Out in the Black Session 2
In this session the crew continued to look for work in the town of Frisco while waiting for "the next job" from Bridget. I neglected to mention last time that when the Ring of Fire landed on Regina, a sensor pod blew off (or fell off), luckily thanks to the Mary Celeste, Baleeze has plenty of spare parts to fix it.
Cecelia, already having worked her own job distracting the alliance commander, set out to investigate the shops in town with Cruxian in tow. Baleeze set out to do the same, though he was looking for guns and ammo. Jonsey went to one of the local saloons to see if he could find any work. No one had seen Yume lately, and Elanna decided to stay and work on the ship. It always needs work.
Cecelia was approached by a woman known as Madam Electra, a former companion herself. She asked if Cecelia could fill in for her at her show tonight. She had had an "accident" at the last show and couldn't perform. All of her hair appeared to have been burned off. They agreed to meet later in the day.
Jonsey spotted some cheating going on at a Faro game and was able to stop the situation from coming to gunplay. He also got a heads up that a man named Chad Sloat, the local mine organizer needed to go to Beylix and that he might want to hire the ship.
Baleeze got caught up in a bar fight but was able extricate himself without too much trouble thanks to some quick sword play.
Cruxian was approached by Balley Sacket and asked to guard the payroll shipment the next morning.
Meeting Madame Electra at a saloon later, Cecelia found out that she performs a show where she dances while electricity from a Telsa coil pulses around her. She explained that it was completely safe, as long as no one touched her. This happened during the last show, which is why she has no hair. She offered Cecelia the take from tonight's show if she would perform in her place. Cecelia agreed to perform the show for her.
In the meantime, Ellana had been working on the ship and discovered that the 2 non-functional sensor pods concealed 2 ship to ship missiles. She informed Balzee and they both proceeded to look a the missiles in-depth, which turned out to be fully functional and could be fired from the control panel on the bridge.
Cecelia performed a very successful Tesla show. One drunken patron did try and touch her but Cruxian quickly wrestled him to the ground so no harm was caused. At the show, Jonsey found out about another possible passenger for Beylix, Jimmy Blake, who wants to go just to check out the bars.
The next morning, Cruxian and Ellana set out to pick up the payroll and deliver it to the bank. After picking up the strongbox, about half way to town,a group of outlaws surrounded them. The outlaws also had taken Yume hostage! Cruxian and Ellana received a telepathic message from Yume. She had been kidnapped but a group of outlaws, but they were somewhat inept so she was just playing along to see what they were up to. Cruxian and Elanna dove for cover and radioed the ship for backup. Yume brain-blasted the outlaw who had her captive and a shootout ensued. Cruxian and Ellana exhanged fire with the outlaws while Balezee and Jonsey jumped in the ground car and raced to the scene. Balezee used his autoshotgun to plaster one of the horses. The gory scene was too much for Jonsey, who barfed all over the car and himself. Faced with more opposition than they had planned, half the outlaws rode off and the others were either wounded or surrendered. The pay roll was successfully delivered.
Later that day, Bridget informed the crew that they should attend the town meeting that evening as it would lead to work for them.
At the town meeting, the discussion centered around the lawlessness of the town. Some favored hiring a sheriff from off-world while others favored asking for the alliance military to step in. The town is currently under blockade by the alliance military. The Conroe mining consortium wants to buy the Frisco mine and had arranged for the blockade. This meant that not many folks favored asking the Alliance for help. Jimmy Blake said he knew of a law-man for hire on Beylix and Bridget suggested that the Ring of Fire could take the town council there to interview the Sheriff.
The crew now had five passengers for Beylix. Preparing to head out, Bridget also asked them to stop by the comet and pick up another load of ice. She paid the crew what she owed them for the first load of ice, and offered double for the next load. However, she wants the ice back here on Regina in two weeks. She also asked if they would convince Sam Hawkes to come back with them and said to tell him that he knows her from the Lucius Newberry. A ship they were on together during the war. Cruxian recognized that ship name but can't place how he knows it.
The problem now is that it is physically impossible to get the passengers to Beylix, spend a few days there, fly them back here and then turn around and go get the ice, within the 2 week time limit. The only way to manage it will be to pass close to Regina on the way to the comet and send the passengers down on the shuttle. With this plan in mind the crew heads out for Beylix.
