MISCELANEOUS SOURCE

HELP FROM CELL A

 The agents may of course contact cell A for help and information during their mission.
Any reasonable request for information from Delta Green's files will be provided, including limited information on agent Rosenberg, and perhaps the Karotechia.

Agent ROSENBERG

 There is only one, very small file on Rosenberg that has survived all the years since he left the conspiracy.
The agents will get a censored version of it, from before he came into the conspiracy full, it's basically an annotated version of his Military jacket, describing his membership of the Rangers, his skills, and his contact with [PORTION REDACTED] in coastal operations on Mainland Europe. He is noted as a good security risk, and a recommendation has been placed in the jacket that he be inducted into Delta Green security Clearance as soon as possible.
There is a picture of him in Ranger's uniform which compares favourably with his current face.
There is a list of sightings from 1960-1970, placing him in various middle-eastern countries, probably working for Mossad and various pro-Israeli groups, and a copy of a letter from the Simon Weisenthal Institute denying any contact with a Jakov Rosenberg.
On the outside of the file has been noted that sightings of this man should be reported to Agent ANDREA soonest.

The Karotechia

Background Information

 A library-use roll, will reveal one piece of the following recent news. San Francisco inhabitants should get one or two of these free, depending on their awareness of current affairs.

Useful Links for EMERALD SHELL

 This collection of links should help you to flesh out the characters and locations used during Emerald shell.
--Phil

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL

 A short selection of links relevant to San Francisco, in descending order of usefulness.

THE TRIADS

A to Z of Hong Kong Action Movies

Official James Hong Site
Note, the above title is not supposed to be defammatory in any way, I like James Hong so much, and he is the most ubiqitous Oriental actor I could think of, so he had to star as the Head of the Tong/Triad. The link is by way of courtesy.

CRIME, including TONG information and look for Teochiu Chinese Syndicates

ASIAN GANG LINKS


MYTHOS LINKS

This story (link proved by 'Dangerous' Dan Harms) shows the infamous Al Azif Necronomicon's last appearance in the San Francisco Area.
Dan Clore's Necronomicon Page

DRAFT OUTLINE - CHAPTER 6 - EMERALD SHELL

 "Al Azif is found in the basement ashes of a San Francisco brownstone." The Compendium has reached half-way Stefan Alzis smiles to himself on the East Coast as he assembles the pages of his masterwork. Outside his disciples are plotting, whether for him or against him, no-one can say.

On the West coast, a small time group of racists with big idea's decide to go into the drug's business, selling only to minorities at knock-down prices. In order to provide a supply, they decide to take it from those who sell drugs to white Teenagers.

Whilst raiding the house of a chemist working for the Tongs, they interrupt the owner in the perusal of his greatest find; a copy of Al Azif, smuggled into the country many years ago by his ancestors. The police are called to the ensuing battle, and after the smoke clears, and the burning drug-house is put out, a volunteer fireman finds a sealed room in the basement of the building, with a book, in a hermetically sealed case. He spirits it away to show to friends.
[Corrupted members of public services]

From there the Al Azif is given to the head of the local chapter of the American Underground Army, an anti-government survivalist group preparing to graduate into a terrorist organization. The leader has been exposed to the occult by his links to several knights of the Karotechia, he knows something about _true_ reality. He decides a summoning would be the best wake-up call to America.
[Gun crazed freedom fighters, plotting against the US government]

Surviving members of the Aryan Brotherhood report back to their leader, a student of the Thulegesselscahft's records, telling him what they saw in the basement of the brownstone, he decides he wants the tome, and sends them back to the site of the fire, to learn that the greatest prize had already been taken. Unfortunately, he had already reported it to his superior, a knight in the service of the Karotechia.
[Hate-filled race-group, HK weaponry and fire-bombs in the night].

