Old is Good... Old is Reliable...

Old is Good... Old is Reliable...
Date 2083-11-17 GM Zerre Location Fort Louis Status Threat Level: Deadly
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven N-51	Major Corp
Ryan Danes Scrappenny Plaguemaster Katherine Tyler	Character1 Character2

The Meet

The meet was held in an air club in (PART OF TOWN). As the runners entered the location, they were met with a surprisingly empty building, save for a gentleman with a friendly smile and a warm cup of coffee. After formalities were out of the way, he got down to business. According to Johnson, he was a man interested in getting access to a plane, though, didn't trust most of the current technology of the modern age, no matrix, no fancy rigger interfaces, no ultra-expensive parts and sensors to replace every five minutes! A plane that fit that sort of bill happened to be in town at the current moment, currently on display at an airfield, still fully functional. Johnson explained the vehicle was an A-1 Skyraider, an ancient, Vietnam war-era Close Air Support plane, lacking every last modern luxury, even without a nav computer!

Due to the nature of the plane being a display piece, it was highly likely the plane would be transferred to a new location soon, so the runners would be on a time crunch. Scrappenny proudly explained that she was a confident manual flyer, something Johnson was rather glad to accept, as it prevented his original plan of having to put himself into the line of fire in the first place. Going into further detail, apparently, due to the location of the plane as well as the owner being a private, but wealthy, individual, it would be highly unlikely that any proper military or law-enforcement would interfere with the aircraft once it got into the air, so the run would be a race to get into the sky before security can interfere with the hijacking.

Passing a transponder to Scrappenny, Johnson followed up by explaining that it was pre-programmed to seem legitimate, and under his name, avoiding the possibility of being intercepted by aircraft following the target's installed transponder. Scrappenny followed off, pointing out a few nearby smuggling routes, explaining that they would have to avoid following them in order to prevent themselves from drawing attention.

The Plan

Discussing the plane in particular, the first problem was obvious, the engine on this vehicle was LOUD, as a manually flown prop-propeller aircraft, it didn't exactly lend itself to subtlety. Scrappenny mentioned a contact they knew which could cause enough of a distraction to disguise the sound of the plane starting up. The plan was to get Alexander James Brodrick Johnson III to host a massive party at the airfield under the false-pretense that he was running a charity event for PR purposes, though, considering the time the meet had been held, the runners would have to wait to get a hold of the party animal himself.

Offering to go after the host in the meantime, M3chan1c decided to drop into the matrix. According to a matrix search, apparently the location was filled with antique aircraft as the club which owned it was rather passionate about historic planes, with the skyraider specifically mentioned on the schedule. Additionally, the group had an active contract with Knight Errant, giving them exclusive access to higher-tier security services. Additionally, it appeared that the company was in need of more mechanics as of recent for the aircraft. M3chan1c's dive into the host didn't really provide most, being a public host, everything was sort of on display for him to look through, the aircraft list, the dates when the planes would be moved from location to location, showing that the skyraider would be moved away in a single day, making this run a time-sensitive endeavor. After copying a list of the major members of the club, he frustratedly dropped out of the matrix without many new leads.

Scrappenny eventually managed to get a hold of Brody, the party boy, after a bit of coaxing and an offer of supplying his nova-coke usage throughout the event, he was in, promising to be there and bring all of his trademark energy. As the call ended, M3chan1c got to work, disguising a set of coveralls from Scrappenny and crafting fake patches and logos to match the airfield worker's decals. Digging deeper into planning, it was determined that Scrappenny, Kate, and Plaguemaster would be going inside, with M3chan1c providing matrix support to the party while Kate and Plaguemaster performed the groundwork, helping Scrappenny get into the plane to fly it off as the other runners make for M3chan1c's van parked outside to escape into the night after dumping the transponder.

Rewards

20k nuyen or twice as spare part for modification of vehicle. (10 RVP)

10 Karma (10 RVP)

2 CDP

Optional :

For Kate : Ronin (10 RVP)

For Scrappenny : Juryrigger (10 RVP)

Count as an initiation for the Goblin cause he set an hangar on fire

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.