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[Mekalus]

Slyph takes a seat in the room and listens intently to the usual spiel that he has learned is common for all Johnsons.
I wonder if they take a class in how to sell a job to Shadowrunners? A Shadowrunners 101 class haha..

"The actual target needs no special care, is light and portable enough for a single person to manage. There is a one week deadline, just so I know when to start looking for anyone that took the money and ran, but realistically the job should take no longer than two or three days. I can pay 5K nuyen each with 1K each up front. To make the numbers easier to swallow, I will agree that you may keep whatever else you loot, you can kill everyone on the street if it makes it easier for you, and you may feel free to torch the entire neighborhood to avoid detection and it will not matter to me. If you feel the need to blow the entire city up, I would appreciate a call so I can evacuate.

Slyph chuckles at this thinking yet another person who see's a Shadowrunner and pictures destruction on a wide scale. Truth is destruction on a wide scale happens only when something has gone terribly wrong with plans A, B, and C... come to think of it maybe he is closer to the truth than he knows.

Ghost nods to the Johnson and speaks up, "Well, it sounds like we can probably handle it. I'm sure there's tons of juicy tidbits you'd love to tell us. So, if there are no objections, I'd like to hear more."

Ghost sure seems to have come out of whatever funk he was in a few minutes ago

Slyph says nothing but nods and waits to see if Jill can at least get a few more nuyen out of the Johnson to cover expenses. Not being much of a negotiator himself he decides to simply play along with her and try to aid her efforts.

[FanGirl]

Judith sensed an increased amount of irritation in the Johnson’s voice, and for a second, her affected smile changed into an open-mouthed expression of alarm. She regained her composure quickly, however, and steeled herself for the coming test: she knew that the only way she could expect to avoid his ire now was by sucking up.

“Sir,” she said, sitting up in her chair, “I want to apologize if my question was overly intrusive. I do understand the importance of discretion, and I genuinely hope we can earn your trust. I, for one, will accept the job.”

[silentmaster101]

Garrett stares intently at the johnson, as he stands in the corner.

He seems a bit to preoccupied about damaging the neiborhood and property. I better make it a point to see who owns the property and surrounding land, it would be too easy for us to do damage then get double-crossed and be greased to cover the loss of the target. And if its yak or mafia turf it may be under "protection."

"What," Mr. Johnson asked, "are you asking if you are in close pursuit, can you dump the problem you created in my lap? I have already said that when you have the item, you may set the time and place of the meet. I do retain the right to veto the meet if it seems to me you are endangering me, or perhaps setting a meet I can not possibly attend, like expecting me to travel 40 miles in 5 minutes, so that you may say I broke the deal and you may keep the item.

Garrett noticably fidgets at the johnson's outburst.

There is something odd about that. But maybe if we do this proper we won't all end up dead, and quite possibly there may be some expensive stuff to loot.

Garrett speaks up for the first time all night, "Count me in too."

[Green Eyed Monst...]

"Now that everyone has agreed to the job, I can divulge details and you can tell me if more money will be needed for wiggle rooms," Mr. Johnson says. He produces a manilla folder and lays it on the table. The closest runners to him visibly bend to see where he pulled it from, but answer each other with a shrug.

Opening the folder, Mr. Johnson removes a photograph of an automatic pistol. He passes it to his right and says, "This is your target. It is a one hundred year anniversary Colt model 1911 automatic pistol." The photo shows a regularly shaped pistol, after that it is hardly recognizable as a tool for killing. There is hardly a spot on the gun that does not gleam with silver or gold, all ornately engraved. The pearl handle inlays of the grips are even engraved and look to have the engravings filled with silver and gold. The engravings look like what was popular around 2010 before magic returned to the world, and the magically active among you note nothing in their composition that look magical.