The Knight, not trusting the Aryan Brotherhood to recover the book has reported to a Bishoffe, who has ordered a team of Karotechia knights into the city to get it back. The Bishoffe is the son of a long-dead SS Panzer-gunner, with a big chip on his shoulder that his father was not a victorious tank commander. Rather than trust his team of knights to recover the book, he too travels to San Francisco to direct the operation personally, sitting in his hotel suite, summoning the spirits of the dead Dealers to gain their knowledge of the Al Azif.
[Hitler's Teutonic Knights and Ritters least-trusted Bischoffe]

The Tongs on the other hand wanted revenge for the loss of several men, a large quantities of drugs, and their chemist wanted his book back, and the tongs will do a lot to keep their chemist happy.
[Martial arts and two-fisted pistoleers ahoy]

The Tong chemist has decided to get it back on his own, and has summoned certain other 'beings' to return it to him, sacrificing one soul a day to keep the creatures bound to his orders.
[Shades of Big Trouble in Little China]
Delta Green has been informed by a friendly of certain other artifacts that were discovered in the city. They have contacts within the police department, and with some luck, will come across the corpses left behind in the fray.
[Hapless G-Men, who know not enough]

Naturally the police want the gang-war stopped, they want the Aryan's dead, after one officer died in the shoot-out, and they want the others in jail. Unfortunately for them, some of their members belong to the American Underground army, and one is controlled by a mobster who is controlled by someone else until the top of the chain is reached, and Stefan Alzis sits like a master puppeteer.
[Corrupt police force gunning for revenge for a fallen officer]

Add all these ingredients into the mix, and you have a treasure hunt in the basements and across the rooftops of San Francisco, with several teams all working against each other, trying to chase down and recover the most famous mythos tome in existence.

Before the American Underground Army use it to summon something big.

Before the Karotechia can get their hands on it.

Before anyone blows it up.

Before the spirits of a thousand Chinese ancestors return it to it's last owner.
And in essence, that's the introduction.

Not being a mythos guru, would anyone like to tell me what chaosium adventure/author I've just managed to rip off?


CHAPTER 6 LIST DISCUSSIONS

GENERAL

Chris Nichols/MiB
> Hippie acid cults? Wasn't "The Last Test" set here? Radical Muslim
> terrorists trying to recapture the lost hertiage of Abd al-Azrad?

I haven't the slightest idea what you're talkin' about.

Anyway, a good swerve in SF would be a woman claiming to be a long lost descendant of Al-Hazred, but actually just a grifter being used by the Fate. This would bring honor back to the authors of "Whispers in the Dark" preventing their scheduled seppuku.

ANDREA

 Duran Goodyear
Subject: Re: DG: Andrea
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:59:22 -0500

Ok, so I've been busy, and not paying attention, I admit it...

Who/What is ANDREA?

I assume it's part of Cell A?

Could some one elaborate please
thanks.

CroakerJr@aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:41:07 EST
Subject: DG: EH stuff

> Who/What is ANDREA?

Andrea is the third member of Cell A mentioned but not described in DELTA GREEN. On this list she has been hypothetically described as the chief "cleaner" of the organization, responsible for security up to and including wetworks.

But none of us are cleared for that information.

The Man in Black
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:46:59 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: DG: EH stuff

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 CroakerJr@aol.com wrote:
> But none of us are cleared for that information.

Besides, it's pretty obvious that ANDREA is left as an exercise for astute Keepers.

NPC's - AGENT ROSENBERG
CHAPTER 6 - EMERALD SHELL

"Exposing the Karotechia"

WHY

We're almost halfway through the basic campaign at this point, and by this point, the DG agents should have a clue that something is going on, and that more and more of their operations are coming into contact with Neo-Nazi organizations, some with a lot of pull, and all somehow connected together at some level. At this point, the Emerald Hammer will crack the Emerald Shell, and the rot that is the Karotechia will be exposed.

WHO

Perhaps we can add a renegade DG agent, one who continued the fight against the Karotechia, and lost the sanction of the Conspiracy. He'd be old now, perhaps in his sixties or seventies, but he was placed "out of sanction" by Gen Fairfield a long time ago, and the 'original' ANDREA attempted to hunt him down, and failed.

Here's a nice dilemma for the team, do they turn him in to Andrea and the cleaners, or do they get as much information out of him as possible, possibly giving him DG funds and gear to continue his crusade. Quite possibly he has the attractive (insert preference here) child trained to carry out his crusade after his death.

He needs the name of a classic betrayer, or someone who was betrayed/cast out. Like AGENT LUCIFER, but perhaps a little more original...

