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I. Cover: Ronin

II. Dumpshock Interface

III. Table of Contents & Credits

Introduction...........................................1

Fiction: Duality.......................................

!acker"s #ode.......................................$

%rime Runners Ronin..............................................'

(lternate Rules for )iniatures...............1*

Fiction: !ard +ife, -asy treets..............11

The can: Focus %uyallup /arrensi. Introduction0)ap.........................1

ii. 2an3s...........................................1$iii. 4r3ani5ed Crime..........................16iv. Interestin3 %laces..........................1v. Contacts........................................7vi. /lack )arket.................................81vii. cream heet................................88

Revie9 of ack %oint"s This Old Drone...8

Intervie9 9ith )ission Coordinator......*

Dumpshocked.......................................

+ast ;ord.............................................

Table of Contents

Dumpshock Datahaven, Issue #2

December 2011

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8elcome to the ne Dumpshock Datahaven. Eou"reonna find thins you"ve seen before like The ,lack)arketC The +eattle #esnet +creamsheet and %rime

Runners. Eou"re onna find a fe ne columns like The+can and the !acker"s #ode. I"ve also brouht a surferof the electron&ocean named Ronin to update theinterface.

Eour first uestion is hat happened to ,ull0 4rkGnderroundC that"s hat happened. For those of youorkin in +eattleC he"s also hirin.

Rules still apply thouh: !ack at your on risk. If youtryC Ronin ill track you donC then Thick #eck )ikeill pay you a visit... 8hen he doesC you"ll learn hyhe"s called that.

Are threats really necessary?Ronin

Perhaps it is more than a little clich. Let it serve as a warning though.

Redjack

)y name"s Red=ack. (bout the only thin that ,ull andI have in commonC besides a stint here is that e"veboth been in the +hados for over 26 years. I"m not ahacker Hnor a decker. To drop a clueC I"ve been called"the mae ithout a face".

So... What do you really look like?ap

!k. Point taken a"out the threats.ap # $hat no hacking thing? %t applies to Princess

too.

Ronin

4ne of the thins you miht be askin is ho tocontribute somethin here0 8ellC assumin there isever an updateC you can drop a line over at theDumpshock Forums. Jverythin ill be coordinated

from there. Riht noC e"re =ust pullin toether stuffe likeC prettyin it up and slappin it toether.

I"d like to shout out to all the people runnin theshados for the past tenty&plus years. From thepeople documentin the ay thins o don to the

boots on the round makin the runs. Thouh it maybe aedC the Seattle Source"ook is still a mainstay inmy library and the recently released Street Legendshasalloed me to dispel some rumors about runnersho"ve been around about as lon as I have.

+o ithout any more flappin of my electron umsC Iive you the second issue of the DumpshockDatahavens.

&Red=ack

And given how much he likes to hear his own

voice& that took a lot.ap

Are you trying to pick a 'ight?Redjack

$hat would "reak up the "oredom...ap

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February 4th

, 2060:

0500:00 hours. I get up. The Math co-processorattached to my brain wakes me up at the exact time asI rise out of bed as a vampire might out of a coffin

straight up. The b!ankets of my bed s!iding off of meand showing my py"ama-c!ad body. Timing iseverything.

It takes me precise!y an hour to prepare myse!f for theday. #uick shower ora! hygiene dressing eatingsoykaf. $verything to get ready for 0%00:00 hourswhen I get into my &ord 'meri(ar and head out intothe wor!d to make my 0)00:00 shift start at work.*ith a +, change in time due to changes in trafficdiscussions with peop!e and issues with a!ternateroutes due to random shootings or something eatingcars on the road.

I uick!y shower and dress my c!othing having beenprepared and waiting for me in the bathroom a simp!edark brown suit a!most b!ack. /o overt co!ours toenhance any emotions in peop!e something to b!endin as much as possib!e. 'ppearances matter the mostafter a!! no matter how important or unimportant theday may be. My soykaf is ready for me by the time Ireach my breakfast nook egg-substitute and sausagescooked to perfection by my automated systems bui!tinto the housing unit. (a!ories precise!y ca!cu!ated formy exercise !eve! and biorhythm. $verything exact!ymeasured.

's it shou!d be. I am an accountant. If I cant hand!ethe mathematics of my own !ife how can I hand!e themath that is reuired of my "ob1

2riefcase in hand traditiona! more than usefu!considering the sma!! si3e of digita! storage that Ireuire for my "ob I get into my car and drive up to thegates of my community. $xpensive but the addedsecurity is worth it. 4owered insurance more thanmake up for the expense not to mention the !essenedchance of vio!ent crime happening to myse!f. ' nicesafe boring !ife is a!! I ever asked for.

erry is at the front gate manning the guard positionwhi!e his partner 6anie! is p!ugged into the networkvia his data"ack and apparent!y as!eep. 7e isnt. 7esactua!!y scanning a!! the video survei!!ance and sensorsthat are on this side of the security wa!!8 anydisturbance gets his attention and investigation. erryis more a pub!icity thing a pub!ic face for the securitycompany than actua! security compared to 6anie!. 7e

chats with me for a few moments asking how I wasdoing ta!king about !ast nights baseba!! game theusua!. I have inc!uded his conversation tendencies intomy trave! itinerary. &ina!!y the stee! gate posts and bi-

directiona! tire shredders !ower and Im a!!owed todrive through erry wishing me a good day at work.7e does his "ob we!! and I make a note to send mycomp!iments to the team at this gate to the gatedcommunity organi3ation again. ' friend!y face he!ps toca!m peop!e in these dangerous times.

Trave! is 9.+0 faster than usua! traffic faster than usua!due to a !ack of rain for once !owering the amount oftime that buses are reuired to stop and pick peop!eup. I am exceptiona!!y ear!y a!though that is notnecessari!y a negative effect. I stop off at the !oca! kafhouse to pick up some doughnuts to share with the

other workers a sign of so!idarity and community.$ven if we do bare!y know each other p!ugged intoour datatermina!s a!! day our workp!ace happening tobe in the digita! wor!d of a sma!!-frame database notconnected to the Matrix. My company prides itse!f onthe security it provides to its customers. (onfirmingtheir own accounting departments work amongstother things to prevent a conspiracy to embe33!e cred.I have caught four cases of this one of which was for aprestigious ''-4eve! (orporation a country in its ownright by !aw. &ive accounts have been added to mycompany based on my work a!one and Ive been giventhe option for promotion twice. I had to turn it down

both times.

It has been my experience that peop!e rise to their!eve! of incompetence. I have risen to my !eve! ofcompetence and wish to remain here. '!so Id starthaving to work more on paperwork and !ess onaccounting and mathematics which wou!d bore megreat!y. I appreciate the perfection that math has theu!timate !anguage.

i!! from 7 and 'ngus from IT meet me in the parking!ot taking offered doughnuts. Theyve met me at officeparties and meetings and i!! has had to ca!! me into

her office a few times for recommendations and to giveme one of my awards that graces my cubica!. *e chit-chat for +9.0 !onger than reuired for socia!acceptance which surprises me. The on!y thing I knowabout them is that theyre married to each other and!ive in an apartment bui!ding trying to find a p!ace !ikemine. I offer to put forward a suggestion of them tothe housing committee at my community again and

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they accept. 'ngus states that any issues I have withmy systems wi!! be "umped in priority ueue. Ica!cu!ate this wi!! increase turn around in !oca!i3edtermina! issues by 9 a !arge number when youconsider how fast I can work whi!e "acked into thesystem with my own data"ack.

I move into the office bui!ding smi!ing on the outside.

' ca!m uiet !ife is what Ive a!ways striven for.

February 4th

, 2070:

+;00:00 hours. I get up. My customi3ed (o!tManhunter s!iding out of the bed ho!ster that hangs offmy mattress next to the wa!! of my suat. I scan myarea using my new eyes the infrared spectrum is nowvisib!e to me and I am ab!e to detect heat sourcesfrom the sma!! apartment that I keep coo! for "ust sucha reason. $ven the best therma! dampening suits !eavesome areas open to heat exchange which I cou!d easi!ysee. /othing is out of the ordinary.

I get out of bed s!iding gracefu!!y !ike a gymnast myb!ankets s!iding off to revea! my body c!ad in running

pants and a ometimes a firearm esca!ates a situation

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above and beyond what is reuired.

I take the stairs !eaving my apartment at exact!y9000:00 hours. This gives me a +9 !eeway for themeeting accounting for gang disputes on the roadsand detours due to new!y crumb!ed bui!dings b!ockingthe roadways. My heavi!y customi3ed Mercury (ometis waiting for me in the parking !ot bui!t underneath the

apartment bui!ding from the days when this was amuch more inf!uentia! area.

immy the >neak and 6oub!e-2arre!!ed 2i!!y are waitingat the bottom of the stairs operating as the securitydoor as the actua! door is missing. ' pair of the gangmembers that operate in the area one founded byconcerned citi3ens that !iked vio!ence and wished topromote and support a community and not adverse tomaking a profit from the dea! as we!!. 2i!!y is payingattention to a portab!e trid that is green-shifted inco!our due to age the porn on it a!most impossib!ewithout the enhancements avai!ab!e through

cybernetics techno!ogy or magica!!y modified freaks ofnature caused by 7a!!eys (omet.

immy chats with me for 5.) minutes this being takeninto consideration in my trave! itinerary. 7e does a!!the ta!king with me on!y nodding or shaking my headin response to what he has to say or ask. ' chatterboxhe somehow knows a !ot of what happens in theneighbourhood and is a font of free information. I donot interrupt him nor begrudge the information hegives as it can be the difference between !ife anddeath on the streets. &ina!!y he gives and asks a!! hewants and I bid him a good night. 7e gives an honest

smi!e and says uit.=

I am ha!fway to my car when I rea!i3e something ratherstart!ing. It has been a decade today that I !ost my !ifeand a!! the peop!e I knew back then I never rea!!yknew at a!!. They were "ust names and faces thesmi!es forced and externa! never reaching the eyes orsou!. immys statement to me came from the heart. Ishake my head and get into the Mercury heading tothe bar for the meet.

