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| combatant1  = Shadowhaven <br> [[HasRunner::Calypso]] <br> [[HasRunner::Dr.Trauma]] <br> [[HasRunner::Setback]] <br> [[HasRunner::Usagi]] <br> [[HasRunner::Wolfheart]]
| combatant1  = Shadowhaven <br> [[hasRunner::Doctor Anubis]] <br> [[hasRunner::Dolos]] <br> [[hasRunner::LazorGrrl]] <br> [[hasRunner::Neko]] <br> [[hasRunner::Setback]]
| combatant2  = Black Magicians
| combatant2  = Omega Dawn
| casualties1 = Setback mortally wounded; made full recovery.
| casualties1 = VIP mortally wounded, made full recovery.
| casualties2 = 11 black magicians killed in action.
| casualties2 = 10 Omega Dawn operatives.
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==Summary==
==Summary==
A recovering BTL addict has gone missing days before Christmas, and a concerned priest hires a team of shadowrunners to ensure she is safe.
A team of Omega Dawn operatives ambush the shadowrunners immediately after they leave a meet for a job to protect a Shiawase exec's mistress. The run begins ''in medias res''.
 
==The Run==
==The Meet==
As soon as the runners pile into their vehicle with the VIP, their rigger gets sniped in the head, killing him instantly. They bring the car to a stop and take a look around, noting that they are flanked by two firing teams of heavily armed black ops soldiers, each team having five members who have taken cover from third-story windows. Setback lays down a base of heavy suppression fire onto one of the fire teams, preventing them from doing much of anything. LazorGrrl dashes out the door and up the stairs of the other building to flank the other team. Dolos flushes out the team LazorGrrl had flanked with a powerful Ball Lightning spell. Doctor Anubis exits the vehicle and takes cover behind it, sniping targets as they pop into view in the windows. Neko begins bricking smartguns.
The team met Rev. Toby Newton in his church in the Redmond barrens. He explained that the church had been providing help to recovering addicts, but one of his parish members by the name of Freda Key had recently disappeared after some worrying conversation about making the neighborhood children happy. The team inquires about her problems, and the Reverend tells them she used to be addicted to dreamchips. He also gives them her address upon request along with a key to her front door. He offers to pay each team member 2,000¥, but the team refuses any pay given the church's poor financial situation.


==The Legwork==
Seeing their situation spiraling out of control, the fire team under suppression responds by throwing a grenade through the car's windshield, at which point the shadowrunners remaining in the car run for their lives, taking the VIP with them. The firing team that Dolos had flushed out dashes downstairs and scatters outside, not finding cover. Setback and LazorGrrl pursue them, dashing out into the open to draw their fire; however, one of them shoots the VIP, who begins bleeding out on the ground. Neko scans some suspicious icons and learns that a decker running Wrapper is present. She bricks their deck before they can cause any trouble. Dolos casts another powerful Ball Lightning spell on the harassed firing team, harming them. Doctor Anubis put away his sniper rifle and switched to a syringe full of a knockout serum.
At Freda Key's home, the team begins examining her living space. Wolfheart examines impressions left in astral space, discerning that Freda had been desperate to please the neighborhood children (and presumably spent a lot of money buying them laser tag supplies), then felt a yearning to use a BTL. Setback and Dr. Trauma rifle through her things to discern that she'd only recently left, within no more than a few days. Setback then remembered that she'd bumped into Freda before at a club in Tarislar, and examining the club's matrix presence showed that it had been exploiting her as a model with racy photos for advertisements. The team also learned that this club was under the control of a circle of Black Magicians, who were using the club's debauchery to generate a background count aspected to their tradition; they planned to increase it even more with a death metal concert that evening. Wolfheart called her fixer [[Briar]], who knew about the club and that it had been drawing power from the Gaeatronics grid that had been powering the Deireadh An Tuarthell, the Tarislar medical center that had stood since the Night of Rage.


==The Plan==
As Setback, LazorGrrl, and Dolos finish off the stragglers, Neko discovers that the suspicious icons were actually wireless-enabled cortex bombs. She disables them so that Doctor Anubis can knock out one of them with his syringe for questioning.
The team decided to fight the background count at the club by killing the mood. Briar agreed to cut its power by having some people unplug its Gaeatronics tap from Tarislar, but only if they managed to kill all of the black magicians so that they wouldn't start anything with the Laesa. Wolfheart happily agreed to this as they were a wound on the land, and the team mostly agreed after how they had treated Freda. She added to the mood-killing by summoning a water spirit from her stone circle to call down a storm on the club. Once the storm had reached its peak, the team would call Briar to have him cut the power, then storm in and assassinate all of the magicians as quickly as possible before extracting Freda.
==The Run==
The storm took an hour and a half to brew, but it picked up nicely. Hail rained down on the club. The team called in Briar's favor, and he came through quickly. Once the power was cut and the mood was soured, the team rushed in. Calypso assassinated their leader, and Usagi shot one of them down. Wolfheart projected inside and commanded the water spirit to fight them, which it did. Setback shot one, but then the remaining lodge members focused fire with manabolts and nearly killed her. She managed to toss a grenade as they took her out, severely injuring them all. Usagi, Calypso, and the water spirit cleaned up quickly. Dr. Trauma tended to Setback's wounds, and Wolfheart called in a spirit of man who knew the Heal spell to recover the rest of her wounds. The rest of the team found the black magicians' lodge and destroyed it.


