EIGHT ADVENTURES FOR CYBERPUNK® * BY WILLIAM Moss 7 exe aa Cae Te Te aw faak INTRODUCTION Reha cheatin PL Ramen Scere en est ee ees enrae en eee ene ce ees Pee ene etna Peer eet ence eee P40] 0) A Ree ee Se enter Pe VETERANS OF THE CYBERWARS any American Soloscut their teeth assoldiersin the Cen- tral American Wars. They left the U.S. as many things; farm-boys and girls, fresh faced high school graduates, earnest college graduates, blue collar laborers and career soldiers. Upon returning home they found them- selvesa breed apart. Most had been in country atleast two years, ome as long as five or six. They were veterans of the toughest combat units; Rangers, SEALS, Green Berets and black ops groups so secret that they hhad no names. Their reactions had long since adapted to survival under combat conditions in the inhospitable mountains of Central and South America. Some suffered from the aftereffects of combat drugs. Many ‘more had combat eyberware. While their comrades in arms readjusted to the drone of everyday life, these few struggled to find their niche. They were creatures ofthe edge, addicted to the adrenaline rush, with only one ‘marketable skill In the end, itwasinevitable that they become Solos. And, itwas only natural that they sek the company oftheir own kind. Forlorn Hopeis an adventure pack and source supplement based around a Night City club owned and run by South American veterans and frequented by Solos and Cyberpunks of various backgrounds. The supplement includes a description and history of the bar and detailed backgrounds ofthe staff and most interesting clients. The har can serve ‘asa backdrop for any number of adventures and maket.a good hangout and rallying point for player characters who are tough enough to prove that they belong there. The people who patronize and work atthe club form a useful pool of NPCs to draw from. Use them to cover for weak- nesses in player character teams, or just to flesh out your adventures, Remember, ifthe NPCs seem powerful this is because they are primarily tools to keep adventures moving. If used wisely, they will add to the action without overshadowing the abilities of player characters, Remem- bberalso that most of the NPCs are older and more experienced than the average Cyberpunk characters This supplement contains eightshort adventures, each designed to bbe completed in one play session. The adventures are not connected plotwise, Buteach isbased around a major NPC from the bar. There are detailed descriptions ofall adventure-related NPCs, Feel free to impro- vise off ofthe adventures and adjust the power level to fit your group of players. The adventuresare designed to be run in sequence, but thiscan >be changed with minor modifications, ‘When running adventures from Forlor Hope or when using the bar in your adventures itis important to capture the atmosphere, The patrons ofthe bar are. close-knit group. Unfamiliar faces wil be treated ‘with distrust, reticence or outright hostility. New patrons must prove themselves in some way before they are accepted. But once accepted, a character will have few friends as loyal as those he or she makes at the Forlorn Hope. The firs time your characters hang out at the bar, make sure they know that theyare not part of the group. The firstadventure or ‘wo willbe their chance to earn the respect of the NPCs, Now, relax and enjoy yourself as slightly gonzo Media C.J. O'Reilly takes you on a guided tour of the Forlorn Hope and its personalitest Willam MossCONTENTS THE HOPE A HARD ROAD TO GO 34 THE IMPALERS 43 GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT 53 COLOMBIAN COOKOUT G4 FALL OF THE AXEMAN 74 TOUGH AS NAILS 85 THE LAST LONG RIDER 94 FORLORN HOPE CLOS! 62,63,72,73 MAPS STAFF TALES FROM THE FORLORN HOPE Written By William Moss From an Original Idea By Frank Frey Edited By Derek Quintanar SE. ArtDireetion Matthew Anacleto Layout Ted Talsorian Matthew Anacleto Readers Lisa Pondsmith Dave Ackerman Chris Robin Grey Janis Sellers Villiams Mlustrated By Darrell Midgette Chris Hockabout Additional Art Matthew Anacleto Ted Talsorian