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Mercury Deliveries
Purpose: Mercury Deliveries is a semi-legitimate front company for an initiatory group of Adepts who specialize in personal message and light-object delivery in urban environments. Members: Total count unknown. Small-to-medium presence in most cities with an appropriate urban geography. Strictures: Secrecy, Service (Taking Regular Contracts), Limited Membership (Adepts). Resources/Dues: Medium. Mercury Deliveries is first and foremost a company, with limited office space typical of a small delivery company. Use for magical purposes is incidental and at Mercury's discretion but generally allowed. No dues are required of members, but part of the company's profits come from reasonably discounted tutelage in relevant skills (Martial Arts, Parkour), as well as equipment. All new members are given a mandatory course in basic Parkour and hand-to-hand sparring upon acceptance into the group. Patron: Mercury Description and Customs: Mercury Deliveries is a small delivery company. While it operates a small fleet of delivery vans and messenger drones for reasonably secure urban areas, the majority of the company's resources are used to facilitate the side business of an Adept-driven roof-to-roof item delivery service. Mercury acts as a fixer, arranging work with a wide clientèle, including other fixers (both Runner and Merc), Johnsons, Gangers, and more. Deliveries are executed by Adepts through a combination of Parkour and Awakened talent. Any Adepts can theoretically be taken in as messengers, although the overwhelming majority walk the Path of the Athlete. Mercury leaves most of the specifics of a contract to each individual messenger, although he maintains good relationships with hacker groups and data brokers, ensuring secure communications and up-to-date security plans spanning the entire sprawl skyline. Have fun with it, everybody. It's a natural fit for the Shadowrun environment. I intentionally didn't tie it to a specific location so a group could inject it as convenient. |
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Earlydawn In Honor of the Upcoming Game Nov 7 2008, 07:01 PM
Mäx Nice, i also immidetly thought about shadowrun whe... Nov 7 2008, 08:35 PM
hermit Mercury Couriers is a named Ares subsidiary. Nov 7 2008, 08:50 PM
Mäx QUOTE (hermit @ Nov 7 2008, 10:50 PM) Mer... Nov 7 2008, 09:11 PM
hermit It is, you're right. Nov 7 2008, 10:53 PM
Whipstitch Still, the similar names may make for a good plot ... Nov 8 2008, 12:51 AM
Arashi Fun Thread! Even though I don't know the ... Nov 8 2008, 10:15 AM
Drogos I don't see why you wouldn't be able to ju... Nov 8 2008, 12:26 PM
Chrysalis Quicksilver Messenger Service
Adepts on combat pe... Nov 8 2008, 06:21 PM
Arashi Ok, to do this concept of the ultimate messenger a... Nov 8 2008, 08:28 PM![]() ![]() |
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