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Save Regina was an Assassin mission that took place in 2016.[1]
The Instruments of the First Will, also known as the Juno cult, have long-since infiltrated key roles in one of Abstergo Industries' recently-built facilities. In 2016, their plans are about to come to fruition. Operating undercover within the facility, they have kidnapped an actress named Regina Davies after a performance at the Apollo Theater in London.
One of Regina's Ancestors was a Templar who came into contact with the IsuJuno in Egypt during World War I, and the Instruments are eager to examine her genetic memory. By means of new Animus prototypes and cutting-edge equipment, the Instruments of the First Will have trapped Regina in the past to find what they are looking for.
The Instruments of the First Will that have infiltrated the facility are led by Kumar, a newly awakened Sage. Kumar says that Juno has left precise instructions on how to bring her back to life and provide her with a physical body. These instructions are hidden in the memories of specific subjects that Kumar has managed to identify, ordering their abduction to allow investigation of their memories within the facility's Animi Room. Regina Davies is the most important of these subjects.
The Descendants are informed by their Cell of the kidnapping of Regina Davies and asked to infiltrate the Abstergo Industries site to investigate and free the actress. They will be assisted by Anjali, one of the Cell's field techs.
You reach Anjali's mobile lab—a food truck filled with high-tech equipment, monitors, drones, and cables. The field tech tells you that his personal "TSFP" (Templar-Scum Finder Program) has detected an individual registered in the Brotherhood's databases as a suspected Abstergo Agent in the presence of the missing woman a week ago. A CCTV camera positioned above Café Concerto, facing the main entrance of the Apollo Theatre, caught the agent waiting for the actress outside the venue, before forcing her to enter a black jeep. The jeep is fitted with fake plates.
The Templars are known for this type of kidnapping. Anjali has been following the jeep's via hacked ANPR cameras. The last image is from a speed camera in North Harrow, in the vicinity of a new Abstergo Industries facility. It's up to you to infiltrate it, find Regina, and free her from the Templars.
The Brotherhood's hideouts are usually hidden in anonymous, run-down locations. "Hide in plain sight", right? The Assassins must live undercover, constantly on the lookout for Templar spies and from nosy civilians alike. The Templar Order, on the other hand, has no such problems. The Abstergo facility in North Harrow is a modern marvel of function and design.
Anjali remains at a distance, safely inside his mobile lab from where he can follow the Descendants, communicating with them through earpieces and similar hardware.
Polished black walls surround a square, three-story glass building that shows an imposing, three-colored Abstergo symbol and backlit "For A Better Future" text. The plate outside the electrified gate reads "Abstergo Industries: Neo-Chemical and Medical Research Lab" and, in larger letters, "Warning: High Voltage". You can see blue-light emissions from a series of bulbs running along the top of the walls. These security measures look pretty sophisticated...
Challenges
Perimeter Alarm: An advanced alarm system protects the facility. The PCs might obtain employee badges from Abstergo personnel, hack the alarm system or else be extremely careful. If the PCs have the right tools to hack a security system, they can make a Wits check with 1 Raise to deactivate the alarm.
Security Cameras: The whole place is filled with security cameras, watching every corridor and room.
Abstergo Security: Guards patrol the lab. Sneaking into the facility will prove challenging even if the cameras and alarms are neutralized. All Stealth checks made to move undetected require 1 additional Raise.
Weaknesses
Anjali Guide (minor): If the Descendants can recover an Abstergo Guard's earpiece or similar device, Anjali discovers the frequency that Abstergo Security is transmitting on, as well as each guard's live location. In this case, the PCs overcome the Abstergo Security Challenge and, from now on, all Stealth checks made to move undetected in the facility have 1 Free Raise.
The main laboratory containing the Animi Room and the Control Room that overlooks it is in the basement. The Control Room is accessible with a standard badge.
