Mogadishu Part 1

Operation Name: “Tears of Mogadishu Part 1”

Real Date:  October 25, 2013
Game Date: August 15, 2076
Team Name: The Ghost Daggers
Individual Reports: None
Completion: 25%

Employer Name: Jasmine “Frosty” Robinson (Possibly Draco Foundation)
Runners Involved: Speed, Badger, Jinchiriki Kid, Phelan, Artie
Karma Earned:    5 Karma
Nuyen Earned  ¥40,000 daily per diem (each)

• 5 days up front travel $8,000 x 5:  ¥40,000

Target: Act as security detail for Jasmine “Frosty” Robinson.
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia.
Major Players:

• Jasmine “Frosty” Robinson.
• Lamar, delivery operator.
• Possibly Draco Foundation

Objective: Escort Frosty on a mission to secure the “Sextant of the Gods” in Mogadishu.

Criminal Acts Committed :

• No actual criminal acts were committed during this portion of the operation.

Unusual follow up notes: none

Review/Recommendation (Seraph): The group has only set up at this time, but things are looking optimistic.

Synopsis

(Important out of game note, the synopsis is only what Seraph is knowledgeable about, there are usually missing details in each run unless the members tell him specifically. Those details may be covered in individual reports).

Jasmine “Frosty” Robinson has hired the group (minus Phoenix at the moment) to escort her to Mogadishu. There she will secure the Sextant of the Gods from a person named Lamar who has stolen it from the Draco Foundation. The group met her at Studio 77, in Renton, a very small and exclusive meet up area. All real food, no AR and impeccable service means it is incredibly expensive. They were told that the DF was hiring Jasmine, who in turn hired the group, to retrieve the item. The agreed upon pay was ¥7,000 per day, ¥1,000 per day in per diem and a bonus of ¥30,000 when the sextant was retrieved. The group was paid five days in advance.

In preperation the group retrieved some information about Mogadishu. The Kid met a gentleman named Fast Eddie who was a mercenary in Africa. He learned some tricks while in Africa and was able to secure a guide through a Somali fixer named Tembria. In addition they determined that weapons would be easier to purchase in Mogadishu then to smuggle to, so the group decided to leave everything except pistols and knives. They also talked with Trixy at the Gun to find out what the effect of a trans-orbital flight would do to a mage and especially to Artie. It was determined that it wouldn’t kill Artie but they need to try and keep her unconcious if they do it. Fortunately the trip to Mogadishu would not require that. The trip to Mogadishu was uneventful. They stopped in Philadelphia, then London, Cairo and finally into Mogadishu airport.

Upon arrival Jasmine took the group to the hotel. It was a cement hotel, three stories tall shaped like a horshoe. The main courtyard was walled off from the street and there were several hired locals with AK-97s that obviously worked for the hotel. The group had four connecting rooms, run down and dingy. There they waited for their guide, who arrived a few hours later. Yhat introduced himself, standing maybe four foot tall and 12 years old. He seemed older in the eyes then  they would have thought. That is until they heard the RPG/gunfire a few blocks down and noticed that while everyone was wary, it seemed to be a common occurence.

The group had Yhat take them to the market. There they found a virtual cornacopia of weapons, vehicles, and low level magical ingredients. In the weapons market Speed and Jack both were salivating over the Panther Cannons, but they satisfied themselves with some disposable small arms. The extreme amount of choices took Speed by surprise, and promises to return to the market in the future were made. A quick visit to the magical market and the group secured Artie some orichalcum, for whatever purpose she uses it for. After that they paid a visit to the vehicle market and found a wide variety of military vehicles in poor condition. However, with proper care the vehicles could be upgraded. After a lot more salivating Speed chose a van instead of some of the military vehicles.

At the end of the day Yhat’s network of informats had found that Lamar was staying with Yusuf Mohammed Siad, a warlord of no little repute. The warlord was hosting some sort of item auction, and it was believed the Sextant would be put on sale there. Jasmine was able to secure an invitation to the auction and the group prepared to go to the little island that Siad had control of.

This is where the session ended…

Dirt Knives

John’s Island, Salish Shidhe

Operation Name: “Dirt Knives”

Real Date:  September 27, 2013
Game Date: July 30, 2076
Team Name: The Ghost Daggers
Individual Reports: None
Completion: 100%

Employer Name: Unknown (running under Seraphim)
Runners Involved: Speed, Badger, Jinchiriki Kid, Phelan, Artie, Phoenix
Karma Earned:    10 Karma
Nuyen Earned  ¥200,000 (each)

• Successfully completing the run:  ¥100,000
• Extra things recovered: ¥100,000

Target: Retrieval of artifacts named “dirt knives” and computer files with same name.
Location: John’s Island San Juans, Combined Draco Foundation/Horizon Group Operation.
Major Players: 

• Seraphim, Fixer and perhaps backing of run.
• Unknown Spirit outside the facility.

