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7/26/2019 Shadowrun 4E CMP 2010-02 Copycat Killer http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/shadowrun-4e-cmp-2010-02-copycat-killer 1/20 CONVENTION MISSION PACK 2010-02 COPYCAT KIL Writing Steven “Bull” Ratkovich Art Doug Chaffee Maps  Adam Large Proofing A.A. Salati, Jean-Marc Comeau, Jeremy Weyand, Matt Manganaro Shadowrun Missions Logo Brent Evans & Matt Heerdt Layout & Design Matt Heerdt Shadowrun Missions Coordinator Steven “Bull” Ratkovich Shadowrun Line Developer  Jason Hardy       C       R       E       D       I       T       S © 2011 The Topps Comp Rights Reserved. Shado Matrix are registered tr and/or trademarks of T Company, Inc., in the Un and/or other countries Game Labs and the C Game Labs logo are trad InMediaRes Productio In Memoriam, Doug Chaffee 1936-2011

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Writing

Steven ldquoBullrdquo Ratkovich

Art

Doug Chaffee

Maps

Adam Large

Proofing

AA Salati Jean-Marc

Comeau Jeremy

Weyand MattManganaro

Shadowrun Missions Logo

Brent Evans amp

Matt Heerdt

Layout amp Design

Matt Heerdt

Shadowrun Missions

Coordinator

Steven ldquoBullrdquo Ratkovich

Shadowrun Line Developer

Jason Hardy C R E D I T S

copy 2011 The Topps Comp

Rights Reserved Shado

Matrix are registered tr

andor trademarks of T

Company Inc in the Un

andor other countries

Game Labs and the C

Game Labs logo are trad

InMediaRes Productio

In Memoriam Doug Chaffee 1936-2011

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EMERALD CITY HEARTBREAK

ldquoOr being hounded by a dragonrdquo Johnny replied Evenwith no vid-feed on the comm call the ork could see him grinning ldquoOr being hunted by bug spirits Ormdashldquo

ldquoOk ok enough Yes Itrsquos much better I already said thatrdquo Irritation flooded his voice ldquoItrsquos early and I just woke

up chumnmer What did you needrdquo ldquoIrsquom gonna be in town in a couple days on biz Figured

Irsquod crash on your couch let you buy me some beerrdquo ldquoYeah sure Xuxa going to behellip Hold up I got another

call I should take it Be right backrdquo The ork mentally put Johnnyrsquos comm call on hold and answered the other line

ldquoHoi Tosh whatrsquos uprdquo He listened to the voice on the otherend for several minutes then hung up numbly His legsrubbery he stumbled back to sit on the edge of the bed

ldquoBullrdquo Johnnyrsquos voice came through the comm ldquoYou

there I think we got cut offrdquo ldquoIrsquom here Johnnyrdquo Bull replied his voice devoid of emo-

tion ldquoIhellipI need to call Marie That was a friend at Knight Errant Ithellip Shehelliprdquo

Bullrsquos voice cracked and tears rolled down his face ldquoRebeccarsquos deadrdquo

The ork groaned as he sat up in bed pushing theheavy covers off of himself Sun streamed through the win-

dows and he fumbled on the nearby nightstand nearby for his glasses He needed to get corrective surgery buthad just never made the time Slipping the wire frames onhe squinted at the bedside clock 0855 He mumbled tohimself and staggered out of bed In his forty years hersquodnever been a morning person and he didnrsquot feel like he wasever going to adjust to it now While making his way to

the bathroom his commlink chirped and the icon showed a laughing coyote With a grimace he answered the call

ldquoJohnnyrdquo The ork said flatly ldquoLemme guess You ainrsquot

been to bed yetrdquo ldquoYou know itrdquo The voice on the other end said cheer- fully ldquoWas heading there soon but wanted to touch base and see how things were going for you out there My offer still stands you knowrdquo

ldquoI know and I appreciate it But things are fine Billyrsquos settled in starting running with his own crew Rebeccarsquos doing fantastic in school And hell being a fixer is cake I sit back make a few phone calls meet with a few uppity young runners too big for their britches and let the moneyroll in It sure beats the drek outta getting shotrdquo

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RUNNING THE ADVENTUREGamemastering is more o an art than a science and every

gamemaster does things a bit differently Use your own style whenit comes to preparing and running the adventure and do whatever you eel is best to provide the best Shadowrun game you can or your players Shadowrun Missions adventures are designed to runin a standard our-hour convention time slot

Please keep this in mind when running the adventure You

should leave at least 15ndash20 minutes at the end o the time slotto complete any necessary paperwork and pass out the playersrsquoDebriefing Logs (Make sure that you have enough copies o theDebriefing Log or this adventure to give one copy to each playerafer running the adventure) Tis section offers some guidelines you may find useul in preparing to run CMPndash02 Copycat Killer(or any Shadowrun Missions adventure)

STEP 1 READ THE ADVENTURECareully read the adventure rom beginning to end Get a

eel or the overall plot and what happens in each scene Tat way i

something different happens you wonrsquot be caught off guard and youcan adapt things smoothly

STEP 2 TAKE NOTESake notes or yoursel while reading through the adventure

that you can reer to later on Possible things to note includemajor plot points (so you can see them all at a glance) the names o various non-player characters possible problems you notice situ-ations where you think a particular character can shine and otherthings yoursquoll want to keep in mind while running the adventure

STEP 3 KNOW THE CHARACTERSPrior to the start o the adventure examine the PCsrsquo record

sheets and Debriefing Logs or your reerence and have basic inor-mation about their important abilities handy so you can reer to

it during play Also go over the characters and keep their previousevents listed on the Debriefing Logs in mind when determiningnon-player character actions in various scenes i such a dynamichas been included

STEP 4 DONrsquoT PANICGamemastering involves juggling a lot o different things

Sometimes you drop the ball and orget something or you justmake a mistake It happens donrsquot worry about it Nobody is perect all o the time and everybody makes mistakes Just pick uprom there and move on Your players will understand and orgetabout it once you get back into the action

INTRODUCTIONCMPndash02 Copycat Killer is a Shadowrun Missions campaign

adventure Full inormation on the Shadowrun Missions campaignis available at shadowrun4commissions and includes a guide tocreating Missions characters and a regularly updated FAQ Allmaps player handouts and other playing aids are ound at theend o this document

PREPARING THE ADVENTURECMPndash02 Copycat Killer is intended or use with Shadowrun

Fourth Edition and all character and rules inormation reers tothe ourth edition o the Shadowrun rules

ADVENTURE STRUCTURECMPndash02 Copycat Killer consists o several scenes Tese

scenes orm the basis o the adventure which should be completedin approximately our hours I you are running short on time youshould streamline each and be a little more generous with cluestarget numbers and other requirements to aid in guiding the players through the adventure

Each scene outlines the most likely sequence o events as well as how to handle unexpected twists and turns that inevitablycrop up Each one contains the ollowing subsections providinggamemasters with all the inormation necessary to run it

Scan Tis provides a quick synopsis o the scenersquos actionallowing you to get a eel or the encounter at a glance

ell It to Tem Straight is written to be read aloud to the players describing what their characters experience upon enteringthe scene You should eel ree to modiy the narrative as much asdesired to suit the group and the situation since the charactersmay arrive at the scene by dierent means or under dierentcircumstances than the text assumes

Behind the Scenes covers the bulk o the scene describing whatrsquos happening what the non-player characters are doing howthey will react to the player charactersrsquo actions and so orth Italso covers the setting o the encounter going over environmentalconditions and other properties o the location as well as providingany descriptions o important items

Pushing the Envelope looks at ways to make the encountermore challenging or experienced or powerul characters and other ways you can add some ldquoextra spicerdquo to the scene Tis subsectionshould usually only be used or home games or games where timeis not a actor At most convention and Open Play events game-

masters should omit this inormation It adds to the scene butdoes not contain important inormation

Debugging offers solutions to potential problems that maycrop up during the encounter While itrsquos impossible to oreseeeverything that a group o player characters might do this sectiontries to anticipate common problems and other suggestions ordealing with them

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

MISSION SYNOPSISSix months ago Edmund Jeffries Governor Brackhavenrsquos

press secretary had lunch with a riend o his rom college GeorgeMathers a mid-level bureaucrat at Knight Errant Both had prettystrong anti-metahuman leanings though Jeffries had to be morecircumspect about it due to his political office As the conversa-tion proceeded Jeffries expressed to his riend his rustration over what he reerred to as the ldquounderground problemrdquo Metahuman

rights groups were pushing to have the Ork Underground declaredan official district o Seattle granting it access to tax money lawenorcement and all the legal benefits that the other districtsenjoyed Meanwhile the Governorrsquos Oice was interested inshutting the Underground down as much as possible viewing it primarily as a haven or criminals and a source o many o the cityrsquos problems

During the conversation Jeffries made an off-hand commentabout how it was a shame that the Mayan Cutter had been killedand that the cutter could have solved a lot o the cityrsquos problems ihersquod killed a ew o the leaders o these groups Mathers wantingto impress his riend decided afer the meeting that maybe hecould do something about this even i Jeffriesrsquo hands were tied

due to his political position He had a lot o contacts in Humanisthe Human League and a number o other hate groups and proceeded to make some rather discreet phone calls

A couple o months ago George Mathers inally started putting his plan into place He ound a disgruntled ex-UCASArmy Ranger named Shawn Walker a man whose racismbordered on the psychotic He coached Walker in the Cutterrsquoskilling techniques and provided him with targets all members oorganizations such as the Ork Rights Committee and Mothers oMetahuman or their close riends and amily Walker was to mix insome random metahuman kills in with the targets to make it lessobvious that there were the specific targets or the kills

Te runners are hired by William MacCallister when his

daughter Rebecca is killed by the new Mayan Cutter He wants therunners to find the Cutter and stop him and bring him in aliveTis run is personal to him He can give the runners two starting points a contact he knows at Knight Errant whorsquos involved in theinvestigation Detective osh Athack and some inormation on what his daughter was doing in the Ork Underground when she was killed

Te runners have to untangle a web o rumors and specula-tion surrounding the Mayan Cutter and discover who was theMayan Cutter and i the reappearance o the Cutter is due to acopycat or not Tey quickly realize that while the copycat knowsthe Cutterrsquos methods well his targets are more varied Te realCutter is indeed dead and on the surace the new Cutterrsquos targets

are more random than the original who targeted mainly poorSINless metahumans

Doing some digging research and putting two and twotogether the runners eventually igure out that the Cutter istargeting immediate amily and the close riends o aluentmembers o the metahuman activist groups Mothers oMetahumans and the Ork Rights Comittee During the investi-gation they get jumped by members o the roll Killers a raciststreet gang that was hired by George Mathers in an attempt tostop the runners

GENERAL ADVENTURE RULESShadowrun Missions adventures use the rules presented in

Shadowrun Twentieth Anniversary Edition (SR4A ) Standardrules such as success tests the Rules o One and Six and othercommon mechanics are described in SR4A and are not repeatedin this adventure

Please keep in mind when preparing or the adventure thatthe PCs will not necessarily comprise a balanced party Itrsquos entirely

possible that the party will be made up entirely o technomancersor back-to-nature shamans I the characters run into a brick wallbecause o such complications show flexibility and use your best judgment in how you lead them back to the plot

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERSNon-player characters (NPCs) are essential to any adventure

Tey are the allies antagonists and background characters in theadventure that interact with the player characters NPCs in thisadventure have already been created and can be ound throughoutthe adventure

Minor NPCs are ound in the individual scene that theyappear in and generally have a brie write up noting only their

important skills and the gear they are carrying Note that their dice pools are pre-calculated to save the gamemaster time

Major NPCs can be ound in the Cast of Shadows at the endo the adventure and have more detailed write ups and includemost o the skills and the gear they have access to

Te NPCs in this adventure should generally stand up to theaverage player character but may need some adjustment to suit a particular group o characters especially a more experienced and powerul group Te scenes and NPC descriptions offer tips onadjusting the NPCs to suit the abilities o the characters in yourgroup o adjust the power level o an NPC reer to the PrimeRunner Creation and Advancement able (p 285 SR4A ) akethe player charactersrsquo abilities into consideration when assessing

the NPCs in this adventure and modiy them accordingly

MISSION DIFFICULTYGMs are encouraged to use their own judgment and to

adjust the difficulty o the encounter to take into account the abili-ties o the players I the players have no magical support replacemagical deenses with mundane ones I the players are weak oncombat reduce the number o enemies by one or two Converselyi theyrsquore steam-rolling the opposition add one or two enemies tothe fight Missions should be a challenge to the party but shouldnever be insurmountable or a team playing it smart

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BEHIND THE SCENESTis scenersquos primary goal is to set the runners in Seattle i

theyrsquore not normally rom that city (Usually running in NewYork or Denver or example) Te runners have access to all theirnormal gear and riggers have access to their drones and a ldquoloanerrdquoor their primary vehicles

Play up the ambiance o Seattle and the history or a shad-owrunner Tis is a town where everything can and does happen

and many o the pivotal moments in history have taken place hereAlmost everyone involved in the shadows considers Seattle to bethe ldquobig timerdquo Itrsquos a rough town with a ton o competition andalmost every player in the biz has a stake in Seattle For runnersoutside o Seattle therersquos an almost mythical quality to the placeItrsquos like Mecca or Graceland or many shadowrunners a holy placeor them Fastjack Kid Stealth Dirk Montgomery Jack SkaterZapper Weisman Hatchetman Te cream o the shadowrunningcrop has done their biz there Te runners are likely to be disap- pointed o course because Seattlersquos dirty grimy filled with crimeand pretty much just like any other city But still itrsquos Seattle

I the player or character is new to Missions talk to them andfind out where they plan to set up their ldquohome baserdquo and let them

know that New York ends afer Mission 12 I they are planningto play in New York still assume theyrsquore rom there and read theabove accordingly Otherwise have them settle into Seattle as theirhome town and skip to A Fixerrsquos Call

Once the runners accept the meet head to A Daughter Lost

DEBUGGINGhe only real problem here is i a player doesnrsquot want to

accept the meet I they seem hesitant their fixer very reluctantlyoffers them a 100yen bonus just to attend the meeting He tries totalk them into it first without the cash offer since he was giventhat by MacCallister and he gets to keep it i they go without it

Following up clues theyrsquove ound they eventually track downthe copycat and have a conrontation with him Depending on theinvestigation and i they take the copycat alive they can find outabout George Mathers which they can turn over to MacCallisteror to osh Tere is no way to trace things back to Edmund Jeffries

SCENE 0 THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN

SCAN THISTis scene gives the gamemaster options or introducing the

adventure to runners who may not be rom Seattle or who maynot have run or Mr MacCallister beore

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners are not native to Seattle and their last run

wasnrsquot set there read the followingwo days ago your fixer set you up on an out-o-town job

It sounded simple a bodyguard mission or some high-rankingcorp sarariman Your travel was arranged and they even managedto smuggle your gear here Itrsquos never that simple though and by

the time your plane touched down at Sea-ac Airport your markhad already been taken out Without a job to do you picked up your gear grabbed a hotel and decided to see the sites blowingthe meager retainer yoursquod been given or making the trip Afer all yoursquore shadowrunners this is Seattle and this town gave birth tothe shadowrun

So or the last couple days yoursquove been on vacation Yoursquove visited Underworld 93 and Club Penumbra stopped to check outthe ACHE cruised by the Redmond Barrens (wearing ull bodyarmor and guns firmly in hand) beat up a ew Halloweeners andeven visited the inamous Crime Mall You were out late last nightafer bribing the doorman to let you into the 3rd level o Hell atDantersquos Inerno and had planned to sleep in and sleep it off beoreheading back home today

However itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Youflip it on and see the ace o your riendly neighborhood fixer onthe other end

ldquoLooks like you had a good nightrdquo He says with a grinldquoListen since your last job was a washout and yoursquore already intown I have a riend who needs some help Meet a Mr WilliamMacCallister at the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock Ask or him at thedoor And play nice this guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with himrdquo

If the runners have been in Seattle recently but are notnative read the following

You just wrapped up a job yoursquore tired and yoursquore ready to gohome relax and spend some o your hard earned nuyen Itrsquos noonand yoursquore just finishing packing when your commlink beeps andon the other end is your fixer

ldquoHey great job with that last run Te client was very happy with your perormance But listen since yoursquore still in SeattleI have a proposition or you I have a riend there who needssome help Tis guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with him Meet himat the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock His namersquos William MacCallisterask or him at the doorrdquo

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K I L L E R

William MacCallister is seated at a table along the back wallHe has several empty glasses that obviously once had alcohol inthem in ront o him and is working on a ourth when the runnersarrive His eyes are slightly red and puffy and he looks pissed offHe waves you over As soon as you sit down he immediately divesinto business

