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## Background

Russia annexes Poland but is later ousted. Tricity is liberated independently and is now separate from the rest of Poland? There are a lot of political hurdles that have to be jumped (borders, legal status of citizens, shared information/resources, etc). Some want Tricity to remain independent while others want it reabsorbed into Poland. The fate of Tricity will be decided in the upcoming Polish election. However, those in Tricity are still technically Polish citizens so they have a vote so competition is fierce.

Poland is more or less ruled by the military and a UN council until this election is complete and the strife between rival factions is spilling out into the streets. Parties have resorted to using shadowrunners in order to garner favour with the population and eliminate rivals.

## The Meet

Mr. J met the runners in Demetriu's, a Greek restaurant, and explained that a UN and Security Council meeting was coming up in New York and representatives of both Poland and Tricity would be arriving to settle a number of issues the two nations were having. Mr. J wanted chaos sewn at the meeting, for nothing to get resolved and both ambassadors to look like fools.

## Legwork

On the plane ride to New York the runners looked up who they would be dealing with and possible leverage to use against them.

They learned that the two ambassadors Josef Beck of Poland (a mundane human, the product of hard work and a patient stonewall of a politician) and Tricity's Tamasz Kaprowski (a naturally (and supernaturally) gifted elven adept. A gregarious adulterer and socialite who was being protected from the fallout of their numerous scandals by Tricity's Mayor) had gone to college together and had worked against each other numerous times over their careers.

Among the topics to be discussed at the UN Summit were

* A border dispute of Hel, a former Russian military base Tricity liberated.
* Whether the borders between the two nations should be open or closed
* Disarmament / non-aggression pact
* Whether those born in Tricity should automatically gain dual citizenship.
* the Extradition of Morgan Vickerson, a SINless American lieutenant in the Russian funded NPR. imprisoned for 7 years for numerous summary executions.
* requesting UN troops to be deployed to quell the violence brought about by the election.

Arriving in New York the Runners did some quick preparations, Lambchop got himself a press pass to be allowed to enter the building. Nova gave a translator a terrible case of food poisoning so that she could step into their place at the last minute and Óphis purchased a number of sensor tags and found access to the building's ventilation system.

((it was around this point TPO Nova had to leave, so they were retconned from the run))

## Run

Once in the UN building the runners watched the nation's opening speeches and got a feel for how each side felt about the various issues. In his guise as a reporter Lambchop made several inquiries of Beck and actually managed to some candid responses from the normally taciturn politician. Both sides agree that the borders between the two nations should remain open and both ambassadors see Hel and Morgan as little more than bargaining chips to sweeten a more important deal. Though Beck wished Kaprowski would treat the issues more seriously and talking about it caused the man some stress.

Óphis meanwhile was setting up and taking down microphones to try and catch private conversations for paydata or info that could be leaked to cause the pair trouble while avoiding the UN's bug scanners,

Next was the Security Council meeting where both sides were expected to request UN peacekeeping troops to help with the violence the fraught election was causing. Surprising everyone, Beck refused the aid, stating that the military had everything well in hand. Afterwards Lamb managed to get through the crowd of reporters swarming Kaprowski and after a few failed attempts to sway the man's view on Morgan severly rattled the man by suggesting that the Poland was refusing aid to *allow* the violence to spread into Tricity as a prelude to military action.

With the day's debates over the ambassadors moved to their hotels. Lamb followed Beck and Óphis tailed Kaprowski. Beck works late into the night but once he goes to bed Lamb sneaks in and sets gas grenade to slowly leak enough carbon monoxide into the room to give the man a nasty headache and takes his phone to copy confidential files. it does not go well but *eventually* he gets in and erases all traces of his tampering and returns it. Óphis meanwhile watches Kaprowski debate with (and comfort) his young and attractive aids about the possibility that Poland might be attempting to invade and prepare to spend the night partying. They leave behind one aid who seems to be the actual workhorse behind Kaprowski and Óphis frames her for the theft of a credstick left around the penthouse before following the partygoers. At the party Óphis finds an opportunity to swipe a powerful Focus out of Kaprowski's jacket and plant it on an intoxicated patron leaving the bar.

## Aftermath

The next day both men return to the debates in a terrible moods. Kaprowski's lack of sleep, preparation and the loss of a major crutch causes him to sass and needle Beck until his cool façade crumbles. The two end up in a fistfight on national television and come off as complete unprofessional and incompetent. the debacle noticeably shifts public perception in certain political parties.

The runners return home and sell their paydata to Mr. J.

## Rewards

* 20,000 nuyen
* +6,000 nuyen in paydata
* +5,000 nuyen for 7.5 hour runtime
* 2 karma
* 2 CDP
* 1 rank in polish