# Session S12 > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[2025-02 Blades 68|Blades 68]]] > [session:: S12] > [prev:: [[2025-05-05_S11]]] > [next:: [[2025-05-19_S13]]] > [session date:: 2025-05-12] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Vespbot 'Sage' Rowan-Ellis]]] > [dm:: [[SlRvb]]] > [player:: [[Nick Dumas|deezy]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]]] > [pcs:: [[Vespbot 'Sage' Rowan-Ellis]], [[Shaw 'Moth' Malvern]], [[Una 'Spectre' Vass]]] > [active npc:: ] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) %% ### Starting notes: - %% ## Notes - The Leatherbacks engagement: - [[2025-03-10_S04]] - Brace, the leader of the [[Leatherbacks]] - Ally of Scurlock - Engagement… it's a raid. - -1d because Moth is shaken - We've seen the [[Leatherbacks]] around the neighbourhood - Scurlock does not help or hinder, but is aware of what's happening - [[Leatherbacks]] are Tier 1 weak… just like us! - Result » 1 & 2, take the lowest - **Bad result.** You’re in a desperate position when the raid starts. Each PC has a max load of 2. The assailants may make an ultimatum at this point, and if the PCs accept their proposal then the raid is called off (return to the end of personal business and a planning meeting as usual). ### The Score - Una is out on obligation, Moth and Vespbot are at the base - Autopods reving and swirling around the base, basically smoking us out - Lasso Moth and Vespbot together - Jett approaches us both, makes a proposal that we both join her new crew, or become their mortal enemies… - Response - Moth: Jaded. Says it's the same deal as the Red Torque. - Vespbot: Brutal. Has a terrible look in her eye (not clear at who), but wants to get close to Jett and take her out. - They agree (no choice) - Wants us to continue Brace's original plan, blowing up the Red Torque's stadium during a race - Make it seem like someone else during the stadium, not the Leatherbacks - Wants to make sure it gets pinned on someone else, not the Leatherbacks - Has to be done in two days time - They provide the explosives (fortune roll result) ### Downtime (again!) - Una » gone for a week - Training montage » [[Study]] - Moth - Accquiring an asset » a detonation view - Tier 0 - Long term project » the listening device! - Vespbot - Accquiring an asset » SCORPION Syndicate, [[Black Lotus]] - Gets recalled by Scurlock to put her in the right place at the right type - Rolled a 1; she doesn't know she has been sent - She gets a nice amount of Black Lotus, the good stuff… and business card - Tarot (see below) - One more in [[Attune]] - Vesper - 1 tick closer on the Scurlock clock - Dinner scene - 1 tick closer on the Scurlock clock - Vesper in the mirror ### Crew Business - Called shot: Frame someone else for the crime (SCORPION Syndicate) - Approach: Deception - Moth as a mechanic - Vespbot as a guest - Load out - Moth: Loud (6) - Vespbot: Quiet (3) - Engagement roll: 3, 3, 5 - Success with a consequence ## The Score (Again) - Moth - Heading under the bleachers to set up a bomb - 2 are well hidden, 1 isn't as hidden as he'd want… - Vespbot, headed to VIP - 6 heads from different factions… a celebration. - Each has a car in the race. They are in the bleachers. 1. [[SCORPION Syndicate]] » [[Chago]] 2. [[Bluecoats|Bluecoats]] (allies of [[Scurlock]]) » [[Commander Kinclaith]] 3. [[Gondoliers]] » [[Eisele]] 4. [[Plasmovision Social Club]] » (allies of [[Scurlock]]) 5. [[Cabbies]] » [[Ellis Lockwood]], [[Hazel Chord]] 6. [[The Ankhayat Consortium]] » [[Eshala]] - Vespbot approaches [[Commander Kinclaith]] in the stands (5, 5, 5), and says that Scurlock has a message for him 🃏 Card 1: The Chariot Position: The path ahead Interpretation: Speed. Precision. Momentum. This mission can’t be walked—it must be ridden, full throttle, eyes wide open. The Chariot is victory through control and daring, but if the rider falters—if focus wavers—the crash will be catastrophic. There’s danger in the speed itself. The race track is a crucible, and someone has laid a trap in its curves. You’ll need more than reflexes; you’ll need willpower strong enough to outpace death. 🃏 Card 2: The Devil (Reversed) Position: The manipulator in the shadows Interpretation: A puppet-master’s grip is loosening—but not by choice. They’ve overplayed their hand, and soon, their mask will slip. Reversed, the Devil is power misused, and control beginning to crack. Their hold on you was forged through temptation, shame, or obligation—but now? You see the strings. And soon, they’ll know that you know. But beware—what breaks the chain might still draw blood. 🃏 Card 3: The Lovers (Reversed) Position: The stranger with a familiar face Interpretation: This is no reunion. This is a mirror, turned back a century. The Lovers, reversed, signal distortion, unbalanced bonds, false harmony. She wears your friend’s face, but her story runs older than your name. She may offer guidance—or betrayal—but never trust her at face value. She remembers you differently than you remember yourself. Ask her what she lost the day the her city changed. 🃏 Card 4: Judgement Position: The final choice Interpretation: The demon waits at the end of this road, not as an enemy—but as a test. Judgement is reckoning. A soul weighed in secret. When the moment comes, you won’t just be choosing between good and evil, but between who you’ve been and what you’ll become. The demon won’t force your hand. But it will offer something. Something only you have the right to accept—or refuse.