[This session happened on February 16, 2015. We are now on target and in focus as a group and got the job done, despite a major left curve thrown at us.]
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Saturday, November 23, 2075, 4:00PM
Sin contacted Kaylee to arrange for a truck with a trailer hitch for the job. She came through again, providing a loaner vehicle for the job, The team had it from 9:00PM until 4:00AM and then it must be back.
Now, the plan was to paint the truck a solid shade of green, so Bookie could edit it out of the front video camera feed like a reverse green-screen effect. The side cameras could be looped, but there was traffic on the road going by Cap’n Freddies and an inopportune vehicle would tip off how and when we did the job. Murdoc was to use physical mask to turn the Electronaut and its trailer the same color so they would not appear on the camera on the way out. Cap’n Freddies closed for the day at 5:00PM and the team planned on doing the heist at Midnight, so they had time to get the truck painted.
At 11:00PM, Prometheus took position in a tree on an adjacent empty lot so he could provide overwatch and a warning if something started to go wrong. The Go/No-Go point for the job was set at 11:50PM and Prometheus settled in for what should have been a quiet wait.
At 11:30PM, the lights went on inside the offices for Cap’n Freddies, despite no one approaching from outside and the building being empty. Prometheus alerted the rest of the team. There were no video cameras inside the offices for Bookie to hack into, so they had no eyes inside, but the job was still tentatively on.
At 11:50, the lights were still on and Prometheus was thinking it might be a timer switch. After a short radio conversation with the team, they decided to wait another five minutes to see what happens.
At 11:51PM, Prometheus heard the sounds of an argument in the office [his Bose cyberears are tweaked for this sort of thing]. The argument got loud and then a guy came running out the front door. Freddie then stepped out of the door and shot the guy down in the parking lot. Bookie could see Freddie’s arm doing the shooting, but not his face on the front camera. Freddie then went back into the offices and closed the door. WTF?
Prometheus immediately called off the job. Something else was going on here and they did not want to get caught in the middle of something they don’t understand. The team completely agreed – plus they could try again in a day or two. Sin returned the truck to Kaylee early for cleaning.
Prometheus then used his burner commlink to call Knight Errant and report a shooting. The operator was somewhat blasé about it until Prometheus forwarded a copy of the video from his Nikon cybereyes. The operator became much more serious and asked Prometheus to stay on the line. Within a few minutes, two police cruisers arrived and four officers got out of the cars. Prometheus had an excellent view of the whole thing and was broadcasting it back to the team. Two officers checked the body and two others knocked on the door. All four officers had weapons drawn.
There was some yelling through the door from both sides and then one of the officers pulled a stun grenade. They then stormed the offices, leading with the stun grenade. There were a few shots inside and then two officers came out, announcing on the radio an unconscious suspect, a dead victim, and requesting more back-up.
Prometheus then started hearing words like “ladder down” and “tunnel”. When four more Knight Errant officers and an ambulance arrived, Prometheus could hear some of the officers searching the inside of the offices a bit, but not all of them. In the meantime, the ambulance guys pulled an unconscious and shot Freddie from the offices and put him in the ambulance. After 10 more minutes, all eight officers exited the offices and called for a full SWAT team and enough officers and support for a full raid on a posh house at the far end of a tunnel that started here and followed the shore of the small lake about a mile.
This was when Prometheus decided to leave the area before he was spotted carrying a hunting rifle. He ditched the burner commlink down the first sewer drain he came across.
Sunday, November 24, 2075, 7:00AM
The morning local news was all about a successful Knight Errant raid on a posh house in a nice neighborhood, completely breaking up an extortion, racketeering, and blackmail operation. The criminals apprehended were all part of the Ghost Shadow Syndicate, a part of the Triads in Seattle. It was the only thing on the local channels all morning long.
The team talked about what to do. The Electronaut was now inside a crime scene and would be stuck there for quite a while. Sin volunteered that he was friendly enough with a desk sergeant to get small favors, but nothing like getting the Electronaut released. The Fin said, “Just make the introductions. I’ll take it from there.”
