The First Forumised Shadowrun Adventure™

Post by **Roman Totale** » July 13th, 2007, 17:15

Chopper wrote:Right, I'm going to have a quick clamber up on the roof. I've got good climbing skills as well as climbing equipment and gecko gloves.

I'll go on to the adjacent buildings rather than our target, and I'll be using my skill in Infiltration to be as stealthy as possible.

How are you at climbing Leland? I can lower a rope to let you climb up, and you could have a rest up here, or you could stay at street level for a bit whilst I scope the place out.

Al, have you managed to get any info from those street punks on the corner?

Post by **deject** » July 14th, 2007, 2:19

Leland wrote:Well, I've never been too good at climbing but I think with a rope I should be able to manage. I'll probably be better off not resting out in the open.

Post by **Joose** » July 16th, 2007, 7:31

Al has managed to get a little information from the gangers. Well, two bits of info really:

1)There was a bit of a gang fight here a couple of nights ago, and one gang had a mage. Got broken up by Lone Star (the police).

2)Untill a couple of days ago, this warehouse was empty. Then suddenly shitloads of techy types turned up, and then most of em left. Then, yesterday night, a truck pulled up to the loading bay. There was a pretty unusual amount of armed goons hanging about at the time, but they seem to have all buggered off too.

Just as you guys are about to start ninja-climbing up to the roof, all three of you recieve a message on your comlinks. Its text only.

Mysterious Message wrote:Hey. Ive got information you might be interested in. You got nuyen I might be interested in. Wanna swap? Meet out the back of the Lucky Eat take away, just across from the arcology entrance, 30mins.

SPI

You vaguely recognise the name "SPI" as some kind of information broker, you have heard runners talking about him before. The arcology is the massive pyramid structure in seattle, used to belong to the renraku corp. Its now a goverment owned shithole, hard to get into, hard to get out of. However, its a bloody big landmark, so easily recognisable to all seattleites.

Post by **Roman Totale** » July 16th, 2007, 17:48

Chopper wrote:I reckon sod the climbing for now, let's all go to meet this guy (just in case "it's a trap!") and see what he has to say.

Also: fuck you Trevor McDonald! Fuck you!

Post by **deject** » July 16th, 2007, 18:45

Leland wrote:Sounds good to me, I think it'd be worth hearing this guy out as long as he doesn't ask for too much money.

Post by **Joose** » July 17th, 2007, 17:39

You make your way over to the Arcology, and easily locate the Lucky Eat take away. Its dead small, and looks like most of its products are actually just flavoured soy. Theres an alley around to the back of the place.

Heading down there you find a little space between buildings. You can see that deliverys are made to a number of the businesses that back on to this area, but at this time of night its quite quiet back here. Theres enough light from the single streetlight back here to see that the place is totally empty. Just as you are thinking of giving up on the guy, a message comes though to your communicators again.

SPI wrote:Hi, thanks for coming. Theres some AR goggles in the box to the left of the bins in front of you. Put em on.

AR, in case you havent read up on your shadowrun background (shame on you) stands for Augmented Reality. Basically, whilst the matrix used to be a fully immersive thing that you had to plug yourself into (kind like in the Matrix films), its now also got this AR thing. Using stuff like goggles or implants (or fancy things that just look like sunglasses), you can see an overlay of information on your enviroment. Its used for two main things: information (like prices for stuff in shops, or street signs) and decoration (most buildings in seattle have an overlay on them that makes all the buildings look like they are clad in some kind of green glass, hence the "Emerald City" nickname). Hackers have been known to use his to play elaborate practical jokes in the past; The most famous being the replacement of a museums overlays with hardcore porn just as it opened for a big childrens open day.

Post by **deject** » July 17th, 2007, 18:06

Leland wrote:Do I really have to? I hate these things.

Leland grimaces slightly.

Post by **Roman Totale** » July 17th, 2007, 18:10

Chopper wrote:Just put them on, let's get this over with.

Post by **deject** » July 17th, 2007, 18:15

Leland wrote:Ugh. Well, let's get on with it then.

Post by **Joose** » July 18th, 2007, 17:55

Slipping on the goggles, the AR landscape of Seattle comes into view. Everything is lined in gleaming green, and back out on the main street, you can see adverts and tags hanging in the air. You notice that there is a slight lag on the AR display that isnt normally there. This isnt helping Leland *at all*, and he feels slightly sick.

