Machiavellian

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This faction’s meat and drink is intrigue, its members delighting in every opportunity to scheme. It may be a secret cabal of hidden masters or the decadent court of a fallen stellar empire, but its membership has forgotten more of treachery than most others ever learn.
Effect: Once per turn, this faction can roll an additional d10 when making a Cunning attack.

Leaders:
^{Who leads the faction}

• Handwringing snake of a man
• Charismatic and affable charmer who lies with complete conviction
• Unapologetic master of realpolitik

Rules:
^{What are some universal laws or beliefs in the faction}

Nothing is true; everything is permitted

Physical violence is a poor man's resort

The game is limited to those that play it

Enemies:
^{Which person inside the faction might oppose the group}

Veteran schemer with a grudge

Schemer needing some patsies; "nothing personal"

Rival of the faction member the group is working for

Opposition:
^{What forces might engage the group in combat}

Local law enforcement in the faction's pocket

An assassin in the night

Other faction acting on false information planted by the Machiavellians

Obstacles:
^{How might the faction inconvenience the group}

Local customs officials in the faction's pocket

Fingered for crime against powerful faction

Suddenly rumored to carry important artifact triggering a swarm of treasure hunters and negative attention from major factions

Friends:
^{Who might offer the group services or missions}

Spy with a silver tongue and heart of gold.. or at least something approximating gold

Low-ranking member thrown under the bus by his higher-ups

Classy professional supplying bullet-proof suits

Complications:
^{How might negotiations be complicated}

Scheme got out of hand implicating everyone even tangentially involved

Double-crossed

Internal underhanded power struggle

Bait and switch

Missions:
^{What missions might the faction offer}

Plant evidence in a cargo container

Orchestrate blackmail on a politician

Find identity of faction member

Smuggle cryo-coffin through blockade with no questions asked

Things:
^{What items might have relation to the faction}

Code book (fake)

Black mail material (damning)

Voice-replicator of local politician's voice (used)

Conspiracy board of faction's activities (correct except for two mistaken assumptions)

Places:
^{Where might the faction take you}

Dark alley in moonlight

Site of a mass grave deep in the forest

Mingling with the planet's elite at a party

Privacy booth in a family restaurant

Tags: Attack, Core