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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Mechanics
 
 
Downtime 1
 
PAYOFF: 
2 basic +3 for Higher Tier target: 5 REP
6 COIN

 
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)
Valerian: Vice (shopping)  6 stress cleared (1/9)
Tatiana: All stress cleared, Haunted
Alphonse: Vice (Dust) 1 stress cleared (5/9)
Alphonse: Reduce Heat: Wreck (destroy records) 2d 3: -3 Heat (3/9)

 
XP
Valerian: 2xp deception
Tatiana: 2xp desperate 2xp arcane, 1xp vice
Alphonse: 1xp desperate 1xp violence
Crew: 1xp theft, 1xp higher tier, 1xp reputation

 
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
Goals: respect, Methods: espionage, Profession: butcher
Traits: candid, Interests: pets, Quirks: decision by committee

NPC 2:
Lynthia Vale: Local, wiry female
Goals: Happiness, Methods: hard work, Profession: messenger
Traits: daring, Interests: drugs, Quirks: a fraud

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
Bold & Daring: +1D
Aid (Slate): +1D
High Tier target: -1D
Second Storey: +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
Bold & Daring: +1D
Vulnerability: +1D (Cult helmets)
High Tier target: -1D
Second Storey: +1D

Result: Mixed (risky)