MISSION 2081-01

death of
a fixer
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Loss in the Shadows
Stepping out of the elevator, the man in the and went back into the living room, taking in the
Berwick suit took a moment to adjust his cravat scattered mess.
before walking down the hall to suite 3015. He Carefully navigating through the apartment to
frowned when he noticed the door ajar. Lyle’s desk, the man looked through the floor-to-
“Lyle?” he called out softly. He waited a few ceiling glass surrounding the exterior of the en-
moments before pushing it open with his cane. tire apartment. Thirty floors below, the privileged
He paused again, listening, but a foreboding si- families of executives and government officials
lence was all that answered. The foyer was in blithely went about their business in Bellevue
shambles. Quietly closing the door behind him, Square. He turned from the view, reaching into
he walked in. His eyes took in every detail as he the emptied rack where the drawers were usual-
walked slowly from the hall to the sitting room. ly nested. It took a moment, but he fished out a
Scattered papers surrounded overturned furni- small, green notebook.
ture. Upended drawers had dumped their con- He flipped through it, taking in names and
tents onto the carpet. numbers. Lyle always took notes; maybe the key
The man turned to enter the kitchen but to his murder was here. He closed it, slipping it
stopped, frowning. Blood pooled on the tile, the into his breast pocket.
source just out of sight. He took a deep breath He looked back towards the kitchen and sighed
before continuing. heavily. No reason to stay. Finding his friend like
“Oh, Lyle,” he breathed as he knelt to examine this was regrettable, but there was nothing left to
the young man. Bullet wounds riddled his body, do here. Any work to be done would be finished
and he lay face down on the floor. “What did you elsewhere, and he would see to it. Lyle deserved
get yourself into?” He touched the dead man’s that much.
neck, noticing the flesh was cool to the touch. He walked out of the suite and closed the door
Dead since last night, probably. The man stood behind him.

CREDITS
Writing: Aaron Dykstra, Danny Oliver Shadowrun Missions Logo: Jeff Laubenstein, Matt Heerdt
Art: Ron Sanders Shadowrun Missions Developer: Danny Oliver, Aaron Dykstra
Proofing: Red Adams Shadowrun Line Developer: RJ Thomas
Layout: Matt Heerdt Art Director: Brent Evans
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Mission the data and the hashcode for the file. Once
the runners have accepted the job, move over
Synopsis to the legwork in Scene 2.

Brynne Taggart needs to hire a shadowrun- Tell It To Them Straight

ner team to physically get a copy of some data With the big ‘Free Seattle’ announcement
that has disappeared from a host. She was able a week ago, you would think the jobs would
to trace the data file to a small start-up in Ev- be smacking you in the face. Contrary to your
erett and now needs a team to find it, break ideas about how the universe should work, the
in, and grab the datachips that would have the job boards have been pretty sparse. A glance
information she needs. Brynne tells the team at your account balances confirms you aren’t
that she will attempt to drum up a second job hurting for funds just yet. Still, it always helps
to help pad out the pay. Luckily, Ni Ni Xiaolu to think about tomorrow.
needs a team in Everett to retrieve some drugs. Normally, logging into ShadowSEA counts
Brynne makes the connection with her team as as a ‘bad idea’, but it’s produced a solid gig
she believes that the two runs won’t interfere
from time to time. You just need to be savvy
with each other.
about your search parameters. Pulling up the
The runners head to Everett, prime Eighty-
utilitarian AR menus from the shadow board,
Eights Triad territory, to retrieve both the
you see that job again, you know the one:
drugs and the data chip. The team will need to
dragon needs a team to run down unknown
hit both locations in order to complete the job.
operatives. Every time you’re on, you see
The runners will find the datachips located
in the office safe of an old strip mall. The name some variation of the theme. If it’s even real
of the business is Return Safe LTD. If they ar- and not some cherry runner trap, who’d be
en’t quick about getting there, Daniel moves crazy enough to track the team that pissed off
the chips to a casino where there are more tri- a dragon and—at least for the moment—got
ad guards. away with it?
The drugs are located at a hangout of Tom- You are about to log off when a new entry
my Fong. If they are slow to get to this loca- pops up with a tantalizing title, “Local data re-
tion, the drugs will have already been moved trieval, minimal legwork.” Sounds like a milk
out to other locations. Either they are able to run, but the lingo tracks. What’s the harm in
return the drugs, or they have the option of taking a look? You pull up the file, taking in
breaking up Tommy’s drug and buraku oper- the details. The poster asks for a full suite of
ations. skills with a reasonable pay scale, and they
Once done, they are chased out of town by have a solid ShadowSEA score. If nothing else,
a fleet of drones run by the Eighty-Eights. The it’ll be worth a free meal. With a gesture, you
team then meets back up at Dante’s Inferno to tag the post as ‘reserved’ and open the entry’s
get paid. channel connection on your commlink.
As you enter the channel, you see several
Scene 1: personas entering and leaving. A few are sim-
ply auto-kicked by the host settings. You won-
The Nightmare der what the criteria are when you recognize
one of the names as it appears in the user list
World just before taking the boot: Shanghai Hacker.
Whoever that is, you know they’ve got a solid
ShadowSEA score. The intrigue deepens.
It takes about forty-five seconds for the
Scan This channel to stabilize to a shortlist of names.
Brynne Taggart puts out a call for assets to Seconds later, the expected “Ms. Johnson” en-
recover data from an offline source. When the ters the call. The display renders into a confer-
team answers the call and accepts the job, she ence room with each persona situated around
provides them with most of the necessary in- a table with Ms. Johnson at the head. Her per-
formation, including the physical location of sona is sculpted into a life-like young woman
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with red hair and freckles, dressed in the latest you’re open to it, I’ll see if she has any … errands …
fashion of business wear. she needs done that won’t interfere with the data
Eager to push past any small talk, she retrieval. In the meantime, I’ll leave this channel
jumps right in, “Thanks for your interest. As open for you to converse as necessary. It’ll close
the title implied, the concept here is simple but when the last of you log out.”
not necessarily a walk in the park. We’ll need
a solid team of professionals to retrieve some
offline data.” She pauses, looking over each of Behind the Scenes
you. “Before we get into the details, I’ll need a This is a simple job negotiation scene. Ms.
bit more than your ShadowSEA profile. So… Johnson is Brynne Taggart, and a data search
name… specialty … a flattering picture?” of her persona will reveal this information
(there will be a prompt in Scene 2 for the play-
After the runners ers to investigate that). Despite any misgivings
introduce themselves: the players may have, everything here is on the
“Excellent. It would appear we’ve got the
level. The team may have some questions be-
fore making their final negotiation.
makings of a solid team. Like I said, I need you
• If they ask about the ‘asset’ that Brynne
to retrieve some data taken off the Matrix. I’m
originally hired, she will refuse to reveal
fairly certain it’s been stored in a secure, physical who it is, simply stating that she trusts
location. I’ve a good idea about where that is, which her source.
I’ll share once we’ve negotiated the terms. If you’re
• If they ask about the address, she’ll say
smart about it, the task won’t be overly challenging. she didn’t look it up, assuming they
Consequently, my offer is 2,500 nuyen.” would do so regardless.
• If they ask about the data, she’ll say it’s
After the runners
a list of businesses and personnel that
accept the job: hold interest with a client and is proba-
“Excellent. Here’s what you need to know: Last bly useless to anyone else (but she’ll still
night, an asset we hired to find this dataset got request that they keep that information
back to us with the status. Basically, they found between her and themselves).
it and were about to copy it over when it just • If they ask about the opposition, she’ll
disappeared from the Matrix. Best they could figure tell them she assumes it is capable but
was that someone had pulled it out and placed it not particularly robust and that she
onto a datachip. My asset traced the host to 1812 hopes they figure out a way to circum-
Hewitt Avenue in Everett. Since our asset operates vent it entirely.
remotely, we need you to check it out and get that • If they ask why she booted certain folks
data, preferably without anyone knowing. Once you from the ShadowSEA channel they are
have it, you’ll send it to our asset and move out to in, she’ll say she didn’t want the optics
a rendezvous for payment. I get that it feels a bit that could come with certain more well-
squirrely, so I’ll pay half now.”
known shadowrunners.
She stands silent for a moment, a virtual statue
frozen in place. Just as suddenly, her persona Once the team has asked all of their ques-
relaxes. She raises a hand in front of her, and an
tions, they can attempt to negotiate for high-
er pay by making an Influence (Negotiation) +
envelope appears, which she slides onto the table.
Charisma Opposed test versus Ms. Johnson’s
“I’ve transferred funds to each of your accounts.
dice pool of 12 (Social Rating of 12 because
This is a hashcode that will positively identify the Charisma 6 + 6 for an expertly sculpted perso-
data set when you’ve found it. Since we’re blind, I’ll na). If any of the runners have a sculpted perso-
need you to act quickly. They could move the data na, they gain +1 to Social Rating per 100 nuyen
any time; it might already be gone.” spent on the sculpted persona. If the team asks
Ms. Johnson looks thoughtfully at each of you smart questions or presents good arguments
for a moment and then says, “It occurs to me that for more pay, the runners gain Edge. Of note,
part of Everett holds interest for a friend of mine. If because the meet is in the matrix, the clothing
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they are wearing does not add to Social Rating. funds left over from the budget as (additional)
The runners will get an additional 100 nuyen compensation for acting as ‘hiring agents’.
for each net hit up to a maximum total payout
of 3,300 nuyen (8 max net hits). Brynne pays Scene 2:
half of their final negotiated pay upfront.
Keep in mind that this meeting takes place
in the Matrix, and the characters are proba-
Just Need a
bly not physically together. The team can stick
around in the channel for Scene 2 or can opt to
Background
log out and gather in the meat world.
Brynne is looking for this information as Check
part of an investigation she is performing. She
won’t tell them this information as it has no Scan This
relevance to the run at hand. She believes this
data file will be useful, so she is hiring runners After accepting the job offer in Scene 1,
to retrieve it. She will provide the team with the runners will need additional information,
the hashcode to the file to aid in finding it. which they can get, by performing legwork.
Once they have their information and decide
to go to Everett, or if the characters take more
than two hours gathering the information,
shadowsea move on to Scene 3.
Every shadowrunner worth his salt has heard of
the legendary ShadowlandsBBS from before the Crash.
ShadowSEA continues the legacy of ShadowlandsBBS
Tell It To Them Straight
as an open to all host for those who can find it. FastJack So, just a little B&E. Null sheen, chum-
and Facet are the creators of the host. The only way mer. Of course, whenever you’re committing
to gain access is to figure out the address and hack in crimes for cred, knowing exactly what you’re
or know someone with some rep who can invite you. getting into helps to keep things smooth and
You can find a ton of data there in their forums, mes- easy. What’s at that address? Who knows the
sage boards, and archives. They even host some social area? And just who is Ms. Johnson, anyway?
hangouts. Course, when time is of the essence, it’s best
to split the workload. Time to crack open the
> ShadowrunSEA is, IMO, probably pretty much useless. proverbial books.
Shadowland had script kiddies and clueless newbs
wandering in all the time, and at least back then, you
needed to know what you were doing to Deck. These
Behind the Scenes
days, you buy a program and let it hack for you. So, This scene prompts the players to conduct
everyone and their dog (and spies from every major and legwork for the missions using contacts and
minor corp, government, agency, and organization) are Matrix searches. Legwork can be calling on
on ShadowSEA (and similar “open” networks). contacts for more information or procuring
> Bull specific tools for the job. It can be a Matrix
Search to gather information about a subject
stored on the Matrix. It can be surveillance
and reconnaissance of people or locations.
In this situation, the characters have some
Debugging information that can prompt specific queries:
If nobody thinks to negotiate a better deal, The runners can check the address, 1812
suggest to the players that this is their oppor- Hewitt Avenue in Everett, with a Matrix
tunity to do just that. Let them know that Search, using a (legal) Electronics (Computer)
their characters understand that Mx. Johnson + Intuition (1, 10 minutes) test.
often lowballs their initial offer, fully expect- Success reveals the address belongs to Return
ing savvy shadowrunners to negotiate a better Safe LTD. If a character has an Everett-based
deal for themselves. Often, Ms. Johnson takes contact, this contact can provide the same in-
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formation instantly with a Connection + Con- 2, they receive a call from Ni Ni Xiaolu (shee-
nection (3) test; otherwise, any contact can pro- ow-loo/she-ou-’lü). The Octagon Triad ‘426’
vide the same information after one hour. (or underboss) got their information from
A Matrix Search of Ms. Johnson’s avatar Brynne Taggart and wants to offer them a
with a (legal) Electronics (Computer) + Intu- second job since they are in the area. If they
ition (10, 10 minutes) test reveals her identity accept the job, they will likely do it after com-
as Byrnne Taggart. A contact with specific ties pleting their initial task in Scene 4. However,
to the shadows recognizes the image with a they could decide to take care of the Triad job
Connection + Connection (2) test. With an ad- first, in which case you’ll proceed to Scene 5.
ditional hit on that test, they positively identify
her. If the runners use other contacts, increase
the threshold of the test by 2. Tell It To Them Straight
Further, any character with Organized Time keeps ticking. You’re about to get
Crime or Street Gangs Knowledge skills can moving to Everett when the business line on
make a Memory test, Logic + Intuition (1), your commlink chirps. Taking a look, the call-
to recall that the Mafia and Triads operate in er’s icon presents two teardrops, one black and
parts of Everett. one white, rotating around each other in the
From there, the team can perform standard traditional symbol of Yin and Yang. Your de-
Legwork tests using the rules found in the Leg- vice IDs the caller as Ms. Johnson. Well, your
work section of this module. Some of the tests employer did say she’d look into more oppor-
will reveal information that can lead to addi- tunities for you.
tional queries. Relevant queries include addi-
tional information on Brynne Taggart, infor- If the runners answer:
mation about Return Safe LTD and from there
Answering the call, you see an elegantly poised
its CEO, Jason Bridges. They may also try to
Asian woman with shoulder-length black hair and
learn what they can about either the Mafia or
Triad elements in the area. bold purple eyeshadow, wearing a white dress shirt.
Try to allow each player to conduct a part She’s not how you imagined the Johnson from your
of the legwork test; this helps to instill Leg- meeting looked. if you’re being honest.
work in the minds of the players as a norm The woman speaks with a slight Chinese
amongst shadowrunners. accent. “Thank you for taking my call. A mutual
acquaintance inform me you would be working in
Debugging Everett today. She suggest you might be available
for a little side hustle?”
The runners may opt to go forward with- She pauses, gauging your interest before
out any sort of research. For newer players, try carrying on. “It is relative straightforward job, I
to encourage them to conduct this Legwork,
think. Should be easy. Someone recently purchase
stressing the importance of having the right
a product from my organization. However, they
information. If your players are more experi-
enced, well, you’ve given them the opportunity. fail to grasp meaning of the word ‘transaction’
and instead forcibly took our merchandise without
Scene 3: proper payment. I would like to hire you to balance
the ledger between us and the offending party. I can

