The level of encryption on this thing boggled the mind. The file itself was huge and protected in multiple layers. To make matters more... interesting... it was as if the protections were made with shadowrunners in mind. Of course they were, but not in the way most spiders thought. Her peers played in the same hosts and visited the same matrix cafes. Sure some assholes were proprietary, but a lot of what the community knew, they shared. Cutting edge stuff from brilliant minds.
But this? This was already protected from some of the latest hacking tools to breeze through Needle Net. Specialized protections layered over standard fare. It was absolutely fascinating. And certainly dangerous. The Saint had truly delivered a rubik's' cube to keep her occupied for days. If I can do it at all, let's be honest here!
But besides the challenge, the Saint had dropped enough cred into her account to keep her honest for a few months, so she set to it with double the enthusiasm. She idly wondered what had brought the Saint back into the game. He'd always been a good payday and then, poof, he was gone. She quickly tossed the thought from her mind. What matter? He was back and he was paying. Back to work.
Hello, again! Back in May, I initially opened up recruitment for Shaking Down Shadows, which is a relatively ambitious play-by-post project. The idea is that players will be taking on the roles of Shadowrunners operating in Seattle in 2075 and the story will take place over the course of a year, in game. There is no limit to how many players take part in the overall metaplot, their characters will form the pool from which various Mr. Johnsons will hire their talent. Each individual thread will consist of 4-6 Shadowrunners. Each 'month' of in game time will see it's own separate set of missions, which will all lead to the final month. We just finished up three separate runs for the first month and I am about to get into running the second month.
Besides the threads that will be running here, I am putting a lot of information onto an Obsidian Portal Webpage:
Shaking Down ShadowsThis is a hub for both IC information and OOC information and an outlet for creative activities beyond the scope of the forums here.
Anyone interested in joining should set up an account on Obsidian Portal if they do not already have one. They should then note their desire to play as well as their Obsidian Portal Account name as a response to this thread.
Character creation and expectations can be found
here.
There are several ready made contacts located in the Characters section, many of them are canon characters from the first and fourth Missions seasons. There is a small incentive for taking those contacts over making your own, while fleshing out your own contacts can earn small amounts of Karma.
In addition to the individual runs, there will be a running Bulletin Board (think JackPoint or Virtual Underworld) where characters can post as well as various NPCs.
The second month runs will start on 8 November, 2015. I ill have as many separate games as there are players playing in them. In that time, we have plenty of opportunity to get characters made, answer any questions, or whatever.
Please respond here with your intention to play. If you were a player in Month 1 and would like to continue, please also post here your intent to stay with the campaign.
Thanks and I look forward to seeing some new folks for the second month!
