THE RIVERSIDE HEIST

MATT RITCHIE
 About the Author
Matt Ritchie is a part-time geek and full-time civil litigator who lives in Abilene
Texas. He is married, and has four adult children, two of whom are players in his
bi-weekly D&D campaign.

Matt fell in love with the original Torg in 1992 but never had a chance to get it to
the table. Then, Torg Eternity appeared in 2017, and he hasn’t stopped playing it
since. At the time of this publication, he is the author and manager of the Torg
Eternity Roll20 Character Sheet.

Matt is also a DM/GM in multiple other games, including D&D 5th Edition, FFG Star Wars, and The
Dresden Files Accelerated. You can find a few of his sessions at https//youtube.com/GMMatt.

Also an aspiring screenwriter, Matt is the author of Christmas Present, a feature-length holiday come-
dy/drama that is both a critique of and homage to the modern American Christmas.

The Riverside Heist

By Matt Ritchie

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 THE RIVERSIDE HEIST
The Riverside Heist is a one-act adven-
ture for Torg Eternity. In this adventure,
the players find themselves hot on the
heels of a group of robbers who have sto-
len a mysterious hard drive from a safe
deposit box. This pdf is for GM’s eyes only.
Players should avoid reading it so that
their experience of the adventure will be
fresh and surprising.
THE ADVENTURE FORMAT
This adventure is divided into two sec-
tions. The first section contains the scenes
that will take place during the adventure,
and the second contains each of the NPCs
who appear in the adventure.
The mechanics of Torg Eternity rely on
the GM to designate a clear beginning and
ending of each scene. Accordingly, the
events of this adventure are organized as
scenes.
• Each scene begins with a designation of
whether it is standard or dramatic.
• Next, the type of zone where the scene
takes place is described.
• Following these two items is an Over-
view of the action in this scene.
• Scenes can contain all kinds of action
that may not ultimately be relevant to
the story. The Key Beats section de-
scribes the events that must happen in
order to move the adventure forward.
• The next item in each scene's descrip-
tion is the Setup, which is normally
comprised of information that is given
to the players at the start of the scene to
orient them to the situation and the
challegnes they will face in the scene.
• Following the setup are the Develop-
ments for the scene. This section de-
scribes the various scene beats that will
likely take place as the players respond
to the environment. It also provides a
description of some of the anticipated
skill rolls that may take place as the
players attempt to resolve the challeng-
es of the scene.
• The Variables section provides assis-
tance in handling additional sitiations
that the players may throw at the GM
during the course of the scene.
• Finally, the Cut To... section describes
what will happen once the scene is re-
solved.
BACKGROUND
The focal point of this adventure is an
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 encrypted hard drive that is sought by the
PURSUING THE RELICS
Kanawa Corporation and Pope Malreaux's
The Relics of Power trilogy of adventures,
Church. The hard drive contains notes that
which was published shortly after the origi-
were generated by Claude Brown, an
nal Torg was released in the early 1990s.
eighteenth century French explorer, who
These modules featured a plot in which the
purportedly discovered an ancient, mysti-
players became caught up in a struggle be-
cal archive under the sands of Alexandria,
tween the High Lords to capture and control
Egypt. The archives are believed to contain
mysterious and powerful eternity shards.
a relic that describes the nature and loca-
tion of virtually every eternity shard in This adventure is inspired by the Relics
Core Earth, and the balance of the Possibil- series. It is designed to be the first act in a se-
ity Wars would be instantly tipped in favor ries of stories, initiating the players into a race
of any High Lord who possesses it. to capture relics that might otherwise become
weapons that are used by the High Lords to
The lore relating to the archive is well-
subjugate Earth.
known to the High Lords. Indeed, even
now, agents of the Nile Empire are desper-
ately searching the desert around Alexan- Malreaux's cause after his sister was mirac-
dria in an effort to locate it. However, the ulously healed by one of his priests. Acting
archive has thus far eluded them. on orders from the Church, Barnes ar-
ranged for the murder of Coulter. He then
Until recently, Claude Brown's original
destroyed all copies of the photographs of
notes relating to the archive were believed
the materials, save one full set, which is
to be lost. Prior to Day One, they were lo-
now stored on the encrypted hard drive.
