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Date: 21st April 2062
GM: Stuart
At Stuart's on 21st April 2004

Cast of Players

• Myst [ Richard ]
• Maclaine [ Ivo ]
• Solitaire [ Stephen ]

Events by Solitaire

Epilogue from last run

Myst staying with sister (Katumari Kawakita) and niece (Akiko Kawakita), in Scotland.
Maclaine has been doing some jobs for Ginelli Family. Solitaire camped out with her Magic Group for some time learning more about the arcane arts, and discussing elvish issues that affect the group.

Ares had moved into the area (venue of last run), and everyone inside was dead.
Ares man tried to debrief Maclaine.
Stripe was in there, not amongst dead, whereabouts unknown.

Ares man thinks it was the work of something associated to Renraku Arcology Shutdown.
When it reopened several cultists (held responsibe for taking over) escaped and maybe have access to sophisticated simsense and drone tech.

Prologue: 6 months earlier

Month after last mission (and Stripe's dissapearance) Maclaine gets email: If you are reading this, it means that I am in dead or best case scenario in prison. I have left some items in deposit box, in the Federal Reserve bank in New Orleans. <<serial number, passcode etc>> Contents should be useful if you still have problems with Megan Cross. I trust you more than anyone else I have worked with. I hoe you relaise how hard to trust someone it is due to my background. I used to work for Cross Applied, top Black Ops specialist. Megan Cross sent me on a suicide mission when I was no longer useful. I removed certain items from Cross Applied, she has tried to track me since. It doesn't matter now, but the info I left might help you. I also left bank account details, if I am alive you could pay someone to find me. -- signed Stripe p.s. my real name is Joan

Maclaine goes to the bank. and finds:

• 2 optical chips
• small box (2-3 inches square, sterile, one might keep medical materials in)

Optical chip one

Bank account number and access codes (offshore bank in: Carribean League), files which were taken from Cross Applied Technologies, details their more sensitive research plans, might be out of date. states that the box is a Ritual sample that belongs to Amy Cross.

Also contains contact details for Grey Knight at Ares, who she worked with and trusted.

Optical chip two

lots of info, file names and numbers and complicated stuff - info on Cross Applied Technologies.

Maclaine sets up his own safety deposit box at the same bank, and transfers the chips and ritual sample to it.
Costs: 2,000 upfront; then 100 a month or 1,000 nuyen a year.
He pays 7 years upfront.

Maclaine then contacts Grey Knight and asks for a meet.
Meet request accepted, informed to arrive at specific location and unarmed.
Grey Knight arrives late to meet, dressed in casual street clothes, he is in his mid 30's.
He says Stripe was undercover in her last mission; Cross Applied Technologies seem to be tooling up and shipping in advanced drone/simsense materials, no one else in CAT seemed to know about it, which is why their special forces team turned up to see what was going on.
Ares agent inside the place said it seemed the internal workers were dronelike, possibly affected by this advanced tech to become controlled by the cultists.

Maclaine asks Grey Knight if he knows about the Ghost Walker project, he does, and then explains some of the details of it.
Ghost Walker project, was started by CAT, for fast implanting of skills, though it didn't work well, a bit like skillwires, but not as good as training and so they branched it into other purposes. Someone ( possibly Wuxing Inc) then sent in a Shadow Runner team to wipe the archive and backups, and steal the device. Myst might have been involved in a subsequent mission to reaquire it, though it was taken by a 3rd party, who wiped Wuxing Inc's records.
Ares have no idea who has it now. Though some of the tech has leaked onto the streets.
Ares believs some elements within this cult that took over Renraku archology had the info and used it to brainwash people.
Ares believe Renraku might have be the final benefactors of the technology. The Arcology Shutdown might have been an Artificial Intelligence that got this technology, the AI was supposed to have been destroyed when the arcology was taken back. Though AI might have survived.. if this cult is still in operation.
People affected by the technology are highly skilled, but uninventive.
All Baton Rouge people in the venue (of last run) were killed by nanotech Cutter Nanites? There is a chance that some escaped...
If Maclaine discovers location of Stripe, Grey Knight will help out to get her back.

