[Solodice]

Miner ordered himself some sake when he took a seat with Frank.

Vodka and sake both on the same day! My life is getting greater by the minute.

Miner went over the info Ginji had gathered up on the good doctor while he sipped his sake, "Seems like the doc is spoofing his signal so no one would no where he would be at one exact time. Only way to see if he would be at any of his local places would be to stake them all out but we don't have the man power for that," Miner says pointing the sake glass at the 4 of them, "I also doubt he looks like anything in the dossier... if he's smart. Also looks like he doesn't come out of his new hidey hole very often. "

Miner just leaned back in his chair and sipped away on his sake waiting for the other to chime in.

[HydroRaven]

Miner's observation got Frank thinking. "True, it seems he's holed out somewhere and won't come out unless he needs to. Thing is, what would make him come to us? I think if we can find what he's after, we'll be able to lure him out and grab him then." Frank takes a sip of tea and looks away, thinking. "Has anybody detected a pattern to his erratic behaviour? Is there any way to find what he's looking for?"

[obidancer]

Kyo skipped any food or drink. Water was fine. Between the Pilmeni, Kartochka and the Vodka, he had enough for the evening. He was surprised how much the French guy could eat for someone of his size. Andy... he could understand...

Kyo Added his cents to the discussion:
Well, one thing is for sure, our guy isn't hiding in any class A sectors or any zone one has to broadcast their lnk constantly. It actually reduces a bit the search area. And yes the different traces were all over the city. I don't think they hold much interest. Like Miner pointed out, they are spoofed access ID. To be at the same time at different zone is something that has been planned though. That mean our guy isn't alone and some decent hackers are working with or for him.  So the first hypothesis is that he's secluded somewhere. I didn't find any of his of his trace at any transportation terminal so I'd say he's still in the city.

Once again, he may just have switched 'link and get himself a new ID. In this case I'll have to do a search based on profiled and facial recognition, it may take a few hours. And if what you mentioned is true, Miner, he may not even look like what I'd be looking for...

I think the only tangible thing we have is when and where the link has stopped being connected. It should be our starting point and yes that involve the Tolskoi District and the Arcology.

Cr4ckp0t, on the very first post I had one Sprite gather info on the Arcology incident. Does Kyo has that info accessible and what could he has learnt from it? Also does he have a location based on when and where the comlink stopped being used?

[Solodice]

Miner almost chocked on his sake at Ginji's last sentence, "I wouldn't touch that district or the Arcology without a very long and I mean very long stick. However... it would probably be a good place to start but we need to need to know what the hell happened in there before we just walk in. I hear news has been pretty heavily censored about what happened in their but I have some back line channels I can check in with to see what the low down is."

Miner activated his AR and brought up a keyboard on the table. He brought up his contact list and hit up the two guys he knew would at least had some info or could dig stuff up.

@Gizmo Got another request for you. I need some info on the Tolskoi District and the Evo Arcology and what the hell happened there.

@Pluto If you have any info on the Tolskoi District or the Evo Arcology in Moscow I would be greatly interested.

Miner also brought up the usual stomping grounds for runners on the matrix and scanned about for any news about the Tolskoi or the Evo Arcology in Moscow.

Knowlege: Shadowrun Community (News) 8d6.hits(5)=3

[cr4kp0t]

The journey to the Dim Sun joint is bleak and slow going as the snow begins to fall in the streets of Moscow.

When you arrive you notice that the 'restaurant' is little more than a shack with a fabric cloth porch and some seating that has been jammed into an alley between some corporate buildings. There is an old Chinese man half asleep at the counter and the tables are all empty. The old man walks over and begrudgingly takes your order, walking into the back of the shack he leaves you to your business in the dim light of the neon glow from the adjoining buildings. A few minutes later you order is delivered to you by a couple of old rusty manservant drones.

@Obidancer
The genuine commlink trace was last seen in this apartments 8 days ago.

Your sprite only manages to gather some basic info on the incident at the moment the media black out is very hard to circumvent in this case. to the point where information is corrupted almost as soon it is uploaded. It would lead you to believe that the Evo corp are really trying very hard to keep what happened there secret.
 
what you do manage to find out:

• The Arcology was raided by a group of 4 militant eco mages.
• the targets flat was the epicentre of the 'Blast'
• None of the residents survived
• Most of the corporate response forces are now being treated in the local hospital for 'severe burns'

[/spoiler]

@Solodice
You are unable to get hold of gizmo his comm keeps advising you it's busy. Pluto sends you a message:
[Text Only]
Info on the Tolskoi district and the Evo arcology eh....

Well as you know information is my game I've got a lot of data on the subject you advised... I'm guessing your mostly interested in the incident from yesterday?
Your in luck my sources have been able to get me some choice information.

However it will cost you.
500 ¥ to be precise.

If your interest transfer the money and I'll send you the data file.

Have a good evening!


Your knowledge check tells your that the Tolskoi district has been a Vory strong hold in the city and the Evo arcology arriving in the district brought plenty of work into the shadows there. The community will be a buzz with new jobs arriving after the incident to try and take advantage of the situation that has been created.

[Solodice]

What a good time to roll for starting nuyen 

Starting Nuyen: 4d6=16 x 100 = 1600

Miner scanned over Pluto's message.

At least he's reasonable with the price.

Miner took a quick look at his own bank account to make sure he wasn't going to bank roll himself for the info. He could see he has 1,600 nuyen left over from his last job and 500 wasn't going to break him. Thinking about finances jogged Miner's memory that he did owe Nixon 10,000 nuyen for his new toys here in Moscow. This job right now though would cover up for that though.

