by Edward Bolme Douglas "Kowboy” Kaufman Temporal Theory / Editing & Development Sharon "Xacto” Wyckoff Hardware / Graphics Bret "Mesmer” Blevins Packaging / Cover Art Valerie "Hypno” Valusek Software / Interior Illustrations ‘The Paranoid Consortium: Warren Cochran, Eric Bill Owen Il, and Monty Watson Dead in the Gutter /Playtesters ‘Akeavily mutated version ofthis adventure was playtested. ‘a NanCon '89, 3 Daniel Scott Pater, Lisa and Mike Pondsmith ‘Special thanks from the Author to ‘The Computer Temporal Transfer Theory West End Games RD 3 Box 2345 Honesdale, PA 18431 12017 Publisher: Daniel Scott Palter « Associate Publish Assistant Publisher: Denise D. Pater © Editorial Associate Editors: Greg Gorden, Douglas Kaufman + Eitos:Jonatha Cas- plan, Michael Stern. J. Tramontana * An Director. Stephen Crane Graphic Arist: Rosaria J. Baldar, Bernadette G. Cahil Jacqueline Evans, Cathleen Hunter, Sharon Wyckolf « Prodicion Manager: Steve * Sales Director: Martin Wisted # Sales Manager: Fitzroy Bor- ferre * Sales Assan: Tony DeCosmo, Maria Kammeier » Speci Projects Manager: Ronald Seiden Treasurer: Janet Rico ‘A Stupid Poem at the Start of the Book (another feeble attempt at Paranoia cul- ture) All through the golden afternoon (Orso ‘twas said they thought), ‘Some guys whose oars, beyond all doubt, ‘Were in the water not: ‘Three game designers made pretense Twisted wand'rings to plot. ‘Ah, Cruel Three! In such an hour, ‘Obsessed with chrome and leather, To beg a story line too weak ‘To hold the tiniest feather! Yet what can simple taste prevail ‘Against three pens together? Imperious President Flashes forth His edict "to create i!” Droll Frelance makes his tiny brain. ‘With bad taste VULTURE WARRIORS <- > OF DIMENSION X < Peis ete aa i) ‘A Paranoia Campaign? That’sright,O loyal and merciless game- master! This adventureisthestartofa grand Paranoia epic, an ongoing mission to ex plore strange new twists ofthe imagination, A spacey operatic tale sweeping across two centuries and The Computer only KNOWS how many dead Troubleshooters. Andithis, Alice Through the Mircorshades, isthe fst fof several installments of a cerifably in sane serial adventure, which suppgsseseven “Michenernovelsforsweeping scenery, fore- shadowing, tasteless stereotyping, and ‘countless plot twisting. I Did You Say, “Two Centuries?” Yep. But only one ofthe centuries hap- pens in this book. You're justgonnahaveto ‘wait for Part Two to find out where and ‘wien the next batch of stuff occurs. This Time we're serous, We're keeping itsecret Setting the Stage This adventure begins in the Alpha ‘Complex the PCs all know and hate, just like always, except for one annoying litle bit of trivia. Just one little problem. ‘The Computer is dead. How did this come about, you ask? Those of you who purchased The Ice- ‘man Returneth already know; The Iceman Returneth is unofficially part zero of Vul- ‘ure Warriors of Dimension X. Sort of like a pilot film. For those of you traitorous skin- flints who didn’t buy it, here's a basic summary: ‘The PCs die repeatedly and make The Computer crash. Oh, sorry, uh — The typically hapless Troubleshooters ‘ordered to dopase of some Wash, eying mh yep 2 reactor from overoading, Running back tothe glowing scene of the crimes they dlcover'a cryogenic cap tule containing none other than a High Programmer irom the Past. Amazingly, the plasma fireball has thawed him ut perfectly. He's not burnt inthe sightest. Well maybe he's ite halt-baked ‘Mer 2 tral for sabotage, the ivou- bleshooters are sentenced to caitl pan ‘shement by wish, but the igh Pro- grammer from the Past helps them escape {via supersonic transbot) to Des Moines. Blithely unaware of the complete lack of Cate nthe town, the Teamrecoversthe avery old punch cars, felting therm hopelesly mucled in the ice confsion, . Returning to Alpha Comple, they infl- trate CPU sector where they try tohelp the High Programmer from the Past reboot (Our Friend. They fal Miserably. 0 The Computer's down. Isnt that spe cial? Aipha Complex is a changed place. How changed? We've thought of that, too. It is just for this occasion that we released the Crash Course Manual, which is.96-page excursion into complete chaos based on the now-valid assumption that The Big C goes down for the last time. Wh what's Dimension x? This adventure, as well as others of the series, occurs in Dimension X, named for the ancient mathematical definition, “x equals the Unknown.” ‘Unknown? You bet! During this adven- Introduction: What’s Going On Here? ture (and the rest ofthe series) the feckless Troubleshooters will be the screaming sengers of the infamous Transdimen- sional Collapsatron, whichwillhurtlethem with all the finesse of a gorilla handling luggage hither and yon through time to somewhen completely alien tothe charac- ters. Well, not completely alien; all the strangers pointing weapons at them are sure to make the characters feel more at home, f not completely comfortable. In game terms, these alternate times are no less than (gasp) other popular science fantasy roleplaying systems! This adven- ture welds Paranoia with R. Talsorian Games’ noted Cyberpunksystem. Boy, this is starting to sound like a professional wrestling match. In this corer ‘So About This Book ... Bound within these covers you'll find EVERYTHING necessary to run thisadven- tute (aside from copies of Paranoia and Cyberpunk, players, dice, chairs, a table, anda few other miscellany). The first thing you should do (after tearing off the cello pphane, which you, in all probability, have already done) is to brutally rip out the ppullout pages. in the center of the book. Ooooh, ‘what's that? You don’t want toALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES ncn ll damage the paper you spent good money fon? Don't be a wimp! C’mon, that’s what those pages are designed for! Or have you forgotten the Cyberpunk axiom: The Future Is Disposable. The Adventure Book The adventure is written assuming you'll run it as a Paranoia adventure; however, sidebars at various points throughout the text will deta the Cyberpunk universe, explain relations between mechanics, of describe how to run things from a Cy- berpunk standpoint. Even if you're going to just use Paranoia rules, you should read these sidebars, as they will include back- ‘ground and explanations that will note in the main text. And, as this is indeed a bridging scenario, it will be written in the hard-deivingstyleofyberpunk prose. With incomplete sentences. And steetslang, To the max. IW The Player Characters ‘Six Troubleshooters and six Cyberpunks are included in the pullouts. Your players should run one group, andthe other should bbe NPCs. | suppose that you could let a playertake over an NPC fall hisclonesdie, ‘or maybe you'l deliberately blend players between the groups. What a horrifying thought . Wl The Pullout Pages This includes hypercool gizmos like equipment lists, maps, and assorted other paraphernalia, Getting Cyberpunk ... or Vice Versa Some of you may already have player characters that you want to use in this adventure, from either of the two systems. To cover that eventuality, as well as the _more enticing possibilities of playing Para- ‘mola with Cyberpunk mechanics and other such insanity, here's how to get from one system to the other. i Paranoid Cyberpunks In order to change a cyberpunk over to the Paranoia system, make the following conversions. Ifthe cyberpunkprotests, beat the crud out of him. Ain't no hotshot char- acter gonna push YOU around .. First you must translate the PCs statistics. ‘Take each tat, double it and subtract one. Stats correspond thusly: Paranoia Cyberpunk srenath body agility move allw dexterity reflexes moxie intelligence chutzpah cool ‘mech, apt. tech. ability power luck Next, double all skills Paranoid Cyberpanks and Punk Troubleshooters.Becton ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES Wi Punk Troubleshooters If you want to make a Troubleshooter into aeyberpunk, the firs thing youl have to do is get him anew hait stylist and wardrobe. 'A Paranoia PC's stat values are cut in half, rounding fractions up (minimum value oftwo). The only unusual statisendurance ‘Thisistranslatedto body type, regardless of the character's body stat Plus, i you have ‘a character tha’ really into melee weap ‘ons, let him translate his agility to reflexes, Attractiveness? Compared to cyber- punks, Troubleshooters are small, sexless, ‘emaciated wimps with skin the color and ‘complexion of soggy Wonder bread. They look like squishy nocturnal pre-adolescent salamanders in comparison to even with- drawn cyberpunks like Netrunners. And they have no style whatsoever. Give the Troubleshooters a two. Maybe a three. Or maybe a one, ‘On the other hand, the average Trou bleshooter has been in more gunfights than the typical cyberpunk has seen on TV. All Troubleshooters have a Combat Effective- ness Modifier of zero (0). If you've got a really aggressive player, maybe you should give him a positive CEM. ‘A Troubleshooter’s empathy stat de- pends on what Secret Society he's joined. ‘The more pro-Computer or technology the society is, the lower the PC's empathy. Conversely the morethe PC'ssociety seeks ‘naturalism (no matter how twisted their idea of it may be), the higher the PC’s empathy. Here are some guidelines: Emp. Secret Society 1 Corpore Metal, Fist Church Pro Tech, Computer Phreaks lariat, AntieMutant Death Leopard, Mystics Sierra Club, Franknsin Dest. Next, halve all skill numbers. WE Armor and Weapons Don'texpectany fancy math formulasto convert these back and forth. Just use ‘common sense. Lord knows your players never do. For example, Paranoia’s auto- ‘matic slugthrowers are about like modem M165, in Cpberpunkterminology. Thus an M-16 damages on column 9, and a laser pistol (column 8) would do about 506 ‘damage in Cyberpunk. I setting the Tone ‘Cyberpunk roleplaying requires a sound. track, such as good, hard punk rock or heavy metal, to really set the mood. Noth- 18in Paranoiaroleplayingisever emotely at tasteful (which really says something about Paranoia culture) For this session, dig out the worst. Grab your Dr. Demento stuff. And some disco trash. Spike Jones. The Devo EZ Listening, Disk. Flipper. Getsomesitcom theme songs. ‘And play them all at 45 rpm. About This Adventure “Paranoia is important in a Cyberpunk = Welcome to Night City, page 6 Wi background ‘After The Computer crashed, the High Programmers found themselves with noth- ing to program. Unemployed. ‘Worse yt, twas quickly discovered that, there was a certain social stigma (read: “bounty’) attached to having been one of ‘The Computer's chosen elite; the more an Ultraviolet had abused his position, the higher the stigma, And we'te not talking simple things like Fizz-Whizz in the show- cetheads, here. Fearing the appearance of tow clear ance mab offering re chainsaw halts, {8 group of High Programmers wracked their brains before someone else did) fora ‘way out oftheir predicament. The conver- sation went something like this: HP #1: So that’s it. We've tied every. thing. HP #2: Yep. Our gruel is cooked. We're all going to de. 