Under the Redwood Tree
The runners are contacted by their Fixer with a job offer at Riverplex: A Mr. Johnson is in need of bodyguards to escort him into the Veluwe in search of a missing friend. When they meet with their Mr. Johnson, who calls himself Jacob, he explains he has an off-grid neo-anarchist friend that is currently incommunicado. He's very worried but does not dare investigate without bodyguards.
Jacob's friend is a retired dwarven runner who used to go by the handle "Secondhand Samurai", on account of using a lot of recycled Cyberware. He's extremely distrustful of wireless tech and all Megacorps, so lives off-grid in the woods. Secondhand communicates with his friends through longwave radio, but has missed his last two check-ins, so Jacob wants to go into the woods.
Metatype
Elf
Gender
Male
Birth Year
2052
Awakened/Ware
Physical Adept
Type
Sailor
Personality
Foul-mouthed
Jacob Alure
Jacob Alure is a sailor who has done the occasional smuggling trip in the past. Through this he befriended a rather paranoid Shadowrunner, 'the Secondhand Samurai'. They got along well, even after Secondhand retired and moved into the woods. Nowadays Jacob does the occasional supply-run to his friend whenever he's in the UNL and has some shore leave.
Jacob set together a new care package but then Secondhand no longer checked in. He hoped that would change, but now that he's arrived at Riverplex, he still can't hail Secondhand. Now Secondhand gives him a budget for the supplies and transport, so he's electing to hire bodyguards from that money. Jacob is offering the runners 4k each if they can bring him there and back again, while keeping him alive.
The Run
The Veluwe is a small but wild area, with the wildlife having forced out nearly all people over the past decades. The former city of Arnhem even bankrupted itself building a protective wall, after which they were assimilated into Riverplex. Normally Jacob would use some Coyote services to smuggle his wares in, but because he needs to pay bodyguards he'll have to actually drive in. It is breeding season at the Veluwe, with wild boars raising their offspring. This makes them rather protective. Meanwhile, Fenrir Wolves are hunting whatever easy prey they can get their hands on. On top of that there's magic chickens. The runners need to frequently stop to check the arcane encoded directions Secondhand left Jacob, which gives them chances to encounter the wildlife.7 Karma
Word on the street
"Be careful in those woods. I hear there's some sinister folks setting up camp there nowadays, only God knows why."
"Secondhand always had my bloody back. I'd never forgive myself for not helping him when he's in a shitty situation."
"You know what's scarier than a pack of wolves? A flock of magic chickens charging you to peck you."
"They want my base? They can have it over their dead bodies. We can blame it on royal mercs, and hand in the corpses for a decent bounty. Don't feel bad, they deserve it."
I was ready to like already seeing that it is a nature based run, which happen way too rarely in SR. I would be dying to throw magic chicken at my runners! Fun idea!
Yeah be careful with those. I hear if you bully them, you get an entire flock swarming you and pecking you to death. This guy called Link can tell you all about that.
Too low they build who build beneath the stars - Edward Young