03 Under Pressure

General Summary

After Action Report: Tideswall City, Kepple's Homestead

Agent Alex van Helgard reporting.


THis is a report for the Federation Intelligence Bureau concerning the events taking place on the 3rd and 4th of August 2297 in several locations in and around Tideswall City, Kepple's Homestead, Kepple's Pearl System, Scyldari Confederacy.


The Following agents were involved in the action:


Ag. Alex van Helgard - Human female Psionics specialist
Ag. Zax - Lok male Tech and Health specialist
Ag. Zlatan Dragomir - Human male weapons operator
Ag. (?) Torak Visla - Voor undefined gender covert agent

01. Arrival
Having departed from our escort with the Scyldari Navy Border Patrol Fleet under Cmdr. Vish De'kal we set a course for Kepple's Homestead, the main inhabited world in the Kepple's Pearl system. We left the Specter in orbit at Pillerstrike station and took local orbital transportation to the planet surface. We arrived in Tideswall city with 24 hours to spare until rendezvous and, after securing lodging at a nearby hotel, we divided the groundwork for the meetup the next day. I myself focused on running a comprehensive background check on our contact, Dr. Kap’nell a Scyldari geologist, recently returned planetside after a research stint at the Thaelon joint expedition site. Meanwhile Zax set up surveillance equipment at the meeting site and Zlatan Dragomir worked on establishing a believable tourist background.
02. Proposed Rendezvous
An hour before the time of the rendezvous the team set up near the location, an underwater bar (surveillance still included) with agent Zlatan Dragomir, in tourist garb observing the main entrance from a nearby hub and myself along with agent Zax meeting Dr. Kap'nell in the bar.

Rendezvous did not go as planned as, after being observed heading towards the bar by agent Dragomir, Dr. Kap'nell did not appear on any surveillance cameras. Zax and myself scrambled looking for the target through the crowd. Meanwhile agent Dragomir identified two black-helmeted enforcers that were similarly observing the bar. Another had been present inside the bar. Following the three black helmeted toughs we discovered that they had taken our target down a hidden maintenance tunnel. We gave chase and violence ensued, with two of the three kidnappers opening fire, while the third escaped in a submersible with the target. The two were taken down with only agent Dragomir sustaining minimal injuries, healed by agent Zax. Upon investigating the bodies of the two dead kidnappers we identified a location, to which we proceeded to go via submersible taxi.
3. Black Helmet Hideout
Using specialized techniques we identified that the hideout of the kidnappers was in a housing block on the edge of town, in the depths of the city. The location was more specifically a suite on the 15th floor. We proceeded to the location where agent Zax neutralized the outside camera and agent Zlatan knocked on the door, with weapon ready. Violence ensued when the door guard, a Tzynn ganger could not be reasoned with. Agent Zlatan sustained further injuries in the ensuing gunfight but he was rescued in a timely manned by undercover agent Torak Visla who produced an energy weapon and began attacking the other gangers. All targets were neutralized but the leader escaped in the same submersible with the target. The team gave chase.
04. Deep Mining Rig
A submersible chase ensued and the team was able to catch up with the Black Helmet boss just as he was docking to a deep mining rig, some 240m under the surface. Negotiations ensued, with several members of the team looking to persuade the ganger to surrender Dr. Kap'nell and himself. Just as the negotiations seemed to be working the gang leader was hit by a poisoned projectile from an unseen assailant on the lower levels. Giving chase, agent Torak Visla and myself discovered that the unseen assailant was making a getaway and had rigged the platform to blow. Zax managed to keep the ganger alive momentarily and got confirmation that a Chinorr agent had hired them to do the kidnapping. We boarded the submersible but luckily discovered both it and the other submersible, used by the helmet gang leader, had been affected by some sort of magnetic mine. After some technical work, agent Zax managed to disable the device and we took the submersible to the surface with the target and the poisoned gang leader in tow, the latter to be surrendered to the local authorities after hospitalization.
05. Aftermath
Activities are still in play at the time of writing but we expect the mission to proceed as planned after debrief by contact. Discretion will be necessary as it has become obvious that there is Chinorr interference with the mission plan.
Brief Reports:

Enemies Defeated	5
Injured Agents	1
Mental State	Sane
Physical State	Hale
Locations Explored	3
Mission State	Success 9/10

Rewards Granted

1 Advancement

Missions/Quests Completed

Rendezvous with the target. Rescue the target.

Character(s) interacted with

Dr Kap'nell - Scyldari Scientist Black Helmet Gang Members

Report Date

06 Apr 2021

Primary Location

Kepple's Pearl