The two of them went to talk with Desk Sergeant Frank Sipowitz. After some discussion [and the exchange of 900¥ and a good bottle of Scotch], The Fin came out with papers showing that the Electronaut was hers, was not part of the investigation, and could legally be removed from the scene. She, Sin, and Killroy went over to Cap’n Freddies with a pickup. The site was somewhat quiet as all the glory was over at the other end of the tunnel. The Fin presented the papers to the two officers on duty and then had Sin and Killroy load up the minisub while she chatted with the officers.
Once the minisub was loaded, the three of them drove away with it. They took it to Sin’s garage, where he started checking it out and prepping it for the run on Thursday.
End of Session
[So this was not what was planned or expected by the players. The GM had set up the timing on the argument at Freddies before hearing our plan and then just let things play out. I think all the players felt this was way better than what we had planned, but I will admit that at one point I thought I had messed up calling in Knight Errant.]
[I'm not going to list links to every Session as this run took nine sessions to complete. Once they are all posted, I'll go back and add the link for the next session forward to all the posts.]
EDIT: Corrected the dates.
Session 1
Session 5 (The previous session)
Session 7 (The next session)
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Shadowrun Session Report – The Third Run – Session 05
[This session happened on February 9, 2015. The group is getting more focused as we start the preliminary runs for the big one.]
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Saturday, November 23, 2075, 12:30AM
[RetCon: During the meeting in the dead man’s apartment, The Fin asked Mr. Jumbotron for an empty Ebony credstick for part of the job. He produced one on the spot from a jacket pocket. After the meeting, she had Bookie rig it to show maximum value.]
Continuing his chase of the unknown drone, Sin was able to follow it via his own drone past Harbor Island when suddenly the link went dead. Reviewing the video, Sin spotted a flash near one of the cargo cranes just before the link dropped – someone sniped his drone!
Sin asked Prometheus to check the video from the apartment. Doing so, Prometheus confirmed that Sin’s drone was hit by a sniper on one of the cargo cranes. Unfortunately, the camera does not have high enough resolution to get any kind of identification on the sniper. Paranoia is running high, but the run continued.
Sunday, November 24, 2075, 11:00PM
The Fin and Killroy went to Cap’n Freddies disguised as a corporate exec and her bodyguard. Flashing her Ebony credstick got Freddie’s immediate attention and they started looking through the stock on the lot.
Meanwhile, Void infiltrated the office shack through a back door. Bookie had hacked the security system and looped the cameras Void would otherwise have shown on. The back door opened onto a maintenance/storage area that did not connect to the offices. Near the back of the storage area, Void cut through the ceiling and accessed the crawlspace above. She disconnected a HVAC duct and squeezed into the messiest office she’d ever seen. It took some time to find the datastick she was supposed to swap for Sin’s contact. She squeezed back through the HVAC vent and got the duct back in place just as Freddie returned to his office with The Fin and Killroy in tow. She then cautiously left through the back door and exited the premises.
End of Session
[This was a short write-up, but the infiltration run was plenty tense due to the short amount of time Void had to break in, find and swap the chip, and then get out. She literally finished reattaching the duct to the vent the minute Freddie returned to his office. Quite the nail-biter.]
EDIT: Corrected the dates.
Session 1
Session 4 (The previous session)
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Saturday, November 23, 2075, 12:30AM
[RetCon: During the meeting in the dead man’s apartment, The Fin asked Mr. Jumbotron for an empty Ebony credstick for part of the job. He produced one on the spot from a jacket pocket. After the meeting, she had Bookie rig it to show maximum value.]
Continuing his chase of the unknown drone, Sin was able to follow it via his own drone past Harbor Island when suddenly the link went dead. Reviewing the video, Sin spotted a flash near one of the cargo cranes just before the link dropped – someone sniped his drone!
Sin asked Prometheus to check the video from the apartment. Doing so, Prometheus confirmed that Sin’s drone was hit by a sniper on one of the cargo cranes. Unfortunately, the camera does not have high enough resolution to get any kind of identification on the sniper. Paranoia is running high, but the run continued.
Sunday, November 24, 2075, 11:00PM
The Fin and Killroy went to Cap’n Freddies disguised as a corporate exec and her bodyguard. Flashing her Ebony credstick got Freddie’s immediate attention and they started looking through the stock on the lot.
