TEXT: For Use With Mercenaries, Spies, & Private Eyes, Under License From Flying Buffalo, Inc.
  
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  This is a work of fiction and sometimes satire. This work 
  uses intelligence agencies, governments, and political 
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  are intended for entertainment purposes only and are not 
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  is entirely coincidental.
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  Originally published by Beautifulharmony Multimedia, 
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  Introduction
   This solo scenario is designed for a 1st level MSPE Spy 
  character set in 1982. If playing a higher level character, 
  increase SRs by 1 for every 3 levels other than SR0, which 
  remain at 0. 
  Since Solo modules are by their nature self-refereed, it’s up 
  to you to decide if a skill can apply to a roll. It’s also up to 
  you to track XP for rolls; only final mission XP (should you 
  survive) is given.
  Your character is an agent of the United States federal 
  government. Which agency doesn’t matter. The scenario 
  is an extreme national emergency and you are given 
  temporary status as an agent of both the FBI and CIA if 
  your character is not one or the other already. If you are 
  not already armed, give yourself a 9mm clip pistol.
  Things have been formatted so that a single 'node' is an 
  individual page. so no scrolling is needed. However, it is 
  a .pdf document, so if you want to poke around here or 
  there to see something, that's also possible (unlike most 
  video games.)
  Go to 1
  
  1
  1982. Cold war tensions rise faster than computer stocks 
  and the hair is big. Yuppies are jam to Eye of the Tiger 
  as the economy goest into a tailspin from trickle-down 
  economics.
  Your boss, Sam Johnson, the Man with a Clearance Higher Than 
  God, calls you at 5am.
  “Be at LAX in thirty minutes. Top priority.”
  You arrive and security quickly escorts you onto an unmarked 
  learjet. Sam hands you a folder as the door closes and the plane 
  begins to taxi. “Short hop to Vegas. One of the prototype stealth 
  birds out of Area 51 went AWOL with the pilot. Unfortunately, 
  even we can’t trace the thing without a transponder, which he 
  somehow turned off right after declaring an emergency. We 
  searched everywhere he might have crashed with nothing. This 
  is as Top Critical as it gets. You have authority to take any means 
  necessary to recover the bird, or if that’s not possible, destroy it.”
  In the folder: pictures of a very odd looking plane named ‘Styker,’ 
  dossier of test pilot Ted Speed, CIA and FBI badges.
  Sam hands you a portable phone while taking back the pictures 
  of the Styker. “We touch down in ten minutes. Check out Ted’s 
  apartment first. Here’s a acoustic scrambler and a portable 
  phone. You’ve only got 30 minutes talk time on it and it takes 10 
  hours to charge, not much coverage area, so only use the phone 
  if you have to.”
  Go to Ted’s Apartment  - 63
  
  2
  As you approach the gunfight, the Soviet guard takes 
  down the driver of the jeep with his pistol. He looks up 
  and sees you. Time to do or die, as they say.
  SPD SR 1 to go first in combat, if fail, then go second.
  CON 10, DEX 10, STR 10, LK 14, SPD 10, Clip Pistol 3
  HTHA 2
  MWA  2
  Armed with Makarov 9mm (2d+4, 8 Shot Clip, 3 clips)
  Win the Fight - Go to 8
  Lose the Fight - Go to 67
  
  3
  Professionals cleaned Ted’s Apartment. 
  Every surface wears a sheen of bleach and it will be a day 
  or two until anything smells right again.
  No books or photographs or personal documents. Even 
  the trash cans are empty. 
  Other than the dead body and gore splatter, this could be 
  a model furnished unit.
  LK SR 1
  Succeed - Go to 61
  Fail – Go to 23
  
  4
  Luckily for you the Soviets believe in old fashioned methods, and 
  there is a fire axe in with the emergency equipment.
  You cut the ropes and roll the Styker out just as the cargo plane 
  begins to take off. The cargo aircraft suddenly lurches skyward 
  with the weight reduction as you jump onto the rolling fuselage.
  You hang on for your life as the cargo carrier was doing about 
  ninety miles per hour when you exited. At first the wheels and 
  landing gear take the punishment, but they start to dig into 
  the salt flat. At thirty miles per hour they fail and the fuselage 
  collapses belly-down. You roll off with a few small bruises.
  The cargo plane does one close flyby. In the cockpit you see Luigi 
  and a very attractive woman. Both look pissed. 
  The plane turns for another pass when it suddenly breaks off and 
  flies on a straight line toward what you would guess to be Cuba. 
  You see several unmarked sedans dash onto the playa in your 
  direction. As they get closer you see US government plates.
  The new arrivals confiscate the tractor trailer and begin loading 
  what you have of the Styker into it. Three black helicopters arrive, 
  one carrying Sam Johnson.
  While the Soviets managed to get hold of the removable wings 
  with the radar absorbing material, they didn’t get the advance 
  avionics or advanced countermeasures, including anti-infrared 
  coating only applied to the engines and exhaust areas. 
  Mission Success
  350 XP
  
