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)