That list is not exhaustive. The reasons are manifold and as Smith is finding out, they don't always make sense without seeing the bigger picture. ..
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Anyway, I thought mentioning personally killing her agents was a good touch plus the fact we have a prisoner offsite.
Except my understanding was that she enlisted these "agents" by fear of killing their family so I don't think she has too much concern for them. I think Natalie's point was why the KGB would send a false agent rather than the real agent. I think the answers to that are also many possibilities.
exactly, why would they send someone claiming she was Antonova to the consolate when the better answer would be to not give her a cover that was another agent?
Also, i do not know if I speak Russian as it seems I may not have defined my culture focus well enough? Russia is close by, so is it a language I know?
Going to assume I know Russian as part of my focus, unless told otherwise, to keep being involved.
I believe your focus is good enough to allow Russian to be in your vocabulary..
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I would argue that all KGB agents would have gotten hand to hand combat training. Because most intelligence agencies give their people training.
she's certainly military trained, but I guess my current point is that this goes against protocols so something unusual is going on if this IS her.
I think the using Natalie as a decoy plan is a bit risky but I like it.
meaning I disguise as Antonova? I can try, but I've not a single point in Disguise.
Totally not got the right char for this job, I think Doh!
Can my Disguise skill be used on you, Nat? I invested in Falsify :)
Maybe, I guess the real question is what benefit this will bring if it works, because it won't last too long.
Ok I guess now is a good time to step back and review the Mission objectives as we have completed the first one.
Objectives
Contact Abdul al-Salahar
Establish Safe House
Establish Yellow Brick Road
Locate Scientists
Rescue Scientists
So next on this objective list would be to establish a safe house. I suppose Abdul may be able to help with that. We need to develop a safe means of crossing the border. Also we need to generate more intelligence on the scientists. Where are they?
if he can't, I may be able to use my Advocate ability 'Behind the scenes' to set up something, assuming it's a DC 10 or so.
That COULD require a complex task, which my core ability would assist with perhaps.
GM, do I still not have have access to my Lifestyle houses? If I had them, those would make good safehouses. One of them is a suite.
I think Lifestyle is, unfortunately, kinda useless in most agency Spycraft games because the housing doesn't follow you anywhere. it's pretty bad in that regard, much like that Home Turf feat.
Yeah Lifestyle is useful in ongoing agency games. That cover multiple missions. I once had a DM arrange an enemy infiltration of our Lifestyle homes. The level of lifestyle provided bonuses.
Your suite would be located back stateside, but your houseboat... that's mobile and I could be persuaded to make it have an appearance in the campaign... It could show up in the port of Karachi... Just note however that it will not be able to get into Afghanistan...
What would be the first step to getting a safehouse?
find a real estate agent
Oh, good idea. But um...does anyone have any money? I could woo the real estate agent into giving us a good deal, I'm sure. Or should we impersonate someone?
I still have about 860 bucks, so yeah that's doable. But we're going to be leaving soon, so shouldn't we establish the safe house where we are going?
Also, if we need security clearances to cross the border, can I use my Celebrity trait to do so?
Celebrity- May request Caliber II invitation Security Pick without spending an action die or making the Request check
Natalie could get the invitation, but she would have to especially convincing that the rest are her entourage. .
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so it's a possibility at least. What other options do we have to cross the border?
Just wanted to say I'm tickled my abilities and eq are coming into play here. :D
here's a list of my mission assets again:
Mission Gear:(1R, 4GTVR, 4 Common) Caliber II Bag Full of Guns, Caliber I Work Group- Survival +10, Caliber II Broad Reconnaissance, Caliber II Cover Identity (Red Cross Liason), Caliber II Jeep w/ 2 fuel loads, Pack of Cigarettes, MREs, Binoculars, Flashlight
12 Common Items
Cold weather clothes, upscale outfit, chemical body warmers, pocket knife, water filtration tablets, romance novel, luggage, tenting gear, flares, camera, camera tripod, Red Cross survival guide, (12 of 12 items)
everyone has their gun from the BFuG I believe, though getting that past customs may be an issue if this trick I'm about to ask for may or may not work
so maybe since I have a grade 2 cover as a Red Cross liason, I can use my free security pick as a work visa or something for the others? Let's not forget we can spend action dice for a chance to request something to assist our entry into Afghanistan. AND, I still have two uses of Behind the Scenes. SO I know this is sorta metagamey, but I don't see any other way to know this without asking outright.
Does Natalie feel confident she can get the crew in the country using her contacts? ie: Is it DC 10 or less to do so?
I may be incommunicado for the next ten days or so. Mandatory OT and all that. The group is allowed to use the afforementioned abilities I have to assist in getting us into Afghanistan and whenever needed.
Thanks for the heads up. I will help push ahead as needed. Natalie would not be able to use the DC 10 version in this case, but her cover identity would allow for some leeway into the country. Essentially, you would be a hired Guard (Smith), Driver (Macomb), Aide/ Resource Manager (Ward), and the Liaison (Burns). So, using Behind the Scenes, she can secure these identities, but they will not pass anything more than casual scrutiny, except for her own cover of course. Time to make up excuses as to why they don't need to see your papers that closely...
Is there any way I could fit my Richard Chandler identity into this scenario? We're sneaking into Afghanistan, right? I think we already had the idea that I'm helping fund some Red Cross stuff here while also looking to build some oil rigs to export oil cheaply or something.
You could use that identity. How you pass it off will be up to your skills.
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It's d20: Everything is up to skills :P
okay, so how about seeing what Al-Salhazar can do to assist, or simply get some Falisfy action?
Al-Salahar will do what he can, but can only promise so much.. Some of Nat's behind the scenes stuff will be rolled into what he can do for her.
I have been monitoring but there hasn't been much for me to add.
I will add this Macomb has brought with him his personal rifle it is stashed with the bag of guns.
On his person he has his switchblade and taped to the bottom of his seat is his PPK
I'm back and will resume posting shortly, did anyone need to use my Behind the Scenes or my celeb ability?
Sleight of Hand it is called a Stash Item Check
I only used one of Natalie's behind the scenes to effect what was needed. And yes, the stash item check would be used.
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woot! I am very tickled that this worked out, and to think we fretted over it for a few weeks! :D :D :D
Hokay, now here's the tougher part, nobody has Investigation and we need to canvass the area, we literally cannot make this check, due to the skill cap unless we can get 3 thousand dollars to make it a 'wide' search.
so we need to find someone in the know. I'm not seeing anything from Networking that helps, so I'm not sure how to go about Timothy's request
Ugh, I need to take a level of Fixer
at first I wanted to be a Politico when I grew up, but given what I've been doing, Spin Doctor seems right up my alley.
nice work all, we're getting what we need :D
okay so we're going to tag along with a Red Crescent team until we get to the uh....zone of operations (is that right, Timothy?) and then bail on em to do things more covertly, yes.
anything else this masterplan is missing?
Me. Lol. Sorry work has been tremendously busy the past week. I am caught up on reading and just don't know what to post IC. Just checking in.
yeah,I think we're good to move again, if everyone else is in agreement.
Biggest thing going forward is how to get to the site. Right now, most of you have been helping with the load of wounded that just came in. So far, you haven't found anyone planning on heading out to the site directly.
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I thought the idea was to piggyback with the Red Crescent as they go to/past that site, or am I missing something?
That was the hope. But the backup was that chandler is impetuous and wants to see another camp to the north.
I still have a jeep and a survival team I can use, I figure the two are together, so if we just need transportation to bail...