Monday, April 1, 2019

GalDate: 4-6-4216

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The group made preparations to depart the Etudques system. Dr. Gavin Brintt, his assistant Ms. Arilee Farthen, and Bren (a security specialist) would travel with the crew. Grog, Syn, and Roxie all had their own various tasks before leaving the planet.

The two weeks in jump space were fairly uneventful. Bren was deemed a capable ex-military soldier by Hadrian and Bren ended up having some interesting personal time with Grog. Tensions flared with some of the crew, particularly Grog, after Dr. Brintt talked more of his work and expounded on some topics that bordered on speciest, disparaging her alien lineage as an uplifted race.

Landing on a stopover on Qasanzaia prime, the crew all sought personal space from their patron passengers. Trying to keep a relatively low profile as Qasanzaia prime was operated by Atlas and Dahl, Rom and Hadrian spent some time at the starport terminal bars. Rom quickly fell into the company of a group of asteroid miners and as the evening wore on, exposed his negative opinions on megacorporations a tad more loudly. Grog and Syn agreed to send off some communications by x-boat (including a polite greeting to Grand Dame Vera Allister).

A day later Syn enlisted the aid of Roxie, Hadrian, and Bren to sell their remaining copy of the Project Lightfoot Data. Syn had concern keeping the data and thought it best to unload it on the market as soon as possible. Her reasoning was bolstered by getting a fair price before free distribution of the data by Rom spread too far throughout the sector, and also to muddy the trail if Torgue was seeking to find who else was distributing copies of Project Lightfoot data to competitors. They managed to find a subsidiary company that was eager to purchase the data and arrange their own sale of the developed technology to different megacorporations.

While most of the crew were away for the transaction, a newsflash from the planetary media stream showed Rom being taken into custody by Atlas security. A long wanted instigator and industrial terrorist, Atlas news media claimed that security footage of a loud patron at a starport terminal bar led to a chain of events confirming his identity. He was promptly taken by megacorporation authorities and detained in a secure facility.

The group was torn on what to do but Dr. Brintt reminded them of their obligations. The crew decided to complete the task at hand. With further planning and investigation they felt they could better devise a course of action to free Rom, whether through addressing his charges formally by judicial procedure, or possibly attempt a jailbreak. The crew boarded the Scalawag and arranged to make their jump to the Usenedar system, their final destination.

As the craft made its way to the 100 DLT of the system, Roxie talked with Grog on their decision to sell the Project Lightfoot data (which Grog agreed was a prudent action). Syn scoured through USIN what she could about Rom’s arrest. Most reports echoed what was on the news, Rom was identified after patrons reported of his brash behavior at the starport terminal. But buried deeper within the secure Atlas security reports another line of information was discovered. Rom was arrested due to a direct communication to Atlas security by an anonymous source.