cated in a museum just outside of San
Francisco, and the High Lords have con- Barnes believes that the hard drive is
cluded they were lost in the axiom wash secure in a safe deposit box at the River-
that transformed the area into the Living side National Bank, but he is wrong. A dis-
Land. sident mole in the Church has sold infor-
mation about the hard drive and its con-
About a month ago, however, things
tents to the Kanawa Corporation. As the
changed. One of Malreaux's bishops dis-
adventure opens, a Kanawa strike team has
covered that an American scholar named
entered the Riverside National Bank, and -
Vince Coulter was in possession of photo-
unknown to the players - has already made
graphs of Barnes’ notes. Moving quickly,
off with the hard drive while several addi-
Malreaux contacted Vincent Barnes, a
tional team members remain behind to cre-
wealthy businessman in Austin who had
ate a distraction.
recently cast his lot as a true believer in

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 ADVENTURE SYNOPSIS
The adventure begins at the Riverside
State Bank in Austin, where the players
intervene during a robbery in progress.
After dispatching a group of robbers who
remained behind to create a distraction
while Akinari Ito escaped with the hard
drive, the players learn that the their sole
objective was a single safe deposit box.
They will then likely move to interrogate
Vincent Barnes, the owner of the box,
about its contents. Barnes proves to be less
than cooperative. He provides only a few
clues before he is killed by a Kanawa snip-
er. The sniper, however, leaves a clue be-
hind that leads the players to nearby Cedar
Office Park, where most of the strike team
remains behind, waiting for extraction. In
the Act's climactic scene, the players con-
front the team in an abandoned building
and learn the truth: the team has stolen an
encrypted hard drive with information
about an eternity shard, and that hard
drive is now at a top-secret Kanawa facility
in Nagoya, Japan.
DESTINY AND
COSM CARDS
During the course of this adventure one
of more of the players may attempt to use
one of the narrative-changing cards from
the Destiny or Cosm deck. Following are
some suggestions for how those cards
might come into play.
Nemesis
Although he appears in this adventure
only by means of his gruesome calling card
(see Scene 2), Akinari Ito, the leader of the
strike team, is an ideal subject for Nemesis.
His presence looms large, especially after
the death of Monica Fletcher in Scene 2. He
is the perfect object of a vengeance quest.
The players may also choose Tatsu, one
of Ito's henchmen, as the target of a Neme-
sis card. If so, rather than fighting to the
death in Scene 4, Tatsu will instead flee,
setting up further encounters in future ad-
ventures.
Romance
Monica Fletcher, the party's local contact
with Delphi, and Vincent Barnes are both
potential subjects for the Romance card.
Any encounter with Barnes, however, will
not fundamentally change his distrustful
posture toward the party, as described in
Scene 2 and the Vincent Barnes topic.
Cosm Cards
Escalation, a Core Earth Cosm Card,
causes reenforcements to arrive at a battle.
If Escalation is played during Scenes 1 or 2,
one additional strike team member per
Storm Knight will be present, and each
Storm Knight receives two possibilities. If it
is played during Scene 4, one additional
strike team member, plus an additional 2
strike team members, will be present, and
each Storm Knight receives three possibili-
ties.
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SCENE 1
RIVERSIDE STATE BANK
Scene Type: Standard
Cosm: Core Earth (Pure)
Overview
The players are dropped into the middle of
the action when they intervene in a bank rob-
bery in process. After they confront the rob-
bers who are threatening the public in the
main lobby, they learn that the robbers were
exclusively interested in a safe deposit box
that is owned by Vincent Barnes, an enigmat-
ic, but wealthy citizen of Austin.
Key Beats
Once the action winds down, you should
make sure that the characters are (a) made
aware that a second group of robbers have
escaped with the contents of a single safe de-
posit box from the vault, and (b) pointed to-
ward Barnes as the owner of the safe deposit
box. This information will likely be provided
by Jeff Christiansen, the branch manager, but
if it is not, you should make sure it is con-
veyed in some other manner.
