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<<nobr>><<set $Setting to "Aboard the U.S.S. Stingray">>
<<set $Relationship1p1 to "Chain of command">>
<<set $Relationship1p2 to "Crew">>
<<set $Relationship1p3 to "Agents for Objective Zebra">>
<<set $Relationship1p4 to "Old bonds">>
<<set $Relationship1p5 to "Criminal past">>
<<set $Relationship1p6 to "Family">>
<</nobr>>$Setting, you are part of a group with the relationship:
<<set $Relationship1 to either("$Relationship1p1", "$Relationship1p2", "$Relationship1p3", "$Relationship1p4", "$Relationship1p5", "$Relationship1p6")>>$Relationship1
[[Keep going->Relationship2]]
[[Redo this step->Start]]To be specific, you have the relationship:<<nobr>><<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p1">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Friendly enemies", "Officer and the crewman who seduced his love", "Inspiring leader of men and his simpering toady", "Fought side by side in the last war", "Lazy fool and tough old veteran", "Hard-case and the one who demoted him")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p2">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Ignorant farm boys", "Gung-ho lunatics", "Up for the same promotion", "“You were both specially selected based on unique talents” ", "Odd-men-out on a tight-knit boat", "Lovers")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p3">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Secret agent and Navy intelligence operative", "Occultist and Navy cameraman", "“Doctor” and Navy handler", "Secret agent and double agent", "Cultists", "Physicist and Navy liaison")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p4">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Shipboard enemies, shore leave friends ", "Rivals in love", "We killed a man and he haunts us", "We saved a life and lived to regret it", "Through “coincidence” always paired ", "One shot the other, over something silly")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p5">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Bad boys, roughnecks, and roustabouts", "His criminal past would get him booted from the navy; only I know ", "Bully and weak sister", "Leaders of rival shipboard gangs", "Murderer and the guy he thought he killed", "Victims of the boat’s master grifter")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p6">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Brothers", "Competitive cousins", "Father and son, despite regulations", "Blood brothers", "Brothers-in-law", "Mutual orphans who volunteered together")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
[[Keep going->Need1]]
[[Redo this step->Relationship2]]
[[Go back a step->Start]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
<<nobr>><<set $Need1p1 to "To get the truth about">>
<<set $Need1p2 to "To get respect from">>
<<set $Need1p3 to "To hide that">>
<<set $Need1p4 to "To finally take care of">>
<<set $Need1p5 to "To get away">>
<<set $Need1p6 to "To tell">>
<<set $Need1 to either("$Need1p1", "$Need1p2", "$Need1p3", "$Need1p4", "$Need1p5", "$Need1p6")>><</nobr>>$Need1
[[Keep going->Need2]]
[[Redo this step->Need1]]
[[Go back a step->Relationship2]] To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:<<nobr>><<if $Need1 is "$Need1p1">><<set $Need2 to either("... what happened to the Captain’s quarters that night ", "... the scratching on the hull", "... Objective Zebra’s real objective", "... the sudden illness sweeping the crew", "... the thing that happened on the island ", "... what’s in the fucking box")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p2">><<set $Need2 to either("... the Captain of USS Saddleback", "... the crew", "... your dark master", "... your overbearing father, may he rest in peace ", "... yourself", "... your secret ex-lover aboard the Saddleback ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p3">><<set $Need2 to either("... you didn’t exactly follow orders regarding Objective Zebra ", "... there is a German agent aboard", "... you just killed a fellow sailor", "... drunk men sometimes don’t do all the safety checks", "... you are responsible for this mess - all of it", "... you know far more about the mission than anyone guesses")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p4">><<set $Need2 to either("... those lousy Kraut bastards waiting for us up there ", "... your stupid brother, the family golden boy", "... yourself for a change", "... Lieutenant Joshua Sheppard", "... George, who else?", "... your own terror and loneliness")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p5">><<set $Need2 to either("... to Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, your ancestral home", "... to your family farm, to marry your pregnant girlfriend", "... from this steam pipe you’re unfortunately handcuffed to", "... from this stinking air and these stinking people", "... from whatever is out there lurking in the depths", "... with the ritual")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p6">><<set $Need2 to either("... the Captain what he did to your dad, right before you kill him ", "... the Navy what happened with Objective Zebra", "... everybody about the ghosts, and what they want", "... the Chosen One he must prepare", "... your superior officer to fuck off", "... the scientist what you added to his bag back on the island")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Need1 $Need2
