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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
Now, one interesting possibility would be a criminal organization from Homeline infiltrating a cyberpunk timeline. They probably have plenty of members that they are willing to sacrifice in order to gain the connections and the familiarity with the local street scene. With access to money from the meat trade (most inhabitants in cyberpunk settings are forced to eat meat substitutes, so criminal organizations could make a killing smuggling hamburger from other timelines), they could purchase TL10 gear and TL10 drugs.
In that scenario, the first signs of anything weird happening would be the price of meat going up in TL7 timelines, followed by the appearance of strange new drugs on their streets. Eventually, Infinity agents would stumble upon criminals who are sporting TL10 cyberwear and using TL10 weapons. At that point, it is a race against time as Infinity agents try to shut down the criminal organization before it becomes too powerful and/or accidentally gives the mega corporations in the cyberpunk timeline the Secret.
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I hadn’t considered the organised crime angle, but it’s an excellent point - love the meat/real food angle anything not mass produced soy would be a commodity.
As you say Infinity’s involvement comes once they’ve discovered the activities and hopefully before it’s too late on a multitude of scores.
Of course depending how dark or shades of grey Infinity is within your campaign, what they do with the Cyberworld red zone network if they take it down is another matter - do they shut the Worldline down and slap on a Z Rating or exploit a questionable but not illegal market place in return for TL10 technology.