Sunday 18 June 2023

GURPS Cyberpunk 2078 Session 3: Search and Rescue

Characters:
Braxton "Jar" Jiggs - Cybertech/Ripperdoc
Alexander "Specter" Marshal - Solo
Pat "Peacock" Watson - "Former" Nomad
Ruby "Paxos" Lang - Netrunner

Hanging Out
Jar and Specter finished tying themselves off to the grapple gun ropes, and Jar climbed out over the balcony.  He lost his grip and slipped, falling past the window of the 32nd, before the rope caught him and he found himself dangling just beside the broken laser-link.  It was hanging by a cable, but the mount was still affixed to the building's exterior.  After reattaching it, he called Nightingale to align it, and, after patching her through to a live-feed from his cybereye and busting out the laser level in his toolhand, they successfully re-established the connection.  The rest of the crew reeled him back up to the 33rd floor, and they left Megabuilding H6 substantially wealthier than when they entered, with 6th Street none the wiser.

Over the next few days, Specter recruited some local punks to join his "gang" by showing off the rocket launcher, only for them to vanish a couple days later.  Eventually he tracked down one of the kids, who bluntly asked him if it was true that he'd gotten his old gang killed.  After a pause, Specter explained that he'd been sent to kill a guy who turned out to have friends in high places, "so kinda but not really", and that was good enough to get the other initiates to show up again.

Jar, meanwhile, moved into as proper an apartment as one could find in Pacifica, landing a suite at the Mirage hotel, which had security provided by the Voodoo Boys.  They also hashed out a deal where he kicked up a share of the profits from his ripperdoc work.  While walking back from his old place after getting everything picked up by movers, he spotted a gang of seven or eight punks in the distance wearing blazing neon pink and walking towards him.  After a moment, he recognized the leader as his arch-nemesis, Anthony Gunderson, who raised an arm and pointed at him.  And then the gangers all drew guns.