TRAVEL
Clyde Baughman’s cabin is a few hours away from his apartment by car. It is not difficult to reach, though the last few miles are off the main road and are dangerous in poor weather.
TENSION
"Once you get to the Cabin, things slowly start to change in terms of where the tension comes from. Try and make clear the strangeness or oddity of the discoveries they make: the locker and it's contents, the strange plumbing and septic tank, but don't reveal too much. " - Reddit user ProfDoctor404
- Lockhart to Near Barksdale= ~3h drive no traffic
- Exhaustion for Agent if he drove?
- Dog in kennel, chained up, dead
- Autumn leaves underfoot
- The Footlocker (Vietnam Era, padlocked)
- Sealed envelope on top = -- HANDOUT B - Sealed envelope
- Well with electrical pump
- Mains electricity
- Outhouse (Forensics = months ago used)
- Shed (20 x 1 gallon fuel cans)
- Pile of soil - grown over, near woods
- Septic Tank, large, padlocked hatch
INTERIOR
The cabin itself is one story high, with a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room, a few closets, and a kitchen. The whole building is constructed of wood with a faux log-cabin exterior. It is connected to the local power grid and is heated by a large, field-stone chimney.
The Ring of labeled keys from Baughman’s apartment fits in the lock. Even a cursory inspection reveals that no one has been here for a while FORENSICS 40% = at least two months. The cabin interior is quiet and there are more than a few cobwebs. Aside from second-hand furniture and a rustic décor there are two items of interest: a footlocker and the plumbing.
UNDER BED
Baughman’s Vietnam-era metal 5.1 The Footlocker is stowed under his bed. This is where he kept mementos from his years with Delta Green. Atop the contents is a -- HANDOUT B - Sealed envelope marked with a triangle in green ink. The envelope holds a Unknown (see HANDOUT B, page 48)
The Agents should know that the locker contents are sensitive, classified DG material, and is more revealing and strange than anything they've seen from The Group in the past.
PLUMBING
Inspecting the cabin’s plumbing finds that none of the pipes lead to 5.3 The Septic Tank. They once did, but all have been disconnected for no discernible reason.
The players may well notice the oddness of having a functioning outhouse at a cabin that has a septic tank and running water. If they don’t, point it out to any Agent with INT 14 or with 20% in a skill such as Craft (Plumbing) or Craft (Construction). Listening at either of the inspection pipes that rise from the tank reveals nothing.
EXTERIOR
Water is drawn by an old electrical pump attached to a well.
Behind the building stand an Outhouse and a Shed. Studying the outhouse with Forensics 40% or better finds that it was last used a couple of months ago.
The Shed holds an assortment of tools and 20 one-gallon cans of gasoline, all full.
10 yards away from the house, near the edge of the woods, the hatch for a Septic Tank can be spotted in a shallow pit, not buried as would be expected.
Earth piled around indicates it’s stood exposed for years. The septic tank’s entrance hatch is uncovered and is padlocked from the outside (an unusual step; the key is another from Baughman’s Ring of labeled keys ) but the handle and hinge are well oiled. It won’t be obvious unless the Agents unearth more of the tank, but in fact there are two hatches, one still buried.
The septic tank is far too large for the cabin.