Ghosts of the Rebellion
The crew was hired to deliver a load of livestock to a rancher named Safarina on Whitefall. Thinking the livestock would be cows the crew is surprised to find out that it's actually a load of greyhound racing dogs. It seems that Safarina wants to start his own race track and needs the dogs to get started.
On the way to Whitefall, the crew discovers that some of the dogs are sick, luckily Yume is able to separate and treat the sick dogs.
Arriving on Whitefall, The Ring of Fire decides to drop and entire piece of hull plating nearly opening the ship to vacuum. Some fast flying and damage control keep everyone safe but the ship will need some repairs before it can leave Whitefall. Baleeze also discovers that the fuel gauge has been malfunctioning and the ship has a whole lot less fuel, than they thought. The crew will need to find some fuel.
Since Constance Patience is notorious for charging exorbitant port and docking fees at the spaceport on Whitefall, the crew lands out on the plains near Safarina's ranch.
The crew explains to Safarina about the sick dogs and that he might want to contact the seller. Safarina appreciates the info and tells the crew that they can probably find fuel, parts and maybe even some passengers in the nearby spaceport.
The crew heads into to town. Yume, Elanna, Cruxian, and Cecelia head to the local saloon, which is also the town's slaughterhouse. Baleeze and Jonsey head over to the scrapyard to try and find parts and fuel.
Cruxian and Cecelia participate in some gambling and find out that one of he ranchers might need some (actual) livestock transported off-world, but it won't be for a few weeks.
Elanna is approached by Saul Potter, he knows her from the war. She does not recognize him but remembers his name. He was a fleet commander for the Browncoats during the war. Potter was one of the officers who came over to the Browncoats side when Admiral Roland Sharpe switched sides at the start of the war. Saul says that he and 3 of his companions would like to get passage to Bellerophon.
Cecelia negotiates a price with him which includes some fuel for the Ring of Fire. They agree to meet here at the bar the next day and pick them up.
In the meantime, Jonsey and Baleeze are able to locate a suitable piece of hull plating and help themselves to some of the parts located in some locked sheds. Unfortunately, they are discovered by the scrapyard workers and have to leave hastily without their "looted" parts.
When the rest of the crew heads back to the ship they are accosted by a group of Patience's Deputies. They inform the crew that they have landed illegally and they need to pay the port fees plus a fine. Cruxian, having no love lost for Patience or her goons, draws and shoots one of the deputies. Everyone scrambles for cover. Elanna attempts to get Cruxian to stop shooting, while Yume scares off their horse so they can't get away. Baleeze eventually gets everyone to stop firing and the deputies become "guests" of the crew for the night.
Balezee gets them drinking and Yume spikes the liquor so they all pass out. The crew leaves them tied to a tree a few miles from the ship.
The next morning Balezee heads into town early to get the hull plating. Lucky for him its a different scrap yard crew than from the night before and he is able to get it back to the ship and begin installing it.
Jonsey, Cruxian, and Cecelia go to pick up their passengers, which goes without incident. There is one small hitch with the fuel that the passengers were providing. They have hidden it in one of the old wrecks in the scrapyard and they need to go get it.
Jonsey accompanies the two former marines, Brutus and Gerome, to get the fuel. They are accosted by 2 deputies while loading the fuel, but Jonsey tries to distract them (badly) but he does confuse them enough that they are able to speed away with the fuel.
Everyone makes it back to the ship and it prepares to take off. Unfortunately, the port control has issued a "land lock" on the Ring of Fire. This means that the engines won't fire up unless they can get it released. Luckily, the Ring is a former military ship and the landlock was installed separate from the main computer. Yume is able to temporarily bypass the landlock and allow the ship to take off.
The crew isn't out of the woods yet though. When breaking atmo, one of the engines flames out. Jonsey and Elanna fight to keep the ship in the air while Baleeze and Cruxian struggle to get the engine going again. The engine is brought back to life and the crew escapes with Patience's patrol craft hot on their tail.
