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    s We dir os HADOWRUN bier) es TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Gamemastering Notes Shadowrun Rules Mating Success Tests Success Tables How to Use This Book Preparing the Adventures EXCELSIOR Sacred Vislon Inroduetton Ever Upward Alt Chipped Up ‘And No Place to Go Change of Art ‘A Boom With a View Ballets Over Broadway Micking Up the Pleces News Mon Cast ef Shadows Wo SOLTUDES, Fadeout Introduetlon Meeting the Parents Extracurlcular Activites Mot Time tn the Ote Town Going Underground ‘Enemy of My Enemy Getting the Word Out ieking Up the Pieces The Yamatetsu Data ‘Awarding Karma Cast of Shadows cop. Playing, With Flee Introduction Which Coe fist? Setting Things Up ws or THe lek Up and Deliver ‘Sign Here, Flease I Hear You Knocking Felends Like These You Can't Make an Omelet Picking Up the Peces ‘Over Easy Poached Benedict (Arnovd) Scrambled ‘Awarding Ka Legwork Cast of Shadows. DOUBLE DIEING Patrlot Games Introduction Seek and Take Getting Kinsey Drop O1F ‘And Pick Up Meeting the Radicals Meet the Press TMhleves Turned Heroes Picking Up the Pieces ‘Awarding Karma Legwork Cast of Shatows DEAD RUN. ‘Spin Comtrot Introduction Holding the Bag On the Run Hiding Out ‘The Fix ts In Exposing Bugs Picking Up the Pieces ‘Awarding Karma Cast of Shaciows (i )) conrents 7erneors SHADOWS OF THE UNDERWORLD Wrtting [Excelsior — Jennifer Brandes and Chis Helpen wo Solitudes and Dead Run — Stephen Kenson €.0, D.— Brian Schoner Double Dipping — Chris Hussey Shadowrun Line Developer Michael Mls ttorial Staff Editorial Director Donna Ippotit Sharon Turner Matviit dors hron-Gelman Robert Crue Production Staff Art Drector Jin Ne'son Assistant Art Director Joe! Biske Cover Design fot Biske Cover Artist ‘Doug And Black and! White Mustrations Tom Baxa, Joe! Biske, Jason Fell John Paui Lona, Dave MacKay, Daryl Midgerte, Karl Waller Layour Mark Ernst SE CaN SOS Cun eerie yaa cM tee cy “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”—T. S. Eliot ‘A.WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR: Even tho tod gays ust shadovrennore, It seems thet some unstraputoas types broke iale Galterstae Pring in Minrenplis and changed the patra oofars ob te ‘ig O's campuign posters. fe all tonw him as dark thet ond sliver; but he posts cane et witha gol aad green drag, Galkarstam pleads imnacenL, Curketzbn ienghs ‘ho whoo thing of, ar somone smaplace is sting pelt with x pchet ful af UCAS ts (east, antl te Big O decd he anes’ wont to bu 8 Lnghingsock and sens ‘aie gb wp Tin ies way, THE BACK STOCK New Mage Download (The Awakened Word al spelied out) {Cybertech Download (Map, Machine and Magic.) Caiiorhia Free State (Fiom the Tieto Aztlan and everything in berween) Gmpalgn 2057 (Vote early, vate often!) GO TO COMPLETE LIBRARY ARCHIVES {THE DANY SPECIAL ‘Thyeats (Paranola. consptectes, and secret stu) ‘This one would be funny Int wasn'c $0 scary. Are these the Scrawiings of paranoiet corsplracy theodss with chips on their shoulders the size of the Ute Nation, of is there some th buried in the rantigs of these nuteases? ‘Ayes or so back, when we got 4 503! about the bugs laleting Chicago ane the government's plan to geek them ‘with tactical nukes, we didn belleve it. Who knew... ? Maybe tis tie we'll be prepated-—fot whatever GOTO COMPLETE LIBRARY ARCHIVES COMING Soon Wile the politicos are gering their ssconel wind; Shavlowdand Is getting back in business. noe-election bit that la, Here's & quick peek af some upcoming stuff (and quit salivating, it micks up the sexcen) Organized Crime (Mobsters and gangers dnd secret societies, oh my...) Flachpoins (high-stakes 68s for high pay—get the skinny here firs, ancl maybe: youl lve fo-spend it) GO TO COMPLETE LIBRARY ARCHIVES BUA] ABSENTEE Ppp] BALLOTS The UCAS bigwigs ae ging evens ‘And what better way © NEW UCAS. FLAG UNVEILED W's been fve years In the making. and it might be the onty thing ll sic candidates agree on. The new fag is finished, ielooks cool, ant I's giving the UCAS a reason to stand proud as election lever nit amok tears our ties apart Click here to see Ie waving In the wing balot—Isr"t It about eme you ge of those extra SiN numbers? Hace, you might even win prizest ‘lick here for the UCAS press release. POLL RESULTS Brackhaven's “Do you really 5H WEIRD STUFF The powder keg of Austin, want one of ther in the Texas has lust gotten hotter White House?