Session II: RESCUE INTO DARKNESS
The job was supposed to be a simple one; Otto and a friend, a Twi'lek thief named Athena "Tink" Tarwin, had designs to break into the safe at Shockwave, an exclusive nightclub in the trendy part of Korra City. The plan was Tarwin's idea; she would pose as a new waitress and slip into the back office, while Otto would act as lookout and, if necessary, create a diversion or even run back-up.
The job was going smoothly; Otto sat at the front bar while Tink slipped into the back. However, that's when Otto was recognized, and then accosted, by a half-dozen members of the Black & Reds, all of whom we're feeling slightly inebriated and very bold. Although Tarwin was successful in breaking into the safe and stealing its contents, when she returned to the main floor, she found her accomplice in an all-out brawl. When a gang member behind Otto's back pulled out a hidden blaster and aimed it at Otto's head while he was unaware, Tink had no choice; she had to jump in and save her friend, blowing her cover in the process. After a few more moments of fisticuffs (and stool smashing, and bottle breaking, and pool cue cracking, that sort of thing), the pair of heroes managed to get away from the gangers, club security, and law enforcement, and with the loot, but everyone involved in the robbery knows who the perpetrators are.
And it gets worse: unbeknownst to our heroes, Shockwave (through a bunch of complicated legal mumbo jumbo involving shell companies, slush funds, etc.) is actually owned by Saden Sunstalker (yeah, THE Saden Sunstalker), and he's never been known to show mercy to those who wrong him. Furthermore, in addition to the credits, the safe Tink robbed also contained a holodisk detailing some of Sunstalker's business transactions... many of which involve Imperial entanglements. On Korra, the Empire is still loathed greatly, even by the criminal underworld, so Sunstalker would be embarrassed (at the very least; other crime could definitely be motivated to take violent action against him) if that knowledge were to become public... So now the powerful crime boss has two reasons to kill Otto and Tink, but not before bringing them in alive to assure recovery of his scandalous holodisk.