My Profile Must pay you 4,000 nuyen to take care of this.”

Be Popular Once the runners accept:

Ms. Johnson looks pleased as she says, “Fantastic.
The name of the man is Tommy Fong. You can find him
Scan This at the Calico Cat Hotel on Rucker and 26th. His gang
After the runners decide to go to Return operate a… massage parlor… out of the building.”
Safe LTD (the job location), or they have spent “Let him know in no uncertain term that I am
over two hours gathering information in Scene not pleased with his action. He should believe
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that his very survival rely on not making same • If they ask why she can’t send someone,
mistake. How you deliver this message is up to she’ll tell them that her associates can-
you, but better if at least he is alive and capable not travel freely in that part of Everett;
of continuing to work.” She smiles then, a cold, otherwise, they wouldn’t need a free-
predatory expression at odds with her alluring, lance distributor.
exotic features. “ His comfort and his associates are
unimportant.” If the runners wish to negotiate, they can
After a moment, she blinks as if returning make an Influence (Negotiation) + Charisma
to herself. “Then, if my product is still available, Opposed test against Ni Ni’s dice pool of 9 dice
recover it for me. If not, you will need to ‘accept’
(Social Rating 7 because this is a video call). Each
net hit for the runners will bring an additional
payment in whatever form is available. Presume
250 nuyen up to a total max of 5,500 nuyen
his assets will just barely cover it. If something get (max 6 net hits). If the runners know that the ri-
broken in the process, it is understandable, leave valry between the Octagon Triad and the Eighty-
for him to salvage. He need to fund his next buy Eights Triad is a factor in this situation, they gain
with us.” a bonus point of Edge for use in the negotiation.
“My product is in box marked with Bagua …” she The drug deal that Ni Ni is referencing hap-
waves a hand dismissively, realizing you probably pened about three hours ago down in north
don’t know what that is. “Mmm … octagon shape Tacoma. Information about the deal going
with Yin-Yang in middle, understand?” bad reached her about 30 minutes ago, and
Once you nod, she offers a last word of advice, Brynne contacted her while she was thinking
“Best if you cannot be identified by anyone. Law at about the best way to resolve the situation.
least have rules on what they do when they find you.”
She doesn’t know if Tommy will start getting
the product ready for distribution or try to
spread it out faster, but she hopes to get her
Behind the Scenes drugs back without causing a massive amount
True to her word, Brynne Taggart found an of destruction. But she is very protective of the
additional work opportunity for the runners. Octagon’s position, and the thought of a total
The timing was perfect for Ni Ni Xiaolu, who loss elicits her penchant for spiteful behavior.
had just received information that a drug deal Served with a side of deadly.
she had a stake in went south. Since the task Once the negotiation is complete, Ni Ni is
willing to offer the following additional infor-
should not impede Brynne’s goals, she passed
mation if asked:
on their information.
• That Tommy has ties with but is not part
Ni Ni has worded her pitch with vague ref-
of the Eighty-Eights Triad.
erences to the situation and her desires. The
runners should understand what she is get- • Tommy Fong’s lieutenant is a Troll en-
ting at, but if they are confused, she will very forcer who goes by the name Breach Mc-
bluntly tell them that a potential distributor of Clearen.
her novacoke stole the drugs instead of paying • Information on the Legwork section for
for them and, in doing so, injured some of her the Calico Cat Hotel as if Ni Ni had 3
people. She wants the runners to make it right. hits.
Questions the runners may have for Ni Ni • The crate containing the drugs is about
Xiaolu before negotiating their pay include: half a meter long by twenty centimeters
• If they ask about the target, she’ll only by twenty centimeters.
tell them it’s a two-bit ganger and a • If they ask about killing Tommy or any
handful of gangers, nothing that they collateral damage, she will tell them that
can’t handle. if they can get the drugs, they don’t need
• If they ask about the danger involved, to kill him, but if they can’t, then she
she’ll tell them it should only be danger- should inflict damage on his operations.
ous for their target. She’ll pause and re-
flect that there is ‘one guy’ but then insist Additionally, allow the team to conduct
that the team can handle that. some legwork here. As it was with Brynne Tag-
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gart in Scene 2, the team can use an image of Scene 4:
Ni Ni Xiaolu to learn her identity, either with
a (Legal) Electronics (Computer) + Intuition
(10, 10 minutes) test or through a contact with
Safe Crackers
specific ties to the Triads, Connection + Con-
nection (2) test. Using law enforcement or oth- Scan This
er organized crime contacts raises the thresh-
old by 2. After hearing from Ni Ni Xiaolu in Scene
A character with the Triads Knowledge skill 3, the runners’ most likely course of action is
can make a Memory test, Logic + Intuition (3), to complete their task for Brynne. Here, they
to recognize her. Net hits grant progressive infor- will observe their target, Return Safe LTD, and
mation from her entry in the Legwork section. then carry out their task of retrieving the data
Other queries the team might make are for from within the business. When they finish
Tommy Fong, Breach McClearen, and the Cal- this scene, if they accepted the job from Ni Ni
ico Cat Hotel. Xiaolu, go directly to Scene 5. If they have al-
ready completed the job for Ni Ni Xiaolu, then
go to optional Scene 6 or directly to Scene 7. If
they did not accept the job from Ni Ni Xiaolu
the triads of seattle in Scene 3, go directly to Scene 7.
There are three main tongs, or lodges, in Seattle.
The Triad leadership encourages competition between
the tongs as they attempt to strengthen their foothold
Tell It To Them Straight
on the Seattle ‘plex. Zheng Li Kwan, an immigrant from Down in the heart of Everett, surrounded
Hong Kong, runs the Yellow Lotus Triad, and they spe- by an adult playground of entertainment op-
cialize in bringing in goods such as BTL and sex workers tions, you see an older building that consists
from Hong Kong. The Eighty-Eights Triad breaks from of several small businesses. You can see Angry
tradition with an emphasis on technology instead of Tony’s Bail Bonds with an AR overlay of a gi-
the core values of mysticism. Rick Wu runs the Eighty- ant human yelling at a judge. Next to it, you
Eights like a franchise to the various gangs in the ‘Plex see a cheap to-go Thai place called Thai-U-Up
but focusing on Everett, supplying every vice to the with tons of special deals on a variety of inter-
UCAS sailors from the local shipyards. Finally, the Oc- esting sounding dishes. Although you suspect
tagon Triad is the smallest of the three and has been that all the dishes are the same. Sandwiched
in turmoil the last couple of years. They operate out between the two is an unlabeled office, with a
of the port of Tacoma and import illicit drugs and guns simple block text augmented overlay sign for
into Seattle. Return Safe LTD.

