This Cyberpunk adventure can accommodate any mix of player characters numbering between 1-4. The Players are hired to make Jack Melville die in a natural looking manner. Known quaintly by the gang of four as dying of the measles. Jack Melville had just recently won a large court settlement against the corporation hiring you to remove him. The company is embarrassed by the loss in court but vengeance upon Mr. Melville is paramount to them. Due to the stipulations of the court any untimely death of Jack Melville still releases the court settlement to his relatives but a natural death if it were to occur before payment of the court settlement nullifies the payment.
Jack Melville lives in the New Harbour Mallplex in Night City (feel free to change it to any city) living area Beta apartment 235 just south of the alpha living area second level beneath the surface. To gain admittance to the living areas you will need to have one of the residents passcards or disarm the card reader which requires a Code Decryptor and a skill roll of 20 or higher with an appropriate Tech skill like electronic security. If the players are attempting to disarm the code reader they might set off an alarm, Vs a stealth roll difficulty of base 14 + 1d10. If they fail two of the mall security guards will be sent to the door's area to investigate arriving in 2d6 combat rounds. The code lock on the door to Jack Melville's apartment is of the same type as that to the living area, difficulty 20 as above. Luckily the area is not under an kind of camera surveillance. After bypassing both of these door locks the players are very unlikely to encounter any security problems unless they create some kind of serious commotion, then as above two mall security guards will come to investigate in 2d6 combat rounds.
Jack Melville during off work hours likes to wear leather jackets has ratty hair and normally wears fingerless gloves on his hands. His background is of Hispanic origin and his family used to run a small time crime organization until the Yakuzza muscled them out and eliminated them 15 years ago. He is in his mid 40's with grey streaked black hair about 210 pounds. He spent quite a few of his years after his families demise with a local gang know as the Golden Knights. Jack works inside the Mallplex for subsistance wages and has multiple marks against him due to his family and gang affiliation. Overall Jack is very arrogant, does not trust people and does not make friends easily(ie hard to get close to). Many of his off hours are spent at various night clubs.
One of Jack's main flaws is a fear of wide open spaces since he has always lived in the city with close enclosed buildings and dense overhanging acidic fog.
A second way to get to Jack is through his undying love for his ex-girlfriend, Tanya Jones. Although she currently wants nothing to do with him at all he will go out of his way in an attempt to save her from any type of perceived harm.
Third a long time rival of Jack's, Steve Milner, would easily help the players locate him or track him down outside the mallplex. A small sum of $50 euro would entice him to call players whenever he spots Jack. Steve Milner is also part of the rival gang Arzin Tynon that is constantly warring with the Golden Knights.
Jack works as a janitor at the mallplex from 6am to 1pm monday-saturday. Saturday evenings normally finds him out and about on the town 70% chance that he will be with a group of people from the Golden Knights gang. (base the number on how many might be a good chalenge for your players. Sundays finds Jack normally at home sleeping off the previous nights partying. During the week, 30% chance he will be at home in the afternoon and evening, 40% chance he is out in the mall shopping or such, and 30% chance he is out with a few Golden Knights gang members 1d6 at a bar or viewing a vid.
Mauling1.html: This file
maul-npc01.html: Jack Melville's stats
maul-npc02.html: Tanya Jones stats, Jack's Ex girlfriend
maul-npc03.html: Golden Knights standard punk stats
maul-npc04.html: Steve Milner, Jack's rival, part of rival gang Arzin Tynon
maul-npc05.html: Arzin Tynon standard punk stats
maul-npc06.html: Mall Security
mauling1.jpg: Map of Jack Melville's apartment