Setup
To get this scene started, provide the fol-
lowing information to the players:
• They are in Austin, Texas where, for the
last three days, they have been participat-
ing in briefings from Delphi regarding the
advances that the various High Lords are
making in the possibility wars.
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• This afternoon, in the middle of a
briefing, they were interrupted - there
is a robbery in progress at the Riverside
State Bank.
• They immediately geared up and piled
into a van.
• Monica Fletcher, an eager Storm Knight
in her mid-twenties has been driving.
However, due to inexpecience, she will
wait behind in the van.
• Having made their way down a narrow
hallway, they are about to enter
through a door into the main lobby,
where some of the robbers are located.
Alternatively, use the following read-
aloud text:
You are in Austin, Texas, one of the rare
metropolitan sites that - for the time being at
least - seem virtually untouched by the possi-
bility wars. For the last three days, you have
sat through hour after hour of Delphi
briefings regarding the state of the possibility
wars. The picture is bleak, but not hopeless.
With the assistance of dedicated Storm
Knights such as yourselves, they hope to soon
turn the tide of the war.
This afternoon, in the middle of a briefing, a
junior agent entered the room and notified
the group that a bank robbery was in progress
at the nearby Riverside State Bank. It is not a
run-of-the-mill robbery. Every indication is
that the robbers are well-trained profession-
als. The local authorities have asked Delphi to
intervene, and - since you were the only
Storm Knights that were immediately availa-
ble - you quickly piled into a van and headed
to the bank, taking with you your standard
Players Enter Here
weapons and equipment.
After a short ride in an unmarked van that is
driven by a young woman named Monica,
you find yourselves inside the bank, at a door
that will lead into the main lobby. On the
other side, you hear screaming from employ-
ees and civilians as they are terrorized by a
group of robbers.
Developments
Gunfight in the Lobby. Allow the play-
ers a few moments to plan their assault. It
is difficult, through the door to tell how
many robbers are inside, but they would
guess that there are at least four or five.
There are also easily at least a dozen or so
employees and customers. There is no
sound of gunfire, but the situation is esca-
lating quickly.
Once the players have worked out a plan
of action, flip over a card from the Drama
Deck to represent the first round of combat.
Unless the players take actions that would
obviously draw attention to their presence,
they will have the element of surprise dur-
ing the first round.
The situation in the lobby is as follows:
• The players enter the scene through a
door that is behind the teller stations,
which are situated along a four and a
half foot-tall counter that covers the
length of the room.
• The lobby features a series of glass-
walled offices along the edge, with a
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 counter on the opposite side.T
• There is one robber for each of the player
characters, plus one additional robber.
They stand in the center of the public area
of the lobby, threatening the crowd with
automatic weapons.
• The robbers are NOT wearing masks.
Based on their accents and behavior, they
do not appear to be Americans. Instead,
they appear to be a mixture of Europeans
and Asians.
• About a dozen civilians sit on the floor
submissively, their hands on their heads.
• Behind the teller stations, three bank em-
ployees squat, taking cover under the
counter.
Use the Kanawa Operative stat blocks for
the robbers, but don't reveal that they are as-
sociated with Kanawa at this point. They re-
spond by firing at the Storm Knights, and do
not attempt to take hostages. They mainly
want to pin them behind the counter, if possi-
ble, to provide as much time as they can for
the main robbers to get away.
Players that wish to cross over the counter
must spend an action to do so, using the Ma-
neuver skill. If an appropriate Drama card is
in play, this use counts as an approved ac-
tion, but it is not treated as an interaction
attack. A failed Maneuver attempt causes the
character to fall prone on the public side of
the counter.
Once there are only one or two robbers left,
they will attempt to flee out the doors in the
front of the office.
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Searching the remains of the robbers
does not provide any clue about their iden-
tity. An Average (DN 10) Evidence Analy-
sis or Survival check reveals that they are
wearing highly sophisticated tactical gear.
The Vault. The bank vault is open. Two
security guards stand beside the entrance.
All of the drawers inside the the vault are
closed except for one small box in the mid-
dle of the wall. An Easy (8) Evidence Anal-
ysis test will reveal that it was expertly
picked, likely by a professional.