'HP#3: And our learanceisuselessnow. HP #4: Worse yet, we'll never be ableto ‘order pizza agai. HP #2: We're all going to die. HP #4: (sigh) If only we could have stopped the Crash betore it happened. HP #2: We're all going to die. HP 1: Waitl! What was that you just said? LHP #4; About stopping the Crash belore ithappened? HP #1: No, you mentioned pizza! We ‘could use the Transdimensional Collap- satron to order out for pizza from last year! Wi the Plan “They finally agreed thatthe bes solution ‘was to send some Troubleshooters back through time to assassinate Clem “Alico” Unger, the pre-Oops High Programmer (irom The iceman Returneth) who caused this wholemessto begin with. The decision 10 trust Troubleshooters with this sensitive task clearly shows how desperate these people were for hot pizza. The High Programmers conducted a search ofthe surviving library records, which showed that Alice (as he then referred to himsel) lived during The Age of Peace, from about 2079 to about 2097. They were Unable to trace any information about his childhood. ‘fier Alice's graduation in 2095, there were only sporadic traces of his where- abouts until early 2097, when agood photo (of him appeared in a magazine. Thus the High Programmers chose thisas thetimeto attempt the assassination, as it was cor rectly surmised Alice entered cryogenic suspension shortly afterwards. The asteroid had such a profound impact on everyone's lite. “The High Programmers then got hold of the Transdimensional Collapsatron, whichALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES Introduction \was first encountered in Orcbusters(in The Computer Always Shoots Twice). Acquir- ing the device is an adventure in itself (writen by none other than Yours Truly), and is outlined on page 81 of the Crash Course Manual Wl Dramatis Personae ‘Clem Unger, aka “Alice”: Clem, aka Alice, aka That lerKface who crashed The ‘Computer, is the High Programmer from the Past frst encountered in The Iceman Returneth. He isthe one who triedto reboot ‘The Computer, causing ls crash, He is also ‘one of the original Computer’ program- mers. He is avery skilled hacker, and likes tospend hstteetimereading fantasy books. ts aor ator Lew Cal and thus Clem chose “Alice” as his Netrun nickname. Smal, yet wimpy, Clem looks like a stereotypical nightmare computer nerd. Cindy FAK-5 and the High Pro- sgammers: Cindy is the mouthpiece of High Programmers’ Self-preservation Council (HIPSIC), She is autocratic and ‘sometimes severe, always demanding per- fection from her employees. Yet ofall the High Programmers whosurvived theCrash, she is the most reasonable and fair. She rwalizes that her future depends on the Troubleshooters, and ifthey succeed, they will indeed find themselves amply re ‘The Transdimensional Collapsatron: The TC is that science fiction staple, a simple, innocent self-aware time-space-alternate- Universe teleportation device. So much of its brain has been used for hyperdimen- sional mathematica algorithms that there's ‘no room left or a complex personality. The TC is always spunky, chipper, and full of ‘p00d cheer. Ithates for peapleto get upset, and will often bend or fabricate tuth 10 {void antagonizing someone, ‘The NPCs (Non-Player Cyberpunks): ‘There are six Cyberpunk NPCs provided in this package, so thatthe players will notbe ata total loss for guides, advisors, ete. Each isequipped with an obroxiouspersonality, s0 as to better annoy the players. But if, by some fluke, one of the NPCs becomes either popular or useful, draw on one ofthe ccomerstone philosophies of Cyberpunk gamemastering: ‘Why not just go ahead and waste ‘emt EEE Schroedinger's Troubleshooters Being a short treatise on time travel and other niceties. Wai The Transdimensional Colapsaton can transport any thing to any time in any dimension. The only catch is that once the Transdimensional Collapsatron. does so, the turbulence of the passage distupts the fabric of space-time so badly that it annot recalculate the hypermechanical equations to do so again toa temporally similar era Too much spatio-temporal eddying. In other words, the Transdimensional Collapsatron can Send anyone anywhere, anywhen, but it can't do so twice. That's why i's so important the PCs succeed: they Won't geta second chance. Ever. Hi ii You've Got the Time, We've Got the Fear Unknown to everyone (except the High Programmers) the Transdimensional Col- lapsatron monitors everyone on the team Constantly. It knows where they are, what they say, and how healthy they ae. Itdoes not know what they'e thinking, nor does it necessarily give the High Programmers ‘complete or even completely truthful re- pons. Rebooting Troubleshooters You know, clone replacements. Yes, clones do get replaced in this adventure. But there i (as always) a catch. See, when the High Programmers dis- covered the Transdimensiona Colla salons tendency to create spatio-tempo- ral eddies whenever it passed, they real- ized that the only way they'd be able to send replacement clones with any speed would be to have the Collapsatron stay in Constant contact with each Team member and have clone replacements be verbatim ‘swapped with the dead Troubleshooter's body. For security reasons (like having a clone suddenly appear in diferent clothes might be a bad thing if someone were working, under cover), no clothing or equipment ‘would be transported; only organic matter ‘Thus, for example, the replacement clone ‘might find himself lying on the pavement tight behind a steamrolier while the High Programmers back in Alpha Complex re- ceive a very fat casualty. Please note that if 2 Troubleshooter gets fatally killed on top (f a tall building, its universally consid- ceed very cruel to teleport in the replace- ‘ment when the late Troubleshooter is fall- ing past the fortieth floor. No one should lever do things like that. Atleast that's what my players said after | did it ‘Oh, yeah, one last thing. This design limitation prevents the players from calling in extra clones for added firepower. The Transdimensional Collapsatron has hold of six space-time traces, one for each Trou- bleshooter, and swaps out clones to each trace, It’s sortof like having sx ishing lines thatsinkaway outofsightintothe turbulent Ea) Foreshadowing Here's an overview of what's to come: Episode One: The Troubleshooter Anthology: The Troubleshooters are as- sembled for their mission, allowed to sat hating each other, and sent into the past. “Two: The Past Is ‘The Troubleshooters play dodge ball with Dodges, Fords, and Mitsubishi, meet six unlikely Cyberpunk NPCs, and learn to deal with basic problems like How to Enter 2 Bar Without Getting Shot Episode Three: Desperately See = The PCs hunt for clues as to Alice's Whereabouts travel across the county to the armpit of America, and break into his former residence. isode Four: Go Ask Alice: They then heal to his place of employment. They are offered a job. A hose job. He's gone, but they get a device that belongs to him isode Five: A Run in Their Stalkings: ‘The PCS jump branfist into the Net. They g0 crazy trying to cope with a program Based on Alice in Wonderland jsode Six: ee Scream Clones: They have asnowballfightina cryogenics ware house, trash the place, and damage The Computer seminyonie sl They til don’t kill Alice. Epilogue: Das st Alice: Time to pack up and head for home. No? What do you ‘mean, “continued next week?”ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES “Cyberpunk is important in a Paranoia Alice Through the Mirrorshades, page 6 Episode Summary ‘The players get assembled, meet each other, and get transported to the Days of Past Future rom ther perspective A Little More Background ‘Once the High Programmers reached their concensus, there remained only the task of assembling ateam of Troubleshoot rs willing and able to achieve the impos- sible. This posed a bit of a problem, since any team ‘willing'to goback intime would ‘obviously be too stupid or unstable to be ‘able’ to complete the mission. Likewise, any capable Troubleshooters wouldn't be ‘calight dead in a time machine, atleast not since The Computer bought the dome. Aller some more debate, it was decided to keep the Team in the dark about the actual nature of the mission until they had arrived in the past. This of course negated the requirement that the Troubleshooters, be ‘willing,’ and the job of recruiting able bodied suckers became much easier The High Programmers searched the library records, consulted the et of Trouble shooters with widely varying (read: se verely antagonistic) experiences, belies, personalities, etc, believing that this va ‘ety would help the Team cope with the unknown hazards (read: certain death) awaiting them in the murky past. il Encounter One: No Mission Alert Each Troubleshooter had to be sum: moned individually, there being no more Computer or complex-wide PA system, Couriers of various types (keyed to each Troubleshooter’s psychological profile) ‘were sent to visit each PC. Read the following boldiace paragraphs for each of your players in whatever order you like, This creates a converging story lot, a very useful device in cyberpunk Episode One: The Troubleshooter Anthology literature used to bring together thoroughly implausible situations. And go ahead and read everything to the whole group; death- less humor like this should be shared. First make sure everyone has read his or her background, then read out loud to ach of you has been living your own lives since Your Friend and Mine did the iendliest thing you can remember: die. Yep. Since the Crash, life has been, well, pretty wretched, but atleast its a wretch edness born of self-determination, oF You're all scattered hither and thither about the complex, killing time (and the ‘occasional mutant) in one of the incred- ‘ible multitude of clubs which have sprung, Lup everywhere, in proportions brazenly defying any reasonable social structure. None of you know about the others’ exis- tence. Proof positive that ignoranceis lis. For WaltRJON-1: Wall, you'e siting ina ba called the YostaDa To you, te clump of inensate is just a fede too GHC to flo Besdca youre hunting and W/ee-2L isthe name of your tiunting? Yeah, for work. Your dink is ating aol in your empty stomach. And tuging atthe Back of your bran is thes pote tot os ee cee, thats is name. “Then a business acquaintance of yours walls in, the blood ef iewocent people ‘ripping vo his hands, usual. Abe {AZO-tsdrened in oversized boot fared pans ssh, ves, waistcoat, uly sit, hd babushka he looks almost tolerable soe be dow horn hire ‘how of hie glowing neon teth. Tovarch he say 2 and‘ sloppy ks, "he hae ott yout Ts worth plenty rubles” Vxou se sigh. Samewbee in he nie onl goer pve ito tha ply Wee Esa, fs tang neu For Rude-V-RKR-3 Nene ever il coleee oe aa twobodles, both hile eating it wasprabee bly the unnatural added to the food vat sme, so now youave this fearof dyeing. otc wing way the hr te Tine Det Shoppe, = ail ad "aig de laps waiting for someone toa Yous jm 3 os ga ne ms teed / Cipettir nth aco: Gol R. Ateeny bopper, coc has eyesonthe numbers —fora cut, ofcourse. There hei. He's waving to you— over there in the corner, his surfboard haiedo silhouetted by the white light. "! know somestuzzy ich guy looking for workers” cat cand youre one of the natalALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES Episode One stening to everyone ese taaboutarticalintligence botbrans, turbohacking, anda bunch of other tech: nical stuf. One group in the corer fz Startiogasplinter society calledtheNewo- tmantics Maybe youl fin. Id be fle tnt being a NewRomancer, But ths man wal in, casually shred- ding the doorman. He's small, and very rental He wears hideously Ugly tourist Shirtand baggy shorts He appears to have ‘monofilament wire attached this can traimtead of strap. He walls up to you and bows politely. ‘Please come withme” “How bout you close your eyes while count to five and decide?” you ask cally. “rT youreise,"hesayswith asm," cut you before you can count zero.” For roost RLNG-1: ‘Allow you to introduce yourself. You aaron wen youre formal You think you're the toughest pun towver reach sixteen Pity your reputation ist as bigas your ego, or you might have found some high-paying work, ‘You're siting in 2 cheap bar talking to yourself about yourself ery favorably Imight add, and whether you should ake that bit parti the new slasher Tick, Frida: Y-THE-TS. You're not sure you like the phrase it part.” “Then your agent cals you on the vid Phone. “Kid, baby, have | found the job for you!” Failure to accept a mission is still dangerous “Violence? Excitement? Combat? ‘Money? Bloodshed?” youstammer eagerly. “Nah. Better than tha. Fame, ki, Prime time on all the pirate stations.” He's got you now. For Grog BAR. You love your life in RED. In recent weeks you have risen far above the lesser intelligences who surround you. Al those simpletons are now realizing your obvi ‘uel superior intellect. You've been trying to develop inteli- agent sel-aware ailcellsfortheincarcera. fiom ofhertisand saboteurs. You'retaking a much needed breather atthe front gate ‘when Cardinal Rich--LEU approaches “Therehas been much concermamongst ‘our brethren that your research is a little tunorthodox,"hesays venomousl. “ts ‘sid you would bring hell upon the prison “You're jus jealous” you snap. “You and your feeble minds, you realize you're outclassed! And you're WRONG about iy cells I's brillant idea! Jas think of itwe Brother Greg has thrice denied the wisdom ofthe Cardinal” says Rieho-LEU, and suddenly you find yourself excom. tmunicated, without fod money, ot shel. ter ““Greg-B-EAR, just who 1 was looking for,” says. passersby, “Need a shot inthe arm’ Ive gota job for you.” For Shirk JON-2: You've just finished your last gig. The band’s broken up for good. | mean really bron up. The drummer broke his arms ‘when that table broke his fall the bassist broke his back when he broke the window by flying through it, the keyboard player's solabrokenheart because she broke anal ‘when she broke rhythm during the last breakdance song ... seems like eve broke something when the fight broke out. ‘And no money. Yep. You're broke. Your faceis breaking out. And your stolen shoes hhurt — get this — because