#coda.plot

WHERE: Oxford, England. (location may change)

WHEN: August 1968

Three months have passed since the mysterious fire at the Colosseum facility. No one knows who started it and no one cares all that much. It was the nest of an organization that lived silently for ten years and was destroyed quietly in one night. But there are still many pieces to pick up. As agents come out of hiding and try to reassemble the CIA and MI6 back to the pillars of secrecy and protection they once were. 

But the CODA team cares very little for that. With the help of Gregory Miller, who was also secretly investigating Colosseum from within, the spies were able to testify and prove their innocence. Their involvement in both the CODA and BRAVO cases have been deemed heroic. Lena Marks, Noah Jones, and Henry Clarke have been given official pardons by the queen of England herself. 

The deemed ‘hollow men’ from Marion’s organization are currently undergoing specialized therapy in the hopes of pulling them out of their brainwashed state. So far it has been unsuccessful but  MI6 is going to keep trying. Additionally, the CIA will be holding a funeral for Bobby Kane soon, but due to conflicting desires between the agency and Bobby’s family a consensus as to where the funeral will be has not been met yet.  

The CODA team did not get through their experience at Colosseum unscathed. Noah Jones now requires the use of a prosthetic leg, custom designed by fellow agent, Mortimer Redford. In terms of other physical transformation, Klara Marks is late into her pregnancy and is expecting her first child within the coming months. 

On this day, in early August the team reunites again. They are as whole as they can be, but not perhaps as whole as they would have wished to be. But they push that out of their minds. Because today is a day for joy and celebration. Today is the day Mortimer Redford and Levi Mercer get married. 

THE OBJECTIVE: Be happy, finally. 

PROGRESSIVE PLOT DROP

All hell has broken loose in Utopia.

Levi, while waiting on Sandra’s table, lingered just too long for her to feel comfortable. And upon a visual inspection of him Sandra was able to identify him as the man Deborah described attended her party the week before. Sandra realised he was Hyunjin’s plus on guest to the dinner party she had help to orchestrate. A clever and careful woman, she was able to connect the dots. She assumed this was not mere coincidence and he must be a spy or government official investigating her deal.

So, without hesitation she initiated a kill strike on him. It turns out, Sandra anticipated some conflict arising tonight. And to prepare for any possible outcome she hired an extreme amount of bodyguards, thugs, and actors to assist with a ruse. It is assumed that was the intention of the code being broadcast out to Las Vegas: a secret message to those that had been initiated. All of them were to attend the club on Friday night, make casual conversation, and await orders. This would explain why the club was crowded, but quiet.

This orchestrated distraction: a bar fight, gives Sandra enough time to seal the deal with Stewart, as well as an opportunity for her guards to kill Levi and remove him from the premises. There are at least thirty men currently brawling within the club: some waiters, and some patrons. But the commotion is spreading as the tension of the criminal club overflows. Amidst the screaming, fighting, and running a team of hired hitmen are hunting Levi.

The team must navigate this tumultuous environment, protect their leader and ensure that Stewart makes it through the night as he will be valuable source of information. Additionally, the spies must be careful not to be identified by Sandra as a member of the team, as that could jeopardize the success of future infiltrations. They must stay covert, avoid getting hurt amidst the combat, and help Levi fend off the nine assailants. However; the violence is so dense and the club so crowded that the movement of bodies blocks all paths to where Levi is. The team will have to fight their way to get to him.

PROGRESSIVE PLOT DROP - PART 2

Levi, through eavesdropping has uncovered some crucial information. Sandra has paid for enough uranium to make 12 nuclear missiles. Stewart asked if they were going to attempt to place them in Cuba, but Sandra said that their scientist had devised a missile which could cross an entire hemisphere. The missiles are capable of targeting city from all the way across the world. It’s apparent Vronsky plans on basing out of their private island just off the coast of Greece.

