[K5pbem] Story Idea

[Michael Surbrook]

On Jan 19, 2006, at 1:18 AM, Jamie David Jeans wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Just getting together the information I need here for this story...
>
> Okay, it's been awhile, because Korey has been working jobs mainly ni
> Britain and about europe, but she finally takes a job in Hong Kong.
>
> The idea is this:
>
> See, Rinn-Fa isn't the only one with a line of gambling casinos in  
> Hong
> Kong, and one of her rivals ends up stealing a bunch of her money.  
> This is
> done during a big transfer to a bank, or to wherever Rinn-Fa transfers
> money to, and while it does not hurt her financially, it's a slap  
> upside
> her honour and reputation, and that just won't work.

Just to be clear -- one can presume HK is loaded with casinos and the  
like. Oh, and some of them have to be on big riverboats in the  
harbor. HK would also have sports betting parlors, mah johngg  
parlors, pachinko parlors, and various places dedicated to VR gaming/ 
betting. Then come places like Rinn-Fa's, with slots, cards, dice,  
roulette, and other games of chance (as well as many other forms of  
betting).

> Thus, the call goes out for the money to be retrieved and the rival  
> to be
> slapped upside the head something fierce, which is where Korey  
> comes in.
> She can do as much inside damage, via her espionage skills, as she  
> could
> physical damage with the right gear. However, there's a trio of Pumas
> protecting the vault, and Korey will need the right firepower to  
> get past
> them and the money back.

Question -- is she trying to physically get the cash back? This  
sounds more like a netrunner/hacker job, where you do it all  
electronically. While physical cash exists, something like this would  
be done as an electronic transfer -- unless someone robbed one of her  
couriers going from the casino to the bank to deposit the winnings  
taken from the lower-end players (which would be cash). This would  
require hitting an armored truck, though.

One suggestion to make this more "cyberpunk" -- Korey must escort a  
datarunner into position X to allow that person to be able to connect  
to the network and get into the enemy system and retrieve/transfer  
the data. The Pumas could be local security.

> This will result in a good old action scene, and possibly the  
> destruction
> of a building or two.
>
> This story will include NPCs such as Rinn-Fa, maybe one or two of her
> synths, as I imagine Rinn-Fa would put Korey up at one of her  
> places, and
> Sonny Packman Pak. After her initial scouting, Korey figures that  
> she's
> going to need a hardsuit customized for hand to hand combat with  
> Pumas.

That's Sonny "the Packman" Pak. ^_^

I have made my comments on the idea. Anyone else have any opinions?

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