Prologue: 2 days earlier

Myst's memory and skills are finally almost fully back, doctor has cost her 50,000 and has done all he can.
Myst gets a visit from short Japanese man (calling himself Jurojin), who claims to be friend of Myst's sister come to collect an old favour. He knows Myst's realname is Aika.
His boss has lost contact with assets ( Karatsa Gumi part of Watada Rengo ) in San Francisco Bay Area since Saito took over. Including part of Myst's sister's former Yakuza syndicate.
Myst's sister Katumari thinks she will be killed if she returns, Jurojin claims the situation has changed and her knowledge (and Myst's) of the area is valuable, and will overlook past problems. Both are in debt to him and his master ( Myst suggests this is Ryumyo, but doesn't have her suspicion confirmed), and so they are obliged to help.
He hands her optical chip with info: bank account 500,000 nuyen, personel file of some Imperial Marines in San Francisco.
The man he wants rescued is the Lt.Col of the 14th Imperial Marines Yoshikazu Takeuchi. He is under arrest when he refused to follow Protectorate General Saito's orders. Yoshikazu Takeuchi has been able to escape from all sorts of situations before, and so Saito must have something over Yoshikazu Takeuchi that keeps him there.

Imperial Marines Personnel File Summary for Lt.Col. Yoshikazu Takeuchi <<Classified>>

Surname: Takeuchi
Given Name: Yoshikazu
Sex: Male
Meta Type: Human
Date of Birth: 14th April 2030
Place of Birth: Chiba, Japanese Empire
Nationality: Japanese
SIN: 5634-7845-2367-1426
Height: 167 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Eyes: Brown
Ethnic Status: Japanese
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Kiyoko Takeuchi
Spouse’s Occupation: Commercial Negotiator, MCT California
Children and DOB: Ichiro Takeuchi (22nd May 2037)
Natsuko Takeuchi (3rd December 2039)

Military Record

Date Rank Tour of Duty
May 2048 Private Enlistment in the 33rd Marines
Jun 2050 Sergeant Promotion during tour of duty in Peacekeeping forces in

                               the Philippines.

Mar 2053 Captain Promotion and 2nd tour of duty in Philippines.
Mar 2055 Captain Transfer to 72nd Special Forces Unit.
Tour of duty in <<Classified>>
May 2056 Major Commendation and Imperial Star for bravery for

                               <<Classified>>

Sep 2058 Major Transfer to Anti Insect Spirit Task Force.

                               Second Imperial Star for bravery awarded.

Jan 2060 Lt. Col. Promotion to Command Officer of the 14th Imperial

                               Marines stationed in San Francisco.

21 April 2062

Myst heads to New Orleans, and rings Maclaine for a meet.
Maclaine calls Solitaire to go check it out with him, to see that it really is Myst.
Solitaire and Maclaine turn up and meet Myst and Katumari, Maclaine and Katumari tumble with an Ork for a bit, then the group heads to a private room.

Team discover that Chef's ( RIP ) business has been taken over by, Zion, a former Bullet Monkey of Chef.
Vinny Vincini has set himself up as a new fixer in town, working from Round 15.
Myst explains to Maclaine and Solitaire about the mission she has, and both agree to go along.
Team heads to Fat Larry's to hire Stepin Node.

Stepin Node's boss, Zion (working for Japo Jamaican Consortium) demands upfront payment for Stepin Node's services.
Maclaine finds this unreasonable, so he and Zion face off.
Zion makes the mistake of insulting the Ginelli Family, and as so Maclaine pulls a gun to shoot Zion in the foot. In case there are complications, Solitaire casts armour on Maclaine.
Zion writhes on the ground, and Stepin Node decides to take our employment offer.

Team heads back to Round 15, to see Vinny Vincini asking for a contact that can arrange false Cred Sticks for us to get to San Francisco.
Vinny Vincini arranges the team a breakfast appointment with his contact Mr Tailor

As group leave Round 15 they bump into a group of JJC guys looking to cause trouble.
Two guys (Tango 1 & 2) with guns stepping from an alley way, and the sound of a spellcaster (Tango 3) that can't be seen.

