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Alright, hot on the trail our detectives decide to pay a visit to a local watering hole called Tetsuo. Several neighbors in Sheldon’s apartment complex confirm his on and off again relationship with Tina the bartender.
The board:
My repurposed Alien sci fi tiles and rpg tiles. I included a small parking lot, alleyway, dance floor, VLTs and a small D.J. booth. You may have noticed that the bar is populated with the crew from the Nostromo!
Our detectives approach the front door and meet up with an impressive bouncer. I was hoping to trick him into thinking we were sanitation officers. No dice, I rolled a 2. After threatening him with an arrest for obstruction he let reluctantly us in. Thank goodness I rolled well the second time.
Our detectives confront Tina. I rolled low on the people evidence. Tina mentioned that Sheldon had been hanging out with an old partner from the department. She confirmed he owed money to the local Yakuza.
Unfortunately for our detectives a couple of Nexus 2s were hiding in the alley behind the bar. I rolled low on my intuition so they got the drop on the Blade Runners.
A crazy firefight ensues. With all the confusion, one of the bouncers is tagged. The Replicants use the bar as cover while the detectives stand their ground. McCourt escapes unscathed but Abdi takes 2 wounds. This means he will be out of the next mission. Unfortunately Tina is also able to escape before the detectives can question her further. Since I rolled so poorly on my evidence checks I figured Tina would probably escape. After trying to fool the bouncer and failing I imagine he would have called for back up.
What to do now?
I’ve tried to leave myself a couple of clues to follow up on:
-Who is the ex partner? Is he/she involved?
-Who does Sheldon owe money too? Who has been paying his rent?
-Do the dead replicants offer us any clues?
-Why is the Blade Runner squad involved in the first place?
Not enough time to post a game this weekend, busy doing Dad stuff. I did some rpging instead.
Henri Abdi was wounded in the last battle so he will have to sit the next encounter out.
Tina the bartender has no fixed address and was being paid under the table. She has a lot of priors though for solicitation and narcotics in one of the rougher neighbourhoods downtown.
The replicants were processed by the boys down at the lab. I rolled very poorly so they came up clean. They were built in Sanfrancisco in 2007. Their RN numbers have been wiped. They also had aftermarket parts. It is rumoured that the Tyrell corporation has been flooding the American market with smuggled or stolen replicants to create a dependency.
McCourt has two options. He can comb through the records to find any former partners connected to Sheldon, or he can see if he can stakeout Tina’s hood.
Abdi will Combe the records as McCourt will stakeout Sector 4.
Here is a possible layout for my stakeout/ tail. I don’t really have enough 15mm buildings so I am going to us my rpg tiles to represent the alleys between the buildings. McCourt is in the bottom left hand corner. I’ve added my encounter tokens from my Thing game and rolled up 6 encounters including one with Tina and her pimp. No real time for gaming. Too much work and Dad stuff. maybe tomorrow.
If any are interested, the hard copy New Hope City is on sale for a very affordable price at Noble Knight Games.
McCourt heads to Sector Three to see if he can find Tina. He comes across an old snitch from his days on Vice. After slipping him a few credits the man points Northward.
McCourt runs into an unlicensed rogue replicant. A firefight ensues!
McCourt is having no luck. A juvenile is attempting to steal a car. McCourt is able to flash his badge and issue a warning.
McCourt shows the next man Tina’s picture. He tries to sell the usual runaway story. Unfortunately after some poor rolls this man turns out to be Jerome, Tina’s hired muscle. McCourt and Jerome battle it out!
Tina is waiting across the street and is calling someone on the Vidphone. McCourt puts Jerome down and chases after Tina!
Tune in next week!
Did she get away?!?!?! Inquiring minds want to know!
"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."
I’m finally back!
Well sort of. I took a little bit of a hiatus to deal with some family stuff. The detectives are back on the case. No time to post pictures but I did some rpging.
Our characters so far:
McCourt – veteran cop
Abdi – McCourt’s partner and injured new recruit
Galang – murder victim – dirty cop involved with Yakuza and possible replicants.
Tina – Galang’s girlfriend and possible accomplice.
Glencoe – Lt. in charge of newly formed Blade Runner unit. Worried about Galang’s impact on the unit.
McCourt finally subdues Tina in a hail of gunfire. The wounds are superficial and McCourt accompanies her to the hospital after calling for back up.
While Abdi heals a broken wing he does some financial investigation. He learns that Galang was receiving wire transfers every month. A little further digging reveals Galang’s former partner has also been receiving funds. Galang’s former work partner Desiree Hser-tee is also a suspected dirty cop living off world. Her specialty is tech crime.
McCourt needs to interrogate Tina.
The detectives need to locate Desiree and bring her in.
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