This new information causes another section in Sandra’s stolen notebook to make sense.  There is a list of cities on one of page of her note book. They read ‘Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Austin, Chicago, Nashville, Orlando, New York, Washington, New Orleans, and Las Angeles.’ This is assumed to be all of the cities the missiles will target and destroy if Vrosnky is successful. All the major cities in the U.S. will be completely obliterated if the team fails, and the major power of the west will fall.

PLOT DROP 001

WHERE: PARIS, FRANCE :The Hotel Westminster, Tuileries Garden, and surrounding areas

WHEN: June 1963

After meeting at the CIA headquarters and being briefed on the mission the team has become acquainted with one another. This, followed by a twelve hour flight to France, has allowed the spies to get to know another well enough to have an idea where they’ll stand.

The team just landed in Paris and checked into their hotel. The high priority of the mission and the combined funding of the NATO allies allowed for decent accommodations. With six rooms total, all with two queen beds, living room, and bathroom, the spies must split off into pairs to spent the next week living together. They may order room service or eat at local restaurants but they are expected to stay within a five mile radius of the hotel. All basic expenses will be paid with mission funds, and personal spending is allowed but must be done out of pocket and with cash. The team is expected to travel light as they will likely be moving to a new location once they infiltrate the Gala next week. They are also expected to prepare formal attire to be worn to the event. They need to blend in, but that may require dressing up.

Top priority is to stay undercover for the next week, because it is likely that Kipler and his associates will be in the area. Obviously no one on the team is allowed to disclose their identity or true reason for being in Paris to anyone outside of the team. The team is discouraged from making personal connections, but this is not monitored or prohibited. Any spy suspected of acting in a way that could compromise the mission will be suspended from attending the Gala, and all team members are expected to report on the conduct of their teammates. They must all stay on their best behaviour this week as the Gala is a crucial starting point.

The team has three core objectives for the week. The first is to find appropriate attire to wear to the Gala. The second is to case the location, security maps have been hard to come by but The Thief managed to pick one up off a guard.  While the team will attempt to enter through the front door as guests, a back up and escape plan is required in case something goes awry. The team is expected to know the ins and outs of the Louvre, including all restricted and unrestricted areas. Third, is to not be recognized. It is the nature of the mission to stay covert until the opportune moments.

The Driver, The Hacker, and The Fabricator have been given specific tasks to complete before the week is up. The Driver must find a suitable location near the Louvre to stay parked without arousing suspicions or being ticketed. Additionally, the Driver must procure a car by legal or illegal means. This could mean getting some help from The Thief, or merely renting a suitable vehicle if one can be found.

The Hacker must run diagnostic tests on the artifact, an ornate and jeweled faberge egg from the Romanov era.  A bug and a tracker has been implanted inside. The Hacker must make sure that the tracker and bug are fully operational and undetectable.

The Fabricator has been assigned the task of creating falsified invitations. The Historian was invited due to their prestige in the community, and they have handed off their invitation to The Fabricator to be studied. The Fabricator must create eleven forged invitations for the rest of the team. While this isn’t a particularly challenging forgery job, it is time consuming and they may want to enlist help from team members with steady hands and plenty of patience. They cannot risk being identified as fraudulent attendees. 

THE OBJECTIVE: Prepare for the upcoming mission to the Louvre Museum where they will be planting a bugged artifact and convincing Kipler to buy it.

PLOT DROP 2.5

The night so far has gone on with ease, but trouble is brewing. 

At this point both The Assassin and The Driver have gone inside; leaving the car unattended. Four individuals have been pointed out by The Informant, three have had trackers placed on them by Mortimer. One target remains elusive, and The Hacker must find a way to plant the tracker or evaluate whether or not it is worth the risk. So far The Informant is uncertain of whether or not they actually know the individual or if they just look familiar, it is entirely possible they have no knowledge of Vronsky’s plan. But the more suspects they have the easier it will be get procure information.

The Thief and The Fabricator have successfully planted the faberge egg. And the auction is about to begin, however. The Thief and The Fabricator were caught back in the off limits zone and have been detained for trespassing. With no excuse or valid reason for being there, they have yet to be released, and the rest of the team has begun to suspect that something is wrong. The auction roster has not been swapped out for the new version yet, and just as they were being escorted out The Thief alerted The Weapons Expert to this fact.

