Monthly Archive: November 2021

“Both desirable qualities for a candidate Governor to be sure.” He raises his eyebrows, inviting additional questions.  

“He’s a known quantity, committed to the status quo, influencible.  Particularly since our mutual friend Aston seems to be in his good books lately.”  

“The phrase ‘anyone but her’ comes to mind.  She is likely to import a bunch of new faces from New Zargland and want to ‘make an impression’ with some bold policy initiatives, which is...

The Briefing Materials The surveillance notes contain the following details that come to Oliver’s attention on initial read: The security detail comprises two males (dubbed ‘the big guy’ and ‘the little guy’) and one...

The Briefing Materials Oliver can roll Research with a +1 bonus and get a result within the meeting.   The Quartz Room To Oliver, Zayaire gives a disarming, but – it must be said...

The Briefing Materials Lia’s examination of the photo reveals no insights. Oliver can roll Speed Reading for a possible bonus to a roll on Research for anything he can glean from the while they...

To be clear – Oliver can read the widget on his PDA, he’ll just need Lia to wave her tag near it. Alternately, Oliver knows tag-based security is actually pretty weak.  If he knows...

About the widget, Zayaire says, “it’s keyed to her tag.  Wipes itself if it detects tampering.” Is Lia looking for anything in particular in the photo? Zayaire will give them several seconds, and will...

The Envelope The envelope contains a high quality hardcopy image (a ‘photo’ for us contemporary types).  It looks to have been taken in a public place somewhere and is a half body shot in...

Zayaire answers Oliver’s question first, “from what’s been observed, he has a fairly generous schedule.  A few meetings here and there and then plenty of downtime, some of it he seems to be working,...