It takes you a few moments of silent thought, but you set yourself to a decision just as Cyphus himself walks in with the two Grim Brothers and your deckhand not far behind him. As the man enters you notice he glances around the room, stopping to look at the deckhand working almost frantically at one of the terminals before turning to face you. The expression on his face is one of confusion but oddly enough, and against your expectations, he refrains from asking any questions, and instead waits for you to begin talking. It takes you a moment to organize your thoughts, but you soon begin to explain the situation to him,
"Cyphus, our situation has just become less then desirable, while there were Scavs on board they left not long ago, and one of them could miraculously speak Common fairly well. He told us that they were running from a Marauder Warhost that is at this very moment bearing down on this system, and your station.
We need to get a message back to the station right away, and have them begin the evacuation immediately. I am willing to help but our ship can only hold so many, and a man has to make a living so it'll cost."You watch his expression as it changes from confused to ... profoundly calm for some reason, he takes what you say in stride and turns to whisper something to the Brothers before turning back to you. You see one of them seemingly talking to himself, and assume he's sending word back to the shuttle and thus back to the station before turning your attention back to Cyphus himself.
"Well then we best be getting back shouldn't we? I'll see you are paid for this mission as well as for aiding in the evacuation, but once we get back to the station there is much we have to discuss. For now we don't know where this Warhost is and that is a good thing, it means they can't be within a day or so reach of us, and thanks to our work ships can't warp into the area around the station. Now come on we gotta get this rust bucket back to the station."
With that the man turns and hops up into the captain's chair while the Brothers oddly enough take over the navigation terminals, shrugging slightly you order the deckhands and Granite to assist them while you head off down to the cargo bay to meet up with Lilian. You find her lounging on the shoulder of the now inactive Hauler Exo-Suit, she is reclined across is idly waving a gun in the air, as you approach she points it at you. For a few seconds you actually feel worried for your life, but she quickly falls back laughing slightly at your reaction, apparently your abrupt stop was a tad to abrupt.
"I know whats going on so no worries, Granite clued me in while you were on your way down here however you choice of action seems a tad odd. Getting a bit greedy are we Smith? Oh well what do I care, as long as I keep living, you pay for whatever little things I want, and keep along a path I agree with you can do as you want."With that she jumps down off that hauler, and disappears up the service elevator leaving you feeling slightly dumbstruck at what she had said. You think on her words on your way back to the station and realize they might be a tad bit trouble to you in the coming days ...
~ Time Skip to Station ~
As the freighter pull into the enclosed repair bay, and the massive hangar doors close behind you soundlessly you step out into the zero-g space of the bay with Cyphus and your crew all around. Heading for the door you are stopped as Cyphus grabs your shoulder and signal you to a private channel, as the comms crackle showing the connection you hear his voice chime through,
"Well Captain Roberts I am off to a meeting that will decide the course of actions we shall take, its you choice whether to go to your ship but I'd like to ask you to come along. We need all the heads we can put together if we wanna get out of this without us all dying, what do ya say?"
Name: Kim Smith
Ship: The Lazarus
Clothing: Casual Red Shirt and Blue Work Jeans
Carry Limit: 0 out of 20 Kg
Inventory:
Kiltra Deck Revolver [Ammo: 6/6, 7 Spare Bullets]
Wallet [362 Credits]
Reinforced Salvage Suit [Average Armor, Average Thrusters, Medium Battery Life]
Ship Permit, and Salvaging License [Lists you as one Jon Roberts with the title of Captain]
Information:
Miniscule Cache of Credits aboard the Lazarus [865 Credits]
The Lazarus's engines are damaged and only run at half capacity.
The Railgun on the Lazarus has a one use cover on it to hide it from view.
There is currently a Marauder War Host coming towards the mining station Gladius VIII
[spoiler=Ship Stores]
Weapons
2 Mk. III Kraken Grenades [Fragmentation, Short Fuse, Average Power]
4 Salvaged Rifles [Ammo: 8/8]
3 Salvaged Pistols [Ammo: 12/12]
3 Model 83 Shotguns [Ammo: 4/4]
Armor & Suits
3 Salvage Suits [Very Lightly Armored, Weak Thrusters, Short Battery Life]
Hauler Exo-suit [Claimed by Lilian]
2 Reinforced Salvage Suits [Average Armor, Average Thrusters, Medium Battery Life]
Tools
Gun Retooling Workshop Kit [Average Quality]
1 Advanced Med-kit [Moderate Supplies, For Field Use, Poor Quality]
2 Portable Handheld Hullcutters [Average Speed, capable of one hull breach before needing to be recharged]
4 Breaching Charges [Used to break interior ship doors, two charges required to break through an airlock door, three charges to destroy blast doors.]
Misc.
4 Units of Empty Data-slates [Value Estimate: 25 Credits per unit]
Crew Members
Lilian - Close Friend ; Your ship's head engineer and your closest friend, she has quite a temper but is otherwise somewhat kind (as kind as a blacksmith's daughter can be).
Granite - Close Friend ; Your ship's head of security and a childhood friend, he rarely speaks and is somewhat off putting at times but is one of the most loyal people you know (also the strongest).
Cain - Close Friend ; Your ship's pilot, he is perhaps the best hacker in this sector and an excellent pilot though he's of little use in anything that requires physical work. He jokes a lot, and is a rather outgoing person for the most part.
Acquaintances
Cyphus - Friendly ; An engineer of the station Gladius VIII, you first met him during your first salvage job after reaching said station and he seems friendly enough. Your not sure entirely who he is and get the feeling he is more then he shows.
Enemies
Who knows, people make enemies in the oddest ways ....
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