Lone Star Police Station

This location is designed for Shadowrun 4th Edition. It describes a Lone Star police station - the
private security force that has contracts in several North American cities. It makes an interesting
target for a run. The supplied security forces are realistic for Lone Star so are not extremely
powerful. However, they will co-ordinate very well and reinforcements will arrive quickly

Note: Some of the location maps don't fit easily on A4 paper. The last two pages of this document
are therefore at A3 size. Strongly recommended if you can, to print out the maps at full size.

If you have any comments / suggestions, please email me at K@knasser.me.uk

Overview (unless they are someone of

The station covers a precinct of
some 30 sq. miles (approx. 77 sq.
km) of mostly urban landscape. It
has an administrative staff of just
over a hundred at on average, a
maintenance staff of around ten, a
permanent security staff of around
fifteen plus drones and serves as a
base for approximately a further 80
actively patrolling officers and
additional detectives and officers on
top of that. Even so, it is sometimes
stretched to the limit dealing with
the gangs and criminal elements
that exist in the area.
It has small
medical facilities
for officers and
minor medical
facilities that can
be made available
to a member of
the public in
emergency.
The layout of the Meeting Rooms 1...8
police station divides it naturally
into both areas that will be visited
by the public (e.g. wating rooms,
interview rooms, etc.) and those
that are not intended to be. Though
of course, these areas connect.
Should an officer or other person
working at the station need to meet
an outsider, normally one of the
meeting rooms will be made
available, rather than inviting them
into the body of the station itself
considerable importance and rank).
The building was completed in the
late 2050's and is metahuman-
friendly. Ceilings are high-enough
to accomodate trolls (except the
very tallest of them) and seats are
either adjustable or there are dwarf
and troll seats already present. The
front desk has discreet standing
blocks for Dwarf patrons as is
common in many public facilities
these days.
Personnel:
In charge of the precinct and based
at the station is Precinct Captain
(Dwayne) Hodges, a hard-nosed
former beat-officer popular with
the men and passably
media-capable.
In charge of the
station itself is
Station Manager
Pauline Bush (Lt.
equivalent rank),
affectionately known to the people
under her as the Hell Bitch for her
admirable attention to efficiency
and detail.
The majority of the staff and officers
are human, though there is a
smattering of all metahumans other
trolls, with orks being the most
prevalent of these though none
have yet achieved any real status
under
Captain Hodges. Sex is
mixed, with a greater
majority of males than
females. The notable
exception to metahuman
advancement is Special
Community Relations
officer Troy Baker, an ork,
who has good relations
with a number of the local
metahuman groups (and
some gangs) and is used
to try and soothe any
feathers that the Star
ruffles in its duties. The
station also has an on-
staff magician - Joshua
Avraham.
Security
The station is not a
fortress, but is built with
security in mind. It is
No Sexual Activity
situated off a main road,
No Drug or SIM Use Operations Points" in Seattle
but the entire site is
No Buying or Selling City Council's emergency civil
surrounded by a 14'
(4.2m) reinfoced wall
sturdy enough to withstand
vehicular collision. Within the wall,
as well as an onsite garage and
drone shop, there are four
reinforced heavy gun
emplacements. These are the main
line of defence for the station.
However, interior security is
provided by fixed gun
emplacements in a couple of
particularly significant locations and
ceiling-mounted rail drones
throughout. Naturally any officers
on site will also fight alongside the
resident security force.
Matrix security is off-the-shelf but
relatively decent, bought as part of
Lone Star's security deal with
Renraku. There is wireless access
through out the station complex
using Lone Star's own secure
network.
Magical security is weak,
geared more toward
raising an alarm than
actually effective counter-
measures. Watcher spirits
are used to spot astral
intruders. In the event of
magical attack, more
powerful spirits and / or
magicians will be sent from
a central Lone Star facility
or under contract with an
affiliated Magical Security
firm (such as the Initiates
of the Flame).
Power to the station is
supplied by the local grid but
it does have a secure
generator in the sub-level
which can run on reserve fuel
for 48-hours. The station is
one of the listed "Secure
unrest planning. Similarly,
though normal Matrix connectivity is
managed by underground table, the
station does have its own transmitter
and satelite uplink enabling it to
continue functioning in a slitghly
reduced fashion if the normal data
routing is interefered with.
Operations
The station is in near-constant
communication with its patrolling
officers and aerial drones and
commanding officers can co-
ordinate their activity visually
through the (now slightly old-
fashioned) large Trid display units
in the control rooms, which display
either computer generated location
maps or camera feeds from drones
or officers on the site.
During the day, the public waiting
