Bellagio Portal Incident
Participants
Summary
During the team’s Vegas leave, Jens Hartmann opened a portal to Terra inside a hotel room at The Bellagio. The portal was not properly sealed when Jens stepped away. Later that night, a Terran Insectoid crawled through the unsecured portal and killed a hotel cleaning lady, consuming her head-first. Jens shot the creature dead with a silenced pistol, then forced the portal closed. Sammy Castaneda deflected hotel security. The pair withdrew before authorities arrived. The incident has been concealed.
Details
Jens Hartmann opened the portal during the team’s downtime — the reasons are not fully recorded, whether for research, curiosity, or some other purpose. The critical failure was leaving it unsealed and unattended. A Terran Insectoid on the other side found the opening and came through.
The insectoid encountered a hotel cleaning lady — a civilian with no knowledge of Terra or the portal program — and killed her in a manner consistent with the creatures’ known predatory behaviour: consuming her head-first.
Jens responded. Working with a silenced pistol to avoid triggering a hotel-wide emergency, he put the creature down, then sealed the portal. Sammy Castaneda handled hotel security, deflecting their questions.
The two cleared the immediate scene and retreated before hotel security could respond. What became of the cleaning lady’s body, and whether the hotel has connected the incident to anything unusual, is not recorded as of Session 03.
Concealment status: No authorities have been briefed. Voss Dynamics may or may not be aware — this has not been confirmed in play.
Implications: A civilian is dead on US soil as a direct result of an unsecured portal. If this ever surfaces — through a police investigation, hotel records, or a leak — it represents an existential threat to the portal program and serious personal jeopardy for Jens Hartmann and Sammy Castaneda.
Participants
- Jens Hartmann — opened the portal; failed to seal it; killed the insectoid with a silenced pistol; sealed the portal
- Sammy Castaneda — present; deflected hotel security
- Terran Insectoid — entered through the portal; killed the cleaning lady; destroyed by Hartmann
- Unnamed cleaning lady — civilian victim (deceased)
Outcome & Consequences
- One civilian killed.
- One Terran Insectoid destroyed.
- Portal sealed.
- Incident concealed from hotel security and law enforcement.
- Potential ongoing exposure: a dead hotel employee with no explained cause of death.
- Moral and legal liability rests primarily with Jens Hartmann (negligence in sealing the portal; killed the creature) and Sammy Castaneda (complicit in cover-up).
Appearances
- [Session 03 - What Happens in Vegas](…/chapters/Chapter 1 - Living Bomb/Sessions/session-03-what-happens-in-vegas.html) — incident occurs and is covered up
Relationships
- Caused by Jens Hartmann — Jens opened the portal that allowed the insectoid to enter
- Resolved by Jens Hartmann — Jens killed the creature with a silenced pistol and sealed the portal