The p!ace doesnt have a name but it does have aparking !ot with a tro!! sitting in a booth

wie!ding a shotgun. I make sure to tip the parkingattendant with the promise of more then arm thesecurity system on the (omet. The bar is typica! of thearea broken down dirty stained and sme!!ing of sta!esmoke beer and sweat. It is a p!ace where Ive donethe occasiona! meet and the bartender knows me bythe suit I wear if not by face. 7e smi!es and brings upa p!astic bott!e of beer from the fridge that actua!!y

works. I !earned a !ong time ago that tipping peop!egets you far in this wor!d. Memories are often a badthing but a change of c!othing and I can be any otherhuman on the street in a second.

I take the beer paying in A('> do!!ars with a 95 tipto keep him happy and move towards the end of thebar the darkest part where the !ights have

intentiona!!y not been rep!aced. The heat signaturesshowing four figures two !arge one uite !arge andanother approximate!y my si3e. I predict two orks anda Tro!! with either a human a short but buff e!f or a ta!!dwarf. I am mistaken which is an oddity for me asone of the !arge figures is an e!f that has had extensivemusc!e rep!acement surgery. >itting beside him is a!arge tro!! that I recogni3e from a few runs working onthe other side. *e nod at each other showing no hardfee!ings. Bn the other side of the tab!e is sitting ahuman with a p!astic smi!e that perfect!y matches thatof my previous co-wages!aves. The fina! member ofthe party is an ork that stands beside him one hand on

the grip of a !arge pisto! and the other on the hi!t of asword both he!d onto his be!t at the waist. The ho!sterand sheath show signs of good care and !ots of use.

I sit next to the e!f at the booth checking the time withmy math co-processor it is 905?:59.;, hours I amear!y. *hi!e it is not good to be the !ast one to ameeting I am showing that I am punctua! andprofessiona!.


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The hacking rules can be pretty overwhelming for aneophyte, especially one with little real worldexperience or understanding of hacking and computer

systems. This article is an attempt to provide a basicflow for hacking to get you started. This is not meant tobe the only flow to how-to hack. It is something to getyou started if you are lost in the rules.

Locate Node:Pretty much self explanatory, this is the act of locatingthe node you want to hack. There are basically fourdifferent situations a hacker might find themselves in.

1. Know the Access ID of the node.If the node is remote (beyond mutual signalrange, you need some way to find it in thematrix. !ou can e"uate this to knowing thewebsite address or the phone number of thenode you want to hack. If you know the commcode, no roll is re"uired to find it.

2. Be in signal range of the node while it is inactive mode.#hen in mutual signal range of non-hiddennodes, a com will catalog all active nodes. Thisis the easiest to locate and again, no roll isre"uired.$Detect Active/Passive Nodes SRa 22!%

". Be in signal range of the node while it is in#assive mode and identif$ it.#hen in signal range of non-hidden nodes, acom will log all passive nodes to which it cancommunicate, but will be unable to identifythem. & variety of methods can be utili'ed.The most common is to capture the traffic$lectronic #arfare ) *niffer(+% and analy'e it$omputer ) &naly'e%.$ Detect Active/Passive Nodes SRa 22!%&a#t're (ireless Signal SRa 22!% Anal$)eNode/Icon/*tc SRa 22+,22!%

. Be in m't'al signal range of the node while itis in hidden mode and see where it sho'ld -e.

sing a scan program, locate the node$ lectronic #arfare ) *can (/ %$Detect idden Node SRa 2"0

. Be in signal range of the node while it is inhidden mode locate it and identif$ it.sing a scan program, the hacker must firstlocate all the hidden nodes$ -#arfare ) *can (01, 0 turn %2nce located, it must be identified, much like adealing with a passive node.$ Detect idden Node SRa 2"% &a#t're(ireless Signal SRa 22!% Anal$)eNode/Icon/*tc SRa 22+,22!%

Analyze the Node2nce you locate the node, it is best to know a littleabout the node you are going to try to hack.3orewarned is forearmed.$ omputer ) &naly'e %.

ach hit allows one "uestion from the 4atrixPerception list.$atri3 Perce#tion 4a-le SRa 22+%

A ver$ safe and eas$ wa$ to si)e '# the com#etition

acha

Probe Node/Hack on the Fly2nce you have identified what it is you want to hack,you now need to locate a vulnerability that you canexploit to gain control of a system. The first decisionyou need to make is what level of access do you want5

$ &ccess &ccountsSRa 22%

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=> Access Level Hacking Method 7= or 0 day ;&7=%$ Probe the TargetSRa 2"6%

2. ac7 on the 8l$

?enerally considered a brute force attack on anode, this option generally only remainsundetected if executed "uickly. The target hasa cumulative chance of each action beingdetected.$ 9acking ) xploit (3irewall ;)+ *ecurity, )7.

9e travels across the matrix to the node and spends amoment to study the node. $ 4atrix Perceptionomputer(/ ) &naly'e(/ ) 9ot *im(@ G dp0H. 9escores @ hits % 9e determines that the firewall is 7+ Bthe node is not on alert.

#ith plenty of time to probe the node, he settles backand does ust that. 9e decides that he wantsadministrative right in order to clean all his tracks.$ 9acking(/ ) xploit(/ ) 9ot *im(@ G dp0HFxtended test, 0 hourCiteration. Target is unknown butcan be approximated $3irewall + ) &naly'e 5 ) &dmin


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Ronin

Secretive and untrusting, Ronin is generally regarded asa cold, calculating tactician. Former team mates both

praise his planning abilities and warn about his poorteamwork skills; His lone wolf mentality.

Piecing together Ronins past has not been easy; Hesgone to lengths to wipe out records and systems withdetails about himself.

I don't really appreciate the details being posted now, either.

Ronin

Having read the original submission, there is a lot missing. It also seems to be gone from my comlink.

Redjack

Really? I'll look into that.Ronin

Ronin most likely grew up in the slums outside of!okyo with the name "omi. "omi was part of a crewthat did #R for raves and set up network parties to earnnuyen as a young teen. #s his skills increased, so didthe risks he was willing to take and the scores he tookdown. "omi ran the shadows primarily as a loner,banding with others as re$uired for a run, then goinghis own way. %y &' he was pretty well known in theshadows. He lacked any allegiances, preferring to workthrough a number of fi(ers.

"omis last run in )apan was against a *itsuhamasubsidiary+ Sidako ndustrial. !he run went off without ahitch, but somehow some of the stolen code wasuploaded to the matri( with the teams logo imprintedinto it.

#n e(ec at Sidako took that as a personal slight. Hehired a foreign team to clean up everyone involved inthe run. Scan was that he wanted to avenge his honor.

his part scans true... and the team was imported from !ladivostok.

"atum

!he team was indeed wiped out, hunted down to thelast man, though "omi was rumored to have escaped.!he fi(er, "ra-ier, was even targeted but he toosurvived.

"omi was persona nongratis after this all went down.!he fi(er, "ra-ier, was pretty vindictive. He burned"omis rep to the ground and put his own bounty on

"omi. "omi never resurfaced.

here is a rumor that #ra$ier died in a freak vacu% drone malfunction.

Ronin

!acu%what? &o shit? I'm gonna have to use that.acha

Shortly thereafter, a runner named Ronin arrived inSeattle. He settled into the edge of the Parklandneighborhood of the Puyallup %arrens and remainedunder the radar for over two years. *ostly small /obs,but that same logo from the Sidako /ob keeps showingup in big /obs. !he electron trails usually lead*itsuhama subsidiary as well.

(nd I thought I held a grudge.)ap

0eeks ago Ronin was linked to the )efferson airportrun. # team slipped in and e(tracted some cargo froma 1!23 in servicing. !hey then made their way out inan #res e(ecutive transport, mas$uerading as a 4levele(ecutive before disappearing into the Puyallup%arrens, en route.

hat was you? *applause* hat was an impressive job... but didn't a few a pair of police officers get

killed?

)ap

+es. &o. hey were bounty hunters disguised asnight -rrand officers.

Ronin

I still want to know how your team got from arislar to -verett with a si%figure bounty on your heads

and every gang in the city with your picture?

/ritias

istaken identity.Ronin

hat's my line...0ra$ilian 1hinobi

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2ne thing to be noted about Ronin is his indifference tomost material possessions. He ac$uires, uses anddisposes of most possessions with the same apathythat he does team mates. His e$uipment roster andtactics tend to change from run to run, generallymatching what is most appropriate to the current run.0hile this disconnection and inconsistent method ofoperations have served him well to keep him, it tends

to alienate potential long term mates.

I can relate.(ria

(s is typical, the story gets taller each time it is told.