room is moderately busy throughout
and this diminishes somewhat
during the night. A desk fitted with
trid display units shows generated
Agents to handle enquiries,
directing visitors to one of the
public meeting rooms for talking
face to face, though staff can come
through from the back office to talk
to people at the desk for brief
conversations. The trid-displays
appear as neatly-dressed, ethnically
blended males in police uniform of
around thirty-years of age, quite
clearly holograms.
The station has some holding cells
in the sub-level suitable for
temporary incarcerations. During
occasional riots, several people at
once have been crammed into a
single cell. The sub-level also
contains a special interrogation
room where occasionally officers in
more urgent need of information use
more traditional methods of
extracting it. Nothing sophisticated
as a rule. Capt. Hodges is a big
believer in the simple boot and fist.
It's a running joke at the station
about a prisoner having "fell down
the stairs". (The station has no
stairs) if they get a beating. Or
(though it is rare), that they "jumped
from the top floor" in the event of a
death (the station is ground floor
only).
Run Ideas / Usage in
Game
It is not uncommon for PCs
to have a difficult
relationship with local law
enforement, in some cases
coming to blows. In these
cases, the PCs may need to Report Deaths Here
either rescue someone (or
themselves) from the station before
they are moved on to more
permanent
holding facilities. In these cases,
the station plans and statisitcs can
serve as an impromptu encounter.
Another alternative is an
infiltration run to retrieve data.
This could normally be carried out
Matrix-only, so perhaps the data
run needs to be accompanied by
the retrieval of some items in the
evidence storage.
For a slightly more difficult or role-
playing heavy game, the PCs could
need to go under-cover to gather
evidence or find out some
information from officers. In this
case, they will be spending
considerable time in the station
pretending to be Lone Star officers
and interacting with the people
there. Such information could be
identifying turnable staff and
officers on behalf of a local
Syndicate (the Yaks have the most
control in Auburn) or for a rival
corporation that wants to take the
local law enforcement contract with
the minimum of transitional issues
(such as Knight Errant). A further
possibility is to discredit Lone Star
by sabotaging operations, making
them look incompetent. For this, it
would be critical that the
involvement of an outside party
never be revealed. Mr. Johnson for
such an operation could again be
from a rival corporation or Yakuza
(it is more their style
than other syndicates
such as the Mafia or the
Vory). There is a fair bit
of anti-meta prejudice in
Lone Star and PCs could
also be trying to expose
this.
The PCs could also be
hired to help defend the station
against more serious attack or,
simply, be present during such an
attack. In this case, it becomes
something of a siege. The GM
should probably give them a reason
not to just make a break-out attempt
and leave the station to fall, e.g. a
friend in the sick bay too hurt to be
moved, bulky and / or fragile
evidence that would be too risky to
move through a fight. There are a
variety of potential attackers. A
syndicate-funded attack is probably
unlikely unless there has been
serious bad-blood between the two
factions, but a GM could work
toward such a scenario. An
uncovered hive of insect spirits
could make a last ditch attempt to
destroy the station or rescue a
captured Princess (Nymph). If the
Princess were FleshForm, Lone Star
might not even realise what they
have. Or quite possibly they don't
even need a reason that humans can
understand. They're alien after all.
Shedim are a possibility as are
spirits generally. If the GM has
played up the gang power and
closeness of urban civilisation to
collapse in his campaign, then it
could simply be a particulaly bad
flare-up of gang-anger from the
death in custody of a popular
member. Metahuman rage is still a
possibility if Lone Star racism
showed up in a particularly public
fashion.
by the Shedim,
get the evidence out, etc.
(A note on the illustrations: In SR2070,
reading and writing is a forgotten skill for
many of the SINless and the young. Ubiquitous
voice-mail and conferencing along with
limitless storage and software that can analyse
spoken word, has diminished the need for
written words to communicate or preserve
information. Where visual media are needed to
communicate, iconography is frequently used in
place of written word. The icons in this sample
location are examples of what you'd see in a
Lone Star facility, in the lobby, in the
washroom or at the desk. The icons are
normally intuitive but naturally if a visitor
doesn't understand one, they have only to touch
the icon with an AR glove or visual pointer and
a polite voice will narrate its meaning to them.
Language is, if not dead, getting a good kicking
amongst the less-educated).
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The station itself could

also be subverted, by an
insect hive, shedim etc.
and have to be re-
captured. Again, the GM
should furnish the PCs
with some reason to go in
their ahead of the still-
being-planned re-capture
operation that Lone Star
will carry out. Rescue someone
before invested by the Insects, taken
 Game Notes