* speeches Bare tuning heads as his ‘campaign picks up steam Dunkelzahn st leads at The Big A has cordoned ‘off a five-klometer area about 35 chicks south of ‘Austin for what looks tke an archaeological dg, Rumor has t that mages sclentiss and the ever tehisive Jaguar Guards are Popping. up regularly on-site, Whatever they're le {coking for must be impor: Unclediced), lek here so tant... Elles here for Bg, get all the breakdowns, news South of the border 2 but Rernyboy 6 BL neck. Here's tne standings. Brackhaven 21%, Yeats and Voge 20m, Hemence 15% It’s 07:19:28. Do You Know Where Your Meat Body Is? CANDIDATE Pp ARTHUR VOGEL Democratic “One Would” Party, VP: Gary Grey Slogan: Save the Earth A cart eco-awyer and a teol Eagle ‘Shaman=now inere's anv imagel Seriously. folks— ese cwo aren't your lisial crackpot wee-hug gets. They're smar, SANY. articulate, and just might have a shor at the ig Chal—assuming no nasty skeleions come popping out of ‘Lawyer Vogels closet DR. ROZILYN HERNANDEZ New Conary Party VP: Ramsay McMulkin ‘Slogan: Our Magical Future Revenge of the rierc anyone? Magical goor bas and techno-weenies have alheme in the New ‘Century Panty, decicacest fo beter living through electing mage-o-crat Rox andl hee gongeauls sims: cep to be gur Supreme Leaders, (He's pretty, but can he type?) JAMES BOOTH Technocratc Party VPs Brandon shiatsu he Status Qu nny and the -Sult—ateker only he mothers could love. Special message to Mu.~ fevmer- Veep Booths your sacss(s ZERO and obody wants your Laud Fo) suo. Give Up, 80 home. take up ower amanging, just get of the ‘raging stage, “hey? GENERAL FRANKLIN YEATS, Republican Party VP Anne Penchyk Slogans Rebuild America *Reulkt America” on the Backs of the Native ‘American Nations, the Confederate America States, and the Calorie Free State. Nothing tice a hot was to prop up a sage lng economy .. with a Say ork veep in ple stipes 1 make sure metahuimans get shel sie ofthe pie. Wi the UICAS'S verte hawk leat his oops to the White Hou KENNETH BRACKHAVEN Archconsanvative Paty VP: Willan Ager Slogan: A Holy War for the Sout of the Nation Respectable business- niga oF Monsters Teor the ld? Only their speech | wltets know for sure! Meet theenew poster Kes ne Tratlanal Values tnweyite eb, they're ree: Honary, anc they wane ‘he mages and messhumans out of theseubhouse. Race-balters Us bes to Washington? DUNKELZAHN Independent VPs Kyle Hactne: Slogan: A New Colden Age ‘A new minteet UCAS: chizenyand already he wants to Fun the place? Weld say more power to him, except thata gieat dragon doesn’t need any Wth a busin philanthropist Veep #9 feel comty, the Bist Wieworm mist take piize==but ean INTRODUCTION Shadows of the Underworld is 1 collection of roleplaying adventures set in the Awakened world of Shadowrun during the sumnmer just before the UCAS presicential election, The year is 2087. Advances In technology are astonishing. with humans able to bien! with computers and eavet through the eleccronic etherworld of clata known as the Matix. Even mote astonish: ing is he recurn of magic. Elves, dwat's. dragons, ofks, anc tuolls have rexssumed thelr true forms, while megacomorations (warner than superpowers) rule much of the workd. Moving. through this world llke hushed whispers in the night are the studowrunners. No one admits thelr existence, but no ane else fan da thelr secret worl, Though government power s giving way to megacorporare money in 2057, politicians ancl nationat leaders remain a force to be reckoned with In many places, The adventures in Shadows of the Underworld focus on the effect of the presi ential election on the streets, Polticians play the same games ss the megacorporations. but using their own tules—power and prestige. blood and tears. fear and panic. The streets are erupt {agin violence, from fanetical cults supporting Dunkelzahn to various factions of anti-metahuman forces destroying every- thing they can in the name ef purity. All the rules have changect ‘even the hottest chaclowr (os oF he unclenwortc GAMEMASTERING NOTES Shadows of the Underworld Is slightly ciferent from the sandr Shadowrun actventure, The five short adventures that rake up the overall story tne are not direcity connected to each ‘ther, but they all share & common backdrop—the stree!