Hot Merchandise
| Hot Merchandise | |
|---|---|
| Type | Gig |
| Gig Type | Gun for Hire |
| Fixer | Rogue Amendiares, Rogue |
| District | Wellsprings |
| Region | Heywood |
| Location | Data Inc. Store |
Hot Merchandise is a Gun for Hire gig from Rogue Amendiares in Wellsprings, Heywood, after Padre's gig Going Up or Down? Rebeca Price runs the Data Inc. store, which sells hacked, stolen Militech gear under the counter. Rogue fears it will give Militech an excuse to send its army into the city. Rebeca has to disappear, and the store is guarded by the Animals.
Story
Balance
Rogue explains in the journal. Militech has been falling behind lately, and its headquarters in Corpo Plaza is buzzing like a hornet's nest. The corp is itching for an excuse to send armed troops into the city. Sensible people say not to provoke the corps. And then there is Rebeca Price, who opened a store selling hacked, previously stolen Militech equipment. Rogue values small businesses, but she values keeping the army off the streets more. How Rebeca disappears is V's call. As for the Animals, they of all creatures should understand the need for balance.
The Store
The store looks like a junk shop, with ordinary goods sold at a steep markup by a surly, oddly muscular clerk. No weapons are for sale, even if V hints at the store's "high end" stock. When V walks in, a ganger is arguing with the back room staff about exactly that, and leaves disappointed. The Animals posing as staff attack anyone who steps into the employee areas.
Rebeca
Rebeca and one last guard sit in a netrunning den in the basement. If the guard is calm, he can be heard on a holocall, moaning that he is missing leg day to make sure Rebeca does not starve. Rebeca is at her computers. A shard on her shows she is in this business under duress, not by choice, as Rogue assumed. She still turns hostile the moment she sees V. She has too much to lose.
Hot Merchandise Map Location and Walkthrough
Hot Merchandise map location:
Getting In
- Go to the Data Inc. store in Wellsprings.
- Walk in as a customer through the front, or through the industrial shutters in the alley south of the store.
- Or circle to the west side and open the back door lock with Technical Ability, or force the garage door with Body.
The Basement
- Reach the back of the store and deal with the guard there.
- Take the door on the right down the stairs to the basement.
- Follow the only path to Rebeca's den, and wait for her guard to walk away.
- Neutralise Rebeca Price.
Getting Out
- Carry Rebeca out of the store, through the one way door at the south end of the den.
- Carry the body to the fixer's car.
Map credit by Map Genie.
Choices
Dead or Alive
If Rebeca dies, Rogue shows no remorse. To her, it was about keeping the balance and nothing more. If V delivers her alive, Rogue sounds a little warmer. In neither case does Rogue mention why Rebeca was doing it.
Rewards
Completing Hot Merchandise pays €$ 20,910, 760 experience and 1,710 Street Cred.
The gig pays eddies, experience and Street Cred.
Tips
There is no special reward for stealth, so V can fight through the front door. Opening the rear garage door lets Rebeca start tracing V at once, unless the Animal in the back sees V first.
Characters
The characters who take part in Hot Merchandise are listed below.
| Name | Image |
|---|---|
| Rogue Amendiares | 
|
| Rebeca Price | - |
Enemies
V fights these enemies during Hot Merchandise.
| Name | Image |
|---|---|
| Rebeca Price | - |
| Animals | 
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