Meanwhile, Void infiltrated the office shack through a back door. Bookie had hacked the security system and looped the cameras Void would otherwise have shown on. The back door opened onto a maintenance/storage area that did not connect to the offices. Near the back of the storage area, Void cut through the ceiling and accessed the crawlspace above. She disconnected a HVAC duct and squeezed into the messiest office she’d ever seen. It took some time to find the datastick she was supposed to swap for Sin’s contact. She squeezed back through the HVAC vent and got the duct back in place just as Freddie returned to his office with The Fin and Killroy in tow. She then cautiously left through the back door and exited the premises.
End of Session
[This was a short write-up, but the infiltration run was plenty tense due to the short amount of time Void had to break in, find and swap the chip, and then get out. She literally finished reattaching the duct to the vent the minute Freddie returned to his office. Quite the nail-biter.]
EDIT: Corrected the dates.
Session 1
Session 4 (The previous session)
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Shadowrun Session Report – The Third Run – Session 04
[This session happened on February 2, 2015. A lot of talking and planning this session, plus we (the entire group) were still not very focused, so not a lot actually happened.]
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Saturday, November 23, 2075, 1:00 AM
Sin got one of his Fly-Spy drones to apartment 3E, the one “Spiderman” was observed going into. Observing no interior lights and all the windows closed, Sin looked for a way to get the Fly-Spy inside. He found the dryer duct worked as an entrance. Once the drone was inside, Sin broadcasted the video signal so the team could watch and record it. There was no movement nor anyone visible in the living room/breakfast nook/kitchen area. Sin moved the drone into one of the bedrooms and found a body with a combat knife buried to the hilt sticking out of it. There were also three bullet holes in the body. Sin had the drone do a quick 180 and got it out of there.
The team reviewed the video tape and noticed two significant things:
There was an extended conversation at this point about what to do and whether their observation squat was compromised or would be if the police came to investigate the body. After a couple hours of discussion, the group decided that with the cold weather, the open window, and Bookie remotely shutting off the heater, the body would not be noticed by the neighbors for long enough that the run was not compromised. Several of Sin’s smaller drones were positioned to observe apartments 2B, the parking lot, and apartment 3E for additional operational security. The group then dispersed to their homes with the exception of Prometheus, who stayed in the squat to keep an eye on the video camera recording the docks.
With his paranoia quietly gnawing at him, Prometheus decided to send an anonymous message to Mr. Jumbotron (as the runners now referred to Mr. Johnson, but never where he could hear them). The message contained an image of the body in 3E and an image of the ID badge. An hour later, Mr. Jumbotron contacted Prometheus and asked for more details [Prometheus isn’t very good at the whole “sending anonymous messages” thing]. Prometheus related everything the group knew and then asked if the dead man was related to “the project”. Mr. Jumbotron did not answer the question, but requested [demanded, actually] a meeting at midnight in apartment 3E. Prometheus passed the word to The Fin and let her contact the rest of the team.
At midnight, The Fin, Prometheus, Void, Murdoc, and Killroy met Mr. Jumbotron in 3E and reviewed what they knew. Mr. Jumbotron insisted the project was still good and the team should continue on – he would have this quietly cleaned up so the police would not get involved.
Leaving the meeting, several people notice a drone that might have been listening to the meeting fly away. Sin dispatched one of his drones to start tailing the fleeing drone. A quick security sweep turned up a vehicle rigged for remote control with a camera pointing at the building apartment 2B is in. Murdoc sent a water spirit to investigate the rigged car and found some sort of electrical devices in the trunk along with some large tanks. After Murdoc reported that, Bookie quickly hacked the car’s control systems and drove it into the bay.
End of Session
Session 1
Session 3 (The previous session)
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Saturday, November 23, 2075, 1:00 AM
Sin got one of his Fly-Spy drones to apartment 3E, the one “Spiderman” was observed going into. Observing no interior lights and all the windows closed, Sin looked for a way to get the Fly-Spy inside. He found the dryer duct worked as an entrance. Once the drone was inside, Sin broadcasted the video signal so the team could watch and record it. There was no movement nor anyone visible in the living room/breakfast nook/kitchen area. Sin moved the drone into one of the bedrooms and found a body with a combat knife buried to the hilt sticking out of it. There were also three bullet holes in the body. Sin had the drone do a quick 180 and got it out of there.