-tevel chaos caused by the tainted UCAS election ef 2056, The streets ‘ge a hotbed of fear and conflict benween metahumans grasping for power anc those who oppose them “by aay means neces: sary.” Each adventure contains a short fictional prologue and an Introduction thax capture the feel of the street during the long, fat surimer of 2057 Though the player chaiacters may find cheniselves tn demand for "poltieal” shadeweuns as the movers and shakees in the public arena stare ¢© recognize the Importance of “convo! ling the streets,” the gamemaster may chase to run these atventures between events already planned for his or her Shadowrun campaign. The adventures in Shadows of the Underworld combine decision tree and linear story formats, For exch adventure, the player characters may ative at different locations inthe story via aiffercn paths, or follow one event in the story direetly Into the rext. The gamernaster should think of each advermure as the bare: bores plot flesh it out and give his players more choices. To aid the gemernaster in this tsk, che individual sections of each adventure ner can na lenger control the shad ie should feel free ro make any changes necessa'y 10 Inclucle suggestions for gamemastering the varlous situations that may arise. Shadows of the Underworld is designed for a tean of Four to six shaclowtunners with a wicle variety of talents. ‘SHADOWRUN RULES To run Shadows of the Underworld, the gamemaster needs a thorough familaity with the materia I this book, as well as a working knowledge of the Shadownn, Second Edlon (SRI rules. The gamemaster should also be famitiar with the expancted magic rules in the Grimotre, Second Edition (Grimolre I). ad the revised! Matrix rules of Virtual Realities: 2.0 (VR2), To run the adventure Two Solltudes, the gamemaster should be farnilar With the Califorala Free Seate sourcebook, All the Information contained! in Shadows of the Underworld is forthe gamemaster's eves only, All spceifc fnformation, pasticulaily game statis. appears In SRI format, Gamemasters still using the first-edition Shadowrun mules wil need to make a few adjustments (© non: player character. weapon and spell statistics. MAKING SUCCESS TESTS During the course of Shaelows of the Underworld, the play: cers will make a number of Success Tests using. 4 skill and a given target number, These Success Tests are inclcated by che name oF the sll, lowed by the target number in parentheses. For exam: ple, a Sorcery (5) Test refers fo a Sorcery Success Test against & Target Number of 5 SUCCESS TABLES At times, the gamemaster will use success tables to leter mine how much Information the players receive from inquities and investigations, Each success table lls different Information obtained for differing numbers of dlc roll successes, Rolling @ higher numberof successes always reveals the information forthe lower numbers of successes as well For example, a character rolling 3 successes would learn the Information for 3 successes, and aso the Information for HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ‘Asicle from the SRIH rules and those inthe seurcebacks listed ‘above, this 000K Includes all the Information needed t0 run Shadows of the Underworld. The gamenaster should read through each adventure before attempting to run it, Some impor ant plot developments do not become apparent until well ince each adventure, but the gamemaster must lay the grounework for these developments cary on. He or she ean oniy accomplish that by deine: falar with each story fine. Though Shadows of the Underworld written tres to cover all the likely and even some of the uniikelv Ideas that the layers might come up With, iis Impossible to foresee every and 2 successes, | sunoows or THe unnenwonco possible action the players might choose to take. Therefore, the ster must be prepared (© Improvise If necessary, Each adventure begins with a fictional prologue. The pro- logue gives the gamemaster a feel for the setting of the adver: ‘ute, The Introduction following the protague expla the nat and specific background of each adventure. The sections wit teach sciventure follow standard Shadowrun format. Most of them contain four parts: Tell K £0 Them Seralght, Hooks, Beliind the Scenes, and Debugging. Tell It to Them Straight Is read aloud to the players It describes whore the player characters are and what & happening to them as though they were actualy there. Depending, on the player characters! previous cholees and/or the point In the adven- tute at which the encounter occurs, the gamemastet may need! to adapt the text to sult the situation The second section, Hooks, gives the gamemaster hints and tips about imagery to use In the scene, emotions 10 convey. Sounds, sensations, textures, and so on, The Information provi ced inthis section wales inform an content fs ranging from general themes fo specific emotions. mus oF TH wanedaoace | ‘The next section, Behind the Seenes, tells the gamemaster ‘what s really happening in each encounter and propases a poten tial sequence of events. Any maps needed to play an encounter are Included