Game summary for October 15, 2019, Into The Shadows campaign, Shadowrun 5th Edition, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Ballyhoo (Human Augmenter played by Andrew Renfrow), Clutch (Human Transport Rigger played by Peyton Harmon), Hollywood (Human Combat Medic played by Chris Harmon), and Octane (Elf Razor played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
With little to do while waiting on Fast Freddy, the team decided to investigate the other commlink. Clutch spent a few hours with it and discovered it contained a hidden operating system and files. He spent some time cracking the encryption and found several file fragments and the name of the owner, Seth Dietrich. They reached out to a few of their contacts, met up with a couple, and did some research. The discovered Seth is an FBI agent looking into the possible corruption of Governor Kenneth Brackhaven. They also learned Agent Dietrich’s latest associates ended up dead in the Puget Sound. They also learned of a possible connection between Brackhaven and the fires in the Ork Underground a few years back in something called Operation Daybreak.
Clutch did some Matrix snooping and found an active commlink number in the contacts list and called it with a burner device. The owner hung up. So, he called it again from a second burner device and got hung up on again. Then, Hollywood called the commlink from Dietrich’s link and was immediately yelled at by the owner. After a few moments, Hollywood was able to communicate he was not Dietrich, and the conversation changed. The person quickly became agitated and insistent the team get somewhere safe and lay low. He wanted some time to make some calls and called back in about 45 minutes.
The caller accidentally revealed his name to be Tauren, and he sounded desperate to buy Dietrich’s commlink. He claimed it had some information about Brackhaven that people would kill for. He offered to meet the team and buy the commlink, giving them some profit and taking this dangerous item off their hands.
They did not yet negotiate a price but agreed to speak with him again at 6:45 in the morning and discuss a meeting.
