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A SHADOWRUN ADVENTURE

When the great dragon Hestaby leveled Saeder-

Krupp’s arcology in Dubai, a lot of people wondered if the

success of her act meant that Lofwyr & co. were off their

game. And of course, the corps of the Sixth World aren’t

ones to just sit around and speculate—instead, they act.

All of the sudden, corporations of all sizes are on the

move, snatching up any Saeder-Krupp clients they can

pry away, telling them that S-K can’t be trusted in the

current turmoil.

Saeder-Krupp, though, is not about to let anyone

believe they are weak. They’re going to show that they

should never be triled with, and that clients would

be well served to stay with them—or risk the wrath of

Lofwyr. They’re bringing runners to Dubai to demonstrate

that the largest megacorporation in the world still has

strength to spare.

Damage Control is the first in the new Boardroom

Backstabs series of adventures for Shadowrun . The

series explores one of the classic Shadowrun themes—

corporate machinations where every handshake is

made with crossed fingers, and the hand you can’t see

is always holding a knife. There’s a lot of money to be

made on this job, but runners better keep their wits

about them if they want to keep all those corporate

sharks from feeding on them.

Damage Control is for use with Shadowrun, Twentieth

Anniversary Edition.

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IntroductIon

background

Wr i t i n g : Michael Wich

Editing: Kevin Killiany, Jason M. Hardy

Development: Jason M. Hardy

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Damage Control

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Damage Control

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