they, of all things, are NOT broken in. Maybe its time to break away. ‘And this guy happens by, dressed in what looks like a big snarl of foose thread. Heleavesatral ofhypodermicsand empty pill bottles wherever he goes. His skin looks like he swan-dived into an artist’ late, He has no hair. He must've worked 3 Power Services. He smiles at you, and signals for you to follow him. "From tha polnt on, everything starts to break your way. I Excounter Two: Flash in the Cam Who knows these days what your clones, may be up to before they actually show up atthe mission site? Allow plenty of time for personal activity, and when the crew of rmotleys is assembled, read this: A short whi ater, you exch find your- selina dank witte ‘vom in a wretched Porton ote cn tan doe fom fa large desk with = computer Console andthe vdeo screens on tre wal show nothing but tat A large security am with coaval laser dangles, powerless, from the ceaing, ‘Gathered inthe room with you are five ofthe, seh, Soi nat Snpeaing people you've ever met stherPCS neers fy backand orthactoss en's High the High Programmer walls in room in sled white robes: She's fanked Sy severly of various cesrances. cay inpresive weapons, ame pee at Sicily lathe trite The High Programmer looks yu all over before test behind the dese ‘Sdenly the screens al fiche to ie, displaying the message. “TRAITOR ALERT!" the big cam swings around to face you. “There you ae, ind Trow bleshooters” says The Computer plas aly. "You have ten seconds to expan Your treason, What are you doing here™ Trek catmon sare borming ps Let the PCs panic and such, then have The Computer start sputtering down: “Very 00d, citizen, Report for summary hot fun Consumption. That is incorrect. The correctBB score spelling of treason’ is M—d—k." Then all the screens read “TILT.” Remember, The Computerreallyisdead, ‘though accasional energy flares of capaci tor dumps can cause brief flashbacks like this one. So the High Programmer waits patiently, and perhaps has some fun talking, back to The Computer. When all is calm, she waves a hand and says: Probably another life-support system shut down and dumped te eapactr onto themainame: Happens al the mest igrore Wi Encounter Three: Do This Yesterday Continve right along: “Well. Greetings, Troubleshooters. lam (Cindy-U-BAK-5, and it was | who selected {you for this mision. r?rNeedles to have become quite complicated ‘since the Crash, One Senne ee eons Tocausethe: destructionoflifeas we know it. Although he’s not much of a leader, his life's work strongly —ah, will impact the years to come. “AL need you to assassinate this person beforehe—before he completes his plans. Given the time he — ah, wel, ast stands, he is not expecting an action of this sort. Surprise ison your side. “*We have arranged the Trans —. transit authority for you to his mate location. Be warned, though, that Your target lives ina strange dome. Rest assured that we will be in constant com- ‘munication with you.” She hands every- ‘one a small device that looks lke a high= ‘tech hearing aid. A you sccenly complete the mie. sion, you will be allowed to keep the mmision ent an we wl py you {wo thousand ered erie thousand to whoever he Team votes eas ‘the most influential and successful mem- if ever The Computer comes back online. “Do you have any questions?” lf they don’t, they deserve whatever ‘comes after. Cindy-U will answer all ea- sonable questions. And, yes, she will nego- tiate on payment and/or bonuses, even to incredible extremes. Why? Because er life isintheirhands. They arethebestshe could find. And being themost honest and straight forward High Programmer sil alive, she will pay, but they'd better do everything suse right If the players insist on it, she will even sive them money up front, or get extra ‘equipment for them, though she has al ready been generous in that regard (oe ‘Mission Equipment sidebar). Whenever the players are through, she says:a ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES cade Onell “Here is your target's picture. He is known only as ‘Alice.’ Now please be so kind as to step into the vehicle, and we will send you back — over to him.” Give your players playing aid version 1.1 (PAV) as the PCS enter the vehicle. The vehicle looks like a standard au- tocar. It looks like one for the simple fact that itis one. But under the hood, you aint gonna find no 800 horsebot engine; you'll find instead an inductor array designed to focus the effect of the Transdimensional Collapsatron to include only the vehicle and its occupants. Inthe back sat of the carisabox labeled “Mission Equipment.” The contents are discussed in a sidebar around here some- where. Give your players PAV 1.2 when- ‘ever they look atthe box. Ii Encounter Four: Leave the Driving to Us When everyone's piled inthe ear, who ever jumped into the font seat can see a small screen on the dash that reads “Au topilt Engaged. Course Preset. Push Sart to Begin” The start button Is where the ignition’ switch is on most cass When someone gets the gumption to push ita sign on the dashboard ashes "Place Au dlitons in Eas.” When atleast one PC has complied, read: There's no sound. No lurch. No smoke ax overload, No nie excep hi rather high-pitched keening Finally the autocar starts vibrating, however much that may reassure you. Looking out, you can readily See thatthe autocar is not moving at all ‘Then suddenly there's a sickening sensa- jonas the autocar abruptly drops through theflooratmach2. Previously eaten meals, however, remain stationa Looking outside, you see Cindy-U walk- ing away from the car. backwards. sce yourselves a the briefing, then being tshered out. walking backwards. Then the surounding niverse dsles to slate grey. The fall Sensation subsides as your ers pop. Those of you who have your hear aids on can hear a cheery voice coming ‘over the tinny speaker. “Hi guys” it says. ‘Arm the Transdimensional C and Cindy-U-BAKS asked me to finish ‘Your mission briefing for her. “Yau are ow heading, backwards time at approximately one years per minute. I hope you re- lize how dificult this makes it for me to {alleto you. But don't worry — your mis- sion has not been changed. You are still assigned to kill Alice, who lassure you will hhave very a serious impact on the years to “The transdimensional auditrons, you now, the ear pieces, will allow me to speak with you. They also monitor your ttaleign and can allow you to speak with ine. If yu have something to say to me, “drum out this code ap out an inane ithe thythm) on your stomach a few times, and Wil tune in, <— “You wil in the year 2097 AD, whlch bs le bt belore thestartof Alpha Complex. Inother words, Ws the Year of Our Computer minus 1 Se- ‘curity clearances are not valid yet Infact, lots of things are different, sof you gotta break a rule, don't sweat it This isan era that has become some- ‘what ofa myth in ou time, This i the era thatthe Romantics study, the era the Si terra Chub longs for. Rumors say that the ‘Old Reckoning was a time of plenty. Per- sonally,Ibeliveit, because even the con- temporary name for this period was beau- tifa” Suddenly another lurch, and you find yrahesongnctated dre ck water shower ‘on the and dram on the ‘car. Sirens and other nolses rend the ait. Glar- ingbillboards assault your eyes. flybot of some sort cruisesby,searchlightsandoud- {speakers shredding the night Lying atthe ‘ide of theroad you see corpse. Someone's Filling its pockets. “Welcome,” says the Transdimensional CCollapsatron in its cheery voice, “to the Age af Peace.”ALICE THROUGH THE Ml ee Death in the Fast Lane ‘The PCS are tossed negligently into the past. They must abandon their vehicle im- ‘mediately. Theyshootsome rouble, dodge trafic, and meet their NPC guides in the hostile world of Cyberpunk. And, if your ‘gamemastering isupt0 par, they Ilbeready {olynch you atthe drop ofa hat. So watch your back. Trust no one! Keep your laser handy! Hello on Wheels The PCs are in an autocar, right? The High Programmers want this mission to be ‘covert, right? And where's a more natural place fora ca tobe than on aroad? Say, an eight-lane overpass on the American Auto- bahn? And we all know Troubleshooters live life in the fast lane: I Encounter One: Road Rash Behavior Describe to the players where the PCs find themselves — siting in their autocar, watching someone loot an unidentifiable corpse. Nothing else in the autocar but the ‘equipment and the acrid smell of Hot Fun. Sitting inthe middle of awide road, with {all buildings all around. And a looter, who Coincidentally happens tobe a very hungry person. Of course, hunger doesn't prevent hhim from talking with the PCs: PC: Hey, you! With the friend! Looter: He'smine! popped him, getto scart him! PC: (Holds up picture) Have you seen this mane Looter: (noticing PCs’ reflec armor) Well crash my brain! Savvy those threads! What sort of posers are you? Trix kids? PC: Look, just tell us where we can find Looter: Need some /O2 | gota sister — PC: WE WANT TO FIND THIS MAN! Looter: (ers) | copy. I got a brother — PC! That sit Talkor die, Commie scum! (gets out) Uh-oh, is someone leaving the safe confines ofthe autocar? That's bad. Exiting 2 Car in the middle of the freeway is not healthy. But then, neither is sitting in a stalled Carin the middle ofthe freeway. But Whenever someone first opens a. door, ZZOOO0OMMM! HONK! WHAM! A. Suzuki Samurai zips by at about 200 kph, ‘neatly ripping the door clean off itshinges. Welcome to the Age of Peace. Episode Two: The Past is Disposable ‘The Samurai goes into a tumbling spin and ‘explodes about a mile down the road. ‘Quickly ask who does what, because the Samurai is followed almost immedi- ately by a motorcyclist who, since i’ rain- ing, loses control of his bike. Anyone look: ing back sees the following: Looking back in horror, you see an- ater it Spring ply, wih tmehanical tere: Cc, wat do au dot Hope they duck, because 2 hapless cyclists about to soar through the cabin of the car, leaving his bike mangled on the back bumper. Anyone in the center ofthe ‘car who doesn’t duck gets hit on column 2 (of the collision char, possibly getting car- ied with the biker through the front wind- shield. Well, partway through; the safety slass keeps anyone from fying all the way out. Now comesthe most devastatingly dense high-speed traffic ever to plague a freeway. Your players are going to be scrambling back and forth trying to evade the cars and trucks while trying to get themselves and 10| ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES EpisodeTwo, their gear to the safety of the shoulder More on that in 2 minute. ‘Throw everything at your players. Have Cadillac clip the fender of the autocar, sending it spinning down the road, spilling ‘Troubleshooters right and left. Bring on Mack trucks which have locked up their brakes and skid inexorably forward. Maybe PC gets bumped and ends up in the vehicle's driver's seat A Trauma Team AV- 4 ambulance shows up for the cyclist ‘whenever people start shooting. A cop car pulls up to write the PCs a citation for driving without a licence plate or inspec tion ticker, blocking trafic, manslaughter, failing to travel the minimum speed, and probably resisting arrest. A truck full of ‘methanol jackknifes. ‘And don’t just be concerned with the Cs 'lives. No, they have equipment, too. whole box of mission equipment that gets strewn across the road when their autocar ‘ets hit. The Looter stars loading his pock= €8s. Someone barely make a dodge or get bumped? Maybe they drop their lasers! Alter all it's taining, so things are slippery. Wi Excounter Two: Fall from Grace ‘And when the frantic Troubleshooters finally get their gear and their quivering bodies out of traffic and leap nimbly over the railing and onto the shoulder ... well, there's no shoulder. This is an elevated expressway. I's elevated because it’s pass ing rightthrough the middle o The Combat Zone. ‘The Combat Zone is probably the last placethe Troubleshooters want to go. Sadly, they have litle control of theie destination because they are now in freefall. Ofcourse, ‘some canny player may deduce that his teammates have all, shall we say, taken a dive. Such a player might elect to stay on the freeway. That's when you send the ‘ruck with the placard OVERSIZE LOAD. 