Debugging Behind the Scenes

In this scene, the runners should devise a
If the runners don’t want to take the call plan to get into Return Safe LTD, find and copy
from Ni Ni Xiaolu, then Brynne Taggart will the datachip, and make their escape, all with-
give them a call and ask if they are interest- out being noticed. This shouldn’t be a difficult
ed in that additional opportunity. If they say task if the team takes the proper precautions.
yes, she patches them through, and the scene This neighborhood is under the ‘protection’
should progress normally. If they say no, then of the Eighty-Eights Triads, one of the three
move on to Scene 4. major Triad organizations that operate in the
If the runners speak with Ni Ni Xiaolu but Seattle area. This shouldn’t be an issue for the
don’t accept the job, that’s fine. You will prob- runners in this scene unless they cause prob-
ably need to make use of the Pushing the En- lems for Angry Tony’s Bail Bonds or Thai-U-
velope section in Scene 4 to extend the time of Up. Tony’s is open from 3 PM to 10 PM, and
the Mission. Thai-U-Up is open from 11 AM to 11 PM.
Both pay ‘insurance’ fees to the Eighty-Eights
and call them if they sense trouble. The securi-
ty rating for the area is C.
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The staff for Return Safe LTD consists of The front entrance is a double glass door
Jason Bridges (the CEO) and Daniel Pederson that is open during business hours; otherwise,
(an ‘administrator’). Jason is currently staying it is secured by a cardreader maglock (Rating
downtown for meetings with some investors 3). A camera (Capacity 2, w/ low-light vision,
and does not play into the module under nor- vision enhancement) is prominently placed to
mal circumstances. If the team arrives during the side of the door, angled to view anyone en-
business hours, 10 am to 4 pm, Daniel will be tering or leaving.
sitting in the office, coming out only if some- A cardreader maglock (Rating 4) always se-
one enters. Otherwise, he will be at the Wealthy cures the rear entrance. The rear door can be
Sasquatch Casino a couple of miles north. He found by physically spotting it with a Percep-
currently has a room there and can make his tion (Visual) + Intuition (1) test. There is a hid-
way to Return Safe LTD within 5 minutes if he den camera (Capacity 1, w/ low-light vision)
receives an alert. above the rear door, which the runners can
Unless otherwise noted, the characters can spot using a Perception + Intuition (3) Test.
access all devices associated with Return Safe The building consists of three rooms. The
LTD via the host described below. The host front of the building is the main room, which
stores information from all of the camera feeds is four meters wide by three meters deep and
and logs any attempts to use a key card on any furnished with a medium table and four chairs.
connected maglock, whether a legitimate key There is a camera (Capacity 2, w/ low-light vi-
card or a maglock passkey. Any failed attempt sion, vision enhancement) that observes the front
to rewire the internal circuitry of a connected door. On the back wall, just off-center, and to
maglock results in an alert sent to Daniel Ped- the left as you face it from the entrance is a short
erson (see Return Safe LTD host, below). hall that leads to the rear door. On the left side
of the hall is a door that opens to a one-meter by
two-meter bathroom and attached cleaning stor-
bypassing maglocks age closet. On the right is a door for the office. At
Maglocks (p. 241, SR6) are the most popular locking the back of the hall, hidden in a dark corner on
device in the Sixth World. They are frequently attached the ceiling, is a camera (Capacity 3, w/ low-light
to a system that logs each opening and closing of the vision, thermographic vision, vision enhance-
door. They open with a wide variety of inputs—a key ment) that observes the office door.
card, biometric data, a sequence of numbers, a prox- The bathroom cardreader maglock (Rating
imity card, whatever. The procedures differ for the dif- 3). The office is three meters by four meters
ferent types of lock, but they all start with the same with a reclining chair and a small desk. In the
first step—the case protecting the internal mechanism back corner of the room is a safe, which the
needs to be removed, which requires an Engineering + host does not connect to. It is locked using a
Agility (lock rating x 2, 1 combat round) Extended test. maglock (Rating 4) with a fingerprint biomet-
Alternatively, it can be broken off (Structure Rating is ric system. Unless you are using the Pushing
twice the lock rating). the Envelope section of this scene, the data-
For cardreaders, you can either rewire the internal chips in question are locked in that safe.
circuitry with an Engineering + Agility (lock rating x 2, 1 Opening the safe is tricky, as it is not wire-
combat round) Extended test or use a maglock passkey
less enabled. That means the runners will need
(p. 278, SR6) with an Opposed test between the pass-
to get a fingerprint from one of the staff. That
key rating vs. the maglock rating.
might involve finding Daniel Pederson and
Biometric scanners cannot be defeated by rewiring
lifting a print during an interaction with him
the internal circuitry and require a copy or sample of
the thing being scanned (if you don’t have access to the
(which you can run by going to Scene 4B). A
thing yourself).
creative player may suggest lifting a print from
Note for Shadowrun Missions: a character can re- the business itself. If there is no time compo-
place an unbroken maglock case, and it will pass ca- nent, simply narrate the runners combing the
sual notice without a test. To replace it more securely office for a usable fingerprint, lifting it with
requires an Engineering + Agility (lock rating, 1 combat some plastic wrapping, and eventually getting
round) Extended test but benefits from appearing un- into the safe.
touched by anything but the closest inspections. If there is a time component, such as an
alert that reached Daniel Pederson or interfer-
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ence from Eighty-Eights Triads, then use the (most likely to loop the last round of activity),
following series of tests. To find a potential or edit the video file. Maglocks can be Spoofed
fingerprint, start with a Perception (Visual) to open, or their logs can be edited.
+ Intuition (5, 1 minute) test. If they have a Gaining Admin access reveals two files,
cellular glove molder (p. 278, SR6), they can centrally located in the space. The first is Dan-
attempt to copy the print, but circumstances iel Pederson’s reservation information at the
reduce the effective rating of the cellular glove Wealthy Sasquatch Casino; he checked into
molder by 1. It takes the device one minute to room 312 two weeks ago and did not have a
print a sleeve. Then, make device rating vs ma- check-out date. The second is a file (Encryp-
glock rating Opposed test. On a success, the tion Rating 4). If they decrypt the file, it is sim-
safe opens. On a failure, it remains locked, and ply a note to someone called Hashtag, instruct-
the runners will need to find another print. ing them to wait at ‘the casino’ for a courier
If they do not have a cellular glove molder, named Side Winder. The file makes a point of
they can attempt to lift the print with tape. A explaining the pronunciation to be ‘win-der’
player can use a point of NERPS to produce instead of ‘wind-er’.
a roll, or a roll can be purchased at the 24- This meeting takes place in the future when
hour Stuffer Shack four blocks away (assume the datachips are delivered and has no bearing
the cost is rolled into any Low Lifestyle or on the Mission unless you choose to Push the
better; otherwise, that’s 2 nuyen, chummer). If Envelope.
someone suggests, they can use any slap patch
as a piece of tape for this purpose. The slap host structure
patch is large enough to be cut into four piec-
es for four attempts, but if they cut any stim, MATRIX
tranq, or chem patch, make an Agility (patch Return Safe LTD Host (Rating 5)
rating or 3) test to avoid receiving the effects
of the patch. It takes just a few seconds to lift Installed IC: Patrol
Sculpting: This host lacks specific sculpting. It appears as a spa-
and then make an Agility + Willpower (5) test cious, white room with blank walls, floor, and ceiling. Devices and
to apply it to the scanner. The threshold rep- files show up as their icons.
resents the difficulty in taking a clean print, Host Personas: There are no specific paradigms set for this host.
applying it without smudging it, and that it’s Security Procedures: The host is continually running patrol IC,
which appears as a large, green light-emitting scanner hovering in
the right print in the first place. Allow a cre- the center of the room. Once every minute, the patrol IC makes a
ative player to substitute another attribute for Matrix Perception test against any personas within the host. If it
Willpower if they make a good case for it. If detects a persona with User or Admin access, or the maglock noti-
they fail, they need to find another fingerprint fies it of any physical tampering of the maglocks’ internal circuits
(through a failed attempt to rewire them), it alerts Daniel Pederson,
to lift. On each successive attempt to apply it, specifying the nature of the alert. The runner can find Daniel Ped-
however, reduce the threshold of the Agility + erson by using the Snoop action on the alert to determine Daniel’s
Willpower test by 1. commlink number. Then they can use a Trace Icon action after gain-
Once they have accessed the datachips, ing access to it to find his location.

