Wednesday, May 17, 2017

GalDate: 4.5-3-4216

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As the crew of the Scalawag left orbit from Blenavursai-2 and plotted a course to Blenavursai Prime, Rom contacted Jose Sonad with two separate USIN messages. He provided copies of the information on Bori Trova skimming profits from mining operations which were intended to go towards terraforming Blenavursai-2. Informed of this Jose Sonad quickly replied with generous thanks for providing this proof of his criminal wrongdoing.

Rom also sent a message with video proof of Project Lightfoot teleportation in operation and stated if they needed help for fighting against corporate oppression, he and his comrades could provide the tech to help. Jose replied in a very carefully stated response that he was not interested in this. Regardless it seems that Jose Sonad made no hesitation contacting law enforcement with information on Bori Trova, for when the Scalawag landed on Blenavursai prime. news reports were being broadcasted of Trova’s criminal activity. Reports stated Trova couldn’t be found as well as his close associates and there was a system-wide manhunt for him. Initial reports indicated that he also had some financial dealings with organized crime on Blenavursai Prime.

Roxie met up with her local criminal middleman contact,Tomono, to pay a promised cut of their heist. She also picked up additional dosage of pacrosynth which seemed to be losing its effectiveness in helping with her narcotic addiction. The other crew members took the opportunity to utilize the improve starport facilities to send out x-boat messages. Deek sent a message to Dame Vera McAllister, asking to know more on the outcome of her nephew’s trial (current news was that he is being held to a lesser charge due to medical reasons). Deek wanted to also know if the information they sent had any bearing on case and if there was any work for them.

Syn made contact with a Torgue representative to drop off the suit and (copied) data on the following day. She was surprised to find her Torgue handler, the enigmatic Ms. White, would be contacting her directly and in person for the meet.

The following day the exchange was made in public outside the Torgue building in a central plaza. Ms. White accompanied by a cyborg technician and security approached. The data was confirmed after the technician scanned through the portable drive (and sparked some worry from Syn that such an enhanced individual might accelerate the process of discovering she made a copy of the data) as well as presence of the suit itself. An envelope full of credits (30,000) was handed over to Syn and Ms. White walked off to return to the building.

Roxie and Grog atop of a building overlooking the hand-off saw a group of men approach with guns drawn. A firefight broke out, with Ms. White and the security team falling back to the Torgue building taking the teleportation suit with them. The crew managed to fight off their attackers, taking one unconscious man with them. As they sped off in their ATV crawler, everyone noticed they were the focus of passerbys recording the event on PDDs, not to mention the likely public camera network in the plaza.

The group quickly loaded up into the Scalawag and broke orbit, seeking to make a jump into empty space. As they were en-route to the 100 DT, USIN programming broadcast local reports of the crew being wanted by authorities for questioning regarding a shooting in the city. The unconscious thug brought with them was loaded into a low berth for cryosleep. While leaving the system, an unmarked craft pursued and fired on the ship. They destroyed the attacking craft taking heavy damage in the process, and were able to finally jump out of the Blenavursai system.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

GalDate: 4-3-4216

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The crew of the Scalawag landed in Blenavursai prime and refueled. With a copy of the Lightfoot data, they uploaded it to encrypted, cloud quadrant storage via the x-boat network, so that it could be accessed in the future while in other nearby systems (using their encryption key, it could be retrieved from USIN). Some of the group were eager to do a test run using the teleportation suit, seeing it as an ideal tool to do some illicit activity.

Roxie reached out to system criminal contacts and met a mid-level fixer, Tomono. He told Roxie of a local criminal that was known to have a soft spot for jewelry and precious metals. A likely target for a burglary. His only request was a percentage of any stolen goods as a means to appease his higher-ups within the criminal network. The target in question was a crime lord on Blenavursai-2 named, Bori Trova.

Bori Trova was a large man, thick, muscled, with little bit of a stomach more solid rather than flab. Slicked back hair in his late 40s, with pierced nipples and a love for wearing excessive jewelry, Bori was a walking contradiction. His wardrobe consisted of casual track suits and gaudy furniture adorned his home, but he was known for his excellent taste in art. He appeared uncultured, but had an animal charisma and was capable of being quite charming.

Bori was heavily involved in controlling labor activities for the mining on Blenavursai-2, along with other criminal activities on the thin atmosphere planet. He was known by the system criminal network to be skimming off colony mining profits, hindering funding for terraforming efforts. For the group, he was a likely target not to clamor too loudly to authorities if his home was burglarized.

Landing on Blenavursai-2, the crew went to work casing the target. Rom discovered a local leader and terraforming scientists, Jose Sonad, that was well liked among Blenavursai-2 residents and likely a good contact if any proof of Trovi’s dealings with the terraforming project could be found. They discovered Bori’s love for betting on skulk fights, a local fauna of the planet. They developed a plan to cross paths at a local fight, with Roxie seducing him in order to go back to his home. Once in Bori’s compound, the plan was to make an excuse to leave, dropping off one of the Lightfoot nodes. Syn would jump in, take what she could, and teleport out making away with the stolen goods.

The plan went into action with Roxie successfully using her charm to garner the attention of Bori. They retired to his domicile where the operation began to skew some. Conversation was made and Trova produced some narcotics which Roxie took. Time was lost with Roxie waking up later, clearly doing more with Bori than she had originally considered. She dressed, left a teleportation node behind, and stepped out of the house, leaving the crime lord snoring peacefully.

Syn ported in and went about stealing what she could, including making a copy of incriminating evidence of skimmed profits from mining operations. She ported out, with Deek capturing the use of Lightfoot with a video unit. As Syn ported in there was a flash of light and a dull rumble of thunder. The group realized that the teleportation suit wasn’t as stealthy as expected. Regardless, they left orbit for Blenavursai Prime with a small haul of jewelry, some cash, and computer files of his criminal dealings in their possession.