Cover By Doug Anderson ©1991 R. Talsorian Games P.O. Box 7356 Berkeley, CA 94707 Copyright © 1992 R. Talsorian Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cylerfunk © is, R. Talsorian’s Trademark name for its adventure game of the dark future, All rights reserved under the Universal Copyright Convention. All incidents, persons portrayed with- and any similarity, out satiric intent, of characters iv dead is strictly coincidental cpsi2i ISBN# 0.937279-218Solo of Fortune Special Editions, Solo of Fortune Special Editions returns this : re J. Coast forthe eat few weeks looking fais travels recently took him to Wight City, club Populated by an unusual cage Sf THE FORLORN HOPE—BACK FROM THE FAR SIDE OF CHAOS Special to Solo of Fortune By C.J. O'Reilly already in decay. deal a at May bo to believe. With the death of Night city. rer rtan Society came space for those who live outside + Tm talking about Solos. I'm taliing about you ane ora, there 1s a hairs. Tt ts they've all been to the edge Like you and I, they seek the com; own kind, in a place where the - Pehavior is their own. Where people understand | ‘why your eyes are always Rever resting on one thing for more : seconds. Where people take the hardware fer | £ Granted. Where people keep the stove been there themselves il be there when it ‘the customers “me ‘among Solos, Nomads x nee you've been | 1769. vcs intrigued [hopes ‘rough Night [1641 T spent two hours eitting in my ‘ine brushoff, when the phone finally ‘Freeman, owner and and if i was okay with ‘sted that T oome down to the b deep me the run of the place for ® couple of Gays: T agreed. given, It turned cut to be & ‘neon sign over the wide, previous sign asore bar, The Forlorn Hope is in the grand Joby, of the old Hotel Sierra, and bar The Foor Hope back ofthe rom, diagonally oppo rye once as, gad may way through the crowded tables eeroes oom. Tt felt ike a day and half. {for me To aash table, the people attng tare would grow sents Teoutning their conversations only onoe 1 “At least T got & good look at the layout ‘tne room. The lobby had been extensively ‘par. To the left, wher . there was a projecting "yurther left was 8 wide started in the Saretroly lined with more booths. About twenky Se ‘small tables dotted the floor, Gnough free space for a small dance-floor. T+ was nig opeble to tell what else ongupled the Upper evel or lower, if any: 1 reached the bar before dying of acute self-consoionnsee, put only barely. Behind the bar was ange women dressed in a black outfit that clashed nicely with her shocking pink hair. Tcod Inne S00 DIE,” sho corrected. Sho gave the counter in front of Tange Uke tt left behind more than Wt ploked up, Swen Aisadvantages of staying sober, and ordered a double John Freeman ‘me a swipe with a rag that T weighed the advantages and Jack Daniel's, “So I gather. Why a: {A few of my regulars have read some of [Zou wouldn't know it from the reception, “My wite aid.” “Your wite?* ‘Marianne, the gir! with the pink hair.” “She got my name wrong.” 's her hobby. She even does tt to me.” © twist and chewed on it for a mom because you were there. In South am." in Military History, but rapidly became Uncomfortable in the grind of everyday life Hventually he returned to the people he felt moat Comfortable with: soldiers and ex-soldiere, If he couldn't fight with them, he would provide fox them, and help to maintain the fraternity that he 50 loved. In 2011, with the help of several people with whom he had served, he bought and Testored the Hotel Sierra, and opened the Forlons Hope in the lobby. It's been thriving ever since, The Prof met and married his wife, ‘Marianne, during the construction of the bar. { asked him to tell me a bit about her, ‘a. qo pn jee NEwqarianne’s a cut-up. You see, ene Tenra Tim too aerious all the time. 5be cainkthe The Straight Man. Her solution cae fe comedian enough for the both Of 1 ta rie my surrogate sense of MUmor” and she just barmalds?” cOnno,.” the Professor corrected me, agne's the real power down here on $6 | (ie Toversee the management of te | foe" put ene actually does tt. Keeps oo bes on eho supplies and financing, DAC Ee the payroll, all that good bus! the time to handle the Syope. TIL let you in on a uttle senna change. She wai mal ‘n her twenties. 