Shadowrun Bounty Hunting Job Thresholds

One aspect of the MSP'plex is that bounty hunting is outsourced because of low government budgets, apathy, corporate greed, extraterritoriality, no tax base, etc. This tool generates a Bounty based on randomness. The threshold is the Extended Test target the team must reach to identify the culprits current location, where they will likely remain for 2 hours. Dramatically the bounty hunters then have 2 hours to get to the location the marks are at and capture or kill the targets. I did not reduce skill by 1 after each test for this, and interval was 8 man hours (or the interval of a related skill; e.g. a Matrix Search for data on them might only take 4 hours, but still yield hits).
 * Criminals and Felons are generally related to a Syndicate
 * Gangers are related to a street gang in the barrens or Westside
 * Shadowrunners generally live in the barrens, but can live anywhere, and are generally independent.


 * Hostages imply the targets are trying to move somewhere or are holding them for ransom, or both
 * Return of goods imply that the targets stole goods or data at the crime


 * What sets these jobs apart, because the bounty hunter boards on the MSP Grid have thousands of jobs, is a connection the players have to the culprits through one of their contacts in the know.

One of the Shadowrun Tools and Plots generators.

The Marks
[Main]

1,This is a hot job, open to all, based on a current crime that took place less than 24 hours ago. A group of [number] [perp] have [killed] and are wanted for [pay] NY each. [Leader][wirelessmagic], [witnesses] and [evidence]. This bounty will remain up for 100 days. Unofficially, most bounty hunters give up after 14 days. Unknown to the bounty hunter's the Noise from distance is [distance] and other noise at the perp's site is [noise]. The crime took place in [loc], and the targets are [wanted] by the [authority], their last known residence was believed to be in [home], but they are likely on the lamb now[Holed]. You know something about them through a [link] that has [info] that might lead to their [fact].[suprise] 4,This is a contract job, open to one taker, based on a crime over 1 week (7 days) old that authorities have bypassed. A group of [number] [perp] have [killed] and are wanted for [pay] NY each. [Leader][wirelessmagic], [witnesses] and [evidence]. This bounty will remain up for 100 days. Unofficially, most bounty hunters give up after 14 days. Unknown to the bounty hunter's the Noise from distance is [distance] and other noise at the perp's site is [noise]. The crime took place in [loc], and the targets are [wanted] by the [authority], their last known residence was believed to be in [home], but they are likely on the lamb now[Holed]. You know something about them through a [link] that has [info] that might lead to their [fact].[suprise] 2,This is a cold case, over 8 weeks old, where the contract has been closed. The bail money has been returned to the State, and the bondsman has lost their stake. There is now just a standard warrant out for their arrest. Servicing a warrant is worth 300 NY to the State. A group of [number] [perp] have [killed] and are wanted by the State for 300 NY each. [Leader][wirelessmagic], [witnesses] and [evidence]. This warrant is a permanent legal device, and because of its age most bounty hunters have given up on this job. Unknown to the bounty hunters the Noise from distance is [distance] and other noise at the perp's site is [noise]. The bondsman might be offering [pay] NY each or some part of it because that is what he lost to the state. The crime took place in [loc], and the targets are [wanted] by [authority], their last known residence was believed to be in [home], but they on the lamb now, [regardless]. You know something about them through a [link] that has [info] that might lead to their [fact].[suprise]
 * Main

1, 1,Their leader is [Name]
 * Leader

1,[Shadowrun Utility.MaleNames] male[MaleTattoo] and known to be [Background Generator for SR.Description] 1,[Shadowrun Utility.FemaleNames] female[FemaleTattoo] and known to be [Background Generator for SR.Description]
 * Name

12,human 3,elf 2,orc 1,troll 2,dwarf
 * Race

1, 1,, [Tattoos.Malemain],
 * MaleTattoo

1, 1,, [Tattoos.Femalemain],
 * Femaletattoo

1, regardless should you find them it is at a [Villain Hideout.hideout]which they regularly operate out of and have added security too 1, regardless should you find them it is at a [Villain Hideout.hideout]which they are new too and have little preparation in
 * regardless

1, and holed up in a [Villain Hideout.hideout]which they are new too and have little preparation in 1, and operating out of a [Villain Hideout.hideout]which they regularly operate out of and have added security too
 * Holed

