| d36 | Result |
|---|---|
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. |