Objective: Retrieve two newly uncovered artifacts entitled “Dirt Knives” and any and all computer data files based on that artifact.

Criminal Acts Committed : 

• No actual criminal acts were committed, except “salvaging” some books from the library..

Unusual follow up notes: tbd

Review/Recommendation (Seraph): The group reacted well to the situation. We are unsure if the group met a greater free spirit or a horror. Either presents both unique issues and opportunities. We are conducting more research to determine which of those it fits into.

Synopsis

(Important out of game note, the synopsis is only what Seraph is knowledgeable about, there are usually missing details in each run unless the members tell him specifically. Those details may be covered in individual reports).

The Horizon Group and the Draco-Foundation went into a joint research operation in 2074. They purchased John’s Island in the San Juans. There is no external connection to the island, it has never been outfitted with power/water from the mainland and is fairly backwater. The only occupants of the island before H/DF was two families and an old children’s summer camp.

H/DF has imported security onto the island and built a small complex. The only confirmation is there is satellite communcations, but no standard matrix connection. It has been noted that both shamans and mages have conducted magical experiments there and there is at least one rigger as drones have been spotted.

At least 40 people are on-site. It is unknown how many are security, magical or research personnel. There have been no attempts against the island, and no testing of the defenses. This will help the Ghost Daggers as after two years of no moves against the island, the security is bound to be a bit lax.

HG/DF have had several dig sites around the world, the “dirt knives” were found and brought back. We have been unable to determine which sites these came from, which is why all information associated with the dirt knives needs to be retrieved.

The “dirt knives” themselves are believed to be primitive in look. They appear to be some sort of teeth that have been shaved down. It has been confirmed that HG/DF has made these items a “high interest” research object, meaning they believe they have found something important.

The group went out to the island, where they dropped Phoenix off to snipe from the hills. Meanwhile, the rest of the group made their way towards the buildings. While Phoenix waited, she discovered writing similar to “Atlantean” on some rocks near where she was set up. After a few minutes a gentleman dressed in nice clothing from the turn of the 1900’s appeared beside her. Phoenix did not see him arrive.

They talked for a few minutes and he asked Phoenix to bring an item buried in the stones across the wall of the HG/DF facility. Phoenix talked with everyone, all but Artie said it sounded like a good idea. After all, an angry free spirit makes a bad enemy, and a great ally.

Phoenix caught up with the rest of the group and then passed the necklace over. That is when all hell broke loose. The “spirit” swept into the facility and proceeded to kill every living creature but the group in the facility. The Daggers slipped into the facility themselves, raided a library and the forge. They were able to steal a dozen old magical texts and several units of orichalceum. They were also able to secure both daggers, which appeared to be made from mantis spirit claws.

When they left the building they saw blood erupting from other buildings, as if something squeezed the people in those bodies so violently that they exploded like grapes. The group left immediately and returned to Seattle to hand off the items to Seraphim. They also agreed to go back out in two days with Valentina to investigate what happened.

Two days later they returned from the trip. They had found the island flattened and empty. The pool of mana that existed inside the facility was gone and there was no trace of dead bodies. Valentina was concerned about something, but she didn’t comment about it to the group. Seraph explained to the group he would let them know if he found anything specifically. The group went home, 200,000 nuyen richer.

NPC contact update

You may notice occaisionally that I have posted unfinished contacts, or other items. This is because I need the placeholder for those contacts/other things (after the players have already met them) to post run logs and other details. They will be updated and finished when I get a chance. I just didn't want you all wondering why I was posting such little things.

My plan is all contacts will be fleshed out over the course of the campaign. Some will start with less information and as the players interact they will grow. I do plan on the very least getting complete descriptions of them up as soon as possible, but look back to see any additional details that may be added as the group gets to know them.

Moose

• Moose, a human Talismonger, works as an independent and for Wyvern Home. Location: Downtown Seattle, UCAS. Loyalty 3, Connection 9

More information to come soon! Page not done.

Doubloon

• Doubloon, a human Talismonger, works indirectly for Mages R Us. Location: Downtown Seattle, UCAS. Loyalty 1, Connection 2

More information to come soon! Page not done.

Ajax

• Ajax, a human with a reputation for reliable weapons, likes Phelan. Location: Downtown Seattle, UCAS. Loyalty 3, Connection 9

​More information to come soon! Page not done.

