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SRM00-03A FORCEd RECON The ancient ninjas were more than assassins, they were also experts in spying and intelligence gathering. A new research facility has just been built, and someone wants to get as much paydata on their operations in case future incursions are necessary. Become the modern ninja and name your pay! FORCEd RECON is intended as an introduction/demonstration game for the Shadowrun game system and the Shadowrun Missions campaign setting in particular. It may also be used for players and characters of all experience levels. For use with Shadowrun, Third Edition ™ INTRODUCTION...........................................................................4 SHADOWRUN LINE DEVELOPER Preparing the Adventures .............................................................4 Rob Boyle Adventure Structure ......................................................................4 Gamemastering the Adventure....................................................5 EDITING General Adventure Rules .............................................................5 Rich Osterhout Non-Player Characters..................................................................5 Rob Boyle Campaign Background.................................................................6 Campaign Synopsis .......................................................................6 ART FORCED RECON...........................................................................7 Art Direction PLOT SYNOPSIS ............................................................................7 Rob Boyle RUNNING THE ADVENTURE..................................................7 Maps (Player Aids) A Discussion over Drinks.................................................................7 Rich Osterhout The Cornerstone of the Organization ...........................................10 We need a (floor) plan!...................................................................12 Griffin Biotechnology.....................................................................13 Copyright© 2004 by WizKids LLC. 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Guard Activity and Procedures .................................................17 Personnel Actions........................................................................18 This adventure is for sanctioned tournament use only and may GATHERING INTELLIGENCE............................................. 19 not be reproduced, repackaged, or redistributed without prior Drive By ........................................................................................19 approval of FanPro LLC. Frontal Assault .............................................................................20 Smooth Talker..............................................................................20 Published by: FanPro LLC · 1608 N. Milwaukee · Suite 1005 · The Delivery / Disguised Entry .................................................21 Chicago, IL 60647. Printed in the USA. Stealth Approach..........................................................................22 Drone Reconnaissance................................................................22 Find us online: Astral Reconnaissance................................................................23 [email protected] Divination, Scrying, or Other Magical Means........................23 (Shadowrun questions) Field Trip .......................................................................................23 http://www.shadowrunrpg.com Distraction Response...................................................................24 (official Shadowrun website) Interrogating Personnel...............................................................25 http://www.fanpro.com Duplicating Credentials ..............................................................25 (FanPro website) PICKING UP THE PIECES ..................................................... 27 http://www.commandohq.com CAST OF CHARACTERS ........................................................ 28 (FanPro Commando website) http://www.wizkidsgames.com (WizKids website) FORCED RECON CREDITS INTRODUCTION STORY WRITER Rich Osterhout FORCED RECON WRITER Rich Osterhout SHADOWRUN MISSIONS CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR Rich Osterhout Shadowrun Missions FORCEd RECON 2 the Seattle area, Paladin had been able to make some shrewd business moves in the past few years to ensure “We have decided to make you an their continued growth and stability. Those in the offer.” And with those eight simple words, Griffin shadows, of course, know that much of Paladin’s success Biotechnology grew to become one of the largest was due to the fact that Dr. Fredericks, the head honcho, biomedical research and technology firms in the Seattle was not afraid to employ shadowrunners to retrieve Metroplex. Of course, it wasn’t the words that caused this prototypes, research data, or special shipments for use by rapid expansion, but rather the backing of DocWagon. Paladin. Rumor even has it that he hired a group of Griffin Biotech had been struggling along with some of runners to hit a DocWagon manufacturing facility so that the other small firms in the sprawl until their latest Paladin could secure a lucrative supply contract with breakthrough promised to end all that. With the help of Seattle General. Dr. Indira Chontel, Griffin has managed to make some But it was becoming harder and harder to maintain a dramatic progress and developments in the treatment of competitive edge. Just a couple of months ago, Griffin epilepsy – primarily the ability to use the signals from Biotechnologies received some major funding from some healthy brain tissue to compensate for the irregular signals undisclosed investors. Fredericks had no idea what they of damaged brain tissue. had come up with, but now they were clearly Paladin’s Dr. Sumihiro Asikawa, CEO of Griffin Biotech, only serious competition in the sprawl. To make matters began to court some of the major players in town in the worse, in that short amount of time, Griffin has managed hopes of receiving investment partners to receive the to purchase property and build a new state-of-the-art money necessary to complete the neural research. It was facility in northern Everett, all within a short few weeks. not long before he had a number of groups interested in The report from the man he knew only as “Christof” the possible developments that Griffin’s research could now lay on his desk. Its contents were quite disturbing. produce in the future. DocWagon led the pack of others Large armored trucks escorted a group of men that set including Ares Macrotechnology, Seattle University, and about creating a large magical circle which a lithe elven even the UCAS Department of Defense through various female had apparently doused out for them. Stranger yet, grants. large earthen elementals appeared to move the earth itself Now that they had the money necessary to move around the compound, forming large, solid rock walls. A forward, they would need a facility – one where not only few days more saw the arrival of construction equipment the research and development of Griffin’s latest and large crews of trolls and orks that began to build the technologies could continue, but also medical facilities foundation for a large facility – the earth elementals where test subjects could be monitored. In addition, helping to move the earth and speed the construction support labs and manufacturing facilities for process. The construction vehicles all had a large logo on nanotechnology would be needed. To top it off, this the side – that of Mackie Construction. facility had to have the security necessary to protect the Currently, Griffin Biotech still resided in the valuable state-of-the-art developments that would be Huitzilopochtli Plaza, owned and operated by released to the investors. Aztechnology and across from their pyramid. It was With Ares as one of the prime investors, it seemed difficult to hire even shadowrunners to attempt runs only natural to sign a contract with Knight Errant Security against such a target. The new facility, however, would Services to handle the security matters for the new facility take some time to become fully operational. If he could after it is built. In order to protect their interests, Ares contract some runners to investigate the new compound in even offered KE services at a highly discounted rate. The Everett, perhaps the data could be used in the future to university loaned out their thaumaturgic staff to assist in make a more profitable run against Griffin. Consulting his the construction of the new compound, on land purchased extensive lists of “intermediaries,” he settled upon one in northern Everett. With the services of Mackie name that had provided results in the past for reasonable Construction retained, the building of the new facility fees – and he was much more pleasant and civilized to could begin. deal with than many of those in his line of work. A short telecom connection with Lyle Green, former