OutOfSync's Workbench

Storyline: Chapter 1- Among the Faceless

Plotline Summary:

Intelligence has received word of a CI Cell developing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Characters have been tasked with discovering and bringing in the leader of the cell, but this is easier said than done! With a faceless big bad running the show through hard cash and letters, it's going to take more than firepower and fights to call curtains on this little farce!

All Characters and their sheets may be found HERE for reference

BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN, READ ME FOR AN IMPORTANT SPOILER.

Childhood is Foster Patel, who has been running the Cell through cash and letters sent to Laney. No one has actually seen him in person, which is why he is found with the shit kicked out of him. He allowed himself and Arianna to be caught to clear any suspicion from himself, as the CI Cell he runs is a personal experiment. How the plot goes forward does depend on character interactions with him and Cell members.

When the plot begins, Foster's motives for his experiment are simple. He wants to understand how the Foundations actions affect targeted parties, from the point of view of those who are targeted. He wants to see beyond the internal veil of the Foundation. Treatment of those it sees as a danger and those who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Run (1)- Capture the Flag, Call out the King (Medium-Hard)

Run Summary:

Agents will be called to Las Vegas, Nevada, for a quick in-and-out assignment. PCs must infiltrate a blooming CI Cell with two objectives; rescue Foundation scientists Arianna Hyles and Foster Patel, capture PoI-38576 (known only by the name Childhood).

After being dropped off on the strip, agents will be directed to the hotel Circus Circus. Behind the hotel is an otherwise dismantled and abandoned warehouse, the Cell operates from the building. Agents will enter from the main entrance before proceeding up the stairs into the barebones facility.

From there, they must knock out some faceless mooks while searching for the missing scientists and the ringleader of the shitshow.

Run Description:

Agents will be brought in for a short briefing by Dr. Wendy Johnson (a stern but ordinary woman), where the following will occur;

After a minute or so of silence, the sound of combat boots on concrete may be heard preceding the arrival of the briefer. An unremarkable presence. She strides by, handing off a manilla envelope to each and every individual present. "Agents," she breathes, "thank you kindly for your prompt attendance. I'll make this as quick as I can, I'm sure you'd rather get this over and done with. Please open your packets. Everything is in there."

Inside the packet is the usual stack of papers. A map of the location. A short report on some POI-38576, sans a photograph or a name. An unknown ringleader of a new CI Cell discovered in Vegas. Something too close for comfort.

Beneath all the plain paperwork is a photocopied page of a smudged notebook.

Written on the page is a simple; "Nice try."

"We'll be sending the lot of you out to the Vegas strip. Behind the hotel, Circus Circus, is a battered old warehouse. That is where this infantile CI Cell is located. Your job is twofold; find out what you can about this 'Childhood', and find our scientists. Foster Patel and Arianna Hyles."

She wastes no time, "are there any questions?"

After the Q&A is over, agents will be driven to Vegas in an unmarked vehicle. This car will remain parked out of the way as agents run through the warehouse.

The driver will tell the agents; "be careful. If a POI tries to run, and makes it to the strip, we won't be able to make chase," before they leave.

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Upon arriving and entering!

As the arrive at the strip;

As they walk in;

The first room is barren and closed off from the rest of the floor by a squeaky, battered metal door. Players will roll perception as they enter, with the following effects;

Critfail	1-3	4-5	+6
[PC], this barren, trashed room has nothing to offer you in terms of interest. It smells awful. Moldy.	[PC], a bag has been left discarded in the corner. It's marred with some rips and bloodstains, but otherwise intact.	As for [PC], the door that separates you from the rest of the building? It's ever-so-slightly ajar. The hinges, however, are rusted and worn. This door won't open silently.	Something occurs to you, [PC]. This bloodied bag? It's the only sign that anything happened. There's no blood in this room. No gunshot holes in the walls. Just that bag, and the rusted door.

If a medic is present on the run, the bag will contain 3d4 medical dice. If a medic is not present, it will contain 6d4. This is because the bag belongs to Arianna, the captured medic. The dice # changes due to balancing issues, as Arianna will assist in the boss fight if she's found. Players have to pick up the bag for Arianna to use it later on. Otherwise, they don't get the heals. I'm confident they'll pick up the bag.