News 2060

August 26, 2060 = An atempted robbery was fragged up big time. A Stuffer Shack Downtown was being held up. When the robbers where about to do thier thing they exploded into a fireball. The robbers where ID'd as a couple of runners named Moose and Roget. Drek Head's.

August 27, 2060 = Three regulars to Shadowland were geeked. Lotus, Sarcastic Jack (AKA: Romeo, Joe Public), and Runner 1571 (Numbers) were found dead with another pal of thiers named Crazy Legs (But he never came here, so who care's?). Seems they were all tied togeather and then set on fire inside a Seattle warehouse. How Fragged is that?

September 1, 2060 = A Yak / Mob shoot out that started in Tacoma spilled over into Downtown Seattle. Word is the violence started over some BTL distributors and errupted into a full out gun battle. In the end, it left twelve dead and eight wounded, most of which were innocent bystanders.

September 8, 2060 = Some Aztechnology guru's family was geeked by a group of runners. They geeked his wife, and, get this, his eight month old son. They left the poor fragger alive. Word is the kid had health problems that the corp didn't want to pay for. Gotta love those corp types.

September 10, 2060 = The blood keeps spilling, today the First Nation's gang geeked four Kabuki Ronin, while they were in a crowded resturant. Two bystanders were geeked and seven more were wounded. A few hours later, the Kabuki Ronin struck back. They threw a bomb into a Nacho Mama in Downtown Seattle. Two First Nations gangers were inside. They both got geeked, along with four bystanders. Six more were reported wounded.


September 14, 2060 = "Elven Fire" hoax is exposed. The gang violence stops. Rumor has it, that some runners did the dirty work in uncovering the hoax. Good job chums.

September 25, 2060 = A sixteen year old girl was murdered in a hotel room. She was naked and shot in the back three times.

September 27, 2060 = Brad Kulsters, a low time shadowrunner who goes by the name of Cerulas, was arrested by Lone Star in connection to the murder of the teenage girl. Apparently, Brad also geeked a Lone Star officer a few months earlier with the same gun. There's a fragging smart guy.

October 3, 2060 = Well, the dragon was right. The Island appeared just as predicted, 302 Kilometers off the coast of Petrolia, CFS. Federated Boeing moved in and staked their claim, as soon as the crust dryed.

October 9, 2060 = A small Earthquake shook San Francisco. Little damage was reported, and only a few minor injuries.

October 13, 2060 = Some UCAS troops went into the Renraku Arcology today. Radio contact was lost within a few minutes, and the troops enterance was sealed from the inside. No word, yet, of what may be going on inside.

October 15, 2060 = An apartment building was bombed in Downtown Seattle, on the cornor of Spring & 2nd. Three of the buildings floors errupted into flames, and sent debris into the streets. 14 were pronounced dead on the scene, with 26 wounded, some in critical condition.

October 22, 2060 = A group of from the Night Hunters gang attacked a meta-friendly shelter in Redmond. They injured 8 and managed to geek 2. One of those killed was a 12 year old ork boy. Real tough.

October 29, 2060 = A group of skags that call themselves the Black Knight Brotherhood, were attcked today. Their chapter house was bombed and thirteen of them were geeked. When Lone Star showed up, the attackers had fled the scene. Nobody knows why the "Brotherhood" was targeted.

October31, 2060 = The Halloweeners were on a rampage. They looted and burned down four Downtown businesses and trashed a couple more. Lone Star managed to arrest four of them, before the rest broke and ran.

November 2, 2060 = A group of shadowrunners; Doom wolf, Steel Petal, Big Z, and Hellrazor, were all geeked in an attempted break in of the Mitsuhamma towers. They tripped a laser sensor and alerted security. Just goes to show, you got to be careful out there chums.

November 5, 2060 = A small time gang in Puyallup, who call themselves the Orphans, were all geeked. All fourteen bodies were discovered outside their headquarters. Guess they pissed off the wrong fraggers.

