"Alright let us head to this meeting Cyphus, Granite, Lilian take the deckhands on and prep the ship for transporting people, and battle if we must enter it. Ensure that any last minute repairs possible are done, and get the men armed with what weapons we have, we have a job to do."You say as you split away from the group with Cyphus and his guards, while your crew heads for the closest door Cyphus leads you towards a pair of rusty looking airlocks far in the back of the repair bay. You pass dozens of workers as they work frantically at repairing the damaged freighter, some go about welding heavy metal plates in place over the damage done by the Scavs, while the rest take pick and drill and laser to the asteroid lodged in the ship's airlock.
'Do they actually intend to save that before the Marauders reach this place?' you think as the first set of blast doors hisses open before you, taking a step inside you notice out of the corner of your eye as more men come streaming in carrying crates, fuel canisters, and ... and even weapons. Sometimes sacrifices are necessary ...
With that you turn away from the men in the repair bay, and the doors snap shut behind you concealing what you can only think to be martyrs. Pushing those thoughts aside you focus on the task at hand, and after a few more moments of walking you come to a door with four miners wielding near pristine condition laser rifles. As they see you approach one of them gives a nod to Cyphus as he says,
"Cyphus good to see ya' the others are in there planning what to do along with every captain who has a ship stationed in the dock they could get, they've been waiting for ya."
He smiles back, thanks the man for his words, and signals for the twins to stay outside as you follow him into the room gaining a few odd glances from the guards to either side of the door. The room you enter is rather spacious with the gritty metal walls of the earlier hallways replaced by smooth black rock, a half circle of tiered seats rises before you with a large holo-display in the very center of the room itself. Gathered around the table are about a dozen men, roughly half of them have pale white beards and little to no hair yet still bear a body befitting a miner.
The rest of them are an assortment of people, one of them even being the blue skinned, bald, and three-eyed race of
Telminars who have been rumored to have gone into exile in the temples of their worlds. As you enter the room all talk falls to silence and you find all eyes on you and Cyphus as you walk to the edge of the holodisplay nearest the door, you make note of the fact that the
Telminar keeps his gaze focused on you the entire time. Cyphus is the first to break the silence,
"This man here is one John Roberts, Captain of the
Lazarus and the reason we even knew about the Warhost that is bearing down on us as we speak, he's even volunteered to help with the evacuation process. Of course such a fine man deserves payment for the job and helping us eva..."
Cyphus is suddenly cut-off as one of the old miners breaks in cursing, even reaching for the gun at his waist as he speaks,
"Lives are at stake and the bastard has the nerve to ask for payment, I'll give you payment in form of a damn bullet in the middle of your worthless skull if that's what you want."
With that the man pulls the pistol from its holster and goes to aim it for your hand until suddenly one of the other miners, the one who seems to be the oldest as he has to use the holo-display as support, puts his hand across the top of the gun and pushes it back down. Everyone stands still, and the room fills with silence as the wait for the man to speak however he remains staring at the holo-display which now shows a red blip moving on the edge of it towards the center where a blue blip represents the station itself. When you move to break the silence yourself the grizzled miner speaks up,
"Fine, we will pay you for the job and your assistance in evacuating the people, five hundred credits up front along with the pay for the job and then three hundred when the evacuation is over. However the evacuation will not end until our people safely arrive at the destination so you must come along with the rest of the ships that leave and help escort us to the nearby UM occupied planet of
Polaris. Does this sound acceptable?"
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 ....
Sorry if my updates seem a bit rushed at points, I'm trying to keep from writing out massive wall of text updates as best I can. Also thank you guys for supporting and playing the game, so far its been alot of fun to write
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