004: The Mean Streets of Aki

[terrymixon]

Problem. You need to know where you are going and the layout. Walt got it by clairvoyance. You could also use technological means, but there isn't anything watching that area right now. By the time you can manage something, Roscoe will be there with Treegarden or you'll have to run to the location as you are. Or try clairvoyance. What'll it be?

Clairvoyance [2d6+5]=8+5=13

Arkar

You arrive late, but I will grant you mercy and say it was before the rest of the Marines showed up. No one saw you appear because otherwise, they'd have shot you and arrested you if you survived.

Psionics is not accepted in the Imperium. Don't be cavalier about showing off or Bad Things will happen. You've all been warned.

[ateno]

He gives Arkar an amiable grin "You came!"

"Took me a minute, still not really sure about this in a stress situation. Next time I come with you."

Arkar

[Tiglath]

He gives Arkar an amiable grin "You came!"

"Took me a minute, still not really sure about this in a stress situation. Next time I come with you."

Garvin gives a rueful smile "It stressed me sure enough - I thought she was a gonner! Stone me I didn't think the kid could move that fast! Arkar, old son, you're always welcome to come along - you're a very 'andy bloke to 'ave about".

Taking stock he says "I need to get meself back in the game! I think we need to convince the Marines that they've done all they need to. You any good at lookin' regal? Straighten yerself up like you've got somethin' wedged internally, now look down yer nose and pretend you've got some trapped wind...". He coaches Arkar's posture and then states "Right time for you to meet the troops".

Turning from his conflab with Arkar he raises his voice to address the assembled company "Gentlemen, I can report Madam Treegarden is alive and on the mend. She sends you her best wishes. There is another 'oo wishes to demonstrate 'is gratitude but must remain incognito. This way your Grace... fek...". He hurries into introducing Arkar individually to the Marines then states "Believe me when I say that your actions today in foiling an assassination and rounding up a ring of Zhodani spies are indeed already known at the the highest levels within the Marches. Rewards will surely follow but for now we must put a most valuable target beyond enemy reach and strike back before the enemy realizes his plot is discovered!"

"Three cheers for The Nobility of the Marches and their loyal Marines!"

Having lead the cheers he ushers the Marines toward the exit "Corporal these dangerous spies need to be secured in your brig. We'll take the ringleader with us but, alas, we've no room for all of them aboard. Take all your men as escort. As I said your comms are compromised so don't use them. Well done, men! You have the thanks of the Spinward Marches!"

(OOC:
Deception:
[2d6+10]=5+10=15
Persuasion:
[2d6+10]=9+10=19

[ateno]

Turning from his conflab with Arkar he raises his voice to address the assembled company "Gentlemen, I can report Madam Treegarden is alive and on the mend. She sends you her best wishes. There is another 'oo wishes to demonstrate 'is gratitude but must remain incognito. This way your Grace... fek...". He hurries into introducing Arkar individually to the Marines then states "Believe me when I say that your actions today in foiling an assassination and rounding up a ring of Zhodani spies are indeed already known at the the highest levels within the Marches. Rewards will surely follow but for now we must put a most valuable target beyond enemy reach and strike back before the enemy realizes his plot is discovered!"

Cutting in on Garvin's speech

"Marines, thank you, and you know we can'not thank you with a medal, as this, most likely will have never happened. But I will thank you this way.

Arkar digs into his bribe wallet.

Here are three 50 credit bills for each of you to hide away from your squad mates. Spend it wisely, but raise a glass to Treegarden is alI I ask."

Deception [2d6+10]=9+10=19

"Three cheers for The Nobility of the Marches and their loyal Marines!"




Having lead the cheers he ushers the Marines toward the exit "Corporal these dangerous spies need to be secured in your brig. We'll take the ringleader with us but, alas, we've no room for all of them aboard. Take all your men as escort. As I said your comms are compromised so don't use them. Well done, men! You have the thanks of the Spinward Marches!"

(OOC:
Deception:
[2d6+10]=5+10=15
Persuasion:
[2d6+10]=9+10=19

[Tiglath]

Cutting in on Garvin's speech

"Marines, thank you, and you know we can'not thank you with a medal, as this, most likely will have never happened. But I will thank you this way.

Arkar digs into his bribe wallet.