The team reviewed the video tape and noticed two significant things:
- The curtain of one of the windows in the breakfast nook area fluttered from a breeze. The windows had all been closed when Sin scouted the outside, so the assassin had exited the apartment while Sin’s drone was crawling through the dryer vent.
- There was an ID tag on a lanyard hanging from the inside doorknob in the bedroom with the body. After some computer enhancement, it was identified as a FHM ID badge for a William Roskinsr. FHM was the same company that hired the team for the current run. Paranoia started rearing its head.
There was an extended conversation at this point about what to do and whether their observation squat was compromised or would be if the police came to investigate the body. After a couple hours of discussion, the group decided that with the cold weather, the open window, and Bookie remotely shutting off the heater, the body would not be noticed by the neighbors for long enough that the run was not compromised. Several of Sin’s smaller drones were positioned to observe apartments 2B, the parking lot, and apartment 3E for additional operational security. The group then dispersed to their homes with the exception of Prometheus, who stayed in the squat to keep an eye on the video camera recording the docks.
With his paranoia quietly gnawing at him, Prometheus decided to send an anonymous message to Mr. Jumbotron (as the runners now referred to Mr. Johnson, but never where he could hear them). The message contained an image of the body in 3E and an image of the ID badge. An hour later, Mr. Jumbotron contacted Prometheus and asked for more details [Prometheus isn’t very good at the whole “sending anonymous messages” thing]. Prometheus related everything the group knew and then asked if the dead man was related to “the project”. Mr. Jumbotron did not answer the question, but requested [demanded, actually] a meeting at midnight in apartment 3E. Prometheus passed the word to The Fin and let her contact the rest of the team.
At midnight, The Fin, Prometheus, Void, Murdoc, and Killroy met Mr. Jumbotron in 3E and reviewed what they knew. Mr. Jumbotron insisted the project was still good and the team should continue on – he would have this quietly cleaned up so the police would not get involved.
Leaving the meeting, several people notice a drone that might have been listening to the meeting fly away. Sin dispatched one of his drones to start tailing the fleeing drone. A quick security sweep turned up a vehicle rigged for remote control with a camera pointing at the building apartment 2B is in. Murdoc sent a water spirit to investigate the rigged car and found some sort of electrical devices in the trunk along with some large tanks. After Murdoc reported that, Bookie quickly hacked the car’s control systems and drove it into the bay.
End of Session
Session 1
Session 3 (The previous session)
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Shadowrun Session Report – The Third Run – Session 03
[This session happened on January 26, 2015. We started late and things went a bit slow as we (the entire group) were not very focused. This lasts two more sessions as we do recon and gather information, which tends to leave certain characters with little to do. That said, all the planning and research means we are very prepared for the run when it happens.]
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Friday, November 22, 2075
Sin spent some time during the afternoon flying a Lockheed Optic-X2 around to check out Cap’n Freddies [sic], where his contact, Kaylee, indicated we could find a Proteus Lamprey available for a large five-fingered discount. The big sign over the low office read “Boats! Boats! Boats!” and the lot was full of used boats. Sin got a picture of Freddie and then checked out the stock. In addition to the Lamprey Sin was looking for, Freddie also had a Vulkan Electronaut in stock!
Cap’n Freddie – You’d buy a boat from this guy, right?
Sin contacted The Fin and let her know there was an Electronaut on the lot and plans were immediately changed. With an Electronaut, SCUBA gear will not be necessary for the run, nor would water-proofing the package be necessary. The plan for the run was to get the package and one team member into the minisub and have Sin remote-pilot it around the island while the rest act as a decoy for anyone attempting an intercept. The plan for stealing the Electronaut would take some thinking.