BEHIND THE SCENES

he Big Rhino is a Seattle landmark that specializes inauthentic ork cuisine and is also home to one o several publicentrances to the Ork Underground Everything here includingthe urniture is built or an ork or a troll so other races tend toeel a bit undersized Te ood is all incredibly spicy and theyhave an impressive beer list with the house specialty being theBig Rhino Hard Cider that only comes in a huge mug and kickslike a mule

MacCallister has no time or pleasantries and immediatelyexplains to the runners why he had to meet with them rightaway At 0900 this morning his daughter Rebecca MacCallisteralso an ork was ound dead in an apartment she was rentingin the Ork Underground She was staying in the Underground

while she did research or a paper on both ork histor y and theUnderground itselhe killing appears to have been the work o the Mayan

Cutter a serial killer that terrorized Seattle or over two yearsbeore being killed by Knight Errant shortly afer they took overas the law in Seattle wo weeks ago a new rash o killings beganand rumors have begun circulating that Knight Errant got the wrong guy

MacCallister wants the Mayan Cutter ound he wants toknow why his daughter was a victim and he wants the Cutterbrought back to him alive Hersquos willing to pay the runners each8000yen Te runners can negotiate with him with each net hitincreasing the pay by 250yen each (o a maximum increase o

2000yen) Between his grie the alcohol and the act he really wants this job done bad MacCallister is at a -2 dice pool orthis test I the runners bring it up or they score 4 or more netsuccesses MacCallister will also offer them a 2000yen bonus each ithey bring the Cutter in alive

Once the runners accept the job MacCallister will give thema data-file with photos o Rebecca MacCallister as well as some personal inormation about her background and the location oher apartment in the Underground Te file indicates that she was well liked by the community in the Ork Underground and that shehad no known enemies She was Awakened a hermetic mage and was working on her Masterrsquos Degree in sociology and history atthe University o Washington She was living in the Underground while she was working on a research project about the history othe Underground

Te runners will also be given a copy o a screamsheet articleabout the Mayan Cutter dated our months earlier detailing hissupposed death at the hands o Knight Errant officers

Finally MacCallister gives them a contact number or a riendo his that works or Knight Errant a troll Detective named oshAthack osh worked on the original Mayan Cutter case and maybe able to help them with the current killings osh is expecting tohear rom the runners though MacCallister will warn them thathe doesnrsquot offer up help cheap and not to get on the trollrsquos bad side

SCENE 1 A FIXERrsquoS CALL

SCAN THISIn the last two weeks a string o murders has the rumor mill

working overtime that the inamous Mayan Cutter is back Withone phone call the runners are drawn into a search or this killer

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Being a shad-owrunner noon means yoursquove been in bed or a couple hours atmost You almost let them leave a message but decide to answerin case itrsquos work On the other end you see the amiliar red orksmiley-ace thatrsquos the icon o a fixer yoursquove worked with in the pasta Mr MacCallister

ldquoHoi chummer I know itrsquos early but I need to meet with youimmediately Meet me at the Big Rhino downtown in an hourrdquo

Normally MacCallister is a very open riendly ork who likesto chat oday however hersquos all business and therersquos an edge to his voice sharper than a mono-katana

BEHIND THE SCENES

MacCallister sends along a small data file that contains theaddress to the Big Rhino on the corner o Seneca Street andFirst Avenue he restaurant is amous or serving ldquoauthenticork cuisinerdquo in ldquoork serving sizesrdquo Te Rhino is also notable orbeing one o the most prominent tourist entrances to the OrkUnderground

DEBUGGINGI the runners have never encountered MacCallister beore

assume theyrsquove worked with him once or twice in the past orat least have heard o him He has a reputation or treating hisrunners airly and hersquos usually airly open and riendly with thosehe works with

I they balk at MacCallisterrsquos deadline to meet him in anhour hersquoll brush their concerns aside and offer them 100 yen just toshow up and listen to what he has to say

SCENE 2 A DAUGHTER LOST

SCAN THISTe runners have been asked to meet their fixer William

MacCallister at Te Big Rhino Unbeknownst to the runners when they arrive MacCallister just ound out a couple hoursearlier that his daughter was killed by the resuraced Mayan Cutterand he wants revenge Hersquos angry distraught and by the time the

runners get there on his way to being completely drunk

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT When you walk into the Big Rhino the place looks like itrsquos

been hit be a thriller gang Scraps o ood and trash are strewnabout the place and the staff is picking up overturned chairs andbenches and cleaning up broken glasses and plates Tere areonly a ew customers still here and as you approach the hostessan attractive young emale ork she apologizes or the mess andexplains that theyrsquove just finished up the lunch rush and are stillcleaning up

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

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NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

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SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

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CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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EMERALD CITY HEARTBREAK

ldquoOr being hounded by a dragonrdquo Johnny replied Evenwith no vid-feed on the comm call the ork could see him grinning ldquoOr being hunted by bug spirits Ormdashldquo

ldquoOk ok enough Yes Itrsquos much better I already said thatrdquo Irritation flooded his voice ldquoItrsquos early and I just woke

up chumnmer What did you needrdquo ldquoIrsquom gonna be in town in a couple days on biz Figured

Irsquod crash on your couch let you buy me some beerrdquo ldquoYeah sure Xuxa going to behellip Hold up I got another

call I should take it Be right backrdquo The ork mentally put Johnnyrsquos comm call on hold and answered the other line

ldquoHoi Tosh whatrsquos uprdquo He listened to the voice on the otherend for several minutes then hung up numbly His legsrubbery he stumbled back to sit on the edge of the bed

ldquoBullrdquo Johnnyrsquos voice came through the comm ldquoYou

there I think we got cut offrdquo ldquoIrsquom here Johnnyrdquo Bull replied his voice devoid of emo-

tion ldquoIhellipI need to call Marie That was a friend at Knight Errant Ithellip Shehelliprdquo

Bullrsquos voice cracked and tears rolled down his face ldquoRebeccarsquos deadrdquo

The ork groaned as he sat up in bed pushing theheavy covers off of himself Sun streamed through the win-

dows and he fumbled on the nearby nightstand nearby for his glasses He needed to get corrective surgery buthad just never made the time Slipping the wire frames onhe squinted at the bedside clock 0855 He mumbled tohimself and staggered out of bed In his forty years hersquodnever been a morning person and he didnrsquot feel like he wasever going to adjust to it now While making his way to

the bathroom his commlink chirped and the icon showed a laughing coyote With a grimace he answered the call

ldquoJohnnyrdquo The ork said flatly ldquoLemme guess You ainrsquot

been to bed yetrdquo ldquoYou know itrdquo The voice on the other end said cheer- fully ldquoWas heading there soon but wanted to touch base and see how things were going for you out there My offer still stands you knowrdquo

ldquoI know and I appreciate it But things are fine Billyrsquos settled in starting running with his own crew Rebeccarsquos doing fantastic in school And hell being a fixer is cake I sit back make a few phone calls meet with a few uppity young runners too big for their britches and let the moneyroll in It sure beats the drek outta getting shotrdquo

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RUNNING THE ADVENTUREGamemastering is more o an art than a science and every

gamemaster does things a bit differently Use your own style whenit comes to preparing and running the adventure and do whatever you eel is best to provide the best Shadowrun game you can or your players Shadowrun Missions adventures are designed to runin a standard our-hour convention time slot

Please keep this in mind when running the adventure You

should leave at least 15ndash20 minutes at the end o the time slotto complete any necessary paperwork and pass out the playersrsquoDebriefing Logs (Make sure that you have enough copies o theDebriefing Log or this adventure to give one copy to each playerafer running the adventure) Tis section offers some guidelines you may find useul in preparing to run CMPndash02 Copycat Killer(or any Shadowrun Missions adventure)

STEP 1 READ THE ADVENTURECareully read the adventure rom beginning to end Get a

eel or the overall plot and what happens in each scene Tat way i

something different happens you wonrsquot be caught off guard and youcan adapt things smoothly

STEP 2 TAKE NOTESake notes or yoursel while reading through the adventure

that you can reer to later on Possible things to note includemajor plot points (so you can see them all at a glance) the names o various non-player characters possible problems you notice situ-ations where you think a particular character can shine and otherthings yoursquoll want to keep in mind while running the adventure

STEP 3 KNOW THE CHARACTERSPrior to the start o the adventure examine the PCsrsquo record

sheets and Debriefing Logs or your reerence and have basic inor-mation about their important abilities handy so you can reer to

it during play Also go over the characters and keep their previousevents listed on the Debriefing Logs in mind when determiningnon-player character actions in various scenes i such a dynamichas been included

STEP 4 DONrsquoT PANICGamemastering involves juggling a lot o different things

Sometimes you drop the ball and orget something or you justmake a mistake It happens donrsquot worry about it Nobody is perect all o the time and everybody makes mistakes Just pick uprom there and move on Your players will understand and orgetabout it once you get back into the action

INTRODUCTIONCMPndash02 Copycat Killer is a Shadowrun Missions campaign

adventure Full inormation on the Shadowrun Missions campaignis available at shadowrun4commissions and includes a guide tocreating Missions characters and a regularly updated FAQ Allmaps player handouts and other playing aids are ound at theend o this document

PREPARING THE ADVENTURECMPndash02 Copycat Killer is intended or use with Shadowrun

Fourth Edition and all character and rules inormation reers tothe ourth edition o the Shadowrun rules

ADVENTURE STRUCTURECMPndash02 Copycat Killer consists o several scenes Tese

scenes orm the basis o the adventure which should be completedin approximately our hours I you are running short on time youshould streamline each and be a little more generous with cluestarget numbers and other requirements to aid in guiding the players through the adventure

Each scene outlines the most likely sequence o events as well as how to handle unexpected twists and turns that inevitablycrop up Each one contains the ollowing subsections providinggamemasters with all the inormation necessary to run it

Scan Tis provides a quick synopsis o the scenersquos actionallowing you to get a eel or the encounter at a glance

ell It to Tem Straight is written to be read aloud to the players describing what their characters experience upon enteringthe scene You should eel ree to modiy the narrative as much asdesired to suit the group and the situation since the charactersmay arrive at the scene by dierent means or under dierentcircumstances than the text assumes

Behind the Scenes covers the bulk o the scene describing whatrsquos happening what the non-player characters are doing howthey will react to the player charactersrsquo actions and so orth Italso covers the setting o the encounter going over environmentalconditions and other properties o the location as well as providingany descriptions o important items

Pushing the Envelope looks at ways to make the encountermore challenging or experienced or powerul characters and other ways you can add some ldquoextra spicerdquo to the scene Tis subsectionshould usually only be used or home games or games where timeis not a actor At most convention and Open Play events game-

masters should omit this inormation It adds to the scene butdoes not contain important inormation

Debugging offers solutions to potential problems that maycrop up during the encounter While itrsquos impossible to oreseeeverything that a group o player characters might do this sectiontries to anticipate common problems and other suggestions ordealing with them

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

MISSION SYNOPSISSix months ago Edmund Jeffries Governor Brackhavenrsquos

press secretary had lunch with a riend o his rom college GeorgeMathers a mid-level bureaucrat at Knight Errant Both had prettystrong anti-metahuman leanings though Jeffries had to be morecircumspect about it due to his political office As the conversa-tion proceeded Jeffries expressed to his riend his rustration over what he reerred to as the ldquounderground problemrdquo Metahuman

rights groups were pushing to have the Ork Underground declaredan official district o Seattle granting it access to tax money lawenorcement and all the legal benefits that the other districtsenjoyed Meanwhile the Governorrsquos Oice was interested inshutting the Underground down as much as possible viewing it primarily as a haven or criminals and a source o many o the cityrsquos problems

During the conversation Jeffries made an off-hand commentabout how it was a shame that the Mayan Cutter had been killedand that the cutter could have solved a lot o the cityrsquos problems ihersquod killed a ew o the leaders o these groups Mathers wantingto impress his riend decided afer the meeting that maybe hecould do something about this even i Jeffriesrsquo hands were tied

due to his political position He had a lot o contacts in Humanisthe Human League and a number o other hate groups and proceeded to make some rather discreet phone calls

A couple o months ago George Mathers inally started putting his plan into place He ound a disgruntled ex-UCASArmy Ranger named Shawn Walker a man whose racismbordered on the psychotic He coached Walker in the Cutterrsquoskilling techniques and provided him with targets all members oorganizations such as the Ork Rights Committee and Mothers oMetahuman or their close riends and amily Walker was to mix insome random metahuman kills in with the targets to make it lessobvious that there were the specific targets or the kills

Te runners are hired by William MacCallister when his

daughter Rebecca is killed by the new Mayan Cutter He wants therunners to find the Cutter and stop him and bring him in aliveTis run is personal to him He can give the runners two starting points a contact he knows at Knight Errant whorsquos involved in theinvestigation Detective osh Athack and some inormation on what his daughter was doing in the Ork Underground when she was killed

Te runners have to untangle a web o rumors and specula-tion surrounding the Mayan Cutter and discover who was theMayan Cutter and i the reappearance o the Cutter is due to acopycat or not Tey quickly realize that while the copycat knowsthe Cutterrsquos methods well his targets are more varied Te realCutter is indeed dead and on the surace the new Cutterrsquos targets

are more random than the original who targeted mainly poorSINless metahumans

Doing some digging research and putting two and twotogether the runners eventually igure out that the Cutter istargeting immediate amily and the close riends o aluentmembers o the metahuman activist groups Mothers oMetahumans and the Ork Rights Comittee During the investi-gation they get jumped by members o the roll Killers a raciststreet gang that was hired by George Mathers in an attempt tostop the runners

GENERAL ADVENTURE RULESShadowrun Missions adventures use the rules presented in

Shadowrun Twentieth Anniversary Edition (SR4A ) Standardrules such as success tests the Rules o One and Six and othercommon mechanics are described in SR4A and are not repeatedin this adventure

Please keep in mind when preparing or the adventure thatthe PCs will not necessarily comprise a balanced party Itrsquos entirely

possible that the party will be made up entirely o technomancersor back-to-nature shamans I the characters run into a brick wallbecause o such complications show flexibility and use your best judgment in how you lead them back to the plot

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERSNon-player characters (NPCs) are essential to any adventure

Tey are the allies antagonists and background characters in theadventure that interact with the player characters NPCs in thisadventure have already been created and can be ound throughoutthe adventure

Minor NPCs are ound in the individual scene that theyappear in and generally have a brie write up noting only their

important skills and the gear they are carrying Note that their dice pools are pre-calculated to save the gamemaster time

Major NPCs can be ound in the Cast of Shadows at the endo the adventure and have more detailed write ups and includemost o the skills and the gear they have access to

Te NPCs in this adventure should generally stand up to theaverage player character but may need some adjustment to suit a particular group o characters especially a more experienced and powerul group Te scenes and NPC descriptions offer tips onadjusting the NPCs to suit the abilities o the characters in yourgroup o adjust the power level o an NPC reer to the PrimeRunner Creation and Advancement able (p 285 SR4A ) akethe player charactersrsquo abilities into consideration when assessing

the NPCs in this adventure and modiy them accordingly

MISSION DIFFICULTYGMs are encouraged to use their own judgment and to

adjust the difficulty o the encounter to take into account the abili-ties o the players I the players have no magical support replacemagical deenses with mundane ones I the players are weak oncombat reduce the number o enemies by one or two Converselyi theyrsquore steam-rolling the opposition add one or two enemies tothe fight Missions should be a challenge to the party but shouldnever be insurmountable or a team playing it smart

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BEHIND THE SCENESTis scenersquos primary goal is to set the runners in Seattle i

theyrsquore not normally rom that city (Usually running in NewYork or Denver or example) Te runners have access to all theirnormal gear and riggers have access to their drones and a ldquoloanerrdquoor their primary vehicles

Play up the ambiance o Seattle and the history or a shad-owrunner Tis is a town where everything can and does happen

and many o the pivotal moments in history have taken place hereAlmost everyone involved in the shadows considers Seattle to bethe ldquobig timerdquo Itrsquos a rough town with a ton o competition andalmost every player in the biz has a stake in Seattle For runnersoutside o Seattle therersquos an almost mythical quality to the placeItrsquos like Mecca or Graceland or many shadowrunners a holy placeor them Fastjack Kid Stealth Dirk Montgomery Jack SkaterZapper Weisman Hatchetman Te cream o the shadowrunningcrop has done their biz there Te runners are likely to be disap- pointed o course because Seattlersquos dirty grimy filled with crimeand pretty much just like any other city But still itrsquos Seattle

I the player or character is new to Missions talk to them andfind out where they plan to set up their ldquohome baserdquo and let them

know that New York ends afer Mission 12 I they are planningto play in New York still assume theyrsquore rom there and read theabove accordingly Otherwise have them settle into Seattle as theirhome town and skip to A Fixerrsquos Call

