Out in the Black Session 1
Elanna was contacted by a ship captain named Griffith. He had been offered a job to go and pick up some ice from the Lulabelle Mine situated on a comet. Unfortunately, his ship is out of commission so he passed the job on to the crew.
Setting out towards the comet, the crew detected a second ship also headed for the comet. Deciding that they probably should get their first, Jonsey put the Ring into a hard burn. The ship didn't handle this too well, the hard burn caused the ships computer to go offline. Dodging chucks of ice and the second ship the crew was able to recover the computer land on the comet first.
The mine operators were expecting to see Griffiths ship and not the Ring of Fire. One of them took a shot at the crew as they were exiting the ship. Cecelia was able to calm the situation down and explain that they were just here to pick up the ice. The mine operators introduced themselves as Sam Hawkes and Jim Ryan.
At this point, Cruxian realized that he knew Sam Hawkes. Sam had been a sergeant in the war and was part of a squad that had abandoned Cruxian and his marine squad on a deserted moon. Sam explained that he didn't think it was right that Cruxian's squad was left on that moon but that he was just following the Colonels orders. He also told Cruxian not to feel bad cause the crew of the transport mutinied and left them all at the next stop in any case, taking off with the ship and the cargo.
The second ship that had been racing the crew to the comet landed. A group of armed men immediately got off the ship and said they were here to take the ice and Sam Hawkes back to Regina. Cecelia tried to calm the situation down before it came to gunplay. Luckily for Cecelia, Cruxian noticed that one of the bushwhackers was about to shoot her in the head and shot him first. The bullets started flying in earnest at that point. Baleeze had been able to sneak up toward the bushwhackers ship and got the drop on them with his auto-shotgun. Elanna and Cruxian exchanged shots with the bushwhackers while Yume hacked their ships computer and locked all the doors. Faced with a locked down ship and 4 of their companions now wounded or dying, the bushwhackers surrendered.
The bushwhackers turned out to be the crew of the Mary Celeste. They had heard about the job for the ice from a woman named "Bridget" in Frisco, who had asked them to bring back the ice and Sam Hawkes. Sam had no idea who this Bridget was and wasn't about to go to Frisco with anyone. He also said the buskwhackers were morons, cause they didn't need to steal the ice. He isn't selling it, he just takes a cut when the ice is sold on Regina.
Sam provided the crew a cargo-hold full of ice and Baleeze negotiated a deal with the Mary Celetse's crew. The crew would let the bushwhackers go if they provided some spare sensor parts, "donated" from the Mary Celetse.
Sam also explained that Regina and therefore the town of Frisco, was under an alliance blockade and comet ice was one of the banned substances. The crew would need to run the blockade in order to get the ice to Frisco.
Cecelia arranged a "meeting" with the alliance commander, who allowed the Ring of Fire to land at Frisco without being searched.
Landing at Frisco, the crew was greeted by nearly the whole town including a band. Jonesy managed to land the ship without knocking everyone over and the crew discovered that the greeting party wasn't for them but for JW McLarin who was expected to come in on his own ship sometime this week.
The crew was instructed to contact Balley Sacket, the town engineer, about off loading the ice. Balley said he was the guy that would receive their "cargo" but that Bridget, the local school teacher and fiancee of JM McLarin had actually arranged for the payment and they would have to speak with her about the money.
Bridget explained that she could only pay the crew 2000 of what she owed them now but if they could hang around town for a few days, she could hook them up with some more work.
The crew decided to spend a few days in town and see if they could pick up some more work on their own.
One such opportunity presented itself right away. Yume , while exploring the less reputable parts of town, was taken to the local tong boss, Lau Tsu. He said that if the crew happened to go to Beylix, that he had a package that needed to be picked up. He would gladly pay 500 credit for this job.
Setting out towards the comet, the crew detected a second ship also headed for the comet. Deciding that they probably should get their first, Jonsey put the Ring into a hard burn. The ship didn't handle this too well, the hard burn caused the ships computer to go offline. Dodging chucks of ice and the second ship the crew was able to recover the computer land on the comet first.
The mine operators were expecting to see Griffiths ship and not the Ring of Fire. One of them took a shot at the crew as they were exiting the ship. Cecelia was able to calm the situation down and explain that they were just here to pick up the ice. The mine operators introduced themselves as Sam Hawkes and Jim Ryan.
At this point, Cruxian realized that he knew Sam Hawkes. Sam had been a sergeant in the war and was part of a squad that had abandoned Cruxian and his marine squad on a deserted moon. Sam explained that he didn't think it was right that Cruxian's squad was left on that moon but that he was just following the Colonels orders. He also told Cruxian not to feel bad cause the crew of the transport mutinied and left them all at the next stop in any case, taking off with the ship and the cargo.
The second ship that had been racing the crew to the comet landed. A group of armed men immediately got off the ship and said they were here to take the ice and Sam Hawkes back to Regina. Cecelia tried to calm the situation down before it came to gunplay. Luckily for Cecelia, Cruxian noticed that one of the bushwhackers was about to shoot her in the head and shot him first. The bullets started flying in earnest at that point. Baleeze had been able to sneak up toward the bushwhackers ship and got the drop on them with his auto-shotgun. Elanna and Cruxian exchanged shots with the bushwhackers while Yume hacked their ships computer and locked all the doors. Faced with a locked down ship and 4 of their companions now wounded or dying, the bushwhackers surrendered.
The bushwhackers turned out to be the crew of the Mary Celeste. They had heard about the job for the ice from a woman named "Bridget" in Frisco, who had asked them to bring back the ice and Sam Hawkes. Sam had no idea who this Bridget was and wasn't about to go to Frisco with anyone. He also said the buskwhackers were morons, cause they didn't need to steal the ice. He isn't selling it, he just takes a cut when the ice is sold on Regina.
Sam provided the crew a cargo-hold full of ice and Baleeze negotiated a deal with the Mary Celetse's crew. The crew would let the bushwhackers go if they provided some spare sensor parts, "donated" from the Mary Celetse.
Sam also explained that Regina and therefore the town of Frisco, was under an alliance blockade and comet ice was one of the banned substances. The crew would need to run the blockade in order to get the ice to Frisco.
Cecelia arranged a "meeting" with the alliance commander, who allowed the Ring of Fire to land at Frisco without being searched.
Landing at Frisco, the crew was greeted by nearly the whole town including a band. Jonesy managed to land the ship without knocking everyone over and the crew discovered that the greeting party wasn't for them but for JW McLarin who was expected to come in on his own ship sometime this week.
The crew was instructed to contact Balley Sacket, the town engineer, about off loading the ice. Balley said he was the guy that would receive their "cargo" but that Bridget, the local school teacher and fiancee of JM McLarin had actually arranged for the payment and they would have to speak with her about the money.
Bridget explained that she could only pay the crew 2000 of what she owed them now but if they could hang around town for a few days, she could hook them up with some more work.
The crew decided to spend a few days in town and see if they could pick up some more work on their own.
One such opportunity presented itself right away. Yume , while exploring the less reputable parts of town, was taken to the local tong boss, Lau Tsu. He said that if the crew happened to go to Beylix, that he had a package that needed to be picked up. He would gladly pay 500 credit for this job.
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Posted on April 29, 2010 10:01
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