"These weapons were a very limited production run, this one bears the serial number 011 to make proper identification that much easier. Most of them were presented to politicians, generals, DoD procurement heads, NRA president, some popular movie stars, those kind of people. It was a popularity and promotional item." Mr. Johnson removes another photo and a map. "The gun is located in this residence, at this address, in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle," Mr. Johnson says indicating a photo of the house and a circled area on the map. "For those of you not familiar with the area, it is a neighborhood containing mostly elves and dwarves. It is near downtown Seattle, but for some reason, maybe its inhabitants, it has the worst security rating in the area. It is a C security zone surrounded by A to AAA security zones. Many of the residences are Queen Anne style architecture, maybe that's how it got its name, and probably has more trees and vegetation than any other area of Seattle.

"The resident at that address is magically active and I expect him to have some sort of magical defenses as well as mundane defenses above the standards of the neighborhood. One point of interest is that the house sits near the ridge of a hill. Behind the house and beyond the ridge, it looks like the terrain was too steep to build upon, so there is a steep hillside with some plant cover ending at a creek, then another city street with residences across from the hillside.

"The resident is not a member of organized crime and is hardly an employee of any corp. If this run can be executed quickly and without arousing suspicion, I doubt if the resident will hire their own team of runners to safeguard the place. If I thought you needed to know their name or my own for that matter, I would tell you, but it is not needed to do the job. Asking around might alert the owner of the target, so I'll leave that to your own discretion.

"Now do you have any specific questions, and no it is not radioactive nor does it carry any virii as far as I know."

[silentmaster101]

Garrett raises a finger, "do you know if any gangs call this area their turf?"

[Green Eyed Monst...]

"From what I know, every area of the sprawl has gangs. I doubt Queen Anne Hill is different. But, to answer your question, no, I do not know what gangs call the area home. I would suspect from the demographics of the area, it would be dwarven or elven based, or perhaps a mix."

[Samaels Ghost]

"Garret raises a good question, but I'd like to expand on that. Any groups, criminal or otherwise, that might call the area home might be a problem. Gangs, criminal syndicates, or even nieghborhood watches could hinder our plans for getting in and out. Is there anyone in the area that may not take a liking to our prescence or our job? Besides the target's owner of course.

What other information do you have about the target's owner? Like you said, poking around for info may alert people to our plans, so as much info as you've got would be helpful. Is this guy just a collector or did he receive this directly from one of the original owners? What I mean is, is the current owner a relative of an original owner? If so there might powerful family friends behind the scenes that could be a problem.

You also said the owner is Awakened, but how developed is he? Is he a mage, an adept, or a mystic?" Hayter asks this last part not knowing at first what a mystic adept is, but the files he has saved in order to converse with Ghost suggest he use the term.
"knowing how dangerous or knowledgeable he is will help our approach to planning. And this is undoubtably another bit of info that we might attract attention delving into.

Also, any info you can provide about security measures already in place will limit the amount of exposure the team will need to plan. Trying to find this stuff out can be tough, so if you don't have much info on current security, like safes or animals, we may need extra money for surveillance drones to scout the place. Spirit reconassaince is very risky because the owner is Awakened, so micro-drones are our best bet. But they cost enough to really gouge our pay if we have to buy them with the 1000 you're providing up front. I don't know. Jill, how many Shiawase Kanmushi crawler drones do you think casing this place will take? Off the top of my head I'd say about 3. That's a good 3000 nuyen out of our pay checks right there. And that's if we don't get ripped off. That's a good portion of our paychecks gone. Either we need the things on loan, which I don't prefer because we might not be able to recover them, or we need a little extra cred to cover the costs there."

[silentmaster101]

Garrett looks over at the johnson, "Well its not like we couldn't dress up as whatever the local gang is and parade around in front of the place once or twice for a quick view, or dress as the Star for a bit. Maybe we could stage something, like one of us as an innocent out front getting harrased by a "gang member", and someone "calls" the star, then one of us shows up and arrests the "gang member." There are always plenty of ways to get creative if we can't use that many drones, plus drones are pretty noticable if they have onsite security. Although costumes and equipment to steal a Lone Star car or whatever we plan does cost nuyen also. My point is lets not spend all of our money in just one place, especially when this job gives us a option to show our creative side without that much risk. This area does sound like it would have homeless, gang members, patrol cops, maybe streetcorner preachers or apocolypse salesmen."