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
After the threats had been cleaned up, the team found Freda Key alive and unharmed. She was suffering greatly from her addiction. Wolfheart called upon another spirit of man who knew how to alleviate addictions so that she could focus and not experience withdrawal. Despite her clarity, Freda was depressed, not finding the motivation to leave. Wolfheart manifested and spoke to her earnestly, noting that she had spent so much money trying to make the neighborhood children happy. She wanted to help others, but the pain was a lot to deal with. Her words rang true to Freda, but it took her some time to settle down. She soon returned to the Reverend; Usagi extended an offer for him to contact [[Solace]] for more help. He strongly considered it.
Once the opposition is cleared, the team stabilizes the VIP with a trauma patch, then clears up the bodies and sells them to [[Doctor O+]], who was absolutely thrilled. One Omega Dawn operative is kept alive, and after some convincing, he betrays his boss Mano Ringo as having hired the team to take out his mistress so that she wouldn't be alive to provide blackmail material. The team calls Mano Ringo from the operative's commlink. After some tense negotiations, the team gains him as a blackmail contact.


==Rewards==
==Rewards==


*7 Karma
*4,000¥
*New Contact: [[Rev. Toby Newton]], 3 Loyalty
*8 Karma
*New Contact: [[Freda Key]], 2 Loyalty
*New Contact: [[Mano Ringo]], 1 Loyalty (Blackmailed)


==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==


=== Wolfheart ===
===LazorGrrl===
This was not an easy thing to do, but it had to be done. That lodge was an evil, a blight on the land that I minister. I heard the call of Wolf, who taught me that I should not back down. As the wildfire purges the forest so that it can grow healthy again, so did we purge Tarislar of those parasites. True strength does not come from the exploitation of others. Wolf smiles upon me, today.<br />
Damn, I love when runs cut straight to the action! We had a real party this time! Those Omega Dawn slotters threw down hard, but I gave one open-heart surgery, hahaha! Nasty business with the body parts at the end, but meh, that's what you get when you take a job to geek an innocent woman!<br />
 
===Setback===
I'm glad I was able to get everyone on our side out of harm's way safely. This 'Mano Ringo' person will be an excellent source of help for future runs, I'm sure, if he doesn't want us to come after him.
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 28 May 2020

Tragedy to Triumph... That's Fire
Date2080-12-25
GMDrBurst
LocationSeattle
Belligerents
Shadowhaven
Doctor Anubis
Dolos
LazorGrrl
Neko
Setback		 Omega Dawn
Casualties and losses
VIP mortally wounded, made full recovery. 10 Omega Dawn operatives.

Summary

A team of Omega Dawn operatives ambush the shadowrunners immediately after they leave a meet for a job to protect a Shiawase exec's mistress. The run begins in medias res.

The Run

As soon as the runners pile into their vehicle with the VIP, their rigger gets sniped in the head, killing him instantly. They bring the car to a stop and take a look around, noting that they are flanked by two firing teams of heavily armed black ops soldiers, each team having five members who have taken cover from third-story windows. Setback lays down a base of heavy suppression fire onto one of the fire teams, preventing them from doing much of anything. LazorGrrl dashes out the door and up the stairs of the other building to flank the other team. Dolos flushes out the team LazorGrrl had flanked with a powerful Ball Lightning spell. Doctor Anubis exits the vehicle and takes cover behind it, sniping targets as they pop into view in the windows. Neko begins bricking smartguns.

Seeing their situation spiraling out of control, the fire team under suppression responds by throwing a grenade through the car's windshield, at which point the shadowrunners remaining in the car run for their lives, taking the VIP with them. The firing team that Dolos had flushed out dashes downstairs and scatters outside, not finding cover. Setback and LazorGrrl pursue them, dashing out into the open to draw their fire; however, one of them shoots the VIP, who begins bleeding out on the ground. Neko scans some suspicious icons and learns that a decker running Wrapper is present. She bricks their deck before they can cause any trouble. Dolos casts another powerful Ball Lightning spell on the harassed firing team, harming them. Doctor Anubis put away his sniper rifle and switched to a syringe full of a knockout serum.

As Setback, LazorGrrl, and Dolos finish off the stragglers, Neko discovers that the suspicious icons were actually wireless-enabled cortex bombs. She disables them so that Doctor Anubis can knock out one of them with his syringe for questioning.

Aftermath

Once the opposition is cleared, the team stabilizes the VIP with a trauma patch, then clears up the bodies and sells them to Doctor O+, who was absolutely thrilled. One Omega Dawn operative is kept alive, and after some convincing, he betrays his boss Mano Ringo as having hired the team to take out his mistress so that she wouldn't be alive to provide blackmail material. The team calls Mano Ringo from the operative's commlink. After some tense negotiations, the team gains him as a blackmail contact.

Rewards

  • 4,000¥
  • 8 Karma
  • New Contact: Mano Ringo, 1 Loyalty (Blackmailed)

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

LazorGrrl

Damn, I love when runs cut straight to the action! We had a real party this time! Those Omega Dawn slotters threw down hard, but I gave one open-heart surgery, hahaha! Nasty business with the body parts at the end, but meh, that's what you get when you take a job to geek an innocent woman!

Setback

I'm glad I was able to get everyone on our side out of harm's way safely. This 'Mano Ringo' person will be an excellent source of help for future runs, I'm sure, if he doesn't want us to come after him.

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