they simply need to slot them and run Brynne’s

hashcode, about 30 seconds for all of them.
Reading the files, they will notice it is a list of Pushing the Envelope
names and a few businesses. The meeting with Side Winder is tonight,
The Return Safe LTD host (Rating 5; A/S/ and Daniel Pederson is to meet with the cou-
D/F 6/5/7/8) is a generic host that hasn’t been rier at the Wealthy Sasquatch Casino, where
updated outside of the most basic functions he is staying. The datachips are not in the safe,
to run the business. Maglocks and cameras, and the runners will need to intercept the chips
along with their associated files, can be found before or after the exchange. Go to Scene 4B.
with Matrix Perception, (legal) Electronics
(Computer) + Intuition vs Willpower + Sleaze
Opposed test; in this case, the devices have a Debugging
dice pool of 5. From the cameras, you can use The runners may be completely stuck on
the Snoop action (with Admin level access) to how to open the safe, especially in a manner
look through the camera, spoof a command that fits the parameters of stealing the data
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without being noticed. Maybe they don’t think Scene 4B:
to search for prints in the office or don’t want to
go looking for the guy whose print matches. In
this case, that’s fine; they can attempt to break
Dinner and
into the safe or simply try to steal it. Sure, the
folks at Return Safe LTD won’t help but notice
Gambling
their safe is gone, but the job is to get the data. (Optional)
Doing it discreetly is just professionalism.
Breaking into the safe makes use of the rules
for breaking through barriers (p. 112, SR6). Three Scan This
tools from the Shadowrun, Sixth World Core Come to this scene from Scene 4 if the run-
Rulebook that can get that safe open are the mini- ners decide to go to the Wealthy Sasquatch
welder (p. 278, SR6), the monofilament chainsaw Casino to find Daniel Pederson. This could be
(p. 279, SR6), or a thermite burning bar (p. 279, through their own means or because you are
SR6). These tools are used over time instead of Pushing the Envelope in Scene 4. In this scene,
causing instantaneous damage and using any of the runners need to get something from Daniel
them will give the runners access to the inside of Pederson, whether that is a fingerprint so they
the safe. Thermite burning bar is going to cause a can open the safe or because he is physically
lot of problems … destroyed datachip problems. carrying the datachips. For the former, return
Runners can use either the miniwelder or mono- to Scene 4 after they have his fingerprint. If they
filament chainsaw to cut through the safe (Struc- have retrieved the datachip from him, go to
ture Rating 17). Instead of a five or ten-centimeter Scene 5 if they need to complete Ni Ni Xiaolu’s
hole, they carve a five or ten-centimeter line. The task or optional Scene 6 if they’ve already done
safe is thirty centimeters per side. that. Otherwise, head to Scene 7 for payment.
Alternatively, they can simply take the safe.
Daniel had the safe bolted to the floor, but the
floor is densiplast (Structure Rating 10). They Tell It To Them Straight
would need to punch holes or cut a line through Casinos are generally loud, filled with flash-
the floor around the safe. The combined weight ing lights, and crowded with AROs. You almost
of the safe and the remaining bits of connect- feel sorry for any security that has to look after
ed floor will be 80 Kg, requiring strength 3. It the place. The Wealthy Sasquatch isn’t the big-
is awkward to carry and requires both arms to gest casino, and it’s not the nicest. It’s not the
carry, except trolls can carry it under one arm. most popular casino in the area. In fact, you
Using a monofilament chainsaw or physi- can’t really think of a reason why you’d ever
cally hauling the safe out of the building alerts come to this place if it weren’t work-related.
neighbors to a break-in, and they will receive They don’t even have a stage show.
a +1 heat modifier in addition to any others. What they do have, is Triad presence. It’s
Presume that if they physically have the funny how universally true it is that a thug in
safe, they can open it at their leisure. a suit still looks like … well … a thug. Except
now they’re in a suit.
what's in store? Still, you’re here; you might as well enjoy
yourself. Oh, and find this Pederson guy.
Stored on the datachips are several names and a
few businesses. Most correlations will be lost, but to
determine the relevance of this list, you can make the Behind the Scenes
following checks. The team is either here because they want
• Using the absolute value for their reputation, it
to lift a fingerprint from Daniel Pederson or
lists any runner who makes a Reputation (2) test.
because the safe is empty and they know he
• The file also lists all contacts that succeed on a
has it. There are several ways to run this scene.
Connection (3) test.
• Fixer contacts reduce the threshold by 1.
Runners might try to break into his room.
• Shadowrunner contacts reduce the threshold by 2.
They may approach him and work a social in-
teraction. And when in doubt, you can always
Whoever is reading the file can make a Perception shoot up the place.
+ Intuition test. Each hit reveals one name from the list
determined by the above tests.
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The runners will find the Wealthy Sasquatch if they are not otherwise suitably dressed for
Casino near Legion Park and Golf Club Road. the casino. If they take the datachips from him,
The casino is a front for the Eighty-Eights to satisfy the requirement that they are undis-
Triad. They supply the physical and matrix covered, they will have to return the chips in
security for the casino. Knight Errant holds much the same way.
the astral security contract and handles this If they maintain a friendly stance with Dan-
through HTR rather than on-site casino secu- iel Pederson, he is open to discussing pretty
rity. Matrix security consists of four deckers much anything and everything except for top-
(Triad White Paper Fan, Professional Rating 4) ics related to Return Safe LTD.
on matrix security duties, sixteen Triad enforc- Wealthy Sasquatch Casino Security host
ers (Triad Enforcers, Professional Rating 4), (Rating 8; A/S/D/F 11/8/9/10) has attached
and two Triad lieutenants (Triad Lieutenant, cameras, sensors, door locks, fire suppression
Professional Rating 5). The enforcers operate systems, etc. There is always one spider on the
in pairs and sweep the building and grounds. host. This host has no outsider access. With
The lieutenants, located on either side of the User access, the runners can check through the
gambling floor, oversee the operations. security feeds to spot Daniel. With Admin ac-
If the runners opt to get into his room, they’ll cess, the runner can make a Hash Check (User)
need to know which room is his. They can dis- Matrix Action using an Electronics + Logic [4]
cover that he is staying in room 312, either on Test to search for paydata. If they succeed,
the Return Safe LTD or the Wealthy Sasquatch they find an encrypted file (Rating 8) contain-
Casino Hotel host. From there, they can attempt ing dossiers of the top spenders over the last
to prepare a keycard through the hotel host and 10 months. If the runners find the right buyer,
swipe a blank keycard when the concierge is this is worth 4,000 nuyen.
distracted. Alternatively, they can attempt to re- The Wealthy Sasquatch Casino Hotel host
wire the cardreader maglock (Rating 4) on his (Rating 5; A/S/D/F 8/5/6/7) is set aside for
door (after removing the case). Failure to rewire making reservations, storing guest informa-
the maglock results in an alert, and security will
be on their way. Finally, anyone with access to host structure
the Security host can unlock any door in the fa-
cility except the vault. If the team manages to MATRIX
get into his room to sweep for a print, they find Wealthy Sasquatch Casino Host (Rating 5)
one in just a few minutes. Wealthy Sasquatch Casino Security Host (Rating 8)
If they are there for the datachips, they’ll Wealthy Sasquatch Casino Financial Host (Rating 9)
find a note with the word Side Winder and a
Wealthy Sasquatch Casino Hotel Host (Rating 5)
time, roughly an hour from the current time.
They’ll have to find him in the hotel. Installed IC: Acid, black IC, patrol, tarbaby, tracker
If the runners decide to find Daniel Ped- Sculpting: The host is configured to look like a casino built into the
erson, he is at the craps table. Taking a print redwood forests. The casino supports gambling by users which ap-
from a glass he has held should be a simple af- pear as their own personas. Agents are represented by wait-staff
which run around delivering drinks which represent data files.
fair. If they attempt to take the datachips, they Host Personas: There are four main types of users that would log
would need to succeed on a Stealth (Palming) onto these hosts. The first group of users are prospective visitors
+ Agility (4) test to take them unnoticed in the granted outsider access. The primary users are registered gamblers
crowd. If they manage to get him alone, then who generally appear as their personas with User access. The third
group are casino employees at User access who would be dressed as
they will make a Stealth (Palming) + Agility vs lumberjacks which will usually include between ten and thirty staff
Perception + Intuition Opposed test against depending on time of day. The fourth group are the network security
Daniel Pederson’s dice pool of 7. spiders at admin access who would arrive dressed as sasquatches.
Hackers attempting to gain User or Admin access who don’t adopt
Getting him away from the crowd can be the paradigm grant Edge to IC and spiders on perception tests.
done with a simple ruse. Any female charac- Security Procedures: The host is continually running patrol IC to
ter can draw his attention with a successful ensure that no one has access they should not have access to. It will
Influence (Etiquette) + Charisma (1) test. The check each logged in user once if it can find them. When it detects
an intruder, the host launches acid, tar baby and then black IC. All
threshold rises to 3 for male characters. Raise the casino hosts have one spider (Bestiary, Triad White Paper Fan,
the threshold by 1 for every apparent level of Professional Rating 4) running on each of them.
lifestyle below High. Raise the threshold by 1
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tion, and setting up keycards. This host has Triad Lieutenant
no outsider access. With User access, the team
(2, Professional Rating 5)
can look over guest information, set up reser-
vations, and prepare the keycard encoder to
B A R S W L I C ESS
make a key. With Admin access, they could 4 4 5(6) 3 4 3 4 3 6
comp a guest’s stay or prepare the keycard en-
coder to encode a master key. DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
8 10/3 A1, I4 15 10/15/+1

Triad White Paper Fan Skills: Athletics 3, Biotech 2, Close Combat 4 (Blades +2), Firearms
6, Influence 3 (Intimidation +2), Outdoors 2 (Tracking +2), Percep-
(4, Professional Rating 4) tion 4, Piloting 2, Stealth 4
Gear: Armor jacket (+4, Social -3), 2x jazz inhaler, commlink (Rating
B A R S W L I C ESS 3, D/F 2/0)
1 2 2 2 4 5 (7) 3 2 3.2 Weapons:
AK-97 [Firearms, DV 4P, SA/BF/FA, 38(c), 6/13/11/9/3]
Ares Predator [Firearms, DV 3P, SA/BF, 15(c), 10/10/8/—/—]
DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
Sap [Close Combat, DV 2S, AR 9/—/—/—/—]
4 5/1 A1, I2 10 10/15/+1
Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 2S, AR 9/—/—/—/—]
M DR M I/ID M AC
13 10/3 A1, I4

Skills: Close Combat 2, Cracking 6, Electronics 6, Influence 2, Per-

Pushing the Envelope
ception 3, Firearms 2 (Pistols +2) They find Daniel Pederson as he is passing
Qualities: Analytical Mind, Hardening
Augmentations: Cerebral booster 2, cyberjack (Rating 3, D/F 6/5),
the datachips to Side Winder. They will now
implanted cyberdeck (Rating 3, A/S 6/5, w/ armor, exploit, hammer, have to retrieve them from the courier, who
overclock, trace) is a capable shadowrunner in her own right.
Gear: Armor jacket (+3, Social -1), micro-transceiver There is no way to complete the mission and
Weapons:
Defiance Super Shock [Firearms, DV 6S(e), SS, 4(m),
meet the undiscovered requirement.
10/6/—/—/—]
Sword [Close Combat, DV 4P, AR 13/—/—/—/—]
Unarmed strike [Close Combat, DV 2S, 4/—/—/—/—]
Debugging
This scene should not be difficult and is
meant to be an opportunity for social char-
Triad Enforcer acters to interact. If they botch it here, allow
(16, Professional Rating 4) them to botch it.

B A R S W L I C ESS Scene 5:
3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 6

DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
Can’t Stay
4 6/1 A1, I2 10 10/15/+1