Christiansen, if present, is puzzled by
this. Why did the robbers take nothing
else? Why wasn't the cash safe opened and
its contents emptied? The robbers had con-
trol of the entire bank for at least ten
minutes.
One way or the other, during the course
of inspecting the vault, the players should
learn that the owner of the safe deposit box
is a customer named Vincent Barnes.
As the players are looking and asking
around, the following information is also
available:
• Barnes is a wealthy citizen in Austin.
He was once very active in civic affairs,
but during the last year or so he has
been very reclusive.
• Barnes' address can be provided by the
bank.
• There are cameras in the vault. They
have been spray-painted black.
• Most of the recording was destroyed
when the cameras were spray painted,
but a faint image of one of the robbers
 was captured on the system. The Storm
Knights can be given a freeze frame of
this image for further analysis.
• Assessing the scene for evidence of the
identity of the robbers requires a Hard
(12) Evidence Analysis test. Success
reveals that, based on the tactics de-
ployed and their appearance, these
were likely operatives from the Kana-
wa Corporation.
• According to bank logs, the sole con-
tent of this particular safe deposit box
was an external USB hard drive which
was labeled "Family Photos."
Variables
The players may attempt to capture one
of the robbers. In that event, let the players
begin an interrogation, but at the appropri-
ate moment in the interaction, the opera-
tive's kill switch (see description for Kana-
wa Operatives) is activated, instantly de-
priving the players of any further intel.
If the players begin to focus on locating
and chasing down the robbers, any efforts
should turn up cold. The robbers managed
to escape without a trace, and there is no
reliable trail to follow, at least for the time
being.
Cut To…
The characters will likely want to locate
and interview Vincent Barnes. If they do
not suggest it themselves, then Monica
Fletcher will convey instructions from Del-
phi to talk to the owner of the safe deposit
box. Proceed to Scene 2: The Barnes Resi-
dence.
SCENE 2
THE BARNES RESIDENCE
Scene Type: Standard
Cosm: Core Earth (Pure)
Overview
In this scene, the PCs have an opportuni-
ty to question Vincent Barnes regarding the
contents of the safe deposit box. While they
aren't successful in securing a full account
of the situation from Barnes, the PCs do
learn that the box contained a hard drive,
and that both the Cyberpapacy and Kana-
wa are willing to go to great lengths to se-
cure it. At a dramatically appropriate mo-
ment, a Kanawa sniper strikes, killing
Barnes before he can reveal the full truth
about the hard drive. When the players
move to pursue the sniper, they also dis-
cover that Monica Fletcher, their driver, has
been killed. Despite these setbacks, the
presence of the sniper also provides an op-
portunity for the players to track down the
strike team, probably by way of a GPS de-
vice that is accidentally dropped during the
sniper’s escape.
Key Beats
The following facts should be introduced
in the scene, depending on how the players
approach the interrogation of Barnes:
• Barnes is a Cyberpapacy loyalist who
became a true believer when his sister's
ovarian cancer was cured by one of
Malreaux's priests.
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 • The box contained a hard drive with data
that was important to the Church.
• Once these two things are established,
and before the PCs can learn any more,
the sniper should strike.
• The players should have some means of
tracking the sniper. If the players don’t
devise a means of their own, they will dis-
cover a GPS which has recently been used
to locate Cedar Office Park, which is just
South of Austin.
Setup
Provide the following information to the
players at the start of this scene:
• Monica Fletcher is again the party's driv-
er, transporting them to the Barnes' resi-
dence.
• Delphi has analyzed the digital record-
ings of the robbery and confirmed that
the perpetrators were Kanawa operatives.
• Their leader appears to be Akinari Ito, a
ruthless special operations agent that is
known to be assigned to only the most
critical of missions.
• Vncent Barnes lives in a lavish home in
the Austin suburbs. The home is sur-
rounded by tall trees and has a wide, cir-
cular drive.
• Barnes himself answers the door and
greets them.
Alternatively, you can use the following
read-aloud text:
As Monica Fletcher drives you along a freeway
and into an affluent Austin suburb, you are
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again contacted by Delphi on a mobile device.
Delphi has undertaken a preliminary analysis
of the digital recordings of the robbery. Based
on their weaponry and tactics, it is highly
likely that they were Kanawa operatives.