The walls of the station enclosure count as Reinforced Material and have an Armour Rating
of 24 and a Structure Rating of 15. They are 14' (4.2m) high and wide enough that a
character could slow-run across the top (threshold 1 if walking, threshold 2 if running,
threshold 4 if sprinting).

The gates of the compound (both sets) are solid (without gaps) reinforced alloys that run on
rail systems on the inner side of the compound wall. They the same height as the walls and
have braces against the ground. They count as Heavy Structural Material and have an
Armour Rating of 16 and a Structure rating of 13. Both gates are fitted with Zapper
Strips (Arsenal, pg.106) doing 10(e) damage to vehicles passing over it and 5(e) damage
to passengers. Obviously these are activated only for targets chosen in the station's control
room. Both gates do have locks, but these are mechanical - electronic locks controlled from
within the station via underground cable. They are not pickable, but the gates are never
normally closed anyway, except in siege conditions.

External walls of both the station itself and the garage, count as Reinforced Material and
have an Armour Rating of 24 and a Structure Rating of 15. Getting through the walls
of the station is not easy.

The two external doors to the station count as Structural Material (n.b. they are above
"Security Doors") and have an Armour Rating of 12 and a Structural Rating of 11. The
public doors are never normally locked and are set to slide open when a person approaches.
The police door is normally locked and is opened as needed by the security personnel
behind the grill in the police entrance foyer's secure room. The locks for both doors are the
same model however. Maglock Rating 4, Anti-Tamper Circuits 2, legitimate access
via transmitted Passcode + Card. Note that entrances are monitored by camera and
frequently in use. Any access is liable to be noticed unless the human factor is dealt with
somehow.

Internal walls of the station are also classed as Structural Material and have an Armour
Rating of 12 and a Structural Rating of 11, with the exception of any lighter partitions
that the GM feels are appropriate (e.g. between adjacent offices).

Internal doors of the station are mostly classed as Average Material with an Armour
Rating of 4 and a Structure Rating of 5. Some areas, e.g. the armoury, the Nexi room
or the lift to the sub-level, may have security doors with an Armour Rating of 8 and a
Structure Rating of 9.

The external gun towers are tall at nearly 20' (6m) and have an excellent range of fire, both
360° in the horizontal plane and nearly 360° in the vertical plane, excluding only a 1m
radius around its actual base. They can even fire over the wall at external traffic as long as
it isn't too close to the wall itself (actual trigonometry left as an exercise for the GM, use
formula of d = 2.3s for a rough approximation where s is the distance from the tower to
the wall to give d which is the maximum distance someone on the other side of the wall can
get before they are targetable by the guns - distance may be reduced for tall metahumans).
The material of the towers themselves is very tough, counting as Reinforced Material with
an Armour Rating of 24 and a Structural Rating of 15. They are approximately 1m
thick, so sufficient damage to create a "1m hole" can topple the tower. The weapon
emplacement itself is can be counted as a stationary drone with Body 4 and Armour 10.
Grant it Good Cover due to the design of the tower and shielding cupola (-2 to dice pool
for attacker, as it is unable to dodge). The guns themselves are MMGs, with no recoil (due
to being implanted in large concrete towers) and are fitted with Laser Sights, and
expansive additional ammo bins. The guns can be either rigged by trained officers in the
station or set to fire automatically on a variety of criteria (incoming vehicles moving above
a certain speed, people with visible weapons, anyone in the compound not carrying a Lone
Star transponder, etc.). Matrix access is via underground cables linking the emplacements
to the station. They do not have wireless enabled. The guns could be disabled with a
Armoury (3) test if anyone is able to climb up there and mad enough to try.

