1. **The Contact**
Name: Yuki "Razorwire" Tanaka
Affiliation: Independent fixer with ties to the Yakuza
Background: Former corporate security specialist who went rogue
Conversational style: Terse, direct, with occasional poetic flourishes
2. **Mission Name**
"Operation: Digital Phantom"
3. **Location(s)**
- Neon Dragon nightclub, Shinjuku district
- Arasaka Tower, Neo-Tokyo financial district
- The Matrix (cyberspace)
4. **Job Description**
Infiltrate Arasaka Corporation's heavily fortified data fortress to extract classified R&D files on next-gen neural interfaces. The team must bypass physical and digital security measures, locate the data vault, and exfiltrate without detection.
5. **Reward Scale**
- Base pay: 50,000 credits
- Clean getaway bonus: +20,000 credits
- All objectives completed: +30,000 credits
- Under 30 minutes: +10,000 credits
- No alarms triggered: +15,000 credits
Maximum potential payout: 125,000 credits
**Initial Conversation**
The rain-slicked streets of Neo-Tokyo pulse with electric life as you make your way to the Neon Dragon. Holographic koi fish swim through the air, their spectral forms casting rippling shadows on the faces of chrome-augmented salarymen hurrying past. The club's faรงade looms before you, a towering pagoda of crimson light and writhing dragon motifs.
Inside, the air throbs with synthesized beats and the acrid tang of vaporized stims. You spot Yuki "Razorwire" Tanaka in a corner booth, her mirror-shaded gaze fixed on you. As you approach, she gestures for you to sit.
"You're on time. Good." Razorwire's voice is a low purr, nearly lost in the club's din. "I've got a job. High-risk, higher reward. You in?"
She slides a datachip across the table. "Arasaka's sitting on some juicy tech. Neural interface stuff that'll make your synapses sing. Client wants it. You're going to get it."
Razorwire leans back, cybernetic fingers tapping a staccato rhythm on the table's surface. "It won't be easy. Arasaka Tower's a fortress, digital and physical. You'll need to be ghosts. Spirits in the machine. But pull it off..." A rare smile flickers across her face. "Let's just say you won't be slumming it in the undercity for a long time."
She fixes you with an intense stare. "So, hotshot. You ready to dance with the dragon?"