To get operational data on the various dock facilities on Harbor Island, The Fin and Bookie investigated the marina apartments on the south end of Harbor Island to see if the team could rent or commandeer an apartment for the run. The Fin went to the leasing office, acting as a corporate scout looking for a corporate apartment. She got the floorplans and prices, which let the group decide that squatting would be the better way to go, budget-wise. After the rental office closed, Bookie hacked the rental office’s computer system to get a record of all the leases and what the current occupancy status was on all of the apartments.
Looking at the maps, Prometheus indicated that two of the empty apartments lined up well for observation, one on the 2nd floor and one on the 4th floor. Sin sent a Fly-Spy to the apartments to check the sighting angles and which neighboring apartments were actively occupied. The 4th floor apartment’s line-of-sight on the docks was blocked by the West Seattle Bridge, so Prometheus chose the 2nd floor apartment, Apartment 2B, as the best place to set up a camera to observe the rest of Harbor Island.
At Midnight, Prometheus and Void met a couple blocks from the apartments and walked over. Void led Prometheus over the fence and through gaps in the security camera coverage. As they are approaching the selected building, Void spots a person in all black climbing an outside wall and breaking into an apartment on the 3rd floor of a different building than their target. Void and Prometheus stayed hidden until the mystery man (now dubbed “Spiderman”) finished breaking in. They then quietly passed around the far side of that building and broke into 2B. Once inside (and after verifying the apartment was empty), they contacted The Fin to report that they were in and what they had seen. The Fin requested Sin immediately send a drone to see if “Spiderman” was a runner returning home or if something was happening that might draw police attention to the apartments.
In the meantime, Prometheus unpacked the camera and supplies he had brought and set up light housekeeping in the furnished apartment.
End of Session
Session 1
Session 2 (The previous session)
Session 4 (The next session)
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
The Fin – female human con artist and gambler from India, by way of Russia, posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Bookie – male elf alcoholic hacker, favors whiskey with a whiskey chaser
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Friday, November 22, 2075
Sin spent some time during the afternoon flying a Lockheed Optic-X2 around to check out Cap’n Freddies [sic], where his contact, Kaylee, indicated we could find a Proteus Lamprey available for a large five-fingered discount. The big sign over the low office read “Boats! Boats! Boats!” and the lot was full of used boats. Sin got a picture of Freddie and then checked out the stock. In addition to the Lamprey Sin was looking for, Freddie also had a Vulkan Electronaut in stock!
Sin contacted The Fin and let her know there was an Electronaut on the lot and plans were immediately changed. With an Electronaut, SCUBA gear will not be necessary for the run, nor would water-proofing the package be necessary. The plan for the run was to get the package and one team member into the minisub and have Sin remote-pilot it around the island while the rest act as a decoy for anyone attempting an intercept. The plan for stealing the Electronaut would take some thinking.
To get operational data on the various dock facilities on Harbor Island, The Fin and Bookie investigated the marina apartments on the south end of Harbor Island to see if the team could rent or commandeer an apartment for the run. The Fin went to the leasing office, acting as a corporate scout looking for a corporate apartment. She got the floorplans and prices, which let the group decide that squatting would be the better way to go, budget-wise. After the rental office closed, Bookie hacked the rental office’s computer system to get a record of all the leases and what the current occupancy status was on all of the apartments.
Looking at the maps, Prometheus indicated that two of the empty apartments lined up well for observation, one on the 2nd floor and one on the 4th floor. Sin sent a Fly-Spy to the apartments to check the sighting angles and which neighboring apartments were actively occupied. The 4th floor apartment’s line-of-sight on the docks was blocked by the West Seattle Bridge, so Prometheus chose the 2nd floor apartment, Apartment 2B, as the best place to set up a camera to observe the rest of Harbor Island.
At Midnight, Prometheus and Void met a couple blocks from the apartments and walked over. Void led Prometheus over the fence and through gaps in the security camera coverage. As they are approaching the selected building, Void spots a person in all black climbing an outside wall and breaking into an apartment on the 3rd floor of a different building than their target. Void and Prometheus stayed hidden until the mystery man (now dubbed “Spiderman”) finished breaking in. They then quietly passed around the far side of that building and broke into 2B. Once inside (and after verifying the apartment was empty), they contacted The Fin to report that they were in and what they had seen. The Fin requested Sin immediately send a drone to see if “Spiderman” was a runner returning home or if something was happening that might draw police attention to the apartments.
