Hot Potato (Chips)
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ShadowHaven AllWire, Inc. | NterLOK Production | Knight Errant | Everett's Evergreens | ||||||
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Silence Bunny Hop Blue Jay Kadō E.V.E. |
Everett Ingleside Spectrum Moxie Crusher Inerrant | ||||||||
Summary
The runners are hired to extract one Wyatt Ingleside, an electronics researcher, from a site belonging to NterLOK Production, an A-rated corporation. Along the way, family matters complicate the mission, but they still manage to pull it off without casualties.
Background
NterLOK Production and AllWire, Inc. have a long-standing rivalry as two A-rated megacorps operating in the same markets. Most recently, they both began work on similar R&D projects. One man, Wyatt Ingleside, was crucial to AllWire developing a research lead in these projects NterLOK decided to deal with this by hiring a team to extract him - and now AllWire plans to do the same. They want him back.
The Meet
The team meets Ms. Johnson in a downtown cafe. She explains that she would like to see Wyatt extracted from an NterLOK production and R&D site in southern Downtown, for which the runner team will be paid handsomely. She's able to provide an overview of who does security for the site, and also that, crucially, their target has a kink bomb in his head, which could prove complicated if it goes off.
She also explains that there is additional research data related to Wyatt on-site, and that she'll pay extra if that's retrieved as well.
After negotiating up their pay a bit further, the team agrees to the job.
The Plan
By reaching out to contacts and searching the Matrix, the team learns more about the site of the run and their target. They obtain a basic layout, knowledge of the security features, and learn that Wyatt has a brother, Everett, who has some kind of vendetta against corporations in general. Additionally, he seems to be associated with the shadows in some way. The site is also giving tours out to new investors, as they're currently trying to attract customers.
They then decide to do some on-site scouting. Blue Jay does some drone flybys, blending in with usual drone traffic, while Bunny Hop scans the Matrix and notices another flyspy in the area running silent. She traces it back to a cyberdeck running from within a GMC Bulldog. Kadō engages in some minor magical mischief, making Bun look like her matrix persona in the meat via a physical illusion.
The team plans to execute in two phases - first, Kadō will pose as an investor to tour the facility in order to obtain a more precise layout. Then, a few hours later, Blue Jay and E.V.E. will pose as an executive and a "Compliance Assurance Officer" respectively, here to transfer Wyatt out to a different site. These two deceptions will be substantiated by some matrix work by Bunny Hop, who will alter on-site records to make it appear as though both of these things are on the up-and-up. Decent burner SINs and well-made disguises will further substantiate the deception. Ideally, the team will simply be able to walk out with their target.
The Run
At first, everything appears to be going as planned. Bun deftly slips into the host and evades ICE and the resident spider's eyes long enough to both pull the bonus data out and alter records as necessary for the remainder of the run. The next day, Kadō plays her part well, that of a critical investor with very high standards. Soon, though, complications are spotted. Both Silence and one of Blue Jay's drones spot two invisible individuals sneaking up towards the side fence of the site, and recognize one of them as Everett Ingleside. E.V.E. starts to follow them, and as she sees them begin to cut through the fence and obliterate the Watcher spirit around the site, Bunny Hop again spots the decker from the previous day. She acquires a mark on them before they disappear into the host.
This mark allows her to snoop in on the decker's communications, revealing that this other team also has two runners planted within the site tour.
Following the decker into the host, Bun is able to contact them just before they begin to wreak havoc on the production floor, a move that would cause the run to go loud and greatly complicate matters. The decker reluctantly agrees to hold off for the moment, on the condition that both teams meet up to discuss what to do with Wyatt afterwards. However, Everett won't wait forever - they'll need to move fast.
Accordingly, Blue Jay and E.V.E. step up their schedule. A quick drive-by allows Blue Jay to pick up E.V.E. and the two move in to infiltrate, fast-talking their way past the guards and reception to cover for their early arrival. They're taken down to R&D to retrieve Wyatt - E.V.E. plays her part and manhandles him a little. The on-site mage notices the Watcher is missing, which prompts the site to go on alert, but Blue Jay is still able to make it past a final security confrontation, leveraging the fact that they know another runner team will be striking the facility soon and using that as a cover story.
The pair make it to Blue Jay's vehicle... and the runners are home free, excepting Kadō. Fortunately, her cover is still intact, and so when explosions begin to go off from deeper in the facility, courtesy of Everett, she's evacuated with the remainder of the investor tour. Once out of sight of the facility, Blue Jay picks her up.
Aftermath
On the drive to the dropoff point, the team has a difficult discussion with Wyatt while Bun disables the kink bomb in his head, now safe within the Farraday cage that is Blue Jay's Roadmaster. It becomes clear that Wyatt didn't call for nor desire Everett's attempts at extraction. He desires safety more than whatever trouble his brother's going to get him in. After some tense discussion, he decides he'd rather return to AllWire than risk whatever the shadows have in store for him, even if they're the ones that put the kink bomb in his head.
The team drops him off accordingly and receives their pay.
Rewards
24,000 Nuyen (12 RVP) as loose nuyen OR Bioware/Cyberware up to 19 avail, alpha grade.
8,000 Nuyen (Negotiation bonus + bonus objective)
4 Karma (4RVP)
2 CDP (Base)
Counts as a mundane ascension
-2 NterLOK Production
+2 AllWire Inc.
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Bunny Hop
"I don't feel great about handing him over to AllWire, no, but it's what he chose, Anhe. Those other runners can run straight off a cliff if they're upset about it... Wait, whaddya mean 'aren't you forgetting to tell me something?' ... Wh- What do you mean you saw the CCTV footage!? You saw Kado do that!? And you saw me blush, and-!? ... EVERYTHING??? ... U- Um...! ..." [This user is now offline and is not able to receive messages.]
Olivia Silence
Nämä ihmiset ovat... Halveksin heitä kaikkia. Haluan vain siskoni. Jos voisin napsauttaa sormiani ja liikkua valon nopeudella, tekisin. Tähdet ohjaavat minua, mutta mitä hyötyä siitä on. Taru, oletko siellä? Kuuletko ahdinkoni, kuuletko pyyntöni? Voi rakas sisko. Rakas kulta, kun olin avaruudessa, tunsin kätesi kurkussani. Minne veljeni ja sisareni menivät, Rosmontis? Rosmontis, Ros, Ros! Ros! Ole hyvä, Ros, älä jätä minua, älä mene! Anteeksi, en tarkoittanut sitä!
E.V.E.
"Wyatt... He deserved to have a choice, but even then, every option has him screwed. I still have the old bomb that ʔáylx picked out of my brain. I could've been him, for all I know, before I... What do I mean? What I mean is that AllWire's pissed off the wrong sam, Sokol. There's always another run. So... if you hear about anyone who wants AllWire hosed, you know who to call."