  5
  You slowly turn around. An old guy in a security outfit 
  points a .45 magnum directly at your heart. His nametag 
  says “Old Bill”
  “Hands up. Wallet in left front coat pocket? Okay. Nice and 
  slow, let’s see it.” He checks your id. “The recovery boys 
  forget something this morning?”
  “What recovery boys?” you say as Old Bill hands you back 
  your wallet.
  Old Bill goes pale. “A plane landed here about 3am. I 
  thought the semi was from THE base. Sonofa bitches. I 
  kept my nose out of it. I thought it was odd one of those 
  guys from the Plaid Flamingo was there, but I figured 
  maybe his day job is a cover. Can’t remember who he is 
  exactly.”
  Go to the Plaid Flamingo - 41
  
  6
  You pepper the cargo aircraft with bullets, critically hit one 
  of the engines and a primary fuel line. A blazing fireball 
  smashes to earth two miles north.
  Orchestral action movie music plays in your head.  You 
  somehow get a cell phone signal in a remote desert 
  region in 1982 and you call in to Sam Johnson to send in a 
  clean-up crew. 
  Congratulations! While you didn’t recover the Styrker, it 
  didn’t fall into enemy hands, and you looked awesome 
  cool doing it.
  350 XP
  The End
  
  7
  You fiddle with some wires, but the car alarm goes off 
  despite your expertise. At least you’re still an expert at 
  such things in your own mind, even if everyone else 
  disagrees.
  A man wearing teddy-bear pajamas and carrying a big 
  shotgun approaches you. He yells, “I’m the property 
  manager! What the hell do you think you are doing?”
  Convince him you are an FBI agent – CHR SR 1
  Success - Go to 55
  Failure - Go to 45
  
  8
  You win the gunfight, but the cargo plane starts to take off 
  with the Styker in its hold.
  The cartel’s jeep isn’t going anywhere, but the small 
  machine gun mounted on a swivel turret still looks intact.
  Grab the SMG and try to shoot down the plane - Go to 64
  Run and try to jump onto the loading ramp - Go to 49
  
  9
  Chuck’s bodyguards move a split second after you reach 
  toward him.
  SPD Check SR 2
  Success - Go to 19
  Failure - Go to 26
  
  10
  You hit the cargo plane with a few shots, but not enough 
  to take it down. It flies in the general direction of what you 
  figure to be Cuba. 
  A few months later the Soviets unveil a new fighter that 
  looks suspiciously like the Styrker. 
  You are transferred overseas and spend the next year at a 
  desk job in an embassy in the most backwater location on 
  Earth.
  50 Mission XP (If you don’t retry the mission).
  Retry mission? -  Go to 1
  
  11
  The sun is still below the horizon, but there is plenty of 
  light. You fproceed to the covered parking area. 
  You find Ted’s car in the parking space with the same 
  number as his apartment. The engine of the red 1966 
  corvette is still warm, and there’s a blinking light on the 
  dashboard clearly warning the vehicle has a burglar alarm.
  Break into Ted's car without setting off alarm?  
  DEX SR 2
  Success – Go to 33
  Failure – Go to 7
  OR 
      Go back Outside Ted’s Apartment - Go to 63
  
  12
  You fail to pick apartment lock and hear footsteps behind 
  you.
  Go to 51
  
  13
  In all the confusion, you manage to sneak onto the open 
  back of the hauler plane. The Styker is there, tied onto 
  cargo holds via ropes. You manage to sneak a look outside 
  and see the remaining aircraft guard sport a large red 
  splotch on his torso and collapse onto the desert floor 
  after shooting the jeep’s driver in the head; looks like they 
  took each other out and not in a very romantic way.
  The plane begins to taxi for takeoff.
  Attempt to cut the ropes and roll the Styker out of the cargo 
  hold – Go to 4
  Make your way up to the cockpit- Go to 17
  
