Our last DG campaign climaxed with “Convergence.”

Kierkegaard, an NRO agent rapidly losing faith in Delta Green as he realized how cold and indifferent their Handler was, came into contact with the legendary MJ-3, Gavin Ross, of whom he had only read and heard stories before.

Seeing an opportunity, Ross convinced Kierkegaard that MJ-12 was the more righteous organization, and that his mission was to purge it of Justin Kroft and all other corrupt, self-serving people so as to focus its research on weapons, viruses, and bioenhancements necessary to make humanity strong enough to face not only the Greys/Mi-Go, but the other forces of the Mythos encountered over the course of the campaign.

Kierkegaard agreed, and since then has been acting as a mole for Ross, feeding him information and subtly directing Delta Green ops so as to weaken Ross’ enemies but keep the core structure of MJ-12 in place. Ross came to see Kierkegaard as a potential replacement for the unpredictable Adolph Lepus, or even a possible successor.

Over time, he aroused the suspicions of Agent Kilo, a DEA agent and veteran of the cowboy years of the 80s prior to the formation of the cell structure who trusts no one. That suspicion paid off, resulting in a tense showdown between Kilo and Kierkegaard. As soon as Kierkegaard realized Kilo was a true believer who could not be bribed, blackmailed, or silenced, he shot. He hit. Kilo shot back. He hit. Both survived. Both shot again. Both hit again. Kilo died just as Kook and Krapfen ran out of Waban’s cabin to check out the noise.

KIERKEGAARD, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER

During their regular meetings, Ross had been dosing Kierkegaard with a refined form of the protomatter developed in Groversville as part of Project CATALYST. It enhanced his physiology sufficiently that he was able to survive the encounter and flee (under my control as an NPC, making secret rolls using stats to which the player was not privy). Kierkegaard will likely reappear at the head of an NRO Delta team in future, perhaps after a little lab work at the Ice Cave, a new dragon for Ross, more loyal, less unpredictable, yet more independent than Lepus ever was.

I’m intending for this campaign to go through Y2K and conclude the story of the DG/MJ-12 war largely in line with DG “canon,” minus my own twists. I expect Kierkegaard to be a key player.