Ronin

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In my home games, we love to throw down ablank battle map and pull out some miniatures. It'seven better when Ironworker breaks out his terrain andminiatures; some of his conversions (like the ork

runners) are pretty impressive. In some game systems,the rules work fine with miniatures. Without sometweaking, hadowrun is not one of those games.

!hree second long combat turns with somecharacters taking " seconds worth of movement at onetime and other people taking a move every one or oneand a half seconds becomes chaos and more than alittle unfair. !he easiest solution to us was simply tolevel out the movement.COMBAT TURNS & INITIATIVE PASSES

#s an update to $#W %$, &&, each turn remains "seconds long but passes are updated as follows

) !here are " movement passes per combat turn,

each lasting one second. *haracters earnmovement on their initiative score (asreferenced below) losing it if not used in thepass. +ovement and action occursimultaneously. When one occurs, both eitheroccur or are lost.

) -n movement passes ", characters earn theiraction passes as appropriate. *haracters withonly one action only earn an action on the firstmovement pass, etc. *haracters with & passes,earn an action on the end of the thirdmovement pass. *haracters with / passes earnan action at the end of the second movement

pass.* *haracters with "0 actions lose any heldactions when a new one is earned.**haracters with " or less passes may act inany pass after they have earned a pass. !heymay not act more than once in any given pass.1rgo, if a character with passes holds actionuntil movement pass three, he only gets oneaction in the turn.

Held Actions

With this change, we are left with one area thatsometimes gets abused held actions. everal optionse2ist

) 3o change. #s long as using a held actiondoes not provide multiple actions in a pass (forcharacters with less than four actions), 4ust gowith it.

) 5sing a held action changes initiative numberfor the remaining pass(es). #fter the first pass,initiative number is 4ust the order of playanyway.

MOVEMENT

#s we tested out tweaking initiative, we also took asecond look at movement and that the current ratedoesn't divide by ". #nother nagging fact is that nonaugmented humans are considerably faster than-lympic class humans. !o that end we changed $#W%$, &6 to support movement passes and alignmovement closerto real lifeWalking Walking is defined as leisurely moving bywalking. Walking insures no penalties to actions.R!nning $unning is effectively 4ogging. It incurs thestandard penalty of dp to ranged combat. -therpenalties assessed by 7+ 4udgment call.S"#inting printing is all out. 1ffective ranged combatis not capable when sprinting. *haracters can use the$unning kill to increase movement. 8its are capped at$unning kill 0. 1rgo, characters who are defaulting

can still get a success.$eminder %$, "9 !he game master may applymodifiers for various types of terrain (slippery, rocky,and so on) and other conditions.

$ace:ase $ate er econd

Walk $un print print< 8it

8uman,1lf, -rk ./m "m 9m 0.=m

>warf .=m m &m 0=./m

!roll ./m /m 6m 0./m

!he table is rough and not perfect either, but it serves

our intent.1ffects of #dditional asses on +ovement$eaction augmentation that increases the number ofphysical passes that a character receives also affectstheir ability to pump their legs faster. houldn't thistranslate into faster movement?We are currently testing an increase of "=@ peradditional pass (round off to the nearest half meter;Aimit increases) .12ample Human with three passes walking =1.5m/sec + 60% (1.5 * .6 = .9 = !.". #oun$ to!.5m/sec walking rate.

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The street lights of Tarislar were close enough

to reflect off the construction plastic I had replacing the

glass in my squat. The place wasn't much, but it had

water-tight walls and ceiling, and the noise from the

neighbors wasn't so bad. I also got a small connection

to the wireless matrix from the elven part of the

barrens, enough for text from my fixer on the few

occasions he could find work for me.

I slowly slid the slide of the old, beat-up olt

!anhunter back, locking it back into place, and

checked out how the action worked on it. The laser

sight built into it had long since had stopped working,

but it still threw old, cased ."# $% rounds in a straight

line, and that's all I needed it to do. The action felt

clean again, a little loose, but that was the design, to

chamber dirty rounds. $ round from the maga&ine

moved easily into the chamber. $ working man's

gun(, the old ')unner had put it to me when he first

handed it over when I was still *ust a street punk in agang. +e had shown me a larger world than *ust the

three blocks that my group had claimed as territory,

money to be had, and, far more importantly, respect.

hen you're fourteen and an ork, respect doesn't come

easily, or often at all, and my gang gave me a lot of it

after they found out I'd be on an actual hadowrun.

That was *ust over a year ago now, and things have

only gotten harder.

I snorted now as I sat at the desk that had

come with the place, a relic of when it was some

ancient office building. nly the bottom drawer still

worked, and the only /ile( it held was marked 0an

1ackles hiskey(, and was a plastic bottle, almostempty. I opened( the file and poured a shot of it into

a broken mug, then made it a double, and finally

upended the bottle.

!oney came and money went, fast times, hot

women, good friends. hen the money was there.

hen it wasn't, there's always my old buddy 0an

waiting for me to come back home to my pathetic

squat and the old dog that also shared the place with

me, or I shared it with him, I never was quite sure. $ll I

knew is that I had to feed him, or he'd take a bite out

of me to make sure we knew who was really in charge.

ork was never the problem. 2ots of people

had work for someone who was mercenary anddeniable. There was no lack of folks that wanted others

shot in the face after all. nes who could pay, that was

the issue.

I was halfway through my first swallow when

the door that shouldn't open did. It was steel and had

three locks on it, one of which should have sounded

like a gunshot in the night right beside my ear.

3ot exactly an unusual noise, but this close it'd

be impossible to miss, and the woman walked in. he

was like some chipheads' silicon dreams4 2eggy in

leather pants she must have been sewn into, obviously

busty in the revealing outfit she was wearing, with a

beautiful slim face and delicate pointed ears. The two

small scars under her left eye only accentuated her

beauty rather that detracting from it. !y left hand kept

the mug to my mouth as I swallowed the harsh

synthahol and my right moved up to point the

!anhunter at her, my only response to her breaking

into what was my home and castle.

till mad at me5(, she asked, leaning forward.

+er enhanced elven charms were almost falling out of

the lacy black bra that was all she was wearing under

the open, armored, synthleather biker *acket, showing

her vulnerability in this situation, and that she wasn't

here for a fight. The last time I'd seen 6lackie had been

when she was leaving me high and dry, laughing asshe flew off hanging on a ladder from a helicopter with

the target while security was surrounding me, I'm sure

that I can make it...up to you.( she said, the pause

causing her breasts to swell interestingly, straining the

bra almost to the breaking point.

I let the mug drop to the desk with a click, and

*ust snorted, ome back when you got hips for a

litter.( I said, 7ou're hardly eunabo to me, slictch.( I

said, using one of the few words I knew in r'&et, what

was supposed to be my 3ative Tongue( as an ork.

hat a laugh, it's been around shorter than I have.

!aybe some fahd then5( he asked, reaching

into her *acket. The harsh clack of the hammer movingback on the pistol in my hand caused her to free&e and

break out into a cold sweat. I had no idea what a fahd

was, but I didn't like the sound of it. lowly, she pulled

out a pouch, the contents *ingled, $ctual, old

fashioned gold. !oney comes and goes, even nuyen,

but gold will always be gold, won't it, my old friend5 I

need your help, I need a street monster, and you're

one of the meanest.(

I outright laughed at that, Take gold from an

elf. I was born at night, gorognagit, but it wasn't last

night.( I told her, throwing a bit of an elven insult at

her. asn't sure what it meant, but it usually got

people fighting in the elven ghetto. he reddened inanger, so it worked, but tossed the bag on the desk

nonetheless. I had to admit, the sound of the metal-

on-metal, it sounded more like money than the

click of plastic that a credstick made, or the flutter of

paper money. It had an appeal to it.

I stood up, towering over 6lackie as I decocked

my pistol and stood over her as the door finally

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slammed closed, the locks clanking shut painfully loud.

he *erked at the closeness of our bodies and the

sound. /ine, you can tell me what you need in a

minute or so.(

hy a...( he started, but I grabbed her by

the hair, and drew her up to my face, kissing her hard.

he hardly resisted, and then there was no resistance at

all. ometimes I like 'em skinny.

6lackie needed someone found, and that

someone dead. eems she had decided to burn

another person badly, one not as forgiving as me. he

gave me a slightly out of focus holo of the guy, the

reason why he was pissed which was almost identical

to my own, and the bag of gold. That said, I still left

her in *ust her lacy undergarments as I took her leathers

as a trophy and stalked off into the night. If she was

quick and discrete enough, she could get back to her

elven brethren quickly enough to not have to deal with

any of my fellow street monsters. !y revenge done,

she left with *ust a cry of ineg8(, ork. ell, she got

that right. he should be happy I left her boots and

didn't make her run barefoot through the trash and

rubble strewn streets.

!oving through the streets in my ballistic

armor-lined trenchoat and fedora, the rain a stinging

wet that refused to be strong enough to actually clean

the streets from the trash and refuse. r the garbage

that said people left behind. 9very block I walked was

a different gang's territory in this part of the deepest,

darkest %uyallup 6arrens, each time I was hassled by

some punk that thought si&e and a beat-up pistol or

some street cutter made him or her a man. ome I *ust

looked and made back down, others I had to be more

physical with, never enough to anger the rest of the

gang, but enough to get the respect needed to keep

walking without being hassled. I needed to get my

shoes shined.

