[Sabato Kuroi]

So this is the next step of this run http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=19048.0 in my campaign and I have some questions
I'll understand If no one responds, it must be a pain in the *ss to read through other people's scenarios


(Short Version )
My players were hired by the Ciarnello family to kidnap a Lone Star(female Technomancer) prisoner.
After they handed the "package" to the Johnson, they decided to find a way to free her.They also learned that the Ciarnello family was actually  working for Ares(they need the Technomancer in order to find her companion-a renegade A.I.).
They know that  Soren Johansson, the VP of Ares Europe, is sending a team to Seattle to retrieve the Technomancer.This team will arive at Ares Shipping Operations HQ (Bellevue, former Ares Seattle HQ).My players want to go in a day before their arrival(there are daily tours, mostly for students) and hack a terminal in order to find more info about the whole operation,maybe discover a weak spot.

1)First Question(the easy one) : I need ideas about the Ares Shipping Operations HQ  (Bellevue, former Ares Seattle HQ) possible security measures.Other than  MAD scanners, SIN recognition devices, alarms at every door, Knight Errant HTR team, a mana barrier around the building, maglocks and cameras, what else? I mean this place should have better security than Brackhaven Investments HQ right?


2)Second Question: In my scenario, Ares wants the delivery of the prisoner to be handled with discretion.The girl was a Lone Star prisoner after all(and Lone Star was being paid to deliver her to Saeder Krupp).I decided that the Ciarnello Family is  going to provide some escorts(they are managing Mafia's prostitution rings after all) for an executive party being held at Ares Shipping Operations HQ the night the Ares Europe team arrives, and they are bringing the Technomancer with them.
Is this a tactic  Ares would prefer?I mean they could tell the Mafia to lock the girl inside the trunk of a car and leave the keys in the ignition...


Thanks in advance

[Namikaze]

My players were hired by the Ciarnello family to kidnap a Lone Star(female Technomancer) prisoner.
After they handed the "package" to the Johnson, they decided to find a way to free her.They also learned that the Ciarnello family was actually  working for Ares(they need the Technomancer in order to find her companion-a renegade A.I.).
They know that  Soren Johansson, the VP of Ares Europe, is sending a team to Seattle to retrieve the Technomancer.This team will arive at Ares Shipping Operations HQ (Bellevue, former Ares Seattle HQ).My players want to go in a day before their arrival(there are daily tours, mostly for students) and hack a terminal in order to find more info about the whole operation,maybe discover a weak spot.

Sounds like a good story. 

1)First Question(the easy one) : I need ideas about the Ares Shipping Operations HQ  (Bellevue, former Ares Seattle HQ) possible security measures.Other than  MAD scanners, SIN recognition devices, alarms at every door, Knight Errant HTR team, a mana barrier around the building, maglocks and cameras, what else? I mean this place should have better security than Brackhaven Investments HQ right?

Drones on standby would be a good option.  But if you need more security than all that...  yikes.  Maybe chem sniffers?  I'm assuming you'll be giving this building a dedicated on-site decker and possibly a dedicated on-site mage?

2)Second Question: In my scenario, Ares wants the delivery of the prisoner to be handled with discretion.The girl was a Lone Star prisoner after all(and Lone Star was being paid to deliver her to Saeder Krupp).I decided that the Ciarnello Family is  going to provide some escorts(they are managing Mafia's prostitution rings after all) for an executive party being held at Ares Shipping Operations HQ the night the Ares Europe team arrives, and they are bringing the Technomancer with them.
Is this a tactic  Ares would prefer?I mean they could tell the Mafia to lock the girl inside the trunk of a car and leave the keys in the ignition...

This is definitely a little tricky.  What I'd do is arrange to have some mafia goons bring the TM into the party through a back entrance or through the kitchen.  Have her in a room, and have one of the prostitutes bring the client back to that room for some "private entertainment."  Of course this is just an excuse to get the client back in to check on the TM.  The whole thing is done out of the eyes of the rest of the party and the client has an excuse to leave if necessary.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Thank you  for the suggestions!

Drones are a great idea.
Indeed there will be a spider.About the mages though, the leader of the Ares Europe team will be Baron Grimms (Splintered State) who is a competent mage, and the possible boss of the run (along with his Knight Errant heavies).Maybe there will be one wagemage for standard security.


About the "private entertainment" thing, I could have the Baron ask for "something special"

[psycho835]

Add an on-site bound spirit or two, patroling in the astral. Give security guards GloWands (or whatever they are called). Put up some exotic wards (BZZAAAAP!). A couple of motion sensors won't hurt. And If you want to get really, really nasty - throw in a few ultrawideband radars. I don't think they appear in 5E, but you can improvise - 4E "Arsenal" or "Augmentation" (radar sensor headware) is what you want.

And out of curiosity - why did they decided to bust her out? Won't that hurt their rep?

[farfromnice]

since is a Shipping HeadQuarters I was thinking that in the warehouse the loaders drones could be set to do a scan of the personnel on a random pattern and 1 out of 6 (see what I did there) have a face recognition pattern integrated, maybe that a watcher is tags to this drone just to call the mage if something is off/odd

I was thinking that some of the crates in the warehouse could be Honey Pot, they seems cool and full of beautiful thingy but when you open it SPLASH ! you're now full of paint ... or full of a new run

for the exchange protocol I don't know, In the stolen souls book I think it have a chapters where they are explaining way to handle extraction. Could be useful

[Sabato Kuroi]

And out of curiosity - why did they decided to bust her out? Won't that hurt their rep?

The renegade A.I. got in touch with the party.At first it tried to fool them (click the link if you're curious :p) but then it offered them information that some of them would kill to have.


I don't think their rep is going to be hurt since they were working for the Mafia,not Ares.
Ares decided to be extra cautious and not get involved with the extraction at all.

[Sternenwind]

You could also make the transfer in a Ares facility.

The technomancer gets dosed, boxed* and shipped into the facility. The Ares operatives can make sure that the delivery boys will have all necessary clearances. Some Ares operatives do a spot check, arriving in an aircraft, and in the process receiving the package.
Sure the guys in the facility will catch up, that the checkup was just a cover. But at this moment they will be long gone. But who can they tell? Their higher ups will just correct them that they actual did not see anything, and the checkup was legit. Maybe praise them that they did good work and give them a bonus. And the TM is secure and doss in flight half way to its destination before anyone else will notice. Fast in and fast out, finishing the job before someone else can mess with this operation.

The mafia will have 1 or 2 goons or hired runner in a van and backup. Making sure the van and package arrive the facility save and sound.
Ares will have the onsite security and some operatives arriving with the checkup.

But in the end it depends on the one who chooses the location and method of transaction.

*sry can’t find any fitting sifi pics with a girl in a suitcase

[Raven2049]

you mean like that one

[Sternenwind]

Ah yes, Outlawstar it was.
thanks