Their leader has been identified as Ankari Ito,
a ruthless special operations agent. Ito, you
are told, would not be assigned to this mis-
sion unless it was of significant interest to
Kanawa.
As the briefing concludes, you find yourself
pulling up to a large home of at least 8000
square feet set on an acre or two of suburban
land. A massive, circular driveway crosses
around a fountain, allowing passengers such
as yourselves to be delivered to front door.
Monica pulls the van up to the doorway.
Developments
Monica will wait in the van while the
characters approach the door. Vincent
Barnes himself will answer the door. He
lives alone and none of his domestic staff is
present at the moment.
Barnes is a tall, brooding man with a
deep voice. He dresses in khakis and a sol-
id blue button-down shirt. He is already
aware of the robbery, but does not know
the PC's purpose for being there. He be-
comes guarded the moment he is told that
they are interested in the safe deposit box.
If asked about it, he openly admits that
he is a Malreaux loyalist. He became a true
believer when his only sibling was recently
cured of ovarian cancer by one of Mal-
reaux's priests. He is dismissive of any sus-
picions that he or his sister are being
duped or used.
 Barnes will not give up any information
about the contents of the safe deposit box
unless he is pressed. Use his statblock to
set the difficulty of any interaction tests
that are attempted by the PCs. The infor-
mation yielded by the interactions should
be parsed out as follows, based on the level
of success of the check:
• The box contained a solid state hard
drive.
• The hard drive contains information he
had procured for the Church.
• He is not at liberty to say what infor-
mation it contained.
• Agents of the Church were coming in
the next few hours to secure it and take
it back to France.
While the PCs have been interrogating
Barnes in his grand foyer, Tatsu, a Kanawa
assassin, has tracked the PCs to this loca-
tion. He has quietly slashed the tires of the
van and killed Monica Fletcher. Now he
waits, high in a tree, about 120 feet outside
the residence. He has a sniper rifle with a
high-tech scope, and is waiting for the per-
fect opportunity to take out Barnes.
Once the PCs have Barnes cornered and
are threatening in some way to obtain a
description of the contents of the hard
drive, they will hear a glass breaking on
one of the windows in the front of the
house. When they examine the window,
they will note that it has a shatter mark
around what looks like a bullet hole. Turn-
ing back to Barnes, they will discover that
he has been shot right betwen the eyes. He
falls over, dead.
As they investigate outside, they spot
Tatsu about 100 feet away dropping out of
a tree and running back toward the road.
With the tires of the vehicle slashed, their
only opportunity is to pursue on foot. A
successful Maneuver test (Difficulty 15) al-
lows the PCs to arrive at the roadway in
time to see him get into a black sedan and
speed away. Otherwise, there will be no
sign of him when they reach the road.
If the players come up with a plan for
tracking the vehicle (for example, by noting
its description and asking Delphi to find it
or by setting up a tracking spell), their plan
should prove to be successful. Otherwise,
while debating their next step, the players
will locate a GPS that was apparently
dropped by the sniper during his flight. It
shows the Barnes residence as its current
destination, but a quick review of its histo-
ry reveals that it had previously been used
to get directions to a place called Cedar
Office Park.
In the meantime, inside the van, Mon-
ica's body lies on the floorboard of the vehi-
cle. She is dead, her throat slit by the same
assassin. Lying on top of her hand is a pen
that resembles a red drop of blood. A suc-
cessful Evidence Analysis (Difficulty 10)
test reveals that it is a calling card for
Akinari Ito and his elite hit squad. This in-
formation can also be obtained by asking
any one at Delphi.
Variables
Cautious players may leave someone at
the van to stay with Monica. In that case,
Tatsu will instead position himself in the
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 tree and kill both Barnes and Fletcher in turn.
He will then shoot out the tires before fleeing.
Likewise, the players may insist that Mon-
ica come into the house. In that case, the snip-
er will slash the tires and then kill Barnes and
Monica in turn.