In the last year, I taught myself, painfully

slowly, how to read. I learned one main thing from the

few books I'd been able to get my hands on. ne main

thing was that things don't change. )ich are rich, poorare poor, and there are some people that *ust have an

ear for news. ammy the hine 6oy was that person I

knew. +is ancient shoe shine booth dated back to time

immemorial, and the crippled, limping elf with the

claw-like left hand was almost as ancient it seemed,

hardly the 6oy( that his nickname held. +e'd been at

the *ob a long time.

+ey man, '&appin'5( ammy asked as he

moved and worked the brushes over my surplus

combat boots. I had gotten them at a store that

claimed they were $ $rmy urplus, were acid

resistant, completely water-tight, and would last longer

than I did. o far, I hadn't been lied to, but they oftenneeded work to give them a shine. Thus I always

visited ammy at least once a month, kept him on a

payroll of sorts in the way of big tips. Time to collect.

2ooking for some guy. 6reeder. !ight be on

the down low, but more likely looking for vengeance

with blood in his eye and a bullet in his hoop.( I said,

as he worked the brush one-handed with a skill that

couldn't be believed.

2ooking for an elven biff with black hair and a

penchant for taking all the proceeds of a 'run for

herself5 Think I know the guy already. ome ex-suit

who things his drek don't stink and that we're all

beneath him. !ay not think much of a woman thatdoes stuff like that, but if she's from around here...(

he is. 6orn in the ghetto, worked hard to

get out. %robably why she's so hungry.( I told him.

he told a different story, but too many other folks

remembered her from when she was knee-high to a

dwarf. hen you don't leave home, you can't escape

your past. !e, I didn't even bother trying.

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!akes sense. 9veryone thinks elves got it

easy, beautiful people and all that rot.( ammy said,

raising his ruined hand, :ot this fighting against the

thugs taking my mother away from me when they

threw me in the warehouse. 2ucky, right.( /rag, if that

was the 3ight of )age, how old was ammy5 +e's

moving around the edges of Tarislar, too smart to go

there himself. :et himself a lethal case of dead if he

did, and knows it. 3ot stupid, I'll give him that.(

ammy worked at the shoe shine for a bit with the

brush, holding the tin tight against his chest for a bit,

thinking. %robably trying to decide if it was worth

risking angering this person to talk to me about him,

then he decided, 7eah, ;. +e should be somewhere

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his issue of the Scan is focused on thePuyallup Farrens of Seattle; 9 hell on earth created bythe eruption of


18/47

0ne thin there is no shortae of in Puyallup is ans.Iids in !ost areas of the Puyallups dont drea! ofcollee or a Bob as a suit' they drea! of !akin the

cut.

)ans also co!e and o: he Silent Ps' he Princes')old Draons and countless others. 9 constant inPuyallup is the churn of the street ans' each %ithdrea!s of e/pandin turf and influence.

!id5/ier -angs

Reality 4ackers

he larest an of the Puyallups' the reality hackershave been shakin it up for nearly three decades. heirposition is continually challened by s!aller ans butthe 7 avoid direct confrontation and deal %ith

proble!s behind the scenes. 0ver the past half8decadethey have started sponsorin s!aller ans to build arecruit!ent pipeline; hey only recruit stealthy'strateic thinkin aners ho%ever' leavin so!eans disillusioned %ith the relationship.

Se%eral mem!ers of the R$ are former 6om!at 7i&ers. Bohnn CLightningD 0rgone is one of the !etter &no"n.

Stahlseele

Ene of the $ac&er's lieutenants "ho goes ! the handle eon /ech has a personal !eef "ith the Er&

Fnderground. 7orn there# he resents it for some reason. $e and his cre" ha%e !een clashing regularl "ith the S&raacha for months no".7ull

Ch(los

9 an %ith a century of history based in #alifornia'their Seattle charter is in a buildin phase. 6orkinfro! the Prairie ie% neihborhoods' they arechallenin the Flack ains and %arrin %ith a nu!berof s!aller ans as they rapidly e/pand.

$ad a run in "ith a charter in Gen%er. (he demand unfaltering loalt and displas of ethnic pride.

5n&idu

(he are starting "ars on all fronts. ot a good long term strateg.ap

(he ne" charter president# a troll the all call /adre is tring to ma&e a name for herself.6ritias

/hird5/ier -angs

Black Rains

he only an in #arbanado' the ains had enBoyede/clusive control of s!ulin' protection' prostitution'etc there for years. ecently' thins have been shakenup by the #hulos recent e/pansion. hey have alsosuffered defections fro! a nu!ber of disillusioned!e!bers of the proper ethnic heritae to the #hulos.

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The Scan

The Puyallup Barrens: Gangs

/erritory: #arbanadoColors#Sym)ols: Flack $ )old

Connection Rating: 2' Jeihborhood an

!em)ership: ?3' LA81AA orksIn,l(ence: ?1' District

!agical Reso(rces: ?A' *e% !e!bers

!atrix Reso(rces: ?A' &ndividuals onlyAllies: #ascade 0rk ribe

Enemies: #hulos

/erritory: Puyallup #ity

Colors#Sym)ols: Silver $ )oldConnection Rating: 4'


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6h "ould the "ant itSengir

(he Rains' total control of the turf ma&es it a good point to cross the !order# if ou can secure passage. (he current turf "ar is changing that though. Se%eral

truc&s that slipped across the !order "ere hijac&eden route. (he effect is us mo%ing to other routes.

$itch

*ore+er /acoma

his an' !ost notable for their orane slickers overtheir ar!or and ventures in a!blin $ protectionrackets. hey recently had a fallin out %ith the akua'chanin the landscape in oveland.

othing "ill ruin our da li&e a trio of trolls in orange slic&ers deciding to pla road polo "ith our head.6ritias

-old Dragons

Do%nto%n Puyallup #itys current an of influencefavors only hu!an !e!bers. ike the akua' theyhave been kno%n to recruit fro! the ord of en.

I &ne" a runner "ho "ent ! the handle 4atana "ho came up in this gang# then to the 3a&u,a. )ertrust"orth.

7lac& /am!a

Bust another street gang in the Huallups. 0 dime-a- do,en.ap

Neigh)orhood -angs

/he Chosen

his an %as founded in the early 5As by a Siou/brave %ho used the handle the #hooser. &n the !id85Asits !e!bership %as around 5A' all of !i/ed race. heyare easily distinuishable by their penchant for dressinin native 9!erican styled clothin. he #hooser and anu!ber of his NbravesO died in an akua a!bush in

the early8"As. hey are currently led by the oriinal!edicine %o!an for the an' a do sha!an called6alks8in8the8ain.

Ene of the more colorful gangs in the 7arrens# this gang's strength is also their "ea&ness (he are !ound ! oath to protect the people of their territor.

6ritias

(he 6hoser "as %er honora!le. I "as saddened to hear ho" he died..Redjac&

*ly Boys

his an clai!s the Shady 9cres 9irport as their turf.6orkin %ith so!e area fi/ers' they have established

several safe8houses and secure %arehouses in the area'%hich is the ans pri!ary source of inco!e.

O/ostl harmlessD.6ritias

I thin& that "as m line.ap

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/erritory: ovelandColors#Sym)ols: ed $ 0raneConnection Rating: 2' Jeihborhood an

!em)ership: ?3' LA81AA orks $ trolls

In,l(ence: ?1' District!agical Reso(rces: ?1'


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Li,ters

his an controls the turf around the #ri!e


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22/47

(hat would a conversation about the 9uyallups bewithout organized crime@ +eattle has a considerablenumber of syndicates operating within its borders and

while not all chose to fight for the scraps of the 4arrens$those that do take advantage of the distinct lack of lawenforcement.

The following +eattle syndicates have no discerniblepresence in the 9uyallup 2istrict.

/ Mafia: The &innigan &amily

/ Mafia: The Ciarniello &amily

/Ya%u'a: Shoto'umi"gumi

/Ya%u'a: Shigeda"gumi

/Triad: The (ctagon

/)ory * +a%one

Af course$ ;no discernible presence; doesn;t necessarilymean that they never operate in the 4arrens.

La,sa " -The &orgotten.4ased in Tarislar$ this organization was formed from thevarious elven gangs in the area. (ith thousands uponthousands of displaced elves having moved into thearea of Tarislar$ 5a


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The 6ianellis recently shored up in their operations in5oveland. 3lliances with 8orever Tacoma have helpedto solidify that position and alliances with the 9arkland+ons have secured supply lines for weapons from 8ort5ewis to the Mall and points beyond. This supply line$in turn$ has enabled them to reinforce their position inthe Mall pressing advantage against the Yakuza in thatarea. This has come at a price to their Tacoma

operations$ but more on that later.

) focus on Tacoma is in progress./onin

(ome things are better left alone..."ap

Seoulpa Rings

The +eoulpa =ings more closely resemble terroristorganizations than a syndicate$ but their cell/basedstructure and secretive operational model is the onlything that has allowed them to survive the nearly threedecades of war with the Yakuza. Most of the rings aresmall and lacking recognizable leadership. +everal ofthem are larger$ with leaders who have a significantpublic awareness.

2espite the best efforts of the Yakuza to eterminatethem$ small cells continue to pop up all over the4arrens. 'patriated or immigrated &oreans and theirdescendants$ with backing from the o/9ok$ form asignificant pool to draw from. %ronically the Yakuza waragainst the rings$ seen as a war of racial cleansing$serves as a catalyst that drives the creation of newcells.