Once the runners accept the meet head to A Daughter Lost

DEBUGGINGhe only real problem here is i a player doesnrsquot want to

accept the meet I they seem hesitant their fixer very reluctantlyoffers them a 100yen bonus just to attend the meeting He tries totalk them into it first without the cash offer since he was giventhat by MacCallister and he gets to keep it i they go without it

Following up clues theyrsquove ound they eventually track downthe copycat and have a conrontation with him Depending on theinvestigation and i they take the copycat alive they can find outabout George Mathers which they can turn over to MacCallisteror to osh Tere is no way to trace things back to Edmund Jeffries

SCENE 0 THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN

SCAN THISTis scene gives the gamemaster options or introducing the

adventure to runners who may not be rom Seattle or who maynot have run or Mr MacCallister beore

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners are not native to Seattle and their last run

wasnrsquot set there read the followingwo days ago your fixer set you up on an out-o-town job

It sounded simple a bodyguard mission or some high-rankingcorp sarariman Your travel was arranged and they even managedto smuggle your gear here Itrsquos never that simple though and by

the time your plane touched down at Sea-ac Airport your markhad already been taken out Without a job to do you picked up your gear grabbed a hotel and decided to see the sites blowingthe meager retainer yoursquod been given or making the trip Afer all yoursquore shadowrunners this is Seattle and this town gave birth tothe shadowrun

So or the last couple days yoursquove been on vacation Yoursquove visited Underworld 93 and Club Penumbra stopped to check outthe ACHE cruised by the Redmond Barrens (wearing ull bodyarmor and guns firmly in hand) beat up a ew Halloweeners andeven visited the inamous Crime Mall You were out late last nightafer bribing the doorman to let you into the 3rd level o Hell atDantersquos Inerno and had planned to sleep in and sleep it off beoreheading back home today

However itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Youflip it on and see the ace o your riendly neighborhood fixer onthe other end

ldquoLooks like you had a good nightrdquo He says with a grinldquoListen since your last job was a washout and yoursquore already intown I have a riend who needs some help Meet a Mr WilliamMacCallister at the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock Ask or him at thedoor And play nice this guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with himrdquo

If the runners have been in Seattle recently but are notnative read the following

You just wrapped up a job yoursquore tired and yoursquore ready to gohome relax and spend some o your hard earned nuyen Itrsquos noonand yoursquore just finishing packing when your commlink beeps andon the other end is your fixer

ldquoHey great job with that last run Te client was very happy with your perormance But listen since yoursquore still in SeattleI have a proposition or you I have a riend there who needssome help Tis guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with him Meet himat the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock His namersquos William MacCallisterask or him at the doorrdquo

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K I L L E R

William MacCallister is seated at a table along the back wallHe has several empty glasses that obviously once had alcohol inthem in ront o him and is working on a ourth when the runnersarrive His eyes are slightly red and puffy and he looks pissed offHe waves you over As soon as you sit down he immediately divesinto business

BEHIND THE SCENES

he Big Rhino is a Seattle landmark that specializes inauthentic ork cuisine and is also home to one o several publicentrances to the Ork Underground Everything here includingthe urniture is built or an ork or a troll so other races tend toeel a bit undersized Te ood is all incredibly spicy and theyhave an impressive beer list with the house specialty being theBig Rhino Hard Cider that only comes in a huge mug and kickslike a mule

MacCallister has no time or pleasantries and immediatelyexplains to the runners why he had to meet with them rightaway At 0900 this morning his daughter Rebecca MacCallisteralso an ork was ound dead in an apartment she was rentingin the Ork Underground She was staying in the Underground

while she did research or a paper on both ork histor y and theUnderground itselhe killing appears to have been the work o the Mayan

Cutter a serial killer that terrorized Seattle or over two yearsbeore being killed by Knight Errant shortly afer they took overas the law in Seattle wo weeks ago a new rash o killings beganand rumors have begun circulating that Knight Errant got the wrong guy

MacCallister wants the Mayan Cutter ound he wants toknow why his daughter was a victim and he wants the Cutterbrought back to him alive Hersquos willing to pay the runners each8000yen Te runners can negotiate with him with each net hitincreasing the pay by 250yen each (o a maximum increase o

2000yen) Between his grie the alcohol and the act he really wants this job done bad MacCallister is at a -2 dice pool orthis test I the runners bring it up or they score 4 or more netsuccesses MacCallister will also offer them a 2000yen bonus each ithey bring the Cutter in alive

Once the runners accept the job MacCallister will give thema data-file with photos o Rebecca MacCallister as well as some personal inormation about her background and the location oher apartment in the Underground Te file indicates that she was well liked by the community in the Ork Underground and that shehad no known enemies She was Awakened a hermetic mage and was working on her Masterrsquos Degree in sociology and history atthe University o Washington She was living in the Underground while she was working on a research project about the history othe Underground

Te runners will also be given a copy o a screamsheet articleabout the Mayan Cutter dated our months earlier detailing hissupposed death at the hands o Knight Errant officers

Finally MacCallister gives them a contact number or a riendo his that works or Knight Errant a troll Detective named oshAthack osh worked on the original Mayan Cutter case and maybe able to help them with the current killings osh is expecting tohear rom the runners though MacCallister will warn them thathe doesnrsquot offer up help cheap and not to get on the trollrsquos bad side

SCENE 1 A FIXERrsquoS CALL

SCAN THISIn the last two weeks a string o murders has the rumor mill

working overtime that the inamous Mayan Cutter is back Withone phone call the runners are drawn into a search or this killer

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Being a shad-owrunner noon means yoursquove been in bed or a couple hours atmost You almost let them leave a message but decide to answerin case itrsquos work On the other end you see the amiliar red orksmiley-ace thatrsquos the icon o a fixer yoursquove worked with in the pasta Mr MacCallister

ldquoHoi chummer I know itrsquos early but I need to meet with youimmediately Meet me at the Big Rhino downtown in an hourrdquo

Normally MacCallister is a very open riendly ork who likesto chat oday however hersquos all business and therersquos an edge to his voice sharper than a mono-katana

BEHIND THE SCENES

MacCallister sends along a small data file that contains theaddress to the Big Rhino on the corner o Seneca Street andFirst Avenue he restaurant is amous or serving ldquoauthenticork cuisinerdquo in ldquoork serving sizesrdquo Te Rhino is also notable orbeing one o the most prominent tourist entrances to the OrkUnderground

DEBUGGINGI the runners have never encountered MacCallister beore

assume theyrsquove worked with him once or twice in the past orat least have heard o him He has a reputation or treating hisrunners airly and hersquos usually airly open and riendly with thosehe works with

I they balk at MacCallisterrsquos deadline to meet him in anhour hersquoll brush their concerns aside and offer them 100 yen just toshow up and listen to what he has to say

SCENE 2 A DAUGHTER LOST

SCAN THISTe runners have been asked to meet their fixer William

MacCallister at Te Big Rhino Unbeknownst to the runners when they arrive MacCallister just ound out a couple hoursearlier that his daughter was killed by the resuraced Mayan Cutterand he wants revenge Hersquos angry distraught and by the time the

runners get there on his way to being completely drunk

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT When you walk into the Big Rhino the place looks like itrsquos

been hit be a thriller gang Scraps o ood and trash are strewnabout the place and the staff is picking up overturned chairs andbenches and cleaning up broken glasses and plates Tere areonly a ew customers still here and as you approach the hostessan attractive young emale ork she apologizes or the mess andexplains that theyrsquove just finished up the lunch rush and are stillcleaning up

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

Urgent Message

NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

Urgent Message

SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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3Copycat Killer

RUNNING THE ADVENTUREGamemastering is more o an art than a science and every

gamemaster does things a bit differently Use your own style whenit comes to preparing and running the adventure and do whatever you eel is best to provide the best Shadowrun game you can or your players Shadowrun Missions adventures are designed to runin a standard our-hour convention time slot

Please keep this in mind when running the adventure You

should leave at least 15ndash20 minutes at the end o the time slotto complete any necessary paperwork and pass out the playersrsquoDebriefing Logs (Make sure that you have enough copies o theDebriefing Log or this adventure to give one copy to each playerafer running the adventure) Tis section offers some guidelines you may find useul in preparing to run CMPndash02 Copycat Killer(or any Shadowrun Missions adventure)

STEP 1 READ THE ADVENTURECareully read the adventure rom beginning to end Get a

eel or the overall plot and what happens in each scene Tat way i

something different happens you wonrsquot be caught off guard and youcan adapt things smoothly

STEP 2 TAKE NOTESake notes or yoursel while reading through the adventure

that you can reer to later on Possible things to note includemajor plot points (so you can see them all at a glance) the names o various non-player characters possible problems you notice situ-ations where you think a particular character can shine and otherthings yoursquoll want to keep in mind while running the adventure

STEP 3 KNOW THE CHARACTERSPrior to the start o the adventure examine the PCsrsquo record

sheets and Debriefing Logs or your reerence and have basic inor-mation about their important abilities handy so you can reer to

it during play Also go over the characters and keep their previousevents listed on the Debriefing Logs in mind when determiningnon-player character actions in various scenes i such a dynamichas been included

STEP 4 DONrsquoT PANICGamemastering involves juggling a lot o different things

Sometimes you drop the ball and orget something or you justmake a mistake It happens donrsquot worry about it Nobody is perect all o the time and everybody makes mistakes Just pick uprom there and move on Your players will understand and orgetabout it once you get back into the action

INTRODUCTIONCMPndash02 Copycat Killer is a Shadowrun Missions campaign

adventure Full inormation on the Shadowrun Missions campaignis available at shadowrun4commissions and includes a guide tocreating Missions characters and a regularly updated FAQ Allmaps player handouts and other playing aids are ound at theend o this document

PREPARING THE ADVENTURECMPndash02 Copycat Killer is intended or use with Shadowrun

Fourth Edition and all character and rules inormation reers tothe ourth edition o the Shadowrun rules

ADVENTURE STRUCTURECMPndash02 Copycat Killer consists o several scenes Tese

scenes orm the basis o the adventure which should be completedin approximately our hours I you are running short on time youshould streamline each and be a little more generous with cluestarget numbers and other requirements to aid in guiding the players through the adventure

Each scene outlines the most likely sequence o events as well as how to handle unexpected twists and turns that inevitablycrop up Each one contains the ollowing subsections providinggamemasters with all the inormation necessary to run it

Scan Tis provides a quick synopsis o the scenersquos actionallowing you to get a eel or the encounter at a glance

ell It to Tem Straight is written to be read aloud to the players describing what their characters experience upon enteringthe scene You should eel ree to modiy the narrative as much asdesired to suit the group and the situation since the charactersmay arrive at the scene by dierent means or under dierentcircumstances than the text assumes

Behind the Scenes covers the bulk o the scene describing whatrsquos happening what the non-player characters are doing howthey will react to the player charactersrsquo actions and so orth Italso covers the setting o the encounter going over environmentalconditions and other properties o the location as well as providingany descriptions o important items

Pushing the Envelope looks at ways to make the encountermore challenging or experienced or powerul characters and other ways you can add some ldquoextra spicerdquo to the scene Tis subsectionshould usually only be used or home games or games where timeis not a actor At most convention and Open Play events game-

masters should omit this inormation It adds to the scene butdoes not contain important inormation

Debugging offers solutions to potential problems that maycrop up during the encounter While itrsquos impossible to oreseeeverything that a group o player characters might do this sectiontries to anticipate common problems and other suggestions ordealing with them

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

MISSION SYNOPSISSix months ago Edmund Jeffries Governor Brackhavenrsquos

press secretary had lunch with a riend o his rom college GeorgeMathers a mid-level bureaucrat at Knight Errant Both had prettystrong anti-metahuman leanings though Jeffries had to be morecircumspect about it due to his political office As the conversa-tion proceeded Jeffries expressed to his riend his rustration over what he reerred to as the ldquounderground problemrdquo Metahuman

rights groups were pushing to have the Ork Underground declaredan official district o Seattle granting it access to tax money lawenorcement and all the legal benefits that the other districtsenjoyed Meanwhile the Governorrsquos Oice was interested inshutting the Underground down as much as possible viewing it primarily as a haven or criminals and a source o many o the cityrsquos problems

During the conversation Jeffries made an off-hand commentabout how it was a shame that the Mayan Cutter had been killedand that the cutter could have solved a lot o the cityrsquos problems ihersquod killed a ew o the leaders o these groups Mathers wantingto impress his riend decided afer the meeting that maybe hecould do something about this even i Jeffriesrsquo hands were tied

due to his political position He had a lot o contacts in Humanisthe Human League and a number o other hate groups and proceeded to make some rather discreet phone calls

A couple o months ago George Mathers inally started putting his plan into place He ound a disgruntled ex-UCASArmy Ranger named Shawn Walker a man whose racismbordered on the psychotic He coached Walker in the Cutterrsquoskilling techniques and provided him with targets all members oorganizations such as the Ork Rights Committee and Mothers oMetahuman or their close riends and amily Walker was to mix insome random metahuman kills in with the targets to make it lessobvious that there were the specific targets or the kills

Te runners are hired by William MacCallister when his

daughter Rebecca is killed by the new Mayan Cutter He wants therunners to find the Cutter and stop him and bring him in aliveTis run is personal to him He can give the runners two starting points a contact he knows at Knight Errant whorsquos involved in theinvestigation Detective osh Athack and some inormation on what his daughter was doing in the Ork Underground when she was killed

Te runners have to untangle a web o rumors and specula-tion surrounding the Mayan Cutter and discover who was theMayan Cutter and i the reappearance o the Cutter is due to acopycat or not Tey quickly realize that while the copycat knowsthe Cutterrsquos methods well his targets are more varied Te realCutter is indeed dead and on the surace the new Cutterrsquos targets

are more random than the original who targeted mainly poorSINless metahumans

Doing some digging research and putting two and twotogether the runners eventually igure out that the Cutter istargeting immediate amily and the close riends o aluentmembers o the metahuman activist groups Mothers oMetahumans and the Ork Rights Comittee During the investi-gation they get jumped by members o the roll Killers a raciststreet gang that was hired by George Mathers in an attempt tostop the runners

GENERAL ADVENTURE RULESShadowrun Missions adventures use the rules presented in

Shadowrun Twentieth Anniversary Edition (SR4A ) Standardrules such as success tests the Rules o One and Six and othercommon mechanics are described in SR4A and are not repeatedin this adventure

Please keep in mind when preparing or the adventure thatthe PCs will not necessarily comprise a balanced party Itrsquos entirely

possible that the party will be made up entirely o technomancersor back-to-nature shamans I the characters run into a brick wallbecause o such complications show flexibility and use your best judgment in how you lead them back to the plot

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERSNon-player characters (NPCs) are essential to any adventure

Tey are the allies antagonists and background characters in theadventure that interact with the player characters NPCs in thisadventure have already been created and can be ound throughoutthe adventure

Minor NPCs are ound in the individual scene that theyappear in and generally have a brie write up noting only their

important skills and the gear they are carrying Note that their dice pools are pre-calculated to save the gamemaster time

Major NPCs can be ound in the Cast of Shadows at the endo the adventure and have more detailed write ups and includemost o the skills and the gear they have access to

Te NPCs in this adventure should generally stand up to theaverage player character but may need some adjustment to suit a particular group o characters especially a more experienced and powerul group Te scenes and NPC descriptions offer tips onadjusting the NPCs to suit the abilities o the characters in yourgroup o adjust the power level o an NPC reer to the PrimeRunner Creation and Advancement able (p 285 SR4A ) akethe player charactersrsquo abilities into consideration when assessing

the NPCs in this adventure and modiy them accordingly

MISSION DIFFICULTYGMs are encouraged to use their own judgment and to

adjust the difficulty o the encounter to take into account the abili-ties o the players I the players have no magical support replacemagical deenses with mundane ones I the players are weak oncombat reduce the number o enemies by one or two Converselyi theyrsquore steam-rolling the opposition add one or two enemies tothe fight Missions should be a challenge to the party but shouldnever be insurmountable or a team playing it smart

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BEHIND THE SCENESTis scenersquos primary goal is to set the runners in Seattle i

theyrsquore not normally rom that city (Usually running in NewYork or Denver or example) Te runners have access to all theirnormal gear and riggers have access to their drones and a ldquoloanerrdquoor their primary vehicles

Play up the ambiance o Seattle and the history or a shad-owrunner Tis is a town where everything can and does happen

and many o the pivotal moments in history have taken place hereAlmost everyone involved in the shadows considers Seattle to bethe ldquobig timerdquo Itrsquos a rough town with a ton o competition andalmost every player in the biz has a stake in Seattle For runnersoutside o Seattle therersquos an almost mythical quality to the placeItrsquos like Mecca or Graceland or many shadowrunners a holy placeor them Fastjack Kid Stealth Dirk Montgomery Jack SkaterZapper Weisman Hatchetman Te cream o the shadowrunningcrop has done their biz there Te runners are likely to be disap- pointed o course because Seattlersquos dirty grimy filled with crimeand pretty much just like any other city But still itrsquos Seattle

