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| - When you enter the motel, you can ask about Michael's stuff if you want. Stoker will ask for 250 nuyen before you can get his belongings back. C'mon, the guy died! Jerk. Anyway, you only have 20 nuyen at the beginning of the game, so Stoker will direct you to the Jump House so you can get some money. You'll be back out on the street in front of the motel. Walk to the left and up, then left a little more until you see a street terminal. Ordinarily, you'd be able to catch a cab to a different part of Seattle with one of these, but, conveniently, traffic is so bad that the cabby can't get out to you. Bah. Anyway, enter the door to the left of the terminal. You'll be inside the Jump House. Walk to the booth in the back left corner and you'll meet Gunderson. You can talk to him if you want some basic information, but you're really here for cash. Ask for a job ("I'm looking for some work") and Gunderson will offer you a Shadowrun. At this point, ANY bodyguard or courier run is acceptable, but NO ghoul bounty run is acceptable (see Section IV for definitions). The pay will be bad, but you don't really have much of a choice at this point. If you want to cheat and sell your equipment (Ares Weapon Emporium is next door to the motel), I guess you can, but you need the Karma from these runs just as bad as you need the money. Besides, if you REALLY want to cheat, though, get a hundred or so nuyen, hire Ricky, and sell HIS stuff. You'll end up with several hundred nuyen. If you do this, I still suggest spending that money on a Predator pistol at Ares. This is the best weapon in the game. That's right, five minutes in and you've already got the best gun. If you don't have enough money after buying the gun, you can always go to Gunderson and earn the money the old-fashioned way. So, anyway, you'll have to go on runs that are essentially walking from one building to another. This can get pretty monotonous and can actually waste a lot of time if you don't know where the buildings are. So, here's a (very crude) map of Redmond Barrens so you'll know where you're going on these first few runs: +-------+----------+ +------------+ +-----------+ | Jump | Jackal's | | Boris' | | Abandoned | | House | Lantern | | Greenhouse | | Building | +-------+----------+ +------------+ +-----------+ +--------------+ | | | Hollywood | +----------+ +----------+ +-----------+ | Correctional | | Stoker's | | Ares | | Little | | Facility | | Coffin | | Weapon | | Chiba | | | | Motel | | Emporium | | Chop Shop | | | | | +----------+ +-----------+ +--------------+ +----------+ +-------+ +------------+ | Rat's | | Shiawase | | Nest | | Nuke Plant | +--------------+ +-------+ | | | Halloweeners | +------------+ | | +--------------+ Make any sense? Well, at least it's a little help. Anyway, if you run into enemies during your runs (which will probably happen a few times), don't try to fight back. You'll just be wasting your bullets. At the very beginning of the game, you're so weak that you just have to take getting killed at random by street thugs as a fact of life. You'll wake up outside Little Chiba, lose a few nuyen, but will otherwise be fine. Just go back to Gunderson and ask for a new job. No harm done. By the way, if you're into killing innocent bystanders (and who isn't?), you can pick up decent money and items by mowing down the little pedestrian guys who cross your path during runs. You may have to do a little chasing, but by and large, the occasional clip, medkit, or nuyen is worth spending a few bullets. Don't go out of your way, though. Just shoot if you're doing a run and you happen to come upon a civilian... don't hunt them down. The shadowruns are still your main source of income here. Once you've got your 250¥, head back to Stoker's and pay him. The game will explain the stuff that you receive better than I could, so just pay attention to the item descriptions. Note also that you'll get 500¥, too, so your balance will be back to what it was before you paid Stoker. Regardless of what the game says, the irony of that STILL hasn't worn off, and it's been years. Those clever Sega designers. I bet the guy who thought that up is still relishing the irony.
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