‘Alex Guy’ reveals himself to be THE VIP of Spinrad Industries, Johnny Spinrad himself. The extraction was more of an interview, and Johnny offers the team an opportunity to make some real money. He needs a team to cover his ass while he makes a few stops around North America. Johnny wants them to act as his personal escort and ‘Guys Friday with Guns’ for a trip to Manhattan, where he has a meeting with another executive, followed by another stop (‘One, or two, who knows how long this party will last?’).

Rewards:

• Retainer work for ~3 trips. Day rate. ¥10k/day
• 5 karma each
• Remove Alexis Francosia as a contact

The runners are hired for an extraction and datasteal. The target is Alex Guy, a marketing VP with Prima Facie, a boutique PR firm with a few high-profile clients. The client also wants Alex’s client files, but he places a few restrictions on the operation: the runners are not allowed to steal any additional patdata from Prima Facie and they are expected to complete the operation using limited violence.

Rewards:

• 60,000¥
• 4 karma each

The client procured a piece of experimental technology (the lens) from Renraku Computer Systems. When trying to sell it, he realized that it can’t be used by any schmuck on the street. The only way he could part with this valuable device is if he packaged it with a mind capable of utilizing it. He wants them to abduct Doctor Kevin Lesko, a wealthy young scientist integral to the invention of this device

Rewards:

• 100,000¥
• 2 karma each

Renraku Components Group makes optical components. A particular experimental lens has garnered a bit of underground attention. The job is to break in, steal the prototype, and to replace it with the replica.

Rewards:

• 30,000¥
• 5 karma each, +1 to Azreal, +1 to XCode

An exec at an Ares subsidiary has absconded with certain files from the company’s internal network. The Johnson won’t go into what they are, but provides the team with file signatures that’ll identify the package. It’s on an optical chip, probably at the exec’s house.

Rewards:

• 10,000¥ per runner
• 3 Karma per runner, 1 Street Cred

//Archive/Newsfeeds /recovered//

>> Eight men and women were found dead this evening on the side of the road in Redmond. The grizzly scene was discovered by a local man returning to his home in Glow City after a long shift in Touristville. Among the dead is METAEmpathy CEO and noted philanthropist Bella Valentino, her personal bodyguards, and an unidentified human woman. Valentino rose to prominence at a young age, first as a model and spokesperson, then as a well known face at charity events around the Seattle area. She’s best known, perhaps, for winning the 2075 Metro Humanitarian award for her work with underprivileged, SINless youth throughout the Metroplex’s poorer neighborhoods.

>> Valentino, in the news for the second time today, as just hours ago allegations of violations of labor laws, forced imprisonment, and child endangerment came to light via a whistleblower from METAEmpathy itself. The charity has been accused of running a series of sweat shops in their many Redmond ‘outreach centers’. This, and several compromising photographs of Mrs. Valentino with what are assumed to be underage metahumans all points to a dark web of conflicts for the former ‘Miss Seattle’.

>> METAEmpathy has not responded to our repeated requests for comment.

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Bella Valentino has made herself into a problem and needs to die. I’ve got no real requirements past her departure. Then, I need some information placed where it will be found. I’ve assembled some background information on her on this chip, and the information to be placed on this one.

Rewards:

• 10,000¥ per runner
• 3 Karma per runner, 1 Street Cred
• Add Ronaldo Histeriga as a contact (Mob Boss)

March: In like a lion, out like a lamb. So far, it’s lambs all around. The weather is cool, the rain is light, and work is slowly starting to pick up. Mr. Johnson connects with the runners in the Matrix, where he offers the job. It’s very simple: 5,000¥ each for an escort and bodyguard gig. They pick her up, they take her to the location, and they make sure she stays safe. Then, they take her home after the concert. Easy peasy.

Rewards:

• 2,000¥ per runner
• 3 Karma per runner

• Yakuza Rep: -1

Delian Data Tomb has just gone into receivership. They are located a few blocks away, and currently are being liquidated. I’m willing to pay for one specific bit of information: Who was the recipient of shipping order #81218451?

Rewards:

• 5,000¥ per runner
• 5 Karma per runner
• Add Alexis Francosia as a contact (Mr. Johnson)

It’s a rainy evening in Seattle, just like so many others before it. The atmosphere in the city is heavy, like the entire town’s take a deep breath and simply… paused. The gangs have been absent from the street for the past few nights, and Knight Errant hasn’t taken a step into Redmond proper to crack skulls in weeks. There just hasn’t been a reason to. Work has been scarce, and the kind of ‘odd jobs’ that you specialize in aren’t too plentiful to begin with. The corporate audit of the past few years caused a flurry of activity in the Seattle shadows, but in recent months the flood has turned to drought. The flow of regular ‘Biz’ has dried up to a trickle.

Some folks are saying it’s the end of an era, but it feels more like a calm before the eventual storm. Or, maybe the pregnant pause found inside the eye of a hurricane. As long as there’s a Corporate Court… as long as there are political boundaries… as long as Dragons rule cities, police are motivated by the mighty nuyen, and the SIN & SINless have needs, desires, and wants there will be biz to be done.

Some run the shadows reluctantly. Others out of necessity. Some crazy slitches are drawn to it like a moth to flame. Sometimes you wonder which side of that fence you fall on. Regardless, when the fixer called and asked if you’re available for some ‘special’ work, you knew what that meant. With that question still on your mind, you told him to forward the call when it came in.