[Samaels Ghost]

"Exact planning can wait for later. I just want as much info as we can get right now and enough cred for a planning budget. Drones or cosplay, whatever, we'll need cred to get it off the ground."

[Mekalus]

"I agree lets hear all that Mr Johnson has to say and then make our plans for further needed intel" Slyph says.
Then looking to the Johnson, "Any idea where in the residence this item is stored? Also if you happen to have a floor plan to the residence that could be a big help as well."

[FanGirl]

"Excuse me, aren't we all overthinking this a little?" Judith interjected. "Half the time I go in a house I don't even know who lives there. Really, it's usually just a smash and grab operation - although I do try not to smash things. Too noisy." The human woman allowed herself a small smile as she made this last comment. "Of course, I've never dealt with magical security, but I'm sure that our spell-slinger won't have much trouble with that. As for now, I think we should just listen to whatever else Mr. Johnson has to tell us, and then go out and get started. If we need to do some research, we can always look on the Matrix, maybe ask some friends to keep their ears to the ground. After we've got some basic intelligence, we'll make up a simple plan and carry it out. Now, does that sound fair?"

[LilithTaveril]

"Having a drone to scout the place would be helpful anyway. Paint it with a Lone Star Logo. If they spot it, I can use attached speakers to throw them off the scent. We heard a bomb threat and, well, showed up to the wrong house. Turns out the guy posting the information didn't look at his display right. Quick apology for the inconvenience, and the drones leave," Jill says. "But, I will need a budget for that."

She then pauses, saying, "And, I'd also like more information, like the others."

[ARKARY]

"Well," Ghost says, cutting in on everyone's deliberation, "it seems like everyone knows what they're doing. I think the point is, whatever specific information there is on the place and the guy we're up against would really help with more careful planning and stuff later."

Everyone seems content to do their planning here, but Ghost would feel better if we had all the information first before agreeing on a plan.

[Green Eyed Monst...]

"Garret raises a good question, but I'd like to expand on that. Any groups, criminal or otherwise, that might call the area home might be a problem. Gangs, criminal syndicates, or even nieghborhood watches could hinder our plans for getting in and out. Is there anyone in the area that may not take a liking to our prescence or our job? Besides the target's owner of course."

In my experience, the yakuza and mob are not that meta friendly. This is a predominantly metahuman, dwarf and elf, neighborhood. I doubt organized crime has much influence there.

"What other information do you have about the target's owner? Like you said, poking around for info may alert people to our plans, so as much info as you've got would be helpful. Is this guy just a collector or did he receive this directly from one of the original owners? What I mean is, is the current owner a relative of an original owner? If so there might powerful family friends behind the scenes that could be a problem."

The current owner obtained the item illegally and as far as I know, not in any way connected to a legitimate owner.

"Also, any info you can provide about security measures already in place will limit the amount of exposure the team will need to plan. Trying to find this stuff out can be tough, so if you don't have much info on current security, like safes or animals, we may need extra money for surveillance drones to scout the place. Spirit reconassaince is very risky because the owner is Awakened, so micro-drones are our best bet. But they cost enough to really gouge our pay if we have to buy them with the 1000 you're providing up front. I don't know. Jill, how many Shiawase Kanmushi crawler drones do you think casing this place will take? Off the top of my head I'd say about 3. That's a good 3000 nuyen out of our pay checks right there. And that's if we don't get ripped off. That's a good portion of our paychecks gone. Either we need the things on loan, which I don't prefer because we might not be able to recover them, or we need a little extra cred to cover the costs there."

I did not realize I was going to have to provision this outfit? Will you be needing vehicles and firearms, too. Perhaps armor and ammo? I asked a fixer to get me about a half dozen somewhat professional runners for a job. Usually they bring their own skills and tools. If you are not equipped for the job, why are you here?

"I just want as much info as we can get right now and enough cred for a planning budget. Drones or cosplay, whatever, we'll need cred to get it off the ground."

