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Published: April 21, 2020, 11:31 p.m.

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Show notes, Night City Secrets Episode 9

Game Session 6, Part 1 \\u2013 This is not my beautiful life?

Cover Art for the podcast from \\u201cCyberpunk madness,\\u201d by the artist Eddie Del Rio.\\xa0\\xa0

Intro and closing music is from Amoebacrew, called simply "Cyberpunk royalty free music.\\u201d\\xa0 It is available on Youtube:

Background ambient music is from RoyaltyFreeSounds, called \\u201cSoundscape Ambient, Cyberpunk Music. Royalty Free.\\u201d

It is on Youtube:

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

REF = The Referee

Antigone = Corporate.\\xa0 Director of Public Relations for the Paupau Collective (PPC in Night City.\\xa0 PPC is a family autonomous corporation floating out on ships in the Pacific Ocean.\\xa0 Half-Greek half-Polynesian.

Arianna Papadopoulos-Paupau = (NPC) Corporate.\\xa0 Antigone\\u2019s older sister, the Executive VP of Marketing for the PPC.\\xa0 They have a good relationship.

Cherub = (NPC)\\xa0 Solo.\\xa0 A bodyguard for Ravnos, known by Sur\\xe1ny.

\\u201cChewie\\u201d\\x9d= (NPC) Medtech.\\xa0 Officially, Consuela Jarillo, a Costa Rican doctor currently dating Han.\\xa0 She is played by the REF.\\xa0 She\\u2019s also a pilot.

Eric Genter = (NPC) Corporate.\\xa0 Senior Director for Petrochem in Night City.\\xa0 He absolutely hates Antigone for losing face to her a few years ago.\\xa0 Antigone simply ignores him, but he has it out for her badly.\\xa0 Apparently, he\\u2019s now running Petrochem\\u2019s Black Ops team.

Hako = Fixer.\\xa0 Aohako is also Hawaiian a SAMOAN, not related to Han or Antigone. He grew up in Night City and has connections all over the city.\\xa0 He and Antigone met through their common mentor, Derek Trammel, a former Night City Police Department detective, now a private investigator.

Han = Solo. Full name is \\u201cHanakahi Lonoehu.\\u201d\\xa0 The team Solo and pilot, bioscultped to look like Harrison Ford, though he also has spiky short hair. Native Hawaiian, half-Polynesian, cousin to Antigone.

\\u201cKat\\u201d Katrina = (NPC) A Solo merc-for-hire contracted by Eric Genter to kidnap Antigone and take her to a Petrochem warehouse.

Kronk = (NPC) Media.\\xa0 A contact of Hako\\u2019s.\\xa0 Not as well known or as well regarded as Ravnos.

Marcella Lemieux = (NPC) A cop working on the Night City Police Department.\\xa0 She has known Hako for many years and actively is concerned for his safety, so she is willing to help him out.

Mikael Papadopoulos-Paupau = (NPC)\\xa0 Medtech.\\xa0 Antigone\\u2019s younger brother, the Director of Research and Development for the PPC.\\xa0 He admires his older sister.

Ravnos = (NPC) Media.\\xa0 A freelancer who mostly works for Net News 54.\\xa0 He broke the story of Petrochem and PPC tensions escalating in Night City.

Rico = (NPC) A second Solo merc-for-hire who is working with Kat to abduct \\u2018Tig.

Stahl = (NPC) A pilot for hire, short but very capable Japanese Solo and former fighter pilot.\\xa0 Used to do odd jobs with Han.\\xa0 Frequently hired by Petrochem.

Sur\\xe1ny = Netrunner.\\xa0 A young and nerdy Czech fame-seeker. Raised in Night City, and went to high school with Chewie. Attained some fame for his \\u201cMarch of the Ents\\u201d program: he names all his programs after people, places, and events in the Tolkien Mythos, and has been trying to grow a Gandalf beard.

Tak = (NPC) Fixer.\\xa0 He has known Hako for many years, and Hako generally trusts him.\\xa0 He provided us with the intel about the Petrochem transport from Reno to Night City which we intercepted in Modesto.