'So the PCs ‘all, jump, or deop off the freeway some fifteen meters before they land. Have everyone make an easy roll against their power — if they make it, or if they had time to make a calculated jump, they land on something relatively soft, say {a shop awning, the top of a convertible, a rubbish pile, or a pedestrian, Subtract five from the damage roll Feel free to break any equipment you want to, But don’t break the communica {ors orthe lasers; they’l! ned ‘em. Despe ately. Wi Encounter Three: No-Clone’s Land ‘The players are now irrevocably in The ‘Combat Zone. For those of you who don’t ‘own a copy of Cyberpunk (shame shame), ‘The Combat Zone is such aad place to be that it merits Capital Letters. I's sort of like u Harlem in New York City, Houston's Fifth ‘Ward, Los Angeles’ East Side, or (get The Combat Zone in Boston. (Them Yan- kees are so unoriginal!) “The Combat Zone is where the law- breakers go, 's very crowded. I's where the drug dealers hang out; where those trying to escape hide. Police do NOT ‘a0 nto The Combat Zone ifthey value theit Pension. Life in The Combat Zone is a minute-to- ‘minute struggle for survival. Everyone car- fies some sort of weapon, because savage sunfights are the noc. ‘Friend’ is what you «all your next victim. Anything can be had in The Combat Zone — for a price. Holographic marquees and billboards slash the dark drizzly sky. Architechtural nightmares rise purposefully from theALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES cracked pavement to stab into the polluted stratosphere. Crowds. Cars ‘And lots of noises pierce the night. Gunshots echo fromalleys, counterpointed bythe screams ofthe injured and the sirens (of the paramedics and police. Turbo en- Bines rev, sending rubber or steel tres spinning across the asphalt and maybe a few pedestrians. Music blares in glorious ‘surround sound from passing ghetto blas- ters. Now if someone would just paint it up like a rainbow, the Troubleshooters would ‘eel rightat home. Well, actually, thi a lot less restrained than the PCS Used to. Anybody can do anything they want, wear anything they want, say any~ thing they want. Sure, you might get beat Lpforit, butthere's stil no Digital Dictator. Dress will probably be the frst thing the PCs will notice about the natives them- selves. Leathe, gloss plastic, and spikes are the rule of the day. The neon jumpsuits favored by your run-of-the-mill Alpha Citi- zen will stand out like — well, neon down here, as will the tasteless cut ofthe clothes. ‘Grooming is next on the list. Although ‘many post-crash citizens may rebel against Pedestrians have the right of way. ‘equation haircut by keting thei alr grow all the way past thelr ears, to eyberpunks, they’te light years behind. in the Combat Zone, everyone sports mohawk. Spikes ‘Whotis. Electric hair. Bald folks wear plexi- glasskull inlays o show off their cybernetic brainwork. Tattoos to the max. Brushed chrome and phosphorescent jewelry. ‘And cyberware. Everyone looks ikethey belong to Corpore Meta. Treason City ‘And in all this wierd ambience, the PCs have gotta find a place to stay Hi encounter Four: if knew You ‘Were Comin’ I'd a-Made You Fi Once the Troubleshooters have gah: cred their wits and their equipment, read the following: Water drc continue to drizzle on your face and gear. From up on the road- Way above you, you hea famine voice Yell,“ any of them are fallined, aw Ue ft! They're mine!” ‘Strangely dressed people stand in scat- tered groupsall around you, most of them Saring quite openly. What do you do? In The Combat Zone, anyone who restos 0. shall wes, boldly iether tery crazy or very powerful. Tha’ why tveryone staring. Cive the paves afew inant gul andor senate cabs, PC: Jeez, look at all those mutant trat- tors! oer Cyberpunk’s Friend: Probability 90+. ‘Download those glitz threads — they gottum Sn was wr! ta onc ine Tre Camm we aay epee PC: ep! Surrounded by Corpore Metal- lies! Er, ah — ROBOTS RULE! | WISH 1 WAS A ROBOT! (Cyberpunk: You're misled, robojock. ‘The Robots’ turf ends at 42nd street. This hans elise ry. ‘Another C c C'mon, gangsis- ters! We got us some robodweebs! I say we {ut shoot ‘em. ‘Are they in trouble? Are they stupified? ‘Then read: You notice a tall woman saunteing toward you, with several other scruffy characters (non-player type) in tow. She's. opis patel cht tie volgen Te ayn eee bo me Hasse. Her companions stare atthe assembled crowd trough a variety of gunsights and insercopen The crowd daapates: 12 beeALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES fy _\ ‘it’s about time you vultures showed up, she says. “Let's bootup abar and you an download who you want us to belp ese res nd strides tard ab turns and strides toward abr It neon dy hey Compton Are you going to follow, or are yu going towat until the crowd comes back? Vultures? No, they're Troubleshooters! ‘Actually, Millie the woman who's speak- ing) always calls Corporate types vultures ‘or maggots oF something Justa coincidence.” So anyway, these folks will provide aid andguidancetor te Troubleshooters. Why? Garbled communications, misunderstand ings, ouknow:the usual Paranoiafare. For ‘amore detailed explanation, read the side- bar. Deena) The Obligatory Dance Club Scene Thiswouldn’tbeatrue cyberpunkbridge ifit didntinclude a trashy dive witha nifty ‘name and gobs of liquor bottlesto shoot up. {mean really, this is street culture here! Some Lyrics Every Cyberpunk author, deep down inside, really want tobe a rock star. Thats why theyallwritesome lyrics in each book, which in turn explain painfully obviously why they’re authors and not songwriters. Here's some examples. Feel free to sing them at the top of your lungs while your players are trying to tlk: Jocko Repo They tellus that / We lost our soul ‘Cause we don’t keep / Our bodies whoie think that all / Such talk is droll Are we not men? We are repo! ‘Are we not men? R-EP-O! Chip tt {Load that clip / Give the cops the slip Grab your armor jack /Shoot’em in the back ‘When your brain is not that fast You must chip it You're never gonna last Unless you chip it You're gonna have a blast When you chip it {sald chip it/ Chip your brain Rev it up / Go insane Think faster / Fix your head Pay to improve it/Or else you're dead So chip it/ Chip it good! There. Now you know why I'll never be a rock sta ether. Sigh. Wi he sidebar on Page 13 tego eiereten ion IE Encounter Five: Barroom ‘Sounds like an explosion, doesn’t itt Asthe players follow Millie into the bar, continue the readaloud: You follow Millie a thebar, which, younote i The denizens of the Combat Zone. * Sure itis. — Ed‘Chandeliers and cing fans ithe fsumg costs tints sad Gore Bae from the walls Theresa groupof to your left-h sign 2 you seem to recall, is called ‘music.’ Millie leads you all to a table, and ‘much destruction something called ‘the asteroid’ will cause. Now’s.a good time to have a rather long discussion between the PCs and the C}= bberpunk NPCs. Firs i's as good a time as any to introduce the NPCS in character. Second, you can develop the miscom: ‘munication between the PCs and NPCS. Third, and perhaps most important, you canillustrate how deep over their heads the ‘Troubleshooters are They got no food. No shelter. No clues. Nonothing, exceptlasers and afew clones. ‘On the other hand, by the end of the ‘conversation, the NPC should believe the PCs are a strike team of elite “Trouble- shooters” from Samurai Security Corpor- ation, operating under guidance fromSSC’s ‘AL (The Computer) or CEOs (High Pro- ‘grammers). Everything the players say will, be misinterpreted in this light. Even talking into thin air (to the Transdimensional Col- lapsatron) willbe interpreted as pertaining to advanced SSC cybernetics. “Then, when introductions are ata close andi’ stime to get the sphere rolling again, move ‘em out. (Optional encounter here include drunk patrons, a free-for-all bar fight with prizes) and wet T-shirt contests) ‘Outside, the rain has picked up a bit. ‘And have Kontract orone ofthe other NPCs Pipe up with, “Escusé moi, bitte, but from what 1 Viddied in there, you're not going to 86 your amigo with what litle equipment you have. How about a side trip to PLC, neh Get you geared up real bueno!” AWisIET PLC. UGH THE MIRRORSHADES Encounter Sits Haywired ‘Whats hist Another implausible coin- cidencet Sure, why nott PLC is indeed the low-budget way to get cuted expecially in a cyberpunk worl PLC stands for Preowned Legal Cybernet- ics;theyre asecond hand sore. They're a seconde secondhand store, They si jun Geran Why did Konract offer to bring the Troubleshooters here? Wel, he's a Fixer Atha’ ‘midaleman’ to you and me), andi didn't take him long to fur out the PCs ‘were a couple chips short ofa full board ‘Given below-average clients, Korract ic tying figure out just howe much hecan press his advantage with SSC. He knows that if he can get the PCs to go to PLC for their cybernetics, he can pretty well get them to take all the risks during the whole adventure. Plus the owner of PLC will give him a kickback for the extra business (Notice how some things remain constant, even after hundreds of years! ‘As the group enters PLC, Kontract immediately goes over tothe front deskand arranges for everything to be purchased on SSC company credit. No sweat there. SSC has gotacreditlineamile wide. fa PC asks how his equipment will be paid for, a clerk informs them thattheir automated acc ount- program will charge SSC for their gear, Not in so many words, though. He'll say something like "Oh, I don't know .. mm sure the computer will take care of every thing.” Let the PCs really deck themselves out Anything they want. And by the way, de- spite the name, thisstoresells lots ot legal stuff, t00. Afterall thisis The Combs PLC regularly gets covert shipments sal arms — and legs. Play up the nifty stuff all his cyborgear cean do: lift cars, hear conversations fat away, put crosshairs in your field ovsion, leap small buildings witha single boxnd you know the drill, Plustheyreallylook cool, Chrome Gloss black. Counterfeit designer labels. (Of course, the playersare never wld the exact limitations oF capabilities or their equipment. Maybe someone's ringers ratchet like a lawn chair: they can't extend ‘back out until they have clenched flv into a fist. This can be a bother if you use the hand to open a doorknob, ‘eur either the TsALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES. knob or the arm has got to be removed. Or ‘maybe there's a dril located in the index finger (don’t pick your nose) or a small explosive inthe bigtoe ona cyberleg(don’ tap dance), Then, flly equipped with the latest in sed cybernetic gear, the Troubleshooters an be walking human tanks — without warranties. Ever know anything without a warranty 1 last more than a few hours? Same goes. ‘APC intendingto shake someone's hand might instead find himself lending a hand. ‘Accyberoptic eye might try to look into the back of its owner's skull. Cyberaudio ears might start squealing with feedback or picking up radio transmissions. A eyberles mmightdevelopa knee-jerk eflex. Ormaybe nothing nearthatserious.justalitlesqueak. Maybe a loose washer, oa litle dribbling oil, “Don't worry;”(clatten “i's probably nothing, Nothing at all.” Or, if your players are balking at ‘yborging, havethe Transdimensional Col- lapsatron suggest that NOT cyborging ‘would blow their cover in this era, and they/d fil their mission, Or just knock ‘em ‘out and have it Alter all that, i's time to start looking after afew other essentials, First is money, ‘The easiest way to get money in Cy- berpunk is to rall a few street peop. Another option is to get a cash advance ‘against the SSC account. Tis is what Kon= tract will suggest the playersdon'tget any better ideas, Encounter Seven: The Bare Necessities Food “Here comes a taste of the City. In your face.” Welcome to Night City, p. 31 Most Alpha Complexers are used to not having to chew their food. Alpha Complex food seems to slither down of Is own accord, but it’s so bland that no one really. minds. In light of this, steak bars are defi- Iitely out for dining” In fact, most food ‘would be considered too textured or tasty ‘Eto the average Aipha Complexer. Besides that sat used tbe ving But perhaps your PCs ave daring. Let ‘them sample the local cuisine. Then give. them indigestion, cramps rchtr scale bor borvamy, and extreme regulary. Have them belch uncontrollably Eventually they'll find a McDougall’s and everything will be all right. shelter Given the level of preservation (letalone development) in Alpha Complex Housing, there's really only one thing the Trouble shooters won't feel comfortable about in whatever shelter they find in Night ity: all the organic lite. The cyberpunks believe the Trouble. shooters ate used to living in beautiful sanitized corporate condos, so they litease the PCs about their not-quite-human room ‘mates, This works better than expected, due to the PCs extremely limited knowl. ‘edge of zoology. Your players, on the other hand, will never be sure if you're pulling their leg, or just being a really weird GM GM: A.two-inch long, si-legged brown, thing scuttles across the floor. 