  14
  The old man levels the pistol at you after dialing a number. 
  “Hey, Sam. This is Bill. One of your boys here?” He listens 
  for a minute, then lowers the gun after he finishes the call.
  “Gotta be careful, you know,” Old Bill says, his skin getting 
  paler by the second, “Ted landed a plane here about 3am. 
  I thought the semi was from the base. Sonofa bitches. 
  I thought it was a little odd one of those guys from the 
  Plaid Flamingo and Ted’s girlfriend were the ones who 
  showed up. I figured maybe his day job is a cover; they do 
  that sort of thing. Eleanor once said she worked for the 
  same people as Ted.”
  “Anything else?” you ask.
  “Yeah. I gave the best years of my life to Dreamland. Can 
  I, as we say, take care of Ted after the interrogations are 
  done?”
  “Looks like Eleanor or the guy from the casino already did 
  that to Ted. Right between the eyes.”
  “Too good for a traitor. I would have made it a nice, long, 
  painful disembowelment, like in the old days.” Old Bill spits 
  on the floor.
  Off to the Plaid Flamingo - Go to 41
  
  15
  Underneath the seat you find an apartment key in a small 
  magnetic tin, along with a matchbook from the Plaid 
  Flamingo Casino.
  Enter Ted’s Apartment – Go to 30 
  
  16
  You get your shot off before the old security chief can fire.
  When you check his wallet, he has a very old military id 
  with a very high clearance (in fact, higher than yours was 
  until this morning...) and a VA benefits card.
  There is going to be some very messy paperwork.
  Go to 65
  
  17
  You get to the cockpit and find the only occupant: a man 
  who looks exactly like the pictures of ‘Luigi’ from the 
  Security Office.
  That is because he is ‘Luigi.’
   You point your gun at his temple.
   Order him to fly to Vegas.  CHR SR 2
  Success – Go to 38
  Failure- Go to 68
  OR
  Ask him, “Do you like money?” - Go to 36
  
  18
  “Welcome to the Annual Brain Surgeon’s Symposium” a small 
  sign says. Nobody raises an eyebrow you pick up a nametag and 
  quickly write “J. Smith” on it. 
  “Hi,” an attractive member of your sexual preference says to 
  you. “So, what do YOU think of the effectiveness and ethicality 
  of regular application of direct current to the Limbic Lobe in 
  combination with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for 
  treatement of Dysthymia?”
  You respond....
  IQ lower than 14: “I’m sorry. A little jet-lag. I think I need to lie 
  down.” You leave the symposium with a headache.
  IQ between 15 and 18: “Not sure. What do you think?” You might 
  have found your next career if you survive and retire from the 
  Agency. Unfortunately, clearly no leads.
  IQ 19 or higher: You give the doctors some useful suggestions 
  about trying modulated AC pulses synced to counteract 
  cascade effects instead of flat direct current before you leave the 
  symposium. Obviously no clues here.
  Ask for the Manager – Go to 53
  Get some chips and try to blend in at a Roulette table (even though 
  you are wearig a suit and almost everyone else is in shorts and 
  Hawaiian shirts – Go to 66
  Rehydrate at the Bar and see what you can learn – Go to 22
  
  19
  You pull your handcuffs and are reading Chuck his 
  Miranda rights before his bodyguards can react.
  “It’s okay, boys. My lawyers will have me out in a few 
  hours. This fucking idiot Fed has no idea who he’s dealing 
  with.”
  After several hours of interrogation, it’s clear Chuck was 
  himself duped into believing that a Soviet agent was a 
  distant “Cousin Luigi” who wanted to ship a truckload of 
  medication to an orphanage in Mexico City that Chuck 
  supports. Chuck used some old contacts to arranger a 
  pre-approved customs declaration so the truck would 
  not be searched at the border. By the time things are 
  worked out, the truck was already through the border and 
  disappeared.
  A few months later the Soviets unveil a new fighter that 
  looks suspiciously like the Styrker. 
  You are transferred overseas and spend the next year at a 
  desk job in an embassy in the most backwater location on 
  Earth.
  50 XP (Unless you retry the mission).
  The End
  Try Again? - Go to 1
  
  20
  You walk around for a few minutes and find the clearly 
  marked manager’s unit. 
  After knocking on the door several times, it opens and you 
  see a man in flannel teddy bear pajamas holding a large 
  shotgun.
  “What the hell do you want before I call the cops!?”
  CHR SR 1 to Convince Him You Are an FBI Agent
  Success – Go to 55
  Failure- Go to 45
  
  21
  Do a SPD contest to see who shoots first. Old Bill is a crack 
  shot.
  Win the SPD SR 2– Go to 16
  Loose the SPD SR 2 – Go to 47
  
  22
  You order a cola at the bar. 
  A few seconds later, an attractive woman walks up to you. 
  “You look lonely. Not into gambling?”
  “Not really my thing,” you respond.
  “You looking for a different type of good time?” she says as 
  she moves in a little closer.
  You flash your FBI badge.
  “Hey, now. Nothing illegal. I was just going to give you 
  this,” she says as she hands you a flier for a ‘Ranch’ outside 
  city limits. “Chuck went full legit after he moved from 
  Chicago. His Ranch is on the up-and-up, all clean girls 
  checked and licensed and legal in that county. Here he 
  comes now.”
  The woman motions to a man in a very nice suit who is 
  accompanied by two very obvious bodyguards.
  Go to 53
  