Freedom, Finally

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Operation Name: “Freedom, Finally”

Real Date:  September 6, 2013
Game Date: July 15, 2076
Team Name: The Ghost Daggers
Individual Reports: None
Completion: 100%

Employer Name: Netcat
Runners Involved: Speed, Badger, Jinchiriki Kid, Phelan, Artie, Phoenix
Karma Earned:  8 Karma
Nuyen Earned  ¥75,000 (each)

• Successfully completing the run:  ¥60,000
• Expense account: ¥5,000
• Bonus for a job well done: ¥10,000

Target: Rescue Puck from Mitsuhama Computer Technologies.
Location: Downtown Seattle, SODO Dock area.
Major Players: 

• Netcat, Technomancer
• Puck, Technomancer and ex-follower of Deus
• MCT Corporate Security Team.
• MCT Corporate paranormals (barghest, and hellhound).

Objective: Retrieve Puck from MCT secured facility at warehouse facility.

Criminal Acts Committed : 

• Theft of Corporate Property (Puck)
• Terrorist sabotage of corporate property (sinking the ship)
• Murder 1, 7 counts (related to terrorist attack on ship).
• Possession of illegal weaponry (rockets, light machine guns).
• Terroristic use of magic

Unusual follow up notes: The group went out of their way to fix Puck before handing him back to Netcat, in addition the group secured some “samples” of the wire creature and forwarded them to UCAS authorities (well Phelan did).

Review/Recommendation (Seraph): The group adapted incredibly well. They were able to adjust the plan when they realized they could not wait for the ship to go out to see. They talked to me about the “sample” and I did tell them that higher paying jobs would be available soon, if they chose it. See details below.

Synopsis

(Important out of game note, the synopsis is only what Seraph is knowledgeable about, there are usually missing details in each run unless the members tell him specifically. Those details may be covered in individual reports).

The group was called together to rescue a technomancer named Puck from MCT by Netcat. This was a quick on the fly operation as Netcat did not know how long Puck would be in the city. Puck was being held on a modified cargo container ship, which was docked on MCT property.

The group was going to approach the ship in the open ocean and was prepared to become pirates for a day. However, when Artie got back from astral scouting, they determined something was wrong with the ship (an astral backgroung count that was very high and very bad). They determined that the ship could not be allowed to leave port with Puck.

During this time, Badger’s ex-lover Yellow called him, accusing Badger of burning the house down a second time. This time it was with flames. A kerfluffle occurred with the group, it sounds like Artie might have been involved but unsure.

Phelan and Speed secured sizeable missle weapons and bug zappers to use on the ship from Ajax, Phelan’s most resourceful contact. They also armed Speed’s speed boat for use in the operation. Meanwhile Pheonix and the Kid prepared to get on board, destroy the rigger control of the ship and keep Puck calm when they released him. In addition it turned out beneficial that Pheonix has lock picking skills.

The group’s  plan was to divide into two groups. The first group comprised of Phelan, Kid and Pheonix. They would utilize chameleon suites and sneak on board the ship via the land side (through the round storage containers northeast of the ship. While they did that, Artie, Speed and Badger would distract the ship by attacking it from the water on the other side.

The encounter was extremely brief. The speedboat rolled up masked by Badger, to the ship while the first group snuck to the side of the ship on the other side. At that moment evidently Badger had Artie shift into a wyvern… I am not sure when they found out what she was, or how her family will take it, probably take it well. They flew over the ship, blasting it with acid waves and fire. At some point Badger masked himself and Artie to look like an Aztechnology yellow jacket. An actual rather ingenious idea. 

Meanwhile Speed opened up on the boat. She unleashed the first Aztechnology striker rocket, taking a large section of the front deck of the ship. This caused security to rush to that portion of the ship and focus on her and the two flying above. This allowed the Kid, Phelan and Pheonix to begin their ascent onto the ship.

At this point the automated rigger defenses opened up, three LMGs and a rocket dispenser began firing, missing the boat and the wyvern by mere feet. Unfortunately halfway up that ship is when Speed unleashed a second rocket. We are not sure if it hit an ammo store, or something else but the resulting explosion lifted the front of the ship almost out of the water. The explosion almost knocked the three people climbing onto the ship. However, remarkably they were able retain their hold and get onto the ship.

At this point the front of the ship was gone, and it began a very long and laborious sinking. Phelan popped some thermo smoke preventing the turrets the ability to continue firing. The three runners firing at the ship kept going while Kid started attaching a bug zapper to the ship that fried out the entire rigger network. This caused all the automated systems to fail, including the pumps, the ship began to sink quickly.