[[Keep going->Location1]]
[[Redo this step->Need2]]
[[Go back a step->Need1]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
<<nobr>><<set $Location1p1 to "The mission - flashback">>
<<set $Location1p2 to "Groton Naval Base - flashback">>
<<set $Location1p3 to "The island - flashback">>
<<set $Location1p4 to "Where we do things">>
<<set $Location1p5 to "Where we keep things">>
<<set $Location1p6 to "Where we currently avoid">>
<</nobr>><<set $Location1 to either("$Location1p1", "$Location1p2", "$Location1p3", "$Location1p4", "$Location1p5", "$Location1p6")>>$Location1
[[Keep going->Location2]]
[[Redo this step->Location1]]
[[Go back a step->Need2]] To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:<<nobr>><<if $Location1 is "$Location1p1">><<set $Location2 to either("The chart table of USS Saddleback, an unusual chart on display ", "The deck of a Cannon-class Destroyer Escort USS Eldridge", "Hunted, depth-charged, leaking, sinking", "On the surface, an island on the horizon, dinghies on deck", "Hell itself, or a reasonable facsimile", "The sunken wreck of a German E-Boat")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p2">><<set $Location2 to either("Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s motorcade", "The Five Fathom Club, a Groton dive bar", "A heavily guarded concrete bunker labeled ZEBRA PRIME ", "Research pressure chamber #1", "In an alley, with an Admiral", "Temporary duty barracks, heavy with dread")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p3">><<set $Location2 to either("Ruins of an ancient temple", "Underground, with guns blazing", "German facility", "Strange pinnacle", "Driftwood shelter awash in blood", "Above a mass grave")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p4">><<set $Location2 to either("The surreal, silent engine room", "Crammed inside a blood-stained torpedo tube", "Partially-flooded pump room", "Officers’ mess, now living up to its name", "Radio operator’s station, from which creepy noises emanate ", "The should-be-empty-now conning tower")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p5">><<set $Location2 to either("Torpedo room, with a primed “fish” rolling on the deck", "Under a filthy rack", "Fresh water tank, where this thing should not be floating", "Ship’s pantry, curiously empty", "Improvised sick bay in officer’s country", "Inside the leaking oil sump")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p6">><<set $Location2 to either("The now burnt-out Captain’s quarters", "Outside, in crushing deep water", "In the black water tank", "In the #3 forward torpedo tube, forcibly jammed shut", "Ancient-looking steamer trunk with all the padlocks", "Battery room crawlspace")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Location1: $Location2
[[Keep going->Object1]]
[[Redo this step->Location2]]
[[Go back a step->Location1]] You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:
<<nobr>><<set $Object1p1 to "Weapons">>
<<set $Object1p2 to "Tools">>
<<set $Object1p3 to "Missing and unaccounted for ">>
<<set $Object1p4 to "Strange comfort">>
<<set $Object1p5 to "Memories">>
<<set $Object1p6 to "Disturbing">>
<</nobr>><<set $Object1 to either("$Object1p1", "$Object1p2", "$Object1p3", "$Object1p4", "$Object1p5", "$Object1p6")>>$Object1
[[Keep going->Object2]]
[[Redo this step->Object1]]
[[Go back a step->Location2]]To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:<<nobr>><<if $Object1 is "$Object1p1">><<set $Object2 to either("Colt M1911 pistol", "M3A1 “grease gun”", "Big old galley knife", "Signal flare", "Marlin spike", "Aluminum pan of battery acid")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p2">><<set $Object2 to either("Over-used and damaged electrical saw", "A weirdly clean hammer", "Gigantic pipefitter’s wrench", "”Momsen lung” submarine escape system", "Depth gage", "Unusual surgical instruments")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p3">><<set $Object2 to either("Cockwheel for torpedo tube #3", "Radio’s microphone", "Captain’s uniform", "Pills, lots of pills", "Half the boat’s food supply", "Keys to the weapon locker")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p4">><<set $Object2 to either("Unreliable compass with shattered glass", "Oil-stained and generally dog-eared bible", "Signed Art Tatum record with a personal note", "Straight razor, flecks of dried blood on the blade", "Diary written in a dead language", "Carefully concealed bottle of whiskey")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p5">><<set $Object2 to either("Photo of a woman and two kids, “München, 1932” handwritten", "Photograph of a ghost aboard a submarine, marked SECRET", "Oil painting of the Saddlebacks’ previous officers", "Erotic magazine, annotated in code", "Set of instructions for demon summoning", "Navy Cross in a velvet-lined box")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p6">><<set $Object2 to either("Strange idol, bathed in deep sea muck", "List of 13 names, including the recently killed, some crossed off", "Broken hatch door with marks of fists in the metal", "Sealed orders", "The Shroud of Turin", "Diary of the cook, explaining that he poisoned everybody on board")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Object1: $Object2
[[In summation->End]]
[[Redo this step->Object2]]
[[Go back a step->Object1]]To sum up: $Setting, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:
$Object1: $Object2
[[Start over->Start]]