Speed Limits Are Suggestions
| Speed Limits Are Suggestions | |||||||||
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| Part of The Life and Times of One Kevin Crimes | |||||||||
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| Factions Involved | |||||||||
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ShadowHaven Ghaz | Other Competitors | ||||||||
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Geodesic Lady Argentum Lumina Lanky |
Cutters Shiawase Troll Killers Krauter Blonde Adept Kevin Crimes Halloweeners | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Argentum ate dirt a few times, but everyone's mostly untouched. | The blonde adept's car was totaled, Kevin Crimes' bus was burned, Shiawase's truck was fried with Matrix damage and Krauter's bike crashed. | ||||||||
Summary
The team engages in some goofy street races. Things go better than expected and Ghaz gets first place.
Background
Kevin Crimes is a Cutters personality known to veteran shadowrunners. He appears every now and again to all sorts of shenanigans. Street races are far from uncommon for him.
The Meet
The meet occurs on a rooftop near the racing area. A normal-looking Middle-Eastern woman wearing a hoodie and a cap asks the team to make sure that a person of her choosing finishes in the top 3 at the very least. When introducing the driver, some recognize him as Ghaz, a Skraacha member from Renton. The team agrees and finds that they get bonus money if they finish higher, but they're warned not to bite off more than they can chew.
The Plan
The team does some scouting, looking at their rivals in the race. An unknown independent driving a sports car, a Shiawase corpo operating a tanky APC, Kevin Crimes in his battlebus and assorted gangers of various kinds. Lumina manages to convince the Halloweeners to help them out if they get the chance and Lady Argentum attempts to talk to the independent blonde, but doesn't get too far in forming plans.
The Run
The race itself seems lost at the start. The top three drive obscenely fast, but Lanky sets up ahead of time to snipe the leading drivers and shoot off their tires to slow them down. This gives Ghaz a chance to catch up. In addition, Lady Argentum and Lanky solve a Night Hunter ambush that almost ends fatal for the banshee, clearing a potential roadblock for many. They utilize electrified spike strips found at the ambush site to also hinder the leading vehicles. Once Ghaz gets within chase range, Lumina hops from one vehicle to another, causing a stand-off with an elven-looking spirit on the sports car. This spirit demands loyalty in exchange for her aid, but Lumina admits she's already sworn to the service of another. Accepting the offer and respecting her honesty, the spirit levitates Lumina back onto Ghaz's car without any further damage.
Geodesic manages to start causing all kinds of trouble to Kevin Crimes and the Shiawase rigger while Lanky and Lumina do their best to hinder the sports car blonde. Lady Argentum manages to slash the tires of the rigger even further, but her melee ability leaves her wanting further closure in the race. Eventually the decaying technomancer's sprites continuously cause enough Matrix damage that the Shiawase corpo has to quit the field. Kevin Crimes suffers extensive damage from a Halloweener ambush thanks to Lumina's flirting and crashes and the sports car gets shot up too much to drive straight anymore.
Aftermath
Ghaz surprisingly wins the race and the UCAS Army decker, employing the runners, provides them with a noticeable bonus.
Rewards
- 6,000 Nuyen (3 RVP)
- 6 Karma (6 RVP)
- 1 Street Cred (1 RVP)
- 8 CDP (6 RVP)
- 5,200 Nuyen Bonus from winning 1st Place + Looting
- May exchange RVP besides Street Cred to get up to 60,000 Nuyen worth of gear in the following: Augmentations, RCCs, Cyberdecks, Fake SINs (Avail Cap 18, Grade Cap Alphaware)
- -1 Black Lodge Reputation
- +1 UCAS Army Reputation
- -2 Cutters Reputation
- +1 Halloweeners Reputation
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Geodesic: "Work. Finally. This city. Wasn't a deathtrap. Smiling face. It was uncomfortable. Seeing the penetration of 'gangers.' Into my new home. Unfortunately. Bolt's suggestion of wanton murder. Was antithetical to the job. Of winning this race. However, my skills. Proved more than sufficient. The blond mage's sleazy dongle. Was no match for my deft hands. The pale knight lady's sword. Was helpful in debilitating the Shiawase driver. As was Goto. What a good little creature. Smiling face. However. There is one anomaly. The Cutters lieutenant. He is cursed. I saw him. And I knew. He is an enemy. One I MUST hate. I can only hope the fire clowns finished him. Because if I see him again. I do not know what I will do. Angry face. Still. All in all. Some success. For once."
Lumina : "A shame about that elf spirit. I wonder what happened to her and her associate after the race?"