He's probably a look-alike for Darren McGavin too ;)

Perhaps the agents will be able to take him on one last crusade against a specific Bischoffe that he has a grudge against. Perhaps they die together.

Perhaps he's too much of a cliche?
Votes please gentlemen

Phil Ward

The Man in Black
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:13:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: DG: Emerald Shell - c6.

> the Emerald Hammer will crack the Emerald Shell, and the rot that
> is the Karotechia will be exposed.

Kewl!
> WHO [The deep-throat like character the MiB spoke of]
> Perhaps we can add a renegade DG agent, one who continued the
> fight against the Karotechia, and lost the sanction of the
> Conspiracy. He'd be old now, perhaps in his sixties or seventies,
> but he was placed "out of sanction" by Gen Fairfield a long
> time ago, and the 'original' ANDREA attempted to hunt him
> down, and failed.
He or she probably works for the Simon Wiesenthal center or JADL as a Nazi Hunter. Mossad contacts, and Kabbalism themes! We need more Ass-Kicking Jews in Emerald Hammer anyway.

Joshua Marquart (joshdm@one.net)

Note: I don't pay enough attention to whatever EH is...
Eugene: "Sirs, uhh, the cultists have seemed to be begging in the streets today. What's up with that?"
Alphonse: "Don't worry. We just sicced our accountant, Jeffrey Cohen, on them."
Eugene: "Kick ass."

Shane Ivey
Subject: DG: Phil's EH Extravaganza
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:26:42 -0600

Phil "Stop! Hammertime." Ward wrote:
> We're almost halfway through the basic campaign at this point, and by this
> point, the DG agents should have a clue that something isgoing on, and that
> more and more of their operations are coming into contact with Neo-Nazi
> organizations, some with a lot of pull, and all somehow connected together
> at some level. At this point,the Emerald Hammer will crack the Emerald
> Shell, and the rot that is the Karotechia will be exposed.

I figured the Karotechia would have been the obvious enemy from the first couple of chapters: wasn't the plan for Hubert to appear to have thrown in with the Karotechia in his coup at the Auction?

> Perhaps we can add a renegade DG agent, one who continued the fight
> against the Karotechia, and lost the sanction of the Conspiracy. He'd be
> old now, perhaps in his sixties or seventies,but he was placed "out of
> sanction" by Gen Fairfield a longtime ago, and the 'original' ANDREA
> attempted to hunt him down, and failed.

Interesting background. I like it, but it needs a good story: why was he taken out of sanction? Why was he scheduled for cleaning? (Remember, early in Fairfield's day the organization was official, and the need for ruthless security measures may have been less stringent. I don't believe the cell structure was even in place until recently.) Why did the assassins fail to catch him? Has he been on the DG "Wanted" list ever since? Has he taken steps against DG in retaliation?

> Here's a nice dilemma for the team, do they turn him in to Andrea and the
> cleaners, or do they get as much information out of him as possible,
> possibly giving him DG funds and gear to continue his crusade.

It may be a challenge to play him so that the players will be moved to protect him rather than haul him in for some forcible debriefing. That'll need to be written carefully.

> Quite possibly he has the attractive (insert preference here) child
> trained to carry out his crusade after his death.

I'm ambivalent on this one. It's been done a whole lot.

> He needs the name of a classic betrayer, or someone who was betrayed/cast
> out. Like AGENT LUCIFER, but perhaps a little more original...

Agent BENEDICT? (But see above about the cell structure and use of code
names. Maybe just make it his real name as a teaser?)

> Perhaps the agents will be able to take him on one last crusade against a
> specific Bischoffe that he has a grudge against. Perhaps they die together.
> Perhaps he's too much of a cliche?

With the above caveats, I like the idea. Go with it!

Shane Ivey

David Farnell
Subject: DG: Back on Track
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:04:59 +0900

Deep Throat: No need to make him a traitor to DG. I like the idea of a former "cowboy days" agent who went a bit around the bend and retired for his own mental health. He was never really in the "official" DG--he was in during the outlaw years (of course, these are still the outlaw years, but at least we're organized now). Now he's back, shakey but wanting to finish the job that nearly killed him. Of course, he's really being controlled by Alzis--but he doesn't know it. Cliche climax: he finds he's been a pawn all along and claws his own eyes out.
Andrew D. Gable
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:32:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: DG: A Name for the Karotechia Leak

Agent BENEDICT? Agent ROSENBERG?
Joshua Marquart
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:15:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: DG: A Name for the Karotechia Leak

Agent COHEN or Agent GOLDFARB...