In this section, information the players «an discover and possible consequences of the player characters actione also appear here. Non-player character statistics needed 10 roleplay the ‘encounter are usually Included here as well, This section may also ‘contain hints an! suggestions for handling a particular encounter, The feal section of each encounter, Debugging, cffers sugges tions for getting the story back on track if things so too far wrong: for ‘example, Ifthe player characters overtook a vial plece of data huff the team meets an untimely death. The gamemaster need not use any of the suggestions given inthis secttonifhe or she has & bet ter method of redirecting the game, he should feel fee to use It AS. ‘always, the gamemaster may aso fet the chips fal where they ray [At the end of each adventure, Pleklng Up the Pleces pro- vides (ps on wrapping up the adventure anc awarding Karma, as well as offering suggestions for answering urvecolved player ot player character questions, PREPARING THE ADVENTURES. Its possible to create a published adventure that provides the appropriate opposition level for every group of player charac: ters. Some groups ave inherently more powerful than others The gamemaster must aclust the game statistics and capabl lies of the published opposition te provide an appropriate level of dlffculty forthe group, If an adventure does not suit the play ff characters’ strengths and wealmesses, the gamemaster may tse the published version as an outline to develop an adventure EF his or her own. OF, If I works well except for a qultk here and there, the gamemaster can change any part of the plot and story events to make the acventure a better one forthe playess, Each adventure suggests Theat anc Professional Ratings for leach of the NPCS. As explained in Shadowrun, Second Edition, Luce Threat Rating dlce In place of Dee Pools for these characters (p. 187, SRI), Gamemasters should adjust the actual Threst Ratings to better reflect the level of opposition presented by the player characters, especially n those adventures where mainal Ing, game balance promises to be exceptionally wieky. The ‘gamemaster should fee! free to modify Threat Rating dice on the fy during, an encounter to provide the proper leve! of opposition, To that end, the text occasionally Includes notes on how tough a bbatle or encounter should be forthe pi The gamemaster will nd such manipulation erucial to keep rer characters {ag some of the encounters in each adventure at a managecble level. The fights in Shadows of the Underworld work best when choreographed like an action movie, Though leat ankl magic fies ‘everywhere, only a few of the bad guys actually get a clean shot at the heroes at any one time, That limitation, and the apprication ‘of the SRII Professional Rating rules, should help keep large-scale fights uncter corstol, For garmemasters using the fistecltion Shadowrun rues, the Professional Rating system works as follows. Non-player charac: {ers with a Professional Rating of {wil witharaw from a fight ater {aking a Light wound, those tated at 2 will withdraw afer taking 4 Moderate wound, those rated at 3 alter a Serous wound, and those rated at 4 will ight until unconscious or dead, GRCELSIOR { SACRED UISION It pained me to see what men and women had done to Her {and to the land that is Her Body, And I went Into the wikterness to better speak with Her. away from the blankes of smoke that Covers cities ike sweat, And t walked! among the trees, seeking be sty and clear waters, and I emptied my boxy and mod of a that man's evils had polluted. Lwalked until | could breathe again ‘nil I could taste air chat She had kep dean. Vit nor fin it ‘And I cried out, weeping fo all the children born into the ‘world, their innocence helpless 10 putty It, thelr sxrengih not ‘enough to carry del fathers’ sins. Anat asked Het why, asked es what 1 Coukd do to change this injustice. I had not helped {© fight for the whales and the forests oF for the childien wso ‘aived $0 thal Corpotations Could grow. It had not heipedt 10 ‘work for my own salvation, my own purity of heart and soul and ‘oneness with the word, while omers pulled themselves dally farther away trom Her And fasted Her fora sign .. anything to tel me thar She had not abandoned us, that She woudd not let Her work! die, And at fut moment. when my sou was empty of all but love of Het. | raised my Eyes upward and saw, above the tees, a blue that stood ou tke purity against the smoke-stained sky. The beating offissverand azure wings created the freshening air breathed. And lhnew that this was