The Shield - Werewolf Edition GAME THREAD

Just coming back to this Frank - do you not believe my story about the prize? If not, would you mind explaining why?

If you don't then, I should 100% be top of your wolf list

Vote gone in for Tegan WW

It remains unclear whether these players are working for Mackey’s interests, against them, or merely exploiting the chaos for personal gain. Only the covert investigators, who are on a need to know basis will know their true intentions.

This sounds to me like someone has received the info on these two

I feel like we're going to get to the end of this game and Trigger and Necro are going to be calling us morons for not reading their posts.

It's hard to know what's flavour and what's relevant

But the vig hasn't shot him!

I agree, I think we should all be making an effort to get any useful information from them

Not really. Presume it's related to my voting last night. Maybe why I voted for you or didn't change to Tegan after reveal.

Say what you will about Angus, but this was post 38. Man was he in a tunnel whether right or wrong.

John Kavanaughs post today seems more important than yesterdays posts.

Things of note:

"They may even be Strike Team members under false aliases." - Could be that a strike team member can peak as good or have a fake name when peaked, something to that effect.

Known Facts:

Strike Team Current Status: Active. Suspected in racketeering, drug trafficking, homicide, and obstruction of justice.

Operative #1 aka @Derry WW : Alias not yet identified. Observed engaging in clandestine meetings outside standard Strike Team venues. Not registered in any known LAPD files.

Operative #2 aka @Vernon WW : Believed to be operating under deep cover, potentially inserted by federal authorities or a competing criminal syndicate.

Both individuals were investigated last night as they appeared to show advanced knowledge of Strike Team movements, exhibit tactical acumen, and possess potential influence over team decision-making.

So, these are "known facts" - Reads like some kind of peak mechanic, but it cant determine Derrys allignment or alias. The not known as on registered LAPD file suggests they may be NRV. Just a theory. Vernon reads like they are roled, but not NRV, nor does it tell you their alignment.

The last line is interesting. It suggests both men have knowledge of strike team movements. This suggests that either could be members of the strike team or have tracked them somehow. Which makes sense in regards Vern but conflicts with what it says on Derry, so not sure what to make of this.

"It remains unclear whether these players are working for Mackey’s interests, against them, or merely exploiting the chaos for personal gain. Only the covert investigators, who are on a need to know basis will know their true intentions."

This above kind of buries any of my thinking above. Not sure what to make of these Kavanaugh posts.

I thought he pay not be a player initially, mods helping perhaps, but the second IA doc seems to contradict that...

2. Undercover Deployment: Consider placing a loyal undercover operative within their peripheral operations to better assess threat vectors. Gilroy has embedded himself strongly within The Barn, this may unearth him

...I wonder if they've looked to The Departed plot and have two moles - Ben is a wolf but not in the wolf room, just acting from "inside the barn" to help them, and possibly the other four are in the wolf room but one is actually a villager trying to sabotage them. It would be a very cool mechanic in a game like this...

This is a neat theory.

If We have 5 wolves, (Ben, Vic, Shane, Lem and Ronnie), its possible taht one of them could be a double agent of sorts. Now in the show, from what i can recall, Ben would be the one to screw the others (maybe Shane but less likely compared to Gilroy). If Ben is in the wolf room, he could be a double agent.

From Monday's IA report Remarks section:

Further investigation into Strike Team advised each night. Further reports may be forthcoming.

On that basis, I think that the content of the reports are a result of this "further investigation" - I'd hazard a guess that someome chose these two for further investigation.

Then looking at today's IA report Recommendations section:

2. Undercover Deployment: Consider placing a loyal undercover operative within their peripheral operations to better assess threat vectors. Gilroy has embedded himself strongly within The Barn, this may unearth him

I think this might be a message for our seer to check one of these players?

3. Psychological Pressure: Apply indirect pressure (e.g., leak fabricated intel) to force the unknown operatives to reveal loyalties through reaction patterns. This should be considered strongly.

Is this just indicating that we need to question Derry & Vern?

Vern*

because they need to be flipped. I’d prefer to flip Tegan today than not. I don’t see how this can be questioned.

As for vig, well, what if we don’t have another vig? The mayor likely had a vig shot, and its possible they fired it into a rebounding power and killed themselves.
tegan not being already dead by midday suggested to me that i throw my vote down there snd discuss other things. Didn’t expect any backlash over voting tegan!

If you are focusing your vote elsewhere, please declare your vote and give a reason for why you think it’s better vote than Tegan.

Leave tegan alive? And do all our investigations on the evidence of a pre-flip red? Why not flip, and then we know.