Session 10: Calling Vincent White

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The Situation

Received from [NA/CFS/SF/SHW-ARC] on Feb. 2 2073
To: White, Vincent
From: Coltrane, Manami

Had a good time at New Year's. Interested in dinner? My treat.

Manami

Where Eric might see danger, F.A.T.E. would see opportunity. There are many unanswered questions regarding Manami's dance partner, Yukawa Sato; and as Shiawase CFS CEO, Manami ultimately resides at the top of the management chain over the Drakes Bay nuclear facility. It's rare to get access to such a powerful corporate executive, but Eric/Vincent appears to have made great strides. It's certainly somewhat... odd... that Manami would even bother contacting Vincent. Eric would be wise to remember the words of the great philosopher Admiral Ackbar.

This message presents a very real opportunity to collect more information vital to F.A.T.E.'s interests. Someone of Manami's position would surely have access to valuable files within Shiawase that could aid F.A.T.E. in its objective to shut down Drakes Bay. If Dmitri could get "behind enemy lines" so to speak, and access Shiawase systems with Coltrane's credentials, it could yield valuable information. It would also be beneficial to obtain fingerprints and a copy of Coltrane's keycard, which he was unable to obtain over New Year's.

There's certainly a feeling of uneasiness regarding Manami -- she's wicked smart and might suspect Vincent isn't who he seems to be. Her reaching out to him is certainly worthy of suspicion, and he must be careful if he responds or takes her up on the dinner offer.

Eric has informed the team of this communication and suggested that F.A.T.E. use this opportunity to gather additional information on Shiawase.

Notes

• Stipend has been raised to 7,000¥/month
• F.A.T.E. has set up a residence in Berkeley for Vincent White. Feel free to adjust this if you don't feel it accurately reflects his residence or if you want to add any positive or negative lifestyle qualities.
  • Comforts: Middle class (3 LP)
  • Entertainment: N/A
  • Necessities: Low class (2 LP)
  • Neighborhood: Low class (2 LP)
  • Security: Low class (2 LP)
  • Cost: 1,700¥/month (paid for using stipend, prorated to 1,579¥ for February)

Session Synopsis

Eric arranged to be picked up at Vincent White's Berkeley residence at 7:00 PM local time on Friday night. The plan was dinner at Gary Danko's an upscale restaurant on North Point Street in Fisherman's Wharf with a breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Afterwards, Manami mentioned that they could go out for drinks. Expecting that Manami would select an exclusive club, the plan was to use Anastasia's celebrity status to get herself, Doc, and Wex into the club. Eric would swipe the keycard and get Manami drugged or distracted enough where she wouldn't notice it was missing. Doc, Hector, and Dmitri would proceed to the Shiawase Arcology where Dmitri would hack into the computer system and obtain the data they needed. It almost went according to plan. Almost.

The dinner started off as expected. The food was San Francisco's finest, and the greatest meal Eric had ever consumed. Eric had an analyze truth spell activated, but the dinner conversation was rather uneventful. Manami showed a great interest in Eric/Vincent's thaumaturgical studies and showed that she too was quite knowledgeable in the field. For a mundane, this was unusual, but for someone working as the divisional CEO of a major corporation, it was not too surprising. She made it sound like more of a personal interest when she spoke of it, however.

Eric played it cool at dinner and did not ask any pointed or suspicious questions. Sensing the evening was progressing nicely, Manami suggested the two continue their date at an exclusive nightclub with a couple of Manami's associates. Eric agreed, and upon getting the club's name, Myst, the F.A.T.E. van departed. Hector, normally an excellent driver, was inconvenienced by a small traffic accident and the group arrived shortly after Eric and Manami.

Eric and Manami were met by two other couples, all sporting Shiawase SINs. Eric recognized one woman as Wong Yiu Ming, however she was wearing a disguise and broadcasting a different identity, Shirley Wu, a Thaumatergical Studies major at MIT&T. It wasn't long before the drugs started flowing. Throughout the night Eric was exposed to Novacoke, Loco (a Psyche/Red Mescaline speedball), and Pixie Dust.

