After the assassination of the great dragon Dunkelzahn, corporate competition in Boston took on a new tone. Many up and coming smaller corps, supported by money from the dragon’s vast estate, were now in a position to compete with some of the big boys. Other corporations found their structures shaken up by redistributions of stock and assets in the dragon’s will. The death of a single, powerful being had sent shockwaves through the corporate world and into the shadows of the Boston metroplex. Suddenly, a place that was once neutral ground became a hotbed of shadow activity, pitting every company against the others in the race to get the latest and greatest advance. The heart of the UCAS high-technology industry, Boston had begun to see far more corporate espionage and black ops than the plex’s small pool of shadowrunners could handle. That was why out-of-town talent like the Hammermen had become such an increasingly common part of the Boston underworld.