  23
  The McCranky Local Airport was built during the height 
  of the old Red Scare, which appears to have been the last 
  time anything was painted. According to the mostly-faded 
  sign, the small airport has several hangars, one takeoff 
  strip, one landing strip, and a small cafe. The sign also 
  states that you can get “1% off food in the cafe for every 
  Godless commie you turn in! Maximum 10% because 
  we’re not Goddamned socialists! Call 555-USSR-DIE”
  Sneak around looking for clues – DEX SR 2
  Success – Go to 65
  Failure – Go to 31
  OR
  Head to the Security Office - Go to 54
  
  24
  You saunter over to the Security Chief’s Office and knock. 
  There’s no answer.
  You hear a voice behind you.
  “Ahem...”
  Go to 53
  
  25
  You fail to break down the apartment door. The 
  management must have replaced the usual cheap flimsy 
  motel doors with solid metal ones.
  You take 1 CON, 1 STR and 1 DEX damage for the rest of 
  the adventure.
  Go to 51
  
  26
  Chuck’s security team tackles you before you can move 
  and knocks you unconscious.
  You wake up in the dark, realizing too late that you 
  never showed Chuck your badge. Maybe it didn’t matter, 
  anyway, since from what you can tell you are tightly 
  bound and gagged and locked in the trunk of a car. You 
  can feel the desert heat and bumps and dings along a dirt 
  road.
  Someone might find your body in the next century or two. 
  Maybe. Probably not.
  The End
  Retry? - Go to 1
  
  27
  “He showed up a few years ago after he was almost killed 
  in the car accident that took the life of my dear Uncle 
  Guido. Said he didn’t want to be around Chicago no more. 
  Guido mentioned him before his passing and said he was 
  reliable. I took him at his word. But, now that you mention 
  it, he never wanted to talk to anyone back home. Anyone.”
  Ask to look around Luigi’s Office  - CHR SR 1
  Success – Go to 42
  Failure – Go to 35
  OR
  “I have someone I can call to look up a thing or two.” Call 
  Sam Johnson – Go to 37
  
  28
  You find a customs clearance exemption sheet. It’s been 
  filled out and verified. A truckload of sterile medical 
  supplies for an orphanage in Mexico City to go through 
  the border town of Los No Existe. 
  Chuck verifies the Casino does charitable donations to the 
  orphanage, “Luigi said he had never been there, so wanted 
  to take the supplies himself. That mother used the kids to 
  do the commie’s dirty work. I’m making some calls when 
  you leave; if your guys don’t get him, ours will. Of course, 
  he might trip several times and break his face and arms 
  before we hand him over.”
  You also find a small carton for non-prescription contacts, 
  the type actors use to change their eye color.
  And in the back of the top desk drawer, you find a 7.62mm 
  round. Russian made.
  If you haven’t searched the mini-bar for any additional 
  clues and would like to do so.
  Search Mini-Bar - LK SR 1
  Success – Go to 57
  Failure – Go to 39
  OR
  Head for Los No Existe – Go to 43
  
  29
  You are killed in a gun battle at the No Los Existe border 
  crossing. 
  Unfortunately, the Soviets manage to steal the Styker and 
  use it to help build their own force of stealth aircraft.
  Your name will be put on a plaque for Those Who Gave 
  the Ultimate Sacrifice at Agency Headquarters in a few 
  decades once the mission classification lowers enough. 
  Until then, it’s blank.
  Retry adventure? Go to 1
  
  30
  You enter the dimly lit apartment just as the sun begins to 
  rise.
  Inside the living room, you find Ted, dead, shot once in the 
  head.
  He still wears his flight suit; his helmet lays on the carpet 
  next to him.
  You put on gloves to get a closer inspection. There are 
  powder burn marks around the bullet entry wound, which 
  means he was shot at very close range. Looking through 
  his pockets, you find a flier for the Senator McCranky Local 
  Airport.
  You pick up a phone on a small table next to Ted’s body 
  and call Sam Johnson, letting him know Ted’s status.
  Search the rest of the apartment - Go to 3
  Go to the Senator McCranky Local Airport - 23
  If you successfully searched Ted's car, you can also go to 52 
  (The Matchbook) if you want
  
  31
  You THINK you are being sneaky when from behind you 
  hear,
  “Hold it right there, Mister. Hands where I can see them.”
  Turn around and shoot – Go to 21
  Put your hands up and say, “I'm a federal agent” – Go to 5
  