Once inside the Control Room, PCs can access data about Regina Davies and her Ancestor Jeremiah Davies, whose memory she is currently reliving inside the Animus. Strange messages indicate the Simulation is currently on standby. Two scientists can be seen inside the Animi Room, monitoring Regina Davies' unconscious body. The body floats in an Animus inserted in a strange containment tube.
Challenges
Animi Room Access: It is protected by a biometric lock that can't be opened with standard badges. Such a lock might require fingerprints, retinal scans, or voice recognition to be opened. The PCs must find a way to bypass it or acquire the necessary biometric data to gain entry. Any attempt to hack the biometric lock with a Wits check requires 2 Raises and automatically triggers the Intruders! Setback with a squad of Abstergo Agents rapidly responding.
Scientists: There are two Abstergo scientists inside the Animi Room, monitoring Regina Davies' conditions. Should the PCs interrogate them, or examine their notes, they will discover Regina Davies' current predicament and the nature of the Simulation she is in (a memory fragment where Regina's Ancestor personally encountered a member of the Precursor Civilization). Regina has now fallen into a semi-comatose state due to an unknown malfunction and is currently stuck in the memory corridor. The scientists are unable to force her into the programmed Simulation or disconnect her from the Animus. In the Scientists' honest opinion, detaching her from the device until she's properly entered the Simulation could prove lethal.
Weaknesses
Rescue Team (minor): If the Descendants can disguise themselves as Abstergo Agents or find another clever ruse to persuade the scientists to open the door, the PCs overcome the Animi Room Access Challenge automatically.
Once the PCs are inside the Animi Room, Anjali contacts them, giving them instructions to hook him up to the Control Room's network so that he can hack its system and understand what's happening.
After a few minutes studying the situation remotely, Anjali briefs the Assassins on what they must do to get Regina safely out of the Animus. There are other Animus stations in the room, recent upgrades of the Animus 2.0—enough of them for each of the Descendants.
The body of Regina floats in the containment tube, lost in the Animus system—possibly for good. After a few minutes of silence, Anjali's voice rings in your ears. "Alright, as always, there's good news and bad news," he says. "The good news is we can take Regina out of there safely if she can exit the Simulation! Bad news, you'll need to help her out of the Simulation yourselves. I mean, supposing I'm right, you actually have to enter and re-live the Simulation with Regina."
Anjali then hacks the central network to link all the Animi in the room to Regina's containment tube, synchronizing her genetic memory to each of the devices. "You will be the Echoes of Regina's Ancestor in the Simulation. If I can put you in in this way, we might have a chance to restart the Simulation and release Regina from the Memory Corridor she's trapped in. Then, I should be able to pull you all out."
Suddenly, Anjali yells as if in panic. "Bloody hell! Now this is bad news! There's a military helicopter landing in the facility's courtyard! Abstergo must have sent in the cavalry! I can use the security system to delay them, but you'll have to get Regina out of there, quick!"
Regina Davies is a young, talented actress who is just starting to receive recognition after her captivating performances on the stage of the Apollo Theatre. Born and raised in London to a wealthy family, Regina's family has a long-standing history of service in the British Army, with several siblings earning medals of honor. However, Regina's family tree also holds a secret. Many of her ancestors were Templars. Regina herself bears no personal affiliation with the Templars. Indeed, she remains ignorant of their existence, but their legacy is putting her in very real danger.
Anjali is a 28-year-old tech genius, exceptionally skilled with technology and computer engineering. After completing his PhD at Imperial College in London, Anjali was drawn to the underground world of the Assassin Brotherhood, where his technological expertise and keen understanding of computer systems made him an invaluable asset to the Creed.
Operating undercover in the bustling streets of London, Anjali drives a fake food truck that hides his mobile lab, fully equipped with cutting-edge technology and gadgets of his own design. While he is a skilled field operative highly adept at infiltrating secure facilities and manipulating digital networks, he prefers to operate from the safety of his van.
Unfortunately for the Descendants and their Cell, Anjali is secretly a double agent for the Instruments of the First Will (see Juno's Masterplan on page 145).
