0116 The Great Escape - Part VIII - A Conversation among Friends

 1150 08 AUG 2000, Zdunska Wola, Poland
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Where are we now? The team has driven off the Polish troopers and patched up their POWs. There is only a small detachment of Poles in the town, many of which who are also out patrolling the surrounding countryside.

We know that not all the Poles are in on the plan to kill the characters, so it is highly unlikely that the survivors will run back to their commander and report that their ambush on the Russian OT-64 went badly. Still, maybe someone will come to investigate the ruckus. Since the last encounter came out to a draw basically, we can leave the Chaos Rank at 6.

• [GME: Will someone come to move to investigate the fighting? - Chaos Rank 6 - Somewhat Likely (80%) - 64% - Yes]

So, someone will come take a look. A large cloud of black smoke that follows the explosion and a large of amount of automatic fire seems to have caught someone's attention. Maybe the big boss will come take a look.

• [GME: Will the commander come personally to see what the disturbance is about? - Chaos Rank 6 - Unlikely (65%) - 63% - Yes]

So, the Polish commander is coming. I am assuming his command group is present and he will probably bring a security detachment too. Their arrival will be another scene that we will add to the scene list. In the meantime, we can have a discussion with the captured Poles.

Scene 7a – Talking to the Poles(CR 6)
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Scene Setup
Wally and Klasha will talk to the Poles, attempting to determine why they fired on the group. The Poles believe the group to be Russians. Will they tell the characters this?

• [GME: Do the guards tell the group that they reason they wanted to kill them is because they think they are Russians? - Chaos Rank 6 - Likely (85%) - 17% - Exceptional Yes]

Wow, not only will they admit it, they want the group to know in very specific and expletive terms why they are trying to kill them. Boy, are they in for a shock!

The characters will listen to the Poles and then explain to them that they are not actually Soviets in order to gain their trust. They will demonstratively speak English among themselves to emphasize the point.

The roll for the scene resolution is an 8, resulting in the scene unfolding as planned.

Scene Resolution

• "I thought it was a mistake to even be talking to these guys after they blew up our ride and fired us up. Still, Wally and Klasha were insistent that the group was probably not attacking us but who they thought we were. Wally and Klasha questioned them for a bit, and even though I did not understand the answer, I got the gist that the Russians were very unwelcome in this part of the woods. You could have heard a pin drop when they finally paused for a breath and Klasha said in English ''We are not who you think we are'. After that, we began to have some constructive conversations."
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The Poles now know the team are not Russians. Maybe they will be a little more willing to help now.

The team did will and the Chaos Rank will then sink to 5.