These cells operate in numerous neighborhoods$primarily Bust inside the 4arrens$ staying mostly withinF/rated areas. 9rotection and theft to organ/leggingand slavery... 7othing is off/limits and fewopportunities to interfere with or cause harm to theYakuza are overlooked.

Ya%u'a: 2enran"%ai

3 young organization by relative standards$ &enran/&aihas a problem with the reinforcement of the 6ianellifamily in the 9uyallups. They have$ however$ beenmaking headway against the +eoulpa =ings$ having

obliterated several cells over the past few months. Thisforward momentum has served to temporarily keep+hotozumi/sama placated against the failures in dealingwith the Mafia. The rapid succession in which theydispatched the rings has only served to fuel the rumorsof a ninBa clan.

I don't know about nin!as, but those 0ak blades are sharp. Their war with (eolpa /ings is a bloody mess. It's nothing compared to that Tempo drek, but it's bloody. This battle with the 7ianellis is !ust business. 2irty nasty business, but !ust business. There's no ferocity and hate. &lenty of snobbery about honor, but this doesn't seem personal.%adge

ith 2on 7ianelli feeling the 0akua are appropriately bogged down with the @oreans, he's withdrawn most of his attention from the district and has left the day to day affairs to an idiot nephew of his. The 7ianellis have theoretical manpower, but some ma!or organiational and logistics issues as a result. It's only a matter of time before the @enran-kai seie the initiative again and the Mafia go back to losing ground, like they've been doing for the last several decades.ritias

The situation is in hand and being dealt with."ap

Triad: Yello3 LotusThis triad has been shoring up their +eattle operationsafter the etermination of their parent organization. 3sthe sole remaining branch$ they have worked hard tostay under the radar and out of conflicts with otherorganizations$ both local and global.

They focus on two areas) %mports of &ong 4T5;s andillegal immigrants. The disposition of the 4T5;s isobvious$ however the immigrants usually end up

working in numerous sweatshops$ brothels$ as slaves orworst case$ as unwilling organ donors.

6iven the lack of law enforcement in the 4arrens$ theYellow 5otus operate a significant number of theiroperations in locations from there.

I am skeptical that they will be able to remain neutral as the conflicts in the %arrens escalate."ap

Triad: !ighty"!ights

(ith a proclivity for technology$ the GG;s have little todraw them to the 4arrens short of the neighborhoodswith 3sian immigrants.

They have begun to >uietly sponsor a few gangs inthe %arrens. This has gone unnoticed so far by the

other (yndicates./onin

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Mayday Field: Hell's Kitchens

Situated in the ashen wastes of Hells Kitchen is asmugglers den like no other. At one time this ruralairstrip probably had another name, but now-a-days thelocals call it ayday !ield". #art airport, part black-market bi$arre and part post-apocalyptic fortress, theoutpost is a common way-point for smugglers comingand going from nati%e territory. &he centerpiece of thefield is a makeshift compound built on 'and out of( thecarcass of an old )SA! cargo plane that crash-landedhere when *ainer erupted in +. &he plane remainedburied under ash for almost thirty years before it wasredisco%ered.

The planes fuselage and skin arent the only things the smugglers recycled. The planes communication and sensor equipment have also been salvaged and upgraded over the years. The smugglers have used this dated tech to secure the surrounding airspace and set up a local AR environment.Bull

There are rumors (street legends, really that the smugglers also recovered an entire shipment of milspec !eaponry from the planes cargo. Anything thats still around !ould be obsolete by no!, but there are at least three heavy antiaircraft

emplacements surrounding the field that " can assure you are fully functional. "ve seen them che! upmore than one incoming aircraft the smugglers didnt

recogni#e.$ritias

&he !ield is home to a loose coalition of %eteransmugglers and black market merchants. At any gi%entime, the !ield supports a steady flow of air traffic./ften smugglers will stop at the port to refuel, offloadtheir cargo or 0ust lay low long enough to throw off anypursuit. ayday !ield has also become something of atrading post for the rabble that li%e in the surroundingwasteland. &hey tra%el to the !ield to barter for suppliesand often camp around the outskirts of the field ors1uat in the %arious abandoned hangers.

%ayday &ield isnt 'ust a handy refueling stop for runs into native lands. "t can be a lifesaver !hen the alish drone defense system shoots your bird full of holes.)itch

Because of its isolated location and hostile surroundings, %ayday &ield has some unique market forces. %undane items like air filters, canned food and medical supplies can easily be traded for contraband like !eapons, drugs or any number of things salvaged from the ash.%ethod

A!akened individuals often travel to )ells *itchen in search of more esoteric re!ards. +ddly enough, this smuggler port has become a commuter hub of sorts. "f you kno! the right people (and for the right price you can catch a ride from the city out to the &ield. ust dont ask any questions about !hat else

might be on the plane.Red'ack

2hile it may look like a lawless hellhole, there is someauthority here. &he sheriff" in these parts is a surly olde3-military pilot that goes by the name of 4ackson. Hedoesnt fly much anymore 'word is he had a nasty run-in with the 5ascade /rks( but he commands enoughrespect from the community to keep the peace.

ackson might appear to run things at %ayday &ield, but the reality is that hes the only guy all the other lo!lifes could agree on. Any authority he has is only

his by default.Badge

That may be true, but it !orks. -ot everybody at the &ield gets along, but disputes and confrontations are bad for business. At least the old timer is around to keep things in line.Bra#ilian hinobi

ackson also has an arrangement !ith )ells *itchens Tours to insure that tourists dont get a chance to

record incoming birds or the strip itself... Theirmatri/ security ho!ever, could use some !ork.

&atum

ackson has a teenage daughter !ho the locals call Rivet and she happens to be a !i# !hen it comes to aircraft mechanics. 0our bird might not look pretty !hen shes done !ith it, but it !ill fly.)itch

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The Puyallup Barrens: Interesting Places


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27/47

Chin's Quikie-Stop: Hwy-7 & 260thThis particular Quickie-Stop had ceased to be afranchise for years... or decades. Given its locationdeep in the barrens, it is more Mad-Max than Seven-Eleven. The bars on the doors and indos are aconstant fixture and the fi!ure on the roof isundoubtedly a sniper member of security. "nly

certified cred or scrip is accepted in a location like thisand its presence is a bastion for the dontrodden holive nearby.

Chin also runs an exchange for corporate scrip for black bank transferred nuyen. His exchange fees are better than a lot of places (4.25% 1.5%!" but don#t expect to exchange $ore than 2"5& at a ti$e. 'atch the currency $arket close enough" and you can een $ake par at ti$es )hen he#s trading at his lo)est. He#ll also accept *C+,- and C+,-" )hich is not originally indicated. o /uebec accepted.0ead oney

hat#s )hy 3 al)ays prefer to be paid in goods or the all $ighty nuyen.railian ,hinobi

Crazy Joe's: Hwy 7 & 224th St E#ra$y %oe&s is a stuffer shack'road house. ( retiredrunner, his security team is top notch and use a mix ofGE) rounds and *EG, dependin! upon the nature ofthe conflict. This is !enerally the furthest point souththat a cab ill travel.

3t#s far enough out that it#s a nice place for a hand6

oer but keep it off6pre$ises lest 7oe get all antsy. +nd aoid the crab6cakes. aste like ash and grease.8nkidu

Crie !a"": #$6th St% E% & #22n (e% E%)one Star and no +ni!ht Errant have been tryin! toput this place out of business since it opened after thefirst #rash, but so far theyve had no luck. ts noonderthis three-story abandoned mall on theoutskirts of /uyallup is the best place in ton to find0ust about anythin! ille!al you mi!ht be lookin! for.1eapons, armor, dru!s, pirated softare, electronics,cyberare, ma!ical !earif you can think of it and its

not le!al, odds are that somebody here is sellin! it. tssimply too useful to too many people to allo the )ato shut it don. n the past couple of years some of thecore 2merchants3 there have chipped in to up!rade theplaces defenses 4includin! an (* netork desi!ned toconfuse the hell out of anybody ho doesnt belon!there5 and they char!e the small fry a nominal fee toallo other vendors to participate. Theres hi!h

turnover amon! the smaller merchants as they !etpicked up by +E or each other in disputes over pricin!,but the bi! ones have been there for years and areell-versed in stayin! out of trouble.6Also see: Runner's Havens 116-1177

There are knon entrances to the 8nder!round thatensure the escape of the Mall&s tenants durin! the

raids. The Mall is not open every ni!ht, but rather onlya number of ni!hts per month to reduce +E&s ability toeffectively execute operations.

'hat kind of )eapons are expected to be carriedaround oer there9#rime mall is security ratin! 9. :o police, except henthere is a raid and then they alays expect heavyopposition. t&s almost a no man&s land. There are ofcourse pay offs to keep raids to a minimum.

+nd )hat kind of cro)d is found there on nights thatit#s open9

There is an unritten rule about open violence; Expectto die. Think of a subay car ith every passen!erarmed for protection. The minute someone attempts arobbery a do$en people shoot them. The bi! hitters4mafia, several bi! time fixers, arms dealers andsmu!!lers5 provide security for themselves that extendto the areas of the mall.

as thinkin! of brin!in! 6insert eapon here7 forprotection, the


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up" chopped up nicely" and so$e enclaes in :uyallup sell ho$egro)n biodrugs out in the open. +nd underground literature and banned policlub $anifestos and such crap" if you#re into this. ,o$eti$es een bigger corps use the all as a pipeline to feed the ,3less )ith ne) product for extended field tests" ;lobal )as particularly notorious there so$e years ago. raders change

eery ti$e" of course" and so does )hat#s aailable.

