Delta Green “Third Man Factor” Chapter 1: The Passenger in the Dark

When FBI Agent Michaela Rummanov is yanked off her dull desk rotation to courier a sealed evidence cylinder from California to a quiet storage unit in Reno, it sounds like the kind of favor that buys leverage, not trouble. The directions are handwritten, the box is already open, and her jittery supervisor insists it’s “nothing to worry about” a little too often. As the miles roll past, the highway gets emptier, the night gets darker, and Michaela finds herself sharing the Lincoln with a man she doesn’t remember picking up—and a black car that never seems to drop out of her mirrors. By the time the GPS says she’s getting close, the question isn’t just what’s in the cylinder, but who she can trust when even her own senses feel suspect.

About the Chronicle

Third Man Factor is a Delta Green duet scenario featuring Agent Michaela Rummanov (played by Jorine) and Adam as handler. Built around a single, tense overnight drive, it trades shootouts and raids for creeping paranoia, loneliness on the highway, and the unsettling feeling that someone—or something—is along for the ride. As Michaela follows opaque orders, juggles loyalty to her career and her home life, and tries to decide whether to obey or disobey that simple note—“DO NOT OPEN”—the scenario explores classic Delta Green themes: compromised authority, weaponized bureaucracy, and the thin, fraying line between mundane reality and the uncanny.

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