Colour Designation: White
Minimum SCL: 10
Training Package Recommended: Death Squad/Kick Murder/Strike Squad
Consolidated Pay: 150c per Operative
Contact: Shiver Holding, SectorHouse ninety-three.
Coverage: Station Analysis
Summary: Investigate source of new drug, and retrieve all possible samples.

Introduction

Having stopped Marcus and the Black Dans in their tracks (or having failed, been killed, and then blown up by SHIVER strike teams as they storm the building, causing huge structural damage, but killing all the Dans left in the building), the Ops have got their money, and increased their SCL by a sliver (or they’re lying in the morgue, being dissected by some obnoxious Necanthrope).

Whichever it is, when they are ready (and/or have rolled up new Ops), then it is time for them to run the sequel to A Hard Day on the Block.

This time, they have a briefing with James Holding; a newly promoted SHIVER assigned to the new unit called DaIADS; "Deadly and Incredibly Addictive Drugs Squad".

Up until a few days ago, James was a standard patrol SHIVER, but now he has been given jurisdiction over a new SHIVER squad. At the moment, his squad consists of him and two other SHIVERS, both of whom have also been pulled off of patrol duty. It is with a little chagrin, then, that James has to call in an Op squad to investigate this new drug.

However, James is nothing, if not eager. He will sit the Ops down in a debriefing room at the station, and tell them all that he knows so far (even if they interrupt and try to explain that they probably know more than he does).

Briefing

"OK, here’s the s.p. At approximately 16 hundred hours on Thursday the 14th of this month, an Operative Squad called [INSERT SQUAD’S NAME HERE] entered the Lennon Davies Block on Hereford Street in DownTown, and proceeded to evict certain stubborn tenants. It is our understanding that they comprised a new street gang calling themselves the ‘Black Dans’. During this sweep of the building, [INSERT SQUAD’S NAME HERE] encountered increased resistance from the street gang, which they dealt with successfully/unsuccessfully (depending on how the BPN went). During autopsies performed on the gang members yesterday, a foreign substance was discovered in their bloodstreams, which contained elements of Blaze UV, along with some other, more disturbing chemicals. The Black Dans called this drug ‘Ruthenium’, and it is my job to find out where they were getting it from, and put a stop to it’s supply. Which is why I have hired you guys. Your job is to track down the source of the drug, and apprehend the person responsible for it’s supply to the street, and also, as a side-mission, to find out if any more of this stuff is out there, and attempt to retrieve any you find out about. Any questions?"

James can provide the team with the rap sheets on any identified Black Dans (along with known associates, etc.), and samples of the injector devices used along with several ampoules of Ruthenium itself.

There are various routes that Operatives could take in order to find the source of the drug, all of which will be discussed in time (have a little patience!): -

• The Operatives could try getting a better analysis of the drug, and finding out what is required to make it. (And then trying to track down that equipment.)
• Going out onto the streets, and hassling various contacts for information.
• Going undercover, and trying to get hold of the drug for themselves.
• Interrogating any surviving Black Dans.
• Interviewing any Black Dan known associates.
• Investigating various drug companies and hope to get lucky.

Of course, it goes without saying that your players will probably want to do something unpredictable and insane. So you’ll have to wing it given the information below.