Session Report – Code Name: Parrot T-Rex – Session 10

[This session happened September 18th, 2017, and was run by New GM.  See the end notes from last session for an details as to why the gap between sessions was so large.  A major portion of the delay was Hurricane Harvey, which New GM decided to incorporate as a story element.  Read on…]

PCs
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat (and apparently machineguns)
Void – female night elf physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Wren – male human that registers as an elf, no explanation as to why
Baelthor – male human mage with a loud mouth

NPC’d
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Dai – male human fixer who operates in Cara’Sir, recommended by The Fin


July 6, 2076
3:00 AM
It is raining across the city.

Void woke up the team, recently gone to sleep after securing the 15 biosamples required for the run, informing them that Typhoon 42 would unexpectedly make landfall sometime around 8:00 AM.  The group discussed what to do and decided to make use of the opportunity.

The extraction plan, which was predicated on taking the targets out as part of a fire rescue, was quickly modified to be a typhoon evacuation.  Dai was called and told the group needed a vehicle able to seat 5 people and 8 dogs and they needed it in one hour.  Dai, currently at a bar with a number of attractive women, was less than thrilled to suddenly be on the job.  When Dai asked if he’d be done after delivering the vehicle, he was told “no,” he would be needed to front a con to get onto the New Dawn Technologies campus and then a plane ride to Europe.  THEN he’d be done.

The team spent the next hour packing up and sanitizing the corporate apartment removing all traces of their presence.  Everything not needed for this extraction was loaded up into Sin’s GMC Bulldog to be taken to the hyperjet at the airport.  [The pilot and flight crew were also woken up and told to file a flight plan leaving no later than 6:30 AM.  This took some doing.]

4:00 AM
Dai arrived with a black Ford Econovan, reasonably sober, and complaining.  The complaining tapered off once the job was explained and the fee he was going to be paid enumerated [mostly it was the fee that quieted him down].  The apartment was done being cleaned and smelled of bleach.  Sin, Bookie, and Killroy got into Sin’s GMC Bulldog and headed to the airport to start moving things over into the jet.

4:50 AM
Dr. Valdi was called and told to expect two contradictory emails.  The extraction was about to start.

5:00 AM
Winds are starting to pick up, but are not dangerous yet.  The outer bands of the typhoon are moving across the area.

Using the remote access point connected directly to the New Dawn Technologies servers as a back door, Bookie sent out several VERY official looking email to Doctors Valdi and O’Seahnasaigh and to the gate guards on duty.  The first email appeared to be addressed to all New Dawn Technologies employees, instructing them to shelter in place while the typhoon moved through the area.  The second email was sent only to Doctors Valdi and O’Seahnasaigh and stated that certain critical personnel were being evacuated and recipients of this email were on that list.  It instructed recipients to not share this information with anyone else upon penalty of termination.  The third email was sent to the gate guards to expect some unusual traffic escorting VIPs to other locations.  It provided a [false] list of license plates and IDs for the drivers and their teams.

Bookie, riding herd on New Dawn Technologies’ email system, intercepted two emails from Dr. O’Seahnasaigh.  The first email was Dr. O’Seahnasaigh attempting to verify the orders.  Bookie provided a response designed to allay Dr. O’Seahnasaigh suspicions [message content provided by Dai in the form of the other players] and continue with the charade that she should quietly prepare to be part of an executive evacuation, a team will be there for her just before 6:00 AM.  The second email was to Dr. Valdi, asking him to come over and help crate up the dogs.

5:30 AM
Prometheus signals he is in a sniper position on top of a building just outside the New Dawn Technologies campus.  The rain was causing some issues with visibility, but he was ready to provide overwatch for the extraction team.  He had clear lines of fire on the nearest gatehouse and the parking area of the campus residences.

5:45 AM
The “evacuation” team arrives at the nearest gate.  The guards, not happy about being stuck on gate duty while the typhoon comes in are cranky but efficient.  They verified the license plate on the Ford Econovan is on their list as are the IDs of the driver and the two assistants with him before letting them through and going back inside where it is dry.  Dai drove the van over to the residences and parked near Dr. O’Seahnasaigh’s apartment.  Void and Baelthor, dressed as non-descript corporate security, piled out and knocked on the Dr. O’Seahnasaigh’s door.

Void played the part, verifying Dr. O’Seahnasaigh’s identity before directing Baelthor to assist Dr. O’Seahnasaigh with the three carriers loaded with fire-breathing dachshunds.  Void then went to go gather Dr. Valdi, pretending to be surprised he was already present.  Void and Baelthor got the two doctors loaded into the Econovan.

6:00 AM
Dai pulled away, heading back to the gate.  He honked at the guards who waved him through and turned left to get to the Cara’Sir airport.  Just after leaving the campus gate, Dai received a report from Prometheus that three motorcycles with two riders each were rapidly approaching and the passengers appeared to have weapons at the ready.

“Bollocks,” Dai replied.

End of Session

[Quick thinking and a rapid response to the changing circumstances allowed our team to grab the targets virtually unopposed by the competing teams, but one of them caught on quick enough to send a pursuit team.]

[So I missed the next two sessions due to a need to put together a book proposal and get it submitted on time.  As a result, I have no notes for what exactly happened.  Based on my memory from what I was told, the fight with the motorcyclists took both sessions as New GM was not very familiar with the car chase and combat rules.  I’ve asked some of the other players if they have notes and they are checking.  If they do, I’ll write the session notes from their notes and prodding their memories.]

[So that plus long hours at work and a birthday celebration this weekend (I’m turning a significant age and my wife is throwing a big celebration at the house with most of my local friends) mean I will not have time to write a Shadowrun blog post for June 7th, so I’m not going to kill myself trying.  I have the 8th off, so I’m going to write material that weekend to post the following week, so expect to see a combined report for Sessions 11 and 12 to appear on the 14th.  If I cannot get any notes, I’ll do a summation and tack it in front of the write-up for Session 13, which I have full notes for.]

[NOTE: Hurricanes start raining much earlier than depicted here and the winds are probably more dangerous by this point.  I think landfall was supposed to be around 10:00 AM, so the plane taking off should have been more iffy.  Getting permission from the airport should have been very iffy, especially as they were likely not open for the day.  That said, it kick-started the run and provided some good drama.]


Session 1
Sessions 2 and 3
Session 4
Sessions 5 and 6
Session 7
Session 8
Session 9
Hurricane Harvey!

Session 11 (not yet written)
Session 12 (not yet written)
Session 13 (not yet written)
Session 14 (not yet written)