this last weekend, SUN 10 NOV 13 we had Joseph, Leslie and Omar and we finished up the (slightly modified) introductory adventure from Night's Black Agents - "(S)entries". Despite the minor changes from the rulebook I will still refer to people, events and places from the original story and so, for the final time...
***HERE THERE BE SPOILERS***
Srebrenica
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
02:27
(GMT+1)
We
join the team outside Ljobovija Hospital north of Srebrenica with the
noise of sirens closing in. Angeline, Evelyn and Luc clamber in the
Jeep and leave the parking area, heading towards where Ron has been
setting up a safe house. On the way the three discuss what they just
saw and what evidence they could gather from the hospital when things
calm down a little.
Srebrenica
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
03:03
(GMT+1)
Back
at the safehouse Angeline begins to start working on the clues they
have gathered so far – starting with the money trail. She must
track the funds back to their origin, requiring three Digital
Intrusion rolls. Evelyn boosts Angeline's pool using her
knowledge of private banking (Accounting) via Tactical
Fact-Finding. Angeline makes the rolls successfully and tracks the
funds from a Koernersbank branch on Vienna through a shell
corporation in London and back to a dummy corporation based on the
Isle of Mann.
Evelyn
spends her last Accounting point to track the funds to a bank
account in the name Verica Sanja Zoric. Angeline uses Research
to search for public records on Zoric. She is linked to a few small
businesses but has no educational records showing a background in
business or anything similar. It is possible that the businesses are
used for money laundering. Evelyn uses her Digital Intrusion
and discovers that Zoric is an adult film actress named Samantha B.
Ron
gets in touch with a hacker he knows back in London who goes by the
name Ibis. Ron gives her remote access to the Lennart Dossier and
asks for help in finding out more about Zoric and the money. Ibis
uses Digital Intrusion and finds two residential addresses
under Zoric's name. One is in Sarajevo and the other is in Odessa.
The properties have approximate values of €250-300k and were bought
with cash. Ibis establishes that Zoric's income is around €60-70k
p/a and therefore it's highly unlikely that her finances are
sufficient to purchase these.
Ibis
looks into CCTV camera networks in Odessa and Sarajevo, and sets up
facial recognition software for Zoric. Ibis reports this back to Ron,
advising she will further look into the smuggling angle and try to
identify who the mystery “Vincent” is on the shipping orders from
the Lennart Dossier. Ron pushes this as the main focus of her
investigation with the rest being supernatural mumbo jumbo.
Ron
also takes the opportunity to ask a favour of another old contact,
Gyasi. Ron still has a low level of confidence in the team's
capabilities and wants the backup of someone he can trust. The two
had worked together as part of a hostage rescue during in Afghanistan
back in 2007 and Ron knew that he could rely on him. Already in
Bosnia, Gyasi lets Ron know he can meet them tomorrow at Dveri, a
small restaurant on Prote Bakovic in Sarajevo.
Srebrenica
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
03:26
(GMT+1)
Ron
is outside, finishing up the call whilst the Angeline, Evelyn and Ron
look further into the Lennart Dossier. As he finishes up speaking
with Gyasi he spies a black Lincoln Navigator moving slowly down the
street as if searching for something.
Or
someone.
It's
after 3am and this feels very wrong (Sense Trouble). Ron makes
a move towards the Jeep, calling Luc on speed-dial and warning him as
he reaches the driver's side. The disassembled Zastava M70 is still
in the roof lining so Ron decides he will head around the block and
quickly assemble it, meeting the others on the other side of the
block. Luc remains on the phone and tells Angeline and Evelyn to pack
up quickly and make their way out of the back and over the fence. Ron
hits the lights and pulls out from between the parked cars outside of
the safehouse and hears the Navigator surge forwards, engine
growling.
Ron
shouts “Contact!” as the the Navigator accelerates but then it
crash-brakes outside the safehouse and the doors open allowing four
men armed with custom AK Carbines to decamp. One pair covers the other, as they approach the front of the
property. Luc is busy pushing Angela and Evelyn out the rear whilst
simultaneously screwing the suppressor onto the extended barrel of
his 9mm. As they make their way over to the rear fencing they hear
the armed men kicking in doors and shouting “Jasno!” (“Clear”
in Serbian) as they sweep through the house.
Whilst
Ron speeds around the corner to the opposite block, the other three
move into the house that connects to the rear. Angela and Evelyn run
through the alleyway whilst Luc takes up a position on the corner of
the south-east side. Luc hears a pair of men moving towards the fence
and a harshly whispered “Ići” (“Go” in Serbian). A man
scrabbles over the fence and drops to the other side and he turns to
assist his friend as he now clambers over. Luc hears the Navigator
accelerate away southwards, it sounds as though the vehicle is
following Ron's route.