November 8, 2060 = An Earth elemental escaped from the mage who summoned it. It geeked the mage, then went on a rampage in Auburn. Lone Star finally showed up and banished it. Besides the mage, none were reported geeked, only a few injuries.

November 10, 2060 = The Gates Casino was broken into. The thiefs didn't take the cash, they stole a craps table.

November 12, 2060 = President Haeffner and Vice President Daviar are overwhelmingly re-elected to office.

November 13, 2060 = Some "top secret" prototype was stolen from an Ares office this morning. Some say it had do do with it's Space Division.

November 14, 2060 = A swarm of Devil Rats swarmed an office building in Snohomish. The building lies close to the Snohomish/ Redmond border. The building is owned by a Shiawase subsidiary, they say it's only a matter of time before they manage to get rid of them.

November 16, 2060 = A crazy human attacked the UCAS forces in front of the arcology. The UCAS guards fired twenty two shots into the man, before he went down. The autopsy revealed, besides a datajack, the man had no cyber implants.

November 17, 2060 = A warehouse owned by Pentacle Distributing, a Mitsuhama subsidary, was bombed in Snohomish. No terrorist group claimed responsibility for it. It was that two bit terrorist group the Right Hand, trust me on this one folks.

November 19, 2060 = A explosion rocked the docks in Tacoma. Lone Star cornored off the area in minutes. A lady was taken to the hospital where she mysteriously vanished under "classified circumstances". Which means, "We fragged up big time and now we don't know what the frag we're going to do."

November 21, 2060 = Mitsuhama began outfitting it's matirx systems with some new IC that the lab boys cooked up. Word is that's called Cerebropathic Black IC, which basicly turns you into a drooling idiot. Of course Mitsuhama claims it doesn't exist at all.

November 22, 2060 = Ares announced it's prototype Predator IV Heavy Pistol. It some with a Smartlink -2 system and instead of the usual .45 round, it's advanced to a .50 round, for more stopping power. Let the runs begin!

November 23, 2060 = Lone Star is keeping a close eye on the Aztechnology Pyramid lately, after a blood spirit appeared nearby and geeked two bystandards. Alright folks, enough with geeking the bystandards.

November 25, 2060 = A warehouse in Tacoma burned to the grouns today. Inside was a woman, all tied up. Her name was Linda Carson, a lowly Super Market employee. Turns out she was the one Lone Star lost from the hospital.

November 26, 2060 = A small hive was discovered in Everett this morning, It was wiped out in no time flat by the "good" men and women from Lone Star. The Star's taken the credit, but the truth is that it was a group of runners who did the deed. Great job chums, keep up the good work.

November 28, 2060 = A Geatronics power relay was attacked in Renton, causing major blackouts around the neighborhood. Terra First! claimed responsibility for the attack.

November 29, 2060 = A helicoptor was shot down when it flew too close to the Renraku Arcology. Whether it was the arcology, or the military is anyones guess. The helicoptor belonged to a billionare named Art Dankwalther, but he was not inside.

November 30, 2060 = Shadowland Seattle was attacked today by some Mitsuhama decker goons. Sorry chums, Shadowland isn't going anywhere.

December 1, 2060 = A shoot out began in downtown Seattle today, as the First Nations gang and Seoulpa Ring went to war over smuggling rights. Surprisingly, no innocent bystandards were harmed. Four of the gangers died, and one ring member.

December 3, 2060 = Another hive was discovered in the Redmond Barrens this morning. Knight Errant was quick to destroy the hive, along with a few blocks in the surrounding area.

December 4, 2060 = Solo escaped from a Lone Star facility, in Renton. He enjoyed his few minutes of freedom, before he was gunned down in an empty playground. Luckily the children that would have normally been there were in school.

December 5, 2060 = A bomb was planted at the Cildren of the Dragon temple site. Apparently the bomb was planted on some construction materials and set to go off at 8:00AM. The bomb did not detonate and was removed by Lone Star's bomb squad. The Humanis Policlub denied involvement.