It also didn't take long for the drugged-up Manami Coltrane to notice that Anastasia Ellison was at the club. Amused that Vincent's ex-girlfriend was apparently stalking him, she struck up a conversation with her with antagonistic motive. In a moment of unprofessional, jealous rage, Ana snapped back at her and it briefly escalated into a shouting match, grabbing the attention of nearby patrons. Eric and Wex managed to bring the conversation down a notch and separate the two.

Ana and Wex spent the rest of the night watching to make sure Eric wasn't in any trouble. Eric pulled Manami away to the dance floor, while Doc went to the restroom to change clothes. He had been wearing a waiter's uniform under his suit and using that disguise, grabbed 6 drinks and a tray from the bar. By simple luck, the other couples joined Coltrane on the dance floor, leaving Manami's purse unguarded in the VIP area. Doc slipped by Manami's bodyguard by playing the role of a waiter flawlessly. He collected empty glasses and trash, as well as Manami's keycard, and left the room. Moments later, he left the club altogether, and was on his way to the arcology.

Hector drove the van to the arcology where Doc escorted Dmitri to the restricted floors. The two had been given Shiawase SINs for a father and son on the 15th floor of the compound. It was a restricted area, which is exactly where Dmitri needed to be to do his hacking. They proceeded to the 15th floor with no issue and swiped their Shiawase IDs. The IDs checked out and they proceeded to a small utilities closet where Dmitri began his hacking in VR. It took Dmitri exactly one hour to download all of the data he was looking for. However, just one minute before Dmitri's downloads completed, an IC was alerted to the suspicious activity and guards were notified that someone on floor 15 had unauthorized access to nodes.

Doc and Dmitri thought they were home free as they headed for the elevators, but the security guard ordered them to stop. The elevator door opened but the two complied. Two more security guards joined the original guard, and they began to search the pair's commlinks. Manami Coltrane's keycard was RFID, and as soon as the guards read it, they knew they had found their culprits. Doc shoved Dmitri into the elevator as the doors closed, freeing him from the imminent danger as a gunfight ensued on the 15th floor lobby. Doc skillfully gunned down the 3 security guards and began fly down the stairwell.

As soon as the trouble started, Oni burst out the back of the F.A.T.E. van and charged into the crowded arcology shopping center. He saw Dmitri being detained by 6 guards at the ground-level elevators and opened fire over a large crowd of people at the security officers. A gun fight ensued, sending the crowd fleeing for cover. The guards were no match for Oni and were easily gunned down. One guard was holding Dmitri, threatening to kill him, and Oni from extreme range put a bullet into the man's shoulder, forcing him to release Dmitri. As the guard clinged to life, he took an undeserved last gasp shot at the unarmed 16 year old Elf, grazing his arm with a bullet. Oni wasted no time putting that man's life to an end as he scooped up Dmitri and headed for the exits. More Shiawase reinforcements were on their way, not to mention the Lone Star patrols that would be responding quickly in this popular San Francisco shopping district.

Aftermath

Coming soon...

Results

Status: Complete
Dates: February 3-5, 2073
Quote of the night: "LADIES! I'm right here." - Eric Black
Nuyen: 5,000¥ mission award
Stipend: 4,421¥ remaining

• 1,000¥ spent on 2 hits of Laés
• 1,579¥ spent on Vincent White's lifestyle

Karma Awarded: 7
Additional Awards:

• Eric and Doc receive +1 Street Cred for exceptional handling of challenging situations.
• Dmitri and Oni receive +1 Public Awareness for being involved in a gunfight in a busy shopping center.
• Dmitri receives an additional +1 Public Awareness for getting caught hacking into top secret datastores with stolen credentials.
• Anastasia receives +1 Notoriety for making a powerful enemy (Manami Coltrane).
• Eric Black's Loyalty rating for contact Manami Coltrane increases to 2.
• Hector's Betameth addiction has been lowered to Moderate.