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Post by kurgamemnon on Dec 12, 2020 20:35:12 GMT
Episode 1, Burning Chrome.
Part 1.
Opening Monologue: The loud thrum of the tilt rotors engines fill thee cabin, you look around the cabin filled with 19 other prisoners all with appropriate restraints. You see several inmates with Wi-Fia dampening helmets and one colossal vat job with a full body metal restraint. You've been on this flight for over an hour now and no one has been round with the drinks trolley. Somewhere over the badlands you hear a whooshing noise, there’s a loud bang and a bright flash from the left hand side of the aircraft. You hear popping sounds as whatever blew up showers the VTOL with shrapnel. Several fragments pierce the cabin, the head of one unfortunate explodes as he is struck. There’s a loud creaking noise followed by a bang and what’s left of this tilt rotor begins to spin. One of the guards manages to hit the red prisoner release button and your restraints fall away, you are still secured by safety harnesses. As the spin worsens you eventually lose consciousness. When you come to there’s not much left of the aircraft, somehow you are still alive. You struggle free off you restraints and as you look around at the devastation of the crash site you see that there are other survivors. Events so far:4 survivors looked around at the scene of devastation. Glaive searched the wreckage finding a gun and a reflex jacket on a dead guard, he also located an unconscious pig faced survivor. Jaghatei also searched the wreckage finding 4 further dead guards, they recovered the equipment from the corpses and handed 3 over to A-Grade. Keeping one pistol and jacket for themselves. A-Grade surveyed the wreckage and ascertained that the aircraft was heading NW before it was hit by the missile, which came from the left hand side of the craft. The survivors also recovered some food and drink from the guards packed lunches. Jaghatei, attempted and failed to hack into the remains of the aircraft's computer core. The Nomads of the group heard the approach of another tilt-rotor and alerted the rest of the survivors. An armored tilt rotor approached the crash site, the survivors hid in the skeletal remains of the trees in the area, Glaive dragging the pig faced man into cover. 10 armed men debussed from the aircraft, and started to survey the area, Jaghatei shot the leader of the group dead, a short battle ensued. 2 further guards were injured as they attempted to retreat. Glaive attempted to circle around to ambush the aircrew, Captain Golden leapt from tree to tree, at one point falling and then making his way to the aircraft as it was attempting to take off punching an embarked guard out the other side of the aircraft with his explosive punch. The survivors watched as the aircraft flew away leaving 3 of their injured colleagues and one dead leader. The survivors were able to take the injured guards hostage and recovered 4 further reflex jackets and 4 PDW (compact SMGs). Please feel free to add any thing that I missed, any corrections, and add anything from your characters perspective. (2 xp)
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Post by kurgamemnon on Dec 19, 2020 20:42:35 GMT
Burning Chrome Part 2. On closer inspection the guard punched through the aircraft hadn’t survived.
This left 2 survivors to interrogate, Jaghatai and Khan managed to resist the urge to kill these corporate pigs. Jaghatai questioned them while Khan examined a captured PDW smg.The guard let them know everything they wanted to know, he told them that they were 100 miles nw of Seattle and that the prison was a further 50 nw. That the main groups active in the area are Scavers (Scavengers) and a cult called Deus Ex Machina. There were three further aircraft at the prison with 30 further troops that may be sent over. He said it wouldn’t surprise him if Rekall bombed the site now they had lost some troops. Khan shot him in the leg to see if he was holding back and then made the other guard carry him and run off to the nw.
After a brief discussion it was decide to run to the SE for a while and seek cover. After 20 minutes of running Jaghatai spotted an abandoned house behind a ridge. They sought refuge there from any corporate strike.
After a short while in their refuge they heard the sound of aircraft near their former location. The sound diminished as if some of the aircraft landed. After a couple of hours the sound of the aircraft increased again and it sounded like they left. Waiting until dark the survivors shared some of their stories, except the taciturn Glaive who glowered at the others when they tried to involve him in the conversation.
After nightfall the survivors started to trek in the direction of Seattle, after two hours they came across an unmaintained highway that headed in the direction of Seattle. Following the road around they spotted a diner. They attempted to sneak up but A Grade stepped on a twig, Glaive scouted ahead and saw that there was only one occupant, an old man. They walked in and Glaive demanded steaks, the old man said he only had 2 steaks left but could do them some cheese burgers, he then asked how they would pay. A Grade showed him a pistol and the old guy said he accepted barter and set about preparing steaks fries and burgers.
(3 xp).
