Sunday, December 12, 2010

Phantom: The Hunt Begins – Issue 1

You have spent a month preparing, you have learned about the gangs of the Foundry. Now you have to decide which one will be your first target.  As you lean back in your chair, you look at the letter on the table.

The letter worries you.  Someone knows your plans.  He states he is a friend and wants to help.  It is the third letter you have received.  The first two were dead on accurate.  You don’t know why the letter writer refers to himself as “The Oracle” but he has lived up to his namesake.

The first letter let you know when there was going to be a robbery.  You went and watched the whole thing happen.  You did not act because you thought it was a trap.  Later you showed the criminals the errors of their ways.

The second letter informed you about a gang rumble.  Again you watched the whole thing. At the end you were convinced it was a real fight, not a staged production.

Now the third letter was letting you know the Nicotine gang is meeting with an oriental crime syndicate called “Talons of the Jade Emperor” for a drug exchange.  The Nicotine gang is on your list.  They are a biker gang which specializes in drug selling and the use of violence to maintain their freedom.  They have five different safe houses in the Foundry.  You have not been able to figure out their rotation pattern, so hitting them where they live has not been possible.  The letter tells you the docks where the meeting will occur on and the approximate time.  Do you trust “The Oracle”?

            Also on your list are the Barons.  They are a gang specializing in neighborhood terrorizing, black market sales, protection schemes, and youth community outreach fraud (taking charitable grants for youth improvement programs but using the money to finance their black marker operations).  You have been tracking their traveling flea market for 2 weeks.  They have sold the majority of their goods so they will need to replenish their stock soon.  It would appear that they have been staking out a Sears distribution center in Our Fair City.  You think that tonight they will make their move.

            The last gang on your list is the Sons of James.  This is one of the newer gangs to show up in the Foundry.  They are still trying to carve out their empire.  Currently they have a house that is being used as a saloon and brothel.

            Do you go to the docks?

            Do you go to Our Fair City?

            Do you go to the Saloon?

            Street Patrol?