• Solitaire assigns shielding, then shoots (burst from savlette) at Tango-1 - who dodges.
• Maclaine shoots (full auto assault rifle) at Tango-2 - who dodges.
• Myst throws 2 throwing spikes at Tango-3 (using Blind Fighting) - who dodges first and hit by second in chest - and dies.
• Tango-1 shoots two bursts at Solitaire - who dodges both.
• Tango-2 shoots two bursts at Maclaine - first misses, second is dodged.
• Katumari quickdraws Stepin Node's gun, shoots Tango-2 - called shot to the head, he dies.
• Solitaire thunderclaps the final man standing (Tango-1) - does him serious stun.
• Maclaine shoots Tango-1 with full auto - hits two bullets in head and two bullets in chest, and kills him.

After combat, Tango-3 is inhabbited by a Shedim becomes a zombie and attacks Myst, she wallops him with killing hands.

22nd April 2062

Meet with Vinny Vincini's contact for false IDs (team will masquerade as Renraku corporate types) - Silver Credsticks with permits for weapons (up to Savlette Guardian) and cyberware.
Meet with Don Frank Ginelli to see if he can put us in touch with San Francisco contacts - he says his contacts have been pretty much wiped out since Saito took over. But if we go by Seattle, he can put is in touch with folks there that can help.

23rd April 2062

Cred Sticks arrive.

24th April 2062

Team arrives in Seattle in the evening.
Info: Rowena O'Malley is Capo of Seattle in charge of Finnegan family.
Team told to meet contact in The Corleone Bar when we get to Seattle.
Team does so, and is met by Jimmy Mac, (real name: James Michael Finnegan), who arranges a smuggler Grania O'Malley to take team and stuff to San Francisco.
Maclaine & Solitaire request 4 Grand Dragon Missiles from Jimmy Mac - he can supply.

27th April 2062

Shipped team guns arrive in Seattle from New Orleans

28th April 2062

Grania O'Malley arrives in town, she works from Oak Knowles, an old abandoned air field.
Grand Dragon Missiles arrive.

29th April 2062

Team fly to Chico Oroville (San Francisco) and get apartment.
Team hire a swish car to drive around in.
Stepin Node hacks into MCT (where Takeuchi's wife, Kiyoko Takeuchi works) looks up family, kids are in a school, wife is a mage listed as corporate negotiator.

30th April 2062

Stepin Node hacks a call through to the wife (Kiyoko Takeuchi) and Maclaine tells her a team is here to rescue her husband and her and kids - and will be in touch.
Team seek any friends of Takeuchi that might be in San Francisco, possibly from 14th or 15th Imperial Marines - which are the ones operating under Saito.
Takeuchi had formed his own special forces team for anti-insect spirit mission in the Phillipines. His direct subordinate Captain Ichiro Takeyama was promoted and sent to 14th Imperial Marines along with his Special Ops team, and promoted to Major.

Team agrees with a Solitaire plan (must be insane). It being that Myst dresses like a prostitute and asks for info on where special ops (Ichiro Takeyama and co) can be found. Then she will try to pick up Major Ichiro Takeyama.

Plan executed. Myst finds out that Special Ops hang out at: Zachouchi Bar
Myst goes to Zachouchi Bar and flirts until a Special Ops chap comes over to her, he is called Captain Fujisawa.
Myst takes Captain Fujisawa to a sushi bar, where Maclaine reveals everything to him before he pays for any food (Myst was annoyed at this, Solitaire too, she was hungry)
Captain Fujisawa asks for a meet at a run-down location in an hour.
Solitaire astrally scouts the area first, then rest of team go to the meet.

Major Ichiro Takeyama meet team and agrees to help.
Takeuchi might be held by Yakuza.
Ritual Sample is on file for Takeuchi as well as the rest of the Special Ops team that will be helping us.

