Renowned chef Leonardo Calvano brings his unique
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take on Southern Neo–Italian cuisine to Night City with
his new restaurant, Paradiso Terrestre. Our reporter,
Jericho Hunt, caught up to him for an exclusive inter-
view to discuss the opening.
JH: Mr. Calvano, thank you for your time. I’m sure you
must be quite busy with work from the opening. I’ll
get right to it: Why bring Paradiso Terrestre to Night
City?
LC: Magic, Jericho. Night City has the magic I need to
make culinary miracles. It’s the culture. It’s the atmo-
sphere. The people. The music. The soil of culture here
is rich with nutrients. Here I will build a paradise of
luxury cuisine. It is my vision. I look forward to sharing
it with those who dine at my table.
JH: Tell me more about your vision. What would a din-
ner at Paradiso Terrestre entail?
LC: An hour before your reservation, our private aero-
dyne picks you and your party up. Inside its custom
interior, my exclusive mixologist will create for you
an aperitivo to engage your senses while you travel
to our compound beyond the noise and trouble of
the city. Antipasto is also served in the air: olives,
my prized coppa and mozzarella, on country bread.
The meal is precisely timed for freshness. You are our
only guests for the evening, and everything must be
perfect. When you land in our compound, primo is
served in the garden: Spaghetti alla Carbonara.
pepper, glossed with a freshly beaten egg. I am there
with you, personally attending to your experience.
Secondi is where the creativity comes to a crescendo,
Gasoline. This is followed by insalata, to cleanse the
palate. Slices of pear are served, accompanied with
a creamy tangy cheese, from my own goat. Before
we must part, I serve Torta Caprese, my mother’s
recipe, in her memory. After that, our aerodyne will
take you wherever you wish to go. Many choose the
opera.
JH: Wow. Sourcing all of your ingredients must be quite
the challenge. How have you approached it?
LC: What freshness demands, we exceed. Despite the
challenges of the world today, we are above them,
solely focused on the future of Southern Neo–Italian
Cuisine. When authenticity is demanded, we import
directly from Italy. Our resources are not meager
enough to accept substitutes. Our supply chain is
immaculate, just like our dishes.
JH: Congratulations again on your opening. One last
question. How does one go about getting a reserva-
tion at Paradiso Terrestre?
LC
 house the Fixer has set up in Night City so that they
SCENARIO 1: PRECIOUS CARGO can unload its cargo. The Fixer will not reveal what the
armored car is carrying, except to stress that it is frag-
Players’ Information ile, but not toxic, and that if the cargo gets destroyed,
A well–known Fixer approaches the Characters while nobody is getting rich here.
in Night City. They offer them a combined 30 percent At the weak point, when the armored car enters the
stake in an armored car heist they’re bringing together Characters’ view, two private security are inside it, and
it’s escorted by one more private security on a motor-
own equipment, other than an anonymous vehicle the cycle. The Fixer’s info wasn’t completely correct. When
Fixer is willing to provide. While they’re cagey about the private security realizes what’s going on, they open
the details of the heist until an agreement can be
made, they’re upfront that the team has to overcome a long straight stretch of road. For dramatic purposes,
armed resistance to rob an armored car. High risk, high the Characters’ vehicles and the armored car should
reward. stay neck and neck so they can enjoy a high–speed
Could be a big score, if it all goes down in their
favor... vehicles as having SP10. Cars can take 50 damage
before they can’t move, and motorcycles can take 25.
GM’s Notes Characters can target a double damage weak point
on a vehicle at the cost of taking a -6 to their roll, just
The Fixer offers to provide them with an anonymous like trying to hit a head shot.
vehicle for the job at a 30 percent stake but would
be willing to increase their stake to 35 percent if they
use their own vehicles instead of his. They also provide pack of cigarettes on the dashboard of the armored
the option of a 25 percent stake for the Characters, car. The motorcycle has a tracker hidden in a storage
where the Fixer also provides the crew with a motor- compartment under the seat. If they forget to disable
cycle (in addition to the anonymous vehicle) which does any of these and give away their position, two Solos
on motorcycles intercept the crew during their trip back
not need to survive the job. A Character can negotiate
to Night City. Otherwise, they arrive at the safe house
with the Fixer to make a minor concession (5 percent
without further incident. The trunk of the armored car
additional stake, add an additional vehicle, etc.) in the
is refrigerated and is carrying 25,000 eb of authen-
terms of the agreement assuming they are convincing
tic Parmigiano Reggiano. The Characters are paid
enough with a DV17 Persuasion Check or a DV15 Brib-
according to their stake in the heist. If they were smart,
ery Check.
maybe they have a new bike, too!
Once an agreement has been made, the Fixer will
reveal an important piece of dirt they have on one
of the Characters (from their Lifepath) to discourage
betrayal. They stress that they don’t like to threaten
people like this, but needs to for their own safety. They
are not lying and will send an armored car driven by
a Nomad and carrying two Solos to punish betrayal.
The Fixer goes into detail about the plan for the heist:
In two days, a lone armored car will leave Night City
for a heavily defended compound in the mountains. At
one point during its trip, when it crosses a single strip
of road between Nomad territories, the car will be
particularly vulnerable. At that point, the Characters
are to stop the car, disable the tracker it’s probably
equipped with, and steal the car, taking it to a safe