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Message no. 1
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Discreet Burglary
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 23:36:41 +0100
*****INTERNAL: SIGANet
>>>>>[TO: D J H Coppinger
We're back in town. Valentine liked the bikes, by the way. We're ready
to resume operations for a few weeks.

This scheme with the Humanis is pretty harebrained, I gotta say. If it
works, it'll be incredibly useful. If anything goes wrong, though...

Still, ours not to reason why, ours but to do or die.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <23:40:42/07-29-57>
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Discreet Burglary
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 23:33:32 +0100
>>>>>[I need a few people who can manage a discreet burglary. Contact me
privately for more info.]<<<<<
-- Grant <23:34:31/07-29-57>
Message no. 3
From: justinf@****.caltech.edu (Justin Fang)
Subject: Re: Discreet Burglary
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 18:03:02 -0700 (PDT)
*****PRIVATE: Grant
>>>>>[We're interested.]<<<<<
-- Cat in the Hat <01:59:25/07-30-57>
Message no. 4
From: NIGHTFOX <djwa@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Discreet Burglary
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 08:57:42 -0700 (MST)
*****Private: Grant
>>>>>[ Hi sugar. Ah noticed that ya was looking for some people for a
small little theft. Ah just got back ta cozzy little ol' Seattle and a bit
of physical work might be interesting since all Ah have been doning was
coding. Ah would like something at the moment that involves little gunfire
and would let me stretch my finger doing electronic work (Besides decking.)

Just tell me where the meet will be.]<<<<<
-- Circuit Breaker <South'rn Belle>
Message no. 5
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Discreet Burglary
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 19:47:36 +0100
If the two of you make it to dinner, you meet Grant: he's a handsome,
middle-aged black Human. He moves with a relaxed, easy grace.

"Greetings to you all. My name is John Grant. Let me tell you now I work
for the Humanis Policlub of Auburn: we are, though, a political
organisation, and we seek a democratic method to achieve our goals. I
understand many shadowrunners are prejudiced against the Humanis
Policlub, but this is an entirely internal matter.

"My employer, Mr Arlan Samuelson, has a certain difficulty which I am
trying to resolve for him. A local criminal by the name of Ziemer has
acquired certain information and is using it to blackmail my employer. I
would like to contract you to break into Ziemer's residence and remove
the documents in question, replacing them with a set of forgeries I will
provide. Naturally, the profile of this mission must be of the lowest
possible level. I would wish that Ziemer never even be aware that his
establishment was infiltrated.

"I would use the police, but..." He gestures helplessly. "We are on
reasonable terms with Lone Star, but it would only need one officer with
a grudge against Humanis - and not all chapters are as restrained as us,
there are many people who have been wronged by so-called members of our
policlub - and my employer is smeared. So, I need professionals like
yourselves.

"Ziemer is an Ork. Thus, there's a motive of revenge as well as his
expectation of making money from us. I'd like you to bring me the
documents, partly so I can find out where he got them from. I have views
and a floorplan of his home, but no information on his security system:
for that I need you. We're stalling him at the moment, saying Mr
Samuelson is having trouble raising the money, but the job will need to
be done quickly.

"I'd like you to meet with me again once you have a plan, for my own
reassurance and in case there's additional information you need from me.
If the plan looks good, I'll pay you >>encrypted<< as an advance. When I
have the documents, I'll pay a further >>encrypted<<.

"Are you interested?"

The 'encrypted' is a pretty hefty sum, by the way.

--
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 6
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Discreet Burglary
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 19:35:20 +0100
*****PRIVATE: The Cat In The Hat, Circuit Breaker
>>>>>[I appreciate your interest. Would you be willing to meet me for
dinner tonight at Takuri's, at about eight p.m.? Ask for me by name.

The job should be without hazard, but requires skill and a low
profile.]<<<<<
-- Grant <19:35:42/07-30-57>

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