15 EpisodeTwo PC: Ugh! What's that? NPC: Justa roach. There's kind of alot of them, but they're not very well organ- lized. mean, you'll never catch them read- ing Proust or anything. ‘GM: A mangy, orange-haired mutant with fangs appears at the window and howis. af! Reading what AAAUGH! What's that NPC: Oh, that’s a tomeat. We let him hang around because he eats the roaches that get bigger than four inches. GM: You hear a scrabbling noise up- stairs PC: Eeep! What's that noise up there? NPC: Oh, just a herd of rhinos. They look a lot smaller in real life. The floor’s plenty strong enough to hold. By now, the players are probably all staringatyourcherubic countenance, trying {oread yourmischevious expression. Surely, ‘you're just pulling their leg. ‘Then, in the middle of the night, have a Somecne=That!IIshoiw’em!—— ‘Clothing NPC: Now let's get you some new clothes. Csi (in unison) Why? NPC: long pause, waves hand in resi nation} Nevermind. ‘Actually, the Troubleshooters are pro- bably too fashion-unconsious to worry about clothing. All their lives they've lived ‘with neon-colored jumpsuits and tasteless talloring. think their aesthetic sense has long been atrophied. So the players probably won't bother changing theit clothes. They'll persist in ‘wearing their ugly accoutrements. And pretty soon, so will some ofthe cyberpunks they pass on the strets, who consider the style to be so tasteless as to be avant garde. Then it becomes a full-blown fad, until, when the asteroid strikes Planet Earth (Day 1 of The Computer), everyone is wearing them, Just a litle bit of tailor trivia ther. Now on to the next Episode.ALICE THROUGH THE Episode Three: Desperately Seeking Alice Epidose Summary The Payers begin searching io, their ‘quarry. They finda tenuous lead, and man- age to locate his residence and place of ‘work. Geez, sounds prety easy, doesn’ tit? Background and Explanoria Remember why the High Programmers chose to send the Troubleshooters back to this particular time? Forgotten why the PCs have Alice's picturet Ait earlier this year May 2097), Clem Unger, alias ‘Alice’ managed to make a significant breakthrough in heuristic pro sramming forthe complex Alpha comput 2: put out by ICN Gumbo Computer Ne ‘work, his company). This acheivement put himinthe news, andhis photo wassplashed all over the place. Hence the PCs" photo. He stil lingers inthe news as his heuris- tic routines are continually upgraded and his research team continues to improve the rogram. “Thus, in this brief window, when panic ‘over the asteroid impinges on security, the players will have a chance to assassinate Alice, yet will not do itso early asto imp the developing programming of The Com- ‘bute. Pretty spiffy, huh? Those High Pro- ‘rammers aren't as stupid as they look — €r, will look, are they — er, will they be? Wi Encounter One: No News Is Bad News Atfirstthe PCs areon their own. Theycan iy whatever they want. They can try all ‘sonts of things, but they won’tsucceed. The phone book doesn’t list nicknames. Even if the PCs know Clem's full name from The Iceman Retumeth, he’s not listed, for the the Teamall sorts of grief. they try politely ‘imple factthat he doesn'tlive in thistown. asking the FBI, il give you a chance to : No one recognizes the photo, The police reuse the debriefing from the People’s willgetsuspiciousofany inquiriesand give Glorious Revolutionary Adventure. chiens 16PC#I: Walt-RJON-2 Secret Socety: Romantics Troubleshooter Team: None Toyalies: Freelance Trouble: shooter Assasin Regeneration Sleepert No ‘Troubleshooter Team: None PC#3: William-G-BSN-3 ‘Mutant Power(s): ‘Machine Empathy Sleepert No Troubleshooter Team: None Toyaliess Who cares, anymore? Background: You thought being a Vulturecratt pilot would give you the machismo and war Sadistic pipe dream you'd sought for ll your ie Frastrated you that all you did was Ty unimportant ‘memos, orders, and other mail back and forth at Contolied speeds through controlled airspace. ‘But even that was denied you when you were transferred to the Troubleshooters. Talk about bunch of coward! So you joined the Reman, hoping theirback-o-basies sensi might ead youtoyourdrear. twas beter than Armed Forces training they atleast taught you how to swage, how to spit tahacco, and many oer waye to be have like that pinnacle of violence incamate, the peudo-mythical Texan. But st ssas’t enough “They were sil too wimpy for your ideals. "You did research on your own, once sealing 2 copyofTue Guitromthe Romantics library. Then ame the Crash. Hoo-wee, what Tun! tas Hike ‘ne big wild har fiht! Since then, you've had ‘othing todo with any of your old acquaintances; Instead you became aired gun, or, as you refer to yourselt,a "gunslinger." And an innocuous erubot ‘Background: The Crash came on your siateenth Annocycle day. You were supposed to be pro- ‘meted rom junior Citizen to full ctizenship. Then ‘you could be 2 Troubleshooter, just like you al- ‘ways wanted, ‘Always wanted to be a Troubleshooter, and shoot and zap and punch and knee the Commie _mutantswine. Butwhen The BigC went dovin, ou da tpetyour new papers. Didi stop you though You went right on out and killed a Commie and tookchisumpsultand declared yourself Red cle ance. And now, sine you never got your papers, You refer to yourel a "The Unafical Ki,” and Pretend you Ye the best andbaddes Troubleshooter In evistence a fantacy reinforced by the fact that ‘you actually have a par of mitorshades. "You also have an annoying habit of speaking about yourself inthe third person (Broost baby Background: For yeas you labored in CPL, fath- fully serving The Computer withthe other disciples ‘ofthe Fis'Chureh Then you were promotedto the Troubleshooters,» ibulation placed upon you no doubt test your faith in God. "You remained a model citizen, and your faith and devotionto The Computer never wavered, pat ‘even when your fst wo clones were martyred by the Commie heathen. Sure, maybe you werent ‘cleared fr programming, but you were just ying, tohep. "Your lie remained centered on The Computer. “The Computer was the reason for your existence Then came the Rapture. The Computer left this mortal coil, S0 dial the saints, precious few though there were (in fact you know of none 20 fan. You figured you'd also disappear during te Rapture, But no, here you are stuck with therestof the slime in hs sprawling city of darkness. named “Wiee-ZL"sortof follows you around. You pretondi’sa secret weapon. Now all you needs really macho ter-pallon hat ‘Goal in Life: Lear more aboutthe Good OF Days. Find 2. big at. Be violent. Get in bat fights. Challenge people to. quickedraws Kill wimps Don't eat quiche. Description: Standing 1.8 meters (63°) in eight ‘youre rater sizable considering the standard of malnutrition inthis ra. For some reason that even ‘You can't remember, you once decided to super ‘lue chips and buttons and things to your kl Your hai is cut short to eter display this fetish, ‘exceptfora-ponytallwhichexpresesitselfdown your spine. "You dessin various cowboy chic; some of its liberated from BLACK GULCH (em), the rest is ‘much higher qualiy. You really want tofind ater {alloohat which sdificultinan allametric word You make a habit of speaking in a thick Texan drawl (Howdy, Yall! really did agoodthing thatime!",ahabitmade all the more annoying by your tendency to talk about ‘yourself constant. Since the Crash, you've cked ‘uta living in gladitoral combat Goal in Life: Kill enough people tbystanders and teammates included) so that everyone looks on you as the best. Never give an inch to anyone, Nake the Commies, Maybe get some babes. Description: Shor and stocky, you wear riotarmor stolen from internal Securty. Like all teenagers, Yyouhave litle concept of personal hygiene, and as 2 result, yourskinooks tanned and your shorthair |s spiked with accumulated grease. You srut and sneer and ae violent and inal ways ac ike an ‘gacenti teeny bopper Night Sector, you callitnow. How good did you hhave to be to be saved, anyway? This whole sitar on has burned you out sowadays you don'tdo ‘much but il ime and wait forthe end, Goal in tite: Welt may be blasphemous to say 50, but wouldn't it be nice to ge revenge on The Computer for hosing Such a loyal and flthful servant as yoursel2 Although all your life you seem to hhave boon surounded by colorful and unusual people, you have always been preteratually Bland. Netto all kindotthin, mediocre hair, and ‘now that there are no more dress codes, you've proven youre ai untalented dresser, Before the Rapture, you at east had enthusiasm and devo- tion. Now you'te bland and depressed. A boring burnoutPC#I: ‘Name Then: fohn-R-WLT-2 Name Now: Walt-RJON-2 “Ateibstes and Sls ‘Strength (18) Damage Gay Endurance (19) Macho Agility (12) Skil Base Unarmed Spit Former Service Group ‘Armed Forces ‘Chutzpah (13) Skil Base _ 3, Bribery Inximidation ——10 Dexterity ski Base —_2 Projectile Weapons Laser Weapons ——— 10 Vehicle Aimed Weapons 12 ‘Security Clearance: Private: Red Public: Red Mechanical @) skill pase _2 Vehicle Op. & Maint 15 Moxie (6) Skil Base 1 ‘Old Reckoning Cultures 9 Power (10) [Name Then: Ferd:NAN-1 [Name Now: Broost-R-LNG-1 ‘Attributes and Skills Strength (19) Damage Gm Endurance (17) Macho ‘Agility (14 Skil Base —_ Unarmed Nunchoks — Grenad ‘Chutzpah (12) Skill Base _ Con Interogation Oratory Dexterity (6 Skil Base —_ Laser Weapons ‘Mechanical (13) Skil Base —_ 3 Moxie (9) Skill Base Biochemical Therapy Stealth Electrical Engineering Video Production Power (7) PC#3: Name Then: Rob-R-HLN-3 Name Now: Willam-GeSN-3 Gaya "Naugahyde vest and chaps Kevlar undershirt ‘Two slughrowers, 1 reload exch Red Laser Heavy boots (+ damage rollin ‘melee combat) Spurs which jingle jangle jingle ‘Chewing tobacco (actually fiberglass insulation) Canteen fll of had liquor ‘Armor Rating Naugahyde and Kevlar 12P3 Personal Equipment Nunchak Hand miror Mirrorshades (scratched lenses) Red InSec armor ‘Make-up for close-ups TToothorush and toth polish Petrat dead) Smal tinny tape player (Mozar eassere) Indelible marker Two grenades ‘Armor Rating IntSec Red LARP ‘Atibutes and Skills Strength (8) Damage —_ cary Endurance (10) Macho Agility (7) Skill Base _2 Unarmed Newowhip 12 Chutzpah (9) Sil Base —_ Bootheking —— Fast Talk 12 Spurious Logie 16 Dexterity (16) Skill Base —_4 Laser Weapons 14 ‘Mechanical (18) Skill Base —_5 Moxie (18) Sil Base 5 Security 8 Programming | 0 Data Search 17 Dat Analysis 16 Weapon __Neutowhip Green Laser Range Experi Damage Rating Personal Equipment Bland clothes ‘An old print of Mary, Mother of ‘God the Mona Lisa) Some bland rations “Antidepressants and other drugs Groen mylar reflec {Laser pstol with Uree Green barrels Netrowhin ‘Armor Rating Green mylar reflec LAPSAPLPAV 2.2 Cutout Section x Looter Sas Sas PAV 2.1 Highway from Hell Side ral Looter stats here | ‘Troubleshooters start here| PAV 1.2. 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The Library PAV 4.1 The JCN Offices Entrance | \ 4(LLI-Y-20N) WON dN 0 90 suey ey pean “padoe Migehe? i Seagal ay ee etl J i: 2 ch i Orbital Air Nothingness {EBC SeCtionf >| g 2 i yee Long-distance Interchange ‘START HERE ({'B8wnioaging =\ AreaPC#a: ‘Name Then: Gertude-LRKR-2 [Name Now: Rody RKR-2 Former Service Group Technical Services Player Name: _ ‘Atribats and Skills Strength (6) Damage cary Endurance (16) Macho Ait (7) Sil Base Unarmed Prive Melee Weapons ——? ‘Chutzpah (16) Skill Base —__ 4 Bribery Motivation Paychesean 13 Dexterity (11) Skill Base _3 Laser Weapons 6 Mechanical (9) Skill Base —_2 Robot Repair and Maint. 