Secretive

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This faction is marked by elaborate protocols of secrecy and misdirection. It may be split up into numerous semi-autonomous cells, or consist largely of trained espionage professionals. Finding the assets of such a faction can often be more difficult than destroying them.
Effect: All assets purchased by this faction automatically begin Stealthed. See the list of Cunning assets for details on Stealth.

Leaders:
^{Who leads the faction}

• Paranoid director frightened by the outside world
• Spiritual grandmaster acting based on basic philosophies
• A board of anonymous officials meeting via pretech communication links

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

Nothing is true everything is permitted

Faction member only know the members of their cell and their immediate handler

The secrecy of the faction trumps all moral and ethical concerns

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

The faction's primary enforcer who is only known by his title

Crooked mid-level handler responsible for a number of sleeper-cells

Influential politician who is keeping her hand over the faction

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

An assassin in the night

A discrete team of well-armed and -trained professionals

Hit squad in civilian cloths suddenly emerging from the crowd

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

An ally turns out to be an agent

Key government figures are activated to bring leverage against the enemy

Framed for a crime

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

Pragmatic smuggler with a specialty in moving personnel

Loyal mid-level handler responsible for a number of hidden cells

Hacker specializing in the the censorship of data looking to drop off the grid himself

Complications:
^{How might negotiations be complicated}

Nobody knows how to contact the leadership; they contact you

Suspicions arise that you are infiltrators from a rival faction

Who was that person you just made a deal with?

Missions:
^{What missions might the faction offer}

Silence a person that has learned about the faction's existence

Transport an agent through customs without anyone learning of her existence

Find an agent that has gone rogue

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

Tattoo identifying faction members

Silenced pistol in a drawer

Important package in plain brown wrapping paper

A data disk with the names of all field agents

Places:
^{Where might the faction take you}

Dead drop in the middle of a park

Secret training facility underneath a busy city district

Secret mountaintop hide-out

Behind fake paneling in a smuggler's ship

Tags: Assets, Core