Things have calmed down after the action from last time.\u00a0 Mari got a settlement from Saeder-Krupp to keep it hushed up.\u00a0 She is going to use it to help her mom, and she is incredibly happy and thankful around us.\u00a0 She knows we saved her from a bad situation.\u00a0 We are finally back on regular duty.\u00a0 The runs have been mostly boring, but there does seem to be an increase in gang violence.<\/p>\n
Things have gotten a little rougher around the neighborhood, and the regulars at the Triple Tap are carrying more weapons.\u00a0 We still hang out there several times a week.\u00a0 One night we are hanging out there when Isaac gets a high priority message from Dr. Hyun.\u00a0 Her 20-year-old nephew Ayun has been missing for 3 days.\u00a0 He was part of a young person\u2019s organization that went on a humanitarian project in the slums.\u00a0 He has not been seen since.\u00a0 They have not found anything around his last known location.<\/p>\n
We recognize the symbol as the Universal Brotherhood.\u00a0 They have a cover as being an organization about the sharing of universal truth and companionship.\u00a0 However, we know they have a violent side as well and they have gathered weapons.\u00a0 The founders of the group created it to promote peace, however they both got sick and committed suicide.\u00a0 At a guess there are 18,000-20,000 members in the Chicago area.\u00a0 We decide to keep our eyes and ears open but keep doing our regular runs.\u00a0 We cannot afford to get in trouble again.<\/p>\n
The next day we go back out on patrol like normal.\u00a0 We get a call around midnight on Thursday.\u00a0 We notice that the name is Franz Donner, Thumper\u2019s cousin.\u00a0 The signal is coming from down by the docks, which is nowhere near the restaurant.\u00a0 It is coming from a warehouse.\u00a0 As we pull up, we see several Eagle security units with bullet holes in their cars.\u00a0 The ping from his bracelet is coming from inside this building on the south side.\u00a0 We get the cops to move and then pull the ambulance to the south east corner of the building.\u00a0 There are no doors on this side.<\/p>\n
We sneak around to the West side and find a side door, along with Edge and Scales, the shadow runners we ran into before.\u00a0 They try to wave us off, but we come up anyway.\u00a0 They say there is a blood bath in there and we might not want to go in.\u00a0 Thumper tries to break the door but fails.\u00a0 He shoots out the hinges and then runs into the room, yelling for Franz.\u00a0 We see the same orcs that were bothering the Triple Tap, part of the Sewer Rats.\u00a0 As we move into the room, we see a group of trolls on the other side.\u00a0 Many of them are people that Thumper knows, but some of them are dead and others are wounded.\u00a0 They are in bad shape.<\/p>\n
We manage to stabilize Franz and get him on a stretcher.\u00a0 As we are loading him up one of the trolls says they were selling the weapons so that the gangs would destroy each other. \u00a0As we start moving towards the door, the big garage door explodes inward and a combination of Eagle Security and Corp Sec busts in.\u00a0 They immediately start exchanging fire with the orcs.<\/p>\n
The EMTs look in the bins and find some riot shields.\u00a0 They grab them and use them to cover the stretcher as the group starts moving towards the door.\u00a0 The trolls start following us, and the orc gang members start shooting at them and us.\u00a0 Espadas drops one gang member who gets close to us, and Bright swings at another and wounds him.\u00a0 The orc gangers and the corp sec keep exchanging fire.\u00a0 A couple of the troll gangers take wounds.<\/p>\n
Icebox gets the stretcher and Franz out the door, while Espadas drops another ganger.\u00a0 Thumper also kills one.\u00a0 The group piles out into the alley and runs for the ambulance, with Ryoshi and Thumper covering the rear.\u00a0 We all head for the ambulance, and two of the troll gangers also escape.\u00a0 Isaac keeps working on Franz, who seems to be getting worse.\u00a0 We keep driving to headquarters and rush him into emergency surgery.<\/p>\n
Isaac helps with the triage and surgery.\u00a0 Thumper waits at the emergency room.\u00a0 Franz is in surgery for three hours, but he does pull through.\u00a0 Espadas and Ryoshi go back to the restaurant.\u00a0 A few of the trolls that are usually there are not anymore.<\/p>\n
Franz wakes up around mid-morning.\u00a0 He is covered in bandages and very weak, but lucid.\u00a0 He says that 3 months ago he was approached by corporate guys who said they could make money while the gangs tear each other apart.\u00a0 Franz wants to get rid of all the other races, metahumans and otherwise, then trolls could take over.\u00a0 Corp security shows up soon after to question Thumper and Franz.\u00a0 Icebox rolls up behind them and starts telling them they cannot question him now.\u00a0 They leave.<\/p>\n
Thumper gets the details from Franz about the weapons shipments.\u00a0 There were 8 shipments with assault rifles, pistols, armor, shields, and cannons.\u00a0 The shipments come from Germany and are smuggled through customs then they sell them to the gangs at cost just to move more of them.\u00a0 The meetings were anonymous (his face was masked), but we have the location and time.<\/p>\n
The cops come back and separate Thumper and Franz.\u00a0 They grill Thumper in their paddy wagon.\u00a0 He cooperates and tells them what he knows.\u00a0 Eventually they let him go and he comes back to the restaurant.\u00a0 Ringo had no idea that any of this was going on with Franz.<\/p>\n
Our next move is to try and meet with Edge and Scales to see what they know.\u00a0 Thumper\u2019s fixer does not know how to contact them, but suggests we get a message out on Noose-net.\u00a0 Isaac wows us with his hacking skills and can find a way to contact them.\u00a0 We also find out there are possibly thousands of sewer rats and other gangers underground that come out at night, commit crimes, then go back underground.\u00a0 A user named SuperWiz has tons of information about them including maps of activity.\u00a0 We also find that Edge and Scales work with SuperWiz, and they are helping law enforcement.\u00a0 We decide to try and meet them at a restaurant near us and send SuperWiz a message.<\/p>\n
We agree to meet at a nearby noodle bar in the afternoon.\u00a0 SuperWiz shows up and asks is we have some information on the Sewer Rats.\u00a0 Thumper and Icebox talk to him and agree to share to their knowledge about the weapons deals.\u00a0 Icebox will give him the video from the warehouse fight (minus Espadas face of course).\u00a0 They arrange for a drop point.\u00a0 The decker reveals that his actual handle is Charlie Zero, and SuperWiz is an alternate username. After the drop we get a message says he has it and will be in touch.\u00a0 We go back to work for Doc Wagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Things have calmed down after the action from last time.\u00a0 Mari got a settlement from Saeder-Krupp to keep it hushed up.\u00a0 She is going to use it to help her mom, and she is incredibly happy and thankful around us.\u00a0 She knows we saved her from a bad situation.\u00a0 We are finally back on regular … Continue reading Session 3 – Isaac pumps up Franz<\/span>