*nlike $any other shado) $arkets" this is not run by one syndicate" though $ost see$ to consider it neutral ground. ut )hen tension runs high" like in 1 )ith the e$po crae" better not count on it" and firefights here can get real ugly real fast.acha

he fa$ily has recently been )orking to clean up


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Ja+ki Chin's: 20$#/ !ountain HwyThis little hole in the all noodle house boasts


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Jackson

Archtype: SmugglerSex/Race: Male Caucasian HumanAffiliations: NoneRating: 3Uses: Smuggling, Aircraft, Puyallup Barrens

This grizzle ol man is in a tough spot an he!no"s it as the sheriff of Mayay #iels$ He%s not out toma!e friens, &ut rather to !eep a &unch of la"lesssmuggler types from !illing each other an ma!ing afe" nuyen in the process$

He is a tough negotiator an years of militarycom&at e'perience ha(e mae him pretty capa&le of

follo"ing up "ith aggressi(e)negotiations as "ell$ Hisa&ility to tal! through most situations has !ept him inplace for nearly half a ecae$

His aughter is his hot &utton though$ A sharpyoung "oman coming of age in a camp of esperaos!eep a father constantly (igilant$ She has also &eenreferre to as a mechanic sa(ant, espite her age$

He is an adept, though he refuses to acknowledge the fact.

Redjack

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Condition Monitor Boxes (P/S): 56055Aror (Ballistic/!pact): 5601Po"ers: +nc$ *efle'es +, 7inesics *5, Com&at Sense *4Acti#e Skills: Close Com&at 8roup *4, #irearms 8roup*/, Negotiation *1, .ti9uette *3, +ntimiation *1,Perception */, eaership *4$no"ledge skills: Smuggling *outes *1, Smuggler

hieouts */, CAS Borer Patrol */, Salish)ShiheBorer Patrol *3, NAN Area 7no"lege *3, NANTri&es *4%ang&ages: .nglish N, Salish *3, Ma!ah *4, City Spea!*4, ;r%zet *5'ear: Armor e(ice*3?, Contacts "0 +magelin! @ Smartlin!, A* 8lo(es,Ares Preator +esert Stri!e

Ja#a Jane

Archtype: Coffee house proprietorSex/Race: #emale Caucasian >"arf Affiliations: NoneRating: 4Uses: Street rumors, meeting place, coffee

Staning at 5$45m tall, this mile)age"ar(en "omen is the namesa!e an o"ner of a(aane%s Coffee House in the o(elan$ She has &ecome alocal lanmar! for commuters an early risers ali!e$

She has a soft heart for those "ho are !in anthose "ho are trying to o(ercome their situation$ Shehas little patience for rue or mean persons an has a

pet)pee(e against profanity in her store$She mar!ets her coffee as real an locals s"ear

&y it$ +n any case, its high 9uality attracts people fromall o(er the Barrens an a num&er of gangers, mo&stersan runners ta!e a personal interest in her safety ancontinue &usiness operations$ As such, she tens tohear street tal!$

Rumor is that she has a connected cousin in Tarislar who supplies her kona coffee grown in local green

houses.

Zap

Officers in Loveland may e few and far etween ut they all know aout !ane"s.

#adge

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Condition Monitor Boxes (P/S): 56056Aror (Ballistic/!pact): /05Acti#e Skills: Artisan =Coffee? 3 =4?, Clu&s =Brooms?5=4?, .ti9uette =Street? 4 =4?, ongarms =Shotguns?5=4?, Perception 3, Thro"ing -eapons =mugs? 5=4?$

$no"ledge skills: Area 7no"lege: Seattle =Puyallup?4=4?, Bars an Clu&s 3, Business 4, Coffee /%ang&ages: City Spea! N, .nglish *3'ear: 504 &oy form fit, Commlin! =>e(ice *ating 3?,8lasses "ith +magelin!, A* 8lo(es, *emington 6

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Kaboom

Archtype: Arms DealerSex/Race: Male Latino Dwarf Affiliations: Mafia Rating: 3Uses: Weapons, Armor

A fixture of the Crime Mall on the second floorsince the mid 60's, a!oom has esta!lished se"eralsuppl# chains, mostl# throu$h his mafia connections%

&e tra"els with se"eral !od#$uards, usuall# apair of dwar"en !rothers called tone ( )ud$e and*or anum!er of hea"il# armed or+s% &e has !een +nown tooutsource securit#, thou$h%

When at the Mall, he $enerall# !rin$s lowerend A's and the li+e rather than ris+in$ hi$her endstoc+% &e can ha"e other, more specialied $eardeli"ered from his warehouses fairl# -uic+l#. /he !etterthe deli"er# fee, the -uic+er the deli"er#%

&e has also !een +nown to !u# and resellsome second hand stuff, if there is profit in it%

I was on a job in Seattle last fall and made my way to the Mall for gear. This crazy dwarf was able to get a pair of LAWs and an Ares Alpha. Charged me throgh the nose! bt I had them within two hors.Stahlseele

I had an associate who o"erpaid for low end crapfrom this shyster.

Macha

A 1 C 2 L W s 2ni 4

6 3*5 3*5 5 3 3 3 5 x 7

Condition Monitor Boxes (P/S: 77*77Armor (Ballistic/!mpact: 78*9Cyber"are/bio"are: 2mp% 1eflexes 22, Muscle /oner 18Acti#e S$ills: irearms ;roup 15, Armorer 15,xplosi"es 13, 13=?8>Kno"ledge s$ills: irearms 2D 16, #ndicates=Mafia>

8=?8>, eattle ;an$ nowled$e 17%ang&ages: Cit# pea+ 18=?8>, Medical /heor# 18%ang&ages: 1ussian


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*ora

Archtype: Women's helter Mana$erSex/Race: emale Caucasian &umanAffiliations:


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Ra#en

Archtype: /alismon$erSex/Race: Male lac+Asian &umanAffiliations: 17=?8>Kno"ledge s$ills: Ma$ic /heor# 1@, eattle Areanowled$e 18, Ma$ic /hreats 18

%ang&ages: n$lish 1@=?8>

Kno"ledge s$ills: eattle Area nowled$e 1@,Alcoholic Drin+s =Micro!rews> 1@=?8>, /ir /airn$ire 13,Gnderworld 4olitics 13, ;an$ 2D 18%ang&ages: n$lish


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Hitch's Fly-Spy Mark II

Response 3 Handling +1

Pilot 3 Acceleration 3/15

Signal 4 Speed 15

Firewall 3 Body 1

Sensor Rating 4 Armor 0

Sensor ap! 3 ost 10"000#

Sensor Package$ Range Finder" %otion Sensor"R4 amera & '(ermograp(ic" )ltraso*nd

Hardware Upgrades$ R, -mpro.ed 'ae /2anding"(ameleon oating" )pgraded Signal

Software$ %ane*.eraility R3" learsig(t R3"o.ert ps R3" (aser R3

A signiicant *pgrade to t(e stoc lyspy" t(isay was *ilt speciically wit( s(adowr*nners inmind! -t ecels in ot( reconnaissance and s(adowingtargets y swapping o*t t(e co.ert ops and c(aserprograms!

Drones are my eyes and ears. The right drone in theright place has saved the lives of too many

teammates to count.Hitch

Too costly for what a watcher can do for free.Zap

Your watchers? I think perhaps you should spend the nuyen.Brailian !hino"i

I ac#uired a drone similarly upgraded on a recent run. I like the well rounded nature of these specs.$acha

Hitch's Roto-Drone Terinator Series

Response 3 Handling 0

Pilot 3 Acceleration 10/,5

Signal 6 Speed 100

Firewall 3 Body 3

Sensor Rating 4 Armor

Sensor ap! 6 ost ,1"000#

Sensor Package$ R4 Radar" R4 amera & '(ermo" 7ision %ag" 2ow 2ig(t" 7ision 8n( R, Hardware Upgrades$ R, -mpro.ed 'ae /2anding" (ameleon oating" 9eapon %o*nt" )pg SignalMo!nted "eapon$ -ngram Smartg*n :

w/d*al dr*ms ;100r eac(< = (ameleon coating

Software$ %ane*.eraility R3" learsig(t R3" 'argeting R3

%ith plenty of ammunition and even aselection of rounds& this is a solid& air"orne& short'range weapons platform.

I designed this can of whoop ass following an incident last year where my friend Blae ran into a

pack of om"ies. Her entire team was saved "y herroto'drones.