In the meantime, Prometheus unpacked the camera and supplies he had brought and set up light housekeeping in the furnished apartment.
End of Session
Session 1
Session 2 (The previous session)
Session 4 (The next session)
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Shadowrun Session Report – The Third Run – Session 02
[This session happened on January 19, 2015. I took poor notes for this session and the write up is paying for it now. To be honest, I wasn’t certain we were going to do the run as there seemed to be big red flags. As we played and got more information, our fears (read: paranoia) settled and we got into the run.]
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
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
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Thursday, November 21, 2075
With paranoia running high, the team decided they really needed more information about this run – fearing they were just recruited for some sort of underground combat sporting event. Bookie used a video capture from the meeting to search for information on Mr. Johnson, discovering that Mr. Johnson is the Senior VP of Acquisitions for FHM. This was not exactly comforting information.
The group decided to play their cards close to the chest for this run and not tell Mr. Johnson everything they were planning. To take advantage of the pickup location, the group decided to use a submersible to move the package around Harbor Island instead of across it with the majority of the team acting as a distraction for anyone attempting to stop the package. The group split up for the night, agreeing to look for more answers in the morning.
Friday, November 22, 2075
Prometheus contacted his uncle in the morning and asked about the client and if anything big was happening at Harbor Island on the 28th. Zeus stated that he had done business with the client before with no problem. As to the 28th, rumor had it there would be a big meeting between AIPE and PPC Logistics on the island.
Sin contacted Kaylee, his mechanic contact, asking if she could hook him up with a Vulkan Electronaut (a two-person submarine) on the cheap. She couldn't, especially not in a week. This was not unexpected and so he asked about a Proteus Lamprey (an undersea sea-sled). That she could help with – there is a used boat shop run by a guy who burned Kaylee. He had a Lamprey if Sin could take it. Sin said that would work fine. Sin got the address to Cap’n Freddies [sic] from Kaylee and then asked if there was anything he could pick up for her while he was getting the Lamprey. Kaylee instead asked if he could swap some data on a green datastick with a silver skull at the shop. Sin said that could happen and got the data Kaylee wanted inserted.
End of Session
Session 1 (The previous session)
Session 3 (The next session)
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
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
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Thursday, November 21, 2075
With paranoia running high, the team decided they really needed more information about this run – fearing they were just recruited for some sort of underground combat sporting event. Bookie used a video capture from the meeting to search for information on Mr. Johnson, discovering that Mr. Johnson is the Senior VP of Acquisitions for FHM. This was not exactly comforting information.
The group decided to play their cards close to the chest for this run and not tell Mr. Johnson everything they were planning. To take advantage of the pickup location, the group decided to use a submersible to move the package around Harbor Island instead of across it with the majority of the team acting as a distraction for anyone attempting to stop the package. The group split up for the night, agreeing to look for more answers in the morning.
Friday, November 22, 2075
Prometheus contacted his uncle in the morning and asked about the client and if anything big was happening at Harbor Island on the 28th. Zeus stated that he had done business with the client before with no problem. As to the 28th, rumor had it there would be a big meeting between AIPE and PPC Logistics on the island.
Sin contacted Kaylee, his mechanic contact, asking if she could hook him up with a Vulkan Electronaut (a two-person submarine) on the cheap. She couldn't, especially not in a week. This was not unexpected and so he asked about a Proteus Lamprey (an undersea sea-sled). That she could help with – there is a used boat shop run by a guy who burned Kaylee. He had a Lamprey if Sin could take it. Sin said that would work fine. Sin got the address to Cap’n Freddies [sic] from Kaylee and then asked if there was anything he could pick up for her while he was getting the Lamprey. Kaylee instead asked if he could swap some data on a green datastick with a silver skull at the shop. Sin said that could happen and got the data Kaylee wanted inserted.
End of Session
Session 1 (The previous session)
Session 3 (The next session)
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Shadowrun Session Report – The Third Run – Session 01
[This session happened on January 12, 2015. The other co-GM is running this adventure.]