-JD (Agent GOLDENBLUME!)
Richard Pace
Subject: DG: RE: A Name for the Karotechia Leak
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:11:23 -0800

AGENT QUISLING . . .
David Paul
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:06:53 -0500
Subject: DG: RE: A Name for the Karotechia Leak

How about Agent ESAU?


SAN FRANCISCO

Population: 750,000 (6.3 million in the San Francisco Bay Area, including 380,000 in Oakland, 140,000 in Berkeley and 835,000 in San Jose)
Area: 45 sq miles (120 sq km)
Elevation: 155ft (45m)
Time Zone: Pacific Time (GMT/UTC minus 8 hours)
Telephone area codes: San Francisco and Marin County 415; Oakland and Berkeley 510; the Peninsula 650; Wine Country 707; San Jose and Santa Cruz 408

NEIGHBOURHOODS

San Francisco Neighbourhoods

Bernal Heights
In a city with a Starbucks on almost every corner, Bernal Heights remains a progressive and commercial-free home for artists and their dogs.

The Castro
Widely known as the gay capital of the world, this neighborhood abounds with cafes, shops and nightlife.
The Aryan Brotherhood start making trouble here half way through the operation.

Chinatown
Great dim sum, cheap knickknacks and ornate temples hide in the small side streets of this popular destination.
Of course, the Tong's headquarters is here, as is the Chinese Sorcer

Fisherman's Wharf
Scorned by locals, it's packed with visitors and home to everything from hole-in-the-wall fisherman's hangouts to tacky souvenir shops.

Golden Gate Park
This huge expanse of greenery -- stretching from the middle of the city to the ocean -- has museums, sports and more.
An ideal place for ROSENBERG to arrange public and safe meetings

The Haight
Tie-dye, Dead posters, punks, vintage clothing stores and bars make up what was once the home of the Summer of Love.
Agent ROSENBERG lives and works here

Inner Richmond
Although consistently underappreciated, this neighborhood is rich with cultural diversity, great noodle houses and bargain shopping.

The Mission
Traditionally the Latino quarter of SF, this large, sunny neighborhood's face is constantly changing.

Noe Valley
A quaint area where people know each other's names, babies rule the sidewalks and outdoor cafes draw summertime crowds.

North Beach
Most famous for being home to the Beat generation, this Italian-American neighborhood is the coffee-swilling center of SF.

Pacific Heights
With multi-million dollar mansions and views of the Bay to match, Pacific Heights is an easy way to escape from the urban chaos below.
And of course, the Bischofe chooses his luxury hotel here

SoMa
This former industrial zone is in a cultural renaissance, with museums, galleries and multimedia companies reviving the area.

The Tenderloin
Repeatedly described in most tourist guides as "the worst neighborhood in San Francisco," the Tenderloin thrives despite its bad rap.

Union Square
For those who come to SF to shop, this is where to start.
This is an ideal location for subseduent ASUA bombs, stirking at the decadent heart of all that is wrong with america.

GETTING THERE

AIRPORTS

  1. San Francisco International Airport - west side of the bay - domestic and international
  2. Oakland International Airport - East side of the bay - Domestic, mostly Canada and Mexico
  3. San Jose International Airport - Southern end of the bay - Domestic, mostly Canada and Mexico

TRAIN STATIONS

Amtrak stops at Jack London Square in Oakland, A free shuttle bus connects with San Francisco's CalTrain station and the Ferry Building at the Embarcadero.

BUSES

Greyhound and Green Tortoise, the backpackers favourite.

ROAD

Highway 101, Los Angeles to Oregon, Interstate 280, High way 1, the coastal route. Interstate 80 to Nevada, Interstate 580 goes to Yosemite, but also joins Interstate 5 and heads towards Los Angeles.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

San Francisco Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
450 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th. Floor
San Francisco, California 94102-9523
(415) 553-7400

MEDIA - NEWSPAPERS


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