Poison Pill

## Background

Hostile spirits from the dark metaplane of Zeocorporatum continue their efforts to infiltrate various megacorporations. Finding one EVO facility protected by a powerful astral ward, a 'Suit' has the idea to masquerade as a 'Mr Johnson' and hire shadowrunners to be its patsies.

## The Meet

The team met with the Johnson in a midscale restaurant, noting only that he was the most stereotypically generic-looking Johnson they had ever met. He gave them the location of a remote research laboratory in Alaska, showing them a datastick and explaining that he wanted them to attack the base in a feigned smash-and-grab, while actually using the confusion to secretly upload the contents of the datastick into the laboratory's network.

## Legwork

The team first looked into the nature of their target, a genetics research lab called PensoDyne Biotechnical. While initially appearing legitimate, some in-depth searching revealed it was actually a covert subsidiary of EVO where cutting edge and questionably legal black-ops research was conducted. Satellite imagery showed the nearby town of Poorman was the base's primary resupply point, with weekly shipments of food and necessities brought in by truck.

## Run

Through a network of contacts, they found a smuggling boat willing to take them to Alaska, and from there they hired a bush pilot to fly them close to Poorman. To avoid being noticed, they chose to land a few miles outside of town and infiltrate on foot, while Windwalker scouted the facility by astral. It was revealed that the laboratory was divided between an aboveground and underground segments, separated by a very strong astral ward and guarded by a patrolling spirit on the exterior. Vitki's efforts to pierce the base's Host learned its Matrix setup was similarly divided, with an independent offline Host built into the lower level and a Faraday cage isolating it from the outside.

Wanting to avoid notice, they layered multiple forms of stealth via spirit, spells, and skill before entering the town and making their way to the warehouse holding the laboratory's supplies. The team noticed two unusual people lurking there already, an elf in a long black coat and an ork with skull-pattern face paint and dual chainsaws, but the pair failed to notice anything and the team boarded their target truck to infiltrate the base. With Vitki's control of the cameras, they made their way to the elevator leading down and entered the lab level. There was little security here, and they faced few obstacles as they 'went loud' and began smashing and looting while taking care to upload their secret payload to the server. While exfiltrating, they found the entrances blocked by HTR teams - Windwalker summoned another powerful spirit and sent it on the attack, while the team escaped in the confusion.

## Aftermath

The team recieved their payment and went on their way, oblivious to any potential consequences of having provided EVO with the genetic templates for a virulent and magically mutagenic virus.

## Rewards

* 3 Karma

* 35,000 Nuyen

* 2 CDP

## Player After-Action Reports

*In Character* accounts of events, general impressions, or memorable moments