004: The Mean Streets of Aki

[Thumper]

Walt-
”I’ll be there in a minute Arker.

Metz, thanks for cranking those out. Like Garvin, I’m questioning why we need to go out there, other than something to do since the ship’s grounded here. I’m kinda sitting here on pins and needles waiting to see if there are any social repercussions. Almost thinking we don’t want to risk any other altercations by being out in Aki until this grounding gets lifted.

Metz, is there any way of correlating the old ship landing site to Mad Dog’s old ship. Might not be important. Academic at this point.

Those Murderes are either off to Weiss sell the goods or deliver the goods.”

He’ll go jump on a grav bike and ride out to retrieve Arker from the downport entrance.

[Thumper]

Once back with Arkar, Walt will want to tune a TV in to local news broadcasts to see if any unrest has stemmed overnight. Part of a decision whether to go out or not.

Militant irrational emotionalism usually doesn't take long to foment and manifest.

[terrymixon]

From all evidence, it appears that the murderers found a treasure map and have already recovered the booty and escaped.

Jaelah sighs. "Okay, so they grabbed some Ancients artifacts and left. What would they do with them?"

Garvin replies "I agree an now we don't need to go there. If I remember right when they killed Mad Dog they took 'is comm. So this may have been an old stash of Mad Dog's. Maybe we can match that landin' imprint to his Scout ship? These guys aren't Ancient Hunters so either they're freelancin' for profit or they're followin' up a lead an' dealin' with loose ends. They could be goin' to Weiss under orders or because that's where they reckon they can unload the archaeotech an' turn it into cash. I suppose another option is that they're still followin' a trail Mad Dog left 'em".

He muses "Weren't their crates made to order? If we can get the specs then that might give us some clue as to what's inside".

The landing footprint is comparable to a scout/courier, but Mad Dog only had his old ship for about ten years. This looks older.

The video can give you the sizes. Could be anything inside. One thing that is clear is that they couldn't have returned with two later crates like that in the can they had. It's too small.

[terrymixon]

Arkar will stay on planet during this paying credits for fresh vegetable wraps and soy burgers. He will gather the samples required by Metz and when done ask for a pickup.

Done.

[terrymixon]

Once back with Arkar, Walt will want to tune a TV in to local news broadcasts to see if any unrest has stemmed overnight. Part of a decision whether to go out or not.

Militant irrational emotionalism usually doesn't take long to foment and manifest.

Nothing on the news. When you picked up Arkar, things seem a little antsy, but not close to anything with torches and pitchforks. Perhaps starport security calmed things down.

[terrymixon]

As it is full dark and businesses are closing down, I'll make the assumption you are crashing for the night. When you wake and eat in the morning, Roscoe informs you that Madam Treegarden left a message last night that she was on her way back in and expected to arrive at the up port by midday. She will want to speak with you all then.

Also, the starport security captain has released the hold on your ship and politely asked that you depart as soon as feasible.

Roscoe indicates he has completed the sale of the robotics and radioactives, and declares that the guild is no longer hurting for money as he did exceptionally well. Triple boxcars on purchase and sale? I'll take it! Add in his ridiculous broker skill and you now have 1,474,206,550 credits on the balance sheet, though he spent 7,218,075 credits on outgoing cargo that needs to be loaded. His unauthorized (and not to be repeated) gamble paid off handsomely.

What now?

[ateno]

Arkar will hand off the 2 dozen or so samples to Dr. Metz for processing.

"I'm not sure we need to land at the spot, unless we want to shut it down and make it a nothing spot. Or we could just zap it with a grenade."

Arkar

[terrymixon]

Arkar will hand off the 2 dozen or so samples to Dr. Metz for processing.

"I'm not sure we need to land at the spot, unless we want to shut it down and make it a nothing spot. Or we could just zap it with a grenade."

Arkar

Metz will take them to his lab and closet himself with them. Don't expect to see him anytime soon.

[helvorn]

William will whistle softly at the amount Roscoe makes on the sale. "Very nice work Roscoe, that will give us a good start on the working capital we will need to get our brokerage and shipping idea underway." When the messages come through releasing the ship and notifying them of Treegarden's approach he sends out a notice. "Let's wrap up here and get to the up port. No need to go out to the site I think."

[Thumper]

Walt-
”Yeah, Roscoe! Exceptional job! Keep up anywhere close to that performance and you’ll make this guild a mega-Corp!

Actually, William. I’m very curious to figure out the discrepancy between the box and shipping container volumes. Did the rented grav van log show any other stops about and back? How about excursions off the out and back routing? I’d like to understand this discrepancy better. Was the shipping container’s volume too big for the two wood crates, or the other way around? ”

[helvorn]

William nodded to Growler. "We have time to analyze the data as you mentioned. Those boxes looked rather smaller than the entire shipping container. They may only have had a few, small artifacts in the container."

[terrymixon]

Walt-
”Yeah, Roscoe! Exceptional job! Keep up anywhere close to that performance and you’ll make this guild a mega-Corp!

Actually, William. I’m very curious to figure out the discrepancy between the box and shipping container volumes. Did the rented grav van log show any other stops about and back? How about excursions off the out and back routing? I’d like to understand this discrepancy better. Was the shipping container’s volume too big for the two wood crates, or the other way around? ”

The only stop was where the receipt said the boxes were purchased. There is a comm code on the receipt. You could always call.