Skills: Athletics 2, Close Combat 3, Firearms 2, Influence 2, Percep-

At My Place
tion 3, Stealth 3

Scan This
Gear: Cheap armor suit (+1, Social -1), commlink (Rating 2, D/F 1/1)
Weapons:
Streetline Special [Firearms, DV 2P, SS, 6(c), 8/8/—/—/—]
Colt Cobra TZ-100 [Firearms, DV 3P, SA/BF, 32(c), 9/9/6/—/—]
This The runners come to this scene after
Club [Close Combat, DV 3S, AR 8/—/—/—/—] Scene 3 or Scene 4, depending on whether they
Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 2S, AR 4/—/—/—/—] try to get the information from the datachips
first. In this scene, the team finds Tommy Fong,
delivers Ni Ni Xiaolu’s message, and either re-
cover the drugs or punish him on her behalf. Af-
terwards, you can run the optional Scene 6, go
to Scene 4 if they still need to get the datachips,
or head to Scene 7 to wrap up the Mission.
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Tell It To Them Straight Behind the Scenes
Heading towards the Calico Cat, you find Tommy Fong’s hangout (2522 Rucker Ave
yourself uncomfortably close to the Naval in Everett) is a ‘love hotel’ and drug den called
yard. Which means you’ll have to be mindful the Calico Cat Hotel located about 8 blocks
of the neighbors while dealing with the fall out away from the main entrance to the Naval
of a two-bit street gang’s broken drug deal. base. The Calico Cat’s location is a Securi-
Hopefully, with UCAS getting punched in the ty Rating C zone and there’s a Stuffer Shack
face by the zaibatsu, CAS, NAN, and Seattle across the street. Most of the security is pro-
itself, they are shuttered tight, and to hell with vided by the Eighty-Eights and some of the
the neighbors. Mafia families that operate out of the various
Driving closer to the (Puget) Sound in the parts of Everett. If the runners drift north of
cold damp grey, the clouds in the sky reflect the 23rd Street, they enter Security Rating B zone.
lights, giving false dawn to the south. The re- The old apartment complex is six stories
tail spaces of downtown Everett give way into tall and its footprint on the street is 100 me-
ters by 100 meters. It’s a square block with an
a series of apartment complexes and no-tells
interior courtyard. Each of the floors once con-
that have seen better days. Course it all still sees
sisted of eight apartments, but now each floor
a ton of use, and if the series of AR advertise- has been converted to different purposes. The
ments stretching down the streets are any indi- top floor has been opened up, leaving only a
cation of what goes on inside, it’s no mystery couple of apartments for Tommy and Breach.
why. Probably leave the blacklight in the car. The rest is a hangout/crash pad for any of his
The Calico Cat is an apartment building affiliates. The fifth floor has been converted
turned into a parlor. The complex is six stories into a makeshift medical facility, funded by the
tall and painted in a garish array of colors, not Eighty-Eights Triad, with a streetdoc on hand.
to mention the tacky AROs littering the place. The fourth floor is used for storage and drug
The gated entrance seems to have lost its gate, processing is where the Ni Ni Xiaolu’s crate
replaced with some ‘pretty young things’ and can be found. The second and third floors are
a smattering of obvious muscle. Time to earn set up as hotel rooms. The first floor is used for
your pay. parties as well as some gambling, mostly card
games. Opposite the gate is the front desk and

bunraku puppets
When fulfilling the fantasies of clients impinge on the fix. These drugs are addictive and future books will
any sort of personal rights or basic metahuman decency, contain addiction rules.
you get a Bunraku parlor. The puppets are metahumans
who have been rigged with cyberware such as simrigs, Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill Personafix
skillwires, and skilljacks to boost the metahuman natu- Effect: Agility +2, Strength +1, Logic –1,
ral capabilities in the art of seduction. The pimp breaks Close Combat +4, Firearms +4, Stealth +4
the victim’s will through the repeated use of personafix- The user of the personafix goes into kill mode and
es, BTLs, drugs, and torture until you have a blank slate will kill any that they don’t consider part of their gang
to load whatever role and personality into the vessel. of killers. So other puppets and gang members are not
attacked, while runners and patrons are targeted.
Personafixes and BTLs
BTL or Better Than Life chips provide the ultimate Casanova Personafix
in simsense experiences by turning off the safeties and Effect: Willpower –1, Intuition +1, Charisma +2,
amping sensory experiences to the max. This creates Con +4, Influence +4, Perception +4
an incredible high that leaves mundane reality dull and Users of the Casanova Personafix are more in tune
drab by comparison. Personafixes are a lesser form that with the passions of their target. While using the BTL,
helps fix things like sleeping issues, laziness, or other they are more susceptible to persuasion and also more
undesirable personality traits. Post Crash 2.0, more and likely to partake in various vices. They are interested in
more of the parlors are using wireless access to down- pleasing those around them and believe that everyone
load the desired software into the doll. The user of a wants them. Users have a false sense of security that
personafix is unable to gain or spend edge while using nothing bad will befall them.
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the central elevator core. The astral for this en- Eights Triads and some of the thugs on location
tire complex is muddied with violence and lust may be Triad members, which is notable as a
(optional Low Mana Ebb). lead into the optional Scene 6. At any given
The courtyard is spacious, split in half by the time, there are between four and sixteen thugs
parking lot on the gate side, and a small pool (Bestiary, Sprawl Gangers, Professional Rating
and patio on the front desk side. The whole 1) ready to provide back-up for Tommy. Some
thing measures some twenty meters by thirty or all of them may be under the effects of no-
meters. Part of the parking lot has been con- vacoke, which grants +1 Reaction, +1 Charis-
verted into a cheaply constructed ‘dancefloor’ ma, +1 Perception, and High Pain Tolerance. If
serviced by a hastily constructed ‘bar’ hosting the runners have an awakened character, then
a large amount of cheap liquor. The number of add a mage (Bestiary, Triad Incense Master,
people here is up to the GM. Beyond anyone Professional Rating 4).
listed as possible combatants, there are some Calico Cat Hotel Security Host: The Cali-
customers and between ten and sixteen bunra- co Cat Hotel Security Host (Rating 6; A/S/D/F
ku puppets at the Calico Cat. 7/6/8/9) has attached cameras, sensors, door
Sitting at the bar are a pair of thugs (Bes- locks, fire suppression systems, etc. There is
tiary, Sprawl Ganger Lieutenant, Professional always one spider on the host. This host has
Rating 3) keeping an eye on things. The bar no outsider access. With User access, a hacker
staff are also bunraku puppets loaded with the can look through the camera feeds and check
appropriate bartending skills. Each wing has the sensor status. With Admin access, the run-
a single room, on the left is a room set up for ner can make an Electronics (Computers) +
Tommy’s private (and sometimes public) par- Intuition [5] Test to search for paydata. If they
ties. On the right side is a large activity room. succeed, they find an encrypted file (Rating 8)
The complex has a host structure with two containing personafix software for various ce-
parts. One handles the mundane aspects of lebrities and tropes. If the runners find the right
managing the ‘hotel business’ and the other is buyer, this is worth 4,000 nuyen. The runners
a more robust host that handles security and are unable to use the software as it is tied to
stores any potentially important information. the specific hardware installed in puppets on
that is used to handle the hotel portion of the site. Runners can use a Spoof Command Ma-
building along with an additional host that trix Action or Edit File Matrix Action (Admin)
handles security as well as any sensitive files. Se- to bypass sensors and control the elevators.
curity in the complex is mostly run via fear and
cheap muscle. There are cardreader maglocks host structure
(Rating 3) for every room. There are cameras at
MATRIX
each corner of the building (Capacity 1, w/ low-
light vision) and over the entrances (Capacity Calico Cat Hotel Host (Rating 3)
3, w/ low-light vision, thermographic vision, Calico Cat Hotel Security Host (Rating 6)
and vision enhancement). Internal to each ho-
tel room is a single hidden camera (Capacity 2, Installed IC: Acid, black IC, patrol, tarbaby, tracker
Sculpting: The host is sculpted to look like an inexpensive hotel
with low-light vision and vision enhancement) with a long menu of options to make your stay more enjoyable.
and occupancy sensors. The elevator is an old- Agents are represented by exotic dancers which move through the
er model which uses an AR menu to select the hotel area carrying trays of candy which represent data files.
floor, with an access limit. Host Personas: There are four main types of users that would log
onto these hosts. The first group of users are prospective guests
When Tommy got back from the deal, he granted outsider access. The primary users are guests who generally
took some of the product out for a party and appear as their personas at User access. The third group are hotel
sent the rest of the crate upstairs for process- employees at user access who would be dressed in the hotel livery
ing. He and his entourage proceed to get high which will usually include between two and eight staff depending on
time of day. The fourth group are the network security spiders at ad-
and celebrate the take. They are all currently min access who would arrive appearing like a small golden dragon.
enjoying themselves on the ground level, either Hackers attempting to gain User or Admin access who don’t adopt the
at the pool and patio or inside the party room. paradigm grant Edge to IC and spiders on perception tests.
In addition to Tommy and Breach Mc- Security Procedures: The host is continually running patrol IC to
ensure that no one has access they should not have access to. It will
Clearen, there are always members of his gang check each logged in user once if it can find them. When it detects
on the premises. They have ties to the Eighty- an intruder, the host launches acid, tar baby and then black IC. The
hosts have a spider (Bestiary, Triad White Paper Fan, Professional
Rating 4) running on them.
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Sprawl Ganger Bunraku Puppet
(Between 4 and 16, Professional Rating 1) (Between 4 and 16, Professional Rating 1)

B A R S W L I C ESS B A R S W L I C ESS
3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 6 3 5 (9) 3 4 (5) 1 2 (1) 2 1 (5) 2.6

DR I/ID AC CM MOVE DR I/ID AC CM MOVE

4 6/1 A1, I2 10 10/15/+1 3 5/1 A1, I2 10 10/15/+1

Skills: Athletics 2, Close Combat 3, Firearms 2, Influence 2, Percep- Skills: Close Combat 0(4), Firearms 0(4), Stealth 0(4)
tion 3, Stealth 3 Augmentations: Enhanced articulation, muscle toner 3, pain ed-
Gear: Gang cut (+1, Social -1), commlink (Rating 2, D/F 1/1) itor, simrig, skilljack 6, skillwires 4, sleep regulator, tailored pher-
Weapons: omones 4
Streetline Special [Firearms, DV 2P, SS, 8/8/—/—/—] Gear: Lingerie (+0)
Colt Cobra TZ-100 [Firearms, DV 3P, SA/BF, 9/9/6/—/—] Weapons:
Club [Close Combat, DV 3S, 8/—/—/—/—] Defiance T-250 [Firearms, DV 5P, SS/SA, AR 7/10/6/—/— w/
Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 2S, 4/—/—/—/—] explosive ammo]
Uzi V [Firearms, DV 3P, SA/BF/FA, AR 8/8/7/—/—]
Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 2S, AR 7/—/—/—/—]

Tommy Fong Note: The puppets have little sense of self-preservation beyond
what programming is loaded. They will continue to fight until they
(Human, Ganger, Professional Rating 5)
have taken 8+ boxes of damage before running. Their simrig is run-
ning through the fight.
B A R S W L I C ESS Note: The puppets are currently on the Faster Pussycat Kill, Kill
3 (5) 3 (4) 3 (4) 2 (3) 4 3 4 3 (4) 3.1 personafix.

DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
9 8/2 A1, I3 15 10/15/+1
Pushing the Envelope
Skills: Athletics 6, Biotech 1, Close Combat 4, Electronics 1, Fire-
arms 6, Perception 3, Stealth 2
The party has ended and Tommy Fong is
Augmentations: Bone lacing: aluminum, muscle replacement 1, sleeping it off upstairs. Things are quiet …
tailored pheromones 1, wired reflexes 1 well, as quiet as they get… on the first floor.
Gear: Armor vest (+3), Hermes Ikon commlink (Rating 5, D/F 3/0), Runners are treated as customers but will not
Jazz (x2)
Weapons:
be granted access to any floors above level 3.
Ingram Smartgun XI [Firearms, DV 4P, SA/BF, 32(c), 11/9/6/—/—,
w/ explosive ammunition]
Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 4P, 9/—/—/—/—] Debugging
Players may be uncomfortable with the el-
ements in this scene. These details are used to
Breach McClaren show some of the worse elements of the set-
(Human, Ganger, Professional Rating 3) ting, but if you or the players are uncomfort-
able, obscure the details as necessary.
B A R S W L I C ESS
This could lead to the runners wishing to
6 5 (8) 4 (6) 5 (8) 4 3 3 4 1.8 save the bunraku puppets. If they wish to do
this, contacting Brynne or Ni Ni would lead to
DR I/ID AC CM MOVE them offering to try and help the puppets.
14 9/3 A1, I4 16 10/15/+1

Qualities: Built tough 2

Skills: Athletics 2, Biotech 2, Close Combat 5, Firearms 4, Influence
1, Perception 4, Stealth 2
Augmentations: Cyberears (Rating 2 w/ damper, sound link, audio
enhancement, select sound filter 2), cybereyes (Capacity 3 w/ cam-
era, image link, low-light vision, smartlink, vision enhancement),
muscle augmentation 3, muscle toner 3, orthoskin 4, pain editor,
platelet factories, synaptic booster 2
Gear: Armor jacket (+4), Hermes Ikon commlink (Rating 5, D/F 3/0)
Weapons:
Ruger Super Warhawk [Firearms, DV 4P, SA, 6(cy), 8/11/8/—/—]
Defiance Super Shock [Firearms, DV 6S(e), SS, 4(m),
10/6*/—/—/—]
Stun Baton [Close Combat, DV 5S(e), 14/—/—/—/—]
Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 2S, 14/—/—/—/—]
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Scene 6: MCT Roto-Drone
Should I (8, Medium Rotor Drone)

Give Up Hope HAND ACCEL SPD

3 20
INT
30
TOP
SPD
160
BOD
5
ARM PILOT SENS SEATS
6 3 2 —
(Optional)
DR I/ID AC DR CM
CM RATING
(AP) (AP) (AP) (M) (M)

Scan This +6 (9) — (6/4) — (A1, I5) 11 2 9 2

Programs: Clearsight 3, evasion 3, maneuvering 3, stealth 3, tar-

After the runners have completed Scene 5 geting (HK-227) 5
and if there is time, then you can run this scene. Sensors: Atmosphere sensor, camera [Capacity 3 w/ low light vi-
After dealing with Tommy Fong and his crew, sion, smartlink, thermographic vision], laser range finder
Weapons:
the Eighty-Eights are riled up and are looking HK-227 [Targeting, DV 3P, SA, 250(b), AR 10/11/8/—/—, w/
to remind the runners that they run this part of integrated smartgun system, and integral silencer]
town. After the team deals with the Triad, they
can go to Scene 4 if they haven’t retrieved the
datachips or proceed to Scene 7 for payment. Cyberspace Designs
Dalmation
Tell It To Them Straight (8, Large Rotor Drone)
Well, that went better than expected. Prob-
ably. A pair of jobs in the books and now it is HAND ACCEL SPD
INT
TOP
SPD BOD ARM PILOT SENS SEATS
time to book it out of Everett. Nothing is ever 3 13 20 130 6 4 3 3 —
perfect and no matter how good a job you do,
somebody’s pissed off about it. Obviously, the DR I/ID AC CM DR CM RATING
(AP) (AP) (AP) (M) (M)
target. But there are always folks sticking their +6 (9) — (6/4) — (A1, I5) 11 3 10 3
nose in your business.
Pointing your vehicle towards I-5, you take Programs: Clearsight 3, evasion 3, maneuvering 3, stealth 3, tar-
geting (HK-227) 5
off. You can see the on-ramp in the distance Sensors: Atmosphere sensor, camera [Capacity 3 w/ low light vi-
when you notice that there are a swarm of ae- sion, smartlink, thermographic vision], laser range finder
rial drones boxing you in from all directions. Weapons:
The proverbial noses make their appearance. HK-227 [Targeting, DV 3P, SA, 250(b), AR 10/11/8/—/—, w/
integrated smartgun system, and integral silencer]
Options… options… run? Or steel rain? It is
Seattle, after all.
Triad Vanguard
Behind the Scenes (4, Professional Rating 5)
The runners have drawn the attention of the
Eighty-Eights Triad for hitting two locations B A R S W L I C ESS
in their territory. The Triad is able to scramble 2 3 3 (5) 2 4 3 5 2 3.4

eight MCT-Nissan Roto-Drones and eight Cy- DR I/ID AC CM MOVE

berspace Designs Dalmatian. The drones are 5 10/1 A1, I2 10 10/15/+1
being operated by four riggers (Bestiary, Tri-
ad Vanguard, Professional Rating 5) attached M DR M I/ID M AC
12/4 A1, I5 11
through four separate RCC. Each rigger has
four drones that are the same make and model Qualities: Gearhead, Juryrigger
operating as a swarm. The riggers have Rating Skills: Athletics 2, Close Combat 3, Electronics 4, Engineering 4,
Firearms 4, Influence 3, Perception 4
5 RCC with armor, evasion 4 for the two types Augmentations: Control rig 2, reaction enhancers 2
of drones, and targeting 4 programs running. Gear: Armor vest (+3, Social -1), RCC (Rating 5, D/F 6(7)/5)
Weapons:
HK-227 [Firearms, DV 3P, SA/BF, 28(c), Attack Ratings
10/11/8/—/—, w/ folding stock, integrated smartgun system,
and integral silencer]
Sap [Close Combat, DV 2S, Attack Ratings 8/—/—/—/—]
Unarmed strike [Close Combat, DV 2S, Attack Ratings
7/—/—/—/—]
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Pushing the Envelope Lone Star Patrolman
The Triads utilize their mages to aid in stop- (4, Professional Rating 3)
ping the runner team. They bring in six spirits
of air (Force 4) of the Buddhist tradition. B A R S W L I C ESS
3 3 3 (4) 3 3 2 3 3 6

Spirit Of Air DR I/ID AC CM MOVE

7 7/3 A1, I4 10 10/15/+1
(6, Force 4, 3 Services)
Skills: Athletics 1, Biotech 1, Close Combat 4, Con 1, Electronics 1,
B A R S W L I C ESS M Firearms 4, Influence 2, Perception 4, Piloting 2
2 7 8 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 Gear: Armor jacket (+4, Social -3), commlink (Rating 3, D/F 2/0),
flashlight, metal restraints, Jazz (x2)
Weapons:
DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
Colt Government 2076 [Firearms, SA, DV 3P, 14(c), 10/8/6/—/—,
2 (6) 12/2 A1, I3 9 10/15/+5
w/ integrated smartgun and laser sight]
Stun Baton [Close Combat, DV 5S(e), 9/—/—/—/—]
A DR A I/ID A AC
Unarmed strike [Close Combat, DV 2S, 7/—/—/—/—]
4 8/3 A1, I4

Skills: Astral 4, Athletics 4, Close Combat 4, Exotic Ranged Weapon

4, Perception 4 Scene 7:
Powers: Accident, Astral Form, Concealment, Confusion, Engulf
(Air), Elemental Attack (Cold), Materialization, Movement, Sapi-
ence, Search
Weaknesses: Allergy (Inhalation vector toxins, Severe)
Finding Miss Right
Weapons:
Astral Attack [Astral, DV 2P, 8/—/—/—/—]
Engulf [Close Combat, DV 6S (and see pg. 223, SR6) 8/—/—/—/—]
Scan This
Cold blast [Exotic Ranged Weapon, DV 4P(c), 8/6/—/—/—] After completing the rest of the scenes, run
Cold slam [Close Combat, DV 4P(c) w/ Cold status, 4/—/—/—/—]
Scene 7. Here they meet with Brynne and Ni
Ni Xiaolu to get paid. Afterwards, this Mis-
sion is complete.
Debugging
It’s possible that the runners are using vehi- Tell It To Them Straight
cles that are faster than the drones. In that case,
the drones will head up higher and will attempt Blazing a trail down I-5, you leave Ever-
to get off a couple of shots prior to losing them. ett behind, a shrinking dot of light in your
This should account for a few rounds of com- rearview cam. Time to put a call into Ms.
bat prior to getting out of the way. Johnson to see where to do the handoff. Or
If the drones are making mincemeat out of maybe put a call into the other Ms. Johnson.
the runners, four Lone Star patrolmen (Lone Always options!
Star Patrolman, Professional Rating 3) get in- Before you can put your call in, you see a
volved which will cause the drones to scatter newsflash light up every billboard and hitting
before they are identified and targeted, but the your AR feeds. St. Louis declares independence
team will not have to deal with Lone Star. If from UCAS. Man, the UCAS is fragged. Good
they try to blend in with the crowd or have not for biz, though. This sort of thing creates op-
used any heavy spells or weapons, the pawns portunities in the shadows.
will just leave them alone. If they did use things Opting to start at the start, you call Ms.
that would catch the attention of the police, Johnson #1. She picks up right away, “Hey!
then the officers will attempt to capture and de- Glad you made it out. It looks like you stirred
tain the runners. Treat this as a heat reduction, up a hornet’s nest out there. Hold on a sec, I’ll
where if one of the runners acts as a scapegoat, bring in your other client.” She looks distracted
no one on the mission will gain heat. for a second, before another person joins the
If the runners use magic to evade the sen- call. The asian Ms. Johnson has a triumphant
sors of the drones, see Pushing the Envelope. look on her face and says, “Great job. Maybe
now they will show a little respect. How about
we all meet down at a bar I know downtown.
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Dante’s Inferno and ask for the private room MCT Roto-Drone
for the Ms. Johnsons.”
(4, Medium Rotor Drone)
You continue your drive into downtown
and make your way off the interstate. The
streets are alive with tons of traffic and peo- HAND ACCEL SPD
INT
TOP
SPD BOD ARM PILOT SENS SEATS
ple. You make your way to the iconic Dante’s 3 20 30 160 5 6 3 2 —
Inferno. Even though you didn’t get your free
DR I/ID AC DR CM
meal, you still got a free drink out of it. (AP) (AP) (AP) CM (M) (M) RATING
+6 (9) — (6/4) — (A1, I5) 11 2 9 2

Behind the Scenes Programs: Clearsight 3, evasion 3, maneuvering 3, stealth 3, tar-

geting (HK-227) 5
In this scene, the runners get paid. Brynne Sensors: Atmosphere sensor, camera [Capacity 3 w/ low light vi-
and Ni Ni have worked together in the past sion, smartlink, thermographic vision], laser range finder
and given the nature of the run, they opt to run Weapons:
a joint payout. Feel free to run the meet or end HK-227 [Targeting, DV 3P, SA, 250(b), AR 10/11/8/—/—, w/
integrated smartgun system, and integral silencer]
the session as they head to the meet. Neither
Brynne nor Ni Ni are looking to cause trouble.
Ni Ni arranges for the drugs to be picked up Triad Sniper
in a safe manner.
(1, Professional Rating 5)