MCT are 'in bed' with Saito, because they were annoyed at Japanese withdrawal, as it would have weakened their San Francisco presence.
New amalgamated team plan rescue missions, must be three pronged:

destroy ritual sample

extract wife and kids

rescue and Takeuchi

To work out if Yakuza Karatsa Gumi have Takeuchi and where they are holding him, Myst and Katumari will snatch two Yakuza members of the Karasta Gumi to get info on Yoshikazu Takeuchi's imprisonment.

Myst and Katumari snatch two men, and in process of interrogating them, Myst chops off one of their fingers brutally in cold blood - he then speaks, saying that Yoshikazu Takeuchi is held by the Oyabun of the Karatsa Gumi (Satoshi Karatsa) third son (Akio Karatsa) at a secluded fortified mansion in San Francisco, which when named, Katumari knows.
Katumari executes the two snatched Yaks after the interrogation.

Having discovered the location Solitaire then scouts in the Astral Plane to get patrol patterns:
Two patrols of two Yakuza at all times outside, one on each balcony (2 balconies) and two Watcher Spirits approx force four lasting eight hours.
Two patrol the outside only while the other two patrol inside and outside.
Watchers are of various forces, so maybe multiple magicians.
One of the shift changes: 12-midnight-8am
Solitaire infiltrates the building on the Astral Plane (going underground and appearing in basement) evading the Watcher Spirits and locates the room Lt.Col. Yoshikazu Takeuchi is locked in - a basement room.

1st May 2026

Mission Allocation: Captain Fujisawa and four Special Ops team members will assist Maclaine, Myst, Katumari, Stepin Node and Solitaire on rescue mission of Lt.Col. Yoshikazu Takeuchi.
Major Ichiro Takeyama and men will handle the ritual samples and family rescue parts of the plan.

Map of Building

The following diagram maps a section of the building at the ground floor level and stairs down to basement.
Character placement shows positions for final combat scene.

    |    Tango-A    |-------------------------+
    |               .                         |
    | inside(b)     . inside(c)               |
    --.....-----------------------+           |
    |        ENTRANCE ROOM        |           |
o   .                             |           |
u   .X                            |           |                         2 security guards
t   .                     Mac     |           |
s   |           XXXX              |           |                           inside(d)
i   |           XXXX      Sol     |           |----------------------------......--------------
d   |           XXXX              | Myst                                                      >
e   |           XXXX      Kat     .                                                           >
    |                           X . inside(a)         CORRIDOR                                >
    |                     Step    .                                                           >
    |                             |                                                           >
    ------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------

The following diagram maps a section of the building at the basement level and stairs up to ground floor. +-------------------------------+---------------------------+ | | | | Prison Cell . Security Area | | . | | . 2 security guards | | . | | | | |-------------------------------+ | | | | +------.....------------| | < inside(e) | | Unexplored Area < | | < | | < | |-----------------------------------------------------------|

< = stairway up

-- Mission Planning: Solitaires elementals ready to manifest outside prisoners room to kill the 2 security guards.
Solitaires and Myst astrally perceiving take care of enemy mages.
Solitaire, Maclaine, Myst, Katumari, Stepin Node go in, five Special Ops Marines act as overwatch, backup, cover, etc.

-- Mission Execution:

• Special Ops Marines on perimeter take out two patrol sentires, and one balcony sentry with silenced SMG's.
• Stepin Node bypasses Mag Locks, and Maclaine and Solitaire on point.
• Maclaine and Solitaire surpirse the guards.

Two men inside (ENTRANCE ROOM), Maclaine makes two called shots to the head with silenced weapon.

Maclaine kills one, wounds other, Solitaire finishes 2nd off with mana bolt.

• Team stealth their way along CORRIDOR past door (inside(d)), hearing and leaving two guards, and down stairs to basement without any further contact.
• In basement, two security guards.
• Solitaire mana-bolts one, Maclaine shoots other one silenced - both dead.
• Myst hacks the electronics on cell door.
• Lt.Col. Yoshikazu Takeuchi follows us, triggering a silent Alarm Ward as he leaves his cell.
• Two guards (from behind door inside(d)) head downstairs to check what's happening.
• Maclaine goes down on one knee to shoot, Myst throws spikes. Both kill targets.

