broke out in the middle of the street.
==Run==
==Run==
The team decides to make it seem like Kantor is in the pocket of a racist policlub. Rather than going for Humanis, who have some measure of respectability, they decide to target the Hand of Five, whose presence isn't entirely public knowledge and who are universally hated for their role in the Night of Rage. With the help of Decoy's agent, Quickdraw and Purkinje locate the secret Hand of Five host and hack their way inside. They manage to avoid being spotted by the patrol IC before finding a list of contacts and burner numbers. After editing the file to include Kantor as an asset, they make a copy and search for any info the Hand might have about him. Sure enough, they had compiled a list of blackmail material. They copy this file, then leave the host and trace the commlinks on the list to dox the Hand of Five members they could locate, including their leader. Quickdraw leaves his signature inside the host, and the Hand quickly figures out they've been doxxed by hackers. They are able to figure out Quickdraw is involved, but Purkinje and Decoy remain anonymous.
Both teams tried to go nonlethal as a professional courtesy, or at least use the lethal rounds they had loaded in ways that didn't harm directly. Shade didn't get the memo, however, and sniped Vanguard through the chest, killing him instantly. The conflict escalated from there, resulting in no pulled punches. Access Revoked photographed Tanuki's car and sent a tip to Knight-Errant, causing Purkinje to hack into the Knight-Errant host and erase the file. Tanuki managed to pick up Blue Streak, who was outside of the van, and get the prototype stabilized. Usagi, Hunter, Shade and Blue Streak then provided suppressing fire and targeted disabling shots with nonlethal rounds until they were able to escape.


The mixture of real and engineered documents on Kantor and the Hand of Five incites a riot, but not the kind he was anticipating. After some stirring words from Prayer and Slayer, angry Underground dwarves storm up to his studio, where Horizon has kicked him out, throwing him to the wolves. Slayer beheads him with a battle axe stroke in the midst of the crowd. Together, the team speaks about metahuman solidarity, and how the Hand of Five and other such policlubs cannot be allowed to separate them.
Seeing Knight-Errant closing in on the mostly unconscious enemy runner team, Purkinje hacked the Knight-Errant host she was in to plant false information that would exonerate them (or at least obstruct investigation until someone else could manage it.)
==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
News of the Hand of Five's return becomes more available to the public, and the leaked documents are given to organizations that would be interested in taking them down, such as Mothers of Metahumans and ShadowHaven. Among the leaks are references to a planned assault on metahuman communities on the next anniversary of the Night of Rage, though the details are said to be kept in a secret security node deeper inside the host.
The Johnson was satisfied with the team's performance, though the runners were extremely upset. Vanguard was taken to a doctor, but his fate remains unknown.
==Rewards==
==Rewards==


*10,000¥
*20,000¥
*11 karma or equivalent of a contact from the dwarf community in the Underground
*2 Karma
*-2 faction rep with Hand of Five for Quickdraw


==Player After-Action Reports==
==Player After-Action Reports==


=== Purkinje's Report ===
===Purkinje's Report===
I describe myself as a "social engineer" in my runner profile on ShadowHaven, but it's only so often I actually get to do some deep social engineering work. Manipulating perception is my skillset, and causing problems for racists is my passion. This job was peanut butter and chocolate for me. A delicious Reese's Cup of a run. Harsh execution at the end there, but I'm not gonna shed tears for someone who was trying to get the dwarves and orks to do that to one another en masse. One less tool for racists. Plus the Hand of Five are in some choppy waters now, so that's neat. A decisive victory.<br />
This one was scary. I've never had to go up against a team of runners before, and when drek hit the fan and their street sam took a sniper round through the chest, I knew we were in for a bad time. Access Revoked was clever, making me run off into the KE host like that. It was a risky maneuver, and after seeing how things escalated, I decided it best to help them out. A wergild, as Usagi put it. I hope Vanguard lives.
 
'''Tanuki's Report:'''
 
That in many ways, was something that could of been relatively simple, messed up by a lack of communication. Vanguard didn't have to be hospitalized, if everyone knew that you didn't go hard against other runners. We wouldn't have to at least dodge a missile, if that hadn't happened. We were good enough today, but I don't know, we could of been a crater with a bug infestation bomb if we weren't good enough/lucky enough. That's really all I have to say.<br />
 
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 3 April 2020

A Shadowrun Based on Hot Night Crash by Sahara Hotnights
Date2080-29-10
GMDrburst
LocationSeattle
Result The player runners extracted the prototype for their client.
Factions Involved
Blue Streak
C-Unit 537 - Hunter
Purkinje
Shade (Iriodin)
Tanuki
Usagi
Access Revoked
Misinformation
Strange
Sunset Overdrive
Thrust Bearing
Vanguard
Casualties and losses
None Vanguard mortally wounded, fate unknown.

Background

During a job to extract a prototype insect spirit conversion artifact, the team found their target stolen by a different team of ShadowHaven runners before they got to it. A chase ensued, and the enemy team crashed their car on a major highway, destroying the stabilizing container without much time remaining before it went off in the middle of downtown.

Meet

The team tried to reason with the other runners by explaining that they had a fridge that would stabilize the prototype, but they were on drugs that were making them paranoid, and they wouldn't listen. The posturing intensified until a fight over the prototype broke out in the middle of the street.

Run

Both teams tried to go nonlethal as a professional courtesy, or at least use the lethal rounds they had loaded in ways that didn't harm directly. Shade didn't get the memo, however, and sniped Vanguard through the chest, killing him instantly. The conflict escalated from there, resulting in no pulled punches. Access Revoked photographed Tanuki's car and sent a tip to Knight-Errant, causing Purkinje to hack into the Knight-Errant host and erase the file. Tanuki managed to pick up Blue Streak, who was outside of the van, and get the prototype stabilized. Usagi, Hunter, Shade and Blue Streak then provided suppressing fire and targeted disabling shots with nonlethal rounds until they were able to escape.

Seeing Knight-Errant closing in on the mostly unconscious enemy runner team, Purkinje hacked the Knight-Errant host she was in to plant false information that would exonerate them (or at least obstruct investigation until someone else could manage it.)

Aftermath

The Johnson was satisfied with the team's performance, though the runners were extremely upset. Vanguard was taken to a doctor, but his fate remains unknown.

Rewards

  • 20,000¥
  • 2 Karma

Player After-Action Reports

Purkinje's Report

This one was scary. I've never had to go up against a team of runners before, and when drek hit the fan and their street sam took a sniper round through the chest, I knew we were in for a bad time. Access Revoked was clever, making me run off into the KE host like that. It was a risky maneuver, and after seeing how things escalated, I decided it best to help them out. A wergild, as Usagi put it. I hope Vanguard lives.

Tanuki's Report:

That in many ways, was something that could of been relatively simple, messed up by a lack of communication. Vanguard didn't have to be hospitalized, if everyone knew that you didn't go hard against other runners. We wouldn't have to at least dodge a missile, if that hadn't happened. We were good enough today, but I don't know, we could of been a crater with a bug infestation bomb if we weren't good enough/lucky enough. That's really all I have to say.