  32
  Chuck stands silently for a few moments. “I always 
  wondered about him. Some things just didn’t add up. He 
  liked real Russian vodka too much. I’ll escort you to his 
  office to see if there’s anything to help find that bastard.”
  Go to 42
  
  33
  You manage to break into the car without setting off the 
  alarm. The interior smells of cigarette smoke, but other 
  than the ash tray the car is immaculately clean. Test pilots 
  who live long enough to get to Ted’s level are known to be 
  an unusual combination of seat-of-the-pants daredevils 
  and cross-t’s-and-dot-i’s perfectionists. 
  You do a thorough search of the car’s interior. 
  Luck SR
    Succeed – Go to 15
    Fail - Go back to 63
  
  34
  The apartment manager is dead.
  Dammit. This is going to require filling out the long form 
  since he was an American civilian.
  You get his master key and enter the apartment. You 
  need to make this fast in case someone called the local 
  authorities.
  Go to 30
  
  35
  “Unless you have a search warrant, this is private property.”
  Pull your handcuffs and badge and attempt to 
  arrest Chuck: SPD SR 2
  Success – Go to 19
  Failure – Go to 26
  OR
  Call Sam Johnson and try to get some leverage on Chuck 
  (or a quick warrant) – Go to 37
  
  36
  “As a matter of fact, I vastly prefer capitalism to socialism. 
  More bling and less borscht. I know many things your 
  government would like to know. I’ll give them out 
  one at a time for the proper treatment and financial 
  considerations. The first thing is the name of a mole at 
  Los Vegas International Airport, run by the spymaster 
  you know as Eleanor who will attempt to kill me when 
  we arrive. She will not be pleased about this. She hated 
  sleeping with that slimeball pilot.”
  You contact Sam and the mole is arrested. After you land 
  at Las Vegas International, a team from Area 51 quickly 
  takes over and unloads the Styker into a secured hangar. 
  There’s initially a bit of an international squabble, but the 
  cargo plane is returned with the cover story that a Soviet 
  pilot on a training mission decided to defect.
  Over the next few years, Luigi is given a new identity and 
  proves a great source of information. He coincidentally 
  said he was tapped out of information only a week before 
  some of Chuck’s associates finally caught up with him and 
  presented him with concrete footwear. Oops, you knew 
  there was some small detail you forgot to tell Luigi.
  500 XP - Congratulations!  Maximum Mission Success
  The End (Until it’s time to foil Eleanor’s next Plan...)
  
  37
  You make the call. After a few minutes, Sam replies with, 
  “I have something better than a search warrant. Luigi was 
  a cover identity for one of our agents. He was killed in the 
  car crash with Guido. We hushed up his death in case we 
  ever wanted to use the identity again.”
  “We put out an APB. It would help if we could 
  check his office.” CHR SR 1
  Success – Go to 42
  Failure – Go to 35
  OR
  You tell Chuck. “I have some bad news about your cousin. 
  The man is an impostor. The real Luigi died in the crash 
  with Guido.” - Go to 32
  
  38
  Luigi maneuvers the plane on a course directly for Las 
  Vegas International.
  “I will only tell you the name of a mole at Los Vegas 
  International Airport, run by the spymaster you know as 
  Eleanor who will attempt kill me when we arrive. She will 
  not be pleased about this. She hated sleeping with that 
  pilot.”
  You contact Sam and the mole is arrested. You land at Las 
  Vegas International and a team from Area 51 quickly takes 
  over and unloads the Styker into a secured hangar.
  There’s initially a bit of an international squabble, but the 
  cargo plane is returned with the cover story that a Soviet 
  pilot on a training mission decided to defect.
  Luigi is interrogated but reveals no additional information; 
  however the Soviets trained him, he’s immune to every 
  method. He was killed by an unknown assailant in a 
  maximum security cell somewhere in the middle of the 
  country, but sources indicate Chuck paid someone a 
  significant amount of money shortly thereafter for “Very 
  Personal Services Rendered.”
  450 XP – High Mission Success!
  The End (Until it’s time to foil Eleanor’s next Plan)
  
  39
  Other than some illegal Russian Vodka (this is 1982, 
  remember), you find nothing of interest on the mini-bar.
  Search Luigi’s desk LK SR Lvl
  Success – Go to 28
  Failure – Go to 60 
  
