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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Golden Bee" data-source="post: 9511660" data-attributes="member: 7041055">Angola Momentum! “If it’s not the bugs, it’s the feckin’ leopards,” complained the Scot.Her Soviet companion laughed.“This coming from a woman so pale she should put on moonblock.”Diamang is one of Portugal's great diamond companies, and their office in Angola is a shining star. So when they invited members of the Ziegler Security Service, they splurged: a limousine at the airport, with a literal red carpet to lead them to the boardroom. They were not expecting Marilyn Moriarti, an angry Scottish veteran spy. They might've been pleased by the presence of Aldous Bingen, diplomatic and charming butler. And they were downright pissed to see the third member: Captain Semya Ivanova. Still, the board worked their charms, convincing the trio that this was a labor dispute with mystical misunderstandings, and not an effort to get more work from their slave laborers.The mission started relatively well. The commie Captain led the group through a few days of jungle exploration, with only one attempted (and failed) mauling-by-panther. Unfortunately for Diamang, the jig was up when the group discovered that the laborers were uncompensated and the head overseer, Eugenio, bragged about the blood on his whip. Marilyn gave him a stiff jab to the kisser. She wasn’t a fan of bullies.The natives were led by a shaman, but our heroes won her over. That night, she brought them deep into the mine, where with the help of some dynamite, they discovered a passage to a hidden shrine. Ivanova, tremendously gifted in languages, saw an incantation that would summon a spirit to slay all the non-native pilferers of the country’s wealth. (Mr. Bingen asked if that would include them, because they were paid in escrow by the Portuguese.)The Captain wouldn’t raise a finger to save imperialist swine, but the other two persuaded the shaman the spell was a bad idea. The Angolan stormed out of the tunnel …and was shot in the head.It turned out Eugenio wanted revenge! But in a moment of brilliance, Marilyn convinced the overseers that the group had infiltrated the workers as part of a scheme. And now that the shaman was dead, the workers were going to revolt, so all the colonizers should leave the camp ASAP. They did!With no countervailing social forces, the Captain organized the mine into a Communist cooperative. They had the product; the company would have to meet their terms.The following negotiations were intense. The group used everything, including the death of the shaman, to chisel the corp. It was tough… But a deal was hammered out. And the pièce de résistance was yet to come.The players were ready to leave when they had a thought. Who were the diamonds for?They uncovered duplicity, and trade with Fascist Spain. Diamang was dealing with Francisco Franco^! Because what greater trade partner for a Communist diamond mine than the Soviet Union? There was a lot of kerfuffle, duplicity, disguises, altered manifests, and dock surveillance regarding the diamond shipment, creating a stalemate… until Aldous, in the dead of night, took the shipment and snuck it onto the ZSS plane. Mission complete.Captain Ivanova has another win, keeping the security company, the people, and her Soviet overseers satisfied. Aldous put down more coasters.^Franco  hasn't been more than alluded to in several years playing time. He chased the players when they were in Tenerife, also in Africa.Captain S:</blockquote>

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