[AtB: A1.1] Radar Station Zulu

This is the first in a series of Hook, Line and Sinkers I'm working on.

Hook: For the past two weeks, there have been numerous successful attacks on Cardanian assets along the northern border with evidence pointing to a possible incursion by the Empire of Humanity. Now a band of raiders have taken the operators of a Cardanian radar outpost hostage. The raiders threaten that they will blow up the outpost with the Cardanian operators inside unless Cardania agrees to deliver to them money, weapons, and an armored vehicle. Since Cardania has moved much of the Elite Militia to protect the borders it is unwilling to move them to handle this event.

Line: Cardania officials refuse to give in to the demands of the raiders. The official in charge activates the characters militia status and assigns them to escort a diplomat to diffuse the situation. If that fails they are to remove the raiders by any means possible, but to minimize damage to the radar station.

Sinker: The official who briefs the characters pleads with them to ensure the safety of his son, one of the operators who was taken hostage at the outpost. During the first round of negotiations, the diplomat is shot by the raiders and is thrown out of the outposts compound. The raiders threaten that if their demands are not met in 12 hours, they will shoot one hostage every fifteen minutes until their demands are met, and then blow up the outpost.

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Follow Up: If the raiders are taken care of, the characters will find that the raiders were all equipped with EoH weapons and equipment. Further investigation will uncover a dead human with EoH ID papers - shot in the back - in the back of the raiders vehicle. Interrogation of any of the raiders will uncover that they were hired in New Kennel by the human to destroy the outpost, but decided that they could get more if they ransomed the operators. The human threatened the raiders leader and was shot to keep him from interfering.

Saving the officials son will give the characters some clout with Cardanian official in the future.