Suddenly, out of the smooth green surface of the wall next to you, a large mas starts to bulge out from it. You jump back slightly at first, untill you realise that its not really there. It slowly forms itself into a rough approximation of a head, although it looks like its been slightly melted. It grins at you, and starts speaking. You are not entirelly sure how its making any noise.

the big green head wrote:Hey, im the SPI. Sorry about all this messing about, but I dont do meat-meets. So look, this is how this works. I have some information about what you guys are currently up to. Gimmie money, and i'll tell you. Simple as that. You can have the 1000 nuyen version, or the 500 nuyen version. Im sure you can figure out which one will help you more. You in?

Post by **Roman Totale** » July 18th, 2007, 18:34

Chopper wrote:How do we know this isn't a scam? Give us a "sample" first then we'll see if we want the rest.

Post by **Joose** » July 18th, 2007, 18:52

SPI wrote:Gah, my rep normally covers that, but I guess you guys aint heard that much about me. OK, im not going to just give info away, it doesnt grow on trees, you know. But hows this: I know you are working for Tashima. I know he has sent you to recover an item. Thats what you guys know already. I know what the item is. I also know some stuff about your employer that you might find interesting, and im not talking about Tashima here. 500 gets you the scoop on who's paying your bills, 1000 gets you an interesting little fact about the box.

Oh hey, look at that. I did just give info away, eh?

Look, you dont want this stuff, its no skin off my nose. I know at least 4 other groups who I can pimp this stuff off to.

Post by **deject** » July 18th, 2007, 18:57

Leland wrote:Hmmm. The problem is hat 1000 nuyen, spread out among the three of us would be almost as much as we were getting paid in the first place.

Post by **Roman Totale** » July 18th, 2007, 19:19

Chopper wrote:Me, I don't care who pays our bills as long as they pay them. Info on the box might be handy, but for 1k? Listen bud, we're barely being paid that for the job in the first place. I'd tell to you to take a hike, but I'll leave it to my colleagues to decide.

With that, Chopper flings off the goggles and stands near the mouth of the alleyway.

Post by **deject** » July 18th, 2007, 19:35

Leland wrote:Well, I am very interested to hear what you have to say about the box. Are you sure we can't come to some sort of agreement that benefits us both?

*Negotiation + Charisma roll*: 4 hits

Post by **Joose** » July 20th, 2007, 7:13

SPI wrote:ok, hows this. 850 for the info on the box, and my personal assurance that with that information you will come out of this richer than without it, even taking into account my fee.

Post by **deject** » July 20th, 2007, 7:40

Leland looks over at Al and Chopper and gives them a nod, signifying that it's a good deal.

Leland wrote:I think that's a fair price to find out what it is we're dealing with. What do you guys think?

Post by **Roman Totale** » July 20th, 2007, 16:33

Chopper wrote:I'd still just prefer to walk in there, grab it and run - but if you two think it's a good deal we'll go with that.

Pay the man.

Post by **Joose** » July 23rd, 2007, 7:55

As you havent actually said who's paying, i'll split it equally between you all.

You send SPI the money, and after confirming he has got it...

SPI wrote:Ok, heres the thing. When this johnson, Tashima, starting spreading the word he was looking for a crew, I started poking into what he was up to. Standard deal for me, I find out stuff about runs then sell it on to the team involved, or the highest bidder, you know? Anyway, I start poking around this guy, manage to pick up details on the job. Did a bit of digging around on this "item" he mentioned, and the warehouse. The warehous was completely fraggin empty till a few days ago, and since it been refurbed, its only taken one delivery, so its a fairly easy guess as to what the "item" was. The delivery was a box, about a foot square, made of some kind of black wood. (at this point, the green wall next to the head warps into a screen, and a picture of an ornate black wooden box appears) Anyway, I ran some pattern recognition stuff on the carvings of the box, and managed to ID it. Its got some whacky, hard to pronounce name, but it basically translates into "Vault of Innards", I think. God knows what that means.
Now, heres the bit thats really interesting for you guys: Your Mr J doesnt give two shits about the box. I intercepted a conversation with his employer, and they just want whats inside. They dont even really know what the box is, they dont care. So they are totally unaware of how much the box is worth. I havent got a hard figure on it, but estimates are around 2k.
Lastly, your J: I know for a fact he's an employee of Renraku, but this run doesnt feel like a renraku job. Theres bits of it that just....they aint how the big R works, you know? What that means is anyones guess, but something damn wierd is going on. Oh, and his employer? You met him already. That bum at the bar, the guy who looked asleep? yeah, he was astrally projecting. Thats who's paying your bills. Heh, you guys are working for a bum. Heheheh

And with that, the big head melts back into the wall, and everything goes quiet. The goggles fizz slighlty, and the displays short out. You can smell a slight ozone smell from them. They may have been cheap before, they are now completely worthless.

Post by **deject** » July 23rd, 2007, 8:30

I think Roman didn't do the starting money properly. unless he told you already.