Her sign, Her word. The Dragon. the ane ‘ne now know 4s Dunkelzahn, Is our only salvation —Exceipt from juile Lester's Revetation, 2012 { InrRooUcTION ln Excelstor, the player characters receive a job offer feorn ‘Murtha Delaney. a rember of Dunkelzahn's campaign stat, She wants them to help provicle security for rly in Madison Square Garden, schertuled in the next few days. The campaign bas heard 1umers of potential wouble from Humanls-basedt hate groups in the ex. and Dunkelzaha wants some extta bodies on hand Te eet ukes place in Windows on the Work!, a tay restaurant 3 the top of the Empire State Building. on the same “Boot” as the sbservation deck, It coincides with & gathering of yakuza and ‘Shirwase businessmen, and the restauant aso just happens to be 2 wel known hangout for Aztechnolegy and other nasty corpo- ‘ate ypes. Orcinully. the runners could easily avoid trouble by leeping « low prottie—it ey don'c bother the yaks and the corp. execs, the yaks and the execs won't bother them. Unfortuaacely someone eise on the scene hs no intention of teaving anyboay in peice—the Whole Earth Adventiss, an offshoot of the Church of the Wnote Earth inc ‘The Church of the Whole aah Ine. Isa hull New Age. hall cevangesica religious group tha’ fist appeaves in 2005, The group's founder, file Lester. came close to giving up hope fr the wold In 2012. Caught up ina cits of fat, she went Into the wikerness 09 a desperate search for the Coes and saw Duntetratn mike Ni fist appewrance in the Awakened word. Convincest thatthe dag. ‘on was. a sign from the Goddess, facile urned her tiny g/oup of fol ower into a much large? organization decicatedt to redeeming the wore, Over the years, the Church of the Whole Lath has collect ed a fait number of fervent believers, among them a few fanatics sho call themselves the Whale Lath Adventists, ‘When Dunkelzan decided to tun for UCAS President, the Whole Eanth Adventists became convinced that thelt time had aitlved. The Adventists belleve that Dunkelzahn Is destined for the ‘residency—and that anyone who disagrees with this notion does not deserve the pilvilege of living In the dragon's utopia Therefore, they wll eliminate ail such problems as 4 gesture of faith In thee savior, Dunielzahn does not approve of the Adventists’ attitude but believes they are al alk and no action, Unfortunately. this is one of those rare oceasions when the great dragon Is wrong, ‘The Adventists now that mob and corporate bosses frequent Windows on the World, The Adventists want t0 purge the com: Ing. wopia of organized ime and unieeling megacorporatons, and they'te planning to start eaity. On the night of the meet with Delaney—while the runners ave negotiating with her ia a private toom—a group of Adventists breaks into the bullding, Kills most Of the complacent on-site secutty and prepares (0 Kay out & “putifcation.” The Adventists intend to call the local media and tell them that they ave striking a blow for Dunkelzabn by pustying, the world of such filth as organized-crime syndicates and corpo: tations thar dal with them. They will then blow the top fiteen floors oF so off the bullfing. escaping va bl. However. the Adventists did not count en a crew of shadowrunners, a Dunkelzahn representative with a headphone, and the ablities of the dragon's own agents, The terroriss herd the runners Into the main room of the ‘restaurant with the test of the clientele and then contact theie WO, leeung him know of the purge they Intend to undertake for the _greater glory of his narme. The minute the Adventists make con tet, Dunkelzahn's deckers block all Matrix based communica tons so that the Adventists cannot get the ful network coverage they demand, Meanbite, the Big 0 himself maivains contact with Delaney via her headphone. The dragon wants the situation defused without the media fading out about It, and he wll pay well to make sure that happens. AS the experts on the scene, the runners get this fob by default. (Not many people sy 0 «0 a ‘ragon when be asks them fora favor} WAoOWS OF THE UnDERU re The runners must sneak out of a well-guarded room, get all the way downsials withour working elevators and without being, sported. and find the location of several bombs—us well as the cencal tigget They must then defuse the explosives and capture the terrorists before the terrorists’ blimp arrives... all without endangering a single innocent fe, Dunkelzahn coes nat want any blood on his talons and Is unforgiving if crossed, THis tun works best set in New York City, but it can be set i sy major UCAS clty that contains a skyseraper and a