Here are three 50 credit bills for each of you to hide away from your squad mates. Spend it wisely, but raise a glass to Treegarden is a I ask."

Deception [2d6+10]=9+10=19

(OOC:
Deception:
[2d6+10]=5+10=15
Persuasion:
[2d6+10]=9+10=19

OOC: Oh well played sir! The inter player Telepathy coming up trumps here If the bottom falls out of the Ancients market Arkar and Garvin could probably get by selling folk bridges and national monuments...

[terrymixon]

You manage to befuddle the Marines long enough to get them off your ship and out of the bay. The unconscious prisoner gets searched by someone and tossed in the brig. The dead assassin gets shoved into a low berth and flash frozen.

Um, you've got eight of them and three now have dead bodies. You might want to consider doing something about that before you get pulled over and boarded for an inspection.

Once they are clear, Roscoe will depressurize the bay, pull out, and head for the jump limit at thrust 5, the maximum anyone else that knew your original ship would believe she had. The situation with the destroyer must have been more chaotic than you'd suspected because it took them almost 15 minutes to send a signal at you. Roscoe will put it on the kitchen screen so everyone can see.

The image shows a military bridge and a number of officers at various stations. The one in the command chair is a male human and the woman Garvin met earlier is standing at his side. The man is scowling ferociously as he speaks.

"This is Captain Andrew Wainright of the Imperial Destroyer Avalanche. Lost & Found, you are hereby ordered to return to the starport so I can investigate this situation. Cut your acceleration and respond immediately."

[Thumper]

Walt will force choke him…

Walt will fill a pint glass with the fine lager on tap, walk in the field of view to the couch, sits, and lean back and wait for our Captain to do his thing…Capt to Capt.

[terrymixon]

Walt will force choke him…

Walt will sit back and wait for our Captain to do his thing…Capt to Capt.

And so we wait...

[Thumper]

Walt-
”Hey, William. Do some if that Captain scheise. Will ya?”

[Tiglath]

With the Marines gone Garvin relaxes and lets out a deep breath. He chuckles and appears to be just about to launch into an anecdote when he suddenly shouts "Metz!" and rushes to check up on not so much the health (of which he'd been reassured) but the "schedule of surgical procedures" of Madam Treegarden. "Aster can you speak? I really thought I'd lost you there!"

[terrymixon]

With the Marines gone Garvin relaxes and lets out a deep breath. He chuckles and appears to be just about to launch into an anecdote when he suddenly shouts "Metz!" and rushes to check up on not so much the health (of which he'd been reassured) but the "schedule of surgical procedures" of Madam Treegarden. "Aster can you speak? I really thought I'd lost you there!"

She is in the AutoDoc, unconscious and still undergoing surgery. Metz isn't there. Only the DocBot overseeing the surgery as a backup to the AutoDoc.

Roscoe will follow you in. "The surgery should wrap up in another hour and a half. Then she'll go on slow drug for a day to speed her healing. She won't be conscious for any of that, though I'll make sure you are on hand when she wakes up."

The android takes a deep breath and continues. "She could have very well died even with the speed we got her here. It was touch and go for a minute. If we hadn't been able to revive her, she would be gone. Garvin, Bilis is miraculous, but she can't bring back someone that is already dead unless she has a pattern and a backup of their memories and personality. This was my fear for all of you before the being serving the Ancients forced the changes on you. She might live a century after this or fall out of bed next week. I urge you to strongly consider convincing her to get the works. Not only will it bind her to us, but it will also make sure she isn't taken from you."

[Tiglath]

She is in the AutoDoc, unconscious and still undergoing surgery. Metz isn't there. Only the DocBot overseeing the surgery as a backup to the AutoDoc.

Roscoe will follow you in. "The surgery should wrap up in another hour and a half. Then she'll go on slow drug for a day to speed her healing. She won't be conscious for any of that, though I'll make sure you are on hand when she wakes up."

The android takes a deep breath and continues. "She could have very well died even with the speed we got her here. It was touch and go for a minute. If we hadn't been able to revive her, she would be gone. Garvin, Bilis is miraculous, but she can't bring back someone that is already dead unless she has a pattern and a backup of their memories and personality. This was my fear for all of you before the being serving the Ancients forced the changes on you. She might live a century after this or fall out of bed next week. I urge you to strongly consider convincing her to get the works. Not only will it bind her to us, but it will also make sure she isn't taken from you."

