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150 Pages·2011·8.43 MB·English

by  Catalyst Game Labs

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You could dabble in organized crime. You could do some smash-and-grabs.
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in the Sixth World knows that if you want to make a play for the big bucks, the real A
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gamemasters to develop corporate-centered campaigns, including plotlines the lead O
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to the discovery of a secret one megacorporation is struggling to contain. Building on A
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You could dabble in organized crime. You could do some smash-and-grabs.
You could find all sorts of ways to pick up a few nuyen here and there. But everyone S
H
in the Sixth World knows that if you want to make a play for the big bucks, the real A
D
high-level stuff, you’ve got to get in bed with the corps.
O
The corps have the money, and they’ve got all the power that comes with it. If W
R
you want to have some of that cash and some of that pull for yourself, you’re going
U
to need to stay alert, move quickly, and remember that while corps are willing to N

pay for things that help them, deep down they really hate sharing what they’ve •

got with anyone. Including shadowrunners. Especially shadowrunners. C
O
Corporate Intrigue provides a wealth of plot points and adventure ideas to allow R
P
gamemasters to develop corporate-centered campaigns, including plotlines the lead O
R
to the discovery of a secret one megacorporation is struggling to contain. Building on A
T
information provided in Corporate Guide, Corporate Intrigue provides E

the story information, location details, and NPC statistics to I
N
make running a corporate-themed campaign as easy, fun, T
R
and brutal as you want it to be. I
G
U
Corporate Intrigue is for use with Shadowrun,
E
Twentieth Anniversary Edition.
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. . . CONTENTS . . .
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
JackPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Knives Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Nothing Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Project Imago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Runaway Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Freedom, Finally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Coins of Luck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Feng Shui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Dreaded Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CYA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Sucking Lemons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Making Lemonade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Lights Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Evidence of Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
The Villiers Divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Insubstantial Rumors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Floating Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Hard Truths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Cold Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Character Trove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Character Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
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. . . INTRODUCTION . . .
The.megacorporations.have.always.been.the.cold,.dark.heart.of.the.Sixth.World ..Shadowrunners.understand.just.how.
dangerous.they.are,.but.they.also.know.that.they.offer.opportunities.no.one.else.can ..They.have.more.money,.more.power,.and.
more.everything.than.anything.or.anyone.else.in.the.world ..Some.dragons.have.attached.themselves.to.megacorporations,.
because.the.corps.give.them.a.chance.to.rapidly.expand.their.hoard—or,.in.some.cases,.the.corporations.themselves.serve.as.a.
dragon’s.hoard ..Simply.put,.the.megas.are.where.the.money.is,.which.means.that.runners.can’t.stay.away.from.them .
Corporate Intrigue.is.a.campaign.book.that.provides.everything.Shadowrun.players.and.gamemasters.need.to.stage.
adventures.involving.a.variety.of.megacorporations ..In.this.book,.you’ll.find.the.following.sections:
•. Knives Out,.an.in-universe.section.that.provides.updates.about.the.ten.largest.corporations.in.the.Sixth.World.and.
their.recent.activities,.especially.as.they.relate.to.ongoing.plotlines.in.the.Shadowrun universe ..This.section.provides.
background.to.help.players.become.involved.in.the.adventures.in.this.book .
• A series of chapters that provide short adventure plots..Each.adventure.contains.in-universe.material.to.set.up.the.
adventure.to.come,.individual.plot.points.to.guide.gamemasters.through.the.adventure,.and.character.and.location.
information.used.in.that.chapter ..Many.of.the.locations.are.types.that.can.be.used.in.a.wide.variety.of.campaigns,.such.
as.megacorporate.offices,.research.facilities,.and.more .
• Character Trove,.a.collection.of.NPC.stats.for.characters.used.in.this.book,.but.also.usable.in.multiple.other.settings.
and.adventures ..
