Catching Big Fish – report ID 5 in Gone Dark metagame.
Overview[]
Grim: The SMI pulled a picture off the web that's a good match for a missing former 3rd Echelon agent. The picture shows him cage-diving with a great white shark, and the caption reads "Hai!" The agent's name is Timothy Gose. He was one of Tom Reed's people, working Southeast Asia. I don't think we want him running around loose.
Grim: Gose got word we were coming and ran. Someone's feeding him intel, which means he's part of something bigger. The good news is, one of his old passports got a hit last night; the bad news is that someone scrubbed the hit from the system before we could get a complete record. All we have are three letters: YXY.
Charlie: Whitehorse was almost wild goose chase. SMI used the RFID tracker in the passport to hunt it down, but the guy holding it was a drug mule. Said his boss bought it from a guy matching Gose's description in Cape Town, but that the guy insisted on being paid cash in BND. Got any idea what that is?
Grim: Surveillance cams in Bandar Seri picked up Gose with a couple of unknowns. SMI turned the unknowns into knowns - they're ex-UTO. Gose must have been working for them, maybe trading them intel for cash and protection. Now that we're on his tail, he's running to them for cover. This could be a chance to smoke him out.
Grim: State Department just passed along word that Gose is applying for asylum in Tajikistan. He's holed up in a SCNS building under heavy guard. We've got two plays here: go in and dig him out, or pass along an offer that beats the Tajiks'. One risks a bloodbath, the other risks losing him. What's the plan?
Choice[]
Briggs: It's kinda sad when a guy won't stay bribed. Our man on the inside passed an offer to Gose - cash, clean new passport, immunity, and plenty of other goodies - and he bit. We pulled him out around 2 AM without damaging any of the locals, and now he's on his way back to the States for debrief. Nice call, Sam.
Grim: ❓When our people were in position, the cargo had already been transported inland. The operation had to be curtailed, barely managed to avoid a conflict with the locals. The opportunity is missed, it's a shame.
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