I the player or character is new to Missions talk to them andfind out where they plan to set up their ldquohome baserdquo and let them

know that New York ends afer Mission 12 I they are planningto play in New York still assume theyrsquore rom there and read theabove accordingly Otherwise have them settle into Seattle as theirhome town and skip to A Fixerrsquos Call

Once the runners accept the meet head to A Daughter Lost

DEBUGGINGhe only real problem here is i a player doesnrsquot want to

accept the meet I they seem hesitant their fixer very reluctantlyoffers them a 100yen bonus just to attend the meeting He tries totalk them into it first without the cash offer since he was giventhat by MacCallister and he gets to keep it i they go without it

Following up clues theyrsquove ound they eventually track downthe copycat and have a conrontation with him Depending on theinvestigation and i they take the copycat alive they can find outabout George Mathers which they can turn over to MacCallisteror to osh Tere is no way to trace things back to Edmund Jeffries

SCENE 0 THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN

SCAN THISTis scene gives the gamemaster options or introducing the

adventure to runners who may not be rom Seattle or who maynot have run or Mr MacCallister beore

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners are not native to Seattle and their last run

wasnrsquot set there read the followingwo days ago your fixer set you up on an out-o-town job

It sounded simple a bodyguard mission or some high-rankingcorp sarariman Your travel was arranged and they even managedto smuggle your gear here Itrsquos never that simple though and by

the time your plane touched down at Sea-ac Airport your markhad already been taken out Without a job to do you picked up your gear grabbed a hotel and decided to see the sites blowingthe meager retainer yoursquod been given or making the trip Afer all yoursquore shadowrunners this is Seattle and this town gave birth tothe shadowrun

So or the last couple days yoursquove been on vacation Yoursquove visited Underworld 93 and Club Penumbra stopped to check outthe ACHE cruised by the Redmond Barrens (wearing ull bodyarmor and guns firmly in hand) beat up a ew Halloweeners andeven visited the inamous Crime Mall You were out late last nightafer bribing the doorman to let you into the 3rd level o Hell atDantersquos Inerno and had planned to sleep in and sleep it off beoreheading back home today

However itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Youflip it on and see the ace o your riendly neighborhood fixer onthe other end

ldquoLooks like you had a good nightrdquo He says with a grinldquoListen since your last job was a washout and yoursquore already intown I have a riend who needs some help Meet a Mr WilliamMacCallister at the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock Ask or him at thedoor And play nice this guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with himrdquo

If the runners have been in Seattle recently but are notnative read the following

You just wrapped up a job yoursquore tired and yoursquore ready to gohome relax and spend some o your hard earned nuyen Itrsquos noonand yoursquore just finishing packing when your commlink beeps andon the other end is your fixer

ldquoHey great job with that last run Te client was very happy with your perormance But listen since yoursquore still in SeattleI have a proposition or you I have a riend there who needssome help Tis guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with him Meet himat the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock His namersquos William MacCallisterask or him at the doorrdquo

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

William MacCallister is seated at a table along the back wallHe has several empty glasses that obviously once had alcohol inthem in ront o him and is working on a ourth when the runnersarrive His eyes are slightly red and puffy and he looks pissed offHe waves you over As soon as you sit down he immediately divesinto business

BEHIND THE SCENES

he Big Rhino is a Seattle landmark that specializes inauthentic ork cuisine and is also home to one o several publicentrances to the Ork Underground Everything here includingthe urniture is built or an ork or a troll so other races tend toeel a bit undersized Te ood is all incredibly spicy and theyhave an impressive beer list with the house specialty being theBig Rhino Hard Cider that only comes in a huge mug and kickslike a mule

MacCallister has no time or pleasantries and immediatelyexplains to the runners why he had to meet with them rightaway At 0900 this morning his daughter Rebecca MacCallisteralso an ork was ound dead in an apartment she was rentingin the Ork Underground She was staying in the Underground

while she did research or a paper on both ork histor y and theUnderground itselhe killing appears to have been the work o the Mayan

Cutter a serial killer that terrorized Seattle or over two yearsbeore being killed by Knight Errant shortly afer they took overas the law in Seattle wo weeks ago a new rash o killings beganand rumors have begun circulating that Knight Errant got the wrong guy

MacCallister wants the Mayan Cutter ound he wants toknow why his daughter was a victim and he wants the Cutterbrought back to him alive Hersquos willing to pay the runners each8000yen Te runners can negotiate with him with each net hitincreasing the pay by 250yen each (o a maximum increase o

2000yen) Between his grie the alcohol and the act he really wants this job done bad MacCallister is at a -2 dice pool orthis test I the runners bring it up or they score 4 or more netsuccesses MacCallister will also offer them a 2000yen bonus each ithey bring the Cutter in alive

Once the runners accept the job MacCallister will give thema data-file with photos o Rebecca MacCallister as well as some personal inormation about her background and the location oher apartment in the Underground Te file indicates that she was well liked by the community in the Ork Underground and that shehad no known enemies She was Awakened a hermetic mage and was working on her Masterrsquos Degree in sociology and history atthe University o Washington She was living in the Underground while she was working on a research project about the history othe Underground

Te runners will also be given a copy o a screamsheet articleabout the Mayan Cutter dated our months earlier detailing hissupposed death at the hands o Knight Errant officers

Finally MacCallister gives them a contact number or a riendo his that works or Knight Errant a troll Detective named oshAthack osh worked on the original Mayan Cutter case and maybe able to help them with the current killings osh is expecting tohear rom the runners though MacCallister will warn them thathe doesnrsquot offer up help cheap and not to get on the trollrsquos bad side

SCENE 1 A FIXERrsquoS CALL

SCAN THISIn the last two weeks a string o murders has the rumor mill

working overtime that the inamous Mayan Cutter is back Withone phone call the runners are drawn into a search or this killer

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Being a shad-owrunner noon means yoursquove been in bed or a couple hours atmost You almost let them leave a message but decide to answerin case itrsquos work On the other end you see the amiliar red orksmiley-ace thatrsquos the icon o a fixer yoursquove worked with in the pasta Mr MacCallister

ldquoHoi chummer I know itrsquos early but I need to meet with youimmediately Meet me at the Big Rhino downtown in an hourrdquo

Normally MacCallister is a very open riendly ork who likesto chat oday however hersquos all business and therersquos an edge to his voice sharper than a mono-katana

BEHIND THE SCENES

MacCallister sends along a small data file that contains theaddress to the Big Rhino on the corner o Seneca Street andFirst Avenue he restaurant is amous or serving ldquoauthenticork cuisinerdquo in ldquoork serving sizesrdquo Te Rhino is also notable orbeing one o the most prominent tourist entrances to the OrkUnderground

DEBUGGINGI the runners have never encountered MacCallister beore

assume theyrsquove worked with him once or twice in the past orat least have heard o him He has a reputation or treating hisrunners airly and hersquos usually airly open and riendly with thosehe works with

I they balk at MacCallisterrsquos deadline to meet him in anhour hersquoll brush their concerns aside and offer them 100 yen just toshow up and listen to what he has to say

SCENE 2 A DAUGHTER LOST

SCAN THISTe runners have been asked to meet their fixer William

MacCallister at Te Big Rhino Unbeknownst to the runners when they arrive MacCallister just ound out a couple hoursearlier that his daughter was killed by the resuraced Mayan Cutterand he wants revenge Hersquos angry distraught and by the time the

runners get there on his way to being completely drunk

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT When you walk into the Big Rhino the place looks like itrsquos

been hit be a thriller gang Scraps o ood and trash are strewnabout the place and the staff is picking up overturned chairs andbenches and cleaning up broken glasses and plates Tere areonly a ew customers still here and as you approach the hostessan attractive young emale ork she apologizes or the mess andexplains that theyrsquove just finished up the lunch rush and are stillcleaning up

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

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NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

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SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

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CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

MISSION SYNOPSISSix months ago Edmund Jeffries Governor Brackhavenrsquos

press secretary had lunch with a riend o his rom college GeorgeMathers a mid-level bureaucrat at Knight Errant Both had prettystrong anti-metahuman leanings though Jeffries had to be morecircumspect about it due to his political office As the conversa-tion proceeded Jeffries expressed to his riend his rustration over what he reerred to as the ldquounderground problemrdquo Metahuman

rights groups were pushing to have the Ork Underground declaredan official district o Seattle granting it access to tax money lawenorcement and all the legal benefits that the other districtsenjoyed Meanwhile the Governorrsquos Oice was interested inshutting the Underground down as much as possible viewing it primarily as a haven or criminals and a source o many o the cityrsquos problems

During the conversation Jeffries made an off-hand commentabout how it was a shame that the Mayan Cutter had been killedand that the cutter could have solved a lot o the cityrsquos problems ihersquod killed a ew o the leaders o these groups Mathers wantingto impress his riend decided afer the meeting that maybe hecould do something about this even i Jeffriesrsquo hands were tied

due to his political position He had a lot o contacts in Humanisthe Human League and a number o other hate groups and proceeded to make some rather discreet phone calls

A couple o months ago George Mathers inally started putting his plan into place He ound a disgruntled ex-UCASArmy Ranger named Shawn Walker a man whose racismbordered on the psychotic He coached Walker in the Cutterrsquoskilling techniques and provided him with targets all members oorganizations such as the Ork Rights Committee and Mothers oMetahuman or their close riends and amily Walker was to mix insome random metahuman kills in with the targets to make it lessobvious that there were the specific targets or the kills

Te runners are hired by William MacCallister when his

daughter Rebecca is killed by the new Mayan Cutter He wants therunners to find the Cutter and stop him and bring him in aliveTis run is personal to him He can give the runners two starting points a contact he knows at Knight Errant whorsquos involved in theinvestigation Detective osh Athack and some inormation on what his daughter was doing in the Ork Underground when she was killed

Te runners have to untangle a web o rumors and specula-tion surrounding the Mayan Cutter and discover who was theMayan Cutter and i the reappearance o the Cutter is due to acopycat or not Tey quickly realize that while the copycat knowsthe Cutterrsquos methods well his targets are more varied Te realCutter is indeed dead and on the surace the new Cutterrsquos targets

are more random than the original who targeted mainly poorSINless metahumans

Doing some digging research and putting two and twotogether the runners eventually igure out that the Cutter istargeting immediate amily and the close riends o aluentmembers o the metahuman activist groups Mothers oMetahumans and the Ork Rights Comittee During the investi-gation they get jumped by members o the roll Killers a raciststreet gang that was hired by George Mathers in an attempt tostop the runners

GENERAL ADVENTURE RULESShadowrun Missions adventures use the rules presented in

Shadowrun Twentieth Anniversary Edition (SR4A ) Standardrules such as success tests the Rules o One and Six and othercommon mechanics are described in SR4A and are not repeatedin this adventure

Please keep in mind when preparing or the adventure thatthe PCs will not necessarily comprise a balanced party Itrsquos entirely

possible that the party will be made up entirely o technomancersor back-to-nature shamans I the characters run into a brick wallbecause o such complications show flexibility and use your best judgment in how you lead them back to the plot

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERSNon-player characters (NPCs) are essential to any adventure

Tey are the allies antagonists and background characters in theadventure that interact with the player characters NPCs in thisadventure have already been created and can be ound throughoutthe adventure

Minor NPCs are ound in the individual scene that theyappear in and generally have a brie write up noting only their

important skills and the gear they are carrying Note that their dice pools are pre-calculated to save the gamemaster time

Major NPCs can be ound in the Cast of Shadows at the endo the adventure and have more detailed write ups and includemost o the skills and the gear they have access to

Te NPCs in this adventure should generally stand up to theaverage player character but may need some adjustment to suit a particular group o characters especially a more experienced and powerul group Te scenes and NPC descriptions offer tips onadjusting the NPCs to suit the abilities o the characters in yourgroup o adjust the power level o an NPC reer to the PrimeRunner Creation and Advancement able (p 285 SR4A ) akethe player charactersrsquo abilities into consideration when assessing

the NPCs in this adventure and modiy them accordingly

MISSION DIFFICULTYGMs are encouraged to use their own judgment and to

adjust the difficulty o the encounter to take into account the abili-ties o the players I the players have no magical support replacemagical deenses with mundane ones I the players are weak oncombat reduce the number o enemies by one or two Converselyi theyrsquore steam-rolling the opposition add one or two enemies tothe fight Missions should be a challenge to the party but shouldnever be insurmountable or a team playing it smart

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BEHIND THE SCENESTis scenersquos primary goal is to set the runners in Seattle i

theyrsquore not normally rom that city (Usually running in NewYork or Denver or example) Te runners have access to all theirnormal gear and riggers have access to their drones and a ldquoloanerrdquoor their primary vehicles

Play up the ambiance o Seattle and the history or a shad-owrunner Tis is a town where everything can and does happen

and many o the pivotal moments in history have taken place hereAlmost everyone involved in the shadows considers Seattle to bethe ldquobig timerdquo Itrsquos a rough town with a ton o competition andalmost every player in the biz has a stake in Seattle For runnersoutside o Seattle therersquos an almost mythical quality to the placeItrsquos like Mecca or Graceland or many shadowrunners a holy placeor them Fastjack Kid Stealth Dirk Montgomery Jack SkaterZapper Weisman Hatchetman Te cream o the shadowrunningcrop has done their biz there Te runners are likely to be disap- pointed o course because Seattlersquos dirty grimy filled with crimeand pretty much just like any other city But still itrsquos Seattle

I the player or character is new to Missions talk to them andfind out where they plan to set up their ldquohome baserdquo and let them

know that New York ends afer Mission 12 I they are planningto play in New York still assume theyrsquore rom there and read theabove accordingly Otherwise have them settle into Seattle as theirhome town and skip to A Fixerrsquos Call

Once the runners accept the meet head to A Daughter Lost

DEBUGGINGhe only real problem here is i a player doesnrsquot want to

accept the meet I they seem hesitant their fixer very reluctantlyoffers them a 100yen bonus just to attend the meeting He tries totalk them into it first without the cash offer since he was giventhat by MacCallister and he gets to keep it i they go without it

Following up clues theyrsquove ound they eventually track downthe copycat and have a conrontation with him Depending on theinvestigation and i they take the copycat alive they can find outabout George Mathers which they can turn over to MacCallisteror to osh Tere is no way to trace things back to Edmund Jeffries

SCENE 0 THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN

SCAN THISTis scene gives the gamemaster options or introducing the

adventure to runners who may not be rom Seattle or who maynot have run or Mr MacCallister beore

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners are not native to Seattle and their last run

wasnrsquot set there read the followingwo days ago your fixer set you up on an out-o-town job

It sounded simple a bodyguard mission or some high-rankingcorp sarariman Your travel was arranged and they even managedto smuggle your gear here Itrsquos never that simple though and by

the time your plane touched down at Sea-ac Airport your markhad already been taken out Without a job to do you picked up your gear grabbed a hotel and decided to see the sites blowingthe meager retainer yoursquod been given or making the trip Afer all yoursquore shadowrunners this is Seattle and this town gave birth tothe shadowrun

So or the last couple days yoursquove been on vacation Yoursquove visited Underworld 93 and Club Penumbra stopped to check outthe ACHE cruised by the Redmond Barrens (wearing ull bodyarmor and guns firmly in hand) beat up a ew Halloweeners andeven visited the inamous Crime Mall You were out late last nightafer bribing the doorman to let you into the 3rd level o Hell atDantersquos Inerno and had planned to sleep in and sleep it off beoreheading back home today

However itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Youflip it on and see the ace o your riendly neighborhood fixer onthe other end

ldquoLooks like you had a good nightrdquo He says with a grinldquoListen since your last job was a washout and yoursquore already intown I have a riend who needs some help Meet a Mr WilliamMacCallister at the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock Ask or him at thedoor And play nice this guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with himrdquo

If the runners have been in Seattle recently but are notnative read the following

You just wrapped up a job yoursquore tired and yoursquore ready to gohome relax and spend some o your hard earned nuyen Itrsquos noonand yoursquore just finishing packing when your commlink beeps andon the other end is your fixer

ldquoHey great job with that last run Te client was very happy with your perormance But listen since yoursquore still in SeattleI have a proposition or you I have a riend there who needssome help Tis guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with him Meet himat the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock His namersquos William MacCallisterask or him at the doorrdquo

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

William MacCallister is seated at a table along the back wallHe has several empty glasses that obviously once had alcohol inthem in ront o him and is working on a ourth when the runnersarrive His eyes are slightly red and puffy and he looks pissed offHe waves you over As soon as you sit down he immediately divesinto business

