"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
Summaries from Nathan's interactive storytelling sessions (otherwise known as DnD)
"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
- the battled old cruiser Tiderian flies through space at sub light speed
- on board are a dozen or so mercenaries - Marie- a Shashurak assassin and mercenary - Yee - a Dweller engineer - Teto- an Umon-No-Mandan mercenary/ gunslinger - Granny Kino - a famous Alweni gunslinger mercenary - Drake - an Alweni assassin and sniper - Samurai Jack (sigh) - a Sudari swordsman and Cha'at player, went to the Academy with Drake - Sith - an Alweni Alchemist and mercenary - all of these mercenaries have banded together to do convoy protection - they are on their way to Station 12, a Concord mining station in the 2nd Sector, looking for a job - as they are flying along three cruisers drop out of warp - they are powered up for combat, but have been badly damaged - Marie hails them and they ask for help - they are a free banner group - they had a fleet of seven cruisers and were attacking a rival - after winning the battle a huge cruiser made out of junk punched in - it defeated four cruisers and wounded the remaining - they don’t know if it tracked them - well it did! - moments later it arrives and attacks - the three cruisers and the Tiderian engage - it is a very strong ship - some wounded are sent to the Tiderian, along with Shashurak master Alpa - Teto and some Free Banner fighters attack the ship - the enemy ship launches fighters and boarding parties - after taking heavy damage the Tiderian starts retreating - the Free Banner ships are defeated and the massive junk ship attacks - some of the fighters and boarding pods are destroyed but one latches on - massive space trolls charge in - there is a brutal melee on the ship - Marie turns off artificial gravity, starts spinning, and punches out - this thoroughly messes up most people on board - the cruiser lands in Station 12 (where they warped to) - the crew of the Tiderian finishes off the enemies and find that a troll was hanging onto the roof of the cruiser - it turns out that this is the Prince of the Space Trolls - he is bested in a duel and given to the authorities - the dockmaster threatens to tell the the Concord authorities about the combat unless a bribe is paid - Marie and Alpa offer to take the dockmaster and a friend on a date instead - in return for the date the ship will be cleaned up, repaired, and refueled - Teto and Yee go to the slave market - Kino, Drake, and Jack go to the black market - Marie is paired with Dawson (the tightly laced Dockmaster) while Alpa is paired with Daniel (a very flamboyant merchant Prince) - they go to a zero gravity restaurant, and chat pleasantly - Marie manages to get a possible job offer from Dawson’s boss - on the way out someone tries to mug them - the two Shashurak fighters just obliterate him, to the shock of the gentleman escorts - at the Slave Market Yee wants to get a slave and treat him as a child - he buys a seven year old boy named 301 - Yee promptly names his new son Lil’ Jimmy Boolin - he begins to teach his son how to be an engineer - at the black market they go to a seedy bar and are escorted to the RustLocke Guy - Drake wants his wrist katana to be infused with electricity, but it will cost too much - the RL guy offers to do it for free if Drake does a shot of dreamers essence, and Drake agrees - Drake is high as a kite for a few hours while Jack plays Cha'at with the RL guy, who has quite the interesting style - The add-on is completed and Drake is now addicted to dreamers essence - Drake heads to the hospital to get a drug addict recovery program - he can’t afford it but the nurse offers to do a shot of dreamers essence with him - the program is downloaded onto his ZETA - everyone meets back at the ship - they have dinner made by Granny Kino, but she burns the food as normal - everyone goes to bed - Marie is woken up by the hailing alert - she has been contacted by Maurice, Dawson’s boss - he wants her to look into the loss of a lovers leaf shipment - they have breakfast (burned pancakes courtesy of granny kino) and warp off - when they arrive they are hauled by a heavy cruiser - it is heavily armed and armored, and looks to have come out of recent combat - it is a member of the Senf free banner - they wish to invite the crew of the Tiderian to a feast on their asteroid, and the crew accepts - they meet with the Oracle (who is the leader of this free banner) and are escorted to their rooms afterward - their rooms are separate and under guard - they are escorted to dinner, where a Pact Hunter awaits them - the Oracle has turned them in! Comments are closed.
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