luge con. vention fall. The Debugging section of Ever Upward (p. 12) ‘explains how runners from “out of town” might make the trp to the Big Apple. { EVER UPWARD TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT People say that dhe Empire State Building Is small comparee! to Fuchi-town, but It sure looks big when you're fight under It THis time of year, the smog hangs so low you ean bavely see the top. It may be old. pitted. rusty, and. patched with ferrocrete shoring up some of the damage from the 2005 quake, but this boullding. stil looks pretty chill Too bac the security thumpers A Sow tourists blithely walk past you through the Kright Emant Gmteway weapon detector, The Greway {s festooned with snazzy. hltech doohieckeys like some kine of cyberpunk Christmas tree: I 190Ks lke a plastic fork might sec it off. One of the bru: ers- With a-badge returns your Innocent look with a what-the- hag, Yyou-tookin'at stare, Time to look at something more pleasant You sean the crowd and spy someone holing a placard with the name DELANEY printed on i, That's the name your fixer told you 10 00 for The placard-hokler Is... Interesting, He ..? she ..? stands about 1,7 meters tall, with bright blue eyes and a wiliomy gure and fong blond halt pulled back in a pony eal. “Glad you showed up.” the plaavcl holder says, “Ate you al here? I've renteet a few lockers incase you'd ke to store any. uh, Valuables before we go up.” After the characters pass through the metal detector; read the following aloud: The elevacor's the high-speed kine, but afew minutes craw by before the waystoc-smoath, simulared voice says. "Windows on the World Restauiant an! Observation Deck, 101S¢ Noor,” You step ut of the elevator, ane the view claws you fight over to the new: lest huge window. From thishigh up, you te practically staring down the throat ofthe Vote-For Dunkeleain avert blimp that's been fy Ing over Seventh Avenue all evening. The blue-and-sliver caica- tures head series at you ast slowly cotates aay. You glance ar the well stocked bar, but the ponystiled blond waves you over to a smaller door tothe lft of the resiaurant’s mein entrance, “Tae litle oon Is windowless (which kine of defeats the pur pose of coming yp here. doesn’t I} andl Is set up for a serie ‘with one large table in the middle andl several chal around it ‘Your gulie walks 10 the end! of the table and sits beside the ‘woman waiting there. She's as nicely dressed as any corporate PR specallst, bur the confictent set of het shoulders ane no-nonsense clothing suggest she might be equally comfortable on your end of things. The door closes with a ttle alt pressure on your eas. Sound balfling in the walle, white-noise generator and |ammer in the rable centerpaece—this Is one sick setup, “Good evening.” the woman says, “My name is Martha) Delaney, anc this s Percy, We ate here on Behalf of someone you all probably know of -hopekily, you'l even vote for hin, HOOKS ‘Make the beginning of this encounter haling In Its normale, The bewildering attay of sights and sournts in New York, which is Stil one of the greatest metroploxes In the world, should make locals and vistors a litle antsy, but once inside the Empire State Building everything seems to proceed in slow motion, The elev tors slower than most, ant the courists make the place feet ast the runners have somehow stepped back Into one of those sim Aicks from the 1990s. The building even Bends naturally nthe wind, The Windows on the Work! restaurant is 4 posh place, wih thick carpets, 1ots of brass. 4 jazz ttio and exotic plants—al of which probably cost more UCAS dollars thar the average runner dreams about. This place Is so upscale even the security is hien, Now that's class BEHIND THE SCENES The Empite Seate Bung In 2087 |s 4 dinosaur of a stucrwe Lbutic caries prestige. Shiawase. Aztechnology, and Ares pack cfice ‘space for several subselavies into the New York landmavk. When the ‘World Trace Center went cown inthe big earthquake of 2005, he proprietors of the Winclows on the Worle restautant that had graced the destroyed skyscraper pulled afew strings and licensed the name to the restaurane just below the Emplic State's observation deck. Photos and plaques around the resiautant tell the story Inthe lobby are six Knight Errane security guares manning te two Rating 8 magnetic anomaly detectors (MADS. fot more lft: ‘mation, soe p. 92, The Neo-Anarchisis’ Guide (© Real Life) for good meauute, KE's personnel ate running a chem-sitfer wasd {Rang 3) over everyone's bags. The Empire Saue has a far no ‘weapons policy, and building security wl slap