So far 9 tangos dead begin final combat scene

• Team heads on out, and at the ENTRANCE ROOM, there is a shimmering of astral presences manifesting when Maclaine, Katumari, Stepin Node and Solitaire are fully in the room. Myst was outside the room (inside(a)) covering corridor to be final one in.
• 1 greater form force nine Air Elemental in middle of room, one force six normal Air Elemental on doorways (inside(a) and outside), one of which blocks Myst in corridor.
• Solitaire calls her own elementals.
• Myst, Maclaine and Katumari hold actions to attack when elementals manifest.

Maclaine changes weapons, fires a burst at the Great Form elemental - bullets pass through it.

Myst killing hands on an elemental blocking her way into room, it splats.

Katumari was held on the same elemental that Myst splatted - wasted action.

• 3rd doorway into room (inside(b)), opens and Atsuko Tanaka (Tango-A) steps in through and fires high velocity Ingram Supermac 100 at Maclaine.
• Maclaine survives the shot, with halo of bullets around his head - very awesome!!
• Akio Karatsu (Tango-B) follows Tango-A - wielding a katana and shurikens.
• Tango-B throws a shuriken at Maclaine hitting him in the chest- (does deadly damage). Maclaine takes two points of Burnt Bad Karma, and three Bad Karma points) - (please correct if wrong Ivo)
• Solitaire attacks Tango-B with burst from assault rifle, and tasks all four of her own force six elementals to attack the Great Form force eight Air Elemental.

Tango-B dodges, rolls towards Solitaire.

Solitaire's elementals shred the Great Form force eight Air Elemental - very awesome!!

• Lt. Col. Yoshikazu Takeuchi shoots at Tango-A - splats with called head shot.
• Katumari sidesteps and shoots Tango-B - splats with called head shot using Ares Viper Sliver Gun.
• Force six Air Elemental (from doorway outside) attempts to engulf Solitaire - Solitaire resists.
• Myst steps in the doorway (inside(a))

• Masato Wanatabe (Tango-C) comes from same doorway as A and B, glowing with a magical barrier on himself, and casts Concusion Blast.

Nine successes to all except Solitaire (five successes) who was shielding herself

Solitaire's shielding however makes the spell fizzle before half the party get splatted - more awesome??

• Myst Distance Strike's Tango-C, it is fizzled by his Mana Barrier.
• Tessho Genda (Tango-D) walks through doorway (inside(c)) and Myst hears him.
• Solitaire puts full auto into Tango-C (mage) - punches hole in physical barrier with ex-explosive rounds, but seven rounds ricochet off his Armour, (Mage is channelling a Great Form Air Elemental)

Eleven tango's dead so far. Enter second round of final combat scene

• Tango-C's barriers heal up.
• Solitaire Mana Bolts Tango-C (mage) and he falls over Solitaire has to take two points of Bad Karma), should be dead, but he is unconscious, he had channeled a spirit, and so as spirit is dissipated now, he starts getting up.
• Solitaire Mana Bolts him until he dies.
• Maclaine patches himself and gets up.
• Tango-D approaches from behind Myst but Lt.Col. Yoshikazu Takeuchi is watching Myst's back and takes him out with a head shot.
• Special Ops Marines turn up to escort team out of the compound.
• Solitaire treats Maclaine, gives back four boxes.

Thirteen tango's dead

Team get to extraction site and Japanese Imperial Army helicopters from an off shore Imperial Helicopter Carrier (two gunships and four transports]] arrive to pick them up. Two enemy helicopter gunships give chase but are taken out by the escort gunships. As the helicopters depart two more enermy gunships make pursuit. These gunships are intecepted and destroyed by the Great Dragon Ryumyo who arrives on the scene - and does some fancy show-off aerial manouvres. This discourages and further pursuit and the team are extracted to the Imperial Helicopter Carrier.

Epilogue 1st May 2062

Team splits 260,000 Nuyen between: Maclaine, Myst, Katumari, Stepin Node and Solitaire, and decide to hang out in Seattle for a while - bragging, boasting, boozing, and having outrageous parties!

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