Now one team team member must go back behind the scenes, find the the clipboard which was left behind by The Thief. They must then find a way to distract the auction director, and swap out the clipboards - a distraction is recommended.

Even worse, one of the guards detected that The Fabricator’s invitation was false, and now guards are on the lookout for anyone acting suspiciously or attempting to cross into restricted zones. They suspect a plot for art theft and if they find anyone else that they think may be a part of it, they will inspect the invitation. The team must keep their covers while attempting to fix the situation last minute.

Most importantly, The Historian while wearing a terrible fake mustache, was approached by Kipler. The two old colleagues chatted for some time, and then Kipler invited The Historian for a private conversation wherein Kipler proposed that The Historian meet a friend of his. This friend is almost certainly Vronsky. Kipler said to go to Budapest to have a conversation, with the hopes of converting The Historian to the cause.

WHERE: Casablanca, Morocco

WHEN: May 1968

It’s the night of the gala and the team is prepared to enter the elite and heavily guarded event. It is taking place at a lakeside mansion: two stories, styled after greco-roman architecture, with a valet at the front of the circular driveway, and large walls covered in vines protecting the expansive and well-maintained grounds. There is already a line of luxury cars waiting to be handed off to the valet, and men and women in formal clothes of the latest trends are making their way to the front door.

Warm lights pour from the mansion’s windows and down into the dark green gardens. For Lena, Klara, and Noah the darkness will be nice cover for them to climb the wall, but will make handholds harder to spot. There may be guards patrolling the perimeter or guests looking out over the garden from the second floor, so they must be stealthy and quick.

Levi, Charlie, and Mortimer are attempting to enter through the front door with the rest of the guests. There are two guards on either side of the doorway, and a man checking the invitations at a podium. They must put on their best show and pretend to belong, praying that Noah’s forgeries will grant them access. Levi has been given the one genuine invitation, and the three must choose to either enter together and have the two fakes cast suspicion on the genuine invitation or run the risk of Levi entering alone. If Mortimer and Charlie are caught, at best they will be escorted away and at worst the guards will take them inside and question them.

Roman and Henry are posing as caterers, joining the team of well-dressed staff that is currently positioned near the back of the mansion by the lake. Henry and Roman are posing as temps, using credentials forged by Noah and networking done by Lena earlier in the day. They must withstand the unreasonable demands of patrons and not catch the suspicion of their boss.

There are two complications to the plan, going by the names of Stone and Miller. Mr. Stone who the invitations was stolen from has somehow procured a new one and was seen entering shortly before Levi and Mortimer. He will surely recognize and of the team of sight and he is known to be a member of the syndicate the team is trying to uncover. They know he’s slippery and tough, and if they want to get any information out of him they’ll have to get him away from the crowd and secured to prevent another escape. Don’t let him out of sight.

Worse though, is Gregory Miller, the leader of MI6 thought to have been killed in the shooting. Whether or not he is at the gala because he is a member of the syndicate or if he’s there to investigate is unknown. Confronting him in public may be dangerous, as the team wants to avoid creating a scene, and it’s likely he too will recognize any of the former CODA agents on sight.

But the main objective of the night: find the host. Whoever if coordinating the event will have strong ties to the organization and may even be a leader. This person is essential to the investigation, but kidnapping the host tends to be thought of as a party foul. If the team can find a way to stay in the building until everyone has left they may be able to see which important figures linger.

THE OBJECTIVE: Get into the gala, avoid detection, identify the host, stay after the party ends. 

WHERE: Casablanca, Morocco

WHEN: May 1968

With all that occurred that afternoon it was imperative for the team to leave Cairo as quickly as they could. Levi’s injuries were enough to delay them until evening , but the questions from the police were drawing too much attention. And the additional threat of whomever runs the secondary MI6 building tracking them down was enough to drive them to retreat. With Henry and Levi being tended to by Charlie the team escaped the hospital and hotel undisturbed. Roman piloted the plane to their next destination: Casablanca. 