tauer testa on anyone whose Class C cyberwite tips the ADs, People with any detected cyberware wil be askee! for thelr SIN numbers, so any ne her without a decent fake SIN Is in some setious drek. (The _gamemaster tray want to mention this to any hvel- he BE romention Deck KrigheErvane Guard Squad (6) BQqs 1 wc fk R 4.3 4 3 4 3 Armor 5 Iniiate: 3 + 106 Theent/Professtonal Rating: 2/3 ‘Sats: Armed Combat 3 (Clubs 5), Car 2. Computer 1, Etkquetee KComorierStreet) 3, Firearms 5, Police Procedure 4, Scealth 2, ‘Unarmed Combat 2 iJultsu 4) {Cyberware: Smavtink Gear Securetech Armored fucket (5/3). Securlty Helmet with fad, AZ-150 Stun Baton (105 stun), Cole Manhunter (Heavy Psi, 16 (clip). SA. 9M. w/Smartgun Link and 2 exta clips} ‘Aimost Donuts, Coffee, Newslaxes ‘The private oom ch Ms. Delaney has rented Is soundproot and equlpped with 2 hermetic circle (Rating 4) around all bur the uermost edges. The ciel Is part ofthe security provited by the fettaurant. Once the runners sit down ane! shut the door, Delaney explains chat se Is in charge of Dunkelzahn's New York security Stall, Dunkelzahn has authorized her to contact freelancers In the ‘nea with arep for getting 1d of rouble while keeping their cents tile. She needs professionals lor crow control at the Dunkelzahn for Presklent rally scheculed next week at Madison Square Garden; if the runmers ate New York natives, she's also interested In thelr advice. Delaney: wants to knew who ‘night want to wreck the rally, and she will ask the runners 10 search through thele contact networks. She will ask professional bodyguards siteet samurals, deckers. and the Ike for opinions on how sormeone might ty to sabolage the sec-up at the Garten. She promises a fat fee of 25,000 LICAS dollars apiece for consulting fees, ane! runners who negetlate for more can knock the pice up 10 percent per success. Delaney intends to take them to the Garcien the following day for a walk-around. Pay this Job offer ‘out--if the runners live through what's coming next, Delaney will hold them to thelr word, Then go to AM Chipped Up, p. 12. Percy Is Delaney's pervonal secretary. He's wonderful if the runmers shoule! happen (o neeel someone to answer six phones at ‘ence while filing papers from the last six months’ backlog, but he's not much use when looking down the smoking end of a aun, statisti for him become necessary. use the Comporate Secretary contact (9. 205, SRM), If you need to kill someone at the beg! hing of All Chipped Up to show that the Adventists mean bus! ness, Percy has "eannan fodder” witten all over him. the metroplex suapoms oF Tn DEBUGGIN ifthe characters are not native New Yerkes. the gamemaster ‘can Introduce them into the aciventure In a variety of ways. IF the characters played Dry Rua in the Super Tuesday adventure ser Cala Brooks can tecommencl them for ust tis kind of work. Ant IF the characters have alteady played C.O.D. In this adventure set their freshly gained reps as menels of dragonkinel might prompt a call fom Dunkelzabin's agents Ifthe runners’ reps are Not, Delaney may offer to fly them out she has heaved th sdlumawarm, nave someon come of the best ln the biz. lf tele contact them in Seattle for secutity consulting, From there they join Dunkelzahn’s cam. palgn road show, meet Ms, Delaney and go to dinner at the Windows 10 talk bie while in New York. Ifthe ch tuple) enough to stavt a flrefight In the Fist ten minutes, Delaney does not hire them and makes a note rot to listen to her fixer any mere. If this happens, It may be time fora tecture on whien to let yo of the guns Ifthe runners earnot get up to the restaurant, then they cannot make the deal. If they ers a foo wanen GXCELSIOR already know that Dunkelzahn Is Involved, the gamemaster can tip his hanel to Keep the runners ftom making stupid choices—no fone wants to anger a wyr the president of the UCAS, { ALL CHIPPED UP TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT You hear a gentle knock on the door ancl the walter pecially one that might soon be steps in with a tay full of dessert—varlla mousse topped with whipped cream and chocolate spiinkles, followed by your skle order of autofte, blood, and nasty guigiing noises. (Oh, drek, Is going to be one of those nights ‘A woman with an M22A2 covers the lett. An ork wit steet teeth anid an HK covers the tight. for the moment, atleast they don't seem inclined to yank the triggers. "We're In cherge!” snaps the worran, Now that you've got a second to look at het, you notice that she's decked out in Armante's latest “Etfervescence” armored evening gown, The ork y macho, goes well