Humans Are Such Easy Prey

## Loot/Exp

* Paperboy // 1 game (September) // 350eb // 35ip
* Tools // 1 game (September) // 550eb // 35ip
* Stalone // 4 games (September) // 550eb // 35ip
* Coin // 2 games (September) // 550eb // 35ip

## Summary

The edgerunners checked in with HITS and were assigned to a Trauma Team executive named Mr. Burke. Mr. Burke asked them to fly out to the badlands with him, where three Trauma Team paramedics were trapped. "We need to rescue the rescuers". He offerred 100 eddies to each edgerunner for each paramedic they rescued. The edgerunners agreed to the deal.

They flew to the site in an AV that looked more military than Trauma Team. They hit a sandstorm on the way in the but the pilot landed very professionally. As they flew over the site Burke explained that it had once been a NASA training facility. It was a Mars Colony Simulation that was used to train future mars colonists. The entire site seemed to have been bombed by a pretty significant air strike. The main airlock was caved in so they had to go in through the vehicle bay.

Once inside the edgerunners popped flares and proceeded to the medical bay, where the first of the three biomonitors was broadcasting. There they discovered two bodies with their chests exploded. The broadcasting biomonitor was attached to a battery instead of a person. There was a bulletproof glass wall behind which there were strange crab-like creatures. Ex-tallone and Coin destroyed the glass and released the specimens. They lept onto the faces of the edgerunners and grappled several to the ground. The edgerunners managed to kill or throw off most of them, after which the surviving specimens ran off into the darkness.

The specimens arrived at the vehicle bay, where Tools was waiting in a Mars Rover. They smashed the Mars Rover's glass and started attacking Tools. Coin arrived, chasing the specimens, and he and Tools together managed to kill the specimens, but not after one of the creatures shoved a probe down Coin's throat and tried unsuccessfully to deposit something. After the encounter Tools decided to stay with the group.

The edgerunners proceeded to an elevator to the next level, where the remaining two biomonitors were broadcasting. Ex-tallone ripped open the doors and saw that the elevator was stopped one floor down. They jumped onto its roof and climbed through a hatch into the elevator. Then Tools successfully opened the doors to the second level. Visitors were warned by stenciled paint on the wall that access to this level was "RESTRICTED" and for "TREADSTONE EMPLOYEES ONLY". In order to reach the biomonitors the edgerunners had to crawl through a air vent and rip open a pair of doors that had been welded together. Inside they found the two "Trauma Team" paramedics, who were dressed more like Militech Marines: Privates Hudson and Vasquez. With them was a woman named Ripley and a child named Newt. They refused to leave without Newt, claiming that Newt had saved all their lives by calling an air strike on the xenomorphs, giving them time to escape and barricade themselves. Burke refused to rescue anyone until they found the "chip". Vasquez, Hudson, and Burke argued about the "chip": they would all die before they found it it could be anywhere. Meanwhile, Coin befriended Newt and she secretly showed him that she had the chip. The chip had "Ethan Hunt" written on it, along with two skulls and crossbones. Newt gave the chip to Coin.

At that point Vasquez' motion sensor (tactile boost) went off. She warned everyone "they were coming" and re-loaded her Tsunami Arms Helix while Hundson loaded his Militech Ronin and underbarrel grenade launcher. Ripley loaded her flamethrower. Ex-tallone looked out the door to see nine monstrous black creatures of nightmare rushing toward them through the darkness. Several ducked into a neighboring room to get into the air vents while the remainder grabbed edgerunners or clients and started dragging them deeper into the facility.

A battle ensued. Hudson and Vasquez called the creatures "Xenomorphs". Hudson and Vasquez both set off grenades on themselves, sacrificing themselves to help Newt and Ripley escape. Ex-tallone did the same with a rocket in one of the air vents. He survived the blast and collapsed the vent, preventing any further Xenomorphs from following. The remaining edgerunners and victims ran to the AV and took off. As they flew away Newt waved into the darkness and said "hi Jetty!" A moment later two AV-9 combat jets flew over the site and bombed it into oblivion.

Coin and the edgerunners sold Burke the chip for 500 eddies each. Paperboy gave two hundred of it to Ripley who, in turn, passed it to Newt. HITS additionally paid each edgerunner 50 eddies for checking in.