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc [spelling corrected] – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
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 (low level physical adept), posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Wednesday, November 20, 2075
Zeus, Prometheus’s adoptive uncle and fixer, called Prometheus and told Prometheus that there was a job that needed doing, but it needed a team to do it. Prometheus said he knew a team and asked if he should contact them. Zeus said, “Yes, that is why you are getting this job.” Zeus told Prometheus it was a protection job, the pay would be very good, and it needed 6-7 people. The client wanted to meet the team the next evening at a place to be determined once the team was confirmed.
Prometheus thanked his uncle for the work and then immediately called The Fin. He explained what he knew about the job. The Fin asked him many more questions about the job, most of which were answered “I don’t know, but I can ask.” While Prometheus called his uncle back for more details, The Fin contacted the runners she had recently worked with to see who was available for a well-paying mystery job. She received affirmatives from the entire group and then went about her business while she waited for Prometheus to call back.
In the meantime, Prometheus contacted his uncle and confirmed a team was being assembled. Zeus was able to provide more information about the meeting place and time. Prometheus then passed The Fin the address and time of the meeting to provide the rest of the team.
Thursday, November 21, 2075
Each member approaches the meet-site differently, especially once they discover that it is the baseball stadium for the Seattle Mariners. It is off season and no events were going on, so the team had to break in on their own. Prometheus used a maglock passkey to get in, The Fin sweet-talked a groundskeeper into letting her in, Void simply jumped over the fence. Bookie hacked the security system and attended virtually. Sin contacted Bookie to have Bookie let him in, but no one was certain exactly how Murdoc got in. [I admit it: we got paranoid here.]
Once inside, the team, still following their own paths, found places inside the stadium to observe and wait for the client to appear.
Then the Jumbotron activated.
On the Jumbotron appeared a troll in a business suit. He addressed the empty stadium, but it was quickly clear he knew the runners were there and where they all were. He thanked them for coming and started explaining the details of the job. When questions were asked, he answered them as if he was standing with the asker. The job details were:
After some quick conversation via commlink, the team accepted the job. Mr. Johnson then provided additional details:
We asked several questions about the package (Is it alive? Is it radioactive? Is it magical?). The Fin was able to negotiate an additional 15,000¥ for the job. Mr. Johnson then provided a comm number that we can call to ask additional questions and make requisitions for “things we need”.
Later that night, the team met up to discuss how weird that was and start looking into the job. The first thing discovered was that the pickup and drop off locations are at either end of Harbor Island, a five minute drive from each other. And the team was given three HOURS to do the job.
WTF?
End of Session
[In addition to the location surprise, the players nearly had a heart attack when the GM mistakenly said the datarun was vs. PCC Logistics, that is: part of the Pueblo Corporate Council. The GM then corrected himself and said he meant PPC, not PCC. Many deep breathes were taken, I can tell you.]
Session 02
Player Characters
Void – female human physical adept B&E specialist, a shadow that blends in easily
Murdoc [spelling corrected] – male elf kilt-wearing street mage, at home with the hobos
Prometheus – male human street samurai, handy with any firearm
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 (low level physical adept), posh and elegant
Sin – male human rigger, knows exactly the wrong thing to say and says it
NPC’d Characters
Killroy – male human street samurai, specializes in hand-to-hand combat
Wednesday, November 20, 2075
Zeus, Prometheus’s adoptive uncle and fixer, called Prometheus and told Prometheus that there was a job that needed doing, but it needed a team to do it. Prometheus said he knew a team and asked if he should contact them. Zeus said, “Yes, that is why you are getting this job.” Zeus told Prometheus it was a protection job, the pay would be very good, and it needed 6-7 people. The client wanted to meet the team the next evening at a place to be determined once the team was confirmed.
Prometheus thanked his uncle for the work and then immediately called The Fin. He explained what he knew about the job. The Fin asked him many more questions about the job, most of which were answered “I don’t know, but I can ask.” While Prometheus called his uncle back for more details, The Fin contacted the runners she had recently worked with to see who was available for a well-paying mystery job. She received affirmatives from the entire group and then went about her business while she waited for Prometheus to call back.
