HONG KONG
SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
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TRANSMISSION
Te Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ransmission is intended or use with the core rules ound in echnoir , a high-tech hard-boiled roleplaying game by Jeremy Keller Kelle r. Visit echnoirRPG.com or more inormation and downloads.
CREDITS Writing, Design Mark DiPasquale Advising Anders Smith Layout, Art Jeremy Keller Editing Colleen Riley
CONTENTS
Exposition ..................... .......................................... ............................. ........ 3 Connections .................. ....................................... ............................. ........ 4 Events Even ts ................................ ..................................................... ......................... .... 8 Factions .................. ....................................... .................................... ............... 8 Locations Loc ations.................... ......................................... ................................ ........... 9 Objects ................... ........................................ .................................... ............... 9 Treats ................... ........................................ .................................. ............. 10
Master Table 1 1 Connections Woo Fat
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3
Bluetooth Koi
ang Lam
2 Events
Exposure
Four Knives
HK Grand Prix
3 Factions
28 K
Bank o China
Te Clean
4 Locations
Big Buddha
Bottoms Up
Consulate Row
5 Objects
Airmask
Baba Yaba
Locker Key
6 Treats
Auspicious rio
Brava18
Int. Solutions
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TECHNOLOGY Past investments investments allow SAR citizens ree ree access to unparallelled Interace bandwidth, at least when the power’s power’s on: live Immatrix broadcasts are the latest luxury, allowing the audience to eel actors’ every sensation in real time. 24/7 celebrity gossip eeds, bootlegs o L.A.’s latest, manhua webcomics, and mahjong gambling “schools” are welcome distractions rom the squalor o lie underground. O necessity, necessity, the region is a hotbed o innovation or wearable air filtration gear.
ENVIRONMENT Hong Kong’ Kong’s “ragrant harbor” is a etid mess; seasonal se asonal typhoons ty phoons and pollution pollut ion rom mainland actories use into month-long acidic downpours, orcing the masses into warrens extending hundreds o meters into the bedrock. Only Te Clean can afford the augmentations that keep unfiltered time outdoors non-lethal; everyone else makes do with coated raingear and filter-masks. When the Air Pollu Pollution tion Index dips low enough, the streets erupt in impromptu estival; there hasn’t been a sae day in years.
SOCIETY On the surace, the city is thriving. But triad and corporate corruption o government officials has enmeshed the city in debt, and lef it unable to maintain its inrastructure, negotiate with the mainland, enorce the law, or compete as a port. Periodic power outages turn the slums into a claustrophobic hell or hours at a t ime, with air filtration and temperat temperature ure control limping along via jury-rigged jur y-rigged batteries.
[1D6 by 1D6] 4
5
6
Derya Liddy
Billie Ng
C.N. ai
One Fine Day
KO
Wanchai Massacre
Security Bureau
Washingtons
Zeds
Oxyvita
Te Peak
Redstar ea House
Octocard Octo card
Pak Laio’ Laio’ss Specs
Suzuki J-500
Ku sang Club
Outstanding Five
Skyblue Syndicate
HONG KONG
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Woo Fat’s Leads 1 d6
Un-connected
Connected
1
Billie Ng (connection)
Bluetooth Koi (connection)
2
KO (event)
Wanchai Massacre (event)
3
Bank o China (action)
28K (action)
4
Big Buddha (location)
Bottoms Up (location)
5
Pak Laio’s Specs (object)
Locker Key (object)
6
Skyblue Syndicate (threat)
Te Outstanding Five (threat)
Bluetooth Koi’s Leads 1 d6
Un-connected
Connected
1
C.N. ai (connection)
Billie Ng (connection)
2
Wanchai Massacre (event)
One Fine Day (event)
3
28K (action)
Washingtons (action)
4
Consulate Row (location)
Redstar ea House (location)
5
Octocard (object)
Pak Laio’s Specs (object)
6
Ku sang Motorcy cyccle Club (threat)
Brava18 (threat)
Tang Lam’s Leads 1 d6
Un-connected
Connected
1
Derya Liddy (connection)
C.N. ai (connection)
2
One Fine Day (event)
Hong Kong Grand Prix (event)
3
Te Clean (action)
Security Bureau (action)
4
Oxyvita (location)
Big Buddha (location)
5
Airmask (object)
Baba Yaba (object)
6
