6 Plundering Praha

#gig #eurotour

Prepping

Premise: The Crew stops for the final show in the Eurotour. The stakes are high, as the Cehoslovakian government has gone all-out on Jack Entropy's deluxe visit - largest stadium, a walled-off compound and extra security from the army.

Theme

• One last hurrah, and make it double!

Mood

• Falling apart, a car on fire, but a very sleek one.

Motifs

• Catherine Clements is out for blood at this point and it'll be very obvious.
  • She does everything to piss Jack off and have him lash out at her, at Tinker or Jimenez
  • She is keeping Jack on a strict "no-SynthCoke" policy, which means that he's even more paranoid than usual
• Jimenez has had it with the backstage dealings and wants to settle things straight. He's shifting back into gear.
  • "You're professionals, I'm a professional. I'll coordinate you - that's what I do."
  • He reveals that somebody went through Jack's personal Braindance stash at some point and he slotted something that definitely shouldn't have been there. Foul play?
• Ace McLeod is stressed out of his mind and he's suspecting that the Corpos have had it with Entropy and want to give him one last hurrah
  • He's especially concerned about Jack's fight with Angus,
  • "I've seen soldiers lose it 'cause their bride at home perished. Jack Entropy needs to be grieving, not to be doing concerts"
• Tinker has been steering clear of Jack Entropy and Jimenez more than usual. She's always sitting by or around Ace McLeod and you get the feeling that something is going on.
  • She doesn't talk unless spoken to and she "can't wait for all of this to be over". Jimenez has blamed her for the Braindance incident.
• Jack Entropy has been losing it. He's singing to himself in the bathroom, he's sitting on his back at 3am reading haikus and crying, he has bruises on his knuckles.
  • Given the opportunity, he'll try to ruffle up anybody, including The Crew or some odd roadie

Running

Setup - We ain't got that time for that!

The Crew get exposed to Prague's fading splendor, they see revolts in the streets and stick to their guns. It doesn't take long for the need to Troubleshoot to arise. The Crew has no moments to gather themselves as problems keep on coming.

Player Goals

• Tell the story of how they met and beat up the Maddogs.
• Gather dirt on Catherine Clements and interact with the Core Crew
• Do jobs assigned to them (troubleshoot) in-between
• Survive and manage stress levels.

Storyteller Goals

• Deal with Stockholm/Maddogs situation.
• Quickly set up the power dynamics in Prague: Jack Entropy is invited by the government, they're making a big show out of it, you're not staying in the Hilton, arriving a few days early etc.
• Offer opportunities to troubleshoot and keep The Crew on their toes, don't give them a chance to breathe and then, when they're already tense, introduce Col. Dr. Barcak and present them their "very unfortunate situation"
  • Theft: Yamaha-PhotoTex Multimix Holodeck, worth 225k eb and about the size of a coffin, disappeared, so we have to deal with that^[1]
  • Constant Power Outages - play this for paranoia and "assassination attempts"
  • Rumble: the CzRA soldiers stationed in front of the compound break into a fight and it's up to The Crew to calm them down before bullets fly
  • Penetration: 4 pairs of DangerCrewz^[2] will sneak into the compound. They want to scramble the mainframe, steal some Entropy trademarks and generally have fun.
  • Death to the Cultural Imperialists! Ace McLeod gets an anonymous message "providing vital information for the safety of the tour"
    • Go to meet Vaclav Tyl in the slums of Prague, where he'll sell you the info that 3000 is planning to raid the concert dressed as cops and that they have an insider on the force
• Challenge The Crew with Prague-specific dangers & encounters:
  • A Fixer deal gone wrong. Your choice whether the "wrong" is about to happen, just happened or has already happened by the time The Crew goes through that place.
  • A UAV has been following you for a few blocks now. Who is spying on you and should you shoot it down?
  • You encounter a CzRA checkpoint - they'll let you pass, but they want cold, hard cash.
  • Fans and groupies. You're as popular as Jack Entropy now.
  • A torn-down man begging for help. A trap or an actual problem?

Execution

The Crew are introduced to Col. Dr. Barcak and they are forced to enact a heist for the Czechoslovakian Secret Police. They're forced to plan for this heist all-the-while dealing with problems from the tour.
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Player Goals

• Get the best deal possible when talking to Col. Dr. Barcak

• Survive the DangerCrewz raid.

  • PLAY THIS FOR THE RAID.

• Recover the Holodeck (see Setup)

  • Holodeck was taken by some ganggoons that are trying to blackmail the Eurotour. You have their names, but not their location. (They're two Nomads that fought in the Brushfire Wars, in an armored van).

• Plan for Col. Dr. Barcak's heist

• Execute Col. Dr. Barcak while dealing with opportunities from The Setup

  • Intro Music
  • Execution Music
  • Escape Music
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• Message about 3000 to SalVen

Storyteller Goals

• Col. Dr. Barcak knows The Crew's dirty secrets and she's even willing to exchange information on Tammi Lu, something she knows Hex will care about.
• Anatoly gonna call the Medtechie
  • Nope, Laz (GM) has to pay him. But he can wait.
• Repercussions for SovOil friendly-fire
  • Additional problems: they'll be taken in by Petrochem agents and scrapped. You can't let that happen. "Undo the mess you made, comrade."
• More Combat, More opportunities for interrogations
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Turning Point

After the heist is done, The Crew is immediately shipped off to the concert, close to the airport, where they have to account for riotous sentiment and ganggoons acting like football gangs - do some backstreet brawling if you have to, and make it bloody, because these Slavs don't fuck around. By the time the concert's hitting it's climax, General Skroup, a favorite of the EEC, descends upon the stadium in an AV, announcing that there has been a coup and he is leading the countercoup. Time to GTFO.

Player Goals

• Give your best at the concert. Prioritize problems.
• Enjoy the fuckin' album
• Survive General Skroup's coup.
  • Jack Entropy couldn't give less of a shit. Play that music.
  • Find some dangerous riot ambience.

Storyteller Goals

• Problems at the concert:
  • Ultras fighting in the pit.
  • Weaponized Medias illegally broadcasting the concert.
  • A literal attempt on Jack Entropy's life from 3000, fight on stage. from unknown but powerful assailants.
  • Catherine Clements is missing.
• Once General Skroup arrives, everything goes to shit. Sleeping gas at the exits to stop people from killing each other and shit like that.

End

GTFO-ing isn't very simple. You gotta move Jack Entropy from the stadium to the airport and you run a high risk of him going 'psycho for a variety of reasons. On the way, Jack Entropy finally snaps (...at Catherine's Rules/CPRED/Cyberware/Cyberware usage...) and tries to kill The Crew or EDF soldiers - this could be a good moment for Angus Kessler to step back in, or for Jack Entropy to finally be humanized

Once at the airport, you're greeted by EDF soldiers and escorted quickly to your airplane... Unfortunately, Col. Dr. Barcak has managed to sneak in (now she's a war fugitive) and taken a hostage, as she wants to escape with you in the airplane... a shootout is imminent.

Player Goals

• Get Jack Entropy on the plane.

• Deal with Catherine Clements.

• Deal with Claire Monet (GM)'s request.

• What the fuck was in that sangria?

• Just this playlist entirely tbh

Storyteller Goals

• Prague was losing its shit before. Now, it's an actual disaster.
  • Looting and rioting and molotovs. Car gets molotoved in front. Evasive maneuvers.
  • One of the cars in the convoy gets into a crash. Jimenez/Ace McLeod.
  • Good moment to reintroduce Angus Kessler
• And, as The Crew arrive at the airport...
  • Claire Monet (GM) is here to take in Ray Null. She's got a warrant and everything.