Great Artists Steal
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ShadowHaven Nuyen Press | Aoi Bungaku | ||||||||
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Delphi Fennec Signal | g01bez and 0-MUS | ||||||||
Summary
(AAR CURRENTLY A WIP)
A very green and very nervous Johnson puts out feelers in the shadows for data security specialists. Three runners answer the call, and learn his company, Nuyen Press, has a problem with copycat publishers and leaked manuscripts putting their work out online before the publication date, chewing into profits and leaving an already slim-margins business on the edge of bankruptcy. Johnson offers money from his own CEO pay to fund the runners to make the problem go away- non-lethally, of course.
The runners scope out the host and the physical location of Nuyen Press, and Fennec aptly likens it to "a screen door on a submarine." After some skulking around and some digging online, the runners eliminate a social vector as a potential weakpoint due to his employees' loyalty, and decide that this must be an outside job. After finding a stealth tag and tracing it back to opfor hackers g01bez and 0-MUS, the team work together to net Signal marks on his device, where they deftly steal away an encrypted file and disarm its data bomb. After being spotted however, a brief fight ensues, which Delphi dominates with a smartly placed program.
After negotiations with opfor, the opposing squads reach an understanding. Having been clearly outmatched, g01bez and 0-MUS agree to most of their demands, spread the word that Nuyen is off-limits due to new and very competent spiders, and allow the team to part with the relevant evidence of tampering on amicable terms, though refuse to sign a mark of authenticity. Defeat is honorable, betrayal is not.
After returning evidence to an extremely grateful Johnson, as well as the name and commdat of a competent lawyer (Liam Montgomery) and some detailed security advice, the team is paid and all is well.
Background
The Meet
The Plan
The Run
Aftermath
Rewards
Difficulty: Medium (12 RVP)
6k Nuyen (3 RVP)
4k Nuyen (Negotiation Bonus)
7 Karma (7 RVP)
4 CDP (2 RVP)
2 CDP Base
Optional:
Delphi: Instinctive Hack (2 RVP)
g01bez and 0-MUS (2/1) (2 RVP)
Brady Franco (3/3) (5 RVP)
Signed Limited Edition Print Run of "Reality Got More Real! I'm an AI But I Got Isekai'd Into a Fantasy World Without RPG Mechanics!?: Vols. 1-10 Omnibus Edition" by Waverly Bell (0 RVP)