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Post by kurgamemnon on Jan 15, 2021 10:47:36 GMT
Retcon - Scratchings ate loads of burgers at the diner and everyone made him sit at a separate table due to the noise he was making.
Session 3 - "The long Road Home."
Jaghatai asks if they can take some clothes form lost and found, there were 2 old jumpers and a bobble hat, they take a jumper and the hat to cover the prison uniform and guards jacket they are wearing.
The survivors were discussing their options, including the possibility of killing the old proprietor of the diner and taking his pickup truck.
He overhears this and decides to run away with his meager takings.
They run out after him and after a brief discussion where he called A-Grade a bastard he was gunned down by A-Grade with a 3 round burst from a PDW. Still holding on to life somehow despite severe injuries he was dispatched by Jaghatai.
His body is hidden in his freezer, and the diner looted for food and drink, whilst taking supplies a sawn off shotgun is found, along with some old stale smokes and a stash of Mary Joanna. The sawn off is given to Scratchings and A-Grade takes the smokes and dope.
Having taken the old guys mobile phone A-Grade rings his arms dealer to set up an arms sale for all the survivors so they can re-equip when they return to Seattle.
They take the pickup truck loaded with supplies and head for the town of New Brunswick to resupply on the way back to Seattle. After about half an hour Glaive spots 3 vehicles ahead, they slow down and prepare to either blow through or do a hand-brake turn if it turns out to be a road block.
2XP.
Sawn Off Shotgun: Damage 1d+2 pi-, Acc 2, Range 50/125, Weight 7/0.1, RoF 2x9, Shots 2(3i), ST 13, Bulk -2, Rcl 1, LC 2. Notes: Increased muzzle blast giving +1 to hearing and vision to locate firing in the dark.
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Post by kurgamemnon on Feb 5, 2021 20:50:33 GMT
Session 4, Hit the road Jack. AKA "Brutal Ambush"
Approaching the vehicles, Glaive is able to make out that there is a Semi-truck on one side of the road and 2 motorcycles on the other side. A-Grade (driving) has a bad feeling about this and does a swift u-turn about 200M from the vehicles. A shot rings out, Glaive spots a muzzle flash from the top of the truck's trailer, and a round whistles past their stolen pick-up truck. A couple of seconds later another shot rings out, this one goes wild, no where near the survivors as the speed into the night. Jaghatai, some old style paper maps in hands, works out the best route back to Seattle, taking the back roads and dirt tracks through the rest of the badlands they make it to Seattle.
Heading to a slightly run down area that's not too scummy, the survivors arrive at a branch of Bacon, Caffeine and Nicotine, Seattle's finest Cafe, they sit and over large cups of Roast Java they discuss their next course of action. They decide to stick together until they can find out who betrayed them resulting in their incarceration and transportation. Glaive suggests that they pop over to a nearby street market to buy some non-prison related clothing, burner phones and hard currency on registered cred-sticks (they each spend $200), not sure if he even has any money Glaive shows A-grade a numerical tattoo, which turns out to be a numbered bank account with a balance of $30,000.
A-Grade contacts his guns and ammo guy, Freddie, and is told that Freddie can acquire most items within 2 days, they start preparing their wish lists.
Wanting to blow off some steam they all head for the bordello, Hooker's and Cocaine, each blowing a further $200 on whatever takes their fancy.
They then take rooms at an Edgar Allan Poe themed AI hotel called the Raven, their host is a holographic representation of Mr Poe himself, their rooms cost them $200 per week. Waking up the next morning they contact Xavier, A-Grade's info broker, he goes of to ask around and they chill in the Raven's bar nursing hangovers. A few hours later Xavier contacts A-Grade, he reveals that they were all hired separately by Rekall in a bid to acquire an undisclosed item. This item is also sough by a cult named Deus Ex Machina, a group on which there is very little information although they seem to be based in the badlands. Deus Ex Machina sets them up and seem to have orchestrated the massacre of the Golden Hoard. Following their arrest by Rekall, as they are transported to a prison in the badlands about 150 miles NE of Seattle, their transport is attacked en route to their jail by Deus Ex Machina in an attempt to tie up lose ends. This information cost $2000
3 XP each, at least one of those for circumventing the ambush plot.
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Post by kurgamemnon on Feb 16, 2021 11:10:26 GMT
Episode 5 - Some people just like to watch the world burn.
A-Grade receives a text from Xavier, he shares the information with the reset of the crew, the item that initially got them into this mess (both Rekall and Deus Ex Machina were after it) has been located and is currently in the basement of a downtown medical center (the basement is not on any blueprints), Xavier goes on to list the address.