16 & tat she's 0 change, except that she can't Mor wis.” on, 80 don't answer i if you're ny Remfortable. Does st ever bother You sot ner, and thet'e how T've aways thot gh, of her. She’ and to angie tem with the WAY she 1 well, the bar hore, end ret, i's a pace for Bolos, FIxers, virthe Professor gestured Out ScTOss ‘are disoussing deals ‘Srunk, but everybody needs & sqet's s00, we 6b seoure conference and meeting rooms, worwe got w job roterral service, We're Sr wee nouse Pipperdoe downstairs.” Te "Prof leaned Wreveed and said in & conspiratorial voice, ‘iets good too. He ought vo be, this often enough.” nee en make those services availanle ail your customers?” “ 7 le to ood get out on tne stock, ASO, people who come oa oped off, That makes for good Past ‘One That takes a lot of my time. "we run a safe house and “ee too long, and are getting Shaky.” “well, kids oid some heat, sympathetic ears to talk ‘and if necessary, Semewhere safe where they CAT ‘T asked the Prot ‘We took the short tour. jand one below. The 1ows the secure conference Toms Upphistiosted ttle set up. Other do ‘and maintenance lockers, mene bulk of the ground floor mere is a bockstage area end Greased Ty There is also a new staircase and name for the club. CPreeman told me thee room fray.) There are aso & Series OF storage rooms other jue equipment for the club, The Dae offiee is located slechsogne hancoopy and SOFtWTaTe TeCOTAS 1OF ‘the club.soldier down on his: ure just how far Dollar John Freeman 00 i} is the man who oth legit sometimes recruits ‘The Band “ir good clubs have to have a house band, ‘and the Forlorn Hope 1s no exception. ne Group 18 the «Slaughtered Lambs.” Tt doesn | roahy conjure images of romantic ballads and re music, does 1? With a name like thay woud expect to walk into the clip ene | Yomoaiately be assaulted by nigh tonne wpm matio rock at the Kind of volumes thet ive marine fe dle-offs in the 7 if it hadn', already been poliuted wees oblivion. Surprise, surprise! The to {Nt en and two men are a tasteful and slcileds wrney play lots of standards Cat somewnet eg. ‘The other woman in the band 6068 Walteessing at the bar when the band isn’t ‘ntention of making it to the ig time, but and of the members eix fect under and one Tor met az blew New York for Wight City. He AgNe that if on nero, i's going wo De as an ensployee, of me ‘voughest Solo bar around. siying, 22 shares table waiting duties with Bander‘the edge for a long time. They know what it’s like, ey don’t have to explain it to Sbout wernt ow Mey certainly don't need some wet-noso wannabe telling thems tatnees a tales spotting mnelass accomplishments in combat, netrunning, or streetdealing, The regina ne ‘00d at spotting holes in contrived stories. ‘The younger you are, the more likely you are to get hassled in t are South Am vets, running toward thel think they've seen it all. Conversely, you can show them to your ‘makes you an instant target the other security people, and the table servers are all ‘authorized to use weapons to keep the peace in the bar, and they are all more than ready to do it. Weekday evenings the Hope closes at two AM, Professor's little clique. TheseForlorn Hope NPC Stats These are the stats and skills for the characters covered in this section, including our intrepid journalist. ‘There are more ‘PGs in the next section. GJ. O'Reilly, Media, Age 40 Ort 0, Rev 6, TECH’ 6, COOL 10, ATR 7, LUGE Oy MA 8, BODY 7/9, RMP 8/6, SAVE 9, BTM 2. Beate puiity 8, Awareness/Notce 8, Composkan ceeation and General Knowledée 4, Bate: Cree aot Tale 8, Siroatrse 6, Pnote end Pa Wetorview 7, Personal Grooming 3 Persungiorand sie, Expert: Miltary affairs 9, Bxper: ime. ast 8, Brawling 7, Handgun 5, File ink, Data Term Link, Interface Plugs, Chipware Socsss, a an Square Marquee, Image Enhancement. Gear: SP 18 ‘The Professor (Dr. Freeman), Fixer, Age 45 Tranter INT 10, REF 7/8, TECH 8, COOL 8, ATER fy