At this point Pheonix secured Puck’s container, unlocked it and was able to get in. She found Puck secured by a strange silverish set of wires to the cargo container. She found that he was still blocked by the wires from the matrix and immediately had the Kid cut him loose. The remainder of the run was very quick and scattered. They rushed Puck off of the ship, half-dazed, and then arrived in the Tacoma docks.

During the trip, they found that the wire still connected to Puck was magical and alive. There was a brief panic as Phelan found a wire crawling up his arm and Speed had one crawling into her pants leg. They determined that these magical creatures were dangerous and secured them in glass containers. What they didn’t expect is that Artie tried to eat some of them, proclaiming them to taste good (evidently Wyverns need to eat magic to grow).

They secured Puck fully, turned him over to Netcat after cleansing him of the wires and returned to me (Seraphim). They told me what they found, I told them I had better paying work if they ever wanted it, dealing with threats like this. In addition I believe Phelan notified the UCAS hunters about this threat as well. That is good initiative for him, it is important to stop any of these threats.

Netcat

NETCAT

Street Name:  Netcat
Speciality: Technomancer/Fixer
Race: Elf, Female
Birthplace: Seattle
Occupation: Technomancer
Age: 40’s                    Height: 5’10”            Weight: 52 kgs.
Eyes: Varies               Hair: Varies

Adventures involved in:

• Free, Finally (9/6/2013)

Netcat is a survivor, a loyal friend, and a fierce enemy. She emerged after Crash 2.0, getting her start with daring Matrix smash-and-grab ops, and she was one of the first runners to openly identify as a technomancer. She is an instinctual hacker, able to feel around systems and find her way into them without necessarily being able to explain how she does what she does. She has made a name for herself on a series of daring runs, and she has proven herself to be the antithesis of the VR hacker who dives into systems from a remote location. She is a hands-on worker, willing to break into secure facilities and wired nodes to get to the data that cannot always be accessed through the wired Matrix. She relishes the B&E part of her work as much as she does the hacking.

Some of her close acquaintances hope that the recent birth of her first child will be a somewhat steadying influence on Netcat. Her passionate nature and occasional desires for vengeance have gotten her into a few tough spots in the past, but she is quick to point out that the same energy helps get her out of those same situations. She generally appears to be quite content with the highwire act that is her life, and she is not very receptive to suggestions for change.

Mitsuhama Computer Technologies

Mitsuhama
Rating AAA World Headquarters Kyoto, Japan President/CEO Toshiro Mitsuhama Chairman of the Board Samba Oi Corporate Status Public Major Shareholders Eiji Yakamura (20%) Samba Oi (13%) Yuriyasu Shin (11%) Oguramaro Saigusa (10%) Akai Uehara (10%)

Mitsuhama Computer Technologies​

Mitsuhama Computer Technologies or MCT, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, is the fourth largest corporation in the world, and the second largest Japanese corporation. It deals primarily with computers and robotics, but also possess extensive holdings in heavy industry, multimedia and thaumaturgy. It owes its name to its founder Taiga Mitsuhama, who now holds about 2% of the stock with his son and current CEO of MCT, Toshiro Mitsuhama.

MCT is the largest source of entertainment worldwide, standing completely in front in profit-yielding markets like the simsense industry, the trideo market and the Music Industry. MCT is number two in heavy industry, just behind Saeder-Krupp, and likewise is number two in the Magic Industry, behind Aztechnology.

MCT is connected closely with the Japanese yakuza. The yakuza funded MCT when it was formed, and yakuza members still sit on the board today. MCT provides enough money and money laundering to the yakuza that MCT functions relatively independently without them.

MCT is considered very aggressive with regards to intruders. Their defense concept is known as Zero Zone. There is no penetration and no survival. MCT does not take prisoners, shooting first and asking question later. The magic defense is top class and each important asset is defended with riggers. In addition, they use paranormal critters more often than other corporations.

Runs Worked For Corporation: 
None

Runs Worked Against Corporation: 
Free, Finally (9/6/2013)

