| d36 | Result |
|---|---|
1 |
The Agent discovers the entire operation is a high-stakes distraction orchestrated by their own Service to cover up a previous, embarrassing failure. |
2 |
The Agent is forced to compromise a former mentor or friend who stepped across the line but remains loyal to the Agent. |
3 |
The Agent finds out that the "Enemy" they are fighting is secretly funded by a shadowy corporate entity with deep ties to the Agent's own government. |
4 |
The mission requires the Agent to work directly with the former Enemy Agent responsible for a traumatic event in their personal history. |
5 |
The Agent discovers that the mission's goal will result in the accidental death or ruin of several innocent civilians, forcing a moral choice. |
6 |
The Agent is ordered to obey a rogue, undocumented order from an anonymous voice, forcing them to choose between procedure and results. |
7 |
The Agent is forced to adopt a new, permanent cover identity identical to a former colleague who mysteriously vanished mid-mission. |
8 |
To complete the task, the Agent must perform an action that directly violates the moral code they swore to uphold upon joining the Service. |
9 |
The Agent realises that the Asset they are tracking is not who they claim to be, but an idealised fictional creation based on the Agent's own file. |
10 |
The Agent discovers their current Handler is the person who personally recruited the Asset who later betrayed the Agent on their first mission. |
11 |
The Agent is forced to abandon their cover by stealing the identity of a nearby civilian, permanently destroying that civilian's life. |
12 |
The Agent discovers that their Service has been using a secondary Agent under the exact same cover identity in the same location for months. |
13 |
The Service believes the Agent is compromised and is using the mission to test his allegiance, making his success meaningless without proof of loyalty. |
14 |
The Agent discovers that a crucial piece of leverage they use on an Asset is a lie invented by their own Handler years ago. |
15 |
The Agent receives a message revealing the entire mission is theatre—a carefully constructed "loss" designed to make the enemy feel secure. |
16 |
The Agent realises the Target's actions are motivated by revenge for a past, unpunished crime committed by the Agent's Service. |
17 |
The Agent realises the Service chose the current operation because its failure would have the least impact on the wealthy but the greatest on the poor. |
18 |
The Agent realises the threat is not ideological, but based purely on profit and greed, dissolving the pretence of the Cold War. |
19 |
The Agent realises the Asset they are protecting is a sacrifice designed to reveal a higher-ranking mole in the rival service. |
20 |
The Target is an innocent person whose life the Agent must ruin (e.g., planting evidence) to pay off an old debt owed to the service. |
21 |
The Agent's most vital Ally is blackmailed into betraying the Agent not for ideology, but to protect their family. |
22 |
The Agent discovers that the critical piece of intelligence they are risking everything for was dismissed as nonsense years ago by a Handler still in power. |
23 |
The Agent's local, trusted Asset betrays the Agent because the mission directly endangers their family or community. |
24 |
The Agent realises the entire chain of command has been compromised by incompetence, not treason, making success impossible. |
25 |
Every piece of intelligence the Agent receives is deliberately contradicted by a separate, equally official source within the Service. |
26 |
The only way to complete the mission is to confess a previous lie to their Handler, causing a cycle of suspicion. |
27 |
The Agent sees evidence that every failure in their career was meticulously engineered by the Service to keep them in a specific role. |
28 |
The Agent finds a file detailing their own psychiatric evaluations being shared across unauthorised departments. |
29 |
The Agent can only succeed by trusting a mysterious Asset whose communications are clearly being monitored by three different, unknown agencies. |
30 |
The Agent finds evidence suggesting the opposing Service is intentionally helping them succeed for reasons unknown. |
31 |
The success of the mission only serves to empower the most ruthless and bureaucratic faction within the Agent's own Directorate. |
32 |
The Agent's success secures a huge political win, but it is credited publicly to the rival bureaucrat who tried to sabotage the mission. |
33 |
The Agent's success immediately triggers an identical, larger threat that was merely waiting for the Agent to "solve" the small problem. |
34 |
The Agent recovers a crucial artefact, only to learn it was stolen from the Service years ago and has no strategic value now, only sentimental. |
35 |
The Agent succeeds, but the event is spin-doctored by their Service to discredit a local revolutionary group, creating a larger political mess. |
36 |
The Agent's actions stop the threat, but the success is immediately classified and buried, leaving the Agent with no recognition or justification for their actions. |