Obviously this is an OOC post.
Obsidian Portal is giving a 60 day trial to anyone who signs up for Ascendant membership today.
Seeing as how I find them to be highly useful, I figured I would give it a try…
SO… If you see a new feature, test it out! :P
Remember, only the GM needs to have an upgraded membership for the players to benefit ;)
If people like the features, or if you think they don’t make a difference, let me know.

In an absurd twist of events DigTown was seiged by a massive horde of ghouls. What appeared to be a limitless horde of feral ghouls mindlessly attacked the bazaar Tuesday night. Thanks to the advance warning provided by a handful of runners the bazaar was mostly evacuated before the ghouls reached it. A handful of fighters held them off to allow as many as they could to escape. They callapsed several sections of tunnels to further slow the assault.

Though they could handle the ghouls without trouble (with heavy weapons). They laid various traps to buy as much time as they could, but then the spirits and banshees showed up. The defends did the only thing they could do, they dropped a bomb and ran. They created as big a distraction as they could from rummaging through abandoned supplies and fell back to the residential area.

They barracaded the residential area and prepared to make their final stand. They bravely faced off the horde until one of their allies suddenly turned on them. This provided enough distraction for the banshees to show themselves and knock the last lines of defense unconscious. As they were about to finish off the fallen runners Daemon rushed his ritual and brought forth a demon horde to drive them back.

Due to the rush, he was unable to defeat the leader behind the attack, The Vampire De Tat. De Tat is still at large in the city…
And though the battle was won for today, it was not without losses. Some fighters have fallen never to run again and many innocents died.
Dig Town will be recovering in the days to come…

OOC Info Below

This isn't a very good write up, but I was hurrying! I might improve it later.

The Saviors of DigTown:

• Trinity – Sewer Rat PreGen, 4 confirmed kills
  
• Big Mac – 5 confirmed kills
• Etrine – 6 confirmed kills (2 of whom were PCs)
• Dwagon – 1 confirmed kill, showed up in the Bazaar.
  

R.I.P

• SP – Sewer Rat PreGen with 1 confirmed kill before falling at the residential barracade.
• Chain – Sewer Rat PreGen with no confirmed kills
• Thane – No confirmed kills, died at the residential barracade.
• Whisper – Died shortly after the initial encounter when he was compelled into a homicidal rage.

NPC:

• Farnsworth Jack – Connection 4
• Gained at Loyalty 3 for survivors
• Gained at Loyalty 2 for new players who reroll after this mission (IE – Trinity, SP)
• Daemon – Connection 2
• Those who did not already have him, gain him at Loyalty 1
  
• The Vampire De Tat – Connection 3
• Keep your eyes open for him and his minions in the future.

Rewards:

• 5 Karma
• +1 Karma for Big Mac and Etrine
  

Live from our Flyspy in the Sky..

OOC: if there was a Flyspy in the sky, I’m not saying there was

We see the makings of an epic gun battle below us. Moments ago a troll fired off an antitank round into the side of the Biodyne building. Before the dust even cleared, the sound of machine gun fire was echoing through the morning, spitting up dirt and debris as supressive fire came from inside the building.

Shortly after the try was unconscious on the ground.

Meanwhile, at the front entrance, more gunfire could be heard. We are unsure of exactly what happened, but seconds later the three individuals at the front entrance could be seen retreating.

They disappeared into the sewers without a trace and shortly after corporate security locked down the area.

—I hope you learned something from this. 

—I'll be seeing you.

—M.G.

OOC Info Below

Runners:

• /usr/bin/grrl
• Etrine
• Dwagon
• Big Mac
• Thane

NPCs:

• Victor Stralinksi – Connection 4
• FAILED Mission, not gained.
• Sphytz Wusiwug – Connection 1
• My notes indicate grrl, Etrine and Dwagon contacted her for IDs. If they do not already have her, they gain her at loyalty 1.
• Generic NeoNet Contact
• Big Mac, Thane and Dwagon gain access to a commcode they can call about NeoNet objectives. This should not be listed among your contacts.

Rewards:

This mission was FAILED. As such there are very limited awards.

• 3 Karma 
• 600 nuyen (cash received up front)
• 1 Notoriety
• "Bust a Move" drone for Etrine and grrl

Objectives:

To give the players a better understanding of what the factions may want, here are the various objectives which were available this mission.

