Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:19 pm
Event: Be Very Quiet, I'm Hunting Origami Cats (Day 4, EE)
Situation: There are agents with unknown loyalties loose among the crew of new hires, and Anastasia Winters is not happy. Neither is anyone else in leadership, but she is particularly pointed about the need to vet a certain remaining set of new hires who have slightly incomplete backgrounds.
Accordingly, a series of interviews have been discretely arranged, with a handful of known quantities serving as interviewer.
Participants: up to four characters
Rules:
Each character must interview two suspects, without giving away the purpose of the interview. Each interview consists of the following steps. If any step is failed, the interview ends. If multiple suspects are revealed, all but one will be red herrings.
Step 1: In order to avoid giving up the game, they must pretend to be correcting a clerical error as part of preparations for payroll. This is accomplished via a communications(deceit)/Awareness check vs TN 15. A character can add their commerce skill as a static bonus.
If failed, the issue is immediately resolved and the interview ends without gaining any leads.
Step 2: After beginning the conversation, they must gently steer it toward the sensitive topic without it seeming unnatural. This is a Protocol/Awareness check vs TN 15.
If failed, they cannot find a way to steer the conversation, and the interview is a bust.
Step 3: They need to determine whether there is anything wrong with the answers they are getting once they reach the sensitive portion of the discussion. This is either an Interrogation/Awareness or Investigation/Perception check at a TN of 25. (Bad eyesight would not apply) If failed, in the end, the character does not find anything wrong and have to wrap up the conversation.
Step 4: After discovering the potential discrepancy, they have to avoid giving away their own realization that they might be talking with a trained killer. This is an Acting/Willpower check vs a TN of 20. If they fail, they succeed in finding a suspicious crewman, but at the same time tip off the crewman of their suspicion. Failing this roll grants the character the sworn enemy disadvantage, if multiple characters fail at this stage, one random sworn enemy will be the agent, the remainder are simply worried crewman with troubled pasts.
After the event is complete, Anastasia will take the data for review, giving no further direction for the moment.
Accordingly, a series of interviews have been discretely arranged, with a handful of known quantities serving as interviewer.
Participants: up to four characters
Rules:
Each character must interview two suspects, without giving away the purpose of the interview. Each interview consists of the following steps. If any step is failed, the interview ends. If multiple suspects are revealed, all but one will be red herrings.
Step 1: In order to avoid giving up the game, they must pretend to be correcting a clerical error as part of preparations for payroll. This is accomplished via a communications(deceit)/Awareness check vs TN 15. A character can add their commerce skill as a static bonus.
If failed, the issue is immediately resolved and the interview ends without gaining any leads.
Step 2: After beginning the conversation, they must gently steer it toward the sensitive topic without it seeming unnatural. This is a Protocol/Awareness check vs TN 15.
If failed, they cannot find a way to steer the conversation, and the interview is a bust.
Step 3: They need to determine whether there is anything wrong with the answers they are getting once they reach the sensitive portion of the discussion. This is either an Interrogation/Awareness or Investigation/Perception check at a TN of 25. (Bad eyesight would not apply) If failed, in the end, the character does not find anything wrong and have to wrap up the conversation.
Step 4: After discovering the potential discrepancy, they have to avoid giving away their own realization that they might be talking with a trained killer. This is an Acting/Willpower check vs a TN of 20. If they fail, they succeed in finding a suspicious crewman, but at the same time tip off the crewman of their suspicion. Failing this roll grants the character the sworn enemy disadvantage, if multiple characters fail at this stage, one random sworn enemy will be the agent, the remainder are simply worried crewman with troubled pasts.
After the event is complete, Anastasia will take the data for review, giving no further direction for the moment.
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