Gemini Recap
Contents
4/6/07 Prologue
The group came together, and much adventure was had.
4/13/07 Here we go a wassaling
Finished our delivery to somebody on Diomedes for 8000 credits. Aedil and Ules spent some time at an archaeology conference with Aedil's old mentor Platocrates. They also met Leif Hrulfgarrson. Crew made some security system modifications and Glaccus got laid. Then they took a job rescuing a ship stranded after a pirate attack, and disabled the pirate ship that lay in wait. The crew were rescued and ship repaired. A reward of 20,000 credits was promised for this job.
4/27/07 The first mission
Repaired the "Optimus" and escorted it to St. Augustin Fortress. Saved Marla (ship's camp follower) from a malfunctioning cryotank and received equivalent reward.
Stayed a few hours at St. Augustin and received free copies of the Bible, plus the promised $20,000 for the S&R job
Jumped to Nestor 1 and met with Argyle Phillippe to transport 3 small crates to Troy Station; crates delivered with $12,500 (50%) paid upfront
and appear to contain frozen fish, Aedil expresses distrust; scan conducted with Archeology kit reveals no bones/skeletons
Aedil & Gloval have dinner with Argyle and associates on planet, enjoy beaches & massages; Ules fruitlessly searches for railgun ammo & successfully gambles for $650
Orentes does some electronics shopping, finishes the upgrades to ship security and takes delivery of general ship parts
Arrived at Troy Station and passed customs without incident, manifest shows that we transferred fish from freighter on Glaucus; made delivery, but freak accident occurs
and spills one crate of fresh fish & crushed ice (Aedil searches for contraband to no result); quick thinking results in a fast resolution w/out discovery
Minor fracas breaks out between Aedil and Gloval due to Aedil's actions in the fish crisis (i.e., not helping and risking our job by searching, despite Gloval's orders)
And suddenly, a VOLCANO explodes!!!!!!!! (no, this isn't a joke); we received immediate clearance to evacuate employees and Lycurgan security from Core Inc. HQ
flying low towards the Spire we see it's at an odd angle and looks to be sinking; the atmosphere is nonexistant except for trace gases
5/04/07 The adventure continues
Made several trips to the volcanic surface to rescue listed personnel, close call with a rocket launcher; Lucius Pomponius- leader of Lycurgan contnigent we rescued personally
thanked us. Made an extra trip or two and as many of the mobbed and panicking citizens as we could, attempted to contact Aedil's people and were rebuffed
Flew out and jumped away to Nestor 1 after having done all we could, discovered a stowaway "Mike" on the trip. The crew took to him quickly, but was later disappointed when they
presented him to Argyle and Cpt. Gloval overheard that "Mike" was in fact part of a crime family.
After hosting us to dinner, we quickly took up Argyle on an offer to transport a case of pearls to Priam and left immediately. We were tracked and hailed by "Mike", who we quickly
lost through our stealth capabilities, then jumped away to Priam. The transaction took place without incident and the crew split up to pursue various interests. Gloval sparred a
bit at a gentlemen's club, Aedil researched at a library and Ules set up a poker showdown on Diomedes.
The ship jumps on over and we all meet up at a bar for Ules' showdown. A contact of Ules' is also set to work looking for some ammo for the ship.
Ules shows up late at the bar and absolutely nothing happens. He later reveals he chilled with a secret club of psychonavigators. The ammo comes through and the Golden Fleece is
ready for action again.
5/11/07 Andromache 3
The jump was made to Andromache 3, but the Fleece was a fraction off on its exit. Ules claims something is funky in the software, but Sola can't find anything wrong. Orentes modified the hovertruck to operate in desert conditions and the ship is warned off on its current landing trajectory by a Lycurgan ship captain. Ules takes the ship in under stealth, but away from the focus of the Lycurgan site. After landing, Orentes, Ules and Aedil trek out (500') to inspect a potential site. Minor silverware is found after a full day's work. Everyone goes to sleep in the ship except Aedil. When Orentes wakes up and finds Aedil safely asleep, he notices that the mining robot has been stolen. No tracks lead anywhere and the evidence points to very sneaky local thieves. We take an airborne scan and fly towards the nearest settlement. Aedil and Ules talk to the locals on the radio and go to inspect the building with some traces of the robot alloy where they're jumped by THE Stonewall Jackson and quickly taken prisoners. After the dust settles, it all turns out that Stonewall had advertised the work for the planet and was simply making sure that the Fleece wasn't a bunch of mercs. The crew (minus Orentes and Sola) landed and all went to talk it over with Stonewall.
Stonewall's opinion is that such thefts are frequent and profitable, and that there's going to be a new mining site opening up shortly at the Lycurgan site. He also thinks that it is the Chino gang that is responsible, who is also the problem he's called in help for. The Chino's are highly mobile, constantly staying in different villages and with extensive contacts, possibly possessing an orbital transport. Long discussion over possible ways to attack the Chinos leads nowhere. We decide to fly in close to Peatsedge and drive in from there with: Ules, Aedil and Gracchus and hope to contact the local black market and see if we can track down the robot. After a brief poker game at a local dive, they're directed over to The Casino on Queen St. for a much bigger game.
5/18/07 The Gambler, the Gang and the Golden Fleece
Ules & Aedil enter "The Casino" and work their way into the backroom games and strike up a deal with Grandfather Smitty to get some automated mining equipment. 4 hours later they exit and the whole group returns safely to the ship. Further scans from orbit reveal a robot in a warehouse in Peatsedge. Sola hacks in and finds that the robot is the exact same model of our robot. The robot lacks logs, isn't listed on public registration sites and has a slightly newer motherboard then our version. Ules visits G. Smitty again and offers him money to get the Chinos. Smitty says he'll think it over and Gracchus chases down some kid that had been keeping watch on them. The kid doesn't know anything and is let go after being frightened out of his mind. Brief contact is made with Stonewall who is unhappy about being contacted over un-related matters. The warehouse the robot is stored in is owned by Porphory Corp. and data on the servers doesn't provide any info pro or con as to it having been stolen or produced legitimately. Further talks with Porphory Customer Support reveal an anti-theft transponder that doesn't come up in a search when we run it.
Further contact with G. Smitty leads to a deal to turn over the Chinos in return for the armor and rifle of Stonewall. We agree to bring the armor if G. Smitty brings the Chinos. Much planning goes into the raid onto the Chino bar that's been identified to us. A sneaky plan to ambush the Chinos is put into place with Gracchus, Ules, Aedil and Stonewall surrounding the building with the Golden Fleece hovering above the bar. The break-in didn't go as plan, and opening shots by Gracchus set off a gas-filled room, demolishing the entire building. Gracchus barely survived by dodging into the walk-in cooler; Aedil walked away unscathed, but only because Stonewall took the full blast meant for him and fell into a coma. Only a complete refusal to give up and amazing skill allowed Asmodeus to stabilize Stonewall. Sharp eyes beheld a lone figure fleeing another building down the street from the bar and Ules took off after him. Gracchus also gave chase and managed to drop the runner with a ramjet round. Asmodeus saved this suspicious character as well for later questioning. The 'Fleece took to the skies once another ship of bounty hunters entered the disaster zone and the crew paused to breath and consider the consequences their actions may have caused.