Hitch

The weight of the armor and e(tra ammunition puts a severe strain on the "oth the engine and fuel supply of this model. If you)re going to spend this much on a roto'drone& then spend a little more for a few more upgrades& especially if your runs generally take you on e(tended outings.!engir

I have vid of one of these on the outskirts of Tarislar last week. %as that you crossing over Hitch? You

crossed over a little harder than the situation re#uired and a custom drone like this is like a "usiness card.*ritias

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R!hretall #!lkan;>atling S(otg*n AP %ode R Ammo A.ail ost

@P 1FA 4

50;d< orelt

16F 6"500# P;< +5

Std$ Upgrades%&ccessories$ %inig*n" %eta(*man *stomiCation ;'roll


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Hey Chummers! Gile Juniper here with thenews from the street. Today I'm in the other Barrens...The Puyallups. Overlooed y most" this little #orner of

$eattle is home to a numer of runners" syndi#ates andother nefarious types. %es" I'm talin& to you!

irst it of a#tion to rea#h my ears today wasaout an in#ident in Prairie (iew. ) soup it#hen there#ame under sie&e y a &roup of Trolls for reasons notyet fully understood. The soup it#hen's se#urity#ontra#tor" *hite +a&le $e#urity" responded with for#e"ut were no mat#h for half a do,en trolls. *itnessessaid one of the trolls was a minotaur and spe#ulation#onne#ts them to the *yld $tallyns Triute Band.

*hite +a&le $e#urity is a Humanis front and the

atta# was to shut down a soup it#hen that is a#tually a front for atta#s on metahumans a#ross the Barrens.Bull

These tro&s #an throw down with a ran&e of everythin& from Golin-o# to #entury old metal allads.onin

/ni&ht +rrant was su##essful in puttin& an endto a smu&&lin& operation that was responsile forrin&in& a numer of )/'s in from ussia to themetrople0 and points eyond. The operation was

messy and most of the smu&&lers died in theoperation. /+ is still on the looout for the rains of theoperation" a lar&e troll who #alls himself /han.

umor is that /han is part of Hit#h's #rew.1ap

I wouldn't say 2#rew3.Hit#h

Investi&ation #ontinues into the deaths of two/+ offi#ers several wees a&o. The offi#ers died durin&a routine traffi# stop several lo#s from 4nderworld

56 when a perpetrator fired )P7$ ammo from anassault rifle into the armored #ruiser's windshield. Theentire in#ident was #au&ht on the #ruiser se#urity #ams.The van was later found urned out downtown. It wasa rental van" ut ha#ers destroyed the rental re#ords./+ has referred the in#ident to the Or&ani,ed Crimes4nit.

That #ra,y ussian in the vid is Iron. I thou&ht he was also runnin& with Hit#h. It seems lie our lo#al smu&&ler has fallen in with #ompany who eep runnin& afoul of /ni&ht +rrant. %ou now they #all it 2$hadowrunnin&3 for a reason" ri&ht..8

1ap

*e are not the #ompany we eep.Hit#h

ClassifiedsWanted: Team of 4-6 who are able to move goodsacross the Seattle borders for a night's work.)s for let#h at the 9all Offi#e.

For Sale: 1 case of AK-4s. As is! no "#estions.Post at The *ell to eno aout irthday #andles.

For Sale: $ne katana wea%on foc#s. &ecentl witho#tan owner.Post here. 1ap.

Wanted: Access codes for (#all#% )it *allcommand node. +eed e,%ires in 6 ho#rs.Post Here. )ria

P9 me.onin

) laundry shop urned to the &round last ni&ht

in Puyallup #ity. Investi&ators on s#ene initiallyreported findin& a do,en odies in a a# room" ut anoffi#ial report y the fire marshal identified those asdo& #ar#asses.

%au,a soldiers. One of them was an adept whowas fairly profi#ient with his atana.. Just slow.1ap

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Scream Sheet


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I was s#annin& for some information on the )res $entinels the other day and #ame a#ross this. Granted" the underlyin& file from $hadow$+) is #orrupted" ut you #an overlay the ori&inal that's floatin& around at your leisure. The e0istin&

#omments are easily distin&uished from our oard.onin

Old Drek Can Still Kill You DED-Dead:A ch#mmer of mine in logistics in! well! won't sawhich militar! she sent me this data %acket ofref#rbished e"#i%ment that is being offered fromvario#s so#rces. Tho#ght it might be #sef#l as it'sgoing to a lot of militar #nits! mid- to low-levelcor%orations! and /egitimate militia #nits0. t's all oldst#ff! some ver old! b#t %arts are being made for them

again and the might see more and more #se. Sheremembered m! ahem! occ#%ation now! andforwarded it to me in the idea that might beinterested in what is coming into the market! or backon the market! or however o# sa it. 2*e! 3nglish ism second lang#age! think 'm doing "#ite well5.

%#lled in some favors! and fo#nd that a n#mber ofegas and some minor cor%orations are #sing old tooland die e"#i%ment! and those new +anofa,es tochea%l make the s%are %arts! if not whole new #nitsfrom scratch! at a chea% %rice. A lot of these are fo#ndin second- and third-world co#ntries! so labor is chea%

for the factories! and 'll admit don't #nderstand m#chabo#t +anofa,es other than the're technolog that'sclose to magic.

The %oint is that this st#ff is coming back! and isalread here. 7o# can find a lot of these things in 8#nkards or r#sting in the back of some wareho#se in a lotof %laces! and make for the %erfect deniable tools.

: Hey" I thou&ht that was what $hadowrunners werefor. - *

: This is the $hadowrunner's version of deniale tools.

- 9oney

$K! have to be honest here! kind of messed #% thefile when stri%%ed awa the %rotection and otherhacker st#ff on it! so it's not as %rett as the otherversions that are %robabl fling aro#nd the other sites!b#t don't see anone on 99* %roviding their ownco%ies of this! so! there.

: ) Troll that #an't use a #omputer. Color mesurprised. - Pride

) Humanis pun who needs twenty-to-one odds to fi&ht little elven &irls. Color me surprised.)ria

Ares Sentinel P Series Drone [small drone]

: Hardwired system with no wireless maes this ayunha#ale y modern means. %ou &ot to &o Old$ool with this system. *hile you #ould tae thepower out to them" they often have a 4P$ in pla#e for;ust su#h an o##asion. On the ri&ht side" a H+)TGrenade or even a &ood e0plosive shot&un shell intothe tra# efore and after the drone sti#s it in pla#e.This" however" is not sutle. - i# O'$hey

The hardwired isn't as i& a prolem as most people mae it out to e. There's a few se#urity I7 #hips out there on the maret that wor as re-transmitters.


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$aeder-/rupp is the #ompany maretin& and sellin& the P7-(>? mentioned y the $hadow$+) poster.$tahlseele

A#te$%nolo&' (C-)*S [mini drone]

: Oh man" I #ut my teeth 7rone i&&in& on theseaies on the )$7O+ #ir#uit! They are a lot fasterthan you'd thin! Of #ourse" mine were ra#e tuned" sothat mi&ht have een why. - *

The tar&et desi&nator needs to e up&raded if you have the ori&inal version" ut other than that these still wor fine for pointin& out where the little oms should &o for the i& ;os. I've also had one that was set up as a ran&efinder that #ould s#an a room for hidden #ompartments" #ame in handy when I had to find a tin of spi#ed ham.Bra,ilian $hinioi

A#te$%nolo&' +ed&e%o& Si&nal ,nter$etor

[small drone]

: *ant to see a drone urst into flames8 ind anori&inal one of these and turn it on in a $pam 1one.or pra#ti#al purposes" it's &reat in rural areas whenyou're looin& for si&nals that aren't supposed to earound. +ven small farms uy these y the tru#load"set the farm animals I7 ta&s to 2riendly3 to theunits" and even rustlers in 2Hidden3 mode &ivethemselves away with the smallest transmission. - *

: 7idn't see you as the farmin& type" *. - 9oney

: +veryone has a history. $ome people" lie you" haveso many you #an't eep tra#. - *

Osolete and worthless8 Hardly. $et it up ri&ht" and you #an have it s#an for 2Bio-hythm Based $i&nals3" or Te#hnoman#ers as some #all them. Just mae sure you have it set to passive" or they'll thin their way in. Perfe#t if they're tryin& to pass themselves off as a Ha#er.9a#ha

%eah" e#ause that wored so well in /iev. Thereare still people tryin& to #olle#t a 2Te#hnoman#er3ounty on me there! )nd I still have the rope urns.)nd the s#ars from the pit#h for. )nd then there's

what the #ae maer did! Just &lad I &ot away fromthe ut#her of /iev...atum

$o it &ets false positives when Te#hno#ritters are around. Hardly my fault.9a#ha

enraku E.enin& /ist [mini drone]

: $ounds more lie a perfume than a drone. - 9oney

: That's e#ause it's translated from Japanese- Tiny Tro&

: I was thinin& of the Japanese name. - 9oney

It does sound lie a rand of perfume.ed;a#

It is now. Just #ame out on the maret alon& with refurished versions of these" 2The smell of superstars3" playin& on it's use with performers. I've found them useful in a variety of ways as well with the ri&ht #hemi#als" they #an sustitute for a real emer&en#y in a lot of ways" and roll away" no one the wiser. 4p&rade the software" however.+nidu

Yamatetsu Wat$%er 0123 [small drone]

: Best investment I ever made. I found a un#h in thedumpster that had een modified for aAuati# use" andthey flush du#s lie nothin& else. I had somemanipulators added" and they even retrieve. I stillmiss the do&s my Grandfather had" however. - 9oney

The aAuati# use models the $hadow$+) poster =*e're referen#in& them a lot" aren't we8@ proaly &ot some models that were previously modified for use in to0i# ,ones. They're remarale resilient to the #hemi#al soup in those areas with the ri&ht sealant" and they're a ma;or pain as other drones tend not to survive so well in those areas. Have no idea why it had manipulators.$en&ir

