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Saturday Shadowrun: The Visitor

So here's the timeline from Saturday:

  • The party has gathered in their new warehouse home:  Void, Vee, Ender, Mr. Black, and the triumphant return of Zephyr
  • The last job has made Mr. Black more paranoid than usual.  He is suggesting that the party lay low for a while... months, years, whatever it takes.
  • About that time there is a knock at the door.  The party gets ready for a problem.
  • It is a very plain dressed gentlemen.  Ender verifies he has no comm link, but there are comm links around.
  • The man wants to sit with the party and discuss business.  He is very persuasive and waits until everyone joins him at the table before talking.  He indicates that they shouldn't fret the people nearby, because they insist on coming with him, but he won't have them inside.
  • The man knows about Weldon and the previous job.  He knows impossible things to know.
  • The man makes a deal -- that he will give them money and tech to do the job of capturing Weldon (unharmed with technology intact).  They have 24 hours to submit their "bid" to consist of a plan and the list of everything they'll need.
  • He drops some information:  His name is Celedyr.  His works research for Transys Neuronet.
  • The party agrees and the man leaves, leaving behind an electronic location to contact him.
  • They look up the guy... he's a dragon.  They are working for a dragon --  a very hands-on dragon it seems.
The party starts compiling the list:
  • Team of programmers
  • Scania vm42
  • 6 snipers
  • 2 r series drones
  • 40 ferrit drones (with tasers)
  • 2 dragonfly drones
  • Ares desert strike
  • 40 capsule rounds filled with slab
  • defiance t 52 short shotgun
  • Gel shells
  • Rating 6 jigsaw skull
  • Stun staff
  • 3 grenade launchers
  • 13 stun grenades
  • 13 gas grenades
  • 13 flash bang grenades
  • 5 thermal smoke grenades
  • Glop cannon
  • Dart gun
  • Laesal wine
  • 2 crossbow with 4 injection arrows
  • Slab
  • Concealed armor for truck
  • Stick and shock rounds
  • Rating 5 armor for monocycle
  • Dog
  • Drone racks
  • Collapsible bow rating 3 w 30 stck and shock  easy breakdown
  • 30 hammerhead
  • Ballistic shield
  • Explosive gel

The storyline continues...
  • A plan evolves... a large box truck... lots of nonlethal weapons.
  • Mr. Black calls his dad to find out what tech they need to hold this guy.  He gets redirected to Lloyd... a German Orc who works as an assistant to his father.  The orc ultimately ends up suggesting that they need to either knock this guy out with drugs and electricity or the only box that is going to hold him is a coffin.
  • Void and Mr. Black track down a box truck they can purchase.
  • The crew goes to talk to Sheldon in the crazy house they had him locked in.  He is getting better and they plan to release him in a week.
  • Sheldon refuses to talk to them at first because Mr. Black has taken on Weldon's look.
  • Zephyr is there and Sheldon talks to him.  He tells Sheldon what is going on.  Sheldon agrees to help if they get him out.
  • They try to get him out, but the doctor is out of town.  It is at least 2 days until he gets back.
  • Mr. Black runs into another roadblock, literally.  One of the entrances to the ground floor is being sealed up by Ares due to their antics in the last run.  The Elders are going to be looking for them to either imprison or eject them.
  • The next day Ender gets a call from Eula.  "What did you do?"  Ender goes to check it out and sure enough the Elder Councils agents are swarming V-Works and the crappy hotel where the party used to stay.  The party are wanted by the Elders.
  • Ender tracks down Weldon.  He was seen walking into Grundy's place.
  • Mr. Black, after being hit with a clue-by-found, calls Spinner.  There is some kind of deal reached between Grundy's group and Weldon that involves Weldon turning himself in to Ares.
After a long session of the plan coming together, and yet more complications infecting the situation, I suggested the party gather more contacts and use them.  Next time they will start with whatever comes out of their deal with Celedyr and whatever info they wrangle out of their contacts.
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