The Shadowrun before Corpmas

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==Summary==
In which shadowrunners help Brodie J and Saint Nick bring the holiday spirit to
those who wouldn't otherwise get some

==Background==
[[Alexander-James Brodrick Johnson III|Brodie J]] has developed a brand new
prototype for the Manaverse Engine, a potential clean energy source, and has teamed
up with [[Saint Nick]] in order to bring holiday joy to everyone who might be too
busy to enjoy it. Given that our jolly old troll is unable to reach everyone in the
Sixth World in a reasonable amount of time, he's teamed up with the corpkid and
engineer to get shadowrunners to deliver gifts to friends and family that might not
be able to celebrate the holiday for some reason.

==The Meet==
Coming to Santa's workshop in Snohomish, [[Samsara]], [[Lumin]], [[Saint]], and
[[Thunder]] are greeted by the sight of an albino lion and a [[Gator|large
alligator]] wearing fake reindeer horns and attached to what appears to be a giant
sleigh with some pulsing and glowing attachment to it. Going inside the workshop
the group find Saint Nick and Brodie J having some cocoa while they discuss their
plans. Brodie J takes the group out to the "sleigh" a large aircraft of his own
design powered by the new prototype of the Manaverse engine, which Samsara and
Thunder realize is pulling in and converting the ambient mana into energy while
somehow not creating a mana void. Brodie J gives them a list of people made up of
contacts and acquaintances of himself and his "boiz" who would not have time to
celebrate Christmas because they would be "too busy" and not celebrating Christmas
(or other appropriate regional/religious/secular winter holidays) is a party foul
and tells them to deliver gifts marked with the names to the individuals on the
list.

==The Plan==
Deciding to take off and tackle the Eastern side of the world first, Gator,
Awimbawe, and Cascade load up onto the sleigh and take off with the runners. The
Manaverse engine jetting them to ludicrous speeds almost immediately while they
head for Osaka.

==The Run==
Reaching Shiawase HQ, the runners decide that smaller teams are better, so Thunder
and Lumin stay in the vehicle, with Lumin running Matrix support to disable alarms
in the ventilation system while Thunder keeps astral lookout. Saint and Samsara
sneak in through the roof ventilation access (once the group has successfully
parachuted onto the corp's roof) and make it to the MIFD department where they
sneak around the many seers to get to the central office where [[Hanako Shinoda]]
is awaiting them with an attack raccoon in the form of Shifu. The runners explain
that they are here as Santa's helpers and give Hanako her gift, the diviner
allowing the group to leave and Cascade manages to repair the sleigh so they can
return to their trip.

The next stop is Hong Kong, where the group find [[Wong Fang]]'s shipping
department and warehouse. Thunder summons a spirit of man to appear while Saint and
Samasara climb up the outside of the building to try and get to the executive's
office. The spirit is able to get into the building and unlock the windows for the
street samurai, however it is very quickly assaulted by the martial artist and
forced to disappear while the present is snuck onto Wong Fang's desk and the group
makes it back to the sleigh.

The next stop on the whirlwind tour of the world is Vladivostok, Russia where the
group are directed to a small bar in the frigid wilds outside the city. The group
see the mark of the red sickle upon the door, but don't immediately recognize it,
deciding instead to walk into the bar. Samsara approaches the bartender while Saint
locates [[Irena Tachikov]] and the EVO acquisitions expert takes interest in the
ware of the young cyberonin. Though as Saint asks the Russian woman to step outside
for a moment and she refuses the conversation becomes much more tense until the
present is finally revealed and Saint is violently but non-harmfully ejected from
the bar.

Stop four is Essen, Germany, where S-K aerial defences are deployed against the
runners and the sleigh is targetted by a missile. Lumin is able to hack through the
missiles defenses and deactivate it, letting Samsara and Thunder catch it so that
it doesn't explode on the streets below. Lumin is then contacted by [[Amrei Veidt]]
and asked what they are doing in Saeder-Krupp airspace and who they were.
Explaining that they were intending on leaving a present, the decker allows them to
land in a controlled port and for Lumin to go in alone. The young virtual kinetic
goes to Amrei's office in the university building nearby where she is greeted by
Amrei. The corporate decker is impressed by the technomancer's abilities, and
offers her a business card, telling her that they could come to an arrangement if
she wanted to come study in S-K's Matrix specialist program under some
scholarships. Thanking her for the possibility but not committing to the offer,
Lumin returns to the sleigh and the group make their way back to North America.

Arriving in Montreal at the Cross building, Lumin is once again contacted, this
time by a pixie-like sprite able to sense her Resonance, and the foresight of
[[Cecelia Cross]] understanding that her boyfriend and puppet would be trying
something with his new invention and the holiday spirit. The corporate technomancer
inviting the shadowrunner into her office. As Lumin walks to the office she begins
to hear a discordance in the Resonance, but one that doesn't sound bad, simply of
another tone. Cecelia explains that this is known as the Dissonance to those with
little imagination, an ability to control and shape the matrix beyond even what the
Resonance offers. Sensing a desire from Lumin to learn more, Cecelia offers a
business card of her own and extends VIP passes to E-Vue.

The final stop for the group is a return to Seattle, where they stop by Horizon's
news offices and drop a present off outside [[Charli Relford]]'s dressing room
under Thunder disguising themselves as a fan, and then finally outside [[Vee-
Jay]]'s apartment as a surprise before returning to Santa's workshop.

==Aftermath==
The group decide to go for drinks and Brodie J celebrates a Christmas success.

==Rewards==
6 karma (6 RVP)
22 CDP (10 RVP)
Optional Contact: [[Brodie J]] (C4/L2) (5 RVP/10 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Saint Nick]] (C2/L2) (6 CDP/3 RVP)
Optional Contact: [[Gator]] (C1/L1) (2 RVP/4 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Cascade]] (C4/L2) (5 RVP/10 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Hanako Shinoda]] (C6/L1) (6 RVP/12 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Wong Fang]] (C6/L1) (6 RVP/12 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Irena Tachikov]] (C6/L1) (6 RVP/12 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Amrei Veidt]] (C6/L1) (6 RVP/12 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Cecelia Cross]] (C5/L1) (5 RVP/10 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Charli Relford]] (C4/L1) (4 RVP/8 CDP)
Optional Contact: [[Vee-Jay]] (C2/L1)

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