Garvin agrees "Alright kid - I'll speak with her about it. And thanks again. I owe you for what you did back there".

[terrymixon]

She is in the AutoDoc, unconscious and still undergoing surgery. Metz isn't there. Only the DocBot overseeing the surgery as a backup to the AutoDoc.

Roscoe will follow you in. "The surgery should wrap up in another hour and a half. Then she'll go on slow drug for a day to speed her healing. She won't be conscious for any of that, though I'll make sure you are on hand when she wakes up."

The android takes a deep breath and continues. "She could have very well died even with the speed we got her here. It was touch and go for a minute. If we hadn't been able to revive her, she would be gone. Garvin, Bilis is miraculous, but she can't bring back someone that is already dead unless she has a pattern and a backup of their memories and personality. This was my fear for all of you before the being serving the Ancients forced the changes on you. She might live a century after this or fall out of bed next week. I urge you to strongly consider convincing her to get the works. Not only will it bind her to us, but it will also make sure she isn't taken from you."

Garvin agrees "Alright kid - I'll speak with her about it. And thanks again. I owe you for what you did back there".

"There is one other thing. The assassin tried to attack me mentally. I'm not sure with what or how. We ended up in a brief battle for supremacy and he lost. I didn't attack him. I didn't even try to push his own attack back on him. I think the feedback from the failed attempt killed him, but I wanted you to know that I didn't intend for him to die. I'd have rather questioned him and I remember our last discussion about impulsive actions very well. He died from his own actions, and I want to be sure you know that. He just chose his opponents poorly. A mental attack on a baby Ancient was a bad call."

[joertexas]

Jaelah avoids the action outside and stays with Treegarden and the autodoc. "Roscoe, get ready to extract everyone if it comes to it. No one is getting this ship, even if we have to burn that destroyer down."

[terrymixon]

Jaelah avoids the action outside and stays with Treegarden and the autodoc. "Roscoe, get ready to extract everyone if it comes to it. No one is getting this ship, even if we have to burn that destroyer down."

"I'm ready."

[joertexas]

"I'm ready."

"After we get this mess sorted out, I'd like for the two of us to have a picnic lunch somewhere quiet. Just us, no one else. If you're up for it, that is."

[terrymixon]

"I'm ready."

"After we get this mess sorted out, I'd like for the two of us to have a picnic lunch somewhere quiet. Just us, no one else. If you're up for it, that is."

“I’d love to. I’ve never been on a picnic, but I could make something good to eat. If we go to the agricultural world, we’d have the planet to ourselves.”

[joertexas]

“I’d love to. I’ve never been on a picnic, but I could make something good to eat. If we go to the agricultural world, we’d have the planet to ourselves.”

Jaelah smiles. "That's exactly what I had in mind."

[terrymixon]

“I’d love to. I’ve never been on a picnic, but I could make something good to eat. If we go to the agricultural world, we’d have the planet to ourselves.”

Jaelah smiles. "That's exactly what I had in mind."

He smiled back. “I’m glad. Doctor Metz said that he doubted the connection to the pocket universe will work while we are in jump, so that may have to wait until we get to Glisten. Is that alright?”

[helvorn]

The image shows a military bridge and a number of officers at various stations. The one in the command chair is a male human and the woman Garvin met earlier is standing at his side. The man is scowling ferociously as he speaks.

"This is Captain Andrew Wainright of the Imperial Destroyer Avalanche. Lost & Found, you are hereby ordered to return to the starport so I can investigate this situation. Cut your acceleration and respond immediately."

William steps into view radiating what he can of his newfound leadership skills. "Destroyer Avalanche this is Captain William Larsson of Lost and Found. We are in hot pursuit of information uncovered during the attack on Madame Treegarden. We are unable to comply with your request." He leans forward a bit. "The attacker penetrated the security perimeter and critically injured her. We are known associates with Ms. Treegarden and are best suited for this effort. I suggest that you focus your efforts on LT Newkirk your Commo whose corrupt release of the very highest levels of Imperial secrets to an unauthorized civilian led directly to the attack."

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