The Mission

The guards take your passports and review them. The one in the front squints at Sabine's, but then hands it back without comment. In the back, the guard barely looks at the paasports, and pokes some of the scrap equipment before realizing he doesn't care, and hands the documents back.

With a signal from the guards, the barrier is raised, and the lorry is waved through into Romania.

"That's that, a bit of a drive ahead of us," Georgi says, relieved that that went as smoothly as planned.

Georgi smiles at Sabine's comment, "Welcome to Romania! But your papers were good, nothing but the best from Section M. Some of those others might have shoddy passports that wouldn't fool a blind beggar."

Once across the border Georgi relaxes and outlines the rest of the route once more. He says that he is taking the main road as far as the town of Deva, about 200 miles away but that from there the team will have to hike as the truck is not suitable for the tracks into the mountains leading to Zaltna. The aged truck can maintain a speed of approximately 40 miles per hour on the rough road, which would see the team arriving in Deva by late afternoon, probably too late to begin the 20-mile hike to the village of Zaltna.

The weather is cold and overcast as the team continue their journey. The only traffic to be seen is the occasional farm lorry, carrying bales of hay or animal feed. After an hour of driving the group will notice a convoy of vehicles approaching fast from behind. A German staff car, accompanied by two motorbike outriders pass the team at speed and disappear into the distance. They show no interest in the rusty old lorry, but Georgi is visibly upset at seeing German forces active on Romanian soil.

Shortly after this encounter, the team spy a turning on the left. A simple barrier of painted white wood has been placed across the turning and a German Opel Blitz lorry is parked just off the road behind the barrier. Three men in German army uniforms lean against the barrier, sharing a cigarette.

Georgi says, "No where useful, a small village that I think is abandoned."

Irish is yearning for a cuppa, and maybe has that scratch to work out.

James, Dan each get one success, and so meet the difficulty 1 requirement for a success. Sabine gets two successes, and a complication from the naturally rolled 20. All three of you notice that the road surface of the turn off is much newer than that to of the main road.

Sabine also notices at least one further guard apparently asleep in the cab of the Opel truck.

Complication: see below.

Recall: The team spy a turning on the left. A simple barrier of painted white wood has been placed across the turning and a German Opel Blitz lorry is parked just off the road behind the barrier. Three men in German army uniforms lean against the barrier, sharing a cigarette.

As Georgi's lorry approaches, the soldiers shoulder each other and two step out onto the road, demanding Georgi to stop the vehicle. Georgi looks to Sabine and the other in the cab for direction.

Do you tell Georgi to stop, or to drive past, or something else?