Some background..
I run a campaign with basically 2 players (and some re-occurring NPCs). One character is a Troll who is cybered to the hilt (Bane), your basic melee combat monster / tank with additional skills. The other is a newer character who is a Ghoul Mystic-Adept (Moth).
Moth's background is that he was a Lone Star cop (adept) that was going to become an H.R.T. sniper, went in for some basic cyber-surgery (cyber-eyes, reflex recorder, etc) and caught HMHVV (he thinks it was accidental but that's another campaign thread). He then gained Mage abilities (and dual-natured) which he needed to learn to use/control. Since most mages would not want to help or teach him, it was difficult for him to find someone willing, but through secondary contacts he located a "down and out" mage named Chen who was desperate enough that he was willing to take the risk.
Chen also saw an opportunity to innact a plan he'd had in the works a long time and made a condition of teaching Moth that Moth help him hijack a drug shipment. Moth did so, they were successful and Chen made off with a literal boat-load of awakened drugs. There was also a cache of standard street drugs that Chen gave to Moth, but Moth threw them overboard (he won't deal drugs). Chen was good to his word and has begun to teach Moth, allowing Moth to raise his Spellcasting skill, learn a few spells, and generally learn the basics of Sorcery.
Meanwhile, Chen has been selling off the drugs he stole and making boat-loads of cash, but his drug trafficking has not gone unnoticed by the local Triad, who control most of the black-market awakened drug trade and whose drugs they were in the first place. So the Triad tracked down Chen and tortured him for information (which he may or may not have given up) and finally killed him. However, Chen knew what he was doing was risky and put a contingency in place. Chen is a vindictive (the negative trait) bastard and put aside some of the cash with a fixer (known as The Whale due to his SURGE adiposis) that he previously introduced Moth to, just in case something happened to him.
It's been days.. and Chen hasn't checked in with The Whale, so the Whale contacts Moth (who has been out of town for a week) and activates the contingency vendetta. He will release all the money to Moth if and when Moth (and whoever he decides to get to help him) eliminates the person or people responsible for Chen's disappearance/death.
So that's the setup... Moth is a basically a longarms specialist (sniper) who has a few utility spells now and some nasty hand-to-hand skills that can be brutally effective even against Astral targets. He is new to shadowrunning so he doesn't command top dollar (like Bane does), but Chen had made a lot of money in the past weeks off the drugs so the vendetta fund is quite large (100k maybe). I don't want this to be a simple.. you go and snipe some Triad guys and the job is done. I want it to be interesting and complex, with a few twists and challenges for Moth. Undoubtedly he'll have to start with some legwork to find out what happened, starting with the signs of violence at Chen's home, delving into some seedy Triad controlled criminal enterprises, and ultimately he'll have to call in Bane for some real combat support, but I'm looking for some fun ideas for some plot details and thought maybe some of you might like to contribute.
So.. Come on in.. the water is fine... well actually its full of blood and drugs.. but come on in anyway..