It was a dark and stormy night in Redmond. The rain has pouring down for the last 4 days scouring the barrens of some of its filth and grime. The overflowing gutters had turned the streets into a river of sewage that flowed with a sluggish pace down to the docks and out to the sound. The Mission bar, a renovated LDS temple, was packed with the refugees from the storm filling the old building with the heady stench of wet and unwashed orks and trolls.
Chance:
Ronin:
Ronin ignored the rain as he stepped out of the club. He could feel the electricity in the air. Something was about to happen, something important. Climbing on his bike and slipping on his helmet, he headed for his home to pick up supplies.
Once there he slipped his Ares Predator smartgun into his shoulder holster and slid on his duster. To most people it would just seem like a sensable precaution for the weather, but the hidden armored layer would also protect him from hail of a different sort. He picked up four magazines from inside his desk, two of regular ammo and two filled with explosive rounds that were guaranteed to stop a charging troll in heat. Slapping a clip of the regular ammo into the chamber, he headed out again.
Pulling up to the Mission bar, he checked his watch. Almost time for the party to start. He hoped that his master had been right all those years ago when he said that one elf looked pretty much like another to humans. He hated the Mission, it reminded him of how fools could take something that was sacred to one person and completely corrupt it. Of course the fact that he was LDS himself did not help his opinion of the situation. He slipped in and found an isolated booth in the semi-darkness and waited for whom ever he was supposed to meet.
'Why did I have to get a client now. If I knew, I wouldn't of had the last drink. Well, that's life. You get exactly what you want, at exactly the wrong time.'
Chance then adjusts his tinted glasses and ascends the stairs to his meeting.
Neon Spider:
Samuel Crisno:
"Better get on with it then.. I may or may not be back," he tells Jennings. Putting the card in one of his pockets, he leaves for Mission Bar.
Grace Guns:
One by one you hand your cards to the troll bouncer guarding the gated stairwell. After examining each of your cards he unlocks the gate allowing you to climb the stairs to the choir loft. The entire loft had been cleared out except for 10 chairs placed around a dimly lit round table in the center. A series of anti-snooping devices were set around the balcony to prevent spying. Sitting in the chair facing the loft entrance sat a Lean framed human dressed in a high end corp. suit. “Welcome glad you could come, I have an easy job for you”. After you take your seats around the table Mr. Johnson speaks. “All I need you need to do is pick up a courier, hold him for a couple of a days and drop him off where and when I tell you”. “The courier will be brought in by boat and he will be handed off to an Evo security detail”. “I have procured the route details and pickup codes for the Evo pickup team” he slides a data stick onto the middle of the table. “The only catch is the courier must be delivered alive and unharmed in any way”. “Your fee will be 10.000Y each paid on delivery, if the courier is damaged in any way you forfeit your fees”. “any questions”?
"I've got one. Who's gunning for this guy? If no one wanted to kill him, you wouldn't be hiring us."
He then slumps back down in his chair.
"Simple," Ronin says, "whoever this guy works for is the people gunning for the courier. Why else would we be getting payed to jack him from someone else's security detail and hold him ourselves. Obviously the guy has something our patron wants, or else it's personal, otherwise we would just geek him ourselves. A better question would be who else is involved besides us? The other questiopn is, do we have leave to elemanate the Evo security team?"
I don't want to know the details of how you get the courier or care how you get him, just get him and hold him until I can arrange pickup.
"Oh. I thought he meant we were going to guard one of his own guys, not someone else's. Anyway, Mr Johnson, do you have any information on the courier we're supposed to pick up? What does he look like, where is he, that sort of stuff?"
The courier is a human male, no other description. A stealth cutter will deliver him to the Redmond docks at 3:25am tomorrow night, no information on the cutter crew is available. The couriers transfer codes are on the data stick I gave you. The Evo pickup team consists of one rigger (human) and three bodyguards (2 human, one ork), their route and comm frequencies are also on the data stick. Contact me as soon as you have the target, my comm number is on the data stick too. All other details I leave up to you.
With his arms crossed, and a dour look upon his face, "Anything else we should know about? Or is that on a 'need-to-know' basis?"
