# Session S13 > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[2025-02 Blades 68|Blades 68]]] > [session:: S13] > [prev:: [[2025-05-12_S12]]] > [next:: [[2025-06-02_S14]]] > [session date:: 2025-05-19] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Vespbot 'Sage' Rowan-Ellis]]] > [dm:: [[SlRvb]]] > [player:: [[Nick Dumas|deezy]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]]] > [pcs:: [[Shaw 'Moth' Malvern]], [[Una 'Spectre' Vass]]] > [active npc:: [[Commander Kinclaith]], [[Lord Scurlock]]] > [discussed npc:: [[Chago]], [[Ellis Lockwood]], [[Hazel Chord]]] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) %% ### Starting notes: - %% ## Notes - Vespbot hands [[Commander Kinclaith]] a note from [[Scurlock]] - [[60 Games/61 Tabletop/Blades in the Dark/Details/Actions/Sway|Sway]] (Desperate/Great » 1, 5, 6) - He curses and walks off to meet [[Scurlock]] - Moth sets the explosives and radios that it's time to go - Vespbot goes and sits in the stands, hopefully just far enough out of the explosion range - The bombs go off exactly as planned - [[Wrench]] (Risky, Great » 6, 6, 6) (HOLY SMOKES!) - Moth exits the building ([[Prowl]] Risky/Standard » 6) - Three groups are within range: - [[SCORPION Syndicate]] » [[Chago]] - [[Cabbies]] » [[Ellis Lockwood]], [[Hazel Chord]] - At the same time, Vespbot has a flashback of sending evidence making it look like the [[SCORPION Syndicate]] is claiming responsibility - A small package arrives for the Red Torque. "Best wishes, you're next." with the business card and [[Black Lotus]]. - Vespbot follows the crowd out, looking confused and getting to safety - [[60 Games/61 Tabletop/Blades in the Dark/Details/Actions/Sway|Sway]] (Desperate/Standard » 6, 1, 4) ### Post Score… - We're technically now working for two crews - [[Red Torque]] - [[Leatherbacks]] - We tell Jet that we completed it, but also pointed the [[Red Torque]] in the direction of the [[SCORPION Syndicate]] - This got good standing with the [[Leatherbacks]] if we keep up this relationship. - Changed our reputation from Eccentric to Natural Born Killers… - No payout. Two stacks to the [[Red Torque]]. - +6 Heat (so Wanted 1) - First time being Wanted! - No one took harm - Faction clocks - Added a 4-clock for [[SCORPION Syndicate]] being onto us… - We have kinda killed two of their leaders so far… - Crew Trouble - Light Trouble: Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Friend found badly beaten) - Moth's contact, Jarris (an escaped test subject) - A couple of days after the news - By the [[Bluecoats|Bluecoats]] » a brutal interrogation - Local Trouble - No local trouble, but we take a -1d next time - Escalate Ongoing Troubles - No escalations - Moth and Vespbot go and grab a bite to eat at a local diner - Una is back - They debrief her on the last job - Gaining a Wanted level - One of the PCs is collared and hauled in for questioning: Vespbot - [[Commander Kinclaith]] - She takes a level 2 harm (battered) - We retain the Wanted level - Downtime - Vespbot plays that knife game with her fingers ([[Finesse]]) - Something is ticking… - Moth works to reduce our wanted level (which would have been smart!) - Posted at a diner, watching a building - Gets familiar with the [[Bluecoats|Bluecoats]] schedule - Una also works to reduce heat - An anonymous tip to look into the [[SCORPION Syndicate]] for the bombing… - Thanks to the [[Black Lotus]]… - Vesper is sitting and having a conversation with [[Scurlock]] and [[Commander Kinclaith]] - We can't tell what is said, but she's dressed in old-fashionned clothing - She speaks in agreement with [[Scurlock]] (training in [[Consort]]) - [[Commander Kinclaith]] has a look on his face that he had just had this woman battered in interrogation, and she's sitting here… just fine… - Meanwhile, Vespbot is plugged in to an industrial-grade generator in one of Scurlock's labratories - She - Moth starts a new Long Term Project - A tool to assess the class of an entity and get other information about it (new 6-count clock) - Una starts a new Long Term Project - Tracking down the escaped spirit - Una trains as part of playbook advancement - Silver tongue and stealth shenanigans! - Vesper - Missing for two weeks - Each receive a letter signed E. Scurlock and A. Rowan - Scurlock's clock hits 12