They are staying at a small but well decorated hotel in Casablanca. Lena has done some research on the event they are supposed to be attending, or rather the event Mr. Stone was invited to. Apparently it’s a charity benefit for a scientific research cause, the name of which Lena believes to be fake since she could not track down the organization. The event is extremely formal and will require the team to wear their best black tie formal outfits in order to be allowed in. 

Noah is hard at work analyzing the invitation pulled from Mr. Stone’s luggage. The team has decided that Levi will be using the real invitation and Mortimer will be using a forgery created using Noah’s expert skills. It’s a difficult document to replicate but Noah says it can be done. Levi is still recovering from his injuries but he says he will be well enough by Saturday evening to attend the event. 

Mortimer is working on typing out all of the files he memorized and hopefully they will offer some insight and perhaps even offer some insight as to the targets or adversaries that might be at the gala. From the agent files Lena and Mortimer read the following statuses have been revealed: Malice - inactive, Apollo - inactive, Fugue- inactive, Tecne - missing (rogue), Patroclus - deceased (unconfirmed). Lena also checked in on some former MI6 associates. None of them were labeled ‘Inducted’ thankfully. But she was not able to retrieve the files for Levi’s former Heracles team members. 

Lena and Klara have opted to survey the location beforehand, which is a private mansion. They don’t know what the security will be like so they plan to do some reconnaissance in the time between now and the event. Henry and Roman will be entering the event by dressing as caterers and entering through the kitchen. 

It should be an easy mission. But the team knows to keep their guard up. They should be especially aware of Mr. Stone who may have been able to make his way to Casablanca and procure a new invitation. If he is there and he recognizes one of the team members they will be compromised and possibly captured. Perhaps getting in is the easy part. 

THE OBJECTIVE: Prepare for the gala, assess the information gathered from the files. 

WHERE: Cairo, Egypt. 

WHEN: May 1968

The team did not get so much as a name out of Mr. Unknown, not from him personally. For when Lena and Levi entered the room to interrogate him they instead found that he had broken his bonds and escaped through the window (which he had pulled from the frame without damaging it or making a sound). This was a disappointment, however, the search of Mr. Unknown’s room was far more successful. 

Mortimer managed to find a file tucked behind a painting, and while it was not the manifesto he was hoping for it did reveal some insights which were not new information to the team. In fact, it was a list of the CODA members and their known contacts. The list was thankfully quite short, and was mostly restricted to the knowledge gathered from the final inquest be Gregory Miller. Tucked inside the clock there was a key 

There was also a passport, which through Noah’s inspection was deemed fake. The name within Robert Stone, an alias. But it was better than the nickname Mr. Unknown. Also inside Stone’s luggage there was an invitation, not addressed to him personally but preaching that it was of the highest caliber and only the elite of the world were to be invited. It is a party taking place in Morocco in about two weeks, and the team has decided to be there and perhaps attempt to infiltrate. 

Inside of the clock, tucked in between the gears was a small key. Not large enough to open a door and not small enough to correspond to a jewelry box, the key has no known function. But Lena has put it in her purse for safekeeping. 

But the team’s first focus is on the information revealed by Lena’s overtracing of the impressions on the hotel provided notepad. Written in hasty script was an address in Cairo. Lena used a previous connection to inquire about the address, and Kenneth revealed to her that the address corresponded with a small municipal building MI6 used as a secondary location to keep duplications of important documents. Highly classified. 

The only problem is, the security for the building is extreme and the files are located on the eight floor. If the team wants to get in . . .they’ll have to climb. It’s nearly one hundred feet up, and would be a climb without ropes or any sort of security. If the guards catch them it’s likely they’ll be shot on sight. And they have to keep the public’s eye away from the climber so a distraction will be necessary. 

THE OBJECTIVE: Devise a plan for entering the file room.