Chapter 10: Year 300, Days 7 and 8

[BackworldTraveller]

You manage to get access to one camera...you are able to see the edge of the (closed) airlock and two bodies (well one body and one boot with attacked leg...the rest is out of shot) - one (partially visible) about 50m from the ship and one (visible) near the airlock door itself. No blood! The older guard is by the airlock. Presumably the younger guard is wearing the boot.

[joertexas]

Regrettably - access to the nearest surveillance cameras appears to be denied...Electronics (Computer) roll please!

[_2d6]=(5+2)=7 (+1 skill, +2 Int = 10 ?)

Captain, would you call the authourities and request assistance? We are regrettably poorly equipped and located to deal with this situation alone.

Indrani retrieves her hand comp. "What's happening?"

[The Bindoner]

Regrettably - access to the nearest surveillance cameras appears to be denied...Electronics (Computer) roll please!

[_2d6]=(5+2)=7 (+1 skill, +2 Int = 10 ?)

Captain, would you call the authorities and request assistance? We are regrettably poorly equipped and located to deal with this situation alone.

Indrani retrieves her hand comp. "What's happening?"

The guards I hired have been incapacitated and the ship boarded. Most of the cameras are out.

I have a puzzling message here. It advises me to look at ownership of the South Pole port. It is something political, and it involves us.

Noor, this sounds like a problem you have the contacts to solve.

[joertexas]

Indrani steps away from the table and brings up emergency services on her comm. "This is the captain of the Queen of the Belt, berthed at [insert berth description]. Our ship is being boarded by hostile parties. Request immediate assistance."

[BackworldTraveller]

Indrani steps away from the table and brings up emergency services on her comm. "This is the captain of the Queen of the Belt, berthed at [insert berth description]. Our ship is being boarded by hostile parties. Request immediate assistance."

Can you please confirm your location.

[BackworldTraveller]

You manage to get access to one camera...you are able to see the edge of the (closed) airlock and two bodies (well one body and one boot with attacked leg...the rest is out of shot) - one (partially visible) about 50m from the ship and one (visible) near the airlock door itself. No blood! The older guard is by the airlock. Presumably the younger guard is wearing the boot.

And as you watch a cart pulls up outside the ship. And then a second. And then a third....

[joertexas]

Indrani steps away from the table and brings up emergency services on her comm. "This is the captain of the Queen of the Belt, berthed at [insert berth description]. Our ship is being boarded by hostile parties. Request immediate assistance."

Can you please confirm your location.

Indrani provides the berth location again.

[The Bindoner]

You manage to get access to one camera...you are able to see the edge of the (closed) airlock and two bodies (well one body and one boot with attacked leg...the rest is out of shot) - one (partially visible) about 50m from the ship and one (visible) near the airlock door itself. No blood! The older guard is by the airlock. Presumably the younger guard is wearing the boot.

And as you watch a cart pulls up outside the ship. And then a second. And then a third....

Nālani announces It appears we have lost our ship. Many vehicles are arriving.

As she walks quickly to the exit to meet the ordered transport, her face set in grim determination: I am going to rescue Hoshiko. Anyone who wants to help is welcome to join me.

[joertexas]

As she walks quickly to the exit to meet the ordered transport, her face set in grim determination: I am going to rescue Hoshiko. Anyone who wants to help is welcome to join me.

"Right behind you," Indrani replies grimly.

[cybersavant]

As she walks quickly to the exit to meet the ordered transport, her face set in grim determination: I am going to rescue Hoshiko. Anyone who wants to help is welcome to join me.

Reven Stiilpahth leave the table and races after them. "Right behind you."

[BackworldTraveller]

The call for a cart is met with a "We are sorry for the delay but due to a high demand there will be a short delay" message...Meanwhile, Nalani's view of the area around the ship shows more and more carts arriving. A couple of the drivers seem to be looking at the fallen bodies.

[ateno]

Reven Stiilpahth leave the table and races after them. "Right behind you."

As am I. Stops and looks at Thacho. "You don'y have to come, but I will pay you standard merc rates for a week as a contract if you can help

Pranit

[Monsieur Rose]

Noor

Noor re-batteries her phones and gets up to follow. "You said carts are arriving. Anyone in them, or are they drivers waiting for something. Sending all the carts in the city to the berth would mean that we would be stuck here waiting."

She starts to pull up records of ownership for the port, trying to find a name.

[The Bindoner]

Noor

Noor re-batteries her phones and gets up to follow. "You said carts are arriving. Anyone in them, or are they drivers waiting for something. Sending all the carts in the city to the berth would mean that we would be stuck here waiting."

She starts to pull up records of ownership for the port, trying to find a name.

I believe you are right, those are empty and merely there to slow us. I will start on foot, perhaps you can persuade someone to help and pick me up on the way?

[joertexas]

I believe you are right, those are empty and merely there to slow us. I will start on foot, perhaps you can persuade someone to help and pick me up on the way?[quote="Monsieur Rose"

"I'll go with you," Indrani says.

[BackworldTraveller]

The waiter does not seem too flustered with your request for access to the service exit, but directs you to a fire-exit which opens on an alley at the rear of the establishment away from the main plaza.

The camera at the ship is showing that the collection of carts is now about 8 and they are blocked in by a police vehicle and an ambulance. At some point, the outer airlock door to the ship has opened. She has to rewind to catch the moment when a person exits - walking quietly from the ship and, shortly thereafter, out of shot.

[The Bindoner]

We are too late. Whoever boarded the ship has left. I advise only one of us returns to the ship to discover what mischief they worked, and the rest of us attempt to intercept this person. There are few routes away from the dock, perhaps, with speed, we can catch them. I am sending all of you a copy of their image.

Nālani, still walking fast, clips the relevant section and copies it to the comm of each crew member, while bringing up a plan of the dock. She is looking for routes away from the Queen, and how to reach them quickly from here. Using the basic holo-projector of her computer she shows the map to the group:Here we are. Can anyone see a good route?

[cybersavant]

Reven Stiilpahth "Captain, ill continue on foot to the Queen. Could this intruder be the expert that was on board earlier?"

[BackworldTraveller]

We are too late. Whoever boarded the ship has left. I advise only one of us returns to the ship to discover what mischief they worked, and the rest of us attempt to intercept this person. There are few routes away from the dock, perhaps, with speed, we can catch them. I am sending all of you a copy of their image.

Nālani, still walking fast, clips the relevant section and copies it to the comm of each crew member, while bringing up a plan of the dock. She is looking for routes away from the Queen, and how to reach them quickly from here. Using the basic holo-projector of her computer she shows the map to the group:Here we are. Can anyone see a good route?

See Wiki in Outline Plan

It takes about 15 minutes (of foot) from the central mount to the middle circle of docks (some pads shown for convenience) and another 15 minutes to reach the outer circle of docks. Your ship is docked just beyond the pads shown. Pressurised, public exits from the docks to adjacent areas are shown in black. Other exits (for utilities, etc) may well exist but aren't disclosed on the public plan. Alternatives may include exit to the unpressurised outside or take-off in a shuttle.

The bottom left tunnel (to the port) is long and unbroken (as Thaco can attest).

[cybersavant]

Reven Stiilpahth will run where he can and take as straight a path as possible to get back to the Queen; pushing he way past any carts.