Ron
pulls up in the Jeep as Angeline and Evelyn reach the pavement. He
exits immediately, drawing his suppressed pistol and moving up around
the north-east side of the house to flank whilst indicating to the
ladies to get in the car and get moving. As all this is happening Luc
draws a bead on the first man who had crossed the fence. He is
currently holding both carbines and trying to assist his partner. The
two subsonic hollowpoints that Luc double taps into the back of his
head (Shooting
spend) hinder this attempt and he collapses on top of the carbines.
Angeline
climbs into the driver's seat and Evelyn into the back. Evelyn yanks
the ceiling liner away and starts hurriedly re-assembling and loading
the M-70. Angeline sees the lights of the Navigator approaching the
road in the rear view mirror to the south. She pulls away quickly and
they head north, back around the block again (known henceforth as
“The
Scooby Doo Manouevre”).
Luc
approaches the remaining gunman pointing his handgun directly at the
goon's chest.
“Ako
se krećete ću te ubit”
(“Move and I will kill you”) growls Luc.
The
gunman remains in place and slowly raises his arms in surrender. Ron
peeks over the fence and, seeing nothing climbs over. Luc indicates
that the prisoner should make his way back the way he came. The
disarmed gunman Scooby-Doos
back over the fence and is met by a gruff looking Ron. Luc swipes
both carbines from under the corpse. He effortlessly scales the fence
and hands over a carbine to Ron. Ron makes his way back past the
safehouse via the southern alley, checking for Angeline and Evelyn
approaching in the Jeep.
On
seeing the familiar headlights of the Jeep, Ron applies a rear naked
choke (Hand
to Hand
spend) and quickly puts the gunman out. He and Luc drag the
unconcious guard to the trunk of the Jeep and push him in before Luc
climbs in the back. Ron motions Angeline out of the driving seat and
guns the engine as the Navigator skids around the corner and
approaches fast from the North. Luc and Evelyn raise their rifles as
the bad guys begin firing out of the window.
Evelyn
opens fire at the radiator and engine, near deafening the Jeep's
occupants as she empties an entire magazine into the Navigator. Luc
fires a short aimed burst at the windscreen (Shooting
spend), hitting the driver and killing him instantly. The driver
slumps into the steering wheel, his foot jamming the accelerator and
the vehicle ploughs into a parked car before flipping over and
landing on the roof.
The
gunman carries ID naming him as Boža Knezevic. He carries a cell
phone, two spare magazines for the AK carbine in a belt pouch and a
small Spyderco locking knife. As the team get some distance from the
crash they brainstorm about how they could have been found. The only
time a third party has had access to their gear is at the point of
supply: Nikolic. Whilst Angeline starts doing a tear down of the
surveillance gear, Luc zip-ties and gags Knezevic.
Srebrenica
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
04:51
(GMT+1)
Angeline
finally finds a GPS transceiver in the gear and the team decide to
attach it to a long distance truck heading elsewhere. They stop off
at a small hotel on the way to the border to get some rest at last.
Angeline uses Diagnose
and Pharmacy
to sedate Knezevic safely. The team rest as best as they can and make
the drive to Sarajevo in the morning, arriving around 11am.
Sarajevo
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
11:07
(GMT+1)
Ron
sets up a new safehouse at an abandoned farmhouse several miles
outside of Sarajevo. It has a cellar for the interrogation and plenty
of open ground surrounding it to make defence a little easier. Ron
zip-ties Knezevic to the pipes in the cellar before preparing the
ground upstairs. The team heads off into town to meet up with Gyasi.
Sarajevo
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
12:22
(GMT+1)
On
first impressions he is a big guy, built like a rugby player,
clean-shaven and dressed similarly to the locals around him. Ron
gives him the breakdown of last night's shootout, the basics of the
job and otherwise brings him up to speed, including their prisoner.
Gyasi offers Ron a ride and the team return to the farmhouse in
convoy, Ron having used the time to discuss the arms smuggling and
his reservations about the others in the team.
Sarajevo
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
13:12
(GMT+1)
Back
at the farmhouse Knezevic is awake and belligerent. Ron and Gyasi
want to take the lead with the interrogation and Luc also declares
his interest and wish to be present. Before they head down to the
cellar the team make sure they have as much information as possible.