Statistics are:
Fixed MMG. 6P, -2AP, FA, 500 bullets (reloadable by technician on ladder).
Pilot 3, Sensor 3, Targetting Autosoft (3).

All interior doors have slots at the top to allow rail drones to pass over them. These slots
are too small for most adult metahumans, but a particularly slim character might squeeze
through. Some doors (most offices) have privacy panels that close and open for the drones
and if that is the case, then the panel must be forced (Str(1) test). The GM should
determine if a privacy panel is appropriate for a given room. Anywhere where private
conversations will take place should likely have one.

The rail drones can move at an impressive speed. It is not reasonable to track where they
all are or how long it takes them to arrive at any trouble spot. Instead, assume the following:

1st Combat Phase after alert is given: 0 drones.

2nd Combat Phase after alert is given: 1 drone.
3rd Combat Phase after alert is given and each phase thereafter: 2 drones.

A maximum of 12 drone are active in the station normally.

Note that a drone can disengage from the track if it needs to, so long as it retains some
basic functioning. A disengagement can be remotely commanded by the network if need
be, e.g. in the case of a broken drone jamming the rail. If disengaged, the drone will fall to
the floor with a thud. Note that the drones are designed to disengage if they are damaged
to the point of shutdown.

A number of food / drink dispensers are placed around the station (including the public
waiting room) and contain a full range of snacks including Soy-bread Donuts (a particular
favourite). A three pack of Soy Donuts is 2¥.

The garage and police parking area contain whatever vehicles and drones the GM feels are
appropriate, but should include at least two citymasters, a number of aerial surveillance
drones. and some patrol vehicles.
 NPCs, Grunts and Drones
Dwayne Hodges, Precinct Captain
B A R S C I L W M E Ess Init IP CM ARMOUR:

WEAPONS:
Skills: Blades (Knives) 1, Clubs 4 (Stun Baton),
Pistols 3, Automatics 2, Dodge 3, Unarmed Combat 4,
Running 2, Con 3, Etiquette 3 (Media), Instruction 2,
Intimidation 4 (Interrogation), Leadership 3, COMMLINK:
Negotiation 3, Perception 4, Shadowing 2, Street
Knowledge (Crime) 4, First Aid 2, Knowledge (Law) 3,
Pilot (Ground Vehicle) 3

Implants: Bone Density Augmentation Gear: AR Glasses with Image Link,

(Aluminium), Muscle Replacement 2 Smartgun and Flarecomp
Description: A thick-set man, about 5'9", looks in
his forties., thining, curly red hair and blue eyes. He
looks like a boxer run to fat but he carries himself with
presence and his gaze is steely. He plays the "working
man" schtick quite hard. He's worked his way up from
being a beat cop and is tough and short on sympathy,
though he cares for his men. At least the human ones. A
paid up member of Humanis. He also has good relations
with the local Yakuza. He is married with three young
children.

Lone Star Officer

Professional Rating 3
B A R S C I L W M Ess Init IP CM ARMOUR:

WEAPONS:
Skills: Clubs 3, Knowledge (Law Enforcement) 3,
Intimidation 1, Perception 3, Pistols 3, Automatics 2,
Unarmed Combat 3
Implants: None

COMMLINK:
Description: Big, burly police officer. Even the
female ones are muscled like oxes.

Gear: AR Contacts, 2x Jazz dose.

Onsite Security
Professional Rating 2
B A R S C I L W M Ess Init IP CM ARMOUR:

WEAPONS:
Skills: Clubs 2, Perception 2, Pistols 2, Automatics
2, Unarmed Combat 2

COMMLINK:
Implants: None

Description: Security guard in a plain grey

armour suit to distinguish him from a police officer.

Rail Drone
NOTES:
Hndl Accel Speed Pilot Body Armour

WEAPONS:

Ares Citymaster
NOTES: FITTED WITH SHIAWASE MICROWAVE CANNON.
Hndl Accel Speed Pilot Body Armour
SEE ARSENAL PG. 124 FOR RULES (TREAT AS FICHETTI
PAIN INDUCER WITH POWER 12, FULL AUTO CAPACITY
AND SMG RANGES).

Vehicle(s):
NOTES:
Hndl Accel Speed Pilot Body Armour

WEAPONS:
Station Sub-Level
(Holding cells, power/ plumbing and private
interrogation room)