Operational Briefing

 

Operational Log: 15:00 GMT Wednesday, August 23rd 1939

After careful review of the field reports filed by the agents, the director of MI 6 had been advised to put this team on permanent leave of absence.  However Special Agent Nathan Chance of the United States Government “Special” investigation team “Delta Green” convinced him to have the entire team transferred to him and to be re-stationed out to Miskatonic University in Southern Massachusetts.

Some of the team, namely MARGARETA NOVAKOVA SEDLY was not happy about the transfer, but finally agreed being offered the alternative of a stint in a psychiatric hospital.

The teams transfer to the States was originally going to be conveyed by the tramp passenger cargo freighter the S.S. Black Star, but circumstances arose just recently needing field agents fluent in Polish, which several members are. The team’s passage will happen two weeks early, being transferred to the French Lines S.S. Normandie with Third Class Tickets.

 

The Mission:

Contact and protect a Polish spy Transferring important documents about the German military industrial complex to their Embassy in New York.

You’re Cover: You are members of the various organizations, Government and Private being transferred to a academic project at the Miskatonic University in Southern Massachusetts.

You’re Objectives:       

1. Find and protect the Polish Spy.

2. Find out what the spy found in Germany.

3. Find out why the Spy needs to take this to New York City and not Warsaw.

 

Boarding Time is 3pm at Southampton Dock, Wednesday, August 23rd 1939

 

 

 
 
 

 

Operational De-Briefing

Operational Log:

Wednesday August 23rd  

    The Team boards the S.S.Normandie  at 3pm at Southampton Dock.

    Team meets Zach Jones (American Industrialist) while cashing a tall blond woman across the ship and eventually losing her, BUT getting thrown in the Brig in the process.  Mr. Helmut von Schmitz(German Banker of Deutsche Bank) demands the team be thrown off the ship. Zach (Being a share holder in the French Lines) intervenes and talks the captain into letting the Team out.

Zach Jones gets the team out of the brig and introduces them to Ben Gudsolmen (NYC Doctor), Sarah Lasseter(English socialite), Crystal Villeneuve(Daughter of French Diplomat),Sergei Francois(French banker/business men from NICE France)Fredrick Clarmont(Rich French Canadian Logging Heir from Quebec)

 Zach expresses an interest in the Lady they were all chasing across the ship. She knocked him down while running from 3 men. Being a Romanic single rich playboy type he is always interested in "Damsels" in distress. His French friends thinks he's silly but adorable and are willing to help him find the woman, who the group believes is a stowaway. They enlist the team to help.

 Zach gives the team his suite of rooms in "Ultra Grande" 1st Class, and takes the one forward of it for him and his French friends. The suite on the other side of the Team's new set of suites is held by Helmut von Schmitz and his associates.

After dinner the team searches the ship for the "Mystery Blond". Alex is jumped by a Deep one I n the Cargo Hold while Nigel steams up the windows of a Mercedes Limo with Margareta.

Thursday  the 24th of August 1939

Normandie sails from Southampton with the morning tide. Clears the Channel for the Atlantic Ocean by afternoon.

Breakfast in the Grill room then Tennis

(Roughly Noon) Gun fight in Helmut von Schmitz’s suite of rooms BJ is injured

Nathan Chance heals BJ using magic in the Ships Hospital.

[ END of Act One ] Roughly 5pm

 

The Team goes to dinner at the captain’s Table and has to explain what happened to the Captain. They Meet German Baroness Eva Von Flastaff.

Sky fights and wins 5000 Francs in a boxing match

Yvonne is found in  the 1st class Pool Ladies room

Friday  the 25th of August 1939

            U-Boat off the starboard bow

            Normandie begins Zig-Zag course which adds a day to the coursing

            Breakfast discussions with Yvonne

            Meeting the captain before lunch

            Team is confined to their suite

Saturday  the 26th of August 1939

     Second meeting with the captain before lunch Team allowed out of their rooms

Lunch in the Suite

The Wizard of Oz : Yvonne is poisoned

Dinner at the Captain’s table

Galla Ball

Yvonne collapses

Gunfight in the empty theater : Sergei, Fredrick and Crystal are kidnapped.

Master Sgt. Nigel Barber Finds the "German Frogmen Commandos hide out in the rear smoke stack.

Trip the the Garage finds Sergei, Fredrick and Crystal. 

Using a wild party that evening as cover, the team breaks into the German's suite and in a brawl with them and some German Frogmen Commandos all the Germans are killed. Eva Von Falstaff arrives just in time to see Helmut von Schmitz's team killed. She escapes.

Sunday  the 27th of August 1939

            1AM Eva Von Falstaff escapes in the Mail plane which is launched from the Bow of the Ship. The plane never arrives at NY and is assumed lost.

Third meeting with the captain before lunch; the entire episode is blamed on old grudges and too much Champaign. The deaths of the Germans are considered self defense. The Capatin decides to hand over the matter to the NYPD on their arriveal on Monday.

Monday the 28th of August 1939

            Yvonne explains why she was sent to NYC with the German Blue Prints. She had to get a message to the Professors at Miskatonic University in Arkham Massachusetts. Her father discovered the Plans of a German "Paranormal Intelligence" agency called "The Black Sun" a branch of the SS Ahnenerbe, and their plans to take a book form the Polish Foreign Ministry Library called "The Book of Shadows Volume Two". Why this is so important she doesn't know. All she does know that is that the solent blue prints were just a cover, and the German SD was willing to kill her farther over this information, NOT the blue prints.

The Normandie arrives in New York Harbor and Docks at Noon. Yvonne goes to the Polish Embassy in NYC and later goes to on to the Miskatonic University on Tuesday the 29th The Team is handed over to the NYPD who then hand them over to the FBI who then take them on a private train to a meeting with two Organizations called Delta Green and Majestic 6 in Virginia.

Tuesday  the 29th of August 1939

During meetings about setting up a new "Paranormal Intelligence" agency, a call comes in from Delta Green's HQ in Arkham Massachusetts. The team must leave IMMEDIATELY for Warsaw Poland to retrieve a book from the Polish Foreign Ministry Library.

 

 

 
 
 

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