That's part of the plot of Shockwaves. For reasons made clear later during the campaign Proteus starts by making a hostile takeover attempt on the FBV. This goes horribly wrong when Nachtmeister's successor turns the tables on them both spiking their budding partnership with Maersk (see SoE's Scandinavia) and providing fuel to turn the Ares/Proteus aerospace competition into something much bigger. Towards the end the animosity degenerates into the "naval battle in the North Atlantic" mentioned in SOTA64 - though calling it a "naval battle" is misleading... the cover of Shockwaves actually tells a better story of what goes on.

Huh. With work on undersea things, aerospace intrests, human-modification for hostile environments, and self-contained arcologies (with an intrest for those that can move!), I'd think that Proteus was working on multi-generations Arcos in space or, more specificly, other planets. Settling Mars, for example (Near the pyramids/face on Mars or near the 'Dargon Bones' from wayback.)

That'd explain why they have expansion room in their buildings.

"How do you escape the Horrors? Go somewhere that tehy don't know about/can't live. Helloooo, Mars!"

I'm guessing that Nachtmeister was in the Proteus group as well as the 'Lofwyr Revenge Squad'? Or are they one in the same? Hmmm...

-- Johnny Reb, wishes he knew German.

A lot of answers were already given in the previous pages of this thread, including the list of Proteus unwilling backers. Spinrad or Oakforest do not appear anywhere (besides, they had issue with Lofwyr some time after Proteus creation). Wilhelmina Graff-Beloit is not directly involved in Proteus either, though it's likely a trick from Nachtmeister that her son Dietrich, who don't give a shit about her vandetta, became CFO of Proteus.

I caught the list of who's behind Proteus, but not who was who from teh vocal bit (Thomas? Phillip? Who are these people?) and certainly nothing on what Proteus was actually up to. What their 'Master plan' was, in essence. IS it to launch offworld or something?

-- Johnny Reb, still can't read German.

For the love of all that is holy, someone just explain the plot of the adventures and their outcomes and secrets. Not knowing is killing me.

This was personally translatted by myself. Who is not very good at German. I did it word by word, so it is kinda bad. I made a few rewrites of a sentence. As a note words in brackets are the original word in the product. I could not find a translation. Also any help with making this cleared up. Also what does the end en, t, or e to a base word mean?

So without further ado

"Wemder Sandmann einen alptraum bringt...."
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“A man with a cannon is a killer, two men with cannons are conspiracies.”
-Oliver Stone, JFK

Start
One pair [worte] on the producer
Welcome to this historical run! How they surely [bemerkt] have they direct the wonderworld number49. Into the [handen]. Into the crime sheet these figures, anyhow seven mark seven, virtually after united mystics, [vielleicht] even magics run. But not enough so that, but the 49 one through and through magic number is, no they [kommt] also more just before the 50. With [fug] and right becoming the nowadays assert, but then the sequence the pay is noted is, however they are by no means unattractive for this adventure, because in the Wonder Worlds number 50 [gibt] it on the jubilee for celebrate. Correct, the [war] the second meaning is this payorder! Shot celebrat [gibt] so however no only this jubilee our stockrooms separate also the [esten] hopefully successful run against one setting up this Proteus combine. Provided their runners have a [diesem] adventure success! Thereby if the cat is out of the sack, it [handelt] him hence in order unite two part. That both divid with [jeweils] in self isolated, form however nevertheless a whole that with the equal team mock development should. How they already out the first [satzen] abstract skill [dreht] themselves these [miniserie] in order the mystics combine from the northsea, Proteus. Upon however the tension that is also in place of they except producer no outside lane build up, [bleibt] on vast segment the secret of that phoenix off the north sea more unfolds anyhow until shutdown announcement the number 50…

Over Proteus and a protagonist in this story, that famous runner Sandman, already different pour release. Around them [verehrter] producer, that possibility closed give each other even once in the differences facets that prehistory [eomzulen], [folgt] now a bluntness deploying all publications, that they themselves by Protues [befassen]. As they plot ongoing encounter they enter into the bargain also like to him gallant Sandman, that at many put comments toward him largely and a sense of mysteries combine [verfaBt] [Hat]. No all this swelling is same significence or extensive, therefore having self tried they according to cool relevance for this adventure as sort. If they are this well no possess or see ability is that no dramatic, as themselves that therein contain information [zum] part overlap.

Dance, Punks & Black Ice S. 113 ff. and 119
Target: Smuggler Havens S. 62 ff.
Wonderworlds 46 s. 21 ff.
Wonderworlds 43 s. 17 ff
The gray [eminenz] s. 260 ff.
The alluring land S 226
Chrome and (Ivy <> Dioxin) S.7

This adventure “The sandman who brought the unified nightmare…” is a run for experienced producer and characters. The deed is demanding, the adversary unscrupulous, powerful and yet [unbesiegt], and the price is hot. All in [allem] so on run, during which it is very possible to die ability and, if they themselves don’t have enough skills recruit is also a definite must.

Handle the proficient Runner, that is overly sufficient karma and touch point, because both become them in this Shadowrun urgent required. In this adventure become the player [drauflegen]. They become (kind…. <> liebgwonnene) contact, tooling and probable also much money shed. On the variants side get them on the end: They kick the heritance Sandman’s on.

On them as producer [kommt] the power mission as, split that deep as improvise. Direct [im] major “first one, then two, then three, then four…” [kann] nobody anticipate, on what [ideen] that character turns into. I hope however, DaB they too this adventure enough ordance at their grips, these challenges as overcome, and wish them and their group much enjoyment and much success!

OK, so I stopped reading after the first chapter, cause I don't want to know anymore.
Has anyone thought of running this online? C'mon German speakers, help out your mono-linguistic brothers across the sea.

Monolinguistic? Speak for yourself, dude.

Guess I'll try to get help with translatting this stuff with other people who will actually attempt the translation.

Have a nice day.

Sweet.

Crimson, must you always be an asshole?

Yes.

I thought so. Thanks. Just checking.

So a while ago I ran a campaign in which Proteus featured in the background, and now I'm about to revisit that campaign (using SR4 rules, but picking up the story in 2063).

Proteus is likely to be involved yet again, probably more centrally. I'm not a stickler for clinging to SR canon, but I try and fit in with it wherever possible- and everything I've read on this thread and elsewhere suggests that my story will fit quite nicely.

Still, despite the bucketloads of info above, I am desperately curious about the contents of that "Proteus: The Full Truth" section mentioned. OK in the above is explained which corps are involved, and roughly what Proteus's goals are, but does this Full Truth contain anything else worth knowing? Like who the founders were, what they knew that others didn't know (and if they did indeed know about kaers- how?), and what their individual motives were?

Be awful grateful for any additional info!

I have this section translated into English. It's a a working doc, so it's rough and unedited, but the content's there.

Drop me a PM if you want a copy (and that goes for anyone who's interested).

It's now in the works with Rob and Adam...

www.srrpg.com

Finally...

You guys got to be kidding. So I wade through 5 pages of spoilers within spoilers and nobody posts the end. *head explodes*

Did I mention that I´m german but don´t actually have the book. Time to go to ebay... In the meanwhile here´s a link to the translation that i found on the matrix.

Well, I guess you could call that PDF "posting the end."