Mitsuhama Computer Technologies 

Mitsuhama Media
MCT North America

• Division Head: Tamatsu Sakura

Subsidiaries:
MCT California
  Integrated Agricultural Applications
  Products and Services: Bioengineering and chemical agricultural research
      Mitsuhama Motors of California (MMC)
          Products and Services: Autonomously guided light ground vehicles
MCT-Entertainment
          Products and Services: Entertainment
MCT Tsimshian
MCT UCAS
          Executive Vice-President: Marli Bobinek
MCT Seattle
          Vice-President: John Chang
MCT Western & Eastern Europe
          Headquarters: Vaduz, Switzerland
          Division Head: David Herbert
          Subsidiaries:
                    MCT Western Europe
                    Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
MCT Deutschland AG
          Location: Düsseldorf, Allied German States
          Division Head: Yohiro Tanashika
Brookes Thaumaturgy
          Products and Services: Magical services
Dolmen Data Systems
DSA
Esprit Electronics
Mediasim
MCT Australasia
MCT Hong Kong
          Headquarters: Hong Kong Free Enterprise Zone
          Division Head: Hanashima Ito
          Subsidiaries:
                    Pentacle Distributing
                              Products and Services: Magical materials
MCT Southeast Asia
Mitsuhama Philippines
Mitsuhama Automatronics
          Products and Services: Machine parts, drones, and robots
Mitsuhama-Benguet Mining
          Products and Services: Gold, bauxite, copper, steel
Mitsuhama Militia-ware
          Products and Services: Military vehicles, armor, firearms
Parashield
          Products and Services: Paranimal security, veterinary care

Other Subsidiaries
          Computers
                    Aekai Heuristic Technologies
                    Black Lotus Software
                    BrainWave, Inc.
                    Mitsuhama Computers
          Entertainment
                    Confederation Broadcasting Company
                    Highstar, Inc.
                    Mitsuhama Media
                    Mitsuhama Music
                    Sakura Studios
                    Soonan Simsense
                    Heavy Industry
                    Automation Systems, Inc.
                    Mitsuhama Industrial Technologies
                    Takai Development Corporation
                    Zen-Marsh Chemicals
          Magic
                    Ambrosius Publications
                    HermeTech Associates
                    Mitsuhama Magical Services
                    Mitsuhama Thaumaturgical Research
                    Pentacle Distributing, Inc.
                    Pentacle Press
          Robotics
                    Astin Remote Systems
                              Products and Services: Tethered undersea drones
                    Drive-Ware Technologies
                    Elk-Sedge Systems
                    Mitsuhama Automatronics
                    VOR Robotics
          Others
                    Mitsuhama Biotechnologies (cd.12)
                    New Life Harvest, Inc.
                    Petrovski Security (sa64.73)
                              Products and Services: Security services and private policing
                              Subsidiaries:
                                        Ertxantxa
                                                  Location: Euskal Herria
                                        Total Service
                                                  Location: Korea

I would like to thank the shadowrun wikia for the initial information (http://shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Mitsuhama_Computer_Technologies). As the campaign progresses, if any changes are made then I will make them here since the campaign here will of course deviate from normal shadowrun events. ​

Kosuke Ito

KOSUKE ITO

Street Name:  None
Speciality: Intelligence Analyst
Race: Human
Birthplace: Tokyo Japan
Occupation: Mid-Level Intelligence Analyst
Age: 50’s                    Height: 5’8″            Weight: 72 kgs.
Eyes: Brown                Hair: Black, with grey coming in

Adventures involved in:

• Nothing Personal (8/24/2013)

Kosuke Ito has been a loyal Shiawase sararimen his entire life, although it has not always been easy on him. His collegiate interest in linguistics is what led him to be recruited by Kiyomoto to Shiawase’s MFID right after college (at Tokyo University). 

Ito is slight and quiet, and he prefers listening to speaking and observing to direct action. Ito is not a warm person, and his sense of personal duty and honor have always come first in his life, leading to his virtually non-existent relationship with his ex-wife and daughters. 

Ito looks up to Ichiro Kiyomoto almost as a father, and the only reason he did not jump ship when Kiyomoto left the corporation is because Kiyomoto needed people to stay behind as his eyes and ears within the MFID. The plan to use Horizon to extract him so that the Neo-Genyosha could later extract him without revealing themselves to Coltrane’s people was Ito’s idea.

B     A     R     S     C      I       L      W     Edg     Ess     Init     IP
3      3     3      2     3      5      5       4        3         5.8      8       1

Limits: Mental 7, Physical 4, Social 6
Initiative:  1D6 +8
Condition Monitor Boxes (P/S): 10/10
Armor: 0
Skills: Computer 4, Data Search 5, Dodge 3, Forgery 3, Hacking 3, Influence skill group 5, Instruction 2, Perception 4, Pilot Ground Craft 1, Pistols 2, Software 2, Stealth skill group 2, Intelligence Analysis 6
Knowledge Skills: Consumer Marketing 6, Economics 6, Security Design 3, Security Procedures 3, Shiawase Politics 5
Languages: Japanese N
Augmentations: Datajack
Gear: contacts [Rating 3, w/ low-light vision, image link, and vision magnification 2], Erika Elite commlink w/ Iris Orb OS (Response 3, Signal 4, Firewall 3, System 3), linguasofts (Cantonese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, all Rating 4)