The Night Market
The Operators returned to the Cybar to conduct business as per usual little aware Maelstrom was about to steamroller them, claim the Cybar and surrounding territory capturing bar operator Adam in the process.
With the violent Boostergang looking to hunt them down, Ripperdoc Florence Nightingale led the Operators to the Night Market and under the Pax of Bogdan Mu where they would be temporarily safe and able to regroup.
Linears and Events of note
- Where the fuck is Alice?
- Matriarch of the Nomad pack whose territory the Cybar rests in, Scars Alice, has been unseen for days prompting worry that something was amiss. Scars reached out to Netrunner Chef informing him that she thinks Maelstrom are planning something big, perhaps a hit on her.
- School run
- Derek Wiseman, the Arasaka researcher working on Project Waterfall, who the Operators previously extracted was a 'hot potato' that needed moving on. At the request of Scars Alice several Operators escorted him to meet with The Sheriff, Enforcer for Bogdan Mu for a handover.
- En-route the Operators were accosted by several members of The Inquisition who would like a copy of 'At One With Body And Soul' which they believe one of the Operators stole, returned. The Operators claimed ignorance of this.
- Faceless Friends pt. 1
- Several Faceless entered the Cybar and Face of the Faceless demanded to know where the Operators acquired the Militech hardware they auctioned off in Game #3. As leverage they have footage of the raid on the Corporate Police where the Operators are clearly visible and Rusty killed 'well-liked' Maelstrom lieutenant 'Stacks Wylde' which they threatened to release by the end of the day.
- MaxTac don’t have jurisdiction here
- MaxTac don't bother with violence outside of 'nice' areas and recently a Cyberpsycho has been attacking people and retreating to a camp in the area near the Cybar. Anton arrived with an old fashioned kill bounty issued against the troublesome neighbour but the Operators found that more was going on than expected.
- Fuck You Pay Me!
- Back in Game #2, the Operators killed most of a Militech squad that unexpectedly arrived near the Cybar. Not sure what to do with the bodies they offloaded them to some people who dumped them on Blackbeard's Boys territory. The resultant heat has made Blackbeard unhappy. The Bosun came along demanding extra cash to make things right and a compromise was reached.
- Contested Ground
- On paper a good old fashioned paying job. With some kind of Corporate deal going down between SovOil and PlantPower, Anton offered the Operators big Eddies to intercept the document transfer and hand it over. Unfortunately a third party had also paid Maelstrom to do the same thing: there was chaos. It was at this point it was realised that Maelstrom were also in the midst of raiding the Cybar, grabbing Adam and depriving the Operators of their home base.
Events then shifted to the Night Market where the Operators were somewhat out of their comfort zone and dealing with new, bigger players.
- Welcome to the Jungle
- The operators were led to the Night Market by Florence Knightingale and allowed access on her boon. The Sheriff explained the rules and they began to work out what to do next.
- Faceless Friends pt. 2
- Several Faceless arrived and Face of the Faceless demanded again to know more about the missile auction and where the goods were acquired. Rebuffed by the Operators they set off to leak the incriminating videos.
- Meet the Cybermancer
- Renowned Cybermancer ZeroDay met with the Operator Netrunners and offered them information if they agreed to do a job for her.
- Nobody expects the fucking Inquisition
- Clarence Ruston the Noodle bar guy had a job for the Operators: a simple warehouse smash and grab, low risk, what could possibly go wrong.
- Only trouble was, the clients were The Inquisition. Who don't like the Operators. Luckily enough it passed off without violence.
- Hostile takeover