• NeoNet: Prevent the theft of the eyes and prevent employee injuries. If they eyes must be stolen, tag them and provide the destination and recipient. (PASSED)
• WMC: They hired you for the job.
• Syndicate: Provide employee records of the facility.
• Green: Provide information on magical security.
• White: Steal one of the buildings raildrones.
• Yakuza: They wanted paydata.
• NeoAnarchists: Shut business down.
  

Police Raid a Bust

Boston Telegram, May 22, 2072

Knight Errant has continued their drug crackdown by raiding another facility this week. Though they were unable to catch any of the masterminds behind the current drug explosion, at last they are finally making progress. The Knights successfully detained several individuals in their latest raid. During the raid there were several injuries and the facility itself suffered minor damage, but the Knights are confident they will soon apprehend those responsible for the drug known as "Party Powder".

—Don't make me laugh. If things had really gone as well as they claimed this wouldn't be on page 13.
—Lynx

>>Minor damage? Detaining? You want the real story of the raid? They hired some of my men for the job so I know what really went down. Moments after they sent the drones in the place blew. They got one live one and a bunch of bodies… Steller job boys.
>>EvilEye

—They must have done something though… The last batch of powder was a real dud…
—Bounce

OOC Info Below

Runners:

• Maynard
• Morse
• Pyrrhus 

NPCs:

• Sgt Olin Tuesday – Connection 3
• Loyalty 1 for everyone
  
• Dante Giovanni – Connection 3
• Loyalty 1 for Pyrrhus and Morse 
• Lucian Dirge – Connect 4
• Loyalty 1 for Pyrrhus
• Bounce Miranda – Connection 3
• Loyalty increased to 3 for Pyrrhus
• Murdock – Connection 2
• No loyalty change but the runners supplied him with Mapsofts.

• Bou – Connection 1
• Prof. Wiggles Blue – Connection 2
• Lucy Sky – Connection 1

Rewards:

• 4 Karma
• 3000 Nuyen each.
• Generic NeoNet Contact for Morse
• Generic Green Contact for Morse
• Bottle of Laes Wine (6 servings) for Maynard and Pyrrhus (resale: 500)

Objectives:

To give the players a better understanding of what the factions may want, here are the various objectives which were available this mission.

• NeoNet: Place stealth tags inside the facility. (Indirectly achieved)
  
• NeoAnarchists: Obtain an uncut sample of Party Powder. (failed)
  
• Syndicate: Shut down the lab before the police raid it. (failed)
• Green: Contaminate the drugs with a specific compound. (completed)
• White: Report on other organizations objectives. (Obj not learned)
  
• WMC: Capture Prof. Blue. (Obj not learned)
  
• Tamanous: Take control of the lab. (Obj not learned)
  
• Doc Skav: Get contact info for the designers of Party Powder. (failed)
  

May 01, 2072

Shirley Summers, Horizon Press

In a bold move, Perpetual Deviation faced its Neo Anarchists roots at last Saturday's show. The crowd was warmed up to the musical stylings of …

—Yeah, you don't want to waste timing reading that. They were a bunch of nobodies, we'll cut to the good parts
—Lynx

… though there were some distractions to their performances as a few customer altercations broke out. The Dead End's security quickly dealt with them and ensured all went smoothly.

In what was a masterfully staged production, a Neo Anarchist riot broke out in the rear of the crowd. As they surrounded themselves with some sort of powder cloud they shouted all sorts of anti-corporation propaganda, clearly vilifying the band as being nothing more than a corporate tool. The band replied with its music, debuting a new song "Nobodies Friend", clearly expressing their independence both from the corporations and the Anarchists.

>>There could be good money in info on Party Powder… I'd keep my ears open
>>Skav

Concert security ensured that while this was dramatic no one got close enough to disrupt the presentation and that none of the paying customers were involved. Head of staff also reported that the schedule had called for the rioters to be discretely rushed out of the crowd during intermission.

The only hitch during the performance was when the venue's generator failed to start during the power outage. This resulted in some minor damage to the venue and a sizable delay in the performance as the facility was evacuated for safety reasons. The facility staff was clearly prepared for such an eventuality as they had Knight Errant staff waiting to assist with the evacuation and were able to procure a secondary generated under an hour.