December 6, 2060 = Car accidents ain't rare chummers, but a twenty-four car pile up is. In Downtown Seattle, it happened. The accident was allegedly caused by a fifteen year old boy, who was speeding in a stolen car. The boy, and sixteen others died in the crash.

December 8, 2060 = A decker who calls himself Dark Phantom, was found responsible for the pile up on the 6th. Seems the fragger crashed GridGuide at just the right time.

December 9, 2060 = A couple of choobs parachuted from a Federated Boeing office tower in Renton this morning. FB has yet to comment on the matter, but witnesses claim that FB's security was gunnin' for 'em.

December 10, 2060 = Combat Biker Reno Rawhide, of the Cleveland Commandos, was practically ripped in half across his stomach. He was sent to Shibanokuji Freefall Resort station to partake of their cutting edge zero-gravity medical facilities.

December 12, 2060 = An executive of Mitsuhama was found dead today in his apartment. Doctors suspect foul play, even though it appears to be a heart attack.

December 13, 2060 = Dark Phantom was geeked trying to hack Lone Star's LTG. Her real name was Lisa McCurrly. She was fourteen years old.

December 15, 2060 = In Auburn, an elf on his way to work was beaten to death by an unruly mob. The mob claimed the man had "polluted the purity of their race". The mob was all human. The elf was dating a human woman.

December 16, 2060 = Concrete Dreams made a sudden appearance in Downtown Seattle. Club Zor was pleasently surprised when the band appeared and just started playing with no prior notice. The area was quickly swarmed by several hundred people, Lone Star was called in to handle the crowds.

December 18, 2060 = Mariners owner Jerome Einsdorff denied rumors that the team would move to Oakland, CFS. Jerome wants changes in the Kingdomes management, if the team is going to stay.

December 19, 2060 = A Seattle University research expidition returned in tragedy from Southeast Asia. Eight members of the team were geeked. Apparently the research team ran into a Vietnamese bandit king and had to be rescued.

December 20, 2060 = One person got geeked in an explosion near Downtown Seattle's own Matchstick nightclub. Lone Star reported it looked like a professional assassination.

December 21, 2060 = A business woman (read: Mr. Johnson), Carol Lake, was geeked by a Mitsuhama hit squad. The hotel she was rooming in was owned by a Mitsuhama subsidary, nice and legal.

December 22, 2060 = A shoot out in Renton today, between none other than the Yakuza and the Mafia. It happened right in front of the Murdered Mime and the Italiano nightclubs. From the current look of things, the Yaks got splashed this time.

December 23, 2060 = Near Seattle center (That's downtown Seattle chums) a man was arrested after running through the streets claiming that the end was near. He assaulted several skirts and generally caused "public disruption".

December 24, 2060 = Well being Christmas Eve and all, you think the Star would give it a rest, but null on that. They shut down a Meat Rack today in Tacoma, putting many young Putas out of work.

December 25, 2060 = Merry Christmas chummers, hope it's a good one for you. It wasn't for Daniel Meudon, a Wuxing wage slave, who leaped from his 32nd floor apartment in downtown Seattle this morning. He left a suicide note claiming it was because his "life is so pathetic, I have no one to share this holiday season with." If you're wondering, yes he's a Splat Job.

December 26, 2060 = A Seattle based Johnson, named Vito Corlione, was found floating in the Puyallup River this morning.

December 27, 2060 = There is no real way of relaying this here. I'm going to forward you here, for the lastest news out of Seattle.

December 28, 2060 = Salish-Shidhe Border Patrols shot down a T-bird flying near Seattle. Tensions grow as residents of both countries question whether the T-bird was in Seattle's limits or not.

December 29, 2060 = A small terrorist group attacked Council Island. The terrorists were quickly dispatched by the combined forces of the Salish-Shide Scurity Forces and Lone Star.

December 30, 2060 = This morning a group of runners escaped from the Renraku Arcology. They were taking by the UCAS Military for questioning and later released.