The Steps Are Paved With Good Intentions

The Steps Are Paved With Good Intentions
Part of Nanomachines, Son
Date 2080-12-18 GM Darklordiablo Location Seattle
Belligerents
Frag Face Marionette Purkinje Spider Trash Panda	SpinGlobal
Casualties and losses
	Countless employees and security personnel

Summary

A bunch of crazy people decide to challenge SpinGlobal to a battle of the bands to distract them from protecting a prototype nanocybernetic component.

Background

The Order of the Delayed Calamity has been researching ways to combat the Null Council. They've made a breakthrough recently, discovering that a prototype null monad cyborg is in production. One of the required parts is in a nanotech production plant owned by SpinGlobal. They hire a team of runners to either destroy or capture it.

The Meet

The team meets with the Order's liaison, who explains the situation. He gives information about the component, noting that it is contained in a 1 x 1 x 2 meter crate and is scheduled to be shipped off in two days. He says there is a bonus for capturing it instead of destroying it, in order to learn what the Null Council is doing.

Legwork

Spider and Purkinje spend some time researching the facility and learn that there is a massive sonic defense mechanism that will trigger if an ultrasonic proximity sensor is triggered. They also find that there are secret basement levels not included in the public plans, and these levels are heavily secured.

The Plan

After giving it some thought, Purkinje has the dumbest idea she's ever had: challenging SpinGlobal to a battle of the bands in order to distract their Combat DJs so the rest of the team can go in with lighter resistance. She runs Galatea's percussionist autosoft, and Marionette runs a performance activesoft on his skillwires. In the meantime, the team starts calling in favors from their contacts to get an impromptu stage and sound setup to be delivered. They manage to get a junkyard owner to provide what they need, though it's grungy. Trash Panda casts Fashion on their armor to make it look more like a post-apocalyptic stage outfit. They were ready for their nonsense.

Rewards

• 15,000¥ client payment
• 5,000¥ in tips
• 4 Karma
• 1 Street Cred
• A SpinGlobal Rising Star Synthstrument (Internal)
• +1 Faction Rep (Order of the Delayed Calamity)
• +1 Faction Rep (SpinGlobal)
• 1 Public Awareness (Purkinje & Marionette)
• 2 CDP