16 Mose (14 Sil Base 3 Demolition 153 Power (9) ‘Ska Weapon Number Clam Digger z Yellow Laser Former Senice Groupe Power Services Personal Equipment Abag of chips (Cruncheetyme Algae) Clam digger Happiness cloak Parasol neal fermented seach Gate of Me Fras instante ‘Abunch ofexpiosives {laser Pistol with one Yellow bared Armor Rating Happiness Cloak L2 (Al colors) ‘Atributes and Sil Strength () Damage Cary = Endurance (10) Macho Agility (15) skill Base Unarmed Primitive Melee Pay Gatharp. ‘Chutzpah (17) Skil Base _ 4 Con Forey 12 Orntory ———8 Dexterity (14) Skill Base —__ 3 Laser Weapons 7 Energy Weapons 11 Mechanical (7) kill Base _2 ‘Moxie (12) skal Base 3 Biochemical Therapy 16 Power (9) Name Then: Inna-U-EAR-3 Name Now: Grep-B-EAR-3 Former Service Groupe Head of R& D, EAR Sector Personal Equipment Untune githarp Vial of happy pis ‘One Bue laser barel (na gun) Energy Pistol Spool of wire Yellow reflec Leathe jacket ‘Abunch of set pins ‘Armor Leather & Yello Reflec ‘Atibutes and Skills Strength (8) Damage cary Endurance (9) Macho a Agility (11) Skil Base ‘Chutzpah (12) Sil Base 3 Intimidation Fast Talk Dexterity (10) Skill Base_2 Laser Weapons 3 Projectile Weapons 8 ‘Mechanical (9) Skill Base _ 2 ‘Moxie (18) Sul Base Medical Biosciences Engineering all 5073) Power (16) Personal Equipment Conductors baton Shabby lab jacket Ieogun Laser pistol (One Ultraviolet Barrel with one shot leftPC#4: Rude-Y-RKR-2 Secret Society: Sierra Cub Secret Society Rank: 7 oyales: Death Leopard ‘The band (Rockin’ Shar Music Energy Field Sleeper? No ‘Troubleshooter Team: None Background: Boy, were you relieved when The Computer died! You got to do everthing you wanted; shorten your name from Gertrude, ea 10 excess top working in that homble bot factory, land hang out with your fellow Siena Clubbers (hat few remained afer the Secret Society Was) ‘Actually, you werea second ate member unt your met “Concob” Anne RSON. She was 2 Ber, definitely not one of those people who always says, “gimmie gimmie gimmie" Like you, CComcobi believed inthe basic immortality of the human soul, but she took it one step futher. ‘She (and ine disciples) explained to you how The Computer, and in fact all machines, cause im ‘mortal hamane to de, Hard anges, sharp noises, arching allmannerfroughness work counter tothe sofness of humans, They believe there fs a placefar, faraway orwasitlong, long ago! where hhumans five forever —aplace of subse chitin — the SoftWhere. They have outlined a program to Aackground: You neve liked working in Power Services. You never iked being Troubles. You never liked The Computer. Too much bere: dom Too muchbacktabing. Nacenoush pais. Real ares, wth loud mus boos ti you bart anda pod ier to gt your ace punched ‘tt No wonder you joined Death par Now that The computer's gone, youve been earning vng payin in less cab wits your tnd Raci’ Shar Sur, you've los wo roates thyg to perect ar electric har, but youve got fee sound Ard ears ar ret They ps nt Gn the dancefloor and tow chs stun the ‘oom and even spa you you dong pod Sut evertualy i all sand to seem kind of toring ins wn prdiable way. Same raw Background: You never had much respect for ‘other people. That, combined with your biochemi- Caleesearch, combined with yourconnection with the Eugeneciss, placed you in a poston of power 2s one of The Computer's High Programmers. ‘While inthatloy poston, youindulgedyourtaste for mosic ‘You left ital behind you when the Crash oc- curred. To avoid persecution, you changed your frame and became 2 fulltime RED researcher. Priest they call you now, but your jb is stil to search or Trath, You've slo managed to enhance ‘your own mutant abilities toa great degree via the Fugeneciss. [AL R&D, you have focused your considerable attention on famong other things biological ex periments, trying to develop, among other things, a help all humans achieve the SofWhere, whether ‘they ke ito no. Joining them was the best thing that happened to you since The Big C crashed. Goal in Life: Find the SoftWhere, and convince ‘others join you- Ate very leas geteveryoneto ject machines. Description: Your obesity ial the more noticable due to your habit of walking around in varous ‘ates of undress. You do wear your “happiness Cloak" though, ragged cape sewn of seraps of reflec ofall color. You have long, white hair, and are typically dunk. You often repeat yours, sort of lke 3 someting really radical. Goal in Life: Do something really radical Description: You wear as litle as possible, and what you do wear i fashionably vat. You like leather and rags and chains, and you'd be attrac: tiveif you hadn't shaved your head and splatered ‘yourset with indelible neon ink. You habitual carry your‘guithar,' a cross be- ‘ween 2 harp and 2 guttar, which you play com stanly. Notthat you're any good. corpuscular orchestra. You could say you're rather Infected with your work Goalin Life: To proveto thosein RED that youare every bitas good as you think you are, 0 you can ‘Work unmolested in the R&D labs ad change the World. Geting The Computer back isnt even that lmporant Description: You look exactly lke Jeff Goldblum In The Fly. That ought to scare the pants off your fellow players. As youare sucha mertally oriented person, simple physical things often escape you. ‘Things like buttoning your jacket up sreght Combing your hair. Dodging gunfire. ‘When you're not otherwise occupied, you tend to wave your batonALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES If asked, the High Programmers suggest (viathe Transdimensional Collapsatron) that the PCs go to the library and look up the June 8, 1600 irs issue of Business Hourly I Encounter Two: Sesh! ‘When the players get to the good part of town and enter the library, read this aloud: ‘The Library,’ whatever that archaic name might mean, is a ponderous struc ture made of a thick and solid material quite unlike the glossy stuff used to con- structall the other buildings inthis area or the flimsy material used back in Alpha Complex. Inside the front doors, you find yourself ina small, thickly armored foyer. A win- dow to your right is labeled “GUN CHECK ROOM.” Make the players give up most of their ‘weapons and armor before they enter (the library has been plagued by vandalslatel). Ii they give up all their equipment, wel that’s their problem. Meanwhile, the cy berpunks wait outside. Inside the library, the PCs can easily find the periodicals room. This room isstufied with all the glossy slicks that have been published in the last two weeks. They're ‘made of such cheap material that most are already starting to rot. Everything that was published before the start of June is already 0 out-of-date that it has been disposed of in the local toxic waste landfill and golt- “There's also tis librarian living (sort of) inthe library. She's a diseiplinarian as well asa libertarian, and as an octogenarian she doesn't like for people to trash one of the last vestiges of her Arcadian good old days, ‘And, of course, given the volume of ‘garbage that comes and goes through this, oom, there's a prototype robot in here to som the stuff and scoop out the rotted ones atthe bottom. If asked, the librarian will be happy to help the PCs locate Business Hourly, to wit: In response to your query, the woman hid he desk eure wi et tmachinegun to 2 small door on the far wall, A spn over the door reads ‘Current Periodicals inside the room are stacks and stacks of sssy magazines, neatly arranged. Looks fort of like a miniature Alpha, Complex tly-line even down tothe subtle shifting and swaying ofthe buildings "A small bot crawls among the stacks of aagazines, carefully rearranging them in some incomprehensible order. Ii Encounter Three: Read Me ‘Okay, they/ve suffered enough for now. Don’t worry; more to come. But now we've got to let them make some progress. So let them return to The Combat Zone and, if they've got the key issue, read Back in the marginal safety of The CCombatZone,youresnite with your aides, andi downtareadthe Boies Howry article. ‘The magazines already rotting, and the pervasive acid rains daing tno good. The Ettered page with the article has a few bt he a. Frtanaey, the mest cresting section f mostly iat. efforts of Clem Unger and his pro- gramming team, Mr. Unger, oF Alice 35 Freisnown to his Netrunning comrades, ‘was unavalable at is Honesda tence. Wine called this offic, bis secre- tary sald Unger as no worries about his ‘fey during the upcoming asteroid strike and plans on continuing hs heuristic peo- gramming” Anostes anicle deals with the pending, impact ofthe rogue planetoid, and its pro- jected impact on world business. The pic ture is not very bright. Choices, choices INthe PCs run right offto Honesdale, pick up the adventure at Encounter Seven. they try to find out where JCN’s offices are, they can do so with another trip to the library if nothing else. There, they find that JEN has major branch offices in all 50 states, sometimes several inone state. There are Pennsylvania offices in Dallas, PA, Pits burgh, PA, and Philadelphia, PA. Jaunting, offto either ofthe latter two means improv ‘on your part — you can use Encounter One in Episode Four asa guideline, but Clem is simply not there. Truly brilliant PCs will go, to Dallas (which is near Honesdale, in which case you can skip to Encounter One in Episode Four; since 0 few PCs are truly brilliant, this should be a rare case. ‘Most likely of allisthatyour PCs eel they don’t have enough information. This is {Quite wise of them. To reward their wis- dom, run the following encounter. i Encounter Four: Diving for Cover ‘When the PCs run out of ways to find Clem “Alico” Unger’s office address espe- cially ifthey really blew itn the library and {got no info ata), have everyone make a roll agains their moxie. Whoever makes it notices Alice's picture on the front page of the Night City Screamsheet, the local pa- per. Read The picture fs smal, but recognizably Alice Unfortunately the paper nie tose tre ly vending machine, and is folded in such a ‘way that you can get no information from the accompanying story. What do you dot Nope. Sorry, none of the eyberpunks have gotany colnageto putinthe machine. Infact, they te all broke. Wy do you think they took this job with Samura Security anyway? AS Ice it the players have three choices: “They ean panhandle. This is not very likely to succeed, as no one in The Combat Zone has any money, and no one outside the Zone wil give any to some poody dressed street urchins. Besides, Idobelieve panhandling is against city ordnance, so Some vigilante is probably gong to shoot the perpetrators, ifthe police don’t get’em first “They can attemptto break into the vend- ing machine. This isa daring choice, as ‘ending machines in The CombatZone are Well protected (sce also “fully armed”) {against theft. Drum up some outrageous fas see also “vec fos the machine, its weapons, ands automated fre contol sytem and go ater i “They can steal some money. NOW they're thinking cyberpunk. Stealing ifs. fective, exciting, and much les likely 12 ‘gamerpolice interierencethan, say, double- parking. Hey come on, Night City police fre smart guys. Would YOU intercede if two (or mare) felons were having a 9mm discussion? I Encounter Five: Read All About tt The vending machine apparently leaked, and let the papers get sogged up by the Ubiquitous rain. Scanning the moistened article, the players can glean the following: * . offices located in Dallas. Unger, who prefers to be called ‘Alice’ instead of Clem, has worked with JCN ever since his graduation. Unger was curiously not at his residence, and a bartier prevented this reporter from entering his office for a interview, but Unger’s secreta Sid hs productivity has not been han pered by approach ofthe asteroid...” ‘Also pointoutthat another article catches. the eyes of the Cyberpunk NPCs. It states that the EuroSpace Agency has tried and. failed to destroy the rogue planetoid. Its gonna hit in only about four dys, you This Segment Is Over So why are you bothering to read this? Everyone else is already in the next en- counter. | keep telin’ya, things move fast around here. 25WW Encounter Six: Planes, Trains, and Cybermobiles Now that the PCs have at east tenuous stip on Alice's location, they can begin pursuit, This means going to Honesdale, Pennsylvania, which a g00d 2500 miles distant (alte less from Texas). How to get there? First they ve gottogetsome more money. They can either lip burgers for minimum wage until the asteroid hits, or they can do something fun. ‘Once they have the dough, they can eitherbuy round-trip tickets(“Aitpor'77"), ‘Amirak passes (any Wild West fick), or buy Quiet, please. ‘or even steal a Maserati ("Mad Max’), Or they can go on a stratospheric hap with ‘Orbital Air “Alien” to get there real quick. No matter which way they go, there's sure to be a way to slow them down (‘Raid on Entebbe," "The Hitcher," "The Texas Chain- ‘saw Massacre”) en route. Now’s also your chance to horrity them ‘with what the USA is like in the year 2097. Have them pass through all the great ‘American tourist showpieces. Mount Saint Helens: Oops! Bad idea! ‘There it goes again! All that subsurface Injection of hazardous waste has overpres- sured it, and it’s blowing up again, spewing, toxic lava everywhere and reawakening Cyberzilla ‘Mount Rushmore: President Barbarino has been added, the first US President to ‘wear mirrorshades and listen to the Sex Pistols. The entire mountain has been painted and grafftoed. $4.95 to add your ‘own personal touch The Mississippi Delta Mudflat: Despite all the silt that’s been accumulating, the Mighty Mo rolls ever on. Fifty miles wide and three inches deep, i's treacherous Crossing. Beware the delta pirates in their airboats. IH