Overall this reviewer cannot help but give the concert rave reviews. The Dead End staff and the bands both deserve praise

—No clue why Horizon decided to spin things this way, it certainly works well for us.
—Das

OOC Info Below

Runners:

• Etrine
• Pyrrhus
• Morse
• Maynard

• Cerra – Connection 1
  
• Gained at Loyalty 1
  
• Das – Connection 2
  
• Gained at Loyalty 1
• Erk – Connection 3
  
• Loyalty gain + 2
  
• Evan Eye – Connection 3
• Gained at Loyalty 1
  
• Bounce Miranda – Connection 3
• Pyrrhus  gained at loyalty 2
• Everyone else gained at loyalty 1
  
• Ratz – Connection 2
• Maynard and Morse gain at loyalty 1
  
• Murdock – Connection 2
• Morse gained at loyalty 1
  
• The Erl King – Connection 3
• Identity learned from video feeds
  
• Sgt Olin Tuesday – Connection 3
• No interaction

• 6 Karma
• 2 Street Cred
• EE Security Elite License
• 4000 nuyen each
• Option to purchase "Homeground: Dead End" quality for 10 Karma
• Maynard, Etrine and Morse accepted.
  
• Option to purchase "Lifestyle: Dead End Apartments"
• Maynard, Etrine and Morse accepted.

Boston Globe, 05/01/72

UCAS Electric would lke to apologize for the service interruptions which occurred this weekend. Due to defective hardware the scheduled system upgrade took longer than expected. The benefits will be well worthwhile, including a … (the message is interrupted here)

That's pure drek. Defective hardware my tail!
A bunch of demon’s running amok for hours is hardly defective hardware. They’d planned for a half hour down time and ended up being down for 3 hours.

At least Digtown should be happy…
—Lynx

OOC Info Below

Runners:

• Whisper
• /usr/bin/grrl

Rewards:

• Karma: 3 points each
• Nuyen: 5000 each
• /usr/bin/grrl only accepted expenses (200¥)

Contacts:

• Joe Dirt Connection 2
• /usr/bin/grrl: Loyalty 2
• Whisper: Loyalty 1
• Daemon Connection 2
• Whisper: Loyalty + 1

Swag:

• Underground Mapsoft (R1 for Whisper, R2 for grrl)
• 250 nuyen each from random theft

Unless otherwise specified, each runner is considered to have received one of each item on this list. If they don't choose to keep it, they can sell it for the listed price. They CANNOT be traded.

• Helmet (+ 1/+ 2 armor) – No resale
• Internally Smartlinked Fichetti Security 600 – 90 nuyen
• 1 clip of 30 light pistol gel rounds -No resale
• Extendable Baton – No resale
  

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This is an OOC Post

A recent Boston redevelopment project left a large number of squatters homeless. The state leveled an entire neighborhood with barely enough warning for them to evacuate. As they wandered seeking a new place to stay they heard rumors of a forgotten bomb shelter deep underground. Pooling their resources together they hired the Sewer Rats to seek it out and get them safe passage there.

The money they could offer was pathetic, but the chance to have an entire community in their debt was not something the Rats could pass us. They sent a team of eight gangers to explore and clear a route.

Starting in one of the remaining basements in the now leveled neighborhood they explored the underground created by the quake. Winding (and at times fighting) their way through the twisting corridors, tunnels and ruined basements they eventually found their way into the sewers proper.

They kept exploring, finding dead end after dead end… Fighting rats and gaters and ghouls. They eventually found their way to the abandoned subway lines deep below the city. From there it was a simple to find the old shelter.

The shelter was easily large enough to house 500. With a little work power could be restored as well as water could be guarenteed. The squatters were in for a rough time though… Settling “Shelter” would be a grueling task.

The summery for "Enlightenment" will be delayed until after "Low Man's Lyric".

There is a reason it ran first… insert evil laughter

Also, to those who attend the Gaming Weekend mission… It is a hack and slash mission. Chronologically it follows both Enlightenment and Lyric.

This just in!

I was reminded that gaming weekend is Sept 4th to 6th!

And you know what that means, SHADOWRUN!

I will run at least one session, the mission will be set in Boston, but a slight twist to the usual setting ;)

I will have PreGenned characters available… (and if you feel like helping gen some, let me know)

You can also use your own characters as well, but they won't be as well geared for the job.