  40
  You break down the door, making a lot of noise in the 
  process. 
  You hear footsteps behind you.
  Go to – 51 
  
  41
  You arrive at the Plaid Flamingo Casino.
  It’s tempting to use valet parking, but you decide you 
  want quick access to your car. You park in a handicap 
  spot and put the fake tag on the rearview mirror. Several 
  people glare at you as you walk into the Casino.
  It’s difficult to determine which atmosphere is worse: 
  outside where it’s starting to get warm enough to bake 
  cookies in your underwear, or inside where apparently 
  a majority of the total international tobacco crop is 
  consumed.
  Ask for the Manager – Go to 53
  Get some chips and try to blend in at a Roulette table (even 
  though you are wearing a suit and almost everyone else is 
  in shorts and Hawaiian shirts) – Go to 66
  Try to blend in with the other folk wearing suits at the 
  Annual Brain Surgeon's Symposium being held in the 
  convention area.  – Go to 18
  Go to the bar to rehydrate and see what you can learn – Go 
  to 22
  
  42
  Luigi’s office is textbook “70’s Vegas.” The lime green plaid 
  carpeting  makes you nauseous when you look at it for 
  more than a few seconds. The two sitting chairs, couch, 
  and desk chair (behind the desk, naturally) look made with 
  very fine, hand-tooled leather. As you enter, some sort of 
  electric eye activates a phonograph that starts playing 
  a disco album. A line of television sets on one wall show 
  views from various security camera while the opposite 
  wall is a one-way mirror with direct views into the casino 
  below. 
  The two likely places to find something would be the 
  mini-bar or his desk.
  Search the mini-bar LK SR 1
  Success – Go to 57
  Failure – Go to 39
  OR Search his desk
  LK SR 1
  Success – Go to 28
  Failure – Go to 60
  
  43
  After a few hours, you pull into Los No Existe. Two towns 
  with the same name on either side of the border. A rather 
  sleepy and boring place where little happened until today.
  The sheriff’s car is parked with full lights, along with an 
  ambulance. The sheriff stands over a wounded border 
  guard treated by two paramedics. You flash your badge.
  “Sheriff Coleman,” the sherrif, “Billy here is the only 
  survivor. Some bastards shot up everyone else..
  Billy motions. From the multiple bullet wounds, it’s 
  obvious he’s done,  “Oversized container semi. Claimed 
  sealed medical supplies for orphanage. *cough* Forgot 
  paperwork. *cough, cough* Pulled guns when we told 
  them to open it..... *cough, ack*” He dies.
  The paramedics wheel Billy away.
  Suddenly, a Mexican Federal Police car pulls to the 
  crossing. A man steps out. He’s very pale with a Soviet-
  regulation haircut.  He new arrival pulls his pistol and 
  shoots Sheriff Coleman between the eyes.
  SPD SR 1 to pull your gun and shoot first
  Success – 62
  Failure – 29
  
  44
  You approach the large cargo plane and try to  hide until 
  the shooting stops
  DEX SR 1
  Success – Go to 46
  Fail (looks like you'll have to fight after all) – Go to 2
  
  45
  “Eleanor warned us about her psycho ex,” the Manager 
  says .
  SPD Check SR 1 to see who shoots first.
  Success – Go to 34
  Failure – Go to 59
  
  46
  You manage to keep out of the firefight as the crack-shot 
  guard and the jeep’s driver finished each other off. The 
  cargo plane starts taking off with the back loading ramp 
  still open. 
  You are next to the cartel jeep. It isn’t going anywhere, but 
  the small machine gun mounted on a swivel turret still 
  looks intact.
  Jump into the wrecked jeep and try to shoot down the plane 
  - Go to 64
  Try to catch up to the plane and jump onto the loading 
  ramp – Go to 49
  
  47
  Old Bill shot first. 
  There were no witnesses. Bill thinks he killed a godless 
  commie spy, so he drags your body out into the desert 
  and buries it without even bothering to look at your ID.
  You are dead.
  Retry? - Go to 1
  
  48
  He looks at you suspiciously and pulls an old .45 pistol 
  from his desk drawer. 
  “I’m going to have to make a call.”
  Attack him – Go to 21
  Let him make the call – Go to 14
  
  49
  You try to jumping onto the tail ramp.
  STR SR 1
  Success – Go to 56
  Failure – Go to 50
  
  50
  You almost make the jump onto the tail ramp, missing it 
  by mere inches. You tumble onto the playa and roll around 
  a bit with more bruises to your ego than anything else. 
  The cargo plane does one close flyover. In the cockpit you 
  see Luigi and a very attractive woman. Both smile as it 
  breaks off and flies east-south-east, on a straight line to 
  what you would guess to be Cuba.
   You hear automobile engines and see several unmarked 
  sedans dash onto the playa in your direction. As they 
  get closer you see few familiar faces and US government 
  plates.
  A few months later the Soviets unveil a new fighter that 
  looks suspiciously like the Styrker. 
  You are transferred overseas and spend the next year at a 
  desk job in an embassy in the most backwater location on 
  Earth.
  50 XP
  Retry? - Go to 1
  