8, 4, Little do they know, the background count at the perp location is 2. 2, Little do they know, the background count at the perp location is 3. 1, Little do they know, the background count at the perp location is 4.
 * suprise

1,Basilisk 1,Jauchekafer 1,Shadowhound 1,Volleying Procupine 1,Agropelter 1,Novopossum 1,Pixie 1,Firebird 1,Stormcrow 1,Gabriel Hound 1,Gargoyle
 * critters

1,contact one of you have 1,contact that many of you know 1,family member of one of you 1,friend you all know 1,partner one of you used to work with 1,partner a couple of you know from a past life
 * link

1,a recent sighting 1,an old SIN file 1,a recent trace 1,a photo 1,a photo and address 1,a location 1,an address of a girlfriend
 * info

1,hideout 1,bolt hole 1,current location 1,get away vehicle 1,team base
 * fact

1,wanted Dead 1,wanted Dead or Alive 1,wanted Alive 1,wanted Dead, and return of goods 1,wanted Dead or Alive, and return of goods 1,wanted Alive, and return of goods 1,wanted Dead, with return of [number] hostages 1,wanted Dead or Alive, with return of [number] hostages 1,wanted Alive, with return of [number] hostages
 * wanted

1,the FBI 1,State Patrol and BCA 1,Knight Errant Security 1,Lonestar Security
 * authority

1,Downtown 1,Eastside 1,Westside 1,Southside
 * loc

1,Downtown 1,Eastside 1,Westside 1,Southside 10,Northside Barrens
 * home

1,2 2,3 4,4 2,5 1,6 1,7 1,8
 * number

6,3000 3,6000 2,9000 2,12000 1,15000
 * pay

1,criminals 1,shadowrunners 1,felons 1,gangers
 * perp

1,committed a war crime 1,stolen something major 1,committed an act of terrorism 1,engaged is a mass shooting 1,killed a SecGuard 1,killed a citizen 1,killed a Knight Errant officer 1,killed a Lonestar officer
 * killed

2,The Threshold is 92. They ran silent, had a mage, and had a technomancer, both scrubbed their signatures 2,The Threshold is 95. They ran silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a mage, and had a technomancer, both scrubbed their signatures 1,The Threshold is 112. They had no wireless, had a mage, and had a technomancer, both scrubbed their signatures 1,The Threshold is 85. They ran silent, had a mage, and had a technomancer, the mage scrubbed their signature 1,The Threshold is 87. They ran silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a mage, and had a technomancer, the mage scrubbed their signature 1,The Threshold is 98. They had no wireless, had a mage, and had a technomancer, the mage scrubbed their signature 1,The Threshold is 85. They ran silent, had a mage, and had a technomancer, the technomancer scrubbed their signature 1,The Threshold is 87. They ran silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a mage, and had a technomancer, the technomancer scrubbed their signature 1,The Threshold is 67. They had no wireless, had a mage, and had a technomancer, the technomancer scrubbed their signature 4,The Threshold is 57. They ran silent, had a mage, and had a technomancer, neither scrubbed their signatures 4,The Threshold is 59. They ran silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a mage, and had a technomancer, neither scrubbed their signatures 4,The Threshold is 63. They had no wireless, had a mage, and had a technomancer, neither scrubbed their signatures 8,The Threshold is 37. They did not run silent, had a mage, and had a technomancer, neither scrubbed their signatures 8,The Threshold is 49. They did not run silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a mage that scrubbed their signature 8,The Threshold is 53. They did not run silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a technomancer that scrubbed their signature 8,The Threshold is 43. They did not run silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a mage that did not scrub their signature 8,The Threshold is 40. They did not run silent, ran a R6 jammer, had a technomancer that did not scrub their signature 5,The Threshold is 45. They had no wireless, no mage or technomancer, ran an R4 Jammer 5,The Threshold is 46. They had no wireless, no mage or technomancer, ran an R6 Jammer
 * wirelessmagic

1,there were no witnesses 1,there was a witness
 * witnesses

1,left no evidence 2,left major evidence (one broad omission, either clear video of perps, something was online, a firearm with a connection to them, etc) 4,left minor evidence (one piece of evidence that links one perp to the scene, otherwise is normal evidence) 8,left normal evidence (sketchy video, indeterminate forensics, no ballistics)
 * evidence

1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8
 * noise

1,0 1,1 1,3 1,5 1,8
 * distance