This.book.builds.on.plotlines.contained.in.books.such.as.Artifacts Unbound,.Spy Games,.War!,.and.Conspiracy Theories. It.
also.includes.plot.elements.from.Shadowrun Missions,.which.is.Shadowrun’s.ongoing.living.campaign ..These.resources.can.
deepen.players’.and.gamemasters’.understanding.of.the.events.described.in.this.book,.but.Corporate Intrigue stands.on.its.
own—it’s.all.you.need.to.get.runners.involved.in.the.machinations.of.the.megacorps,.and.to.see.if.they.can.make.it.out.alive .
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. . . KNIVES OUT . . .
Posted by: Cosmo He’s not having the easiest year, what with the orks and trolls of
>. We’ve.covered.a.lot.of.chaos.in.the.world.in.recent.postings—war. Seattle demanding crazy things like equal status with other city resi-
in.Bogota,.espionage.in.Denver’s.government,.intrigue.and. dents and some of his political allies being revealed to be (surprise!)
infighting.among.dragons,.and.whatever.it.was.that.closed. virulent racists. It’s possible that, in the light of his current struggles,
the.Watergate.Rift ..With.all.that’s.going.on.in.the.world,.we. he might need a little help getting a victory in next year’s election.
sometimes.make.the.mistake.of.overlooking.the.megacorps,. You can be certain that some corps will step forward to offer him
which.is.a.little.like.getting.distracted.by.all.the.shining.treasure. their assistance, in forms of direct cash contributions, runs staged
in.a.hoard.and.forgetting.the.very.real.and.somewhat.grumpy. against his competitors, or both—and you can be equally certain
dragon.perched.on.top.of.it . that if he wins re-election, representatives of those same corpora-
. We.can.never.afford.to.ignore.the.megas,.because.they. tions will be waiting in his office the day after his inauguration, all
never.ignore.anything ..The.only.time.they’re.quiet.is.when.they’re. ready to tell him how he can earn his keep.
sitting.off.to.the.side,.sharpening.their.knives,.and.sooner.or.later.
those.knives.are.going.to.come.out ..I.asked.Cosmo.to.compile.a. >. While.there.may.be.some.exceptions,.you.can.expect.the.
quick.rundown.of.some.of.the.recent.events.in.the.megas,.how. corporations.by.and.large.to.support.Brackhaven ..Part.of.it.
it’s.affecting.them,.and.what.that.means.for.us . is.predictability;.they.know.what.they.are.going.to.get.with.
>. FastJack Brackhaven,.and.they.are.more.or.less.fine.with.what.he.offers ..
Additionally,.they.know.how.his.mind.works,.and.they.feel.they.
There’s been a certain sense of bemusement at the tops of can.talk.to.him.on.a.level.that.makes.sense.to.them ..Getting.rid.
the megacorps lately. The world is being shaken by machinations of.Brackhaven,.then,.would.require.a.popular.movement.strong.
other than their own, and when people point to the big bad enough.to.overcome.corporate.preference,.which.is.not,.of.course,.
bogeymen who are on the verge of destroying all that is good in very.likely .
the world, they’re sometimes actually talking about something >. Mr ..Bonds
besides the AAAs.
While their collective pride may be a little stung by the fact >. Or.you.could.convince.a.corporation.or.two.that.some.other.
that things are happening without them, the megas aren’t going to puppet.would.be.even.more.in.their.pocket.than.Brackhaven.
go off into a corner and sulk. They know that chaos brings oppor- is ..Brackhaven.works.well.with.the.corporations.because.he.
tunity, and they’re looking to gain footholds in any way they can. thinks.like.them,.not.because.he.feels.he.owes.them.anything ..