serie MA 6, BODY 6, EMP 9/7, GAVE 8, BTM S. State: Tefrodtdeal 8, Awareness/Notice %, Handéyn Judo 6, Melee 6, , Leadership 6, “4 Interrogation 4, Strecbwise 6, Bdvosvon ‘and General Knowledge 7, Expert: \Gawory 8 Expert: Special Operations 8, Exper: Construction &, Library Search 3, Wilderness tary ©, Daaving 6, Weaponsmith 8, Heavy Weapons &, Full © processor, Kerenzikov Booster Level 1, Sewreety Link, Interface Plugs, Chipware Spowet, Basic Cyberoptio, Targeting SeoPe, Lames Square Manquee, Basio Cyberandio, Rado {ink, Amplified Hearing, Level Damper. Gear: Varies. Bussell ‘state: INT 7, REF 6, TECH 9, skills: Jury Rig 8, Awarene: 3, Blectronies 4, Weaponsmith 8, Export: Construction 6, Streetwise 5, Speer: Mixology 6, Accounting ©, Management 7» ‘Brawling 6, Melee 3, Handgun 4. ‘Gyberware: None Gear: Varies. Fred Seitz (Gunsights), Cop, Age 40 Bred Selth (oF 0, TECH 8, COOL, ATTR 6, LUCK &, MA BODY 0, EMP 6/4, SAVE ®, BTM S. State: Ce crontgy 7, warenoss/Wotce 7, Handgun, one ‘pesoptign 8, Athletics 1, Bducation and SS dhUL hr streetwise 5, et Tig, Leadership 2, Shadow/Trask 8, Driving &, Bs Wilderness Survival S, Survival ges, Chipware Sooket, Smartgun Link, Texter Plugs, Greate Boope, Times Square Marquee, Reslsksnn"VOFvereT eight) with Thickened Microwave/EMP shielding srowave/ EM sno chippea mauteeh Avenger, SP 14 Jeckst and SP 10 Tshirt. , Media, Age 38 ‘Stata: INT 10, REF 7, TEOH 4, , MA 8, BODY 8, EMP 10/7, SAVE 6, BTM S, Bulls: Credibility 7, Awar . : Jon and General Knowledge 6, Se ‘fim 4, Interview 4, Interrogation 8, Permutiey ojogeal Warfare 7, exports Propagande 6, RiNe Cubmachinegun 8, Handgun 8, Melee 3 Karate 4, stealth , Driving 6. . Saat 5, Pras Proceso, inerface Plugs, Sarton NY Data Term Link, Interface Gybereetipware Socks, Audio/Video Recorder, Pay * Sooropti, Targeting Scope, Times Square Pings, Co rLitr, video Camera cinked to recorder), Basie Cocraudio, Mioro-Recander Link, Wide Marg scanner, Sound Baiting, Radio Link. ‘Gear: Varies. Max Johnson (Ieepick), Solo, Age S4 Max JopnerEF 10, THOH 6, OOOL 8, ATTR 6, LUCK S, MA 9. BODY 7, EMP 6/3, SAVE 7, BIM-2.Gyberware: Basic Processor, Pain Editor, ea aslo Cyberoptie, Tangoting Goope, Times Square Marquee, crapped Tate emer {Akot, mono-knife, Armalite “ta hese chipped submachinegun. Johnnie Peterson (Ringo), Solo/Bartender, Age 38 sein? 7, REF 10, TECH 8, COOL 7, AYR 8, LUCK & Ie 7, BODY €, EMP 8/6, SAVE 8, BYM-3, Patna Sense 8, Awareness/Notice 4, Handgun io" Brawling 6, Melee 4, Weaponsmith 7, Rifle Boduuatics @, Heavy Weapons 8, Submachinegus &, oer 5, Streetwise 4, Expert: Mixology 8, Geduction 4, Persuasion and Fast Talk 2, Widerne Survival 8, Hide/Evade 5, Driving 4° Ambidextrous, gvperware: Basic Processor, Smartgun Link, Sandevistan Speedware, Interface Plugs, Chipware ‘Sookst, Basie Cyberoptio, Times Square Marques, ‘Targeting Scope, Low-Lite™. Gear SP 18 armor jacket, twin smart-ohipped Golt Pesseneseee William Dolarhyde (Dollar Bill), Stata: INT 10, REF 6, TECH 5, COOL 10, Driving 3, Pilot Vectored Thrust 4. Gyberware: Basio Processor, Gear: Varies. Very wealthy. Annie Capolino ‘Trigger, fate INT OEP 10 Te 2 Melee 5, Weaponsmith 3, Rifle 6, lurance 3, Streetwise 3, Persuasion. ‘Track 4, Wildemess Survival 4, DrivingAge 29 eee MN 7, BODY 6, EMP 7/4, SAVE 6, BTA 2, ab, Cybertech 7, Diagnose 4, Baveation eet i geaneh 4, Biology 4, Pharmaceuticals 6» EEPT: 0 crrogy 6, Bioszenice 2, Wardrobe and Style S, ‘sureotwise 4, choi Li Fut 4, * puiving 3, Motoreycle 8. achine/Tecn Tink, Data-Term Link, Snverface Pgs, eeoe, afioro Optics, Low-Lit™, Superchrome® ‘yberarm (right) with Toolhand. croerevaries. Fully equipped clinic Forlorn Hope, to (Banger), Rockergirl/ Waitress Age 22 SREP 7, TECH 7, 0OOL 9, ATTR 9, LUCK 8, 0, 8, BODY 5, EMP 10/9, SAVE 8, BTM -2, 3, Perform 7, Wardrobe end Style 6. , Brawling 4, Play a preetriso 8, Seduction 4, Personal Grooming 2, Persuasion and Fast Talk 4, Yaetos 3, Handgun 4, Dance 5, Singing 2. oo 5, Hiipwrare Soeket, Basie Cyberaudio, Enhanced Hearing Range, Level suds: 6, Brawling 2, Play Instrument 3, Motoreycle 8. “Gyperware: Basic Processor, Interface Pings, Machine/Tech Link, ‘Wearman. Gear: Varies. Robelarde St. James (Ras Angabo), Motrin age 2? Se €° Opy 0, BMP 6, SAVE 9, BIM <3 Buills; Interface 8, ‘ajvostion and Generel Knowledge 4, System nowledge 4, Cybertech 2, : 6, Blectrontcs 2, 7, Play Titrument (Keyboards) 7, Singing Se ‘Gulbure and Religion 6, Expert: retian Voodoo 3, Language (French) ©, . Dodge and Escape 3- Hallan "gre: basio Prooossor, Sandevistan Speeawars pe nterface Plugs, Cipware freer paslo Cyperoptic, Tmos Square Marcuse, Sooke ioe. Rirema LPD-12 Cyberdeck. Programs Vary. CONVERSATIONS AT THE FORLORN HOPE ack Again Fine following evening I was back at the Yo thas the easton to my entrance was considers, that Pe rossor for some time, ang spending the beter “guess people considered me Protiy Aros T expect I still w ike such e pariah anymore. In fact, my booth. Tt made a nice break then I got down to business.Precarious positions. Boog ave. They run a big ak by detlng with me Bown ao they dolce dealing Sounds like you don’t really like it, Te runs oounter to what T'm tying really retire from the agency (shrugs)may bo one chance ina thousand, but someunes ale oo Tor ‘A freelance team 18 may De one cable, especally when they nave no ides who O69 fworking fr. et oe kena ec freiaers oat ey T8 eR eT NN To Pea ee ‘work for. But bi ae nem tg don't Tm the pergon who breaks them sn » ATer Chey've run @ mission in IAP e,Ee they're more lable to be weloome in the bar. TNs so any else would Miiitech Use ee Freelancers are sometimes the ‘better. Sometimes & nee ot atout throwaways? You know, suicide missions Ponstie] Torr’ know about other atest reps, Boe 5 through me, got a code here. I do high risk, + ot but my teams are well compensated, and ¥ nee > inom on any mission T don’t think we have & reasonable shot of completing suooessfully. ‘So you accompany your teams? Soyo tel Tam a Solo, not some damn desk jockey | SAFE accompany the team. thats one of the reasons I won't take suicide missions, ‘Other street reps let teams € ‘That's on¢ Gln’ believe in that. “Course, some veams G5 ‘uppity end don’t want & 1 may person along. That's tough. 1 got e persons Stake in the outcome. T don’t Grant a mission failure on my head. ‘What happens to you when the mission fails? Tdunno. Ain't happened yet. (Grins). Wolf OU came to Wight City from Burope, His Bndlsh = & Hale rough, and he nae i eenip when we talked, T've cleaned up his Baglish & bit, but some of ccrnaity syntax remains. He's got a heck of an. scent 0, where are you from, Wolf? Bo, where Garmany . - the North. But I used to work ail over Burope, What ‘What Nino usual freelance stuft: extractions, body Susrcg and go on. But T ‘was nag a specialist in recovering escaped criminals and other fugitives, ‘Like a bounty hunter? Like tyr A bounty hunter. T am good at tracking Poh, both long term and ie 1 once brought & man back to Switzerland from Kind of stuff here? nig more work for the private otizens and smell seatpollce, T like to track people. It's always I= Pe om, ike &. Puzzle. 1 algo do other sbuff, WHAdves BS Jobs are not as gely'to find here, There are more Solos, Amemeate ‘watch too many movies, wants to be & Solol In Burope there are 165s, 0 there is more demand. 2 Sot Tenn a if workin easier to get there, why net 20854 aa eration. EBM, in my native country, did 6 10% nad been extracted by Orbital Air. Y tracked "weit 1 nad recovered him, and I was going to Dring im o Konya, He wes poly shit af EBM and they decided a a wast Din Paable, They didn't want him to work for Orbis) fot “put since they didn't want um back either, they didn’t like to pay me tha best, and my price was very big. Since this met, tre toe terms of the contract. As goon as T Drought tae rhb whole thing, and EBM would owe me a million Baro, Teake it they solved their dilemma at your oxpens take honed tho snan over to EBM, anid they Killed Ris: Ty ‘wanted to idill me too, vot pemoepod So to cover up, they said that T had broken ‘contract and asked for ‘more money. to cover UP Hd, nen they efused to giv me more money, Tiel co