Perhaps you should consider the 6K nuyen your budget then? I have no doubt that the most expensive SOTA equipment would prove useful, but if I wanted to budget that much, I may as well make a legitimate offer to purchase the item. In other words, it's not in the budget.

"Any idea where in the residence this item is stored? Also if you happen to have a floor plan to the residence that could be a big help as well."

Sorry, I cannot help you there.

"Of course, I've never dealt with magical security, but I'm sure that our spell-slinger won't have much trouble with that. As for now, I think we should just listen to whatever else Mr. Johnson has to tell us, and then go out and get started. If we need to do some research, we can always look on the Matrix, maybe ask some friends to keep their ears to the ground. After we've got some basic intelligence, we'll make up a simple plan and carry it out. Now, does that sound fair?"

Ah, the voice of reason. Maybe they should make you the team leader?

"Having a drone to scout the place would be helpful anyway. Paint it with a Lone Star Logo. If they spot it, I can use attached speakers to throw them off the scent. We heard a bomb threat and, well, showed up to the wrong house. Turns out the guy posting the information didn't look at his display right. Quick apology for the inconvenience, and the drones leave," Jill says. "But, I will need a budget for that."

Maybe you can commandeer one from Lone Star and save the cost of the paint job? Then you are that much further ahead when examining the bottom line, as you will have a "free" drone in inventory.

Just as it looks like everyone is getting really fed up with Mr. Johnson's attitude, and he with the runner's, he lays out 6 credsticks. "You will find 2000 nuyen on each of them. The total expenditure is still 30K nuyen for the group." He leaves the folder on table and points to it saying there is a number where he can be reached, that they are welcome to use the room as it is reserved until 6pm and makes his way out.

[silentmaster101]

Garrett looks at the group and shrugs, "Well i was going for subtle, but we could always blow a hole in the wall, back a truck up to it, fill it with loot, grab the item and run..."

[FanGirl]

"I didn't mean that the plan shouldn't be subtle," Judith retorted. "Of course it should be subtle. I meant that it should be simple. The more steps there are in a plan, the more opportunities there are to screw up, so any plan we come up with should be just simple enough to let us achieve our goal. I figured that, after we've disabled the security systems, our rigger and our hacker - I think that's you, Jill, and you, Hayter - should send in some drones to locate the gun. Because it's mainly a decorative object, I expect that it will most likely be on the first floor of the house, in a display case or cabinet of some kind. After the drones have located the gun, we'll determine how best to extract it from its case. If this can't be done remotely using the drones, we'll send in one or more of our infiltrators - I think that's everyone except Jill and Hayter - to do so by hand. Once we have the gun, we get the hell out of there, dump it with Johnson, get our cred, and go out to celebrate a job well done. Now, does that sound so bad to you?"

[LilithTaveril]

Jill shakes her head, saying, "It wouldn't work. Not if the target is home and spots our drones. I don't know anything about magic, but I know it can do serious damage to drones. We need to know more about his security system and what defenses the target has in place first. Simply busting down the door, rolling in a drone, and dealing the item isn't worth anything if we lose the drone and get swarmed by magical security."

She looks to Judith and says, "How about we get full information first, and then make a plan?"

[Mekalus]

"I have to agree with Jill here," Slyph says. "Yes we do want it to be simple however the very fact we are dealing with a magically active makes the use of caution a must and that means we need as much info on the target as is reasonable to get in a short time."
"Yes we do want to avoid alerting the target so we should minimize direct contact unless a good opportunity presents itself for direct intel on the target." Maybe it would be possible to get inside the building under pretenses such as repairs or maintenance?"
"I don't stand out too much myself physically or astrally and I am reasonably good at disguising myself." As Slyph says this his face changes in appearance drastically and his skin darkens considerably. "See? Even my own mother would'nt recognize me now. Trust me she almost shot me the first time I did this to her as a joke."
"Anyway my point is I think a little surveilance is in order as well as the usual data sniffing. Maybe we will get lucky and the data sniffing will give us an in to get a look inside the house?"

