With Slate freed from Ironhook Prison it’s time to lick wounds, take stock and consider next steps. Will the risk have been worth it? Has Tatters survived? And can Slate provide information that will lead the Web to their enemies?

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PAYOFF: 

• 2 basic +3 for Higher Tier target: 5 REP

HEAT:

• 4 (loud and chaotic) +1 (Devil’s Bargain) +1 (Hostile turf): 6 HEAT

ENTANGLEMENTS:

• Flipped: Laroze lost as a contact (now working for the Unseen)

DOWNTIME ACTIVITIES: 

• Valerian: Recover 1/4 (Sawtooth)

XP

• Valerian: 2xp deception

Faction clocks updated

FREE PLAY: Spider & Slate

Scene start as expected? (50/50) Yes 

COMPLEX Q: Repercussions of breakout? 224, 514 (shattered circle, ripples)

Fragile stalemate broken. Bluecoats at war. Unpredictable aftershocks. Heat.

SIMPLE Q Any leads on the Unseen or Cult? (50/50) 5,6 Yes

COMPLEX Q nature of lead 554, 532 (eyeball, two half figures)

Unseen agents identified

WHO? (pg 302) 

NPC 1: 

• Mara Vale: Local, cute female

NPC 2:

• Lynthia Vale: Local, wiry female

Mara and Lynn, a Cutter and a Hound, sisters.  

SIMPLE Q: working for the Unseen? (Very Likely) 6,1,5,3 Yes

ENGAGEMENT ROLL Alpha Team: Spider, Sallow, Crater

The Plan: Stealth

The Detail: Sneak on board the Mustang to kidnap the sisters from the Silver Nails

Loadouts: all Medium

Twist: Moving Target

Engagement Roll: 2D 

• Luck: +1D

Result: Mixed (risky)

ENGAGEMENT ROLL Bravo Team: Visitor, Flint, Trace

The Plan: Deception

The Detail: Infiltrate the underpipes disguised as Cultists, to find the source of the powder

Loadouts: all Normal

FLASHBACK: Spider: get 3 Cultist outfits from Jeren, Bluecoat archivist (1 stress, 1/9): Consort + Push (1 stress, 2/9): 3D: 6,5.4: success

Engagement Roll: 3D 

• Luck: +1D

Result: Mixed (risky)