0096 – The Great Escape – Part V – Weilun (Scene Ia – Aid Station – The Parking Garage – Scene Preparation)

0915 07 AUG 2000, Weilun, Poland

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We discussed the plan. We would roll on up to the garage and Potato would dismount with some of the others. They would use the intimidation factor to browbeat the guards and the doctors to hand over the meds we needed. That was the plan. It did not work out that way.

We rolled on up as planned. Potato, Griff, Robinson and Macron dismounted and moved toward the crowd. The some yahoo on guard starts pointing at Klasha and starts yelling. Klasha went white and I asked her what he said. She said one word: spy.

Now that everything has been prepared, it is time for the characters to enter the parking garage.

Scene Setup: Potato, Griff, Robinson and Macron will dismount. Harris will move o take over the turret.

Potato will lead the group forward and push past the guards, bellowing that he wants to see the doctor in charge immediately. Making use of his bulk, he will tell the doctor to hand over the medicine needed before having the others load up the meds. The group will then remount and drive away.

That is the plan anyway.

The modification roll is 6, which is equal to the current Chaos Factor, meaning the scene will be modified. Since the number rolled was even, the scene is interrupted. This is something unexpected, like a random events. To help us determine what it is, we roll like we did for a random event:

• Event Focus: PC Negative
• Event Action: Stop
• Event Subject: Good

Now for the art of interpretation. Something negative happens to a PC that stops them from doing good. We should probably think about which PC it is. There are nine PCs and a random roll reveals that Klasha is the focus of the event. All I can say is no, not again.

From her back story, we know that Klasha was a counter-intelligence agent in Berlin before the war. It is quite possible that someone may have recognized her. Let’s ask the GME.

[GME: Does someone in or around the aid station recognize Klasha as a government agent? - Chaos Rank 6 – Unlikely (50% - Berlin is relatively close but it is a big world) - 46% - Yes]

That is bad. That means the group’s cover is essentially blown. There are three possible groups that may recognize, the guards, the group of medics or the civilians. The closest groups are the guards and the civilians. The Soviet guards may have been active in the GDR before the war, so that makes them the most likely candidates.

[GME: Does one of the guards at the entrance recognize Klasha as a government agent? - Chaos Rank 6 – Likely (85%) - 13% - Exceptional Yes]

Going from bad to worse. The person recognizes her immediately. The person may have met her before.

[GME: Has the person ever met Klasha? - Chaos Rank 6 – 50/50 (65%) - 55% - Yes]

So the person has met Klasha. It could have been before or during the war.

[GME: Did the person ever meet Klasha before the war? - Chaos Rank 6 – 50/50 (65%) - 97% - Exceptional No]

Someone Klasha has met but during the war. It is possible that the person was a POW, detainee or such that may have been interviewed by Klasha. Maybe they did not part on the best of terms.

[GME: Was the person questioned by Klasha? - Chaos Rank 6 – 50/50 (65%) - 23% - Yes]

So we have a former prisoner questioned by Klasha during the war that has just recognized her. That is not good. The person may have a grudge. That is probably what Marshall saw in the introduction.