This is not to say that everything within the ranks of the Frankly,.some.corporations.would.rather.have.someone.with.less.
megas has been calm in recent months. The internal politicking independent.wealth.in.that.position,.because.that.opens.up.a.
that is forever and always part of the AAAs didn’t go anywhere, whole.new.arena.of.controlling.them.through.bribery .
and if anything, the chaos going on in the rest of the world only >. Sunshine
amplified it. Different factions know that if they respond to the
ongoing chaos correctly, they could get the boost in power they >. You.may.not.get.as.much.bribery.with.Brackhaven,.but.he.more.
need to accomplish whatever they may be after. So they are going than.makes.up.for.it.in.blackmail.potential .
about their affairs with a renewed zeal. >. Bull
The corps are also smart enough to know that the current state
of the world gives them the chance to look for new allies. Tough With that background in mind, here are some of things the
times make people desperate, and desperate people take help wher- megas have been up to, and what you might be able to expect from
ever they can find it. Take, for example, our old pal Ken Brackhaven. them going forward.
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ARES a whiff of law enforcement trampling on their extraterritoriality,
but the buzz was that the Corporate Court was surprisingly
Snopes covered some of Ares’ woes in the Conspiracy Theories
sympathetic to Lone Star’s position. In the end, though, a coalition
post, and things aren’t getting much better for them. Word-of-
led by Corporate Court Chief Justice Yoshiko Hino. Some have
mouth about their new Excalibur battle rifle keeps getting worse,
said that Justoce Hino’s ruling on this case is nothing unusual—it’s
to the point where you can bet that someone in the corporation is
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In Seattle, Ares and Knight Errant will be doubling down on to preserve the sacrosanct nature of extraterritoriality. Others, IVE
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their support of Brackhaven. KE has absolutely no desire to see though, see her leadership in this decision as a step in a possible O
the Ork Underground become an official district, because sending Evo-Aztechnology alliance. UT
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their people down there to enforce the law would be like sending ..
flounders into the deep sea to stem the tide of shark attacks. >. I.really.don’t.see.Buttercup.wanting.to.become.close.to. ...
They’re also indebted to Brackhaven for getting them the city Aztechnology ..She.is.well.aware.of.their.treatment.of.spirits . ...
contract in the first place, so you can expect whoever runs against >. Elijah ...
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Brackhaven to be the target of a nice number of Ares-sponsored ..
retaliatory runs. >. Whoever.is.reaching.out.to.the.Big.A.may.be.doing.so.without. ...
Buttercup’s.knowledge . ..
.
>. If.Ares’.reputation.continues.its.downward.trend,.it.will.be. >. Picador ...
.
interesting.to.see.if.Brackhaven.tries.to.distance.himself.from. ..
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them ..Though.any.distancing.will.likely.be.for.public.purposes.only— EvO ..
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in.private,.he’ll.still.accept.whatever.support.services.they.offer Things have been quiet with Evo lately, but that’s not for
>. Sunshine a lack of activity. Technology is not slowing down, so Evo can’t
slow down either. The cost/benefit ratio of nanotechnology and
The tumult within Ares means the some people see weak- genetech has a lot of users excited about what the future may
ness at the top. None of the internal players seem like they’re up bring, and Evo is focusing much of its work on those branches of
to mustering a challenge to Damien Knight, but I’d keep my eye technology. They are looking at various ways to be stronger, faster,
on the outsiders. Sooner or later, someone’s going to hope that
and younger, and beyond that is the Holy Grail of this branch of
the officers of the megacorp are overly distracted by the ongoing
research—immortality. This is about more than just leónization
tumult, and they’ll take a run at the corporation. This only
treatments that can reverse the consequences of age; this is about
becomes more likely if the Excalibur affair degenerates into a total
your consciousness being digitized and relocated so that you can
debacle that sends Ares’ stock prices tumbling.
survive the consequences of anything and everything that might
happen to you.
AzTECHNOLOgY
The amazing thing about Aztechnology is that year after year, >. Wait,.I.missed.something ..What.do.nanotech.and.genetech.have.
forces seemed lined up to deliver Aztechnology a critical blow, to.do.with.digitized.consciousness?.I.thought.that.was.mainly.a.
and year after year the corp finds a way to survive without any processor/memory.thing .
real loss in stature. The war against Amazonia, and the subsequent >. Mika
responses by forces such as the CAS, Horizon, and Saeder-Krupp
should, by all rights, be taking a big toll on the Big A. But its opera- >. I’ll.give.you.the.short.version—contact.me.privately.for.more.
tions keep moving forward, and profits keep flowing in. details.if.you.need.them ..Processing.power.and.memory.are.
