The Troubleshooter: Nov 24

Wednesday

Nov 24

Well, that was a big ol' clusterfuck. And I'm in some deep shit now, unless I can figure out some way to get out of it.

OK, here's the deal. I took a job to provide backup for this guy, Stef. All he needed was some backup, just in case some of his customers got unruly. It didn't pay well, but it wasn't supposed to be all that hard or dangerous either.

I showed up at the warehouse and got my first surprise. Turns out Stef was selling arms to Sygnet employees who didn't like their corporation's policies regarding gun ownership. Sygnet prefers its employees unarmed; that way they can't fight back when the company decides to cut benefits, like paychecks. (If I'd known Stef was poaching a corporation's territories, I would've dropped him like a hot potato; that shit is dangerous.)

Since I was already there, I figured I'd stick around and discuss with him his ideas of safe and easy work afterward. He had the weapons stored in big crates. Some people showed, started negotiating with Stef. Money changed hands.

And then the cops showed! Sygnet cops are piss poor compared to some of the other corporations, but when your employees aren't armed, there's not much they have to worry about. Still, this was a total setup, and they were prepared. Before anyone could react, they had Stef in cuffs and were starting to round up his muscle. A few of the bodyguards attacked. I had to make a decision: stick around and fight corporate cops or get the hell out of there.

I chose the latter, as you can tell. Like I said, that wasn't what I signed on for. But now I'm worried that Stef will rat me out, and I'll be tagged by Sygnet.