Shadowrunnin' in Enfield

Tourist Info provided by Blakrobe, for the bad ol' 2058 [and the comin' 60s]

Most of you chummers are from the UCAS [which was also the name for a 20th century University organisation in England]
and I expect you don't care about a back water town like Enfield.
Well that's a mistake.
See those shotguns you use regularly? What make are they? A fair few of you have probably realised you're using Enfield Shotguns.

Damn right.

You see, we have a munitions factory over here. It ended up disused during the latter 20th C, having served its purpose in the First and Second World wars. But the Enfield council
decided that maybe it could be a nice little source of income for our town.

So it has been funded, and its been in operation since 2021. And the shotguns are the best export.

Drek, even Aztechnology sometimes places an order.

>>>>>[Yeah, right. Anyone else think this moron is a little too fond of his home? What would Aztechnology do with a shit hole like Enfield?]<<<<<

12/3/59
Voice of Cynicism

>>>>>[I don't know why, but they do. Maybe it's cause Enfield isn't run by the corps like evrywhere else, and they figure they can use economics to get in.
You know, 'If you want us to keep buying, let us build a factory, and let us get a seat on the council.'
Eventually they practically run Enfield, get in some troops, and then they can, so to speak, take the train to London.]<<<<<

15/3/59

Blakrobe

So why else should you come to Enfield, England, apart from to buy shotguns cheap?

Well, it's quite a good haven. Unlike London, and everywhere else in England, and the world for that matter,
Enfield hasn't been heavily corporised.
We're still very much a town of small businesses, which the corps don't see fit to buy up.
And we have good pubs.

So, maybe not a great place for shadow jobs, but good if you're on the run from Japana corps.
Thing is, japanese assassins stick out here. Not exactly brimming with japanese [or chinese, americans, or russians if you're gonna be picky]
is Enfield.

And there are some Shadow runs available for those of you sighing in disgust.

>>>>>[Yeah, there's a reason the corps don't buy up the businesses round here. There's a Dragon in Enfield
and he don't like the corps much. Noone knows why.]<<<<<

Enfield's Best

20/10/58

>>>>>[I hear the dragon is a netrunner. I live over in London, and we hear drekkin' rumours like this.]<<<<<

Burnt Up

21/10/58

>>>>>[A dragon netrunner? That is so much bulldrek! And if one existed, what would it do in backwater Enfield?]<<<<<

Seattle Sceptic

25/10/58

>>>>>[What's wrong with Enfield?]<<<<<

Blakrobe

25/10/58

Well, onto the description of places. I bet you all want to know about the hot spots, so we'll get to the pubs later.

Waltham Cross Shopping Precint

This place is dead. It was dead in the 20th C. There are shops there, but when one closes, its not replaced for years.

There isn't much special interest here either.
There's a large store which sells newspaper [yes, we still use paper], choccy, music, and the rest...
There are most of the shops you need for every day stuff, but don't expect any gun shops.
Hard though you might find it to accept, they still don't license guns in England.
'Course, doesn't stop us all buying on the black market.

>>>>>[How the hell does Blakrobe know about the 20th C.? He'd have to be about 70 to know. And if he is, what's he doing with netrunning?]<<<<<

Curiousity Kills

28/10/58

>>>>>[Everyone should have guessed by now that Blakrobe isn't a human. He's one of those immortal Elves.]<<<<<

Lone Gunman

31/10/58

>>>>>[I am not an elf! There is no proof, incidently, that elves are immortal. And what are you doing away from
the Shadowlands BBS?]<<<<<

Blakrobe

5/11/58

>>>>>[Blakrobe's right. He's not an elf. He's that Netrunning dragon. Who else could swipe an Aztechnology node?]<<<<<

Finder

7/11/58

>>>>>[Does this happen to you often?]<<<<<

Elf Maiden

10/11/58

>>>>>[Being accused of being a dragon while trying to write something useful?
Not too often. I hope you realise the mess you caused earlier with that Trace shit.
It hurts my credibility if you kill people coming to my BBS]<<<<<

Blakrobe

15/11/58

>>>>>[He had it coming. He was a Humanis member. You can check out the Humanis file if any of
you don't believe me.]<<<<<

Elf Maiden

16/11/58

If you want to continue the 'Is Blakrobe a dragon?' conversation, you can do it in another section of my node.

I'm trying to teach you about Enfield, so don't speak up unless you have something USEFUL to say.

Waltham Cross Continued: There aren't any body shops here either.
The only good news is that most of the disused shop space is up for cheap letting. Not exactly a great place to sleep
but if you need to store a lot of equipment, then this is a good place to go. You can also hole up in here if need be.
Be warned though: Security is none too tight.

