Mass Effect: Blackwell

1. Mercenary team
2. A mercenary team, together for perhaps 6-10 months
3. (Matt) was framed by a corporate rival and was burned. She hired (Rob) to smuggle her off planet, who in turn hired (Jacob) and (Beezley) to protect her and to fake her death. Since then, they have started a mercenary team together.
4. Yes – the characters are located in the Citadel
5. Aside from the ordeal with (Matt)’s corporation and the aftermath, (Beezley) and (Jacob) have done a handful of bodyguard-style contracts together. In addition, (Beezley) and (Rob) have some past work relationship—(Beezley) owed (Rob) a favor for getting helped out of a jam.
6. Rob – Money, semblence of legitimacy. Beezley – Money, professional respect and friendship. Matt – Naive trust and a girlish crush. Jacob – Looking out for (Matt), and stability.
7. Financial gain. Personal security. Keeping (Matt) protected. See the team grow.
8. Yes.
9. No.
10. (Matt)’s corporation believes she is dead, and the group killed her. (Jacob) and (Beezley) were screwed on a past contract by a planetary developer. (Rob) helped (Beezley) get off planet after a job went bad. (Jacob) rescued (Matt) from a nobleman who wanted her for his personal harem, disfiguring the young aristocrat in the process. (Rob) stole (Matt’s) personal information and identity several years before, which she doesn’t know about.

Group Concept:
A mercenary organization, specializing in both investigation and combat but staying away from heavy assault contracts.

Shared History:
(Rob) stole (Matt)’s identity.
(Beezley) and (Jacob) worked together.
(Rob) helped (Beezley) get off a dangerous planet.
The entire group helped (Matt) fake her death.
Mercenary Team is founded.
(Jacob) saved (Matt) from an amorous young nobleman.
Team was sent on a delivery mission from Elysium, where they met the Dirty Dozen.
(Matt) meets Hanna and Aurora at Flux.
The team completed a handful of contracts to define their roles within the corporation.

Current Situation:
The team is on the Citadel. They have just put out feelers for Travis Redding through Aurora and Angel. They are preparing to leave the Citadel on a contract to perform a kidnapping recovery of a wealthy family’s child.

Changed Storyline:
The characters chose the old luxury yacht rather than the gunboat.
The characters are no longer using Franka as their handler.