Not only that, but Aztechnology seems poised to make gains important.parts.of.the.equation,.but.there’s.more.to.it ..If.you’re.
in Denver. Members of the Ute Nation absorbed by the PCC have going.to.encode.biological.information.in.hardware,.you.need.to.
been making noise about allowing Aztechnology back into Denver, understand.how.that.coding.works ..That.gets.right.to.the.core.of.
but that was never going to happen as long as Ghostwalker was genetech ..Then.you.need.a.messenger.system,.something.that.
around. Some people, though, are claiming that GW hasn’t been can.take.all.the.biological.coding.from.a.body,.copy.it,.and.deliver.
seen in the city since his alleged disappearance into the closing it.where.it.needs.to.go ..Those.would.be.nanites .
Watergate Rift. If that’s true, then there will be a power void that >. Nephrine
will throw the city up for grabs, and Aztechnology will want a
piece of that. At the heart of Evo’s effort in this area is their Dickens
Program. The original purpose of this project was to study
>. I.wouldn’t.count.on.Ghostwalker.being.gone.for.good ..He.did.not. e-ghosts and their origins, which is an interesting project but
fly.into.the.rift.by.accident ..He.did.it.because.he.had.a.plan ..I.have. seems too theoretical for a corporation. The conventional wisdom
a.feeling.the.residents.of.Denver.will.learn.more.about.this.plan. was that the project would only get long-term funding if the
in.the.near.future . people working on it could find some way to monetize the results.
>. Plan.9 My sources at Evo tell me the program is coming up for review,
and apparently those attached to it have been expressing a lot of
More recent news about Aztechnology has to do with a suit optimism about being renewed, possibly at an increased budget. I
brought by Lone Star seeking to search an AZT facility for tempo- don’t know what they think they have got, but clearly they believe
related paraphernalia. Naturally, Aztechnology doesn’t want even they have something.
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>. Taking.a.stab.in.the.dark.here—maybe.they’re.developing.an. >. This.was.always.a.danger.in.their.model ..They.can.claim.that.they.
e-ghost.shadow.team?.The.members.could.never.be.shot,.they’d. are.working.for.the.betterment.of.humanity,.but.every.employee,.
be.closer.to.paydata.tan.any.other.runners,.and.they.could.sneak. at.their.core,.feels.that.humanity.is.better.off.if.Horizon.is.around ..
into.facilities.through.paths.no.one.else.would.think.about . Therefore,.they.are.willing.to.take.rather.extreme.steps.to.keep.
>. Rigger.X Horizon.alive.and.thriving ..I’m.not.sure.just.how.extreme.those.
steps.are.going.to.be,.but.I’m.quite.interested.in.finding.out .
.. >. Except.that.any.security.consultant.who.knows.anything.about. >. Sunshine
.
.. their.job.is.telling.corps.to.put.their.most.precious.data.in.places.
.
.. that.can’t.be.accessed.wirelessly ..So.this.e-ghost.team.would. MITSUHAMA
.
... need.a.flesh-and-blood.runner.team.to.pack.them.into.a.briefcase. Ever since Netcat shared some information from a name-
... and.take.them.where.they.needed.to.be ..I.wouldn’t.say.it’s.out.of. less Yakuza figure back in the Corporate Guide posting, there’s
... the.question,.though,.for.Evo.to.be.recruiting.individual.e-ghosts. been a fair amount of speculation about the “Rose Garden” he
... for.shadow.ops ..The.trick.is.to.find.out.what.an.e-ghost.wants.so. mentioned, what it is, and when that knowledge will become
... you.can.figure.out.a.way.to.pay.them . public. I can’t be too direct here—I have confidences to protect—
... >. Glitch but I have reason to believe we’ll all know more about the Rose
.
