On Sunday we ran Session 9, the investigation of a Word of Blake nuclear blast site in Montana. The party spent a long time discussing what the site might represent and planned for their operation there, then went to the site and successfully sneaked past the cordon and made it into the site, where WoB NBC operations were working. They investigated a number of flavor sites (break rooms, bunks, food storage), and finally entered an office trailer where they were able to get a number of plot documents regarding the biological pathogen outbreak that precipitated the nuclear strike. They rendered on office worker unconscious and escaped with two hard disks taken from the computers on-site.
Returning to the ranch, the party broke the encryption on the drives to find details about two different pathogens. They were able to determine that Candidate 17, the less deadly of the two, was the released virus at the Montana site. That revelation was fortunate in that starting three days after their visit to the site, Clark began exhibiting symptoms of Candidate 17. The Ranch had been kept under quarantine while the disease ran its course, and fortunately it did not kill Clark. After his rapid recovery, the party was able to isolate and find a treatment for Candidate 17.
This session was particularly remarkable in that the party members rolled exceptionally well; we had several Stunning Successes. It also ran very well in that it became something of a spotlight episode for Clark, while still allowing each of the present members of the team to contribute in a meaningful way (Simon was absent for this session.)
I now need to start focusing on other characters. Notably, David has gotten very little exposure in this game, and I want to make sure he gets a chance to showcase his character, who has been somewhat frustrated by the lack of direct action by the party. I may need to reconfigure Session 10 to feature martial arts more prominently.
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