Finally, if the players try to position Barnes
in a way where he is not in front of any win-
dows (a truly paranoid move under these cir-
cumstances—you should certainly not give
them any reason to think about a potential
sniper yourself), the killer will instead slash
the tires and kill Monica Fletcher. He will
then burst into the room at the dramatically
appropriate moment, using his surprise
round to shoot Fletcher and then flee.
If, for some reason, the players are able to
catch up with Tatsu and capture him, his kill
switch will be triggered (as described in Sce-
ne 1).
Cut To…
At the conclusion of the scene, the PCs' sole
lead for tracking the strike team should be the
information on the GPS. Following that lead
will propel the players into Scene 3.
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SCENE 3
CEDAR OFFICE PARK
Scene Type: Standard
Cosm: Core Earth (Pure)
Overview
Having tracked the assassin’s vehicle to
the area, the players arrive at Cedar Office
Park. Once there, they must locate the spe-
cific location where the Kanawa strike
team is hiding.
Key Beats
While it primarily consists of a dramatic
skill resolution (see below), the details of
how this scene plays out are fairly flexible.
At the end, however, the players should be
aware of the building (#6) and floor (3rd)
where the team is hiding, and they should
have completed a plan for approaching the
building without being detected.
Setup
Provide the following information to the
players at the start of the scene:
• The office park is nestled into a wood-
ed area just outside Austin.
• Ample parking space surrounds a total
of nine buildings, each identical, with
three floors.
• At mid-evening, the office park appears
to be virtually vacant.
• The buildings seem to be fairly newly
 constructed.
• Most of the buildings don't seem to be
occupied by tenants.
• There is no immediately apparent indi-
cation as to where the strike team is
hiding.
Alternatively, use the following read-
aloud text:
Darkness has fallen over Texas as you ar-
rive at the office park, which is nestled into
a wooded suburban area just South of
Austin. The empty parking lots glow with
illumination from dozens of light poles,
and there is no sign of any human activi-
ty.
The park consists of a total of nine build-
ings. Each of them are identical, rectangu-
lar structures that are roughly three sto-
ries tall. The marble facia and hardware on
the buildings show almost no signs of
wear, suggesting that the buildings were
only recently constructed. There are only
a few scattered signs and corporate logos
on and around some of the buildings, sug-
gesting that some buildings may be empty.
Certainly none of them are at full occu-
pancy.
Developments
This scene will play out as a Dramatic
Skill Resolution. The challenges to over-
come during this process are:
• Stage A: Setting up a reasonable means
of surveiling the park. This is no easy
task, because of the amount of light
that surrounds the facility.
• Stage B: Narrowing down the location
of the team to one or two buildings. By
observing each building carefully, clues
as to the location of the team will hope-
fully emerge. (On success, the PCs will
notice that there is evidence of large
groups repeatedly arriving and leaving
Building 6; tire marks on the pavement
and scuff marks on the sidewalk).
• Stage C: Identifying the particular floor
where the team is located. Careful ob-
servation of the building will eventual-
ly reveal tell-tale clues of the presence
of the team, such as shadows that shift
as people walk across the room).
• Stage D: Approaching the building to
confront the strike team without being
detected. The players must carefully
plan the most stealthy approach.
This skill resolution will last for seven
rounds. After that, the risk of detection by
the strike team is high. Allow the players to
suggest what their particular approach to
each problem might be, and establish an
appropriately challenging skill test for the
suggested approach. Barring suggestions
from the players, you can use the following
skill tests:
• Stage A (Setting Up Surveilance): Sur-
vival (DN 14)
• Stage B (Narrowing the Location): Evi-
dence Analysis (DN 12)
• Stage C (Identifying the Floor): Find
(DN 15)
• Stage D (The Approach): Stealth (Mind)
(DN 14)
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 Variables
The players may want to vary their ap-
proach for investigating the scene from the
pattern that is laid out above. If they do, you
should accommodate their requests as much
as possible, shaping their own plan into an
appropriate dramatic skill resolution which
may or may not be similar to the one outlined
above. Ultimately, the goal of the skill resolu-
tion should be to identify the location of the
Kanawa strike team and prepare a plan for
approaching the team.
Some players may want to call for backup
at this stage. If they do, suggest that the strike
team may not be here for much longer, and
provide orders from Delphi to proceed with
an assault.