A slight sneer crosses his face as responds to the dwarf. "You have been given all the information you need to achieve the goals set before you".
Neon spider sets his PAN to ghosting. As he makes his way toward the bar he sends his complex forms out to search for public info on the building, before long his is bringing up the registered blueprints and insurance registered systems. Much of this will be wrong but it's nice to know the exits in case it's needed.
He hands off his card to the large troll at the door and made his way upstairs.
" What is the cutters name?, do you have info on where it departed from, size or vessel type perhaps?"
Spider takes a look at the crew in the room
'if not I guess I can look over the data and we can talk else were or in privet a chummers"
Neon Spider:
Security levels for deeper immersion (low security you don't need to roll for).
Public data: Band line up - opening band, Primal Scream.
Second act, Firbolg.
Final act, Extroverted Suicide.
Drink special - "Redmond Rum"
Hidden data: Comm. interlink for the bouncers, low security
Camera system, medium security
Door locks, high security
Floor plan, lower floor, low security
Back offices and storage, high security
Cash systems, black security
Loft, all information has black security
I believe it is called the 'Mikio' regerstered out of Jakarta.
"is the courier armed, do we have to worry about suppressing him too or is he just meat?"
"He will not be armed. I don't believe he will be able to defend himself even if he was".
"If that'll be all, let's be on with it then."
"Sounds good to me."
Grace looks over the crew gathered together, "Head to the pub and talk strategy a little? I'm not big into banging lips but we should at least put together a basic strategy."
"My specialty is putting holes in people, providing covering fire and keeping the other guys head down. I can go in and grab the courier but I do best with a little range."
The man gets up from his seat and turns to face the others.
"I'm Thomas Chance, part-time detective and mage. Just don't expect anything flashy."
"The name's Ronin, and like the lady there I specialize in making sure people stop drawing breath and wasting oxygen. Sometimes I do it by putting big holes in them." Popping his cybernetic blades, he adds "and sometimes I do it up close and personal."
"Call me Sam. I'm an engineer of sorts. That's all i have to say about that." He says impatiently, arms still crossed.
"Ok, so Ronin are you okay going in to grab the courier? I'll have your back. What kind of support can the rest of you give us?"
Assuming that is the case:
"Ok, so Ronin are you okay going in to grab the courier? I'll have your back. What kind of support can the rest of you give us?"
"Yeah, I'll grab the bag man.Just make sure I don't end up with any holes in my body that aren't already there," Ronin says.
Assuming that is the case:
"Ok, so Ronin are you okay going in to grab the courier? I'll have your back. What kind of support can the rest of you give us?"
What kind of support can the rest of you give us?"
"As far as combat goes, there are really two main things I could contribute to the fight. First off, I could just hit the guards with a Stunbolt. Not lethal, but it doesn't need to be. Next, I could just summon a spirit to fight them for me. Of course, there are other things I could do, like turn invisible, but those aren't that much help in a fight."
"I've spent time as an Engineer. Industrial and automotive. Then moved on to Chemistry and Biochemistry. In my spare time, i design weapons. I've done much more than that, but let's just say i can handle explosives."
To Ronin: "I'll do what I can to cover you, I haven't figured out bulletproof yet though."
"Thomas, maybe you can scout out the location incognito and just camp out as a surprise if someone gets the jump on us? Samuel, you think maybe you can engineer something to cover our tracks if someone is crawling down our backs? Also, maybe we can plant some smoke bombs or... something to cover for Ronin when he makes the grab. Does someone have a map of the place we're making the snatch?"
To Ronin: "I'll do what I can to cover you, I haven't figured out bulletproof yet though."
"Thomas, maybe you can scout out the location incognito and just camp out as a surprise if someone gets the jump on us? Samuel, you think maybe you can engineer something to cover our tracks if someone is crawling down our backs? Also, maybe we can plant some smoke bombs or... something to cover for Ronin when he makes the grab. Does someone have a map of the place we're making the snatch?"
Ooo look this green guy channeled me!
"This place is safe as any to talk.Places is cpyt with the darkist dark, it's good.'
