[UA] Connected - Campaign Notes

[Daniel R. Lackey]

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> Date: 14 Sep 2000 21:28:12 -0000
> From: "Nick Wedig" <mrteapot at disinfo.net>
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> Subject: Re:[UA] Connected - Campaign Notes (longish)
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> As soon as the PCs discover Barron's murder and this bit aboutt he sign,
they'll immediately expect TNI killed him.  I suggest that you therefore
make it something a lot less obvious, but keep this as a red herring that
they'll be working on for a good long time.  (How would you ever be able to
show that they didn't do it?  The players'd never be able to prove it either
way, but would be absolutely convinced it was able, if you do it right).
>
> Unless they opt for playing TNi members.  Then you should have him have
killed Barron, and have them uncover this during another investigation and
lead to questioning the ethics of their employer.  (Bonus way to get them to
question Able's ethics is make Barron an ex-TNI agent who left when he
started channeling the Rebel, and used his inside knowledge to piss of Able.
the sign thing was going Too Far, etc.  Who says Able Wouldn't pull the same
on the PCs?)

No matter what, I'm pretty sure it's not going to be TNI that ends up
kacking Barron.  My idea was, if the players are TNI, to have them spend a
good deal of the first session in Cthulhu-style research and interview mode;
when they're done with this, they pass the data along to their supervisor,
who tells them to either snatch or assassinate Barron.  (The grab will
probably take place in Milwaukee, where Barron lives.)  When they get to his
place, they find someone fleeing.  They also find out that Barron's not
home.  If they manage to successfully grab and interrogate the guy they
found they'll find out that he works for a group of people (haven't decided
who yet; possibly TOSG) who ordered him to kill Barron.  Barron's body is
then found in Kirkland, an hour's drive away.

If Barron is ex-TNI, my idea is that he was originally placed to infiltrate
the Collective, ended up being converted to their cause (maybe it's a
psychological thing, maybe it's Renunciation) and started following the path
of the Rebel.  I'm not sure I like this -- it smacks a bit too much of
Justine Ananader from LG$, but it's a possibility.

-- DRL

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