Cut To…
Once the players have completed the dra-
matic skill resolution, the time has come to
confront the strike team in Scene 4.
SCENE 4
KANAWA HIDEOUT
Scene Type: Dramatic
Cosm: Core Earth (Pure)
Overview
In this scene, the players confront the rem-
nants of the Kanawa strike team that is re-
sponsible for the Riverside bank robbery and
the death of Monica Fletcher, only to discover
that Akanari Ito has already escaped the
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country with his prize. All is not lost, how-
ever. A careful interrogation of the strike
team and/or inspection of the scene will
reveal his destination, opening up the pos-
sibility that it could be recovered, and
vengeance exacted, in future adventures.
Key Beats
This Dramatic scene begins with a com-
bat encounter, and will likely end with an
information-gathering process. During the
aftermath, the players should learn that
Akinari Ito has already escaped from US,
and that his ultimate destination is Nago-
ya, Japan.
Setup
The Kanawa strike team is hiding on an
uninhabited floor of a vacant office build-
ing. The primary construction of of the
building has recently been completed
(outer walls, plumbing, electricity, elevator
access). However, there are no interior
doors or walls, and the floor is bare con-
crete. A few office chairs and assorted
items lie scattered around the interior.
When the players arrive on the scene,
they will have two choices for approaching
the office floor. The first is to access it
through the starwell. The second is to ei-
ther arrive on the elevator or climb up the
elevator shaft. In either (or both) events,
whether the players have surprise will de-
pend on whether they successfully com-
pleted the dramatic skill resolution in Sce-
ne 3. If they did, then they should be given
an initial surprise round. If they did not,
then the Kanawa operatives will have tak-
en cover and will be waiting for them.
Aftermath
Once the battle is concluded, the players
will probably want to search the area for
clues and/or to interrogate any survivors.
Items left behind by the strike team are
largely void of any clues, consisting mostly
of sleeping bags, a few items of clothes and
toiletries, and their weaponry and ammu-
nition. However, a careful examination of
the pockets of one of the dead henchmen
reveals a piece of paper with a few words
scribbled in Japanese. A character who can
read Japanese and/or who passes a Stand-
ard (10) Languages test can discern its con-
tents. It is an instruction to bring the hard
drive to Nagoya, Japan.
If the characters instead opt to interro-
gate one of the strike team members who is
still alive, they will learn the same thing
based on a DN 14 Intimidation and/or
Trick test. The strike team member will not
know anything else that is useful.
Variables
If the battle goes poorly for the players,
but you don't want to end the adventure
with a total party kill, consider having Del-
phi reinforcements arrive should the play-
ers run out of possibilities and be close to
their wound limit.
Cut To…
Several hours after the dust has settled in
the office park, the players will learn that
Delphi has intercepted intel from the God-
Net confirming that an important
"package" has just arrived in Nagoya. And
on that note, the players begin looking to
their next adventure...
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NPCs
Kanawa Operative
Kanawa dispatches small teams of these
highly trained paramilitary personnel around
the globe. They generally wear black tactical
gear and carry no identifying information.
It is not unusual for an operative to be
equipped with a literal kill switch in his spi-
nal cord. This kill switch allows a remote op-
erator to overload their nervous system, re-
sulting in immediate death. The kill switch
system, which is virtually undetectable and
unhackable, is normally triggered when an
operative is inadvertently captured and at
risk of giving away sensitive information.
Attributes: Charisma 8, Dexterity 11, Mind 9,
Spirit 9, Strength 9
Move: 11; Tough: 13 (4); Shock: 9; Wnd: -
Skills: Dodge 13, Find 11, fire combat 13, in-
timidation 10, maneuver 12, melee weapons
14, stealth 14, unarmed combat 14.vehicles
(Any) 12
Equipment: Tactical body armor (+4), Semi-
Automatic SMG (Dmg 13, Short Burst, Range
25/50/75), Combat Knife (+2), Kill switch spi-
nal implant
Perks: -
Possibilities: Rare (1)
Special Abilities: -
Monica Fletcher
A relatively new Storm Knight, Monica is
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an energetic twenty-something who is im-
patient to jump into the action. She is about
5’6”, and has dark hair and eyes. Monica
exhibits a good working knowledge of Del-
phi procedures and wants to make a good
impression on the Storm Knights that are
represented by the players.