[silentmaster101]

Garrett looks over, "maybe one of us could wander by dressed in rags and do a once-over of the place, or scope it out in astral while driving by in a van. we might want to think about escaping down the steep edge to the creek, maybe have a small motorboat or something. I for one would like to see if we can't find more info on the layout, possible places to give cover for an infiltrator, or drone going in, as i can be pretty accurate with an assault rifle from say, a window across the street, or something. Either way we need info on the layout. I also think that a random elf or dwarf wandering by wouldn't get much attention. Drones are all well and good, but they cost alot and if we need it for the actual theft, and it gets hit by say a bug zapper, from one of those conspiracy theorists, then we are S.O.L. On another topic, what types of transportation do we have, i have a bike, which would make for good extraction after covering the rest of the team, but nothing to pile loot or anything in."

[FanGirl]

Jill shakes her head, saying, "It wouldn't work. Not if the target is home and spots our drones. I don't know anything about magic, but I know it can do serious damage to drones. We need to know more about his security system and what defenses the target has in place first. Simply busting down the door, rolling in a drone, and dealing the item isn't worth anything if we lose the drone and get swarmed by magical security."
"I have to agree with Jill here," Slyph says. "Yes we do want it to be simple however the very fact we are dealing with a magically active makes the use of caution a must and that means we need as much info on the target as is reasonable to get in a short time."

"Oooh, good point. I wasn't thinking about the magic." Judith leaned back in her chair, tenting her fingers as she stared thoughtfully at the ceiling. "Like I said before, I don't have any experience with that. All the home security systems I've come across were mundane, and not that hard to crack either. The guy's mundane security is probably not much different than other systems, but the magical security? I don't know. I was hoping that our spell-slinger would handle that part. But you're right: it would be a good idea to figure out what kind of magic he's got so we can prepare for it."

She looks to Judith and says, "How about we get full information first, and then make a plan?"

"Of course, we won't finalize the plan until we've got some good information. It never hurts to lay out something preliminary that we can build off of, but it's not like I think anything I said just now should be set in stone. I may be a hell of a slitch sometimes," Judith said, casting a probing glance at the rest of the group, "but at least I'm open to criticism."

"Yes we do want to avoid alerting the target so we should minimize direct contact unless a good opportunity presents itself for direct intel on the target." Maybe it would be possible to get inside the building under pretenses such as repairs or maintenance?"

Judith winced at Slyph's words. "Are you sure it's a good idea to put ourselves in that kind of position? Disguises can be seen through, and we don't want this guy on the alert."

"I don't stand out too much myself physically or astrally and I am reasonably good at disguising myself." As Slyph says this his face changes in appearance drastically and his skin darkens considerably. "See? Even my own mother would'nt recognize me now. Trust me she almost shot me the first time I did this to her as a joke."

"Holy drek!" Judith cried, jumping out of her chair as if she'd had an electric jolt. "That was amazing! What else can you do? Maybe some recon is a good idea. Maybe a few people could volunteer to do scouting in the neighborhood, like Garrett and Slyph suggested, while the rest of us can do some more low-key research?"

[Mekalus]

"Holy drek!" Judith cried, jumping out of her chair as if she'd had an electric jolt. "That was amazing! What else can you do? Maybe some recon is a good idea. Maybe a few people could volunteer to do scouting in the neighborhood, like Garrett and Slyph suggested, while the rest of us can do some more low-key research?"
Slyph quickly returns his appearance to normal, "My appologies I didn't mean to alarm you. Yes those are my thoughts exactly."

[Samaels Ghost]

"The drones I was suggesting are inconspicous and great for surviellance. Drop them in an air duct and they can most likely scout the entire house. But, we don't have the money, so...

Matrix recon I can do. I doubt the place has a very advanced network. I can cut in and get us info there. Physical security and possibly info on the layout of the house is what i'll going to be able to pull up. Also, public stuff like the street info, best routes out of there and possible sniping or secret recon positions.