BEHIND THE SCENES

he Big Rhino is a Seattle landmark that specializes inauthentic ork cuisine and is also home to one o several publicentrances to the Ork Underground Everything here includingthe urniture is built or an ork or a troll so other races tend toeel a bit undersized Te ood is all incredibly spicy and theyhave an impressive beer list with the house specialty being theBig Rhino Hard Cider that only comes in a huge mug and kickslike a mule

MacCallister has no time or pleasantries and immediatelyexplains to the runners why he had to meet with them rightaway At 0900 this morning his daughter Rebecca MacCallisteralso an ork was ound dead in an apartment she was rentingin the Ork Underground She was staying in the Underground

while she did research or a paper on both ork histor y and theUnderground itselhe killing appears to have been the work o the Mayan

Cutter a serial killer that terrorized Seattle or over two yearsbeore being killed by Knight Errant shortly afer they took overas the law in Seattle wo weeks ago a new rash o killings beganand rumors have begun circulating that Knight Errant got the wrong guy

MacCallister wants the Mayan Cutter ound he wants toknow why his daughter was a victim and he wants the Cutterbrought back to him alive Hersquos willing to pay the runners each8000yen Te runners can negotiate with him with each net hitincreasing the pay by 250yen each (o a maximum increase o

2000yen) Between his grie the alcohol and the act he really wants this job done bad MacCallister is at a -2 dice pool orthis test I the runners bring it up or they score 4 or more netsuccesses MacCallister will also offer them a 2000yen bonus each ithey bring the Cutter in alive

Once the runners accept the job MacCallister will give thema data-file with photos o Rebecca MacCallister as well as some personal inormation about her background and the location oher apartment in the Underground Te file indicates that she was well liked by the community in the Ork Underground and that shehad no known enemies She was Awakened a hermetic mage and was working on her Masterrsquos Degree in sociology and history atthe University o Washington She was living in the Underground while she was working on a research project about the history othe Underground

Te runners will also be given a copy o a screamsheet articleabout the Mayan Cutter dated our months earlier detailing hissupposed death at the hands o Knight Errant officers

Finally MacCallister gives them a contact number or a riendo his that works or Knight Errant a troll Detective named oshAthack osh worked on the original Mayan Cutter case and maybe able to help them with the current killings osh is expecting tohear rom the runners though MacCallister will warn them thathe doesnrsquot offer up help cheap and not to get on the trollrsquos bad side

SCENE 1 A FIXERrsquoS CALL

SCAN THISIn the last two weeks a string o murders has the rumor mill

working overtime that the inamous Mayan Cutter is back Withone phone call the runners are drawn into a search or this killer

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Being a shad-owrunner noon means yoursquove been in bed or a couple hours atmost You almost let them leave a message but decide to answerin case itrsquos work On the other end you see the amiliar red orksmiley-ace thatrsquos the icon o a fixer yoursquove worked with in the pasta Mr MacCallister

ldquoHoi chummer I know itrsquos early but I need to meet with youimmediately Meet me at the Big Rhino downtown in an hourrdquo

Normally MacCallister is a very open riendly ork who likesto chat oday however hersquos all business and therersquos an edge to his voice sharper than a mono-katana

BEHIND THE SCENES

MacCallister sends along a small data file that contains theaddress to the Big Rhino on the corner o Seneca Street andFirst Avenue he restaurant is amous or serving ldquoauthenticork cuisinerdquo in ldquoork serving sizesrdquo Te Rhino is also notable orbeing one o the most prominent tourist entrances to the OrkUnderground

DEBUGGINGI the runners have never encountered MacCallister beore

assume theyrsquove worked with him once or twice in the past orat least have heard o him He has a reputation or treating hisrunners airly and hersquos usually airly open and riendly with thosehe works with

I they balk at MacCallisterrsquos deadline to meet him in anhour hersquoll brush their concerns aside and offer them 100 yen just toshow up and listen to what he has to say

SCENE 2 A DAUGHTER LOST

SCAN THISTe runners have been asked to meet their fixer William

MacCallister at Te Big Rhino Unbeknownst to the runners when they arrive MacCallister just ound out a couple hoursearlier that his daughter was killed by the resuraced Mayan Cutterand he wants revenge Hersquos angry distraught and by the time the

runners get there on his way to being completely drunk

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT When you walk into the Big Rhino the place looks like itrsquos

been hit be a thriller gang Scraps o ood and trash are strewnabout the place and the staff is picking up overturned chairs andbenches and cleaning up broken glasses and plates Tere areonly a ew customers still here and as you approach the hostessan attractive young emale ork she apologizes or the mess andexplains that theyrsquove just finished up the lunch rush and are stillcleaning up

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

Urgent Message

NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

Urgent Message

SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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BEHIND THE SCENESTis scenersquos primary goal is to set the runners in Seattle i

theyrsquore not normally rom that city (Usually running in NewYork or Denver or example) Te runners have access to all theirnormal gear and riggers have access to their drones and a ldquoloanerrdquoor their primary vehicles

Play up the ambiance o Seattle and the history or a shad-owrunner Tis is a town where everything can and does happen

and many o the pivotal moments in history have taken place hereAlmost everyone involved in the shadows considers Seattle to bethe ldquobig timerdquo Itrsquos a rough town with a ton o competition andalmost every player in the biz has a stake in Seattle For runnersoutside o Seattle therersquos an almost mythical quality to the placeItrsquos like Mecca or Graceland or many shadowrunners a holy placeor them Fastjack Kid Stealth Dirk Montgomery Jack SkaterZapper Weisman Hatchetman Te cream o the shadowrunningcrop has done their biz there Te runners are likely to be disap- pointed o course because Seattlersquos dirty grimy filled with crimeand pretty much just like any other city But still itrsquos Seattle

I the player or character is new to Missions talk to them andfind out where they plan to set up their ldquohome baserdquo and let them

know that New York ends afer Mission 12 I they are planningto play in New York still assume theyrsquore rom there and read theabove accordingly Otherwise have them settle into Seattle as theirhome town and skip to A Fixerrsquos Call

Once the runners accept the meet head to A Daughter Lost

DEBUGGINGhe only real problem here is i a player doesnrsquot want to

accept the meet I they seem hesitant their fixer very reluctantlyoffers them a 100yen bonus just to attend the meeting He tries totalk them into it first without the cash offer since he was giventhat by MacCallister and he gets to keep it i they go without it

Following up clues theyrsquove ound they eventually track downthe copycat and have a conrontation with him Depending on theinvestigation and i they take the copycat alive they can find outabout George Mathers which they can turn over to MacCallisteror to osh Tere is no way to trace things back to Edmund Jeffries

SCENE 0 THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN

SCAN THISTis scene gives the gamemaster options or introducing the

adventure to runners who may not be rom Seattle or who maynot have run or Mr MacCallister beore

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners are not native to Seattle and their last run

wasnrsquot set there read the followingwo days ago your fixer set you up on an out-o-town job

It sounded simple a bodyguard mission or some high-rankingcorp sarariman Your travel was arranged and they even managedto smuggle your gear here Itrsquos never that simple though and by

the time your plane touched down at Sea-ac Airport your markhad already been taken out Without a job to do you picked up your gear grabbed a hotel and decided to see the sites blowingthe meager retainer yoursquod been given or making the trip Afer all yoursquore shadowrunners this is Seattle and this town gave birth tothe shadowrun

So or the last couple days yoursquove been on vacation Yoursquove visited Underworld 93 and Club Penumbra stopped to check outthe ACHE cruised by the Redmond Barrens (wearing ull bodyarmor and guns firmly in hand) beat up a ew Halloweeners andeven visited the inamous Crime Mall You were out late last nightafer bribing the doorman to let you into the 3rd level o Hell atDantersquos Inerno and had planned to sleep in and sleep it off beoreheading back home today

However itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Youflip it on and see the ace o your riendly neighborhood fixer onthe other end

ldquoLooks like you had a good nightrdquo He says with a grinldquoListen since your last job was a washout and yoursquore already intown I have a riend who needs some help Meet a Mr WilliamMacCallister at the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock Ask or him at thedoor And play nice this guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with himrdquo

If the runners have been in Seattle recently but are notnative read the following

You just wrapped up a job yoursquore tired and yoursquore ready to gohome relax and spend some o your hard earned nuyen Itrsquos noonand yoursquore just finishing packing when your commlink beeps andon the other end is your fixer

ldquoHey great job with that last run Te client was very happy with your perormance But listen since yoursquore still in SeattleI have a proposition or you I have a riend there who needssome help Tis guyrsquos got a lot o connections and well this jobrsquos personal Hersquoll pay well i you play straight with him Meet himat the Big Rhino at one orsquoclock His namersquos William MacCallisterask or him at the doorrdquo

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William MacCallister is seated at a table along the back wallHe has several empty glasses that obviously once had alcohol inthem in ront o him and is working on a ourth when the runnersarrive His eyes are slightly red and puffy and he looks pissed offHe waves you over As soon as you sit down he immediately divesinto business

BEHIND THE SCENES

he Big Rhino is a Seattle landmark that specializes inauthentic ork cuisine and is also home to one o several publicentrances to the Ork Underground Everything here includingthe urniture is built or an ork or a troll so other races tend toeel a bit undersized Te ood is all incredibly spicy and theyhave an impressive beer list with the house specialty being theBig Rhino Hard Cider that only comes in a huge mug and kickslike a mule

MacCallister has no time or pleasantries and immediatelyexplains to the runners why he had to meet with them rightaway At 0900 this morning his daughter Rebecca MacCallisteralso an ork was ound dead in an apartment she was rentingin the Ork Underground She was staying in the Underground

while she did research or a paper on both ork histor y and theUnderground itselhe killing appears to have been the work o the Mayan

Cutter a serial killer that terrorized Seattle or over two yearsbeore being killed by Knight Errant shortly afer they took overas the law in Seattle wo weeks ago a new rash o killings beganand rumors have begun circulating that Knight Errant got the wrong guy

MacCallister wants the Mayan Cutter ound he wants toknow why his daughter was a victim and he wants the Cutterbrought back to him alive Hersquos willing to pay the runners each8000yen Te runners can negotiate with him with each net hitincreasing the pay by 250yen each (o a maximum increase o

2000yen) Between his grie the alcohol and the act he really wants this job done bad MacCallister is at a -2 dice pool orthis test I the runners bring it up or they score 4 or more netsuccesses MacCallister will also offer them a 2000yen bonus each ithey bring the Cutter in alive

Once the runners accept the job MacCallister will give thema data-file with photos o Rebecca MacCallister as well as some personal inormation about her background and the location oher apartment in the Underground Te file indicates that she was well liked by the community in the Ork Underground and that shehad no known enemies She was Awakened a hermetic mage and was working on her Masterrsquos Degree in sociology and history atthe University o Washington She was living in the Underground while she was working on a research project about the history othe Underground

Te runners will also be given a copy o a screamsheet articleabout the Mayan Cutter dated our months earlier detailing hissupposed death at the hands o Knight Errant officers

Finally MacCallister gives them a contact number or a riendo his that works or Knight Errant a troll Detective named oshAthack osh worked on the original Mayan Cutter case and maybe able to help them with the current killings osh is expecting tohear rom the runners though MacCallister will warn them thathe doesnrsquot offer up help cheap and not to get on the trollrsquos bad side

SCENE 1 A FIXERrsquoS CALL

SCAN THISIn the last two weeks a string o murders has the rumor mill

working overtime that the inamous Mayan Cutter is back Withone phone call the runners are drawn into a search or this killer

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Being a shad-owrunner noon means yoursquove been in bed or a couple hours atmost You almost let them leave a message but decide to answerin case itrsquos work On the other end you see the amiliar red orksmiley-ace thatrsquos the icon o a fixer yoursquove worked with in the pasta Mr MacCallister

ldquoHoi chummer I know itrsquos early but I need to meet with youimmediately Meet me at the Big Rhino downtown in an hourrdquo

Normally MacCallister is a very open riendly ork who likesto chat oday however hersquos all business and therersquos an edge to his voice sharper than a mono-katana

BEHIND THE SCENES

MacCallister sends along a small data file that contains theaddress to the Big Rhino on the corner o Seneca Street andFirst Avenue he restaurant is amous or serving ldquoauthenticork cuisinerdquo in ldquoork serving sizesrdquo Te Rhino is also notable orbeing one o the most prominent tourist entrances to the OrkUnderground

DEBUGGINGI the runners have never encountered MacCallister beore

assume theyrsquove worked with him once or twice in the past orat least have heard o him He has a reputation or treating hisrunners airly and hersquos usually airly open and riendly with thosehe works with

I they balk at MacCallisterrsquos deadline to meet him in anhour hersquoll brush their concerns aside and offer them 100 yen just toshow up and listen to what he has to say

SCENE 2 A DAUGHTER LOST

SCAN THISTe runners have been asked to meet their fixer William

MacCallister at Te Big Rhino Unbeknownst to the runners when they arrive MacCallister just ound out a couple hoursearlier that his daughter was killed by the resuraced Mayan Cutterand he wants revenge Hersquos angry distraught and by the time the

runners get there on his way to being completely drunk

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT When you walk into the Big Rhino the place looks like itrsquos

been hit be a thriller gang Scraps o ood and trash are strewnabout the place and the staff is picking up overturned chairs andbenches and cleaning up broken glasses and plates Tere areonly a ew customers still here and as you approach the hostessan attractive young emale ork she apologizes or the mess andexplains that theyrsquove just finished up the lunch rush and are stillcleaning up

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

Urgent Message

NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

Urgent Message

SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

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CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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K I L L E R

William MacCallister is seated at a table along the back wallHe has several empty glasses that obviously once had alcohol inthem in ront o him and is working on a ourth when the runnersarrive His eyes are slightly red and puffy and he looks pissed offHe waves you over As soon as you sit down he immediately divesinto business

BEHIND THE SCENES

he Big Rhino is a Seattle landmark that specializes inauthentic ork cuisine and is also home to one o several publicentrances to the Ork Underground Everything here includingthe urniture is built or an ork or a troll so other races tend toeel a bit undersized Te ood is all incredibly spicy and theyhave an impressive beer list with the house specialty being theBig Rhino Hard Cider that only comes in a huge mug and kickslike a mule

MacCallister has no time or pleasantries and immediatelyexplains to the runners why he had to meet with them rightaway At 0900 this morning his daughter Rebecca MacCallisteralso an ork was ound dead in an apartment she was rentingin the Ork Underground She was staying in the Underground

while she did research or a paper on both ork histor y and theUnderground itselhe killing appears to have been the work o the Mayan

Cutter a serial killer that terrorized Seattle or over two yearsbeore being killed by Knight Errant shortly afer they took overas the law in Seattle wo weeks ago a new rash o killings beganand rumors have begun circulating that Knight Errant got the wrong guy

MacCallister wants the Mayan Cutter ound he wants toknow why his daughter was a victim and he wants the Cutterbrought back to him alive Hersquos willing to pay the runners each8000yen Te runners can negotiate with him with each net hitincreasing the pay by 250yen each (o a maximum increase o

2000yen) Between his grie the alcohol and the act he really wants this job done bad MacCallister is at a -2 dice pool orthis test I the runners bring it up or they score 4 or more netsuccesses MacCallister will also offer them a 2000yen bonus each ithey bring the Cutter in alive

Once the runners accept the job MacCallister will give thema data-file with photos o Rebecca MacCallister as well as some personal inormation about her background and the location oher apartment in the Underground Te file indicates that she was well liked by the community in the Ork Underground and that shehad no known enemies She was Awakened a hermetic mage and was working on her Masterrsquos Degree in sociology and history atthe University o Washington She was living in the Underground while she was working on a research project about the history othe Underground

Te runners will also be given a copy o a screamsheet articleabout the Mayan Cutter dated our months earlier detailing hissupposed death at the hands o Knight Errant officers

Finally MacCallister gives them a contact number or a riendo his that works or Knight Errant a troll Detective named oshAthack osh worked on the original Mayan Cutter case and maybe able to help them with the current killings osh is expecting tohear rom the runners though MacCallister will warn them thathe doesnrsquot offer up help cheap and not to get on the trollrsquos bad side

SCENE 1 A FIXERrsquoS CALL

SCAN THISIn the last two weeks a string o murders has the rumor mill

working overtime that the inamous Mayan Cutter is back Withone phone call the runners are drawn into a search or this killer

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos barely noon when your commlink buzzes Being a shad-owrunner noon means yoursquove been in bed or a couple hours atmost You almost let them leave a message but decide to answerin case itrsquos work On the other end you see the amiliar red orksmiley-ace thatrsquos the icon o a fixer yoursquove worked with in the pasta Mr MacCallister

ldquoHoi chummer I know itrsquos early but I need to meet with youimmediately Meet me at the Big Rhino downtown in an hourrdquo