Enfield Town Shopping Centre:
Not a mall, like you have in America, but a congregation of shops clustered together.
This is where most people go... most of what you want, barring weapons, can be found here.
There's even a legit cyber wear shop... but ONLY legit. The Enfield Council keeps an eye on this place [called 'Cyberwear R us'. Sigh]
and anything which could even be thought of as illegal is banned...
Drek, even Cyberlimbs above a certain strength are forbidden.
And cos of the nasty little depression we have, prices are still quite high. England is one of the few places where Cyberwear users are still one in a thousand...

>>>>>[Hell, that's changed since Blakrobe last wrote something. The depression is nominally ending, and cyberwear is the current fad.]<<<<<

Fashion Criticue

21/5/59

>>>>>[Not just cyberwear, the current thing is to have it look eerie and supernatural. You can't tell who's just a ganger with cyber gear now, and who really is a vampire.]<<<<<

Enfield's Best

23/5/59

>>>>>[Tell me about it. A friend of mine got cyber eyes out in. Had those new glowing green ones. They look damn cool, but it takes getting used to.]<<<<<

Blakrobe

28/5/59

>>>>>[What happened to you?]<<<<<

Elf Maiden

6/6/59

>>>>>[I had some personal stuff to deal with.]<<<<<

Blakrobe

7/6/59

Edmonton Shopping Centre:
Strictly speaking not in Enfield, but it's close enough that we, the locals, virtually view it as part of Enfield...
Not a bad shopping place, but a bit out of the way if you live in Enfield proper...
It has a couple of body shops, and if you have the right contacts, one of the shops (I won't say which) will implant you with the latest in cyberwear.

>>>>>[and frag the safety regulations]<<<<<

Burnt Out

31/8/59

Okay, this is getting into 2060 now, and as part of the new year celebrations, I've cleaned up your Node interactions...
Now you can input directly into the data directly instead of fuzzing around those tables that Elf Maiden complained to me so often about.
As a side effect, your comments will appear in bold. And they will lose those brackets as well...
If the new programs interfere with anyone's running speed, than you know how to complain.

I heard that Fuchi were going to build a new shopping centre near Edmonton...
But of course, we all know how they went belly up...

Enfield's Best

10/1/60

Yeah. I hear the Enfield Council was quite pissed. Apparently they were hoping Fuchi's centre would cause an economic boom.

Burnt Out

21/1/60

Anyone think this dragon in Enfield caused Fuchi to go belly up so that they couldn't get a foot hold in Enfield?

Conspir-I-See

26/1/60

Unlikely. We all know about the whole Ares thing, and that internal stuff.
It's more likely to be coincidence.

Voice of Cynicism

1/2/60

And of course, the loss of another corporate presence in Enfield, with the disruption of the Fuchi corp, and it's eventual dissolution
Shadowrunning looks to be taking a low dive...
So, what jobs are popular for Shadow runners around here?
If you can drive out one of the Edmonton gangs, you can probably collect protection from their turf.
But quite frankly, protection isn't too huge a phenomenom 'round here, and the locals would probably rather help the local gangs in stringing you up than let you take out the old gang.
This is especially true if you're not English. But aside from that, no foriegner is especially less liked than another, unlike the UCAS, where I hear anti-Amerind and anti-Japana feelings are on the rise.

So you're wonderful non-rascists than? [sarcasm]

Voice of Cynicism

5/2/60

Fuck no. But we do dislike all foriegners regardless of where they're from.
Of course, that's a generalisation. I'm referring to the mild 'English don't like the French' shit. It doesn't lead to hate-crime.
But there's still lot's of the other kind. But that's beginning to ease up. Bit by bit...
Wierdly enough, Meta-humans don't do too badly. Elves anyway, and dwarves. You see, in Enfield there's always been a few dwarf-likes, even the non-metahuman type [short midget humans...]
Even before the millenium...

Blakrobe

3/3/60

What the fuck is going on?
I've heard that some gang is selling military class shit on the streets!

PaniK

11/12/60

In ENFIELD?!?

Skeptic

14/12/60

Don't be silly. Nothing happens in Enfield. I heard this was going on down in the capital. Maybe they just sell a few wares that find its way to Enfield.
And what's happened to Blakrobe? He seems to have been quiet lately.

London-kid
14/12/60

Maybe Blakrobe's dead. It happens.

Elf Maiden

14/12/60

I'm not dead... I had other business to deal with.
I have a few leads chasing up that info. I think someone's trying to drive property values down. On the other hand, I've heard that maybe someone's leaning on the government (such as it is), and that terrorist shit might help get a favourable response.
Anyway, I hear Aztechnology are mighty interested. My bet is, they're either selling the gear, and dont want people to know, or someone managed to swipe a shipment off them.
If the latter is the case, it's probably another corp doing the frame up.

Blakrobe

14/12/60

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