  51
  A man wearing teddy bear flannel pajamas and carrying a 
  large shotgun approaches you. He yells, “I’m the property 
  manager. What the hell do you think you are doing?”
  Convince him you are a federal agent CHR SR 1
  Success – Go to 55
  Failure – Go to 45
  
  52
  You leave Ted’s apartment and get into your standard-
  issue agency sedan. The sun is just over the horizon and it 
  is starting to get hot. 
  Looks like you have two places you can check:
  Go to the Senator McCranky Local Airport – Go to 23
  Go to the Plaid Flamingo Casino – Go to 41
  
  53
  You see an older gentleman escorted by two obvious 
  bodyguards.
  “I am Charles Embruliga, Owner and Propietor. Everyone 
  calls me Chuck.”
  “About time you guys showed up. I’m not too keen on 
  calling the authorities, but my cousin Luigi didn’t show up 
  this morning, and I feared the worst. Sometimes nutsos go 
  after casino security chiefs.”
  Ask to look around Luigi's Office  - CHR SR 3
  Success - Go to 42
  Failure - Go to 35
  OR
  Attempt to handcuff Chuck and bring him in for 
  questioning – Go to 9
  OR
  Ask Chuck “How well do you know your cousin?” Go to 27
  
  54
  You walk into the dusty Airport Security Office. It’s already 
  warm and the slowly turning ceiling fan looks almost as 
  ancient as the man watching a small bank of television 
  monitors. His name tag says, “Old Bill.”
  “May I help you?”
  “I’m interested in renting one of the hangers. 
  Can you show me around?” CHR SR 2 
  Success – Go to 65
  Failure – Go to 48
  OR
  You flash your Badge. Federal Agent. Any aircraft land here 
  around 3 o’clock?- Go to 48
  
  55
  “I knew there was something fishy about Eleanor,” the 
  Mangager says.
  “Eleanor?” you ask.
  “Ted’s live-in girlfriend. She was a real hottie, but always 
  hated when someone tried to take a picture of her. I’ll take 
  you up to Ted’s apartment.”
  You both go to Ted’s unit. The Manager knocks, yells, 
  “Management! Smoke detector in your unit. Gotta check 
  it!” and opens the door.
  The Manager gasps.
  Enter Ted’s Apartment – Go to 30
  
  56
  Like a scene out of an action movie directed by Alfred 
  Hitchcock, or maybe a future one by Michael Bay, you 
  manage to jump into the back of the plane. Good thing 
  you had plenty of breakfast on the early morning flight to 
  Vegas.
   The Styker’s fuselage is there, tied onto cargo holds via 
  ropes.
  As the transport approaches take-off speed, you have a 
  decision to make.
  Attempt to cut the ropes and roll the Styker out of the cargo 
  hold – Go to 4
  Make your way up to the cockpit- Go to 17
  
  57
  Other than some illegal Russian Vodka, you find nothing 
  of interest on the top of the mini-bar.
  On the bottom shelf of the mini-bar, however, you find 
  some hair dye.
  Chuck says, “Luigi told me he sometimes dyed his hair 
  blonde. That bastard was blonde and dyed his hair black....”
  Search Luigi’s desk LK SR 1
  Success – Go to 28
  Failure – Go to 60
  
  58
  Other than some illegal Russian Vodka, you find nothing 
  of interest on the top of the mini-bar.
  On the bottom shelf of the mini-bar, however, you find 
  some hair dye.
  Chuck says, “Luigi told me he sometimes dyed his hair 
  blonde. That bastard was blonde and dyed his hair black....”
  Head for Los No Existe – Go to 43
  
  59
  The Manager shot first (In your defense, he IS retired 
  Special Forces.)
  You are dead.
  Return to beginning to retry – Go to 1
  
  60
  There’s a mostly-filled ashtray.
  You find a filled out and officially verified customs 
  clearance exemption sheet. A truckload of sterile medical 
  supplies for Mexico City to go through the border town 
  of Los No Existe. Chuck verifies the Casino does charitable 
  work for the orphanage, “Luigi said he had never been 
  there, so wanted to take the supplies himself. I’m making 
  some calls when you leave; if your guys don’t get him, ours 
  will. Of course, he might trip several times and break his 
  face and arms before we hand him over.”
  If you haven’t searched the mini-bar for any 
  additional clues.  LK SR 1
  Success – Go to 58
  Failure – Head for Los No Existe – Go to 43
  OR
  Head for Los No Existe – Go to 43
  
  61
  The cleaners cleared out the garbage can, but they forgot 
  to look underneath it.
  You find a used matchbook to the Plaid Flamingo Casino.
  Go to 52
  
