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TANGLED WEB: A PROLOGUE 4 Security 59 INTRODUCTION 6 Weapon Detectors 59 Gamemasterlng Notes 6 Other Security Systems 60 Shadowrun Rules 7 Matrix System Maps 60 Making Success Tests 7 2M Main System

3 TANGLED WEB: A PROLOGUE 4 Security 59 INTRODUCTION 6 Weapon Detectors 59 Gamemasterlng Notes 6 Other Security Systems 60 Shadowrun Rules 7 Matrix System Maps 60 Making Success Tests 7 2M Main System Map 60 Success Tables 7 ALOHA Main System Map 60 How To Use This Book 7 PLA UR HANDOUTS 62 Preparing the Adventure 8 KINGDOM OF HAWAI'I 65 Plot Synopsis 8 facts At A Glance 65 Running the Adventure 10 Climate 65 THE ADVENTURE II Getting There 66 R.S.V.P. II Geography 66 La Malson d'indochine 12 History 66 Hawal'lan Paradise l8 Annexation 67 Haoles Don't Surf 20 Breaking Awa 67 2M Or Not 2M 23 Hawai'i Alone 69 Kapaa Tours Unlimited 29 Government 70 Sea Hunt 30 Royal Family 71 ALOHA's Revenge 35 Legislative Factions 72 Why A' MeA' 39 Economy 71 Enter the Dragon 49 Cultural Forces 71 PICKING UP THE PIECES 50 Awakened Races and Creatures 71 After the Adventure 50 Kahunas 72 Awarding Karma 50 Secessionist Remnants 72 Team Karma 50 Hawai'ian Language 73 Individual Karma 50 Military forces 74 LEGWORK 51 Air Force 74 Developing Honolulu Contacts 5. Ground Forces 74 Electronic Legwork 53 Navy 74 Researching the AFD 53 Covert Forces 74 Seattle Information 53 Military Facilities 74 La Maison d'indochine 53 Honolulu 74 MFI 53 Vital Statistics 74 Honolulu-Based Information 53 Districts 75 ALOHA 53 Transportation 75 2M 54 Law Enforcement 76 CAST OF SHADOWS 55 Organized Crime 76 Mary falls 55 Shadows In Paradise 76 Daniel Kapaa 56 NEW TOTEMS 77 Robbie "Klnu" Kurosawa 57 Honu (Turtle) 77 Naheka 58 Kohola (Whale) 77 GAMEMASTER INfORMATION 59 Mo'o (Gecko) 77 Undercover Identities 59 Nene (Goose) 77 Ralph/Rita Carlson 59 Lauren/Robert Carlson 59 Juan/Juanita Beyer 59 Colin/Colleen Scheckter 59 Huang Li-Chen/Robert Huang 59 Steven/Stephanie Honing 59 Wilma/William Honing 59 Wesley/Leslie Honing 59 2 PARADISE LOST

I' l'lll'i)isi~ Writing Tom Wong, Nigel Findley Development Tom Dowd Editorial Staff Editorial Director Donna Ippolito Managing Editor Sharon Turner Mulvihil Associate Editors Diane Piron-Gelman

4 I' l'lll'i)isi~ Writing Tom Wong, Nigel Findley Development Tom Dowd Editorial Staff Editorial Director Donna Ippolito Managing Editor Sharon Turner Mulvihil Associate Editors Diane Piron-Gelman Robert "Moondog" Cruz Production Staff Art Director jim Nelson Project Manager joel Biske Cover Art john Zeleznyk Cover Design joel Biske Illustrations Paul Daley Earl Geier Christina Wald Layout Mark Ernst Keyline and Paste-up Ernesto "Kahuna Boy" Hernandez SHADOWRUN is a Registered Trademark of FA SA Corporation. PARADISE LOSlTM is a Trademark of FASA Corporation. Copyright 1994 FA SA Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of A merica. Published by FASA Corporation, 1100 W. Cermak Rd., Ste. B305 Chicago, II FASA Corporation can be reached on the GEnie computer network (E. Mail- FASA.5UPPORT) on SCORPIA's Roundtable (page 805) and on America O nline (E. Mail- FASATom (Shadowrun), FASALou (Earthdawn). FASABryan (Battletech) or FA SA M ike (General Harassment) in the Online Gaming area (Keyword "Gaming"). Via InterNet use <AOL Account Name>@A OL.COM, but please, no list or server subscriptions. Thanks! PARADISE LOST 3