[Thumper]

Growler-
"How far away is that crate builder? I think this might be better to investigate face-to-face. “

[terrymixon]

Growler-
"How far away is that crate builder? I think this might be better to investigate face-to-face. Anybody want to ride?

Almost all the way to the site. Looks like they came back to a nearby village to get something when the realized they needed it. Calling ahead might still be your best bet.

[Thumper]

Walt-
”Ooh, that’s far and time is short. Sure, why not? Let’s call first. Save the time. Who ya going to put on that call? We have some expert investigators and very persuasive speakers. Maybe Neurally link Jaelah, Spicoli and William as investigators listing in and passing ideas to Garvin as the persuasive voice on the phone? I’m going to go stand in the airlock exterior door and try to clairsentience the site. That means project my psi presence there to get audio and visual from that projected location. It’ll cost more psi strength, but I think I can handle it. Let me get a good look at the satellite view of that crate business and surrounding area for orientation, as well as do some map measurements to get a precise relative direction and distance from here. I need that so I can project my detection accurately. Give me few minutes, I’ll let you know when I’m ready…it won’t be long.

I, for one will put my genius-medallion on to boost my intellect for this conversation.

How ‘bout we put that recon drone overhead that place? Just for giggles?”

He goes to his room and uses Space Google Maps to draw lines and angles on maps to get the data he needs then returns and reports ”Ready. I’ve never tried to Neurolink while using psi. We’ll see if this is doable? I’ll start with a link and see if it holds when I psi project. The ship structure doesn’t interfere with neural links like it does with psi. This will be a fun experiment.”


Made it w/effect 2

[terrymixon]

Walt-
”Ooh, that’s far and time is short. Sure, why not? Let’s call first. Save the time. Who ya going to put on that call? We have some expert investigators and very persuasive speakers. Maybe Neurally link Jaelah, Spicoli and William as investigators listing in and passing ideas to Garvin as the persuasive voice on the phone? I’m going to go stand in the airlock exterior door and try to clairsentience the site. That means project my psi presence there to get audio and visual from that projected location. It’ll cost more psi strength, but I think I can handle it. Let me get a good look at the satellite view of that crate business and surrounding area for orientation, as well as do some map measurements to get a precise relative direction and distance from here. I need that so I can project my detection accurately. Give me few minutes, I’ll let you know when I’m ready…it won’t be long.

I, for one will put my genius-medallion on to boost my intellect for this conversation.

How ‘bout we put that recon drone overhead that place? Just for giggles?”

He goes to his room and uses Space Google Maps to draw lines and angles on maps to get the data he needs then returns and reports ”Ready. I’ve never tried to Neurolink while using psi. We’ll see if this is doable? I’ll start with a link and see if it holds when I psi project. The ship structure doesn’t interfere with neural links like it does with psi. This will be a fun experiment.”


Made it w/effect 2

The place is out of range. It's almost 1,500 kilometers and clairsentience tops out at 500.

You can get the probe to look over the village. It isn't much and you spot the shop. Looks like the guy is the local merchant/handy man. His shop indicates he does all kinds of work and builds just about anything. He's even outside washing down what looks like a new grav hauler. It's a sturdy looking vehicle that will be able to move a good bit of stuff.

[Thumper]

The place is out of range. It's almost 1,500 kilometers and clairsentience tops out at 500

Is no range “Boosting” a House rule? If not, the bottom left two paragraphs on Core Rulebook pg 229 covers extending the range using more psi points; as does the Example for the Psionic Range chart.”

[terrymixon]

The place is out of range. It's almost 1,500 kilometers and clairsentience tops out at 500

Is no range “Boosting” a House rule? If not, the bottom left two paragraphs on Core Rulebook pg 229 covers extending the range using more psi points; as does the Example for the Psionic Range chart.”

I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.

On the other hand, though, you have tech clairaudience running. The probe can see and hear the dude right now, so why spend the points?

If you want to have done it, you can be seeing and hearing in stereo, tech and psi. Your call.

[Thumper]

more than anything, this is a test of:
- Whether Walt can broadcast his Clair-capable perceptions over the neural net.
- Using/testing new-found power/strength expansion

Plus, he wants to be able to look around the handyman’s building for other evidence while the drone keeps contact with the handyman.

Plus, it’s super freaking cool to be able to boost…

Not actually hoping to get a lot of extra info for the investigation.

[terrymixon]

more than anything, this is a test of:
- Whether Walt can broadcast his Clair-capable perceptions over the neural net.
- Using/testing new-found power/strength expansion

Plus, he wants to be able to look around the handyman’s building for other evidence while the drone keeps contact with the handyman.

Plus, it’s super freaking cool to be able to boost…

Not actually hoping to get a lot of extra info for the investigation.

As Metz added PSI comms capability to the neural link, you can indeed send what you sense, and the others can watch if they choose to do so.

The workshop is about what you'd expect. A lot of junk that can be repurposed. It's pretty low grade, honestly. The only thing that stands out is the new grav hauler. You're not sure how someone running this shop could afford it.