1

The recruit has a visible, extreme emotional breakdown upon making contact with the Agent.

2

The recruit reveals their motive is based on a psychotic delusion or suicidal urge.

3

The recruit develops intense paranoia about the Agent's identity mid-negotiation.

4

The recruit freezes during the low-stakes initial task, risking their own capture.

5

The recruit suffers a massive guilt attack over betraying their family/country, becoming uncontrollable.

6

The recruit suffers a psychotic break and refuses to leave the country when instructed.

7

The recruit demands an utterly unacceptable ideological guarantee or concession.

8

The recruit's motive is pure greed, and they reject the Agency’s meagre initial payment offer.

9

The recruit refuses to perform the critical compromising task (e.g., stealing a document) needed to cement the deal.

10

The recruit insists on modifying the task to serve their own ideological goal (e.g., making it public immediately).

11

The recruit demands that the Agent personally assassinate a specific political figure as a guarantee of safety.

12

The recruit demands to bring excessive, contraband baggage (e.g., politically sensitive family photos or research).

13

A former colleague or friend of the recruit insists on joining the table uninvited.

14

The recruit's handler/friend/spouse is shadowing them, checking their loyalty.

15

A rival agency's agent approaches the recruit simultaneously at the negotiation site.

16

The mark of the first task is unexpectedly accompanied by a hostile security detail.

17

The recruit's family member is hospitalised or gets into legal trouble, demanding immediate attention.

18

A general security crackdown in the city forces a dangerous, unplanned route change.

19

The meet-up location is compromised by an unusual number of plainclothes police watching the area.

20

The Agent spots evidence of a local service's surveillance (e.g., a wire/bug) in the asset's belongings.

21

The safehouse used for negotiations is found to have been recently entered and cleared of its contents.

22

The security system for the target location has been silently upgraded since the last survey was performed.

23

The recruit is visibly and obviously followed by the local security service from their home.

24

The escape route requires traversing an area with active military or border patrol drills underway.

25

The recruit shouts the full password in a moment of panic, instead of the agreed-upon fraction.

26

The recruit reveals that they have already spoken to another Service about their defection.

27

The recruit demands an unrealistic, classified safe location known only to high-level officials.

28

The recruit attempts to document their actions (via photo/note) as leverage against the Agent.

29

The recruit confesses everything to a priest or friend shortly before the next meeting.

30

The recruit is found to be carrying unauthorised, deeply compromising materials in their luggage.

31

The Agent's recognition signal (e.g., newspaper/flower) is mistakenly repeated by an innocent bystander.

32

A critical identification document provided by the asset is found to be forged (by the asset, not the Agency).

33

The escape vehicle fails to arrive at the scheduled time, stranding the group in the open.

34

A sudden, inexplicable blackout or power failure prevents the task's completion.

35

The Agent misplaces the emergency communication device meant for the asset during the handoff.

36

The Agent realises the asset lacks the necessary language skills or cover ID knowledge for the transit country.