Pushing the Envelope B A R S W L I C ESS

The runners’ actions in Everett have set the 4 7 (8) 5 (6) 2 5 3 4 2 3.4
Eighty-Eights Triad on edge. They have set up a
DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
series of high-flying drones to track the team’s 8 10/2 A1, I3 10 10/15/+1
progress down to Seattle. Once they park, a
call goes out to local assets to attempt to take a Qualities: Honorbound, low-light vision (elf trait)
Skills: Athletics 2, Biotech 2, Close Combat 3, Con 2, Electronics
shot on the team. The nearest easy parking is a 2, Firearms 5 (Longarms +2), Influence 2, Perception 4, Piloting 2,
two-block walk to Dante’s Inferno. If the team Stealth 4
wonders how they were able to get prepped, Powers: Enhanced accuracy, improved physical attribute (agility),
the traffic in downtown Seattle was a snarled improved reflexes 1
Gear: Armor jacket (+4), Hermes Ikon commlink (Rating 5, D/F 3/0)
mess when they attempted to find parking. Weapons:
The opposition consists of one sniper (Tri- Unarmed [Close Combat, DV 2S, 8/—/—/—/—]
ad Sniper, Professional Rating 5) and four Defiance Super Shock [Firearms, DV 6S(e), SS, 12/8/—/—/—]
MCT-Nissan Roto-Drones operated by a single Remington 900 [Longarms, DV 4P, SS, 5(m), 6/11/14/16/15 w/
APDS ammo]
rigger (Bestiary, Triad Vanguard, Professional
Rating 5). The sniper is located on top of the
Seattle Public Library. The drones fly in from
the southeast prompting the runners to take Debugging
cover facing the wrong way as the sniper. They If the runners don’t want to visit Dante’s
will target any decker or mage support first be- Inferno for the handoff, let them set a location.
fore moving onto the heavies. The area has a Brynne and Ni Ni won’t have any problem
Security Rating A. The hit squad will use three with it, so long as it’s public. Ni Ni will have
combat turns before attempting to get away. Octagon Triad enforcers on hand for security,
but not for intimidation.
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Picking Up six players earned a point of notoriety, you will
earn one as well. If only two players out of five
The Pieces earn a +1 Loyalty with Simon, you would not
get that +1 Loyalty. Along those lines.
• Karma Earned: 6
Nuyen • Nuyen Earned: 8,450¥
If the runners accept the job from Brynne
Taggart and deliver the data chips from Return Reputation
Safe LTD, they are paid 2,500¥, with 100¥ ex-
tra for net hits from negotiations (maximum During the adventure, runners may perform
3,300¥). actions that will add to their Reputation and
If the runners accept the job from Ni Ni Heat (p. 232, SR6). Besides the scenario spe-
Xiaolu and either return with the drugs or in- cific gains listed below, gamemasters should
jure/kill Tommy Fong, they are paid 4,000¥, consider the characters actions throughout the
with 250¥ extra for net hits from negotiations game and award additional points as appro-
(maximum 5,500¥). priate.
• +1 Reputation if the runners return the
drugs and injure Tommy Fong without
Karma killing him.
• 1 Karma – Retrieving the data chip • -1 Reputation if the runners take either
from Return Safe LTD and delivering it job or fail to complete the job.
to Brynne Taggart. • -1 Reputation if the runners steal the
• 1 Karma – Retrieving the drugs from drugs and sell them instead of returning
Tommy Fong and returning them to Ni them to Ni Ni Xiaolu.
Ni Xiaolu. • -1 Reputation if the runners tell Tommy
• 1 Karma – If the runners save the bunr- Fong about the punishment.
aku puppets. • +1 Heat modifier if the team has a run-
• 2 Karma – Surviving the Adventure. ning gun battle with drones while escap-
• 2 Karma – Overall Adventure Chal- ing from Everett.
lenge. • +1 Heat modifier if the team steals the
safe but takes some precautions to hide
their identity.
Gamemaster Reward
When running this adventure, you may
choose to count the Missions as “played” for Contacts
their personal Shadowrun Missions character. Successfully completing objectives or per-
You must choose to do this the first time you run forming the actions listed below will earn char-
this Mission only and take the optional results acters specific Missions contacts at a Loyalty
to match those the team you gamemastered for of 1 and should be given the Contact Sheet in-
earned. You may not choose to wait for a “bet- cluded with this Mission. If they already have
ter” attempt to choose your rewards. You’re on that contact, they gain a +1 loyalty to that con-
the honor system here, so please don’t skew the tact (up to a maximum of 4).
adventure to help the players gain extra rewards Characters might interact with NPCs not
just so that you can get better results. specified by the Mission and may earn these
You will earn a flat amount of karma and NPCs as a contact at Loyalty 1. They may also
nuyen, regardless of how well (or poorly) the work with non-Mission specific contacts that
players do, listed below. For other missions re- they have already earned or that they bought
sults and rewards that you track on the Debrief- at character creation, and gain a +1 Loyalty
ing Log (Objectives completed, reputation and to these contacts, with a maximum Loyalty of
contacts earned, etc.), take the average results 4. Gamemasters should not grant these lightly,
of the group you’re GMing for. So, if four out of and players should have to work to earn these
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contacts by going the extra mile to impress the Breach McClearen
NPC, offering up favors, or paying them well
Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
above the standard rates for information or Skill: Drug Trade, Organized Crime, Street
services. Gangs, Triad
Contacts Matrix Search Information
If the runners deliver the data chip from 0 0 Why are you asking about a mili-
Return Safe LTD, they gain 2 FP with Brynne tary thing? That isn’t really some-
Taggart (Fixer, Connection 4). thing you should ask me.
If the runners punish Tommy Fong, they 2 4 OH. Him. Yeah, that guy is scary.
gain 1 FP with Ni Ni Xiaolu (Johnson/Triad, He’s some sort of lieutenant in
the Scales. They run some of the
Connection 3). drugs, but really, they just do
If the runners return the stolen drugs, they a bunch of work for the Eighty-
gain 1 FP with Ni Ni Xiaolu (Johnson/Triad, Eights.
Connection 3). 4 — This guy was a tough fragger -be-
Depending on interactions with Daniel Ped- fore- the drug den he guarded
erson (Shadowrunner/Technomancer, Connec- went up in flame. No one could
tion 2) or Side Winder (Shadowrunner/Rigger, believe the guy survived, but then
they put him together with some
Connection 2), they could gain 1 FP with them good parts and he went from
if they did enough to earn a favor. scary to brown-pants terrifying. I
see him around Tommy Fong all

Legwork
the time at the Calico Cat.