Normally MacCallister is a very open riendly ork who likesto chat oday however hersquos all business and therersquos an edge to his voice sharper than a mono-katana

BEHIND THE SCENES

MacCallister sends along a small data file that contains theaddress to the Big Rhino on the corner o Seneca Street andFirst Avenue he restaurant is amous or serving ldquoauthenticork cuisinerdquo in ldquoork serving sizesrdquo Te Rhino is also notable orbeing one o the most prominent tourist entrances to the OrkUnderground

DEBUGGINGI the runners have never encountered MacCallister beore

assume theyrsquove worked with him once or twice in the past orat least have heard o him He has a reputation or treating hisrunners airly and hersquos usually airly open and riendly with thosehe works with

I they balk at MacCallisterrsquos deadline to meet him in anhour hersquoll brush their concerns aside and offer them 100 yen just toshow up and listen to what he has to say

SCENE 2 A DAUGHTER LOST

SCAN THISTe runners have been asked to meet their fixer William

MacCallister at Te Big Rhino Unbeknownst to the runners when they arrive MacCallister just ound out a couple hoursearlier that his daughter was killed by the resuraced Mayan Cutterand he wants revenge Hersquos angry distraught and by the time the

runners get there on his way to being completely drunk

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT When you walk into the Big Rhino the place looks like itrsquos

been hit be a thriller gang Scraps o ood and trash are strewnabout the place and the staff is picking up overturned chairs andbenches and cleaning up broken glasses and plates Tere areonly a ew customers still here and as you approach the hostessan attractive young emale ork she apologizes or the mess andexplains that theyrsquove just finished up the lunch rush and are stillcleaning up

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

Urgent Message

NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

Urgent Message

SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

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GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

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CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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SCENE 3 GOING UNDERGROUND

SCAN THISInvestigating MacCallisterrsquos daughterrsquos murder scene leads

them to the Ork Underground where they have a run in withsome o her ormer riends members o the Skraacha Examiningthe apartment Rebecca was staying in can turn up some physicalevidence

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTTe Ork Underground is a unique experience In places itrsquos

barely more than a dirt and stone tunnel small enough that a troll would have to stoop In others spacious caverns were carved outseveral stories tall with ornate support columns and intricatelydetailed mosaics along the floor Te buildings are similar withsome being little more than caves hollowed out o the dirtto several story buildings that were obviously built by skilledarchitects

Te Underground is a maze o tunnels and streets only abouthal o which are clearly marked Te map is even less helpul sinceit only marks out the path meant or tourists Rebecca lived in one

o the residential areas which isnrsquot on the map Maybe one o theriendly denizens o the Underground can help

BEHIND THE SCENEShe Ork Underground is vast Following the Great

Seattle Fire o 1889 the city opted to simply build over the oldDowntown Many o the buildings that could be repaired nowhad their original first floor underground and even many o thestreets remained intact In the mid 20th century the Underground was partly restored as a tourist destination Afer the Awakeningand Goblinization it became a haven or many metahumansand ollowing the Night o Rage had become a reuge or a large portion o the metahuman population o Seattle

By 2050 the Underground had been built up and expandedinto a thriving district in itrsquos own right though it has never beenregarded as such by the City o Seattle It has its own unofficialmayor its own police orce (since Knight Errant and Lone Starbeore them almost never step oot into the Underground)and entire commercial and residential sections he entireUnderground network has never been properly mapped out andstretches throughout Downtown and beyond

Te citizens o the Underground still donrsquot trust ldquotopsidersrdquoas they call anyone who lives on the surace Tey put up with thetourists since thatrsquos a major source o income or many residentsbut theyrsquore not ond o people just randomly wandering aroundthe Underground especially outside o what they call the ourist

Highway which is the public area o the Underground wheretours run So getting inormation can be difficult

Te Underground is constantly being expanded and underdevelopment In some sections i it werenrsquot or the ever-presentceiling it would be easy to mistake it or neighborhood streetstopside wo and three story buildings markets stores actoriesand even legitimate businesses all call the Underground home

In other sections crude tunnels and caves make up a mazethat even lielong residents have trouble navigating Hiddenentryways into basements and sewer lines litter this area o the

I they decide to visit the Underground irst go toGoing Underground he Big Rhino has an entrance to theUnderground and there are visitor maps available I they decideto call and Meet with osh go to Te Errant Knight

DEBUGGINGhe Big Rhino doesnrsquot have much in the way o security

during lunchtime but the sta is almost exclusively ork and

more than a ew o them grew up on the streets I the runnersstart trouble several o the busboys and cooks will ace off withthe runners unless they start waving guns around Combat is illadvised as Knight Errant will arrive in less than a minute once thePanic Button is pushed I necessary our Busboys and 2 Cooks will deend the Big Rhino Knight Errant will initial ly send 2officers to investigate and will send more backup i things escalate(see Te Errant Knight or KE Officer stats)

MacCallister is desperate but therersquos a limit to how ar hecan be pushed by the runners I they deliberate too long or keepdemanding more money than their negotiation roll al lows he will walk away and find a new team to deal with his problem

Urgent Message

ORK BUSBOYS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Clubs 4 Dodge 3 Perception 4Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Improvised Club [club 3S]

ORK COOKS(Professional Rating 0)B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 7 1 00 11

Skills Athletics 3 Blades 4 Dodge 3 Perception4 Throwing Weapons 3 Unarmed Combat 3Weapons Butchers Knife [blade 4P -1 AP]Thrown Kitchen Knives x2 [throwing weapon 4P]

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DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

Urgent Message

NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

Urgent Message

SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners cause problems theyrsquoll draw the attention o

the Skraacha (See Scene 4) and will be accosted by a group o eighto them I this breaks down into a firefight it will turn the entireUnderground against them

I the runners are having trouble getting the inormation theyneed or simply reuse to ask or direction an enterprising youngork street urchin can come to their rescue or a ee (200yen and

he cannot be negotiated down) Te humor element o the streeturchin can be played up as hersquos ascinated by shadowrunners Ithe runners mistreat him hersquoll get the Skraacha to help him out

SCENE 4 HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SCAN THISTe runners meet up with the Skraacha and investigate the

murder scene Tey can find a vital clue to the identity o theCutter here

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT

Itrsquos taken a bit o searching but you finally manage to findRebecca MacCallisterrsquos apartment in the Underground hissection o the underground seems to be mostly residential innature and is pretty nice A row o what look to be small two-storycondos line either side o a two-lane road Tere are even someake trees planted in ront o some o them with children sittingon stoops and playing stick-ball in the street I it wasnrsquot or theartificial lighting and the ceiling only 10 meters above your head you could easily mistake this or a middle-class neighborhood

Rebeccarsquos building is easily recognizable Tere is police tapeblocking off the sidewalk in ront o atwo-story brownstone anddried blood still stains the steps and sidewalk

As you approach the address Mr MacCallister gave you

several tough looking orks wearing predominantly brown and graycolors move into view and block your way ldquoA little out o yourelement arenrsquot ya topsidersrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESSkraacha means ldquoscorchersrdquo in Orrsquozet the ancient ork

language he Skraacha are an all ork gang that reside in theUnderground and acts as muscle and protection or the residentsas well as doing all the other things a gang normally does Tey liketo hunt down Humanis goons or un and they donrsquot particularlylike anyone who isnrsquot an ork

Rebecca MacCallister had made riends with the Skraacha while she was living down here doing her research and theyrsquore

incredibly pissed off about her death Te Cutter (both the orig-inal and this new one) has targeted a air number o metahumansliving Underground and they blame themselves or not stoppinghim long ago

Te Skraacha will initially be very deensive and antagonistictoward the runners I the runners can talk them down and explainthat theyrsquore working or Rebeccarsquos ather to find the killer they willtake a moment to make a commcall or two and then become veryhelpul to the runners I one or more o the runners is an ork they will deer to him mostly ignoring the others Otherwise they willdeal with the toughest looking runner

Underground Paranormal critters smugglers and the morecommon criminals utilize these tunnels or their own ends

Many o the tunnels arenrsquot wide enough or vehicles sooutside o some o the larger areas vehicles other than motorcyclesare rare Bicycles are very common however and all along theourist Highway and other commercial areas you can find plentyo bicycle taxis and plenty o bike rental places (10yenhour 150yendeposit required)

Humans and elves suffer a -2 to all social tests against anyo the Undergrounds residents and any inormation will costthem twice the Nuyen it normally would Many o the residentsare openly hostile outside to any topsiders that arenrsquot on the tourOrks trolls and dwarves do not suffer this penalty but are stilllooked at with distrust

An opposed Negotiation (2) test is required to get soliddirections to Rebeccarsquos apartment and will cost 40yen 400yen willautomatically buy them accurate directions but only i the runnersoffer that much money Even the residents o the Underground wonrsquot shake the runners down that hard A ailed Negotiation testgives the runner poor directions and afer thirty minutes they willhave to stop and try again A Critical Glitch (or pissing off the

locals) will deliberately send the runners into the undevelopedtunnels and into a nest o eight Devil Rats with a Demon Ratleading the pack

Urgent Message

DEVIL RATS

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP CM

2 5 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 3 10 1 9

Skills Climbing 3 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Perception 2

Unarmed Combat 3Powers Animal Control (Ordinary Rats) Concealment(Self Only) Immunity (Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Mild)Weapons Bite [natural 1P -1 Reach]

DEMON RAT (GAMMA)

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess M Init IP Arm CM

5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 9 2 00 11

Skills Climbing 2 Exotic Ranged Weapon (CorrosiveSpit) 3 Infiltration 3 Perception 3 Unarmed Combat 3

Powers Gestalt Consciousness Animal Control(Devil Rats Rats) Concealment Corrosive SpitImmunity (Pathogens Toxins) Natural Weapon (Bite)RegenerationWeaknesses Allergy (Sunlight Moderate)Weapons Bite [Natural weapon 4P -1 AP -1 Reach]Corrosive Spit [Exotic Ranged 6P Range 5 metersResisted with 12 Impact Armor]

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

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NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

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SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

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CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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Te murder took place in the kitchen apparently as Rebecca was making breakast judging by the pans set up on the stoveTere are signs o a struggle a pool o dried blood on the floorand the kitchen table has had the contents swept onto the floorand is covered in blood as well Te Cutter placed the body on thetable to do his mutilation

I the runners search the bathroom a Perception (3) test willturn up a small streak o recent blood underneath the edge o the

sink Rebecca ought back against her attacker and sliced open hischeek with her fingernails Te cutter cleaned up the cut in thebathroom and though he covered his tracks he missed the actthat he touched the bottom o the sink and lef a trace o blood

his blood can be used to track the cutter However itrsquosonly viable as a material link to the target or another hour beoredecomposition renders it useless Rerigeration or the Preservespell can prolong its viability

Te blood can be used to magically track the Cutter via aSpirit or Watcher with the Search power (p 297 SR4A) Tetarget is in the Redmond Barrens I the runners attempt thissearch rom Downtown or the Underground the distance modi-fier is ourteen kilometers I the runners attempt to search rom

the Redmond Barrens the distance modifier is two kilometersTe runners can also have a law enorcement or fixer contactattempt to get a DNA trace on the blood Te test takes two hoursto come back and will cost the runners 400yen but will net the players the name o the Cutter

DEBUGGINGI the runners managed to piss off the Skraacha in Scene 3

theyrsquore going to have a much tougher time dealing with Carsquoansgroup Tey will be very hostile toward the runners I the runners play it smart they can still get help by name dropping Rebecca andher ather but it will be given very grudgingly

Missing the blood clue isnrsquot entirely vital as the runners can

still track the Cutter through Scene 6

heir leader is named Carsquoan (ldquoswordrdquo in Orrsquozet) has a passkey into the brownstone and will let the runners in withoutbreaking in He will not say why he has a key and he just scowlsangrily i asked Several o the other Skraacha will pat him on theback as i to console him aferward Te gang will stand guard while the PCs search the place

Te only inormation they know is that no-one saw anythingTe murder happened this morning around 800 AM and the

body was hung up on the steps o the brownstone and discoveredalmost immediately While this is one o the nicer neighborhoodsin the Underground there is no street security to speak o andthus no cameras that would have recorded what happened

he brownstone is a small two-story building with twobedrooms on the second floor one o which appears to have beenconverted into an office Tere is a small bathroom on the secondfloor as well Te first floor is taken up by a large living room andthe kitchen

Tere is a home node set up that is a cut above the standardnode and was obviously custom designed by someone who knowshow to program Te node contains nothing really useul thoughit has all o Rebeccarsquos research notes a detailed history and guide

to the Ork Underground that she was writing and some photoso hersel and Carsquoan obviously out on a dateRebecca had only been living in the brownstone or three

months and there arenrsquot many personal effects to be ound beyonda ew pictures and some basic urniture Tere are no internalsecurity cameras and the only security seems to be maglocks onthe ront and back door I the players have to break through themaglocks they have a Device Rating o 5

Urgent Message

NODE REBECCA MACCALLISTERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODESculpting A small neat office The IC resembles 4foot tall garden gnomes wearing primary coloredoutfits The Trace IC is in yellow and carries a flash-light while the two Attack IC programs are blue andred and carry swordsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 5 Response 5 Signal 2 System 5Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Custom Three Musketeers Suite 5 (1 TraceIC 1 Attack IC targeting invaderrsquos Icon 1 AttackIC targeting one random program the invader isrunning)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 5)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Three Musketeers Suite

Urgent Message

SKRAACHA GANG MEMBERS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

6 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 4 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 4

Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

CArsquoTAN SKRAACHA LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

7 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 3 9 1 86 12

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Blades 5 Dodge 3Negotiation 4 Perception 4 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KatanaWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0 RC

15 (c)] Katana [Blade (Str2+3)P -1 AP 1 Reach]

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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SCENE 5 THE ERRANT KNIGHT

SCAN THISFollowing the lead to Knight Errant Detective osh Athack

osh is willing to give the runners a copy o the file or the currentinvestigation as well as inormation about the original MayanCutter or a price

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTCalling the number that MacCallister provided you you get

an answer afer the second ring ldquoKnight Errant 3rd Precinct thisis Detective Athackrdquo

If the players are coy secretive or otherwise play any sortof games Tosh will assume itrsquos a prank call and hang up If theythreaten him harass him or do anything that could piss himoff hersquoll keep them on the line while a Knight Errant spider

attempts to track them If they identify themselves as working for MacCallister Tosh will talk with them

ldquoYoursquore with MacCallister eh Damn shame about his kid

Yeah I can help I bet I know why yoursquore calling ell ya what meetme at Center House Mall the lower ood court in thirty minutesrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESCenter House is a ten story mall in Downtown Seattle

that is packed wall to wall with shoppers and has shopsdealing in anything and everything Everything legal at anyrate he entrances are staed by harried looking mall copsand token weapons detectors (Rating 3) to make the shopperseel sae

Te runners AR filters are put to the test the moment they walk in the door and even with all the spam filters they have a ewads slip through hawking womenrsquos lingerie sporting goods and

Psychedelic Phlegmmrsquos reunion tour album Tey can also graban ARO map o the mall which shows there are two ood courtsone on the first floor and one on the eighth

osh is sitting at a bench near a Soybucks coffee stall in theood court a troll sized mug o coffee in one hand While notthe only troll in the mall he still stands out When the runnersintroduce themselves hersquoll move to a table to talk with them Hecan provide the players with background on the original MayanCutter case insisting that they nailed the right guy the first timeand that the new Cutter is a copycat Te troll wonrsquot give up anymore inormation until the runners buy some ldquotickets to the policemanrsquos ballrdquo which run a total o 400 yen

Te original Mayan Cutterrsquos first victim appeared in October

o 2069 Tere are ortyndasheight confirmed victims between thenand early 2072 when he was finally tracked down and killed byKnight Errant Tere are at least two dozen other open cases thatare possibly the work o the Cutter as well but nothing can be proven or those Te victims were all killed in the same ashionTey were all ritually sliced up the cuts orming the same patternon each victim Te cuts were all made by an obsidian blade prob-ably the size o a dagger Te obsidian lef microscopic ragmentsin the wounds And finally each victim was bled out and then publicly hung out on display Te majority o the victims were

Urgent Message

CENTER HOUSE MALL COPS(Professional Rating 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 1 86 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 2 Pistols 2 UnarmedCombat 2Gear Armor Jacket (86) Commlink (Device Rating 3)Defiance EX Shocker Stun BatonWeapons Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT OFFICERS(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 8 1 97 10

Skills Clubs 3 Law Enforcement (ProfessionalKnowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 4 UnarmedCombat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun BatonWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)] Stun Baton [Club 6S(e) -half AP+1 Reach]