Encounter Seven: Honesdale Hose If the Troubleshooters go to Honesdale, they don’t really have a hard time finding Clem ‘Alice’ Unger’ address. It's listed in the phonebook, and i's right in the middle (of the seediest slums in the polluted little burg. Natch. By the by, if your players are infinitely clever, their characters may skip Hones- dale completely and go to Dallas. Bravit Go to Episode Four. Otherwise, read: ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES samt ttt guaeteoeaee: ienamoee Serieeomennet might be pretty, but for the thick layer of ‘soot and pervasive smell of sweat socks. ers ioaresiare a ioaraaaare scan mea Sones enre Pema hac rant For once, their observations are correct. ‘This is due mainly tothe factthat Alice has ‘moved away to prepare for California cryo- fenesis. If the Team goes knocking on Alice's door, every other door inthe hall- Way opens up, and vatious hausfraus and junkies and prostitutesand grubby children stare openly at the PCs until they get un- comfortable and leave. ‘The players now have two choices; they ‘can break in, or they can stake the place ‘out. If they break in, skip to Encounter Nine, below. Personally, | prefer the stake- ut; it's elasier. I Encounter Eight: Stakeout The landiord acrosstestreet will charge the Troubleshooters a paltry fortune to use the condemned apartment giecty across from Alice’s place. The floorboards are cracked, broken, oF missing, a8 most of the exterior wall. Piping and wiring dangle into the room. ‘OF course, there's lots to do all night. People enter and leave Alice's building constantly. Every passing cyberpunk tries torob, scam assassinate, or evangelize the Troubleshooters as they are obviously not locals. Andatabouttwointhemoming the municipal work crew finaly arrives 10 demolish the building the Troubleshooters ‘While their word crumbles about ther, alightfinall fckson in Alice’ apartment Wi Encounter Ni ‘Huff and it Puff Nowithatthe PCsknow someane'shome, they can try an assassination. Unfortu: nately, the person inside is the landlord of the building, who, after having drunk gobs (of beer, has finally entered Alice’s apart- ‘ment to prep it for the next tenant. (the Cs broke in without a stakeout, the land- lord arives in the middle of i) This is a bad neighborhood, and the landlord carries protection. He's also been playtesting role-playing games for most of the evening, so if the PCs break in after seeing the light goon, whether through the door (strength roll or sprain your knee) orALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES. the window (which pulls out ofits sill and plummetsto the street, column 2ofthe falls char), they are greeted by a shotgun blast Winstead they knock, (or have broken in tarlier and are now trying to hide in the _losetthe landlord (a 60’sthrowback) opens the door. Read the players the following description: ‘The door swings partway open to reveal face that looks like is been carved out of. ‘wax. The nose is very big and isa distinctly different color than the rest of the face, and a mat oflong hair obscures his features. He seems tobe trying to hide the fact that he has a gun. “May Uhelp your” he croaks. His voice sounds very strange. ‘Ashe knows absolutely nothing of Alice (other than he was always on time with rent), the landlord truthfully answers any ‘questions the PCs have. Given the circum= stances, the players'li think he's lying ‘through his teeth. Hopefully, they'll come tothe conclusion that the landlord is Alice in disgui Gosh, that'd be pretty boring if that was all there was to it, don’t you think? Relax, folks, because there's strike team hired by is the plural of the single male applause “Bravo.” This is sexi «a bunch of jealous programmers working for various’ EuroCorp competitors, and they've been staking Out Alice's place just likethe PCshave. So, whenever itTooks like everything will be peacably resolved (or whenever the bullets start ving), have the ‘opposition crash the party, ‘And, ifthasnotexciting enough for you, any one of the tenants might have a per- sonal vendetta to settle balistically with the landlord. Throw in as many as you like. ‘Make ita block party! Encounter T Me ‘ter the gunfight is over and the land- lord lies dead in the hall, a check of 1D or attempt to remove his masklike face will Prove conclusively that this is indeed the ‘wrong guy. Don't feel bad, though, he really was quite a schlep. Then the players have got afew minutes, (before the police and ambulance arive) to talk to the not-so-innacent bystanders to figure out what happened to Alice. This may involve some simple intimidation, the summary execution ofa litle old lady with 2 frying pan, and maybe some bribery, but ‘they can find out from some of the tenants, Well Excuse that Alice worked for JCN down in Dallas, PA. No matter how many people the Trou- bleshooters shoot, that’s all they know. Hi Encounter Eleven: On the Metro Do your PCs need a litle more abuse? ‘Are there still more than three Cyberpunk NPCs? Are you more sadistic than the average bear? Do you just have this thing for subways? If your answer to any ofthese questions is yes, then you might want to have a few subway encounters on the way to Dallas. First your players walk down the street and intoa Subway Sandwich Shop. (Scuse me.) Uh-oh. Nosubway tokens? No attendant to sell them? Anyone want to jump the tumstile?| Then on the subway itself, some yokels from the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Liberation Front hijack the tram and order the con- ductor to fy it to the North Pole. Then maybe they make it to Dallas, and the next episode. bbut educational, so we hope you'll forgive the sexism, 7BB seroir ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES Episode Four: Go Ask Alice ‘Summary The players goto the JCN office. They meet JCN’s avantgarde computer person- ality program After brief runaround, they find Alice’sotice. Although he 'snotthere, they find a tool that wil help them locate him. This is called ‘being strung along” Prototypo Dallas, PA isan old-fashioned town; so ‘old-fashioned that it doesn’t even have a {geodesic dome to prevent all the colonial mansions from being eaten away by the ‘acid rain. The town looks like a pot-holed net of narrow streets enmeshing squared- off piles of rotten lumber, with a small dome isingamidthe wreckagein the center of the town. Property values here are negligible, as thestonch emanating from Honesdale over- owerseven the overpopulation ofthe Age ff Peace as far as land prices are con- ‘cerned. That's why JCN chose this desolate spot to erect an office-building sized ex- ample of their future metropolitan Vision; the vision of new beauty rising from the rubble;the vision which inrecentyearshas broughtin billions fdollarsinevenuethe so-called Alpha Cities. ach ofcourse, run by one oftheir complex Alpha computers. SinceICNhhas made major league mesa: bucks building giant domed cities across the planet, one might expect that they'd begin to feel a litle paranoid about the ‘other industrial giants. The Age of Peace is atutbo-powered business world, andwhen some measly US. Company’ suddenly boeginsto rival the ominous EuroCorps that Company had beter stat fearing hostile takeovers — with stocks and bombs. Yes, JCN has avery ight security system. Fortunately forthe players, things area’ as tight as they should be — there's so many people tying to tend to last minute bus- hess before the planetoid strikes that some things jst sort of slip through the cracks Things like Troubleshooters. i Encounter One: Getting In— To Trouble Read the following as the PCs approach the JCN dome: The nis getting heavier, and these Be otled eet toe eee a ptenaie otholed street you see gistenng dome sng rom hit of te goes fe As you approach You see ‘so punts haningan cbrance, Crerthe lootway hangs a ign that reads “JON ‘SECTOR HEADQUARTERS.” very soften a group of people runs ins orouclibe dot Somcare wearing wer bright clothes under thei ancoat: ‘The guards eye you as you = does camera over the door. What doou or Entering the JCN Sector HQ is not as formidable atask as it may seem. Actually, itought tobe rather easy. All the characters have to do is properly identify themselves and walk on in. Whatilt Well, CN actually has troubleshooters,” software and hardware experts whom they send out to correct bugs and solve net working problems and such. So identifying themselves as a Troubleshooter Team is actually a smart thing to do. Second, (al though the PCs don’t know ityeo the neon jumpsuits they're probably still wearing are the latest fad, even in a boondocks place like Dallas, PA, where the nearest ‘culture’ is the aforementioned stinky hamlet to the northeast. Lasty, in this time of panic and chaos, anyone who acts like they know what they're doingisleft alone to complete their task, so being brazen is also a plus. ‘Of course, ifthe players seem hesitant or ‘confused, the guards are likely to ask for papers, ID badges, or what have you. They ‘might ask what their security clearance is. ''m sorry, ‘Red’ isan invalid answer. The ‘correct response would be ‘Wombat.’ Wi Encounter Two: just Biz ‘Check itout, ude. Weeven havea map for you, showing the Important stuff inside the JCN Sector HQ: PAV 4.1. The PCs can .go anywhere they want in the place. Nott say itl be easy 1: The Board Room This is abad place tenter; you could got board to death in here. FRED 209 (a very big bot) stands guard here while all the ‘organic types plan out how they'll duck land cover against the planetoid. Inciden- tally, as a direct result of its experience during the Big Oops, this robot will end up founding Corpore Metal. Ifthe players blunder in the door, FRED. 209 whirls with sanling speed and bel “YOU HAVE EXCEEDED YOUR SECU- RITY CLEARANCE! YOU HAVE TWENTY ‘SECONDS TO CLEAR THE PREMISES!” think the song and dance is pretty clear, ‘except that if FRED 209 ever reaches zero, ‘on his countdown, he says, “l AM NOW AUTHORIZED TO TERMINATE YOUR 28ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES EMPLOYMENT!” before he opens fire. ithe PCs somehow survive, or just move fast, they can get all sorts of incompre: hensible documentation in here, as well as Killa lot of execs. The Break Room Lots of people here, eating and drinking. Enterprising PCs can start quite a food fight. ‘The yberpunks will reakinto the vending machines, al of which ae filled wth junk food that Alpha Complexers would find quite palatable (gag) 3: The Lab This room is densely packed with glas- ware, chemicals, electonics, etc. the PCs make afew engineering rolls, they can put together anew device. Or maybe they find one, just Iying there... Feel fee tohave a he. Wizard-style tech bumbling around. 4: The CPU This is where the computer resides. Not much ese of interest, except a box labeled “IN CASE OF FIRE” with an axe init Security Room This isa small, cluttered room, where JCN's security guards hangoutand goof oft Reuse the guards from the front door. Inside, the PCs can find a map of the building, plus they ean check the monitors ‘ofall the security cams inthe building for wandering FREDs. The Sex Kitten’s Office {matraid we're not allowed to print the sort of stuff that might go on in here. Has everyone been keeping up with thelr hor- ‘mone suppressants? 