Cecelia, already having worked her own job distracting the alliance commander, set out to investigate the shops in town with Cruxian in tow. Baleeze set out to do the same, though he was looking for guns and ammo. Jonsey went to one of the local saloons to see if he could find any work. No one had seen Yume lately, and Elanna decided to stay and work on the ship. It always needs work.
Cecelia was approached by a woman known as Madam Electra, a former companion herself. She asked if Cecelia could fill in for her at her show tonight. She had had an "accident" at the last show and couldn't perform. All of her hair appeared to have been burned off. They agreed to meet later in the day.
Jonsey spotted some cheating going on at a Faro game and was able to stop the situation from coming to gunplay. He also got a heads up that a man named Chad Sloat, the local mine organizer needed to go to Beylix and that he might want to hire the ship.
Baleeze got caught up in a bar fight but was able extricate himself without too much trouble thanks to some quick sword play.
Cruxian was approached by Balley Sacket and asked to guard the payroll shipment the next morning.
Meeting Madame Electra at a saloon later, Cecelia found out that she performs a show where she dances while electricity from a Telsa coil pulses around her. She explained that it was completely safe, as long as no one touched her. This happened during the last show, which is why she has no hair. She offered Cecelia the take from tonight's show if she would perform in her place. Cecelia agreed to perform the show for her.
In the meantime, Ellana had been working on the ship and discovered that the 2 non-functional sensor pods concealed 2 ship to ship missiles. She informed Balzee and they both proceeded to look a the missiles in-depth, which turned out to be fully functional and could be fired from the control panel on the bridge.
Cecelia performed a very successful Tesla show. One drunken patron did try and touch her but Cruxian quickly wrestled him to the ground so no harm was caused. At the show, Jonsey found out about another possible passenger for Beylix, Jimmy Blake, who wants to go just to check out the bars.
The next morning, Cruxian and Ellana set out to pick up the payroll and deliver it to the bank. After picking up the strongbox, about half way to town,a group of outlaws surrounded them. The outlaws also had taken Yume hostage! Cruxian and Ellana received a telepathic message from Yume. She had been kidnapped but a group of outlaws, but they were somewhat inept so she was just playing along to see what they were up to. Cruxian and Elanna dove for cover and radioed the ship for backup. Yume brain-blasted the outlaw who had her captive and a shootout ensued. Cruxian and Ellana exhanged fire with the outlaws while Balezee and Jonsey jumped in the ground car and raced to the scene. Balezee used his autoshotgun to plaster one of the horses. The gory scene was too much for Jonsey, who barfed all over the car and himself. Faced with more opposition than they had planned, half the outlaws rode off and the others were either wounded or surrendered. The pay roll was successfully delivered.
Later that day, Bridget informed the crew that they should attend the town meeting that evening as it would lead to work for them.
At the town meeting, the discussion centered around the lawlessness of the town. Some favored hiring a sheriff from off-world while others favored asking for the alliance military to step in. The town is currently under blockade by the alliance military. The Conroe mining consortium wants to buy the Frisco mine and had arranged for the blockade. This meant that not many folks favored asking the Alliance for help. Jimmy Blake said he knew of a law-man for hire on Beylix and Bridget suggested that the Ring of Fire could take the town council there to interview the Sheriff.
The crew now had five passengers for Beylix. Preparing to head out, Bridget also asked them to stop by the comet and pick up another load of ice. She paid the crew what she owed them for the first load of ice, and offered double for the next load. However, she wants the ice back here on Regina in two weeks. She also asked if they would convince Sam Hawkes to come back with them and said to tell him that he knows her from the Lucius Newberry. A ship they were on together during the war. Cruxian recognized that ship name but can't place how he knows it.
The problem now is that it is physically impossible to get the passengers to Beylix, spend a few days there, fly them back here and then turn around and go get the ice, within the 2 week time limit. The only way to manage it will be to pass close to Regina on the way to the comet and send the passengers down on the shuttle. With this plan in mind the crew heads out for Beylix.
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Posted on May 08, 2010 11:43
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