.. Garden soon. If the speculation I’ve heard is correct, this is not
UT . >. No,.the.first.trick.is.to.find.an.e-ghost.that’s.sane ..Seriously,. going to make Mitsuhama look good, and could put them in line
O the.lack.of.a.concrete.reality.for.these.things.seems.to.make.
ES them.unhinged ..These.are.not.beings.that.are.good.at.following. for some significant reprisals.
V If this all goes down like I think it will, Mitsuhama will be
NI instructions . looking for a good PR hit to rebound from recent events. The
K >. Slamm-0!
Teiko Ikemoto situation wasn’t devastating to them, but they
still came out of it with lost revenue while looking like bullies.
HORIzON
Normally, being perceived as 900-pound gorillas is not something
Horizon sees the war in Bogotá as a great opportunity. They a megacorporation worries about; in fact, they like it. But this
know they can do more than (once again) prove the effectiveness Rose Garden situation could make them look like more than a
of propaganda in a battle setting—they have a chance to turn the bully—it will make them look dangerous. If that’s the case, you
tide of war against their chief rival in the public relations field. might get more than just a few people who are angry at the mega-
They’ve invested so much in helping Amazonia in the struggle that corp. Some organizations in the world might decide that MCT
they’re almost a third party in the war. A win for Amazonia is a needs to pay for their actions, and they might combine their
win for Horizon, which means that Horizon will harvest some talents and knowledge in an effort to collect.
of the spoils of victory. A defeat for Amazonia, on the other
hand, would be a defeat for Horizon, and you can bet that Aztlan >. Mitsuhama.will.be.fine ..There.is.a.certain.segment.of.society.
would do whatever they could to make sure Horizon felt the loss that.won’t.like.them,.but.that’s.always.the.case ..From.what.I.
as deeply as possible. hear,.they’ll.come.out.looking.like.heroes.to.some.people,.and.
This makes the war a high-stakes affair for Horizon, which that’ll.be.enough.to.keep.anyone.from.taking.any.concerted.
puts them in a position they haven’t really been in before. They action.against.them .
play the corporate game with large stacks of real cash, so they’re >. Kay.St ..Irregular
familiar with being at the big kids table, but to date their story has
been of a meteoric rise to the top, not a struggle for survival. There Mitsuhama may receive further distractions if the great
are people who don’t like them, and they have enemies out there— dragon Ryumyo decides he needs to call on some company assets
who doesn’t?—but they have never had to face the prospect of in the course of the burgeoning tensions between the dragons.
someone like Aztechnology gunning for them with all they’ve got. Most people believe Ryumyo will side with Lofwyr in opposing
The interesting thing to see will be how Horizon’s Consensus the “war criminal” label that has been applied to Sirrurg, but the
model reacts to this decision. The Consensus, by most accounts, question is what other actions he, Lofwyr, and any other allies
is a reflection of the collective will of Horizon’s employees. We’ve will take to put Hestaby in her place. Hestaby’s actions in Dubai
already seen it take the corporation into some questionable areas. demand some sort of reprisal, and Ryumyo and his holdings
Take the Teiko Ikemoto affair. It can be argued that Teiko is could play an important role in Lofwyr’s retaliation, whatever
happier and more financially secure than she was in her time with that might be.
Mitsuhama, but the measures Horizon allegedly took in order to
add her to their roster are certainly quite Machiavellian. Most NEONET
controversial is the rumor that Teiko’s baby was actually created
NeoNET’s in for some interesting times. Samantha Villiers
by shadowrunners using pilfered DNA. If that’s true, that shows
took a major hit from her failed attempt to destroy the Piri Reis
the Consensus is just as capable of embracing a win-at-all-costs
Map, and there’s nothing that roils the waters of a megacorpora-
philosophy as any other megacorporate CEO, and that the way
tion like the scent of a major shareholder’s blood. In particular,
Horizon employees define “the greater good” in their own minds
Richard Villiers is quite interesting in bringing his ex-wife down a
could lead to some strange decisions as more stresses are put on
peg, and most observers believe he’ll be taking some kind of action
the company.
against her before the year is over. Samantha Villiers may have
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