When a PC gets in touch with a contact, Brynne Taggart

make an unopposed Connection + Connection Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
Test for the contact. The results of this test de- Skill: Fixers, Mr. Johnson, Shadowrunners
termine how many ranks of information the Contacts Matrix Search Information
contact knows about the question. If the rele- 0 0 (Horrible Scottish accent) Och,
vance of the subject is a specialty of the con- ye lookin fer one o’ them little
tact, they get +3 to this test. The player then shites?
makes an unopposed Charisma + Etiquette + 1 1 Renton-based fixer.
2 3 Good reputation, most folks who
Loyalty Test, the results of which determine
work with her got nothing bad to
how many ranks of information the contact say.
is willing to divulge for free, up to the max 3 — Recently, she’s been acting as a
ranks of information they know. If the contact Johnson, which is an odd shift for
knows more, they will require a payment of her.
500¥ – (Loyalty*100¥, minimum 100¥) per 4 — She supposedly ‘studied’ under
rank of information they still know. some wiz novahot fixer from back
in the day.
If the PCs have worked all of their contacts,
5 6 Recently, her activity levels have
and are still missing important information, picked up.
they may request that a contact ask around.
If they do so, have the Contact make an ex-
tended (Connection + Connection (1 hour)) Calico Cat Hotel
Test. Additional information will be available Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
at a cost of 1000¥ – (Loyalty*100¥, minimum Skill: Bunraku Parlor, Drug Trade, Organized
200¥). Crime, Street Gangs, Triad
A Matrix Search action (p. 241, SR5) may Contacts Matrix Search Information
also be utilized to gather information from the 0 0 Do you have a cat you need to
kennel while out of town?
following charts, using the appropriate thresh-
1 1 Sleazy hotel up in Everett. Rents
olds and search times. by the hour if you know what I
mean.
2 3 Pretty solid reputation for getting
any of the pleasures you need.
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They try to keep it clean enough Jason Bridges
that the UCAS MPs don’t come
down and close it. Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
3 — A small-time street gang calling Skill: Fixer, Shadowrunners, Weapons and
themselves the Scales has been us- Tactics
ing it as a clubhouse. They are led Contacts Matrix Search Information
by Tommy Fong and his main lieu- 0 0 Old trid show about a undercover
tenant, Breach McClearen, but ev- cop driving a sweet car and solv-
eryone knows they are just pawns of ing crimes?
the Eighty-Eights. The drug business 2 3 CEO of Return Safe LTD. I mean
is operated out of the fourth floor. that is all I know about the guy. I
5 — While the place is clean, it doesn’t did a little digging, and it seems
have a lot of high tech or wiz se- that he specializes in security
curity. The gang has apartments setups. If you need people, sup-
on the top floor while they have a posedly this person can help find
surgical center on the fifth floor to them. Sounds like a fixer who will
handle creating their dolls. charge you too much.
4 6 Won some shooting competitions
Daniel Pederson in both the CAS and UCAS a couple
years ago. Served in the military
Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge and did some tours as well. Guy
Skill: Matrix, Fixer, Shadowrunner, Techno- seems to be busy.
mancers 7 — Fake SIN. I mean. It’s a damn good
Contacts Matrix Search Information fake. He’s a runner who goes by
0 0 You might have just as well asked the name Steelbit. Been contract-
me about John Smith or Jane ed by somebody with some money
Johnson. Seriously, chummer. to set up businesses that deal with
2 3 Works for Return Safe LTD. Pretty deniable assets like yourselves.
boring MeFeed page. Likes to eat
Thai food and gambling.
4 — Fake sin for a shadowrunner by the Ni Ni Xiaolu
name of Hashtag. Does some pret- Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
ty solid matrix work if you need it. Skill: Gangs (Triad, Octagon), Johnsons
5 — Technomancer. Not the hottest Contacts Matrix Search Information
one out there, but does solid work 0 0 Never heard of them.
and has a solid rep.
1 1 Hmm, rings a bell. I think I heard
about a job… a Johnson maybe?
Eighty-Eights Triad 2 3 Chinese Johnson, not sure who
she works for. Real knock-out
Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge beauty, but good luck getting
Skill: Drug Trade, Organized Crime, Street close with the goons she’s always
Gangs, Triad with.
Contacts Matrix Search Information 3 4 Johnson with a hand in many
0 0 That was the fictional gang in … pots. Rumor is she’s been put in
Kill William? Right. Lots of katanas charge of handling the expansion
and fast fights? of business ventures for who she
1 1 One of the three tongs in Seattle. represents.
Main stronghold is up in Everett. 4 6 “The Shark” they call her, but I
They seem to deal in all the vices. wouldn’t suggest you address her
3 4 Drugs, BTLs, Gambling, Joyboys and as such. An Octagon Johnson, that
girls. They deal in everything a sail- one’s got a fiery attitude, and I
or could want. Probably the most think the guards are just for show.
high tech of all the tongs of Seattle.
5 — They don’t break away from their
roots, but they do go all in on cy-
ber where the other tongs still
have a heavy reliance on mysti-
cism. One thing I don’t want to try
is hitting one of their casinos.
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Octagon Triad er shadowrunner corporations
out there, but most of the time it
Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge doesn’t end well for them, or they
Skill: Drug Trade, Organized Crime, Street just end up out of the biz.
Gangs, Triad
Contacts Matrix Search Information
0 0 Oh, let me guess. Major gang who
Side Winder
organizes street fights in an octa- Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
gon? Skill: Fixer, Racing, Shadowrunner
1 1 The smallest of the three Triad Contacts Matrix Search Information
tongs in Seattle. They are down in 0 0 You from the CAS? Are you speak-
Tacoma working out of the port. ing English?
3 — If you need guns or drugs, go with 1 1 Some rigger. Fancies himself a
the Octagons. They run things racer. Loves to go fast. Big ork
pretty old school as well. with racing stripes on his tusks. I
5 — I heard they were doing a deal to heard that will really make you go
make sure the Eighty-Eights had faster.
drugs. There was some sort of 3 — Sometimes he does some data
fight that had everything go to courier work. He doesn’t have a
drek. When it was finished there vault but can get the data where
were a lot of dead Octagons and you need quick.
no drugs. Heard it was Tommy
Fong. Not sure what happened,
but I don’t think we’ve heard the Tommy Fong
last of this one.
Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge
Skill: Drug Trade, Organized Crime, Street
Return Safe LTD Gangs, Triad
Contacts Matrix Search Information
Relevant Contact Archetype or Knowledge 0 0 Is that a fake name? It could be
Skill: Consulting, Deniable Assets, Shadow- anyone.
runners, Small Businesses 1 2 Some ganger who runs with the
Contacts Matrix Search Information Scales. Heard that he leads that
0 0 Are they locksmiths? I mean, gang and that he’s made a deal
if they are, do you recommend that might get them a bigger
them, because I have this safe piece of the pie.
that I own that I just can’t get into. 3 — Made a deal with the Eighty-Eights
1 1 Reaching a synergy between your to use his clubhouse for drugs and
permanent assets and the protec- some doll love. If you are in the
tion of facilities without slowing market, it is near the naval yards
the rapid pace of innovation. Uh, so it should be kinda safe.
what? Sounds like the CEO, Jason 4 6 There are a bunch of pictures with
Bridges, just pulled the marketing him and this big human always
speak from some five nuyen gig standing behind him. Some sort
site. of bodyguard. I heard his name
2 3 Special deliveries. Data delivery. is Breach McClearen and he used
Matrix security? Physical pen test- to guard the drug dens. Seems he
ing? It sounds like they do every- guards Tommy now.
thing. Everything a shadowrunner 5 — Tommy has been celebrating since
would do. they came out with some free
4 6 The site and information are all drugs today. Not sure what he did,
brand spanking new. It still has but last I saw him, he was gath-
the new bytes smell to it. The info ering his crew to do some lines.
doesn’t look like it was copy-pas- Might be easier if let him crash.
ta’d off of someone else, so they
must be doing some of this work,
right?
6 — I heard this company is supposed
to handle hiring deniable assets.
There have been a couple of oth-
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death of a fixer
Cast of Ni Ni is a beautiful Chinese woman who is
equally comfortable using charm or pain to
Shadows get what she wants. She is generally accom-
panied by no less than two Triad bodyguards,
though rumors insist that she doesn’t actually
Brynne Taggart need them. There are many who call her ‘The
Shark’, but never to her face.
(Human Female, Fixer)
Brynne Taggart is a young woman who B A R S W L I C ESS M
grew up in Renton with copper-red hair and a 3 6 4 4 (5) 5 3 5 5 6 8
tomboy attitude. She had started grifting when
she caught the attention of one of Seattle’s leg- DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
endary fixers. He took her under his wing and 8 17/1 A1, I2 10 / 11 10/15/+1
taught her how to use influence and make con- Qualities: Agile Defender, Honorbound (Omerta), Made Man, Men-
nections. After a few years, she struck out on tor Spirit (Shark), Sinner (UCAS), Vindictive
her own working the streets as a fixer and as Skills: Athletics 6, Close Combat 7 (11) (Unarmed +3), Electronics 3,
Firearms 5, Influence 3, Perception 1, Stealth 4
a Johnson using the lessons from her mentor. Knowledge: Drugs, Organized Crime, Triads
Brynne’s approach to dealing with shadowrun- Language: Cantonese (Native), English
ners combines the sensibilities of a street edu- Powers: Adrenaline boost 4, attribute boost 4 (agility), combat
cated con artist with the formal grooming of sense 2, critical strike 2, improved ability 4 (close combat), im-
proved physical attribute 1 (strength), killing hands, mystic armor 3
one of Seattle’s elite fixers. Hundreds of thou- Gear: Actioneer business clothes (+2, Social +2), commlink (Rating
sands of nuyen pass through her hands weekly, 6, D/F 3/1)
but she hasn’t forgotten where she came from. Weapons:
Unarmed [Unarmed, DV 4P, 9(13)/—/—/—/—]
Ares Viper Slivergun [Heavy Pistols, DV 4P(fl), SA/BF, 30(c),
B A R S W L I C ESS 12/8/6/—/— w/ integrated silencer]
2 4 5 (7) 2 4 3 5 6 3.8

DR I/ID AC CM MOVE Jason Bridges

5 12/1 A1, I2 9 / 10 10/15/+1
(Human Male, Face)
Qualities: Closer, Double-Jointed, Linguist, Photographic Memory,
School of Hard Knocks, Thrill-Seeker Jason Bridges is a Weapons Specialist and
Skills: Athletics 2, Close Combat 5, Con 6, Electronics 3, Engineering Tactical Expert who was running the Shadows
4, Firearms 5, Influence 6, Perception 4, Stealth 4
Knowledge: Crime, gangs, shadow scene, sprawl
as Steelbit until recently. His real name is Gary
Languages: Chinese, English (Native), Japanese (Specialist), Kore- Anders. Steelbit has been hired by WMP Con-
an, Or’Zet, Salish sulting to lead the Return Safe LTD Branch of
Augmentations: Image link, low-light vision, orthoskin 4, reaction their slowly expanding Deniable Assets busi-
enhancers 2, smartlink, voice modulator 3
Gear: Ace of Hearts (+3, Social +4), commlink (Rating 6, D/F 3/1)
ness.
Weapons:
Unarmed [Unarmed, DV 2S, 9/—/—/—/—] B A R S W L I C ESS
Shock gloves [Unarmed, DV 4S(e), 7/—/—/—/—] 3 5 (6) 4 (5) 3 4 3 5 6 3.5
Fichetti Security 600 [Light Pistols, DV 2P, SA, 30(c), 12/11/8/—
/— w/ smartgun] DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
5 10/2 A1, I3 10 10/15/+1

Ni Ni Xiaolu Qualities: Aptitude (Con), Blandness, Toughness

Skills: Con 7 (Fast Talk +2), Influence 5 (Negotiation +2), Perception
3, Firearms 3 (Pistols +2), Biotech 2, Stealth 1
(Human Female, Octagon Triad Johnson)
Augmentations: Datajack, muscle toner 1, olfactory booster 3, plate-
A Triad ‘426’ for the Octagon in Seattle, let factories, smartlink, tailored pheromones 3, wired reflexes 1
Gear: Actioneer business clothes (+2, Social +2), commlink (Rating
one of Ni Ni’s main concerns is ensuring that 6, D/F 3/1)
the business of the Octagon goes unmolested. Weapons:
She tries to keep abreast of the activities of Unarmed [Unarmed, DV 2S, 8/—/—/—/—]
other organizations operating in Seattle, with Defiance Super Shock [Tasers, DV 6S(e), SS, 12/8/—/—/—]
Colt Manhunter [Heavy Pistols, DV 3P, SA, 14(c), 10/9/6/—/— w/
an eye to how they might affect the Octagon. integrated smartgun system and laser sight]
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Daniel Pederson Side Winder
(Human Male, Technomancer) (Ork Male, Rigger)
If you were to look for Daniel Pederson on
B A R S W L I C ESS
the matrix, you would be able to pull up a long
4 4 5 (9) 2 4 4 4 3 2.38
series of obituaries, and no one with that name
is currently living in the Seattle Metroplex if DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
you were good at searching. This Daniel Peder- 8 13/2 A1, I3 10 10/15/+1
son is just a fake SIN used by a technomancer
Qualities: Built tough 1 (ork), low-light vision (ork)
named Hashtag who has been working with Skills: Athletics 3, Close Combat 4, Electronics 5, Engineering 4
Steelbit for the last year. Daniel is working for (Gunnery +2), Piloting 8, Stealth 2
Steelbit and is a member of the Shadow Chap- Augmentations: Control rig 2 (alphaware), pain editor, reaction en-
ters. He has been working to help the Shadow hancers 3 (alphaware), wired reflexes 1
Gear: Armor jacket (+4), Hermes Ikon commlink (Rating 5, D/F
Chapter get established in Seattle. 3/0), Vulcan Liegelord RCC (Rating 5, D/F 5/6, w/ armor, evasion
(MCT-Nissan Roto-drone) 5, maneuvering (MCT-Nissan Roto-drone)
5, targeting (AK-97) 5, toolbox)
B A R S W L I C ESS R Weapons:
3 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 6 6 Unarmed [Unarmed, DV 2S, 11/—/—/—/—]
Defiance Super Shock [Tasers, DV 6S(e), SS, 12/8/—/—/—]
DR I/ID AC CM MOVE
6 9/1 A1, I2 10 / 11 10/15/+1

M DR M I/ID M AC M CM
10 10/3 A1, I4 11

Qualities: Analytical Mind, Exceptional Attribute (Logic), Thermo-

graphic Vision, Toxin Resistance
Skills: Cracking 7, Electronics 4, Engineering 4 (Gunnery +2), Influ-
ence 3, Tasking 6, Perception 2
Complex Forms: Diffusion of Data Processing, Diffusion of Sleaze,
Infusion of Attack, Infusion of Firewall, Pulse Storm, Resonance
Spike, Static Bomb
Gear: Armor vest (+3, Social -1), Hermes Ikon commlink (Rating 5,
D/F 3/0), Jazz (x2)
Weapons:
Unarmed [Unarmed, DV 2S, 7/—/—/—/—]
Ingram Smartgun XI [SMG, DV 4P, SA/BF, 32(c), 11/9/6/—/— w/
explosive ammo, smartgun system, gas-vent, and silencer]