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Ella Stanbridge<\/a> (Melissa) In the evening of the day the Crew settled the matter with the outlaws at the abandoned mine, they met at dinner with Elijah Patterson to discuss the Black Star<\/i> and Valerie Vaskor, and what he might have uncovered regarding their comings and goings in the month-or-so they visited here. He explained that the Black Star<\/i> had been undergoing repairs requiring parts that had to be shipped in, grounding them for an extended period waiting for them to arrive. Afterward, they continued on rimward, their next declared destination, Tureded. Before leaving, they took on a freight consignment on behalf of a local businessman\u2014Elijah provided contact information at the Crew\u2019s request.<\/p>\n On the following day, as Buck drove Abe to the hospital for his day\u2019s volunteer-work, they stopped first at the aforementioned businessman\u2019s residence, and were welcomed. The man had a mining business that had dried up here, and had been in the process of relocating his operation to Tureded, piece by piece, over the last year. He met with Captain Adric Mason at dinner seven months ago to agree on terms of shipment of some mining machinery to Tureded for him. His recollection was that the captain was an odd fellow, never taking off his gloves, it seemed, for fear of local germs or whatnot; and he had a wandering eye, taking a lascivious interest in the waitress. The businessman had 28 tons of gear remaining to be shipped still, and Buck and Abe suggested that the Spinward Star<\/i> might take it; he gladly agreed to meet with Ella, and sent a gift of a bottle of good wine with them.<\/p>\n That evening, Ella met at dinner with the businessman, along with Haank to work out the details; they all agreed to the standard rate, and shook hands on it. The next day, the freight was loaded aboard the Spinward Star,<\/i> and payment was made up-front. Meanwhile, the Crew managed to find a buyer for most of their remaining load of surplus military gear salvaged from the Gileden system\u2014mostly the vehicles and parts\u2014for a healthy sum, turning what should have been a loss into a quite profitable stop.<\/p>\n As he had promised when they arrived, Haank took Elijah\u2019s granddaughter, Kaylii, on a comprehensive tour of the ship, answering her many knowledgeable questions. She was disappointed she couldn\u2019t leave with them, but she produced a small soapstone carving of herself, carved by her grandfather, and asked that it be taken aboard, so she could travel with them in spirit; Haank agreed without hesitation, and helped Kaylii hang the carving on the bridge with a nice view through the windscreen. Loaded, fueled, and paid, the Spinward Star<\/i> took to the black once again, bound for Tureded.<\/p>\n Six days in jumpspace passed without incident, and the ship exited jumpspace, and entered the busy, tightly-controlled traffic pattern approaching the Tureded highport. Sam confidently refused a port-guide and docked manually; he had to jink the ship to avoid some work-craft outside the assigned berth, and scraped the ship against the entry, doing no real damage but to his own pride\u2014though the port authority rep made a bit of obligatory fuss over the mishap. The cargo was then unloaded via the station\u2019s automated handlers\u2014as locally mandated. On completion, Haank took some pictures of the view of the berth with Kaylii\u2019s carving, and planned to do so everywhere they went, sending the pics back to her on Pirema as he found opportunity. Local law aboard the station was as restrictive as orbital control, so shore-leave here would be unarmed and unarmored. Despite the vulnerability, most of the crew went ashore, separating to do whatever business they had in mind.<\/p>\n Haank, Sam and Sae found a mostly-automated, middle-class pub, with available wi-fi connection, and settled into a corner-booth with some drinks. Thereat, Sae found himself being bullied by an alpha Vargr and his fellows, establishing dominance over \u201ctheir territory\u201d\u2014Sae stood his ground, but took a hard punch that knocked him back, injuring his face and his resolve. The alpha downed Sae\u2019s drink and smugly returned to his table. As Haank promised to back his play, Sae threw the empty glass at the alpha. Haank walked calmly to the other table and explained that a drink was owed his friend; the alpha stood, and the two glowered at each other. Haank reached down and grabbed the alpha\u2019s drink; the alpha grabbed Haank\u2019s hand. As Sam and Sae positioned themselves in opposition to the other Vargr at the table, Haank took the glass in his free hand and drank from it, maintaining eye contact with his opponent\u2014and the fight was on. In moments, two of the Vargr had been wrestled to the ground, and Haank had taken a hard hit to the jaw after struggling to reverse the alpha\u2019s hold, just before the alpha collapsed into an unconscious heap, having been flanked by Sae and injected with a knockout drug via hidden stinger implant. With their leader down, the remaining pack ceased fighting, and carried their unconscious fellow out of the pub. The Crew paid their bills and left shortly thereafter, to return to the ship and see to their injuries.<\/p>\n Some hours later, everyone had returned to the ship. Abe tended the bar-fight injuries, and chastised the participants, but made no mention of his encounter with Rolemnarla. Everyone made inevitable comment regarding the Captain\u2019s new hairdo. Later, on schedule, Buck\u2019s middleman arrived at the berth, and was allowed to inspect the surplus military goods, under Haank\u2019s supervision. Satisfied with the condition of the cargo and its price, the middleman revealed the catch: it would need to be delivered dirtside\u2014at high risk of being swindled, hijacked, or worse.<\/p>\n Duty Roster: Ella Stanbridge (Melissa) Ertrane \u201cBuck\u201d Buckner (Herodian) Henri Haank Makruus (Gigermann) Ibrahim \u201cAbe\u201d Nouri-Abbood (Rigil Kent) Sam Turner (Winston) Sae Rraetheg (CommJunkee) Restricted Space In the evening of the day the Crew settled the matter with the outlaws at the abandoned mine, they met at dinner with Elijah Patterson to discuss the Black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[38,36,39,37],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnd_logs","category-the-new-deal","tag-campaign","tag-gurps","tag-recap","tag-traveller"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nErtrane \u201cBuck\u201d Buckner<\/a> (Herodian)
\nHenri Haank Makruus<\/a> (Gigermann)
\nIbrahim \u201cAbe\u201d Nouri-Abbood<\/a> (Rigil Kent)
\nSam Turner<\/a> (Winston)
\nSae Rraetheg<\/a> (CommJunkee)<\/p>\n![\"trav2-piremacolony2\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trav2-piremacolony2.jpg?resize=600%2C191&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\nRestricted Space<\/h3>\n
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Abe wandered the station\u2019s halls, exploring. In a crowded market area, he noticed his pocket had been picked, and confronted the thief, politely demanding the return of his property. The thief, of a species Abe had not before encountered, returned Abe\u2019s property without a fuss and cautioned him to be more wary. Intrigued, Abe offered to buy the thief dinner at a place of his choosing; the thief agreed, choosing an establishment with \u201coutdoor\u201d seating. Over the meal, Abe questioned the thief regarding his species: he was a Sparrial, called Rolemnarla, and he answered freely, with strangely accented Galanglic, regarding his people and their culture. Something caught the Sparrial\u2019s attention, and he \u201cspoke into Abe\u2019s mind\u201d; to Abe\u2019s shock, he was able to respond likewise, and immediately recalled his experience aboard the Unconquerable,<\/i> and his strange reaction to being psychically scanned by an awakening Zhodani officer. Rolemnarla offered to help Abe develop this ability, but had to cut their conversation short, and bolted from the restaurant. Some moments later, as Abe was paying for the meal, a couple of officious-looking \u201cgovernment agents\u201d arrived at the entrance, looking for someone\u2014Abe didn\u2019t remain to find out who or what they might have been searching for, but returned to the ship.<\/li>\n![\"trav2-spacepub\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/trav2-spacepub.jpg?resize=600%2C226&ssl=1\")
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\nNotes<\/h3>\n
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