Evelyn and Angeline examine Knezevic's cellphone for information:
“Verica” is one name in the listings and a recently called number
has the name “Danilo” next to it.
Ron
calls Ibis again, asking if she can find out who Danilo might be, or
anything about Zoric with the additional information about their
phone numbers. Ibis starts searching around the data stack she had
gathered about Zoric earlier (Research spend) and discovers
that Danilo is Danilo Brigovich, a mid-level Nasa Stvar gangster.
Brigovich is listed as a producer in some of Zoric's adult films and
according to some of the emails Ibis uncovers, also has a romantic
relationship with her. Brigovich is currently staying at the Odessa
home address listed under Zoric's name. With some more digging Ibis
turns up some information about Knezevic – he has a record for
attempted murder, assault, extortion and is a known Nasa Stvar
associate.
Ibis
shares her information with Ron who heads down to the cellar with
Gyasi. Luc asks if Ron has developed any more info but is brushed off
by Ron. Gyasi and Luc hang back whilst Ron approaches Knezevic,
zip-tied to the pipes. As Ron gets close, Knezevic spits into his
face and threatens him.
“Jebeni
kurvin sin! pusti me, ili ću iseći ti glavu!”
Ron
chuckles menacingly as he wipes the spittle from his face. He
explains the situation to Knezevic carefully, that they are in the
middle of nowhere and that nobody will be coming to rescue him.
Knezevic asks for a lawyer and Luc, Ron and Gyasi share a look of
bemusement before breaking out in laughter. For the first time,
Knezevic looks a little less sure of himself.
Gyasi
walks around behind Knezevic, out of sight but close enough that his
presence is obvious. Knezevic begins talking, explaining that he is
one of the Zemun Clan of the Nasa Stvar out of Belgrade. Danilo
contacted them and told them how to track the team. Danilo asked that
they kill everyone, take whatever equipment they could find and
return to him with it.
They
have worked with Brigovich for nearly a decade, he is their boss, a
mid-tier boss in the Zemun Clan and pays them for various jobs;
driving, intimidation, “disappearing” people. He has worked
across Europe, the Balkans, Russia and France smuggling women and
children into the sex trade. He worked distributing cocaine through
Spain and in Norway (they have ties to the Norwegian chapter of the
Hell's Angels). He knows Vladek from many years ago, they worked
together previously. Gyasi watches his body language closely, trying
to get a read on Knezevic (BS Detector). It appears that he is
telling the truth but may be holding something back.
Ron
switches to “enhanced interrogation” (Intimidation
and Interrogation
spends) and Knezevic starts babbling – he says he doesn't know why
Rudek was killed as he had always been a stand up guy and dealt with
them honestly. He then starts talking about weapon shipments moving
through Odessa that he ran security on. The weapons came from all
over the globe and were sold on to other parties.
The
Zemun Clan helped to sell them but didn't provide the weapons in the
first instance. These weapons came from various sources and they
merely acted as middle-men and security.
Knezevic
talks about the Russians they had worked with, many of whom had
prison tattoos. Danilo was the money man for the last arms deal and
is also close to Dedopovic. It was he who called in someone from out
of town to extract Dedopovic, someone who couldn't be tracked,
couldn't be traced and couldn't be stopped.
Sarajevo
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
15:19
(GMT+1)
After
several hours of conversation the team have extracted all the
information they are likely to get. They decide to release him into
the wild and see who picks him up. Angeline plants a tracking device
in the heel of his shoe and an audio bug on his collar as well as a
hacked app that will allow full remote access to his smartphone.
Gyasi mixes up sodium thiopental and some mild hallucinogenics
(Pharmacy) and mixes
this with the food and water they leave Knezevic. Once he starts
reacting to the drugs, the team weave a fantastic escape story in his
ears as they drive him to the outskirts of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo
SUN,
28 JUL 2013
17:37
(GMT+1)
They
let him out of the Jeep and then set up a floating box surveillance
grid around him (Ron in the Jeep and the others disguised and on
foot). After coming around from the drugs, Knezevic slowly wanders,
trying to piece together the events he is recalling and wondering at
his amazing escape. He reaches for his phone and dials a number
listed as Janko
Kovač. He relates the tale of his escape and asks to meet up. Kovač
says “Be at the bar in an hour” and Knezevic hustles. Gyasi knows
which bar it is (Streetwise)
and the team decide to make their way directly to see what happens
when they start tugging on the thread.
***END
SPOILERS***
Angeline, Evelyn, Luc and Ron are awarded 8 points. Gyasi and
Ibis 4 points.
Thanks for joining us once more.
Cheers,
Paul
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