The Quest for Tomatoes
| The Quest for Tomatoes | ||||||||||
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| Part of The Burning Star of Redmond | ||||||||||
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ShadowHaven Followers of the Light Erica Clements | Private Security | Rusted Stilettos | ||||||||
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Mortis Heart of the Tempest Al-Ahmar |
Character1 Character2 | Gang Members | ||||||||
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| The gang members. Their rides. | ||||||||||
Summary
The runners steal a hydroponics control console and gift it to a toxic cult. They're going to give free food to the needy. It's fine.
Background
The Followers of the Light have ways of obtaining food, but, being in the heart of Glow City, there tends to not be much variety. One member of the cult wants to change this. Hydroponics allows people in poor soil conditions to grow food year round. To grow food at a scale big enough to support the community though, industrial equipment would be needed.
The Meet
Given that Erica was stuck in Glow City, she set up the meet over a matrix group call. The team entered and were presented with the mission. They had to steal a control console from a hydroponics farm in Snohomish and then deliver it to Glow City. For doing this, each runner would be paid 10k nuyen. The J said that the security on site should be light, though there could potentially be complications on the return trip. She made unspecified references to gang wars happening in Glow City, referencing clashes between the Followers and the Stilettos. Hiding her affiliation though, she didn't elaborate.
The runners didn't question much.
Erica said that fighting had died down, and that there should be a safeish route inside, but that the risk was there.
Eventually, the runners all agreed to the mission.
Getting the Console
The farm that the control module was located in was primarily automated, and the defenses matched that. Light drone security patrolled the skies and land around the covered farms.
Deciding to try avoiding violence, the team began to prepare a "legitimate" reason to walk off with the module. Hacking the farm's host, Janet manages to wirelessly deactivate the hydronponics system.
Adding in some forged credentials, the team walks in as "repair staff". Unfortunately, the repairs require them to move it to the main shop. :((
They'll have to remove it for a bit. :(((
The few non-drone staff on site go along with it, and the team walks home free! Mission accomplished!
The Run
Aftermath
Rewards
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Al-Ahmar
I can't believe those forgeries went through without a hitch. I gotta admit, when you're making forged docs, turning folks away by pretending to be their boss, hack entire hosts to do what you want and improvise shut-offs on programs you have no idea of how they work? I feel like a fraggin' mastermind with pushed up glasses and Gendo poses. Am I becoming the typical decker slitch?!