Act 2: Meat Popsicles
Location: Red Sun – Jubilee – Covenant Terraforming Moon Base
'VerseDate: 2521.07.0730
With the Dà Gāisǐ Bānchē safe, for the moment, on the lunar surface, the crew get right to work divvying up tasks. Cdr. Clay wastes no time in worrying over negotiations. His first stop is the weapons locker: Alliance-made M32 Launcher and High Explosive Rounds. Per the captain’s orders he recruits Milly and Edmund and orders everyone to weapons and atmo suits. The laser fire came from that crater, and Cdr. Clay isn’t taking any chances. He means business, and has no intent, whatsoever, in taking names. He gathers his crew and exits the airlock, making a b-line for the large crater east of the base.
Milly makes a call to her little sister prior to heading out with Cdr. Clay.
“
Becca, I want you on board to help with the crew, but stay out of danger. Listen to the others on board if they ask you to do something."
Becca’s reply is short, sarcastic, and less then reassuring.
“
Yes mom..”
Captain Percy puts Gideon on the coms and follows Boscoe out to see to the repairs on the shuttle. He means to ensure his crew’s safety before that of the corporate employees. The decision is sound. Can’t save anyone, not even themselves, with a busted shuttle. Gideon fumbles with the coms panel and eventually finds the right combination of buttons.
Gideon Com Call to Moon Base
“
The captain and crew are on their way. How are your people doing? Is anyone injured?"
Once he’s made his call he pulls out his tablet to dig around for chatter on the Cortex. Nothing suspicious about Jubilee or her moon Covenant, or of any pirates seen or working in the area, can be found in the public forums and other readily available sources. Edmond turns to the law databases; searching corporate case logs he finds something of interest. One year prior, the corporation, Industrial Corporate Products Inc. (ICP Inc.), based out of the White Sun system, filed an injunction against an individual by the name of Sans P. Mortimer. The injunction states one Sans P. Mortimer tried to stake a mining claim on Covenant based on prior ownership. Mortimer couldn’t produce valid Alliance documents validating his claim and was ordered to cease and desist any and all mining activity. Mortimer’s operation was forcibly removed by Alliance officials just prior to the ICP moon base being established. A bit more digging on backwater chat boards reveals that Mortimer vowed to get his revenge against ICP Inc. That was almost nine months ago. After that all chatter dies out.
Moon Base Com Reply
“
Dà Gāisǐ Bānchē, One bloody nose, one security force with dinted pride. Other than that we are holding, for the moment. Atmo pumps are struggling to keep up though. Over.”
The fate of the moon base crew, at least those that may still be alive, now lies in the rough-and-tumble hands of mechanic Boscoe Farwell. With a bit of luck, and the no-nonsense tactical advantage of Cdr. Clay, this crew may just come out shinier than they came in.
Laser Recon/Elimination Crew
Shuttle Repair Crew
COMPLICATIONS
Complication (Proudhon): Com Static! d10 (Proudhon long range communication Cortex INOP)
Complication (Percy): Rattled d6
Complication (Cdr. Clay): ??? (possibly for his Flashback)
Complication (Boscoe): ??? (possibly for his Flashback)
Complication: Starboard thrust vector plate sluggish d6
Synopsis
- Starboard Ion Drive INOP
- Starboard thrust vector plate Sluggish
- Unknown threat – Hostile
- Short range coms – Online, for the moment
- External shuttle sensors – Online
- Moon Base folk running out of atmo pressure
Tabs
Edmund Longabaugh (Bounty Hunter)
Cdr. Jesse Clay (Battle Strategist)
- 0 PP
Asset (Act II): High Explosive Rounds (d6)
Step up Distinction: Veteran d10
Complication: ???
Boscoe Farwell (The Janitor)
Millicent Archer (Private Eye)
Gideon Wainwright (Attorney at Law)
Zhào Percy (Ship’s Captain)
- 1 PP
2 Big Damn Hero Die (d8)
Complication: Rattled d6
Asset (Act II): O2 Oxygen Tanks
Ship: Proudhon
Shuttle: Dà Gāisǐ Bānchē (Big Damn Shuttle)
- Complication: Starboard Ion Drive Malfunction d6
Complication: Starboard thrust vector plate sluggish d6
Translations
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