(null)The Seattle sprawl hums with electric chaos, its Redmond Barrens a maze of flickering neon and crumbling plastcrete, where the Matrix’s pulse feels almost alive. You slip into Jackpoint, a derelict warehouse turned shadow hub, its air thick with the buzz of jury-rigged servers and the tang of ozone. Guided by a glitchy AR arrow, you reach a dimly lit corner where a young dwarf hunches over a rune-etched tablet, his reddish-brown beard framing a face marked with glowing circuit tattoos.
So this, you think, is the elusive
(null) leans back.
Cinder lays out the gig: a Matrix heist to crack a NeoNET data vault in Tacoma, stealing encrypted R&D files on technomancer containment tech before they’re sold to Evo. (null)'s ability to hack without a deck and manipulate electricity makes him ideal, but he lacks any kind of physical defenses. That's where your abilities come into play.
Cinder tosses a datachip onto the table, her smirk daring you to dive in. You glance up at (null). Teaming with the dwarf means navigating his paranoia and brilliance. He might be the key to a great score–or deep trouble with one of the biggest Megacorps controlling the fate of the Matrix.
So this, you think, is the elusive
(null), technomancer and hacktivist. He glances up, his eyes sharp with suspicion, fingers sparking faintly as he scans your Matrix signature. The fixer, Cinder, a chain-smoking human with ties null barely tolerates–but then again, which does he?–has called you both for a job that needs his digital sorcery and your unique skills—whatever they may be.
(null) leans back.
Cinder vouches for you, but to me, you're just noise in my grid,he says in a low, clipped voice. His arrogance confirms what you've heard about the gut: a prodigy's brilliance, but rough and inexperience. One with a personal vendetta against corps like Evo that guys beyond the typical grudge of a Shadowrunner. That makes him a volatile ally.
Cinder lays out the gig: a Matrix heist to crack a NeoNET data vault in Tacoma, stealing encrypted R&D files on technomancer containment tech before they’re sold to Evo. (null)'s ability to hack without a deck and manipulate electricity makes him ideal, but he lacks any kind of physical defenses. That's where your abilities come into play.
Cinder tosses a datachip onto the table, her smirk daring you to dive in. You glance up at (null). Teaming with the dwarf means navigating his paranoia and brilliance. He might be the key to a great score–or deep trouble with one of the biggest Megacorps controlling the fate of the Matrix.
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