  62
  Speeding down the highway, you see dust on a large salt 
  flat to your right. It is flat and more than large enough to 
  serve as a temporary runway. Several long tracks indicate 
  drug smugglers do this all the time.
  You drive onto the playa and see an unusual sight. A large 
  Soviet cargo airplane with a tractor-trailer pulled up to 
  the rear cargo doors. Two figures guard the plane. You can 
  just make out two other figures rolling the fuselage of the 
  Styker into the hold; the detachable wings must already 
  stowed. 
  Then an old style military jeep approaches from the other 
  side. The local drug cartel must have picked up chatter.  
  The gunner on a small SMG on the back opens fire and 
  one of the soviet guards goes down.
  Unfortunately for machine gunner, he picked the wrong 
  guard. The other one calmly pulls a large pistol, aims, and 
  shoots the machine gunner in the head. The guard lowers 
  his aim and shoots out one of the jeep’s tires, causing it to 
  spin and wreck into the playa.
  You get out of your sedan.
  Move in closer, but wait until the shooting stops – Go to 44
  Try to sneak around the other way and onto the plane – Go 
  to 13
  Jump into the fight – Go to 2
  
  63
  You get to Ted’s apartment complex at 6:45am just as the 
  sun starts to rise. It’s a nice but extremely unremarkable 
  building most likely converted from a motel a decade or 
  two ago. Many of the resident parking spaces have sedans 
  similar to your agency one in them and more than a few 
  sport government plates. You suspect a lot of the residents 
  do a daily call-in.
  Nothing on the outside of Ted’s unit indicates anything 
  unusual.
  Attempt to pick the lock and sneak inside - Dex 
  SR 1
  Success – Go to 30
  Fail – Go to 12
  Try to break down the door into Ted’s 
  Apartment – Str SR 2
  Success – Go to 40
  Failure – Go to 25
  OR
  Look outside the unit for Ted’s car – Go to 11
  OR
  Go to the manager's unit – Go to 20
  
  64
  Luck roll SR 0 (Don’t roll a 5 or less).
  Succeed - Go to 6
  Fail - Go to 10
  
  65
  You look around the very quiet airport. Dust is 
  everywhere, sometimes a heavy layer, sometimes a light 
  layer.
  Hangars 1-5 are locked and hold various private prop 
  planes. Most likely weekend joy rides for retired mid-level 
  execs.
  Hanger #6 is unlocked and empty, but you find tire tracks 
  in the sand leading into the hangar. The tight tripod 
  arrangement would match the Styker. A quick check of the 
  log indicates the entire building was rented two days ago 
  by Ted Speed.
  Tractor-trailer tracks lead into and out of the hangar.  
  Among the tracks you find a half-used matchbook to 
  the Plaid Flamingo Casino. The paper is still pliable and 
  print still pristine. Given the sun and low humidity here, 
  it would take less than a day for it to dry out and start 
  fading.
  Go to the Plaid Flamingo- 41
  
  66
  You enter the cigarette and spilled booze and cheap 
  perfume haze of noise and neon.
  After a few games, it is clear the thrill junkie next to you is 
  a pilot.
  “You know a guy by the name of Ted Speed?” you inquire.
  “Who wants to know?”
  You show your FBI badge.
  “It’s my day off. He hangs around here all the time. He and 
  his hottie girlfriend are buddies with the Chief of Security. 
  Look. I don’t want to get him in trouble, or nothin.’”
  “Hottie girlfriend?” you ask.
  “Yeah, she moved in with him a few months ago. Eleanor, 
  I think. With looks like that, easy to see how she had him 
  wrapped around her finger.”
  You can’t help but give a sad grin. “Ted’s definitely not 
  getting into any more trouble. Thanks.”
  Talk to the Manager - Go to 53
  Go to the Security Office - Go to 24
  
  67
  You are killed in the gun battle on playa. A few days after 
  the incident, a Mexican Federal Police helicopter finds the 
  burned out semi trailer and your body.
  Unfortunately, the Soviets manage to steal the Styker and 
  use it to help build their own force of stealth aircraft.
  Your name will be put on a plaque for Those Who Gave 
  the Ultimate Sacrifice at Agency Headquarters in a few 
  decades once the mission classification lowers enough. 
  Until then, it’s blank.
  The End
  Retry ? - Go to 1
  
  68
  “Sigh. You will kill me no matter what. For Mother Russia!” 
  Luigi screams as he pitches the control yoke forward. The 
  plane spirals into the ground before you can pull it out of 
  the dive.
  You have died, but at least the Soviets didn’t steal the 
  aircraft
  The End
  Retry ? - Go to 1
  
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