5 Mary Falls tapped furiously on the keyboard of her tabletop computer, at a speed few humans or metahumans could match. Screen after screen of information flew by, too fast for unaugmented eyes to read-but not too fast for hers. Nature had given Mary what others had only through cyberware implants: inhumanly fast reflexes and a razor-sharp mind. Once every generation or so in the Falls family, true genius expressed itself in a living vessel. Once a child prodigy gawked at by the curious, Mary Falls had built herself a powerful and wealthy mid-size corporation at the relatively young age of 33. A fat load of good it had done her. She typed faster, biting her lip until she tasted blood. The electronic river rolling down the flatscreen cast a pale, greenish light on the sharp lines of her catlike face. Silently, Mary cursed herself for trusting Molokai Microtronics. At first, she had found it difficult to believe her luck when that moron of an elven scientist brought her his breakthrough in the making, him bleating about making both their companies a fortune. She'd invested a fortune, all right, spending cred like water with the sure knowledge of a golden payoff. Three years of work and millions of nuyen later, when her prize new tech was almost market-ready, some bunch of slags had stolen it. Molokai Micro, maybe--~x someone they'd tipped off for a share of the profit. Her profit. It could have been anybody, for all I fragging know. Mary sw ore, pushing that thought away. Normally, she never threw good m o ney after bad, but she had too much invested in this project to let it go. Gritting her teeth, Mary kept ty ping. Somewhere in the shadowiest corners of the Matrix, there had to be a team that could get her what she needed. Naheka watched in satisfaction as his human captive sweated and retched under the pressure of the mind sift. The human convulsed as the last shreds of his resistance collapsed, and Naheka rumbled with pleasure. Soon he would have all the information he desired. The magnificent feathered serpent stretched the long muscles in his neck. luxuriating in his triumph. All his planning had paid off. He had the prototype and the defining software-the mind of the human scientist from Molokai Microtronics would reveal all the knowledge of the device that anyone had ever possessed. Master Ryumyo would be pleased with him for duping Mary Falls Inc., Molokai Microtronics, and the powerful and hated Mitsuhama. The sift stripped the human's mind of information and intelligence, leaving it an empty shell. Naheka let the energies of the sifting spell unravel, digesting what he had learned as if it were a heavy meal. The serpent coiled his powerful tail around the unfortunate scientist and crushed him, as a human might step on a beetle. Naheka contemplated the body, then flung it in the air, snatched it back in mid-flight with his powerful jaws, and casually swallowed it down. Kinu wandered through the sprawl of urban Honolulu in search of something, anything, to make himself feel like living. Each rundown building in the dark alleys brought back a different childhood memory-gang fights, brutal street politics, and the betrayal of friends in the struggle to survive. Kinu had graduated from these dismal gutters with flying colors. A real survivor, he was-a gutter rat to the bottom of his shriveled soul. ALOHA, the Army for the Liberation of Hawai'i, had recruited him for one cause. Later, Mitsuhama had secretly recruited him for another. He had betrayed one master for a new one, but nothing had changed. Money and power gave the game glitz and glamour, but underneath it all, it was still the game of the shadows. There was no escape, just prettier facades. Mary Falls sat back, her busy hands quiet now, a smile slowly spreading across her face. This group of shadowrunners ought to be just about perfect... 4 PARADISE LOST

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Sample file F A S A C ORP O RATION

Sample file F A S A C ORP O RATION TM J /'... - - - F A S A C ORP O RATION INTRODUCTION Gamemasterlng Notes Shadowrun Rules Making Success Tests Success Tables Decking How to Use This Book Preparing the Adventure Plot Synopsis Running Divided