Magic security can see right through Chameleon suits and can cause us trouble if it triggers alarms. The last thing we need is some ghostie scanning us and zooming off to tell his master and the police. Just a thought...

So here's what I'm thinking. I get as much info from data diving as possible.
Judith and Ghost case the house while the owner isn't home.
Jill gets as much info from drone recon and has combat drone support in case things go wrong during recon.
slyph can watch the place for as long as we need him to, getting info on who comes and goes without being suspected. He can also be very close to intervene if things go wrong.
Garret might want to cover the place and lie in wait in case things go wrong. Behind the house may work.
I have a van and so does Lilith. If we decide to loot the place or anything nearby, they'll be helpful.

But since the owner acquired this gun illegally to begin with, there's a chance he might not report it's theft. Stealing everything of value in the house will get Lonestar or this guy's runners after us. We should be careful what and how much we steal from the guy after acquiring the gun. I could be wrong about that, though."

AFter putting in his two nuyen, Hayter make preparations in AR for the data-diving and security system infiltration ahead, still paying attention to what the group has to say.

[LilithTaveril]

"Say, can we get out of here? Maybe to a place where we can work that's in friendly territory?" Jill asks.

She looks to the others, and considers. The Johnson had not inspired trust in her. But, he had told her plenty. His reaction to her asking for a budget had been the best part. She then grins.

"Besides, I have a few drones that may fit our needs," Jill says. "And, I'm not bringing them here. If I did, this measly six thousand nuyen is all we'd have as pay for this run."

[ARKARY]

Ghost sat up in his chair to address the rest of the group, "You know, it seems to me that you guys are thinking about this too much. From the way it sounds, this is just an ordinary house with beefed up security. I really doubt you can knock on the door and say 'Hi, we're the... repair crew that you didn't call for and know nothing about.'"

"I'm sure security will still be pretty tight. As for whatever magical stuff he's got, the only way to find out is to go see for myself. If we drive by I could take a look in astral and see if there's anything on the outside. The problem with mojo stuff is I need to be fast and careful, 'cuz if we trip it, or even disable it, he'll know."

"Now, I'm not bad with the physical stuff myself." Ghost leaned forward a bit and held out his hand. The credstick that had been tossed towards him started to wobble on the table before slowly floating upward. As it spun around in front of his face it promptly vanished before the other runners, "There's a reason they call me Ghost. But if I can't see anything from the outside, the only thing we can do is tackle any astral security as we get to it."

Ghost made a snatching motion with his hand, to grab the invisible credstick.

[silentmaster101]

Garrett looks at Ghost, "The way i see it, we just got to waltz on by the joint either one of the the elves, or our adept, and take a vid recording of all we see, then analyze it as a group for ourside defenses while our decker looks for info and our rigger scouts the back out with a microdrone. Then maybe drive by Ghost in the van as a passanger so he can take a quick and i mean quick, peek at the place in astral. Our main objectives for that scouting would be to determine an aproach and an escape vector, and a good sniping position as well as potential cover. If we can get blueprints and what our target's owner has bought/ paid for lately we can get a scan on what he has waiting for us, like dog food for dogs, paid contracts with security, cameras, anything that can be found."


"Now as a rough plan from what we know so far, I sugest we would be best if we aproached from the rear, went in a window or something, cased the joint, and got the target. Then we have me on sniper position on a roof across the street and blow a hole in front wall, lay down some thermal smoke and then the rigger pulls up with the van and you vamoose. Lastly i make myself scarce after picking off anyone who comes out and drive off to a prearanged meeting spot, we cool it at a motel or something and drop the target off in a safe deposit box in a bank for the johnson to pick up and wires the money to us. An alternative is drainage grates on the oposite side of the road may offer a great sniping position, as they rarely connect to the sewers and are usually big enough to walk from, then nobody sees me go. Sound like a good rough plan?"

Garrett activates his internal comlink and sends a text only message to Sting asking her to look around for a short list of supplies and that he is willing to pay extra for them.