There is some debate over whether to go in or if it's a trap, the decision is taken to locate an anti-corp movement and sell them the information then watch them go to work. A-Grade remembers something about Neo-Anarchists hating on the corps and they set off to a bar where they believe an infamous member of this group hangs out. They head off to the Slaughtered Lamb, a basement dive bar to look for "Grinder" (sorry for the name it just sprang into my head), A-Grade goes in, the others wait outside as back up. A-Grade meets with Grinder (who is more machine than man) in the bar and the Neo-A pays $200 on a registered cred-stick for the information, he then leaves immediately.
After a discussion of tactics it is decided to go drone shopping, they stop off a Drones-R-Us and several robobugs are purchased by each of them. The team launch a bug on the way past the medical center, and set up in a nearby bar to watch the action. There is a sweepstake as to when the Neo-As will launch their assault, it is currently 4pm (Glaive 6PM, A-Grade 5PM, Golden 1AM, Scratchings bet was not recorded). The assault begins at 8PM, the doors are blown in with explosives, slogans are spray painted on walls as the assailants proceed and there is an average amount of looting. There are roughly 100 Neo-Anarchists present, the characters drone follows them in, unfortunately it loses signal as it reached the stairs, it's last transmission is the commencement of a battle between some of the Neo-A's and a Japanese gentleman with a katana.
While watching the footage A-Grade notices that all of the Anarchists are wearing green armbands / colours.
After reviewing the situation Glaive enters the building and heads down the stairs to the lab, he notices several Japanese men with katana's dead on the floor, when he reaches the basement he witnesses a slender man in a prison jumpsuit being escorted out by some Anarchists. Upon entering the lab he notices a partially dissected severed head that has some electrodes attached to a computer implant the electrodes are connected to computer equipment on the bench. Looking down as he walks around the bench Glaive sees a corpse on the floor, in his hand is a digital readout that is counting down, it reaches 10, 9, 8..
Glaive runs out of the lab and is engulfed in a cinematic fireballs as he dives to safety outside the medical center.
No-one saw Grinder at the medical center and he is probably still alive.
3XP.
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Post by kurgamemnon on Feb 26, 2021 12:00:39 GMT
Session Six: Yak Attack!
Glaive recalls that all the personnel in the medical center had a emblem on their clothing, two cogs side by side, reminiscent of ouroboros.
The young man who introduced himself as John Doe tells the group that he thinks the Ex Machina Cultists were getting ready to leave, he heard them say that the data had been transmitted and that they were packing up.
They decided to fall back to the dive bar they were in earlier, on the way they all notice that they are being followed by two Yakuza.
Glaive decides to try and lead them into an alley to attack them, he succeeds and waits in ambush 50m along the alley by a dumpster which he has opened to make it look like he is hiding in it. The Yakuza stop 5m short of the dumpster becoming suspicious, Glaive takes aim with his PDW and fires a 3 round burst. All 3 rounds hit the Yakuza and he is knocked unconscious by his severe injuries. Taking cover 10m in the alley A-grade and Scrathings both fire 3 round bursts at the remaining Yakuza, both only hit with one round, he is injured enough by this to take him down too. Glaive searches the bodies recovering 2 fine edge Katanas and 2 magnum pistols, he also recovers two reflex vests. While searching the bodies he notices that the Yakuza tattoos incorporate the twin cog motif that seems to be associated with Deus Ex Machina, it would seem that Machina is allied with a Yakuza clan.
They retire to the Raven to plan their next move, taking different routes to try to lose any pursuers, they decide to hire a hacker to try to find out where the data was sent to when it was extracted from the severed head. They hire Digital Blue, contact details of whom were provided by Xaviar for his usual fee, Digital Blue charges $4000 for the job. A day later they see in the news that a hacker called Digital Blue was arrested trying to hack a corporate database.
They wait another day and their equipment from Freddie is delivered.
3 XP
Mid season Hiatus.
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Post by kurgamemnon on Mar 29, 2021 9:46:49 GMT
Retcon this to the Cyberpunk Red timeline - date is 2045, Seattle is in the Washington Free State.
I'll keep Rekall as a local company wholly owned by Arasaka Corp.
After credit scene, Fire in the sky: About 2 weeks after session 6 there is a streak of light in the sky above the badlands followed by a bright flash and a massive explosion that levels several square kilometers of wasteland, there is no radiation. This occurs somewhere to the north of Seattle.
This has all the hall marks of a Thor shot, a guided orbital munition (typically a 20 foot long rod of tungsten dropped on a target from orbit).
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