Te Auspicious rio (threat)
Skyblue Syndicate (threat)
HONG KONG
5
Derya Liddy’s Leads 1 d6
Un-connected
Connected
1
ang Lam (connection)
Woo Fat (connection)
2
Exposure (event)
Four Knives (event)
3
Washingtons (action)
Te Clean (action)
4
Te Peak (location)
Consulate Row (location)
5
Baba Yaba (object)
Octocard (object)
6
International So Solutions (t (threat)
Ku s sang Mo Motorcycle Cl Club (t (threat)
Billie Ng’s Leads 1 d6
Un-connected
Connected
1
Woo Fat (connection)
Derya Liddy (connection)
2
Four Knives (event)
KO (event)
3
Zeds (action)
Bank o China (action)
4
Redstar ea House (location)
Te Peak (location)
5
Locker Key (object)
Suzuki J-500 exoskeleton (object)
6
Te Outstanding Five (threat)
International Solutions (threat)
C.N. Tai’s Leads 1 d6
Un-connected
Connected
1
Bluetooth Koi (connection)
ang Lam (connection)
2
Hong Kong Grand Prix (event)
Exposure (event)
3
Security Bureau (action)
Zeds (action)
4
Bottoms Up (location)
Oxyvita (location)
5
Suzuki J-500 exoskeleton (o (object)
Airmask (object)
6
Brava18 (threat)
Te Auspicious rio (threat)
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EVENTS Exposure Five Clean athletes die when a hacker disables their implants during a cricket match. Four Knives A string o murder murderss targeting targeting journalists and and bloggers sends the media media into a renzy. renzy. Hong Kong Grand Prix A motorcycle race race draws draws riders and gamblers gamblers rom aroun around d the world. One Fine Day Unusual weather clears the air or a day, and streets flood with celebrating citizens. TKO A fighter’s heart attack during during a live Imma Immatrix-cast trix-cast sends the audience audience into into seizures. Wanchai Massacre A triad shootout shootout in a crowded undergro underground und bazaar leaves leaves dozens dead or wounded. wounded.
FACTIONS 28K Te largest triad in Hong Kong, dominant in opiate trafficking and drug dealing. Bank of China Tis bank’s “investments” are how the mainland influences SAR affairs. The Clean Te city elite: extensive augmentations make them invulnerable to pollution. Security Bureau Understaffed government agency or law enorcement and immigration affairs. Washingtons Te ormer Wo Shing o riad, merged with ongs in the US, Japan, and Europe. Zeds Private security firms used to maintain order.
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LOCATIONS Big Buddha Enormous bronze Buddha statue on Lantau Island, a popular tourist attraction. Bottoms Up Hip cantopop club in Kowloon, just across Victoria Harbor rom Hong Kong Island. Consulate Row Upscale diplomatic enclave on sing Yi Island, haven or oreign agents. Oxyvita Ubiquitous and inexpensive chain o flavored oxygen bars, the city’s only legal high. The Peak A pristine arcology arcology capping capping the island’ island’s highest point, point, reserved reserved or Te Clean. Redstar Tea House Underground cae popular with political dissidents, ino workers, and artists.
OBJECTS Airmask Inexpensive pollution protection used by anyone without Clean augmentations. ace mask, toxin-filter Baba Yaba Russian meth-derived stimulant, a sensation heightener or Immatrix perormers. addictive, gelcap gelcap,, illegal, psychostimulan psychostimulantt Locker Key Keyfile to a locker in Hong Kong International Airport, set to expire in 36 hours. data, key, temporary Octocard Smart card used or anonymous payment, with a small ortune pre-paid onto it. encrypted, ortune, linked, stolen Pak Laio’s Specs Modded Alain Alain Delon sunglasse sunglasses, s, property o a murdered murdered Green Green Dragon Dragon underboss. underboss. antique, cam, derma-linked, mic, stolen, unique Suzuki J-500 Exoskeleton Strength augmenting orklif exoskeleton, used on the docks or decades. blunt, cargo, orklif, glitchy, glitchy, harness, linked, loud, strong, tough, treads
HONG KONG
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THREATS The Auspicious Trio riad contract killers or Clean customers with something to hide. Brava18 Russian neo-Nazi gang exiled rom Moscow; smugglers and human traffickers. International Solutions Cover office shared by oreign intelligence agents to cut down on expenses. Ku Tsang Motorcycle Club Recreational club or triad up-and-comers, common ground or negotiations. The Outstanding Five Pickpocketing street urchins led by a ruthless elderly crook. Skyblue Syndicate Upstart martial arts Immatrix studio, reliant on protection rackets or unding.
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