Tatiana = (NPC) A former employee of Han, a dangerous Solo currently working for the Willow Sisterhood - a Poser Gang who bioscult themselves to look like famous women from media and pop culture who played the roles of bad-asses. Tatiana is currently sporting the look of Scarlet Johansen from the Ghost in the Shell movie adaptation.\\xa0 Tried to kill Han once when he tried to come onto her.

TOC and Timestamps:

** Introduction\\xa0 @00:26

** Play begins:\\xa0 @2:13

Assessing the situation.\\xa0\\xa0

** Han heads off to do some recon on the Petrochem warehouse: @6:08

** Sur\\xe1ny shares what research he\\u2019s uncovered on Eric Genter:\\xa0 @8:06

** Hako calls in to his contacts to find replacement cyberware and other gear: @9:00

** The team tries to get a meeting with the Media, Ravnos: @10:45

** Racktime!:\\xa0 @11:50

** Han returns with his warehouse intel:\\xa0 @14:10

** Intel on Eric Genter: @28:50

** Discussing our new digs & whether Tak is compromised:\\xa0 @30:00

** Scouting out the new place: @38:45

** Pay day!:\\xa0 @43:00

** Surany goes to work on the Petrochem encryption box: @55:00

** Closing of Session:\\xa0 @1:02:00\\xa0\\xa0

** Closing Comments:\\xa0 @1:02:28

INTRODUCTION TEXT:

Welcome back to Night City Secrets.

The podcast of five gaming friends playing the tabletop RPG Cyberpunk 2020.\\xa0\\xa0

Here we have episode 9, part 1 of our sixth gaming session.

I can\\u2019t believe we\\u2019re made 9 episodes so far\\u2026 and I have plenty more in the pipeline.\\xa0 I\\u2019m trying to release them one or two at a time, at least once per week.\\xa0 As we have been doing this, we\\u2019ve been getting everyone some improved mics, we\\u2019re trying to get better about handling the random background noises of kids, spouses, and pets -- sorry about that -- and basically just trying to present a better product.\\xa0 We\\u2019re new to this, but we\\u2019re actively working on making it better quality all around.

We do have an email account if anyone would like to reach out to us.\\xa0 It is nightcitysecrets@gmail.com.\\xa0 All one word, nightcitysecrets @ gmail dot com.\\xa0 If you give us an email or a review on your podcasting station of choice, we will be happy to give you a shout out on our next recorded session.\\xa0 And we certainly hope you enjoy listening to this distracting and hopefully amusing content.

We left off with the team burned, singed, paranoid, and frantic.\\xa0 Just another evening in Night City, right?

In this episode, we try to assess our situation -- how much damage did we take, how much gear did we lose, how much danger did we introduce to our sponsoring corporation?\\xa0 Should we tuck tail and run?\\xa0 Mostly we just know we\\u2019ve been made, and we don\\u2019t know how bad it is.\\xa0\\xa0

So we try to correct this information asymmetry by conducting a little intel of our own.\\xa0 Maybe we should try to get ahead of this story in the press?\\xa0 Let\\u2019s get some repairs done and some new gear, and think up a way to turn this around.

Go, you plucky protagonists, go!

CLOSING NOTES:

So we got our new digs, we got paid, we have some intel on Petrochem\\u2019s \\u201cBlack Ops\\u201d warehouse where Eric Genter planned on taking me, and we\\u2019re working on cracking into the encryption box that might get us inside their corporate network.

Looks like we bought ourselves a little breathing room.\\xa0 We\\u2019ll see how long that lasts\\u2026

One loose end that someone may have noticed.\\xa0 In a previous episode, Hako received a call on the phone we took from Stahl which showed a video of Hako assassinating him.\\xa0 We were threatened that this video would go public if we didn\\u2019t turn Antigone in to Eric.\\xa0

But we went back and checked the tape and remembered that when Hako was casing Stahl\\u2019s apartment, he rolled a critical success when looking for any surveillance equipment or hidden cameras.\\xa0 So the REF generously allowed us to ret-con that event.\\xa0 Hako did receive a threatening text on Stahl\\u2019s phone, but there was no compromising video.\\xa0\\xa0

And there was a massive collective sigh of relief.

For how long?\\xa0 I\\u2019m guessing not very.

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