Into The Shadows — Game Session — 011

Game summary for December 17, 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), Dell (Human Technomancer played by Shane Bradley), Dodger (Human Veteran played by Preston Harmon), Hollywood (Human Combat Medic played by Chris Harmon), and Lefty (Ork Sprawl Ganger played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Dodger and Lefty stepped off the elevator as more Stoddard Security mooks showed up, and more gunfire erupted.  Most of the Stoddard team were armed with Browning Ultra-Power pistols, but one held a Defiance shotgun and began blasting away.  The team opened up with full-auto bursts from Clutch’s drone and Dodger’s AK-97.  Lefty gunned down one of the opposition with his Ruger Super Warhawk. 

Meanwhile, the team tried to prop Dell up and keep him going with magic and stim patches.  He struggled in the Matrix but was finally able to get a mark on the host and start browsing files.  Dodger and Hollywood stood at the ends of the hallway shooting out cameras and blasting suppressive fire toward the security guards coming up the stairs.  Clutch ran into the elevator with Lefty and attempted to hack it but only succeeded in alerting IC.  Ballyhoo and Dell moved toward the elevator as Dodger hurled a grenade down the hallway.  It bounced off some walls and only went about halfway down before exploding.  It knocked out part of the floor, and Dodger tried to throw another.  It exploded prematurely and blasted him down the hallway like a ragdoll.  He careened off the walls and flopped about, finally coming to a battered and unconscious rest near the elevator.  The rest of the team looked on, somewhat stunned, as he rebounded around the hall. 

Into The Shadows — Game Session — 010

Game summary for December 3, 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), Dell (Human Technomancer played by Shane Bradley), Hollywood (Human Combat Medic played by Chris Harmon), and Octane (Elf Razor played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team piled into the elevator and headed toward floor 10 as Dell tried to hack the elevator and obscure where they were going.  In the process he triggered some Marker IC, but it suffered a glitch and crashed.  The doors opened, and the team poured out into the hallway looking for the right room.  Around a corner were two Stoddard Security guards who quickly drew firearms. 

Octane charged around the corner swinging a monofilament chainsaw!  The guards opened fire as Ballyhoo rounded the corner and started hurling spells.  Dell started trying to hack his way through the server door security while Clutch sent a drone around to engage the guards.  Ballyhoo blasted one guard to death with his magic, and Clutch sent another running in a bloody retreat after a full-auto burst from his drone’s assault rifle.  Meanwhile, Dell was unable to open the door, but Hollywood was able to by-pass the maglock with a passkey.  Inside stood two more guards.  Hollywood tried to con his way past them, but the fact he was wearing a mask made him a bit suspect.  They tried to taser him.  Dell ran into the room and got blasted with tasers!  Hollywood fired burst after burst of stick-n-shock rounds as the rest of the team converged, and he rendered one unconscious.  Octane moved in and drew his knife.  He and the other guard went toe-to-toe, in a quick and epic exchange.  The knife flashed once.  Twice.  Blood flowed.  The well-trained guard threw hands, but Octane was far more skillful.  He blocked the blows and drove the blade into the man’s temple, ending the fight.  Dell moved to the host and got a mark, preparing to try and get the paydata!