The Mission
Oskar Kalb, Gottfried von Laue, René Celle. Three very dangerous individuals. All with connections to the real enemy. All in the French city of Rennes.
Kalb is a Gestapo stooge with links to the Thule Society; von Laue is an officer of the Dienststelle Westen, busily looting the treasures of Western Europe, while Celle is a collaborationist who has had personal ties with several top Nazis since before the war. Close enough that he spent the early part of it rotting in a French gaol until he was liberated by his friends. We have no evidence of any ties to one another until recently; they appear to have arrived in Rennes separately. Even in Rennes there is no real evidence that they are cooperating, but given our limited resources we cannot be certain if they are or not.
Last summer, during the chaos of the German Blitzkrieg, several sensitives began having deeply disturbing dreams; I have determined at least some of those dreams had images consistent with the French city of Rennes. They started soon after the Nazis overran that city and continue to this day. I do not think this is a coincidence. I believe our trio are in Rennes as a direct result of having those self same dreams.
You are to enter France, make contact with members of the local Resistance and find out what these three fiends are up to. Your cover is to help train the local operatives to set up a fully fledged network. While you can do this, and by all means help them in any way you can, your real purpose is to halt whatever it is these individuals are up to. It would have to be something major for them to pull the necessary strings to get them to the city in the first place.
The Team
- Sergeant Jacques “the Piper” Perot, French Mercenary/Commando – Jon
- First Lieutenant Clara Chaplin, Irish MD/Advisor – Lindsay
- Captain Jakub Sobieski, Polish Army/Mobile Infantry – Scott
- Captain Basil L. Plumley, American Big Game Hunter/Commando – Rhus
- Steven Vincent, British Civilian, Assistant Antiquarian/Advisor
Initial Cover Identities in Betton
The team was provided with these cover identities on arrival:
- Jakub was Victor Loup Brodeur, a mechanic.
- Clara was Doctor Antoinette Joséphine Berger.
- Basil was Simon Léon Blaise, a farmer.
- Jacques was Arnou Charette, a blacksmith.
Cover Identities in Rennes
Following the events in Betton, the team was relocated to Rennes, where they acquired these cover identities:
- Jakub was Raymond Cormier, an insurance investigator.
- Clara retained her cover as Doctor Antoinette Joséphine Berger.
- Basil was Laurent Gilbert, an electrician’s assistant.
- Jacques was Alexandre Cuillerier, a construction worker.
- Steven was provided with Norris Fournier, a school teacher.
Following the events in Bruz, their identities were again in jeopardy, especially in light of Basil’s arrest by the Germans and subsequent Gestapo interrogation. They sought new covers identities.
- Jacques acquired Francis Larocque, a crane operator rebuilding the rail yard in the south of Rennes.
- Raymond traded identities with a homeless refugee and became Roland Therrien, a bank clerk from Plaisir, a village west of Paris.
- Clara retained her cover as Doctor Antoinette Joséphine Berger, but in light of her investigation by the Gestapo, she distanced herself from the team and continued her duties at the POW Hospital.
- Steven still needed a new identity.
The Second Team
Upon discovery that the Ollivier factory might be producing chemical weapons, N dispatched another team that was in-country to assist.
Alessandra e Greca – Christian
- Italian wife of Sicilian mob boss
- Fled United States when holdings taken over by another mob
- Trapped in Vichy after German invasion.
- Recruited by N to spy on German communications center near La Rochelle
- Cover identity: Patrice Desnoyer, Switchboard Operator from Marseille
Johannes von Bloomberg – Josh
- German Jewish physicist
- Escaped to France with N’s help in January. N will get him American citizenship when the mission is completed
- Relocated to Vichy to assist Patrice with German communications center near La Rochelle.
- Discovered that installation enabled German controllers to track Allied shipping and lead aircraft to them.
- Cover identity: Didier Bourgouin, Mechanical Engineer from Poitiers southwest of Tours
David Keane – Rob
- American seaman/navigator
- Lend-Lease Ship sunk off southern France. Swam to shore near Fouras.
- Discovered Didier infiltrating the German facility and assisted with his escaping unnoticed one month ago.
- Recruited by N to provide support to Patrice and Didier.
- Cover identity: Jean Reno, a Mechanic from Pontault-Combault east of Paris.