RB 1-2: Halloween at the Refinery

Mission Report

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 ((April 29, 2018))
Team: Lyndi Fletcher (Aslene), Jane Irwin (Cael), Edward Chase (Aunne), Joe Irwin (Zenru45) Side mission [OOC:absent]: Chuck Nielson (Ari), Ryu (ShadowRyuu)

The Fort

• HQ: 2145 Halsted St
  • Near DePaul University
  • Adjacent to Oz Park
  • 8 blocks from Lincoln Park Zoo, on a bus line
• Credentials available to the heroes: R3M law enforcement consultant badge, R3M business cards, PI license, concealed carry, and FOID (Firearm Owners Identification: to legally possess or purchase firearms or ammunition, residents of the state of Illinois are required to have a FOID card.)
• Transportation
  • Max will ask about the team's preference for vehicles in Chicago. By default, R3M would issue you a Toyota Highlander with 3rd row seating and a Lexus sedan.
  • Team approved those vehicles

Prep

• Joe and Ed place cameras watching the Refinery
• Joe and Ed meet with Calista at her office downtown
  • Got her to agree to introduce them to them her contact at the club
  • Talked about a new drug, Wasteland, with a trance effect like pot
• Tue morning briefing with Nails
  • Chuck and Ryu tasked to R3M an emergency issue in Chicago
  • Onemara safely home to her world
  • Ray Kinsella and his family were relocated by our allies
  • Timothy Sutton transferred to FBI custody, likely be charged as a terrorist
• Max provides Refinery details
  • Raphael Breton, male human, French, chef turned nightclub mogul
  • Kendria Kader, female human, black, celebrity chef, including sushi and French cuisine
  • Sean Burcham, male human, Korean-American, bartender
  • Independent limited liability corporation, sole owner is Raphael Breton
  • Bouncers
    • Tycen Morrison (black male) vet (USMC)
    • Arai Kaoru (Japanese-American male) martial artist
    • Ogawa Naofumi (Japanese-American male) concealed carry
    • Kono Yayoi (Japanese-American female) vet (Canadian Air Force), concealed carry
• Max: One more thing: Unbound have been disappearing on the west coast; be careful
• Lyndi digs into police blotter; report of a tourist mauled by a wild dog, assigned to a detective
• Ed skims overnight video footage of exterior of club, doesn't find anything

Mission

• Ubers
  • Joe and Jane together
  • Lyndi and Ed together
• Team enters in pairs
• Ed notes the operation: customer pays Tycen, Tycen talks with waitress and nods to Sean, waitress goes to bar, waitress delivers package to customer (Kugo Senzo)
• Calista, Joe and Jane score some Wasteland
• Jane detects magic, notes handsome man, Indian woman
• Max reports that man is Erik Holloway, Senior Executive Director, Midwest Biokinetics (a division of Primex)
• Lyndi uses Mask of the Wild to sneak into kitchen, back hallway
• Joe goes outside, Lyndi lets him in back door
• Joe uses Mage Hand to disable motion sensor
• Basement hallway
• Indian woman uses Invisibility to move through kitchen
• Joe opens lock on door
• Joe and Lyndi into room, close door, surprise two yakuza guards
• Lyndi turns lights off, tries to shoot guard, misses
• Joe clumsily jumps over table and Fire Bolts guard
• Jane Druidcrafts skunk odor in kitchen, causing a commotion
• Indian woman drops Invisibility, tells Ed that they seem to have a common enemy
• Guards surrender
• Lyndi and Ed disarm and restrain guards
• Indian woman introduces herself as Ajami Rao
• Lyndi forms a strong Chain with Ajami (20), asks for help on a cover story
• Joe plants a backdoor in the server farm
• Lyndi asks Max for advice, Max recommends team claims to be hired by mafia to send a message: stop encroaching on our online gambling
• Lyndi tries to communicate it's only business, Jane thinks she succeeds
• Team leaves guards tied up, their guns on the stairs
• Club crowd is panicking at the skunk smell, streaming out all the doors
• Team slips out in the crowd
• Ed hands Ajami a card, Ajami hands Lyndi a menu for an Indian restaurant in north Chicago
• Team returns to HQ