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OK, I'm getting ready to run a Shadowrun game for the first time(I've played before but never run); the basic premise is going to be that the PCs have a recurring gig with a Syndicate boss by the name of Cain, running various jobs for him that all seem to bring them into conflict with a high-ranking Corporate who goes by the codename Abel. Abel commands resources to rival Cain's and the two seem obsessed with vengeance against each other. The Big Reveal is that they're two former members of Echo Mirage, who each host a piece of the AI Deus's intelligence in them; the parts of Deus's personality want to reunite and can do so when they're free of the humans that they're hiding in(the premise needs to be expanded a bit to account for why they don't just log into the Matrix and suicide, I know). It could all lead up to the team being caught in the crossfire when eventually Cain loses control to his part of Deus, Abel does, or they manage to combine in one body.

So, I was wondering, what would be a good first run/session? I was thinking of them having their first job from Cain and having a run-in with a team hired by Abel, but do you think that's too much backstory to drop(Cain has an entire story about how Abel is obsessed because of a SpecOps mission gone bad, as does Abel; neither know that they're unwitting carriers of Deus) on the PCs in the first session? Should I have them work for various Johnsons before getting a semi-permanent gig? And how can I expand on the idea of Cain and Abel having parts of Deus hiding in their minds?

Also, how deadly is the new Fourth Edition system?