Category: Regular Episodes

It’s January 12th 2080. After completing their first job for Slide, the team went back to their apartments, only to find out that local law enforcement had uncovered the carnage, leaving the team once again homeless. The need for new fake SINs has intensified so the team needs to get on with the second job from Slide. The team has journeyed back to Slide’s lair for him to act as a Mr. Johnson once again, and we join them now with Slide on his makeshift throne holding court in front of the team…

All music by Deuce.

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The team met back up at Someplace Nice for a measured and rational discussion about what to do next having successfully retrieved the case for Slide. Diplomacy ultimately failed quite spectacularly with tensions boiling over to fisticuffs and murder threats. We join the team now as they head out from the bar to maybe get paid. It’s the afternoon of Friday, January 12th, 2080.

Credits

• All music by Deuce.
• Button beeps: https://freesound.org/people/RutgerMuller/sounds/51126/ (CC0)

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The truck jacking didn’t go exactly according to plan. While the team did manage to acquire the case they were supposed to recover, as well as two other cases with unknown contents, they also took more lethal measures than they intended to take creating an orphan in the process. Hiding their tracks seemed like a good idea, but setting off an explosion in the back of the truck triggered something in Jean-Baptiste, resulting in another chase. While everyone did survive, they also got split up. The rest of the team made their way back to Someplace Nice to discuss what the frag just happened, while Jean-Baptiste kept his eye on the prize to get his car fixed up, completely ignoring the refrigerated cases. The camera now focuses on the front door of Someplace Nice as Jean-Baptiste enters.

All music by Deuce.

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After successfully jacking the truck they were supposed to hit and unsuccessfully getting away from the scene of the crime without getting into a homicidal tussle with the rest of the team, Jean-Baptiste finds himself on his own. Surely nothing bad can happen to a lonely Cajun technomancer wandering around the streets of St. Louis looking for automotive repair supplies, can it? We now rejoin Jean-Baptiste in a car that has seen better days, having crashed into a brick wall and hitting a poor innocent woman, mother of two.

Credits

• Burning Edge theme and background fight music by Deuce.
• Fight sound effects and the tender moment background music: Humble Music & Sound FX Bundle
• Outgoing phone call: https://freesound.org/people/aldenb4610/sounds/348584/ (CC0)

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It’s still Friday, January 12th. Despite more or less successfully completing the run they were hired to do, tensions still got the best of the team. Mistakes were made, shots were fired, innocent bystanders were hit, and then backed over. You know, a standard day in the sixth world. They did manage to get the case they were supposed to retrieve as well as a couple of medical transport units. Catherine, Deuce, and Thumper are headed to Someplace Nice for a post-mortem, and some well-earned whiskey, milk, or … carrot juice? Jean-Baptiste is temporarily on his own, and on the run, in a car that’s seen better days. We now join Micah, who is doing her best to blend in with the crowd, undoubtedly feeling a bit dirty having to hang out with commoners.

All music by Deuce.

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It’s Friday, January 12th, 2080. The day has finally arrived, and a Drakon International truck carrying some precious cargo was supposed to move across the city. The team had mapped out potential routes and set up a plan for stopping the truck with minimal collateral damage, but their carefully laid plans for hijacking the truck went completely off the rails when they realized it was an ancient throwback without any sort of matrix presence for Jean-Baptiste to hack. A few sniper rifle rounds later, and Catherine stopped both the truck and the driver’s heart while giving Peggy Pigtails a serious need for lifelong therapy. A quick search of the truck’s trailer found the briefcase they were looking for. They also found some refrigerated cases marked with biohazard signs, which is totally not ominous. We join most of the team as they flee the scene of the crime, with Deuce and Cat on a motorcycle, while Thumper holds on for dear life as Jean-Baptiste redlines the Americar. Micah, hands clean as always, sticks around to see what happens in the aftermath of the carnage.

All music by Deuce.

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Finally, the team has started to actually act on their plan. After arguing a bit about their so-called living arrangements, they did some recon on Drakon International’s trucking. Through no fault of Jean-Baptiste, they didn’t get into any broad-daylight street races and got some valuable intel about response times and the like. It’s Wednesday, January 10th, 2080, two days away from when they need to hijack a truck.

Credits

• All music by Deuce
• Cat’s gun and explosion: From Humble Bundle
• Truck crash: https://freesound.org/people/trainyourworld/sounds/319500/ (CC0)
• Truck cab door opening: https://freesound.org/people/josepharaoh99/sounds/361823/ (CC0)
• Lock breaking, by MAJ061785: https://freesound.org/people/MAJ061785/sounds/85533/ (CC BY 3.0)
• Truck rear door opening: https://freesound.org/people/douglasbruce@look.ca/sounds/403715/ (CC0)
• Fuse: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483320/ (CC0)
• Lighter: https://freesound.org/people/thedogryan420/sounds/146064/ (CC0)

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The team took a bit of a break and started planning how they might be able to take the truck down with the least amount of damage, though what they wanted to keep safe varied greatly. It’s Tuesday, January 9th, and we join them in their ill-gotten apartments as they start to do some legwork for their upcoming heist.

All music by Deuce.

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After a successful search for new transportation, and despite Jean-Baptiste’s drug-fueled trouble with reality, the team has gotten back together in some bloody cheap apartments. With the bottom tier of Maslow’s Hierarchy taken care of for now, surely they’ll start working on finding a bit of safety and security in their lives.

All music by Deuce.

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While waiting for the appointed time to hijack a truck for Slide, the team split up. Catherine and Micah went apartment shopping and found a cozy one bed, one bath place and through some … aggressive negotiations convinced the current owner he’d be happier sleeping in the shower while they used the remainder of the apartment. The rest of the team went uhh… let’s say car shopping and procured a single-owner late-model low-mileage Ford Americar with an attached mobility scooter. We now rejoin Thumper, Deuce, and suddenly and inexplicably coked-up Jean-Baptiste in their freshly stolen car as they head to the apartment.

All music by Deuce.

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