CHAPTER 2

Adam's Mission Setup

• Focus Characters: Adam Elvin, Nigel Murphy, Rachael Lancier
• Location(s): Tokat, Velaines, Westpool Hotel, Scarred Suit club, Rachael Lancier's dealership
• Core Narrative: Adam Elvin, using his various identities, checks into the Westpool Hotel and establishes a new cover as Huw North, a 67-year-old employee of Bournewell Engineering Company. He then visits the Intersolar Socialist Party's chapter house, where he meets Nigel Murphy, a local Party member who agrees to help him acquire weapons hardware. Adam reveals his true identity and explains his mission to blow up grain trains, which he believes are part of a capitalist conspiracy to control food prices. Nigel agrees to help him and promises to set up a meeting with a local arms dealer, Rachael Lancier. Meanwhile, Adam's e-butler receives a message from Bradley Johansson, warning him that Paula Myo, a Chief Investigator from the Intersolar Serious Crimes Directorate, is on Velaines.
• Broader Implications: This event sets in motion Adam's mission to acquire weapons and further his goal of disrupting the capitalist market economy, while also introducing the threat of Paula Myo's investigation into the narrative.