KNIGHT ERRANT MAGE(Professional Rating 3)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Counterspelling 4 Law Enforcement(Professional Knowledge) 3 Perception 3 Pistols 3Spellcasting 4 Unarmed Combat 4Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IV wAPDSammo Defiance EX Shocker Helmet (+1+1 with builtin mic headset and smartlink) Stun Baton

Spells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning BoltStunboltWeapons [Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -5 APAmmo 15(c)] Defiance EX Shocker [Pistol 8s(e) -halfAP Ammo 4(m)]

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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o shadowrunners I called down to the morgue and Dr Jordanis expecting you As ar as he knows yoursquore consultants Behave yourselves and or ghostrsquos sake donrsquot take any damn weapons in with yourdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESTe city morgue occupies two sub-basements o the Hooper

Building a private medical practice high rise in downtown that

specializes in private health care to the rich and amous KnightErrant leases the sub-basements to use as its Downtown morgueSecurity is tight and weapons are prohibited Tere are numeroussigns and AROrsquos prohibiting even legal firearms within govern-ment buildings and there are weapons scanners (Chemical andMetal with a Device Rating 6) Four Knight Errant officers areon guard in the lobby dozens more are stationed throughout thebuilding

Te morgue itsel is spotless sterile and brightly lit Chrometables counters and white tile reflect the light It is deathly quietshut out rom the noise o the city and even the building above itexcept or the occasional hum o a bone saw or drill Te roomsare kept at a very low temperature just enough to be slightly

uncomortableDr Alma Jordan is an Arican-American El with obvioussilver cybereyes Shersquos cool brisk and seems very much like shedoesnrsquot have any patience or talking with people In truth shersquosanthrophobic (A ear o people) and is ar more comortabledealing with the dead than with the living Shersquos uncomortabletalking with the runners and will try and get them out o hermorgue as quickly as possible

She will show the runners Rebeccarsquos body which shersquos alreadybegin an autopsy on Te body has been badly cut up with the cutsorming a pattern She was knocked unconscious with a sedative(Gamma Scopolamine) bound and gagged and then sliced up where she bled out Dr Jordan shudders when describing this

and will say ldquoitrsquos a horrible lingering deathrdquo She did find sometissue and blood sample beneath Rebeccarsquos fingernails and theyrsquorecurrently running those through DNA analysis Rebecca has nocyberware (She was a registered magician) and there was nocommlink ound on her body

I the runners ask or the results o the DNA scan or or asample o the blood to try and track magically (See Chapter 4ldquoHome Away from Homerdquo) they will have to talk with osh who will once again charge them or his help

DEBUGGINGTis is strictly a act gathering scene Te runners shouldnrsquot

spend too much time here and Dr Jordan will hurry them out oher lab insisting she needs to get back to work i they stay too longI they cause problems or start a fight it will end badly or them asKE has the building under heavy security

metahumans with the bulk o those being orks and only a coupleo them being human Most were poor and SINless

Te new Cutter appeared two weeks ago and has killed five people so ar including Rebecca MacCallister Once again themajority o the victims are metahuman (two orks one troll onedwar and a single human) however so ar all o the victims havebeen SINners Tere has been no apparent pattern to the loca-tions o the killings and Knight Errant hasnrsquot been able to find

any obvious links between the victimsFor some ldquoextra ticketsrdquo costing the same osh offers to takethem down to the city morgue so they can ldquoidentiy the bodyrdquoand maybe ask a ew questions rom the city coroner (Scene 6ldquoSpeaking with the Deadrdquo) Tis is an optional scene and shouldonly be used i the runners insist on seeing the corpse or i theymiss the blood sample rom Rebeccarsquos apartment

DEBUGGINGTe runners should have no trouble getting into the Center

House Mall unless they try bringing in large obvious weaponry orcause trouble I the runners do cause problems the mall cops willinitially try and turn the players away A small bribe (200 yen) will

let them overlook the runners Otherwise the mall cops will callor backup (six more guards show up in 2 rounds) and hit a panicbutton alerting Knight Errant osh will arrive afer 2 turns andthe two Knight Errant officers will arrive afer that

I the PCs are just causing problems but havenrsquot turned to violence osh will take them ldquointo custodyrdquo and have his discus-sion with them outside o the mall He will be less disposed to therunners will double his ees and the runners will not get osh as aContact I they already have him as one they lose one loyalty (toa minimum o 1)

I the PCs started a gun fight or have killed someone osh will simply leave and let the mall cops and Knight Errant deal withthe runners As above they will not get him as a contact or will

lose one loyalty wo rounds afer the first Knight Errant teamshows up a team o our more KE officers will arrive includingone KE mage I the PCs decide to have a shootout with KE offi-cers continue to show up until the team is taken down or manageto escape

SCENE 6 SPEAKINGWITH THE DEAD

SCAN THISosh takes the runners to the Downtown Seattle Morgue

where Rebeccarsquos body was taken or an autopsy While here theycan find out a bit more about how she was killed and find a cluethey may have missed elsewhere

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTAs the nuyen transer is completed osh grins Itrsquos a broad

riendly grin that makes you orget or just one moment that helooks like he bench presses GMC Bansheersquos to warm up or his workout ldquoAlright guys Irsquoll make a couple calls Hang tight or a secrdquo

A couple o minutes later he nods at you ldquoLook I have alot on my plate today and Irsquom supposed to be chasing down thiscopycat Cutter mysel So I donrsquot have time to babysit a bunch

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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Mathers that hersquos been using to conduct all o his ldquoside businessrdquo While the commlink isnrsquot registered to George Mathers hersquos been purchasing additional minutes or the commlink with his owncredit He doesnrsquot realize that his credit inormation has beenstored on it A skilled hacker can find this inormation as well asthe call log which will show a number o calls to another number which can be traced to Shawn Walker the Mayan Cutter copycat

SCENE 7 KILLERS OF TROLLS

SCAN THISAfer the runners have nosed around a bit theyrsquore jumped

by a street gang the roll Killers whorsquove been hired to take themout Capturing the leader or examining his commlink can provide vital clues

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTYou stop a moment to catch your breath and clear your head

Yoursquove been running all over hunting down inormation on thisMayan Cutter and you think yoursquore starting to get some ideas ForSeattle itrsquos a pretty nice day overcast but not raining and relativelycool and smog ree So o course itrsquos at this moment that troublecomes knocking

Stepping up around you are several thugs wearing red andgreen leathers Tey all have the look o experienced street toughsall human and most wearing a leather thong around their neckbearing troll horns and ork tusks Teir leader a scarred blondman whose necklace carries almost a dozen tusks steps orward

ldquoYou ellows look lost Tis herersquos our tur and ainrsquot no filthy

animals allowedrdquo He spits as he looks pointedly at each meta-human in the group ldquoHell even i we werenrsquot being paid to take you down wersquod do it just or un Te act yoursquore working or atusker makes it even more unrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENEShis scene takes place ater the runners have inished up

their legwork but beore they go hunting the Mayan CutterGeorge Mathers has been monitoring events surrounding the newCutterrsquos killings and has noticed the runnersrsquo involvement Hersquosbeen watching the past crime scenes and has an agent monitoringKnight Errantrsquos comm-lines He contacts Arnold to have hismen ambush and take down the runners Te roll Killers will

be waiting or the runners either outside the Center Mall afertheir meet with osh or afer they leave the Underground Teyimmediately attack afer Arnold finishes speaking

Te roll Killers are a racist human-only street gang thatdelights in killing orks and trolls and wearing their tusks andhorns as trophies Teyrsquore not particularly ond o elves or dwarveseither Tis particular group has been hired by George MathersHe got wind that the runners are poking around into the MayanCutter so hersquos hired this street gang to take care o the runnersmaking it look gang related

Arnold is a sadist and believes in his cause Hersquos verydangerous but hersquos also a firm believer in sel-preservation I hetakes more than 6 boxes o damage hersquoll turn tail and run Te rest

o the gang will individually run at the same point and the wholegang will flee i hal o them are killed or run off or i Arnold goesdown

Arnold holds a key to finding the Cutter He knows only thathe was hired to kill the runners less than an hour ago but not why nor does he know who hired him Te voice on the other line was masked and the number blocked Te runners can glean someinormation off o his commlink though Te last call was romthe man who hired the roll Killers and can be traced back to itssource Te call came rom a disposable commlink purchased by

Urgent Message

ARNOLD TROLL KILLERS LEADER

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(8)4(6)5(7)4 4 3 3 108 2 8(10)1(3) 86 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 3 Automatics 5 Blades4 Dodge 3 Infiltration 4 Negotiation 3 Perception(Visual) 3 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 1

Augmentations Wired Reflexes 2 (Alphaware)Cybereyes 3 (Alphaware w Flare Comp Low-lightSmartlink and Thermo)Gear 2 Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo foreach) Ingram Smartgun X (w Sound SuppressorGas Vent 3 4 clips of EX-EX ammo) Armor JacketCommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP0 RC 15(c)] Ingram Smartgun X [SMG 6P -1 AP 3(4)RC 32 (c)]

TROLL KILLERS GANG MEMBERS(PROFESSIONAL RATING 1)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 64 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 1 Blades 3 Dodge 2Perception 3 Pistols 4 Unarmed Combat 3Gear Ares Predator IV Armor Vest KnifeWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 5P -1 AP 0RC 15 (c)] Knife [Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

ARNOLDrsquoS COMMLINKFirewall 2 Response 2 Signal 1 System 3

SHAWN WALKERS COMMLINFirewall 5 Response 4 Signal 2System 3 Black Attack IC 4

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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with Aztlan orces in Denver when Ghostwalker took over thecity He was ound torturing several Aztlan soldiers and thenattacked his commanding officer when ordered to stand down While most Humanis members are now ethnically blind Shawn Walker still believes in the Aryan purity Being tall blond hairedand blue-eyed himsel the Humanis goons hersquos surroundedhimsel fit that ideal as well

Walker will not let himsel be taken alive easily Runners will

have to be creative and find ways to subdue him His Humanisguards are likewise anatics and will fight to the last manTe old car dealership has been converted into a ortress o

sorts Rusted out cars are stacked along the perimeter two andthree high and more cars are stacked inside the lot itsel providingcover Te Humanis members will utilize cover and set up ambush points or the runners Walker himsel stays inside the main dealer-ship building waiting or the runners to approach

Tere are two Spellcasters plus there will be a bound Forcesix Guardian Spirit protecting Walker with Magical GuardTere are seven goons as well spread out and watching or therunners

Straight up this should be a tough but winnable fight Tereare ways to even the odds however Once the runners track down Walker i they talk to Carsquotan and the Skraacha they will offer uptheir assistance Likewise they can turn to osh However i theydo this osh will have to make it a police matter which meansthey take over the capture o the Cutter and the runners will notbe able to ully complete their mission

Searching the residence there is a home commlink unit withsome top-o-the-line security on it I the runners want to try andhack through it they can find out the juicy details o who hiredhim to imitate the cutter and why It will likely take time to slicethrough the security though

racing Walkerrsquos commlink and hacking into it shouldnrsquot betoo difficult Te commlink is active since it is Walkers personalunit and his address and name can be pulled rom it

racing Mathers is a bit more difficult as his financials tracethrough his bank Te disposable commlink is turned off so itcanrsquot be traced to its physical location Te runners can attemptto hack his bank records (which would be very diicult andtime consuming) or can simply pass this inormation on to

MacCallister osh or some other contact

DEBUGGINGTis is a straightorward combat scene but shouldnrsquot be too

terribly difficult unless the runners really oul up Te roll Killersare cowards at heart and will break and run when things startgoing against them I the runners are having a spectacularly hardtime Knight Errant can show up to break up the fight with oshldquolosing the paperworkrdquo and getting them released For a ee ocourse

I the runners insist on trying to track down Mathers throughhis financial records encourage them to ollow up on the Cutterinstead as Mathers is outside the scope o this adventure Hacking

the bank is either a suicidal process or the hacker or will takequite a long time to hack a backdoor into Emphasize that to getthe runners to move on to the final scene

SCENE 8 CUTTING THE CUTTER

SCAN THISHaving gathered clues the PCs should be able to track down

the copycat Mayan Cutter by this point Tey can track him toa saehouse in the Redmond Barrens wherersquos hersquos holed up withsome Humanis muscle or protection

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHTEverything so ar has been leading to this One man imitating

a dead serial killer preying on metahumans Maybe hersquos a psycho- path maybe hersquos a racist Yoursquore guessing probably a little o bothEither way it doesnrsquot really matter You take him down you get a paycheck I it happens to soothe your conscience any thatrsquos justicing on the cake

Te Barrens is a pit a wasteland o urban decay gang violenceand metahuman suffering Rusted-out cars litter the streets build-ings lie in ruins and hiding out among all o this is your target Telocal gangs must sense some ultra-violence is about to go downas theyrsquore nowhere to be seen Te cops wonrsquot step oot in here without riot gear SWA backup and an election year As youmove into position you almost expect see a tumbleweed roll by Just remember your Mr Johnson wants this mark alive

BEHIND THE SCENESTe Cutter is holed up in an abandoned car dealership in the

Redmond Barrens surrounded by muscle supplied to him by thelocal Humanis Policlub chapter By now he knows someonersquos onhis tail thanks to Mathers and hersquos preparing to go to war

Te Mayan Cutter is in reality Shawn Walker ormerly othe UCAS Army Special Forces He was dishonorably dischargedrom service in 2061 due to behavior he exhibited during a conflict

Urgent Message

NODE SHAWN WALKERrsquoSHOME SYSTEM NODE

Sculpting A German war room straight out of a WorldWar II movie Nazi flags hang from the walls and bustsand paintings of Adolph Hitler adorn the wallsAuthentication

Node 1 PasscodePrivileges AdminAttributes

Node 1 Firewall 4 Response 3 Signal 2 System 3Spiders NoneIC

Node 1 Black Hammer IC Rating 4 (Sculpted to looklike a blond SS officer)

Resident ProgramsNode 1 Analyze Browse Edit (all at rating 3)

ARCNode 1 Scramble Black Hammer

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

DEBUGGINGI the runners walk into the fight without assistance and get

overwhelmed Carsquoan can have people ollowing the runners tosee what they turned up I things are going badly or the runnersthe Skraacha can show up starting rom the beginning o the thirdround to offer some help and even the odds a bit

SCENE 9 A PAINFUL GOODBYE

SCAN THIShe runners complete the mission and meet up with

MacCallister to get paid

TELL IT TO THEM STRAIGHT If the runners capture Shawn Walker read the followingA commcall to Mr MacCallister is answered immediately

ldquoYeah You got him Good work Bring the ragger to 55 Seaver Way in acoma Terersquos a warehouse there Honk your horn onceIrsquoll let you inrdquo A chill runs down your spine Right now you are very very glad that yoursquore not in the copycatrsquos shoes

Te warehouse is in the acoma docks nestled in the midsto dozens o identical small warehouses You pull up in ront o

I the runners interrogate Shawn Walker hersquos a tough nut tocrack Any non-human non-Caucasians will cause him to reuseto speak at all and hersquoll hurl every racial slur imaginable at themand call Caucasians traitors to their blood I a Caucasian attemptsto interrogate him alone hersquos still tough but hersquoll eventually breakdown and spill the whole story though hersquos not remorseul in theleast and brags that hersquod have done it or ree i asked Tey canalso orce the password to his commlink rom him Mind readingspells will likely be easier and more effective

Urgent Message

SHAWN WALKER MAYAN CUTTER COPYCAT

B A R S C I L W Ess Edg Init IP Arm CM

5 5(9)4(7)5(8)5 4 3 4 025 3 8(11) 1(4) 1514 11

Skills Athletics Skill Group 4 Automatics 6 Blades 5Dodge 4 Infiltration 5 Negotiation 3 Perception (Visual)5 Pistols 5 Unarmed Combat 5Qualities Guts High Pain Tolerance 3Augmentations Wired Reflexes 3 (Betaware) Cybereyes3 (Betaware w Flare Comp Low-light Smartlink andThermo) Muscle Augmentation 4 (Betaware) MuscleToner 3 (Betaware) Dermal Sheathing 3 (Betaware)Gear Ares Predator IV (w 2 clips EX-EX ammo) AresAlpha (w Sound Suppressor Gas Vent 3 4 clips of APDS)Light Military Armor (w Rating 6 Insulation) CommlinkWeapons Ares Predator IV [Heavy Pistol 6P -2 AP 0 RC15(c)] Ares Alpha [Assault Rifle 6P -5 AP 5 RC 42 (c)]

HUMANIS POLICLUB GOON(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 6 1 86 10

Skills Athletics Skill Group 2 Blades 2 Dodge 3Perception 3 Automatics 5 Unarmed Combat 3Gear UZI IV Armor Jacket Knife 3 Clips EX EX ammoWeapons UZI IV [SMG 6P -1 AP 1 RC 24 (c)] Knife[Blade (Str2+1)P 0 AP 0 Reach]

