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TnOLE or conTEnTS INTRODUCTION 7 Pick Up and Deliver 46

Gamemasterfng Notes 7 Sign Here, Please 47 Shadowrun Rules 7 I Hear You Knocking 48 Making Success Tests 7 Friends Like These 51 Success Tables 7 You Can't Make an Omelet 52

How to Use This Book 7 Picking Up the Pieces 53 Preparing the Adventures 8 Over Easy 53

EXCELSIOR 9 Poached 53 Sacred Vision 9 Benedict (Arnold) 53 Introduction 9 Scrambled 53 Ever Upward ' 10 Awardihg Karma 53 All Chipped Up 12 Legwork 54 And No Place to Go 13 Cast of Shadows 54 Change of Art 16 DOUBLE DIPPING 58 A Boom With a View 18 Patriot Games 58 Bullets Over Broadway 20 Introduction 58 Picking Up the Pieces 22 Seek and Take 59

News 23 Getting Kinsey 61 Money 23 Drop Off 64 Awarding Karma 23 And Pick Up 66 Cast of Shadows 23 Meeting the Radicals 67

TWO SOLITUDES 27 Meet the Press 68 Fadeout 27 Thieves Turned Heroes 70 Introduction 28 Picking Up the Pieces 73 Meeting the Parents 28 Awarding Karma 73 Extracurricular Activities 30 Legwork 73 Hot Time In the Old Town 33 Cast of Shadows 75 Going Underground 35 DEAD RUN 80 Enemy of My Enemy 37 Spin Control 80 GettIng the Word Out 38 Introduction 80 Picking Up the Pieces 40 Holding the Bag 81

The Yamatetsu Data 40 On the Run 84

Awarding Karma 40 Hiding Out 85 Cast of Shadows 40 The FIx Is In 88

C.O.D. 44 Exposing Bugs 89 Playing With Fire 44 Picking Up the Pieces 91 Introduction 45 Awarding Karma 91

Which Came First? 45 Cast of Shadows 91 Setting Things Up 46

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SHADOWS OF THE UNDERWORLD Writing Excelsior - Jennifer Brandes and Chris Helpen Two Solitudes and Dead Run - Stephen Kenson C. O. D. - Brian Schoner Double Dipping - Chris Hussey

Shadowrun Line Developer Michael Mulvihill

Editorial Staff Editorial Director

Donna Ippolito Managing Editor

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Diane Pi ron-Gelman Robert Cruz

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Jim Nelson Assistant Art Director

Joel Biske Cover Design

Joel Biske Cover Artist

Doug Andersen

Black and White Illustrations

Tom Baxa, Joel Biske, Jason Felix, John Paul Lona, Dave MacKay, Daryl Midgette, Karl Waller

Layout Mark Ernst

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THE BACK STOCK New Magic Download (The Awakened World aU spelled out) Cybertech Download (Man, Machine and Magic ... ) California Free State (from the Tir to Aztlan and everything in between) Campaign 2057 (Vote early. vote often!)

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THE DAILY SPlCIAL Threats (ParanoJa, consplrades, and secret stuff)

This one would be funny if it wasn't so scary, Are these the scrawlings of paranoid conspiracy theorists with chips on thelr shoulders the size of the Ute Nation, or is there some truth burled In the rantings of these nutcases? A year or so back, when we got a post about the bugs infesting Chicago and the government's plan to geek them with tactical nUkes, we didn't believe it. Who knew ... ? Maybe this time we'll be prepared-for whatever.

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COMING SOON While the politicos are getting their second wind, Shadowland is getting back in business ... non-election biz, that is. Here's a quick peek at some upcoming stuff (and quit salivating. it mucks up the screen). OrganIzed Crime (Mobsters and gangers and secret societies, oh my .. , ) FJashpoints (high-stakes jobs for high pay-get the skinny here first, and maybe you'll live to spend It)

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ABSENTEE BALLOTS The UCAS bigwigs are urging everyone to vote. And what better way to vote than by absentee ballot--isn 't it about time you got some use out of those extra SIN numbers? Heck, you might even w in prizesl Click here for the UCAS press release.

POLL RESULTS Brackhaven's "00 you really want one of them in the White House?" speeches are turning heads as his campaign picks up steam. Dunkelzahn still leads at 22%, but Kenny-boy is breathing down his scaly neck. Here's the standings: Brackhaven 2 1 %, Yeats and Vogel 20%, Hernandez 1 5%, and Booth still at a laughable 1 % (tied w ith Undecided). Click here to get all the breakdowns.

NEWUCAS RAG UNVEILED It's been five years in the making, and it might be the only thing all six candidates agree on. The new flag is finished, it looks -cooL. and it's giving the UCAS a reason to stand proud as election fever run amok tears our cities apart. Click here to see it waving in the wind.

WEIRD STUFF The powder keg of Austin, Texas has Just gotten hotter. The Big A has cordoned off a five-kilometer area about 35 clicks south of Austin for what looks like an archaeological dig. Rumor has it that mages, scientists and the ever­elusive Jaguar Guards are

pppping lJP' regularly an-site. Whatever they' re Jooklng for must be impor­tant . .. Click here for big news south of the border.

It's 07:19:28. Do You Know Where Your Meat Body Is?

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ARTHUR VOGEL Democratic ·One World" Party VP: Gary Grey Slogan: Save the Earth

A dwarf eco-Iawyer and a troll Eagle shaman-now there's an image! Seriously, folks­these two aren 't your usual crackpot tree-hug­gers. They're smart, savvy, articulate, and just might have a shot at the

Big Chair-assuming no nasty skeletons come popping out of Lawyer Vogel's closet.

DR. ROZILYN HERNANDEZ New Century Party VP: Ramsay McMulkin Slogan: Our Magical future

Revenge of the nerds, anyone? Magical goom­bahs and techno-weenies have a home in the New Century Party, dedicated to better living through electing mage-o-crat Roz and her gorgeous simstar

veep to be our Supreme Leaders. (He's pretty, but can he type?)

JAMES BOOTH Technocratic Party VP: Brandon Ekimatsu Slogan: The Status Quo

Slick Jimmy and the SUit-a ticket only their mothers could love. Special message to Mr.­former-Veep Booth: your status is ZERO and nobody wants your (quid pro) quo. Give up, go home, take up flower arranging. Just get off the fragging stage, 'kay?

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SI:DPn: the Soul of the Nation

Respectable business­men ••• or MOnsters From the 1d? Only their speech­writers know for sure! Meet the new poster kids for Traditional Values­they're rich, they're reac­tior)ary, and they want all

the mages and metahumans out of the ClUbhouse. Race-baiters­R-Us goes to Washington?

DUNKELZAHN Independent W:KyIe~r Slogaa: A New Golden Age

A new-mlnted;{ICAS citizen, and aJreJIdy he wants to run the place? We'd say more power to bim, except that a great dragon doesn't need any. With a hwrnm philanthropist veep to make nervous voters

feel comfy, the Big Wizworm might take the pdze-,.but can he deliver?

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