Or they #ould ;ust e ird flushin& drones that someone up&raded from =There's dedi#ated drones for that now that loo more appealin&" and ri#h@" whi#h do have manipulators. I've had to #over a few hi&h profile people while they went out Aui#silver pheasant huntin&. ot everythin& is aout Bi,.$tahlseele

/C4 +a$%iman [medium drone]

: Old" ut still useale. They're een rotated out fornewer 9CT models" ut 9CT susidiaries use theme0tensively. In fa#t" it's rare to see them outside the9CT umrella. - i# O'$hey

Hate hate hate these thin&s. $o many people have #ome to me shot up y these thin&s. Oh" and the ammo load-out is usually set to maim a tar&et rather than ill them" so they #an e interro&ated.9ethod

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The firewall on a se#urity drone lie this is surprisin&ly easy to &et throu&h. But as soon as it's off site" there's so many se#urity I7 ta&s that start s#reamin& you ;ust #an't eep it. Pity" they're ind of #ute" and I want one as a pet. Better than a i& do& for home se#urity.)ria

Areodesi&n S'stems Condors 56DSD-7896DSD-0":

[lar&e drone]

: )dvertisin&" oservation" and data drops are perfe#titems for these units. $e#ret messa&es #an also ehidden in them" and I now for a fa#t that the Cas#adeOrs use different ads to show when smu&&lin& routesare safe or not" and mae a it of le&it #red on theside. - Truth

: They also have a small amount of #ar&o spa#e you#an hide from &round-view if you now the ri&ht te#hs.Hi&h-ul items are no-&oes" ut you #an &et a de#entload of BT


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6o$k%eed Kestrel [small drone]

) lot of these are startin& to e sold se#ond-hand to advertisin& #ompanies" who use them as moile $pam Bots. Bad news" $pam 1ones move now. Good news" you #an use them for dis#rete oservation platforms" until someone &ets )-a&e and shoots it down.Hit#h

7umpsho# is a it#h" let me tell you.)ria

Fed-=oein& Courier [medium drone]

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>-0 (lo;al +a?k [lar&e drone]

: Only pla#e I've ever seen one is in a i&&er Bar near"well" it was in a i&&er Bar. - 9oney

I thin I now the ar he's talin& aout. The ori&inal owner used it durin& the 4$) *ar.Hit#h

/>-" Predator [lar&e drone]

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=la$k Kni&%t [lar&e drone]

: These are Auite useful if you have a few e0tra its ofsoftware and hardware availale. I was ale to &etone" well" never mind how" and my i&&er set it up sothat we #ould desi&nate our own tar&ets withspe#ially-fitted laser desi&nators in the field. *e stillhave it. - i# O'$hey

)ma,in&ly" I've used these as stret#her earers when I have to do tria&e" mountin& a stret#her etween them on modified trailer hit#hes. The stret#her has a iomonitor uilt into it" as do the drones. They also have 7rone-ased 9Gs and the standard software to &o alon& with them. Better than a lot of tria&e nurses I've hired over the years.

9ethod

Old and still i#in&" ;ust lie me!Jones

/"7") /ule [lar&e drone]

: The %u#atan eels had desi&ns for these and wereale to #ole Auite a few of them to&ether. Theyused them on supply runs throu&h under&round #avesas opposed to anythin& in dire#t #omat. I now I wasalways happy to see one" as it meant ammo and food.- Tiny Tro&

I #an #onfirm that an )res )ir-$upply #an #arry one of these" with a minimum load out of ma&a,ines and first aid its. Barely.Jones

The Or 4nder&round uses a #ustom-made version of these to move essential &oods around with some e0tensive se#urity systems uilt into them. )nd a firewall that the military wishes they had. Oh" and a really pissed off old de#er who will &et mi&hty slotted off if you mess with them.Bull

/>-1 Fire S$out [lar&e drone]

: There are stealthed and up&raded versions of thesethat fly throu&h the #ities" looin& throu&h windows"and usin&... K7eleted By $ysOpL E Truth

: J4$T POO TH)T %O4'+ P)T O TH+CO$PI)C%! - Truth

)#tually" I am seein& some of these flyin& around Tarislar" and they're not ein& #ontrolled y any of the lo#als as far as I #an find out. They're &ettin& shot down" ut they eep #omin& nonetheless. 9aes me wonder what they're looin& for" and who is really in #ontrol of them.Critias

ot ;ust Tarislar. They're in


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ed And still feel thesame wa whenever anone recogni@es me! or wantsto interview me! or whatever. 'm 8#st this g#! o#know> 2To mis"#ote *itchhikers D#ide to the Dala,5.'m 8#st a Shadowr#n fan who's l#ck eno#gh to be ableto work on a %rod#ct that love.

/ong-winded answer! know! b#t... 'm good at those.

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of o#r freelance cor%s. And Iason *ard! S&'s /ine9evelo%er! oversaw the writing. So imagine thatthese will form a seed of things to come at some %oint!tho#ght co#ldn't sa when or how.

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To provide a little insight into the Dumpshockedmembers who find themselves making comments inthe Datahavens, we've included a mini-bio.

Redjack

Description: A hermetic mage shadowrunner in andout of the shadows since 2!.Expertise: "ermetic magic, summoning, metaplanes,initiation # enchanting. To a lesser degree: dragons,business # central to western $orth America.Posting style: %atter of fact with a diversifiedvocabular&. an be witt&, depending on his mood.(ometimes states the obvious and will admit if he'swrong, but digs in if he's right.

Stahlseele

Description: "uman street samurai)mercenar&)bod&guard from *erman&, operating worldwide, butmost of the time in $orth America and *erman&.Expertise: *erman&, especiall& the ugl& shadow& side.+eapons and *adgets, rban rawl and ombatiking.Posting style: %atter of fact, kinda flat, sometimessarcastic. Tries to take most things not too seriousl&.

Brazilian Shinobi

Description: A railian, /lven Adept who used to bein "ualpa's arm& before going freelancer.Expertise: lose unarmed combat, infiltration andinvestigation specialied in 0s&chometr&.Posting style: Tries to focus on the matter at hand butwon't pass an opportunit& to make a 1oke or a pun, alsolikes to make inside 1okes.

Black Mamba

Description: /lven Assassin since 2!Expertise: enegade %oonlight Thorn. (pecialiing in3uiet kills, intrusions and e4tractions.Posting Style: (evere superiorit& comple4. old, silentand honor-bound.

Fatum

Description: 5oung, overconfident hacker runner fromussia.Expertise: %oderatel& competent in %atri4technolog&: "acking, though not esonance. ussian #/uropean politics. To a lesser degree: 6or& #underworld politics.Posting style: 7verconfident, self-righteous and toosarcastic for his own good.

ap

Description: /lven mage. retired from running andnow tied into the (eattle mob.Expertise: (eattle underworld, histor&, paranormalanimals, magic theor&, enchanting and inford brandpower tools.Posting Style: (mug, wise-ass, cock&.

Macha !"ermit#

Description: 6eteran elven runner turned T8r na n9gshadow asset Deliberatel& vague about her relationshipwith the Tir. esidences in ;ondon, Dublin, or (eattle.Expertise: %atri4, especiall& electronic warfare andrigging, but not the esonance. The shadow scene in/urope, the Arcolog& airl& reasoned, though will burst intoanger mode if provoked. %ore than a little arrogant attimes, especiall& toward newer hackers. Dislikes anddistrusts Technomancers, hates A? and the ?nfected,especiall& T&pe ?. *leeful that the Tairngire regime isgone, since she has some beef with the council ofprinces she will refuse to e4plain. ses /nglish ratherthan American vocabular&, might occasionall& use(perethiel for greetings, insults, and the likes if desired.

Enkidu

Description: An adept elf face running in Denver.Expertise: The con, fashion, music, clubs, drugs andthe ins and outs of the 1et set.Posting style: Deepl& c&nical and 1aded. "e's 3uiteblunt most of the time especiall& of talking aboutpeople and their motivations. +ill wa4 l&rical aboutmusic and clothes though. (ometimes peppers hisvocabular& with (perethiel.

Sengir

Description: %undane human, e4pert for places likethe (7@, fre3uentl& visits corp installations hiddenawa& in such places.Expertise: ontaminated areas


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$ritias

Description: A 0ortland-born elf, raised and educatedas a civilian in the Tir. Double-ma1or in histor& andtheoretical thaumaturg&. urrentl& in Tarislar, 0u&alluparrens, (eattle.Expertise: Tir politics and histor&, militar& histor&,"ermetic theor& and practice, paracritters, elvens&ndicates)gangs ormer ;one (tar detective turned >i4er,%arried, one daughter. ;ost his (?$ in the rash of Ethen ran the shadows. egained his (?$ # 1ob in FC,;ost the 1ob in F2 when G/ took over. "olds a grudgeagainst G/.Expertise: 7rganied rime, $arcotics, 0olice andsecurit&Posting Style: /ducated, but rough. (peaks with slangleft over from the >ifties, 7ccasionall& talks about ackin m& da&. . .

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7k, so that's the second edition of the DumpshockDatahaven. A lot crammed into an edition and it's beentwo &ears since the previous issue, but it's back for atleast one more issue.

?'d like to sa& that this will be a regular occurrence, buttruth is that it takes a heck of a lot of time to put thistogether. A labor of love, but still an unpaid labor.

/ach da& since ? started working on this, ? tried to worka little

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