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This may feel a little bit out of context, I'm cutting out a lot that I don't want to influence the ideas.

Local MCT Head of Security is supposed to commit seppuku. My players are hired to fake it and extract him. Extracting the family too is bonus pay. It is supposed to look as if he does it and family disappears. If MCT doesn't suspect anything, it won't be looking for the family afterwards.
I am wondering what are acceptable ways it could be organized but can't find the details in the books.

  • a meeting in MCT HQ - will be hard to fake and extract, but if they figure it out, MCT will not be suspecting anything
  • in their home, recorded and sent to local CEO - I think MCT should accept this as valid, making the whole thing easier, as long as nothing looks weird

Do you have any other ideas?

Of course, the question why fake it instead of just extracting the whole family at once is valid, but at this point this is a question to my players. How thorough do they want to be.

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[โ€“] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oof. How on earth did he get the job at MCT while married to a metahuman?

One angle that might tie everything you want to do in a nice bow might be that he's related to a powerful family in MCT, but is kinda the "rebellious son" archetype. Would explain why he got the job despite being married to a metahuman, why he's not sold on commiting seppuku, and why MCT might not care or follow up too much if they disappear.

Also, iirc (not 100% on this), as of the latest lore the emperor has decreed that Japanese metahumans are now ok, but not foreign metahumans. MCT, being the opposition to the emperor has been dragging their feet on this.

[โ€“] INeedMana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No, I meant their child. That MCT could not have foreseen. And the guy being high ranked, he might have been able to pull it out of the lab.

I can't remember which book it was (I think something from 5e timeline), where an orc was writing from their POV how MCT has become "very not racist, especially considering what shame have metas brought to Japan" or smth