3 Trapped Animal

#gig #eurotour
Quickly after leaving Brussels with a successful concert, The Crew arrives with little fuss in Paris. The French care little for the 2 European Graffiti, as "another radical fan" paints the streets - very well so, they say!

Thick Interpol presence, along with Metropolitain police assure that the arrival is uneventul (cordons, limos, all that jazz).

First thing Jack Entropy does upon arriving is go out to get some Rules/CPRED/Cyberware/Cyberware. Those who would notice his disappearance could go to Tinker, who has placed a tracker in his skin after 1 Paper Trail.

Prologue

• Player Goals: interact with the Core Crew, especially Tinker, Angus Kessler, Jimenez;
  • adjust to France, get settled in, notice some differences
  • participate at the first Paris concert, where off-duty Militech are present, including Johnson-4, who Hex knows;
  • A bunch of Nomads are stirring up shit at the food stands; they're Portuegese, complaining about the fact that Jack Entropy is only coming to Spain, not Portugal
  • Tinker needs help with the software systems of the stadium
• Storyteller Goals:
  • Introduce France as the top of society (rich, expensive, but most of all made up of a certain Intelligentsia, not just corpo douchebags)
  • solve problems at the first Paris concert
  • Angus Kessler introduces elements of "I've been in Paris before"
  • give corpo punishment: Laz (GM) receives a red envelope telling him he has been put on unpaid work for the duration of the Paris concerts for "not fulfilling expectations" - he has to work, but he loses access to his fancy items
    • Enemy Netrunner: 14 dmg
  • Jack Entropy returns to his room with an array of teenage fans and security agents

Scene 1 - The Party

Frederic Germain, the famous goldenboy, is holding a dinner party in honor of Entropy's success. Gemstone, 200-300 people invited, media stars, political hotshots, rockers, execs.

• Player Goals:
  • Provide security for Jack Entropy
  • Deal with Captain Effirm Danala, who is present as an escort to Frederic Germain at the party;
  • Deal with some Rockerboy gatecrashers trying to get acceptance;
  • Interact with a recognizable French Tech Guns, Architect Michel;
  • Defuse a tense situation between a Neo-USSR oligarch & a Belgian goldenkid (stefan baciu discussion)
  • Politicians are making a fundraiser and need to be escorted out (they're trying to prove that Jack Entropy is a threat by stirring him)
  • Get Entropy to safety without any female friends; (Ace McLeod gives the job)
• Storyteller Goals: Present things to do while the situation escalates, with Jack Entropy meeting Beatrice Fahida and falling in love at first sight, Angus Kessler worrying about this terribly
  • "Saw a glint in a window, go check it out. Take the AV" - nearby skyscraper has a Militech AV parked, with Johnson-4 and others providing cover for Frederic Germain's party
  • Keep a watchful gaze on The Crew due to Claire Monet (GM);
  • Introduce Opportunities and Consequences for The Crew, keeping them constantly on their toes and giving them the chance to roleplay
  • Introduce the kidnapping plot, with Angus Kessler being very worried that Beatrice Fahida keeps prancing around Jack

Scene 3 - The Morning After

• Player Goals:
  • Learn more about Angus' motives and decide whether to tail him or not
  • Keep Entropy busy, which proves pretty hard especially since he wants to go out and meet Beatrice Fahida...
  • Learn of the murder and go investigate at Ace McLeod's call, who "needs to know" whether or not there this is a threat to Jack Entropy's livelihood
• Storyteller Goals:
  • Catherine Clements TAKES Ray Null TO BED (or tries to)
  • Let The Crew see Angus Kessler dressing to look like Jack Entropy; The Crew then learns that Angus Kessler is going to meet Beatrice Fahida and gives the "quest" for The Crew to make sure that Entropy doesn't wake up or, if he does, doesn't go out;
  • Introduce the idea that Kessler is hiding something and that maybe you should tail him
  • Present the crime scene and offer pathways to Nicolas Giraud through Beatrice Fahida and Cedric Vernier
  • Hex is leaking information about Captain Effirm Danala; effects next session

Scene 4 - The Hangover

• Player Goals:
  • Find out how Angus Kessler died.
    • If The Crew didn't know where Angus Kessler was: talk to his longtime friend, Burt Sanchez
    • Crime of Passion. Few saw the shooting. "black or dark blue 909 Legende"
      • Following this through, they'll hear a Media on the airwaves discovering a Legende sunk in the Seine.
  • Identify the killer and whether he is a threat to Jack Entropy.
  • Tail Beatrice Fahida. She might have answers.
• Storyteller Goals:
  • Introduce the idea of a rival Edgerunner crew.
  • Make Jack Entropy put two and two together. This morning, Angus Kessler died. This morning, The Crew kept him busy so that his personal bodyguard was killed.
  • Options for reaching Beatrice Fahida
    • Ask Frederic Germain, who is incredibly scared and can be easily manipulated, since his bodyguard, Captain Effirm Danala, was beaten close to death last night by an unknown assailant
    • Beatrice Fahida oftentimes frequents Beauborg Contemporary Art Museum
    • She is friends with Karim Bourane, owner of the Lune Noire nightclub. He survived an MLA assassination attempt for "pro-insurgent activities".
      • This is where you find out about Cedric Vernier.
    • Angus Kessler's file speaks of a contract in '16 in Paris. His contact was a drop point in La Defense, the financial district.
      • Ignacio picks up the mail from the drop point and delivers it to Benoit, a man that's difficult to tail. This is how you reach Beatrice Fahida's house.
    • MLA Cypher to Ace McLeod

Scene 5 - The Final Expulsion

• Player Goals:
  • Find Beatrice Fahida or Cedric Vernier.
• Storyteller Goals:
  • Use the same map of a mansion for Beatrice Fahida and Cedric Vernier. One has watchdogs and automated security, the other has 10 JanissarCo guards.
  • Let the players figure out that both parties were betrayed by Nicolas Giraud, who was a backstage pass at the concert

Aftermath

• sent images and information to French Samizdat regarding the NetWatch & OrbitalAir conflict
• some corpos are now more anarchist