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A missing cargo case can turn a port's logistics records into the starting point for an espionage investigation. A suspected information leak can give agents reasons to compare documents, interview employees, and question their sponsor's assumptions. The OSINT-6 Open Source Intelligence Manual shows how to develop missions like these from public information, with researched surroundings and invented secrets.
Follow a research workflow from the first premise to the player briefing. Define questions that affect mission decisions, find suitable sources, preserve their origins, and assess what each claim supports. Research places, organizations, people, and events, then use Retain, Generalize, Replace, or Invent to convert the findings into fictional material. Nineteen reusable forms help record requirements, sources, assessments, fictional changes, mission construction, and player knowledge.
Two worked missions show the full process. Misdirected Cargo develops a recovery investigation around a missing prototype controller in a fictional commercial chain within the Rotterdam port environment. The Decoy Consignment reuses that research for a controlled information test, where access to a leaked variant doesn't establish who transmitted it. Each example includes characters, intelligence paths, a timeline, complications, and possible outcomes. Agents can follow different leads and choose their own approach as the situation develops.
Build a research file that can serve the next mission as well as the current one. It's a Game Master reference for preparing OSINT-6 missions, with research and fictionalization methods that can also be used with other roleplaying games. Add the Open Source Intelligence Manual to your preparation tools, choose a premise, and turn the public record into a fictional operation your agents can investigate.
A missing cargo case can turn a port's logistics records into the starting point for an espionage investigation. A suspected information leak can give agents reasons to compare documents, interview employees, and question their sponsor's assumptions. The OSINT-6 Open Source Intelligence Manual shows how to develop missions like these from public information, with researched surroundings and invented secrets.
Follow a research workflow from the first premise to the player briefing. Define questions that affect mission decisions, find suitable sources, preserve their origins, and assess what each claim supports. Research places, organizations, people, and events, then use Retain, Generalize, Replace, or Invent to convert the findings into fictional material. Nineteen reusable forms help record requirements, sources, assessments, fictional changes, mission construction, and player knowledge.
Two worked missions show the full process. Misdirected Cargo develops a recovery investigation around a missing prototype controller in a fictional commercial chain within the Rotterdam port environment. The Decoy Consignment reuses that research for a controlled information test, where access to a leaked variant doesn't establish who transmitted it. Each example includes characters, intelligence paths, a timeline, complications, and possible outcomes. Agents can follow different leads and choose their own approach as the situation develops.
Build a research file that can serve the next mission as well as the current one. It's a Game Master reference for preparing OSINT-6 missions, with research and fictionalization methods that can also be used with other roleplaying games. Add the Open Source Intelligence Manual to your preparation tools, choose a premise, and turn the public record into a fictional operation your agents can investigate.