@Pluto You ask and you shall receive.

Transfered 500 nuyen from personal bank account (David Fellmore) to Pluto. 1,100 nuyen left.

[cr4kp0t]

@ Solodice

Thank-you very much good sir, as always a pleasure doing business with you!
Don't underestimate what little is here with the media black out getting anything this quick is a minor miracle.

So here it is

The Evo Arcology incident:
It would seem that an Evo scientist was running experiments out his flat in the arcology. I am lead to believe that the nature of these experiments is rather magical and toxic in nature. A group of 4 Eco Mages from the Siberian splinter group of "Terra First" assaulted the building to assassinate the Scientist and prevent his 'evil experiments continuing. They took quite a vicious stand on the corporation given their support to the scientist in question.

The large flash was believe to be a massive radiation pulse cause unknown.

This is suspected due to the fact that all the victims in the arcology have been irradiated to such an extreme that it burned the flesh off their bones. Their corpses are apparently still radioactive. Those form the corporate response team that survived are currently being treated for extreme radiation burns. It is unlikely any of them will survive due to dose received.

[Solodice]

"Frag me..." Miner said to himself in a low voice as he read the data Pluto sent him.

Miner glanced around at the surrounding tables to see if anyone new was there because the data he had was only for his eyes and for his fellow runners eyes.

Miner asked for all his fellow runners commlink numbers and when he got them he sent over the data he got to Pluto to them.

"If I really knew that the good doc pulled this I would be asking for a lot more nuyen and a bio-suit." Miner said before he gulped down the rest of sake.

[Thrass]

You know... since you really want to make our meeting here let's just don't care about listeners...

What I meant to say earlier:
I hardly know anything about toxic mages and spirits, but they usually tend to destroy the world and.... there's a general bounty on them which is one billion Nuyen.
We get payed tenthousand Nuyen each which makes fiftythousand Nuyen in total.
That means if we kill one of them and secure the bounty we get about 20 paychecks at once.
Leaves 3 big questions:
- Can we handle a mission that's worth 20 times the money we usually bargain out of a deal?
- Can we moraly justify to deliver a toxic mage back to some company instead of killing him?
- Can we pass up on those 19 paychecks.


Also, those eco mages may know something we don't and could be a well situated ally.

[Solodice]

Miner looked over to Andy, "Chill big guy. Unless you knew about some deep dark hole where nobody would of found us you should of piped up earlier." Miner leaned back in his chair and folded his arms across his chest listening to the Andy, "Those eco-mages are just a pile of radioactive bones based off what my contact had. If they had any friends they would defiantly make some worthwhile allies. I would like a billion nuyen payday but is it worth having a corp pissed at you. When you piss off a corp they don't usually just slap you on the wrist and send you on your marry way." Miner positioned himself straight up when Andy asked if they could handle such a job,"I have an Ares Alpha and a Desert Strike in the back of the Rover... all I need is some good body armor and some good partners in crime... then I'm sure as hell ready for this job."

A billion nuyen! I could find my wife in a couple of days with that kind of money... but doing it with a pissed off corp at my back is not something I want to risk.

[HydroRaven]

Francois took a look at the file Miner had sent him. "So all this commotion was for the guy we're after? I hope Boris chose my partners wisely" he thought to himself.

"I'm with Miner here" said Frank. "What's a billion nuyen if you can't spend it? Besides, I'm in this for more than just the creds." He then turned his head over to Andy and answered his question. "I have no qualms whatsoever turning a toxic mage to a mega, as long as it pays. But you do raise a good point about those eco mages." He turned over to Ginji, which had remained somewhat silent since arriving at the dim-sum joint. "Maybe the kid is realising this is real-world business we're dealing with here" thought Francois. "Do you think you can find anything on those eco mages? If they were able to get inside Evo territory it means they had a support network. We could use some help with this, especially if we don't have to pay for it."

[obidancer]

Kyo looked perplexed at Andy, shocked at how bad his math was...
Is it me or something other than Andy's math doesn't add up. The Arcology blast/assassination attempt/mage-gone-berserk thingy happened last night. And I have good sources that the balst came from the target's flat. Yet Both Evo and witness report suspect the Dr is out of the arcology... online traces of our target disappeared 8 days ago... not counting those random spoofing.
So whatever Toxic magic does may be related to our man and his research. But I reckon he wasn't directly involved in the incident.
Frank, I can certainly try to find info about those eco mages, though I suspect they are dead from the blast. And how 4 mages got inside isn't a mystery per say: it's fucking magic!

[HydroRaven]

"I don't know your history, kid," starts Frank, "but where I come from, arcologies are not places you can just walk in with a spell or two. These places have their own corporate mages keeping an eye on things 24/7. At the very least they had to have someone forge them some Evo IDs and someone to support them in the 'trix. Mages that I have worked with before are usually not that competent in the virtual world."

Frank takes a sip of his tea and finishes his last dumpling. "All that being said, this story does raise some questions. The most pressing question though is where do we start? I think it would help if we were able to see and talk to people where the doc was last seen."

[Solodice]

Miner lets out a laugh when Ginji spoke, "Magic get's you only so far kid and like Frank pointed out they probably had outside help."

Miner looks over to Frank, "We could start with looking for his new place. If he chose smartly he didn't buy through the usual channels and I suspect the Vory might know a thing or two about such places. I don't like dealing with syndicates but if they got some info I'm all for fishing it out of them."

[Thrass]

Kyo, help me out with the math: isn't 20 times 5 times 10.000 one billion?