The feature article entitled "The Nekekami" [see: page 18] describes a caste of paid spies/assassins sometimes employed by House Kurita or its agents in covert operations against other Successor State Houses. Those MechWarriors and trainees who use FASA's MechWarrior role-playing game rules to expand their Battle Tech campaigns--or simply to flesh out individual Battle Tech scenarios-may find themselves facing one or more of these near-legendary warriors of the night. The information presented in the following simulator piece may be used by Mech Warrior referees as an adventure in its own right, as part of a larger, on-going campaign, or as a source of ideas for other scenarios of the referee's own design. Because of their unusual skills and abilities, it is recommended that MechWarrior referees not allow their player characters to be Nekekami themselves, but use the Nekekami as NPC opponents in certain situations. Note that the Nekekami are not numerous, and random encounters with this group will be extremely rare. An exception to this is possible, however, if one or more of a group of player characters somehow anger or expose a Nekekami clan during the course of a scenario. They could thereafter find themselves regular and frequent targets of Nekekami assassins. MechWarrior stats and background information of a typical Nekekami warrior are included in this scenario; these may used as a guide in the creation of other Nekekami characters. NO TE. The material in this scenario is for the Mech Warrior referee's use only! The referee should arrange the presentation of this scenario in such a way that the characters do not know in advance that they are facing a Nekekami. This may mean obtaining the players'promises that they will not read the following material until after the adventure has been completed-or it may require the referee to change the names, places, andsituations presented here in order to maintain the element of surprise. More NightShadow: A MechWarrior Scenario Simulator Information Background Maps Time and Plan Running the Adventure The Intruder: Step by Step Character Stats Back to BattleTechnology 2 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1987 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com