HUMANIS POLICLUB MAGE(Professional Rating 2)

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP Arm CM

4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 1 97 10

Skills Conjuring 4 Counterspelling 4 Perception 3Pistols 3 Spellcasting 5 Unarmed Combat 4Qualities Magician (Norse Tradition Resist Drain wCha + Will)Gear Armor Jacket (86) Ares Predator IVSpells Armor Heal Invisibility Lightning Bolt StunboltFireball

GUARDIAN SPIRIT VALKYRIE

B A R S C I L W Ess M Init IP

F+1 F+2 F+3 F+2 F F F F F F (Fx2)+1 1

Skills Assensing Astral Combat Blades ClubsCounterspelling Dodge Exotic Ranged WeaponPerception Unarmed CombatPowers Astral Form Fear Guard Magical GuardMaterialization Movement SapienceOptional Powers Concealment (Force 3-5) NaturalWeaponry (DV=F Force 6-8)

Urgent Message

INTERROGATION TESTRunner NegotiationInterrogation Modifiers

Human Caucasian +2Human Non-Caucasian +0Metahuman Any ndash2

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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Te rest o the amily is Billy Rebeccarsquos twin brother ashadowrunner and hacker with a little bit o cyberware Tedark haired woman is Marie MacCallister Rebe ccarsquos motherShe is completely mundane and has no cyberware Te Amerindis Rebeccarsquos ldquounclerdquo and a coyote shaman named Johnny 99 agrade 6 initiate His sword is also his ally spirit Te others in thegroup are Xuxa (emale ta lismonger and Johnnyrsquos wie) Becky(rat shaman and Johnnyrsquos ex-wie) and Penthisil (grade 6 initi-

ated hermetic mage)I Walker was taken alive the spell Johnny casts was a mindreading spell I the runners ask about what inormation Johnnyound MacCallister says that itrsquos private and hersquoll deal with itrom here Te runners get the same reply i they turned over thecommlink and ask about any inormation on it

I the runners already hacked the commlink andor inter-rogated Walker and inorm MacCallister o this he will ask themto keep their silence about it and let him handle things though therunners are ree to do what they wish

PICKING UP THE PIECES

MONEYAs agreed upon each PC has additional pay coming to total

up6000yen Each or stopping the new Mayan Cutter2000yen Each i the runners catch him alive and deliver him

to MacCallister250yen Per Negotiation hit to a maximum o 2000yen (as

per Scene 2 A Daughter Lost)100yen Bribe i the runners were reluctant to meet (as per

Scene 1 A Fixerrsquos Call)

KARMA

1 Karma or stopping the copycat Mayan Cutter by anymeans

1 Karma or capturing the cutter alive1 Karma or inding out about George Mathersrsquo

involvement

An additional 1-3 points o Karma may be awarded orgood role-playing a good sense o humor a solid grasp o therules keeping the adventure and action moving or a particularlyinsightul action Players should earn these and the ull 3 pointsshould only be awarded to the very best players Te maximumadventure award or characters who play this adventure is 6

LEGWORK When a PC gets in touch with a contact make a Connection

+ Connection test or the contact Te results o this test willdetermine how many ranks o inormation the contact knowsabout the question (Apply die modifiers to this test based uponrelevance o the contact to the subject matter) A PC then makesa test o Charisma + Etiquette + Loyalty rating Te contact willreveal that many levels o inormation about that topic or ree(Up to the number o hits scored by the contact or that topic)

a rolling door big enough to fit a van or delivery truck and honkthe horn Te door rolls up and you drive in Inside the ware-house is empty save or a single chair in the center You can seeMacCallister standing there Next to him are a handul o others you donrsquot recognize One is an Amerind wearing ringed leatherand carrying a sword Next to him is a younger male ork wholooks almost identical to the picture o Rebecca MacCallisterand looks just as pissed as his ather Behind him one hand on

his shoulder is a dark haired human woman her eyes red and puffy but with a fierce and angry scowl on her ace Several othersstand behind them Obviously these are riends and amily othe deceased

As you step out o your vehicles MacCallister looks at youldquoBring him I you brought his commlink I would like that as wellrdquo Te Amerind and the young ork step orward and roughlytake the Cutter rom you and throw him into the chair

ldquoYou can stay and watch i you want Otherwise meet us atthe Big Rhino in an hour Wersquoll settle up thenrdquo MacCallister saysto you then he then nods to the Amerind and quietly says ldquoakeit all Johnnyrdquo

Johnny steps orward and grabs the copycats head on each

side and his hands glow You can see the shamanic mask o aCoyote appear around his head as he casts a spell Light ripplesacross the body o the cutter and then ades Johnny steps backand smiles grimly at your Mr Johnson ldquoGot everything Bullrdquo

he dark haired woman steps orward and pulls a Ruger Warhawk rom her purse She doesnrsquot even blink and in onesimple motion puts the gun to the copycatrsquos temple and pulls thetrigger She calmly puts the gun away and looks at the runnersldquoTank you or thisrdquo

I the runners killed Shawn Walker modiy the above accord-ingly MacCallister still wants to see the body but hersquos going toinsist the runners find and deliver Walkerrsquos commlink Instead o

shooting Walker the woman will simply spit on his corpse

If Kni ght Errant arrested Shaw n Walker read the following

Your commlink chirps Itrsquos been an hour since osh said hismen were going to move in to take custody o the copycat CutterTe call icon shows a red ork smiley

ldquoSo you drekheads couldnrsquot handle things and called theragginrsquo cops ehrdquo Te ork scowls through the commlink at youldquoLuckily you called osh I wanted that raggerrsquos head on a polebut I suppose ldquoshot while resisting arrestrdquo will have to do Hersquos stillalive but theyrsquore not sure hersquoll ever wake up And i he does hishoop is minerdquo

He sighs then shrugs ldquoOkay meet us at the Rhino in anhour You chummers did a good job even i you werenrsquot able todeliver him to me personally Wersquoll set you up with your pay thenrdquo

BEHIND THE SCENESMacCallister is glad itrsquos over regardless o the outcome Hersquos

just glad his daughterrsquos death is avenged Hersquos upront with therunners and gives them certified black credsticks with the appro- priate amount Hersquos brie with the runners and excuses himsel togather his amily to go mourn

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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1Copycat Killer

Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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C O P Y C A T

K I L L E R

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKContacts Data Search Information 0 0 osh Attack Tat some new band 1 3 I think hersquos a cop 2 6 He works or Knight Errant Special

Crimes Division 3 10 He was one o the lead detectives

on the Mayan Cutter case when KE

took it over rom the Star4 18 Rumor has it hersquos a bit dirty He

does whatever it takes to keep thestreets sae or SINners donrsquot getme wrong but hersquos willing to bendor break the rules to do that And ihe can line his own pockets or makehis own job a little cushier in the

process hersquoll do that too

THE SKRAACHAContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Gesundheit

1 3 Teyrsquore an all ork gang 2 6 Skraacha is Orrsquozet it meansldquoScorchersrdquo

3 10 Te Skraacha are a gang in the OrkUnderground Tey kinda protectthe Underground and like to mixit up with anti-meta gangs and

policlubs

MAYAN CUTTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 I think theyrsquore playing Underworld

93 tonight

1 3 Wasnrsquot that the serial killer cuttingup metarsquos last year 2 6 Terersquos been some new killings in

the screamsheets Nobody is sayingit yet but word on the street hasit that the Cutterrsquos back Some saythey caught the wrong guy somesay itrsquos his spirit some a copycatTis guy I know over in Redmondswears that the Cutter came back asa cyberzombie

3 10 Yeah he was killing people or overtwo years Lone Star couldnrsquot catch

the guy so thatrsquos one o the reasonsBrackhaven gave the city contract toKnight Errant Ten they waltz inand catch him in less than a monthMade a lot o olks wonder aboutthat Especially i hersquos back now

I the contact knows more additional inormation will require a payment to the contact o 200yen

I the PCs have worked all o their contacts and are stillmissing important inormation they may request that a contactask around I they do so have the Contact make an extended(Connection + Connection (20 minutes) ) test Additionalinormation will be available at a cost o 800yen

A Data Search may also be utilized to gather inormation

rom the ollowing charts Tey may make an Extended Logic +Data Search est limited to a number o rolls equal to their dice pool (p 58 SR4) Hits on this extended test may be substitutedor hits rom a contact per the standard Data Search chart (p220 SR4)

WILLIAM MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never heard o the guy He play or

the Seadawgs maybe 1 3 An ork right I think hersquos some kind

o fixer 2 6 Hersquos relatively new in town Hersquos got

connections though knows prettymuch everyone 3 10 Hersquos a retired shadowrunner used to

work back during the 50rsquos He van-ished off the scene or a while thenshowed up here last year working asa fixer

4 18 Rumor has it his kids are mixed upin the shadows so he came out oretirement to keep an eye on them

5 -- Hersquos originally out o Chicago andsurvived Bug City Used to run bythe name o Bull

REBECCA MACCALLISTERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Never met her is she cute 1 3 Shersquos an ork a student up at the

University o Washington 2 6 Shersquos been studying up on the

Ork Underground researching itshistory

3 10 Shersquos been spotted hanging out with the Skraacha lately Looks likeshe was real close with one o theirleaders

4 18 Shersquos a mage though she doesnrsquotadvertise it Her ather was a shad-owrunner though

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1Copycat Killer

Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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7262019 Shadowrun 4E CMP 2010-02 Copycat Killer

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullshadowrun-4e-cmp-2010-02-copycat-killer 1920

7262019 Shadowrun 4E CMP 2010-02 Copycat Killer

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullshadowrun-4e-cmp-2010-02-copycat-killer 2020

PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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1Copycat Killer

Perception 4 Pilot Ground Craft 4 Pistols (Revolvers) 5 (7)

Software 6 Stealth Group 4

Knowledge Skills 20th Century Sci-Fi 4 Chicago Area 5 ChicagoStreet Gangs 4 Comic Books 4 Computer Hardware 5 ComputerSofware 6 Corporate Security 4 Insect Spirits 6 Matrix Security6 Ork Underground 4 Seattle Area 3 Police Procedures 3 SeattleStreet Gangs 2 Seattle Politics 4 Shadowrunner Lore 6Languages English N Sioux 3 Japanese 3 Spanish 2

983121ualities Aptitude (Hacking) Exceptional Attribute (Logic)Allergy (Moderate Gold) Augmentations Datajack x2 Cerebral Booster 3 Encephelon 2Math SPU Mnemonic Enhancer 3 Synaptic Booster 3 SimsenseBooster Smartlink (all Betaware)Commlink System 9 Response 8 Firewall 10 Signal 7 ArmorCase 10 Biometric Lock (electro shocker) Customized InteraceHardening 6 Simsense Accelerator Response Enhancer 6Programs Analyze 8 Armor 10 Attack 10 Black Attack IC 10Black Hammer 10 Blackout 9 Bio-Feedback Filter 8 Browse 6Command 7 ECCM 7 Edit 6 Empathy 6 Encrypt 6 Exploit 6Medic 6 Scan 8 Sniffer 6 Stealth 10 rack 6Gear armor jacket 2 Ruger Super Warhawks w 4 speed loaders and

APDS ammo AR contacts (w thermo image link vision mag visionenhancement 3) Panther Assault Cannon Weapons Ruger Super Warhawk [Heavy Pistol 6P -6 AP 0 RC6(cy) APDS ammo custom grip biometric lock (immobilization)smartlink] Panther Assault Cannon [Assault Cannon 10P -5 AP 1RC custom grip biometric lock (immobilization) smartlink]

THEODORE ldquoTOSHrdquo ATHACKosh is a Knight Errant detective a troll and not the cleanest

officer on KErsquos payroll osh likes to say that KErsquos retirement plansucks so hersquos always looking to pad his nest egg In return he canhelp make minor inractions ldquoslip through the cracksrdquo or hooksomeone up with some ino on a case so long as it doesnrsquot put his job in jeopardy

osh is a bit o a thug A big troll he stands almost a ull 3meters high and has horns like a bull making him look a bit likethe minotaur metavariant He knows that trolls are expected to bestupid and will play on that stereotype Hersquos been requently citedor excessive orce and even brutality on the job but hersquos provenhimsel valuable enough to the department that hersquos avoideddemotion or suspension so ar

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP

9 4 4 (5) 9 3 4 2 3 3 37 9 2

Active Skills Close Combat Group 3 Computer 2Data Search 2 Dodge 3 Firearms Group 4 Intimidation 4

Perception 4 Pilot ground Craf 2Knowledge Skills Crime Syndicates 3 Knight Errant

Politics 3 Police Forensics 2 Police Procedures 4 Seattle Area4 Seattle Gangs 3 Street Rumors 3Urban Brawl 3

Augmentations Cybereyes 2 (Smartlink Image LinkFlare Comp Termographic Low-Light Vision Enhancement3) Wired Reflexes 1

Gear Ares Predator 2 extra clips o ammo concealedholster Armored Jacket (86) Commlink (Hermes Ikon wIris Orb)

SHAWN WALKERContacts Data Search Information 0 0 Frag off and die 1 3 Walker is bad news Hersquos a violent

racist runs with Humanis 2 6 By racist Irsquom not talking meta-

human racism Hersquos an old schoolhates you because yoursquore born the

wrong color racist 3 10 Hersquos ex-UCAS Special Forces I

heard he was kicked out ater thetussle in Denver during the Year othe Comet He had captured someAzzies and was torturing them

4 18 Hersquos got some bleeding edge lsquowareand he works as an enorcer andldquospecialistrdquo or Humanis rom timeto time

5 mdash Shawn Walker has a place in theRedmond Barrens that he usuallyholes up in an old car lot off 124 th

Ave Hersquos usually surrounded by abunch o Humanisrsquo more Aryanmembers I yoursquore not blond hairedand blue eyed he tends to shoot firstand check your ancestry later

CAST OF SHADOWS

WILLIAM MACCALLISTER William MacCallister is airly new to the Seattle scene but

hersquos by no means a stranger to the shadows He spent the majorityo the 50rsquos and early part o the 60rsquos as a decker beore finallyretiring However they say that no shadowrunner ever really

retires and he was no exception When his children decided tomove to Seattle and get into the amily business or themselveshe decided to ollow and set up shop as a fixer using his contactsand experience to help them get settled in

William is an aging ork who always looks like hersquos not hadquite enough sleep He doesnrsquot wear a suit instead opting orldquobiker casualrdquo with jeans a t-shirt and a leather motorcycle jacket He has a pair o chrome datajacks in his right temple William is ond o saying that hersquos ldquogetting too old or this drekrdquoand quite ofen uses outdated street slang like ldquoragrdquo ldquohooprdquo andldquochummerrdquo He has a relaxed demeanor though hersquos direct andto the point with anyone he works with He doesnrsquot play gamestreats those he deals with airly and with respect and demands

the same in return

B A R S C I L W Edg Ess Init IP Arm CM

8 4 5 (8) 6 5 4 6 (9) 4 6 35 12 4 86 12

Active Skills Athletics Group 4 Automatics 4 Automotive

Mechanic 3 Close Combat Group 4 Computer 6 Cybercombat

6 Data Search 6 Dodge 5 Electronic Warfare 6 Etiquette 4

First Aid 3 Hacking 6 Hardware 6 Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon) 5 (7) Leadership 4 Longarms 4 Negotiation 5

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

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7262019 Shadowrun 4E CMP 2010-02 Copycat Killer

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullshadowrun-4e-cmp-2010-02-copycat-killer 2020

PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG

Page 20: Shadowrun 4E CMP 2010-02 Copycat Killer

7262019 Shadowrun 4E CMP 2010-02 Copycat Killer

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullshadowrun-4e-cmp-2010-02-copycat-killer 2020

PERSONAL INFO

SYNOPSIS MISSION RESULTS

TEAM MEMBERS FACTIONS

KARMA

NUYEN

REPUTATION

VALIDATION

ADVANCEMENT

CONTACTSSPECIAL ITEMS GAINED OR LOSTNOTES

GMrsquos Name

GMrsquos Signature

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining

Previous Available

Earned

Spent

Remaining Available

New Career Total

Street Cred

Notoriety

Public Awareness

Character Improvement Karma CostNames

PLAYER

CHARACTER LOCATION

DATE

yen

yen

yen

yen

CMP 2010-02 COPYCAT KILLER

The Mayan Cutter and Tempo were two of the causes that the

Star lost its Seattle contract Shortly after Knight Errant took

over the killings stopped Conspiracy theorists believed the

Cutter was a ploy by KE to bring the Star down but now the

killings have started againIs it a copycat or the real deal

Mayan Cutter was capturedMayan Cutter was killed

Mayan Cutterrsquos commlink turned over to MacCallister

Mayan Cutterrsquos employer was discovered

EBRIEFING LOG