Once they are out in the black, one of their passengers explains that he is actually Admiral Roland Sharpe, the famous outlaw Admiral. He says that he was declared an outlaw when he didn't show up to sign the armistice at the end of the war. He was to busy escaping with his life from an Alliance hit squad that had come to "purge" his officers.
He tells the crew that his old flagship, the Freedom's Glory is scheduled for destruction at a scrapyard on Pegasus, a moon of Bellerphon. He wants to stick his thumb in the eye of the Alliance one more time by stealing his old ship and asks the crew to help.
Between Baleeze and Jonesy arguing over who gets to fly the warship, he also manages to mention that he has 10k in Platinum stashed away aboard that the crew is welcome to as payment.
Yume determines that there is a large transport in bound for the scrapyard. Elanna, Cruxian are able to fake the sensor signature of the transport and the Ring of Fire sets down right next to Freedom's Glory on the landing pad.
The Blue Sun security team notices immediately that it is not the right ship. Yume, Cecelia, Cruxian, and Elanna attempt to distract the guards while Jonsey, Baleeze, and Sharpe's group make a break for the Freedom's Glory.
The crew isn't very successful at fooling the guards and a firefight breaks out on the landing pad. The Ring of Fire lifts off before the port can issue a ground lock but Freedom's Glory is in no shape to fly. Baleeze is able to get the engines, computer, and one of the turrets up and running but the ground lock is preventing them from taking off.
Cecelia and Yume try to jam the scrapyard from calling for reinforcements, but Yume has to break the landlock on the Glory. She is able to break it and the Glory lifts off, but not before two fighters get into intercept range.
Both the Glory and the Ring of Fire have some trouble breaking atmo but they eventually make it. The fighters close in and fire on both ships but Baleeze is able to drive them off with the one working weapon on the Glory.
The crew can now consider Roland Sharpe and his accomplices as contacts. Sharpe paid you the 10k in platinum as well as letting you salvage a beam laser and an auto-cannon from the Glory.
I wouldn't plan on going back to Whitefall anytime soon.
On the way to Whitefall, the crew discovers that some of the dogs are sick, luckily Yume is able to separate and treat the sick dogs.
Arriving on Whitefall, The Ring of Fire decides to drop and entire piece of hull plating nearly opening the ship to vacuum. Some fast flying and damage control keep everyone safe but the ship will need some repairs before it can leave Whitefall. Baleeze also discovers that the fuel gauge has been malfunctioning and the ship has a whole lot less fuel, than they thought. The crew will need to find some fuel.
Since Constance Patience is notorious for charging exorbitant port and docking fees at the spaceport on Whitefall, the crew lands out on the plains near Safarina's ranch.
The crew explains to Safarina about the sick dogs and that he might want to contact the seller. Safarina appreciates the info and tells the crew that they can probably find fuel, parts and maybe even some passengers in the nearby spaceport.
The crew heads into to town. Yume, Elanna, Cruxian, and Cecelia head to the local saloon, which is also the town's slaughterhouse. Baleeze and Jonsey head over to the scrapyard to try and find parts and fuel.
Cruxian and Cecelia participate in some gambling and find out that one of he ranchers might need some (actual) livestock transported off-world, but it won't be for a few weeks.
Elanna is approached by Saul Potter, he knows her from the war. She does not recognize him but remembers his name. He was a fleet commander for the Browncoats during the war. Potter was one of the officers who came over to the Browncoats side when Admiral Roland Sharpe switched sides at the start of the war. Saul says that he and 3 of his companions would like to get passage to Bellerophon.
Cecelia negotiates a price with him which includes some fuel for the Ring of Fire. They agree to meet here at the bar the next day and pick them up.
In the meantime, Jonsey and Baleeze are able to locate a suitable piece of hull plating and help themselves to some of the parts located in some locked sheds. Unfortunately, they are discovered by the scrapyard workers and have to leave hastily without their "looted" parts.