Spider sends his forms off the see what they can uncover of the 'Mikio' and of ships coming and going out of Jakarta.
Second he'll try to bring up traffic info of the route. cross refacing with sewer and grid pattens to find a good place to cut off the EVO and leave them multi exit routes if need be. He will also pull up cites swearer and building blueprints for the areas as well
"If we can find a nice spot We maybe able to kill the grid, cut some lights. reroute the cams and make sure we don't have folks looking that don't need to see."
Ronin rubs his chin. "The best way to grab this guy is to take out the Evo team before they get to the docks and then pose as them when the courier shows up," He says. Looking at Neon Spider he adds, "is there any way you can dig up the route that they're taking to get to the docks?"
Samuel, you think maybe you can engineer something to cover our tracks if someone is crawling down our backs? Also, maybe we can plant some smoke bombs or... something to cover for Ronin when he makes the grab.
"Aye. What'd you have in mind?"
Grace looks up from polishing her Manhunter, "Ronin, that's a great idea but are we going to be able to take down their vehicle? My munitions are more anti-personnel. If we can figure out how to take out their transport that's probably the best bet. You think we can mine the road?"
"Otherwise perhaps the mage can stealth in close to where the drop is going to be and stun the courier while Ronin and I focus on taking out the Evo crew when they get out of their vehicle."
"I can handle mines, or any other demolitions problem you need. Hell, i could probably mix up an explosive chemical for you, given the proper equipment. Or, i could design an anti-tank weapon, if you'd like. Doesn't matter to me none. Pick your poison."
Grace looks up from polishing her Manhunter, "Ronin, that's a great idea but are we going to be able to take down their vehicle? My munitions are more anti-personnel. If we can figure out how to take out their transport that's probably the best bet. You think we can mine the road?"
"My guess is that if they're trying to avoid undue attention they not going to show up in anything to heavy," Ronin explains. "Maybe an armored Nightsky or something like that, but I am willing to bet money that their not going to show up with APCs and panzers. I'm willing to foot the bill for some heavy ordinance, just in case. Let me know what you want and I'll see if I can scrounge it up."
"Otherwise perhaps the mage can stealth in close to where the drop is going to be and stun the courier while Ronin and I focus on taking out the Evo crew when they get out of their vehicle."
"Sure, I could turn invisible and knock out the mark, but I don't think I should. A stunbolt is basically equivelent to being punched in the face, and if the mark gets injured, we don't get paid."
"One quick question to everyone, though. Where are going keep this guy until we drop him off?"
"We could rent a space in the back of the place i work at. Nice thing about it is it's specifically there to keep prying eyes away."
"Then lets see how confident Neon is about getting the routing for the Evo team. If we can get some info on their route and what their transport is that sounds like a good plan. Otherwise we should keep looking at grabbing the mark at the transfer point."
Grace looks the the Detective/ Mage "I was thinking that stunning the mark wound be better than having him run around like a chicken with it's head cut off and maybe get in a crossfire. It also makes it harder for them to grab him and run."
"There is another possible complication, and I only mention this because Mr. Johnson always seems to add complications. What if there is a third party trying to nab or kill the courier?"
"There is another possible complication, and I only mention this because Mr. Johnson always seems to add complications. What if there is a third party trying to nab or kill the courier?"
"I'd say that's a strong possibility," Ronin says. "We should leave someone back to moniter things so we won't get caught napping if another team shows up. Spider, that can be your job, since you seem to have the voodoo when it comes to machines."
Samual Crisno:
To make IEDs to stop the car:
chemistry + logic (3)
to place the IEDs to stop the car without destroying it:
demolitions + logic (4), to destroy the car (3)
Thomas Chance (everybody):
best place for an ambush:
local area + perception (*), everybody else, logic (*)
Neon Spider:
attempt to overide car:
contested
attempt to over ride traffic lights and survalence cams two rolls for each system:
Hacking into the system:
lights,enter, hacking + decrypt (4)
control, hacking + attack (4)
cameras,enter, hacking + decrypt (3)
control, hacking + attack (4)
In SR4 you don't reroll the sixs, all target numbers are 5.
6, 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 6, 2
Nope just the local area and perception.