with the G12 and the muscles. Were they in the restaurant? How come the bac guye always get co keep their guns?! Hands up, slowly.” says Miss Congeniality through her teeth, "Throw a spell, move 100 fast, and you're chunks, GOT I She (Ooks tke she's expecting an answer, HOOKS Keep the tension high in Jooks 4 ver ite dapper in his Boot Brothers «1 his encounter; Don't lt the charac tes talk among themeelves, Yell short commands: repeat "Ww In charge” a loc, Point out that the M2ZAZ has an underbarel grenade launcher and that the woman waving It looks psycho fenough (0 Use i Inthe tiny room, Wher Alicia (the paycho.womar) begins her speech, the player characters should realize that she Isa religious fanacie wha belleves that her vitent actlons wil help Dunkelzabin, This should sive them pause, Are these the sort of people who will come power if the Big D is elect? BEHIND THE SCENES ‘The Adventists have taken over the restaurant labby (sound: proof private rooms somedimes have their disaévantages}. The walters ee d, and the desserts land vl the scatter cliagram (p. 97 SSRI, Alicia Bayone ar Noah Koh ave the two gun-wieetng rer rorlss: they have the job of searching the Frivate rooms and herd: Ing their occupants into the main seating area where is easier ep an eye on them, Stastics for Allcla appear in Cast of ‘Shadows (p, 24); for Noah, use the statistics given for temtorists in And No Place to Go, 2, 14, The Adventists ttle anything on the scale of thks operation before. and sa they te nervous and zer happy, ithe munners try to ght back, Alla wi shoot whoever fs nearest. At the soured of eny gunfire, arother ve Aerrorsts will come ino reinforce Alicla end Nosl. If the runners cooperate with thelr captors, Noah leads them Into the ners see eight more 1 Festautant with Alito bringing up the rear. The mu rotsts covering the restaurant. most of then Hebeteied ‘ngers” Mccis sce Cast of Shadows, p. 24) 6 eng er, cain the cto or megan emo Ith spel locks and lou. Fortyone hostages tm aceon ¢o the fies are crow to te center ofthe man seaning area. BS When tre miners have Joined everyone else, Alla starts ‘her spiel, “Tay ater” she yes “We ae the waniors ofthe Whole {ah vers. Comply wih our demands and you wil ive. We Bee cearoe oe cath of compton, bar, rel and por “ton. These wil have no pace inthe coming Golden Age. They Tp be stopped on. or our cikeen wl etn el Korn then Se seps wp toa gafedtocking Asian man la designer ‘salt and stares him down. Betas ight Mister Hol of the Yamaguch-gumlyakuza7™ {She waks over to another executve ype an! gives him the gi Inte. “And Mister Nodalto of Saeder Krupp?” She shifts her far ste fo 3 woman standing neaPby, “Ar Ms, Reily of Erlvase Nemes?" Ala seps back art surveys the room once more. “Changes wil be made, starting now, And they wl coninse then te get wyrm leads us. his chosen people tothe kul” folowing the vering, Alcin vonds fom ace Lester evetton, fea Sacred Vislon,p 9, alo! othe pavers ths Faint) Alc coinies speaking fora while, gomemnters ay Trove more rating or srraie, depending on thet ly Tes tance evel for melon, Mere Deine gor if and closes he eyes Percentve Harr notce Gt ond of tng Ake he other heap the Ms tron i almost underneath table, bend dhe langest na Eee mumbing these, clewly ling on a cbesprone Ter Ala shte up ant Noah Reads to shutoff ane watch xe the elevator, Detrey murmurs uncbsely 10 the ni ep “eled my bows Wie gee ut, Bracthaven antl the Humans goons wil puter it evlough the press. YOU know what fat means. People wil Same tim. He's Bor some of ls most fused Tix watensogs inthe Cai, Tey can probably prevent Set gering out forthe next how or two, bul weve got sop ths bere hen. Hell pay yeu top res” She sins atte team Bienen jb ‘ii her phone conversation with Dunkezahn, the dagen aut Delaney to le the characters up to 160.000 UCAS tas eae 0 “cece the station” Mos characers wl realize thts ot «grea tne to vgn, but they ty se sw 0 sete fe by 15 percent DEBUGGING ‘The players can sentousty cen this encounter by fighting the Aeroists rather than complying. W the players seem lkely 10 do 50 (el them thatthe Adventists have a Held Action, which means thu they do something at least once before Initiative is even rolled. Ifthe players decide 10 have their characters attack arwy- ay. make the characters expend Simple Actions fo get out of ‘heir chars. Also, remind any curners with eyber-restrants that thelr chrome won't work. (To release the resitaits, the runners must reach the restraint “keys.” which are down at dhe security

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