A Trip to the Petting Zoo
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ShadowHaven Kyra Samaras | Shiawase | ||||||||
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Sweetie Sinful Spider Six of Hearts Absolute Zero Strobe Ty Vallynn | Security Forces | ||||||||
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Summary
Runners are asked by Kyra Samaras to steal paracritters from a Shiawase lab. While they succeed, they discover dark secrets within.
Background
Kyra Samaras, through contacts and intelligence networks in her corporation, received word that a shipment of paracritters were shipped to a Shiawase biotechnology lab in Tacoma. While details were sparse, she had managed to confirm that animals were shipped in the building in cages, but were never shipped out. Assuming they were still alive, they remained within. Kyra, lacking magical animals and wanting to gain some, decided to gather together a runner team to steal them for her.
The Meet
The team was invited to a late night coffee shop and greeted with baked goods and coffee waiting for them. Kyra Samaras, cheery as ever, welcomed the team in and started discussing the job, telling them about the site and the animals she wanted. She didn't have the most complete information, just what had been passed to her, but she was reasonably sure that the animals were there. She also promised that she was only going to do ethical observation and experiments. The animals would have a nice life. After negotiating for pay and gear, the team agreed to the job
Sweetie, enamored with Kyra, continued her long term simping, trying to impress the J, bringing her churros promised in another run and hanging on her every word. Unfortunately, other members of the team noticed, and quickly tried to show her up. Sad, but still trying, she tried to pretend to be smart and sciencey. She managed to fake knowledge about insect spirits, conning her way through a academic conversation between Spider and Kyra. This didn't quite fill the emotional hole though, but as she left, Kyra said it was nice to see Sweetie again, heading out with a smile.
The Plan
The team started by doing research on the facility. A relatively unassuming single story building, it had been in operation for the last 7 years, its research focusing in biotechnology, longevity and gene treatments, as well as a multitude of other smaller projects. The animals seemed to be a new addition to the facility. While the building had shipments to it in the past, delivering unknown goods, there never was much evidence for paracritters, until now.
Heading into their host, Spider decided to look around to check out the security and to look for valuable files. First sneaking through the server, and then later very much not sneaking through the server, Spider got her hands on the animal manifest, telling them what they'd find within, the floor plan of the building, and finally the worker schedules. Having beaten up the spider, but still dodging IC, she finished her trip out by Nukeing From Orbit the manifest and the schedule. Taking their information of it away, but at the same time alerting them that people were interested in those files, she left.
Looking at the data, the team found out what paracritters lurked within. There was one spidermoose, a nest of void wasps, a hellcow, and a collection of radhounds. While dangerous animals, Spider noticed that the security had ways of securing them, mainly neuro-stun dispensers. By perhaps using those, they would only have to load them into cages and drive them out.
The Run
Deciding to try a social infiltration, the team watched the building and saw that the guards entered and left in Shiawase branded full body armor. Studying them, they all secured FBA and over a few days modified them to look like the Shiawase version. At this point, Sweetie called the director of the facility, pretending to be his superior.
Selling the con, initially, she found that the facility had remade their deleted schedule, using printed copies to avoid further tampering. Apparently a standard protocol following host intrusions like had happened, they were trying to stay vigilant for runner infiltration. Sweetie, trying to make the schedule get changed anyway, tried to apply pressure implying it had somehow been altered. While it almost worked, the evidence was stacked enough against her that the supervisor decided that something was up. As the man hung up on her, the team realized their plan might have to be altered.
Deciding to attack while they still were at least somewhat unprepared, the team assaulted the facility. The place was well staffed, but the team slowly managed to fight their way through the waves of security guards.
Aftermath
Rewards
22,000 Nuyen - (44k in Drones/Ware, Betaware or lower.)
5 Karma
2 CDP
Optional Contact: Kyra Samaras as a 5/3
Sweetie: +1 Loyalty on Kyra
Swerve: Received 6 somewhat starved and very traumatized vampires and banshees
Also Sweetie got a date
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Ty's first run where he was specifically shot at. Danger was a little too close for comfort, and he realized that certain spells have certain uses and not everything can be applied to every situation. And a good gun always works. But it was a learning experience, and he has since applied those lessons. Well, mostly. He tries not to stand out in the middle of a loading dock when he is surrounded anymore.