Quote: “Um...that’s not exactly proce-
dure.”
Attributes: Charisma 10, Dexterity 9, Mind
11, Spirit 6, Strength 7
Move: 9; Tough: 9; Shock: 6; Wnd: -
Skills: Profession (Accountant) 3, dodge
10, find 12, trick 12, unarmed combat 8,
willpower 8
Equipment: Beretta (Damage 10, Range
10/20/30), cell phone, handbag
Perks: -
Possibilities: 1
Special Abilities: -
Vincent Barnes
Resident of Austin and believer in the
Cyberpacy, whose agents "healed" his sis-
ter's ovarian cancer. He holds the key to a
safe deposit box which he knows has an
encrypted SSD drive, but he does not know
what is on it. He is supposed to maintain it
for safekeeping until Church representa-
tives arrive. He is acting under strict in-
structions to avoid disclosure of the exist-
ence of the hard drive.
Quote: “I’m afraid that is a Church secret.”
Attributes: Charisma 10, Dexterity 7, Mind
12, Spirit 8, Strength 7
Move: 11; Tough: 13 (4); Shock: 9; Wnd: -
Skills: Profession (Securities Broker) 4,
find 13, trick 14, willpower 10
Equipment: Cell phone
Perks: -
Possibilities: None
Special Abilities: -
Tatsu
Recruited by Ankari Ito from a street
gang, no one knows Tatsu's original name.
To his fellow team members, and in the
Kanawa organization, he is simply known
as "The Dragon" because of the giant image
of a Tatsu/dragon that is tatooed on his
back.
Tatsu is a silent, merciless killer, equally
skilled with a sniper rifle as he is in close
quarters. He will follow orders from Anka-
ri Ito and/or any other Kanawa authority
without hesitation.
Quote: “Don’t worry. They’ll never see it
coming.”
Attributes: Charisma 7, Dexterity 11, Mind
9, Spirit 10, Strength 13
Move:11; Tough:16(3); Shock:10; Wnd: 3
Skills: Dodge 15, find 11, fire combat 16,
intimidation 14, land vehicles 14, melee
weapons 17, stealth 15, unarmed combat 17
Equipment: Custom body armor (+3), Kan-
awa S7 Sniper Rifle (Dmg 14, Range
100/200/300)
Perks: -
Possibilities: 3
Special Abilities: Ki Strike (spend a
shock to add 2 to damage total from melee
or unarmed combat attack)
Ankari Ito
Ankari Ito is an Assistant Director of
Global Operations, employed directly by
Kanawa Enterprises. His responsibility is to
recruit, train, and command small groups
of operatives who engage in paramilitary
strikes around the globe. Ankari and his
team are based in Tokyo, but can be de-
ployed to any location on the globe within
24 hours, without any advance notice.
While Ito's team often uses stealth tactics,
Kanawa does not try to hide its existence
from the High Lords or the global intelli-
gence communities. To the contrary, Ito
prefers to foster fear by developing his rep-
utation as a brutal and effective leader
whose forces can bring swift destruction
and chaos on Kanawa's enemies, wherever
they may be.
Quote: “Consider it done.”
Attributes: Charisma 9, Dexterity 13, Mind
11, Spirit 12, Strength 12
Move:13; Tough:15(3); Shock:12; Wnd: 3
Skills: Dodge 17, Intimidation 16, Maneu-
ver 17, Reality 15, Stealth 18, Taunt 10,
Trick 13, Unarmed Combat 15, Melee Com-
bat 16, Fire Combat 16
Equipment: Custom Body Armor +3, Kana-
wa XT SMG (Dmg 13, Short Burst, Range
20/40/60), Combat Knife (+2), secure digital
device
Perks: Ki Strike (in unarmed and melee
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combat, spend one shock to increase dam-
age total by +2)

Possibilities: 3

Special Abilities: Minions (when injured

by a skill test, he may make a simple reali-
ty test to transfer the attack to a nearby
minion).

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