7: The President's Office Think Ultraviolet. Nothing in here at all, except the President. He sis behind his huge (butempty) desk playing tdlywinks. He has a wet bar, and hee might make a 00d hostage, but there is absolutely noth- ing of intellectual worth inthe room. '8: Other Offices Masti vacated in light of the impending Big Oops. lems Office See below Ii Encounter Three: Clem Unger’s Office Clem’s secretary Bruno (short for Brun- hilde) i her absolute normal unflustered You have exceeded your security clearance! self, in spite of the chaos around her. See, she'was hired expressly for her ability 10 stal visitors indefinitely. The Troubléshoot- ers will probably have to kill her to get into the office, although some sinister manipu- lations might also succeed. But probably not PC: We're here to see Clom-U, Brune: Do you have an appointment with Mr. Unger? PCs: (in unison} No. Yes! Bruno: We can fit you in at 4:37 August Sth. PCs: But thats after the planetoid hits! Bruno: Yes, I'm sorry for that incon- venience. Mr. Unger could have seen you con August 3rd, but this situation has im- posed considerable hardships on his time. PCs: But this is urgent! (draws laser) Ah, see, we had orders from, ah, Smith-U, 10 sive Clem-U these ah, prototype laser sig- nalling devices, fr, ah, further testing. FRED 209: approaching from down the hall) PLEASE LOWER YOUR WEAPON! YOU HAVE TWENTY SECONDS TO ‘COMPLY! Bruno will nevertell the PCs that Alice is, not in, because that fact is considered Top Secret as is his current location. She'll just say tings ike “he's not seeing anyone right now.” She'll ask the PCs to take seat in the waiting area, and will serve them coffee, tea, oF something. (Feeling mean? | hear Mickey Finns are popular in The Age of Peace.) Then she sits back and reads the style section, which the PCs might note has 2 story on *Night City’s Neon Jumpsuits: Trouble-free Fashion” ‘The Troubleshooters will just have to wait. And wait. Bruno reads and types. People comeand gotoAlice'soffice, Bruno ‘admitting them with a simple (but Obnox- ious) nod. Make sure the players notice this. Stress this point. Figure out an obnox- fous way to ned and do ita lot. t's a bona fide Major Episode Hint ‘The clock starsticking around to closing time. Havethe Transdimensional Collapsa- ‘ron ask for a progress report. Your players are gonna have to do something Since most players(and cyberpunk) seem to favor persuading bystanders with lethal force, there's yet another game stuff box nearby. I Encounter Four: Alice Oops ‘Only when the players burst through the door and liberally hose down the entire ‘office with large-bore weapons-ire will they find that Alice is indeed not i. Its in fact immediately apparent that he has not been in for a day oF two. This should assuage any feelings of guilt the players might have for brutally cudgelinga litle old lying secretary. (On the other hand, their effort has not been totally wasted. There are still some items in Alice's office. True, everything of ‘importance has been taken out of Alice's officeand computer files likethe complete program for the Alpha computer system), but there are a few scraps and obsolete notes that might nonetheless be of interest to the time-traveling Troubleshooter. Ss 29Episode Four ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES: There's a list of “Things To Do,” all of ‘which have been marked off, One entry in the lis is “pack essentials for cryo.” ‘There's a JCN envelope marked “Unger, Clem /Relocation Orders /Top Secret." I's empty. ‘There’s a receipt from a wavel-agency voucher showing Clem Unger bought 3 sub-orbital shuttle trp first class) to Orbital Air's California spaceport. The flight left ‘twenty minutes ago. There's the latest holographic Playboy ‘centerfold hung on the back of his office door. Yeah, | know it doesn’t help the situation, butt’ stil‘ofinterest tothe time- traveling Troubleshooter” ‘There's a JCN brochure (small thrice- folded afiai) which details JCN’s begin- rings in Will California, where they helped rebuild and reprogram SAC/NO- RAD. The brochure goes on to explain the continued improvements in the system which have culminated in the current ‘complex Alpha computer system for Alpha Cities. Aha The true beginnings of The Computer! Himm ... could be important? ‘And finally, there's a small VCR-ke device on his desk. t's labeled “property of ‘Clem Unger.” If there are any surviving Cyberpunk NPCs, one will immediately ‘grab the object, exclaiming “Ahal His ‘eyberdeck!” Think this might be the clue thathelpstheluckless Troubleshootersfind their quarry? Sure hope so, because about the time they look it over, everyone hears three or four basco voices approaching, bellowing, something about trespassing in a private office. Let's see, with four FREDs allowing, twenty seconds grace time apiece, the ‘Troubleshooters should have another min- Lute oF 30 to make good their escape, right? Better make that spurious logic roll if you ‘want to make itt the next episode ....ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES. “Avast ye scurvy Corporate swabs! Pre- pare to be boarded!” — Oliver Wendell ‘Overview In this chapter, the players finally track down Alice. The hunt occurs in that most seneric yet inhospitable cyberpunk envi- ronment, the direct computer interface known as The Net. Don’t know what The [Net is? Better go grab that copy of Cyber- punk, cheapskate! But to tide you over, we've given you a sidebar with a brief explanation, The Team will be using Alice's own ‘cybernetic interface deck (cyberdeck) with hisveryownpipe-dream hand- programmed fantasy-gratitication interface program. Let's see here .... Cyberpunk View From the Edge, page 29 .. “it's often dangerous to use another ‘man’s interface carelessly — one man’s normalcy may be your nightmare.” Oh, Hove it so, Ready or Net, Here They Come Once the beleaguered time travellers have gotten themselves out of the ICN. building, is time 1 continue looking for theelusive Alice. Continuingto pokearound in the flesh will take 2 long time indeed, Certainly more time than remains before Day One of The Compute. Thus Nor (or, ifhe’s been fragged, one othe other NPCS) Suggests going back this pad in Night Cty to get near where Alice is, and then using Alice's ery Own Cyberdecktotrack down his secret location, I Bectric Avenue Some words about Alice's deck and in- terface program might now be in order. Alice is a very skilled Netrunner. The device Nort is now holding in his fap is a ‘multiple interface deck which Alice affec- tionately dubbed “the Six-Shooter.” Alice designed the deck to accept multiple Net ‘runners so he could work with therestofhis Programming team. Most of the other team ‘members are now very slightly insane (see Cyberpunk quote above). ‘The deck is remarkable because, in addition to its capacity it does not require ‘cybernetic /O plugsto be operated. Simple robes attached t0 the user's temples are sufficient — the deck reads the user's thoughts by resistivity assimilation. And it never ever malfunctions. Not like the last model he tested, which charbrolled a Weefle-runner named Wilson. Nope, this ‘one's periecly safe. ‘As mentioned in Cyberpunk and also in the sidebar above), a cyberdeck needs an Interface program, by which it translates information into sensory input Episode Five: A Run in Their Stalkings There are several commercially avail able interface programs, all using well- wom cliches. DiscoRunner and Silicon Val are particularly tasteless examples of this type. Alice instead chose to program his own interface, whichhehasnamedWonderNet. It is heavily patterned after Lewis Carrol’s Alicebooks, and therefore relies heavily on fractals and random number generators. lyouhaven'tread the Alicebooks (which you really should, you uncultured yuppie), then gamemaster WonderNetas you would adream, ‘Things change, without warning and without logic. Scenes shit, items change into other items, events backtrack or com- pletely change context. So be really silly Don’t worry about consistency. But give a least a casual nod to fairness. I Excounter One: Net Now Drag them back across the continent in ‘much the same brutal mannerin which you letthem travel othe East Coast. Then, once sequestered in the home of one of the Cyberpunk NPCs, read: Nort’s flat is a small, cramped affair hr ed with pier highechjunks Heusherseverynetn, Gt ew paces tse While he gives the players the following lecture, the other cyberpunks place elee- trode patches on the Troubleshooters’ temples and bring them each a glass of Gatorade (and maybe some illicit brown. ies, if you're feeling malicious). “This handy little device will be a big, help in tracking down your quarry. | can sive you a start, but after that you're on ‘your own. “Your man took a suborbital shuttle to Orbital Air’s local facility, which is pretty re el pa ea 2 inter then go istance to Los Angeles “Once in Los Angeles, it should be a ‘inch to locate Orbital Air. Maybe you'll see Alice on one ofthe cameras, or maybe hele a tral ou can lly dan thao what JCN’s suri ‘afyouget stuck comeonback and maybe we can help you out. 31“You dweebs look alittle confused — 1 suppose you only ever dealt with the ‘computer one ata time. Boy are you infor ‘some excitement! Thislittlejewel isa way to directly patch the computer to all six of your brains at once! Everybody hooked Lupt Here we go!” He slaps a red button, and I Encounter Two: Nort’s Home System ‘The PCs are now inside the Net. We suggest you start them off fairly normal, then get more dreamlike asthings goalong. By the way, you wantto send acyberpunk inthere with them or ifyou're running with (Cyperpunk PCs}, no. changes are neces- ALICE THROUGH THE MIRRORSHADES. sary. They may bea litle more familiar with the Net, Butnot with this version of it. Keep reading: Static fils your vision. You fel sor of like yourinnardshavebeenallsmushed up and haved into your cas Your oso te taeALICE THROUGH THE RRORSHADES. Episode Five You're falling. Everyone make a chutz- pah rol to avoid screaming. Down, down, down. Faster and faster. Alice loves the sensation of falling. He made this part reeeeal long. I's kind of a pun on downloading. Well, maybe not. You seem to have reached — you know, terminal velocity. But it’s slower than you would have ‘thought. Those of you who aren’t scream- ing can sce that you're fal ‘what would appear to be a very inconven- int ranged PLC warehouses very untidy, totaly disorganized, and worst all, is about two meters by two meters in area, but infinitely high, more or less. There are item-flled shelves tacked to ‘each wall, which, when bumped, send you ‘tumbling back and orth across the pit, and ‘occasionally precipitate a group ricochet. Eventually, aftereveryone has done pretty ‘much all they want to do in the fall, it's springtime. They all andon a big whoopie Cushion and spring back up in the aie abit. ‘Afew short bounces later and they're back (on softwarea firma. Wi Encounter Three: Chester Minute, Bub As important as Alice is, it did not take long for someone at JCN to figure out his ‘yberdeck was in danger of being swiped bythe Troubleshooters. This'someone’ isa Netrunner who's in charge of computer security at CN. He's a tough dude. He's so tough that whilethe players were running amok in JCN, he interfaced with Alice's deck as it ay on the desk and man- aged to slave his cybermodem trace to the deck’s ROM, thereby effectively trapping himself in the deck when the players un- plugged it. (Of course, if someone unplugged his deck, he'd be freed and the trace would be lost forever.) ‘Anyway, now that the deck has been plugged back in, he’s again free to act. This ‘man’s Netrunning codename is Worcester: shire. He's Scottish. He thinks he’s a cool cat So read: You have a very nice spring after that Jong fll After bouncing a few times on a flatlent cushion, you fed yourselves ina srall chamber eauring abot tree scien fas to kaaniog ‘osed YOA RAI ec Sbersone cach in each of the five walls. Yes, the geometry i litle unusual here. you see a shal fsxy ceatre St on annoyingly self-assured smile. It stares at ‘youunblinkingly, grinning with its pointed teeth. ‘So what do you dot ‘Worcestershize will be more than happy to talk to the Netrunning Troubleshooters. He'll chat amiably in an outrageous Scot. tish brogue, all the while asking them ‘questions to figure out who they are and ‘what they're up to. When playing the role of Worcestershire, talk and act very so- Ciable and ‘friendly, but always. wear a ‘malevolent grin. Think Jack Nicholson playing an insane Montgomery Seo. Worcestershire will also be very free with advice (all of which will be wrong), and will notattackthe layers. He felsthat hhe.cando the most good forICN by figuring ‘out who the PCs are, what they're doing, Worcestershire Wombat learns something interesting. ‘etc, then telling JCN so they can send a strike team to waste the bunch, ‘Once he has heard enough, he sends the data to JCN using a messenger program. ‘Then he sort of hangs around, usually in- visibly. When you reach that point in the conversation, the characters see this ‘The grinning fuzzy beast takes a mo- iment 1 yawn, its mouth opening upto incredible proportions, but sll smiling ‘A white rabbit hops out, and glances at its pocket chronometer. “Oh dear, oh dear,” itsays, “how late it’s getting! By my ‘ears and whiskers, Ym late!” It goes run- ning round the room several times before disappearing though one of the doors. This scene repeats itself everytime Wor- cestershire learns something interesting. ‘And while you're a it, you ought to dig out PAV 5.1. I'l help you keep track of the players’ progress — or lack thereof I Encounter Four: Burning Down the House The first place our neophyte Netrunners ‘must gois into the local phone lines. Unfor- tunately, noneat the doorways in this smal ‘chamber ate labeled. This would not ordi- narily pose a problem, but Northas patched his cybermodem line into every electronic

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