The Mission

"So, we march right up there and hit them before they know what’s happening! Sounds easy enough!" he remarks, testing the size of the uniforms against the others.

The thought creeps into his mind that it was all or nothing on the villagers. If they were connected to the blimp’s disappearance, that village is the first place any leftover Germans will go and shoot up…

"I will make a poor Nazi," Sabine says lightly as Irish sizes up the uniforms. The grey clothing is unlikely to fit the woman, and even if it did -- she would be an awfully small German soldier.

She is quiet about the villagers, but clearly troubled regarding their pending fate.

"You could be our prisoner," Dan says to the woman, his face lighting up like it's the brightest idea in the world. "We can tie you up, gently of course, and put you in the back. How does that sound?"

"That does not sound ideal," Sabine says, "but I do not 'ave a better idea."

As the others change, the woman averts her eyes, looking back down into the valley. "Though perhaps I could go unbound. I am no threat to three strong German soldats. You could say I was from the village, come to work with the others."

"I don't like that at all. They could call your bluff and say, we need you here, Achtung get out! Then we're screwed."

"Is that your German accent, Gregg? Jesus, but we are up shit creek after all."

Irish clears his throat, and smirks at what he’s about to attempt, clearly very amused with himself:

"It’s more like zis! Vu need more tvang! More bhlegm! Achdung Achdung!"

If Swann hadn't seen the other's in action with the guards, their flippancy would be worrying. As it is, he'll take the relaxed attitude as competence.

"Actually lads, Sabine tied up or not is less suspicious than either of you speaking. I think we're discovered the first time someone expects us to speak German. Best leave her untied and do our best to be unobserved."

Alright, recap. What's the plan? Make your way to the mines, sneaking past the worker camp and the blimp base? Are you going now or waiting till it's dark?

The ruins of the castle lie at the top of a barren hill. Reaching them without being seen is best achieved by traversing the mountain from the cave to the north to the back of the ruins before lowering themselves down a 20-metre cliff using rope. The ruins are quite exposed, positioned as they are at the top of the hill, including the entrance to the mine. Any attempted approach during the day it should become obvious to them very quickly that they will be easily spotted by anyone on the Huginn.

Will your uniforms withstand scrutiny from afar? That is the risk you're taking. You get to the ruins and find the mine you saw the workers being taken to. At the centre of a several yards deep depression within the ruins, a vertical shaft has been uncovered between two blocks of stone. A rope has been secured at two points, using metal spikes hammered into the stone. The rope is thirty yards long and piled in a loose coil next to the hole. The shaft descends vertically, the walls a mix of stone blocks and cold earth. Climbing down without the aid of a rope is a tricky.

Status Table
Momentum: 2
Threat: 14

"Bother, pulling the rope up means we have to leave someone up top. That or once we go down, we come out the other side before we're discovered..."

"Oh man, I don't know. I mean we don't know how far it is to the other way out or what's even down there exactly."

Dan is on his haunches playing with the rope, gazing down the mine hole, thinking strategies.

"Too many unknowns but I'm not sure there's an alternative. Anyone got any bright ideas?"

Climbing down without the aid of a rope is a tricky Agility + Athletics test with a difficulty of 3 as the walls are clammy and damp.