When the rest of the crew heads back to the ship they are accosted by a group of Patience's Deputies. They inform the crew that they have landed illegally and they need to pay the port fees plus a fine. Cruxian, having no love lost for Patience or her goons, draws and shoots one of the deputies. Everyone scrambles for cover. Elanna attempts to get Cruxian to stop shooting, while Yume scares off their horse so they can't get away. Baleeze eventually gets everyone to stop firing and the deputies become "guests" of the crew for the night.
Balezee gets them drinking and Yume spikes the liquor so they all pass out. The crew leaves them tied to a tree a few miles from the ship.
The next morning Balezee heads into town early to get the hull plating. Lucky for him its a different scrap yard crew than from the night before and he is able to get it back to the ship and begin installing it.
Jonsey, Cruxian, and Cecelia go to pick up their passengers, which goes without incident. There is one small hitch with the fuel that the passengers were providing. They have hidden it in one of the old wrecks in the scrapyard and they need to go get it.
Jonsey accompanies the two former marines, Brutus and Gerome, to get the fuel. They are accosted by 2 deputies while loading the fuel, but Jonsey tries to distract them (badly) but he does confuse them enough that they are able to speed away with the fuel.
Everyone makes it back to the ship and it prepares to take off. Unfortunately, the port control has issued a "land lock" on the Ring of Fire. This means that the engines won't fire up unless they can get it released. Luckily, the Ring is a former military ship and the landlock was installed separate from the main computer. Yume is able to temporarily bypass the landlock and allow the ship to take off.
The crew isn't out of the woods yet though. When breaking atmo, one of the engines flames out. Jonsey and Elanna fight to keep the ship in the air while Baleeze and Cruxian struggle to get the engine going again. The engine is brought back to life and the crew escapes with Patience's patrol craft hot on their tail.
Once they are out in the black, one of their passengers explains that he is actually Admiral Roland Sharpe, the famous outlaw Admiral. He says that he was declared an outlaw when he didn't show up to sign the armistice at the end of the war. He was to busy escaping with his life from an Alliance hit squad that had come to "purge" his officers.
He tells the crew that his old flagship, the Freedom's Glory is scheduled for destruction at a scrapyard on Pegasus, a moon of Bellerphon. He wants to stick his thumb in the eye of the Alliance one more time by stealing his old ship and asks the crew to help.
Between Baleeze and Jonesy arguing over who gets to fly the warship, he also manages to mention that he has 10k in Platinum stashed away aboard that the crew is welcome to as payment.
Yume determines that there is a large transport in bound for the scrapyard. Elanna, Cruxian are able to fake the sensor signature of the transport and the Ring of Fire sets down right next to Freedom's Glory on the landing pad.
The Blue Sun security team notices immediately that it is not the right ship. Yume, Cecelia, Cruxian, and Elanna attempt to distract the guards while Jonsey, Baleeze, and Sharpe's group make a break for the Freedom's Glory.
The crew isn't very successful at fooling the guards and a firefight breaks out on the landing pad. The Ring of Fire lifts off before the port can issue a ground lock but Freedom's Glory is in no shape to fly. Baleeze is able to get the engines, computer, and one of the turrets up and running but the ground lock is preventing them from taking off.
Cecelia and Yume try to jam the scrapyard from calling for reinforcements, but Yume has to break the landlock on the Glory. She is able to break it and the Glory lifts off, but not before two fighters get into intercept range.
Both the Glory and the Ring of Fire have some trouble breaking atmo but they eventually make it. The fighters close in and fire on both ships but Baleeze is able to drive them off with the one working weapon on the Glory.
The crew can now consider Roland Sharpe and his accomplices as contacts. Sharpe paid you the 10k in platinum as well as letting you salvage a beam laser and an auto-cannon from the Glory.
I wouldn't plan on going back to Whitefall anytime soon.
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Posted on May 25, 2010 22:41
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