Nerds of The Line

## Loot/Exp

* Flatline // 12th Game (October) // 400 eb // 30 IP // 0 DT
* Ari // 6th Game (October) // 400 eb / 30 IP // 0 DT
* Cross // 6th Game (October) // 400 eb // 30 IP // 0 DT
* Vega // 10th Game (October) // 400eb // 30 IP // 0 DT

## Summary

Edgerunners who saw an ad requesting play-testers for a gaming cafe met at the location and learned that the ad was just a way to recruit hardened Edgerunners willing to do a difficult task. The task was to infiltrate an opposing ELO Line (Guild), and steal some headsets; perhaps on the way, break a few computers and server racks.

The group of Edgerunners realizing the task ahead and agreeing to also "break some arms/legs", stocked up purchasing a few items, including Mr. De La Vega who purchased an Excellent Quality Very Heavy Pistol which he named playtester.

Meeting a cab driver, Mr. Edison, they pay him the cab fare, plus a waiting fee, and head into the building which lead to a basement level abandoned mall/NCART station. Moving through the location as quietly as they can, they notice a scout drone pass by them, then keep moving, as they continue walking around in the location. Once they entered an Employee Only area through Cross's ability to break into their security keypads, they are met with two defense turrets. One of them sprayed a goop trap, while the other took a single shot at those who stayed in the area. With quick thinking, Flatline grabs Cross who was stuck in the trap at the time, and moves him back. Out of the Employee Only area, the turrets retract into the wall and they're safe... for now.

Noticing another small drone approach them, Ari steps away from the corner, while Cross being the closest to it takes a heavy hit that leaves him bleeding and nearly knocked out, forcing him to withdraw into the stairwell. Quickly getting rid of that drone, they Edgerunners hear two more approaching.

Combat begins as they fight off a few drones, one of which lands a hard hit against Flatline with an incendiary grenade, and just as they completely destroy these drones, the person controlling one finally steps out of the security booth and makes his way to the crew. Shooting at them from a distance with what seems like toxin coated arrows, Flatline decides to approach the guy who was also making his way to them, and grab him to start choking him out; only to get hit a couple of times with a Wakizashi and get his arm broken. From there, Flatline unable to use his Assault rifle but as a blunt weapon to be swung, the defender ignores him and moves on to the rest of the crew who have now made their way into the control room after disabling the two turrets, removing some of the goop on the floor, and attempting to work together to protect Cross who is doing his best to get through their security systems.

Succeeding in getting through their system, Cross learns that there are no more personnel in the location at the moment, finds the place where the headsets are, and takes control of a Savanah Panther drone moving it as quickly as possible to their location to defend themselves from the person approaching their location. With a few well-placed shots, Ari and Vega each dismember this man's arms, not before taking a few kicks from his Judo expertise and finally dismembering his leg as he falls to his death. Adding insult to injury, they crew decide to tamper with and disable all of the servers in the location before taking the controlled drone and the headsets back to their contact who pays them the promised amount, their hazard pay, and a bonus fee.