In the meantime, Prometheus contacted his uncle and confirmed a team was being assembled. Zeus was able to provide more information about the meeting place and time. Prometheus then passed The Fin the address and time of the meeting to provide the rest of the team.
Thursday, November 21, 2075
Each member approaches the meet-site differently, especially once they discover that it is the baseball stadium for the Seattle Mariners. It is off season and no events were going on, so the team had to break in on their own. Prometheus used a maglock passkey to get in, The Fin sweet-talked a groundskeeper into letting her in, Void simply jumped over the fence. Bookie hacked the security system and attended virtually. Sin contacted Bookie to have Bookie let him in, but no one was certain exactly how Murdoc got in. [I admit it: we got paranoid here.]
Once inside, the team, still following their own paths, found places inside the stadium to observe and wait for the client to appear.
Then the Jumbotron activated.
On the Jumbotron appeared a troll in a business suit. He addressed the empty stadium, but it was quickly clear he knew the runners were there and where they all were. He thanked them for coming and started explaining the details of the job. When questions were asked, he answered them as if he was standing with the asker. The job details were:
- Transport an item in a box within the city.
- There will be opposition, including a mage.
- Some of the opposition might be corporate.
- The item can fit into a vehicle trunk.
- There is no penalty for turning down the job at this point.
- The client may be called “Mr. Johnson”.
After some quick conversation via commlink, the team accepted the job. Mr. Johnson then provided additional details:
- The pickup address is 1830 13th Ave SW.
- The delivery address is 3629 Duwamish Ave. S.
- The job is Thursday, November 28 (in one week) and starts at 10:00am with delivery no later than 1:00pm.
- The opposition will consist of other runners with the possibility of corporate assets as well.
- The job pays 80,000¥ with two bonus options:
- Bonus 1: Grab a particular file from PPC Logistics, a corporation on the route. This pays 35,000¥.
- Bonus 2: Eliminate all witnesses. This pays 35,000¥.
- Delivery will be taken by Mr. Johnson.
We asked several questions about the package (Is it alive? Is it radioactive? Is it magical?). The Fin was able to negotiate an additional 15,000¥ for the job. Mr. Johnson then provided a comm number that we can call to ask additional questions and make requisitions for “things we need”.
Later that night, the team met up to discuss how weird that was and start looking into the job. The first thing discovered was that the pickup and drop off locations are at either end of Harbor Island, a five minute drive from each other. And the team was given three HOURS to do the job.
WTF?
End of Session
[In addition to the location surprise, the players nearly had a heart attack when the GM mistakenly said the datarun was vs. PCC Logistics, that is: part of the Pueblo Corporate Council. The GM then corrected himself and said he meant PPC, not PCC. Many deep breathes were taken, I can tell you.]
Session 02
Friday, February 6, 2015
Enter: The Lodge
The Shadowrun campaign continues, but I've not got the session notes written up due to other issues relating to my OS collapse back in November. I have 6000+ documents named "UNNAMED#####" that I'm sorting through to properly name and 30,000+ images named the same way to sort out, so it's taking some time.
In the meantime, I've recreated all the PC character sheets on Hero Lab (the original files were lost in the OS crash). As a result of this, I had an idea. One of our Physical Adepts has a contact that is her Lodge Sponsor and she has not named the contact yet. For fun, I've decided he looks like this:
(Mr. Wo by ariaman on DeviantArt)
Having made that decision, I decided that all members of the lodge adopt an animal mask that is representative of them, either an actual mask or a physical mask spell. Then I decided that maybe there is a secret reason for this, perhaps they are involved in some sort of... Secret War.
Now to see if the player agrees that this could be interesting and is willing to go with it.
Later!
In the meantime, I've recreated all the PC character sheets on Hero Lab (the original files were lost in the OS crash). As a result of this, I had an idea. One of our Physical Adepts has a contact that is her Lodge Sponsor and she has not named the contact yet. For fun, I've decided he looks like this:
Having made that decision, I decided that all members of the lodge adopt an animal mask that is representative of them, either an actual mask or a physical mask spell. Then I decided that maybe there is a secret reason for this, perhaps they are involved in some sort of... Secret War.
Now to see if the player agrees that this could be interesting and is willing to go with it.
Later!
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