Session 18: The Aftermath Report

General Summary

Meeting with Sheriff: • Believe that there is still a Mole working with the Second Inquisition. • Told the Sheriff: ○ Split the Party and had 1 team make a distraction while the other infiltrated further in. ○ Hacked the computers successfully. ○ Douglas disappeared while Quinton was fighting a higher up Hunter. ○ Quinton almost let it slip that he recruited the Butcher, and that he had the Butcher join the combat on their side. ○ Began the escape plan and was hit with a Drone. ○ Was picked up by the Sheriff then had the Werewolves attack the Agents following them.     ○ Killed one of the Inquisitors. ○ They had a Kindred captured in a Lab which they couldn't free. ○ There was a person who could suppress the mental disciplines. § The Baron asked Jax what he thinks about this. § Jax tells the Baron that his best guess would be the a Mage, but he can't be sure. ○ Quinton overheard that there is a "special interest" in certain people in the city. Specifically our Ghouls/Mortal resources that are linked to Kindred high in the Food Chain. Using the Ghouls to learn about the Kindred. ○ The Loyal Ghouls who are captured are killed right away. ○ There is a Mole and played the recording of his conversation with the Patriarch that mentioned how Dr. Crucio's research was going to save thousands of people. § There must be a Mole because the Patriarch knew who Quinton was, even with his face being altered. Unclear if the SI knew that they were coming. § Sheriff mentioned that their voice wasn't masked. ○ The SI was researching Ghouls.   Questions by the Sheriff + Others: • More info about the captured Kindred. ○ Keeping the Kindred in a sealed off medical observation room.   Opening Scene: a. Debriefing the Sheriff 1. Location: a. Sheriff's Station 2. NPC's Present: a. Baron b. Sheriff and Scourge c. Scab the Nosferatu Hacker   3. Gathered Intel Summary: a. Variety of new weapons to fight Supernatural's. i. XScope, Screamers, Necrophage, ii. Chemical Weapons that are introduced into a Kindred's Herd, which negatively impacts the Kindred but not the Mortal. b. "Brain Bleed" has powers that negate some Disciplines. c. Ghouls that successfully ween off the Vitae are shipped to a new state with a new life. d. Powerful Ghouls are first tried to be recruited, then offered the new life, or finally are killed. e. Performing weapon tests on Ghouls in hopes they also work on Kindred. f. Studying Ghoul blood and how Vitae affects it. g. Trying to use Ghoul blood as a key component for a new super soldier serum. h. Trying to develop a way to track and/or separate Ghouls from Mortals. i. Phantom has an Axe that deals Agg damage to Kindred. j. They have a Kindred staked in a lab in the basement. k. Dr Crucio was working with the SI on something that the SI claims would "save thousands of lives".     4. Mission Rewards: a. +1 Status (Clan and Camarilla) b. 8 Additional Experience c. Bonus to crafting special weapons and/or armor d. Offer to grant the Coterie Domain over the Waterfront District or the Beachfront Park.     FOLLOW UP SCENE POSSIBILITIES: 1. The Tremere Archon will begin winning over Jax, starting by offering to help him finish his studies of Levinbolt.     DOWNTIME: 1. Party Planning Rolls and such 2. Brujah Van is completed 3. Jax can complete Levinbolt 5 only if he accepts help from the Archon or the Archon's puppet.