1

The Questioner is focused on the Agent's personal history, trying to find an emotional weakness.

2

The Questioner is a rival faction's auditor attempting to discredit the Agent for internal political gain.

3

The Questioner is looking to find a scapegoat for a recent, embarrassing failure higher up the chain of command.

4

The Questioner is an un-vetted diplomat attempting to gather information for the purpose of a high-stakes trade.

5

The Handler is attempting to pre-emptively cover up a mistake they made that compromised the last operation.

6

The Questioner is a journalist looking to expose the Agent's Service through a series of anonymous leaks.

7

They present a photograph of the Agent interacting with a known criminal or enemy contact.

8

They present a document showing the Agent exceeded their lethal force authorisation in a past mission.

9

They present a transcript of a seemingly innocuous private conversation the Agent had weeks ago at a safehouse.

10

They present a photocopy of a destroyed sensitive document that the Agent thought was incinerated.

11

They present a recording of the Agent's voice talking to an Asset in an unauthorised language/dialect.

12

They present a forged letter that appears to be written by the Agent confessing to treason.

13

The room is rigged with an overly bright light and constant, disorienting static noise.

14

The questioning is polite but relentless, cycling through the same three questions for hours until the Agent slips.

15

The Agent is put in a sound-proof, sensory-deprived chamber for 24 hours before questioning begins.

16

The questioning is conducted in a luxury hotel suite, with the appearance of a casual interview, not an interrogation.

17

The Handler employs guilt and emotional manipulation, referencing the Agent's past failures and moral failings.

18

The questioning is done in front of a mirror or two-way glass, suggesting the Agent is already under intense scrutiny.

19

The Agent begins to question if they actually know the correct cover story after days without sleep.

20

The Agent questions if their Handler is secretly working with the Questioner to get them removed.

21

The Agent realises their cover identity is flawed and one piece of data conflicts with their real history.

22

The Agent realises the true complexity of the mission was intentionally concealed from them by their Director.

23

The Agent questions the loyalty of their most trusted Asset, based on the Handler's pointed questions.

24

The Agent wonders if their cover identity has been used by another agent who committed a crime.

25

Refusing to answer causes a physical injury (e.g., severe rope burn, forced stress position).

26

Refusing to answer results in a severe restriction on the Agent's future travel and operation budget.

27

Refusing to answer results in the immediate freezing of one of the Agent's active Asset accounts.

28

Refusing to answer results in the immediate dismissal of a key Ally or support operative.

29

Refusing to answer results in the Handler publicly documenting a professional failure against the Agent's name.

30

Refusing to answer results in the Agent's cover identity being printed in a national newspaper.

31

The Agent realises the Questioner has misidentified the Asset, opening a path to feed false data.

32

The Questioner reveals unintentionally a key piece of information about the enemy's long-term plan.

33

The Questioner identifies a known security flaw in the Service's internal procedures that the Agent can exploit later.

34

The Agent realises the Questioner's actual target is not the information, but the Agent's own political Ally.

35

The Handler accidentally reveals the true code name of a high-value Soviet mole operating in London.

36

The Agent realises the journalist is an unwitting dupe being fed information by the Enemy Service.