Trouble in Tardigrade Town

# Summary

Shamrock, Couture, BD, and Claymore steal a large amount of specialized blight for Azad, as well as deliver tardigrade food to Khen's place.

# Meet

Shamrock, BD, and Claymore were subjected to five minutes of vintage football tackle highlight reel, their audio and visual entertainment systems seemingly highjacked by a mysterious outside force. Immediate after the end of it, LCDR Kerrigan called them to inform them that they had a meet at a cafe in South Snohomish. Couture arrived separately without incident.

They were met by a white-haired woman from The Farm, with a trid projector showing their Johnson, Azad. He apologizes for not being able to meet in person, and explains that he requires them to steal a large amount of blight from an Ares subsidiary factory in Tacoma. After negotiation, he agrees to pay them 14,000 nuyen for the work.

# Run

The team embarks Shamrock's van and rides with him while he pulls down blueprints and intel regarding the Herbal Supply America factory. Claymore and BD get into an argument, with Claymore throwing his blight-loaded pistol at BD, and BD keeping it while threatening to throw it out the window. This eventually escalates into Claymore firing gel rounds at BD as the van comes to a stop at an outdoor mall while Couture tries to stop him. The team scatters, and Couture takes a moment to purchase a new Nixdorf Sekretar while the siblings cool off.

Seeing that the HSA host was more fortified than expected, Shamrock directs the others to retrieve a device slaved to the host so that he can direct access it. They sneak into the first gate, knocking out a security guard, and have Couture take his place while Shamrock pulls down shipment data from the host. Another guard arrives to turn over with Couture, who manages to talk long enough to escape before he's able to notice the unconscious guard stuffed underneath the table.

Deciding that it would be easier to hit a shipment en route, the team stakes out until the Tuesday shipment to Everett departs the factory. Once on the I-5, the team rolls up alongside the truck and shoots the two guards, with BD and Claymore jumping from the van to the truck to hijack it. Shamrock dataspikes any trackers while BD drives the stolen truck and turns it wireless off. They manage to evade the police in Tacoma's warehouse district, and Couture manages to reach Dante in order to find some nearby cleaners to fix up the truck enough that it doesn't draw suspicion.

Couture and Shamrock leave to pick up the tardigrade food while BD and Claymore wait for the truck to be detailed.

# Aftermath

The blight is left at the dead drop, then the team drove the truck further into Redmond, where BD destroyed it and set it on fire with an improvised charge built from a high explosive grenade. Shamrock, BD, and Claymore had a family bonding moment roasting marshmallows over the fire at sunset, even if they mostly just tasted like burnt rubber and gasoline.

Couture left confused.

# Rewards

* 14,000 NuYen
* Up to 8,000 NuYen in Blight or Grey Mana gear
* 4 karma
* 2 CDP
* Khen will receive 20 lbs of tardigrade food for her pet water bear mages
* One exploded, burning Ares tractor trailer dumped in Redmond
* your roasted marshmellows taste like burnt rubber and gasoline
* family bonding moment at sunset in redmond, to the lovely sounds of distant gunfire and shuffling feral ghouls

# Quotes

```
"I need a happy meal." - Claymore
"I'll need several happy meals to deal with you." - BD
"I'll throw my gun at you." - Claymore
Claymore throws his gun at her.
And that's how the fight started.

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"Where are you?" - Dante
"The highway." - Couture
"..." - Dante
"I-5." - Couture
"..." - Dante

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