An idea springs to mind. "Engage stealth generators. Donnobaba, come with me to sweep this ship for bugs."
You begin to search the bridge and within 5 minutes you find a small recording box taped under the captains chair. "Ah." You say picking up the box and holding it close to your face. "I love you too Hermes you son of a bitch." you yell before plugging the bug with your pistol.
Donnobaba smirks. "It didn't have a transmitter. Whoever put that there must have been hoping we'd come back so he could collect it."
"I think Hermes put that their for his own benefit, not on the behalf of the Sons of Zeus." you declare. "We have a less than pleasant history together. I'm sure it's just personal." You pause for a second and turn back to Donnobaba "Why don't you copy the data on that disc onto something else and crack the copy."
The white Kobold nods. "I don't think there are any spare discs on board, and I don't want to risk my computer, so I'll just use the mainframe on one of the prototype stealth craft. I'll have your data in a couple minutes."
The hacker runs off towards the docking bay to use a stealth craft. You follow, to check in on Amethyst. You find the purple slime girl sitting with a stealth generator in her lap and looking at the tiger shark.
"That dosn't look like work to me." you comment.
"I'm thinking. This stealth generator is a bit smaller than the one your heavy fighter used to have. It wont be a good fit. I need to think of a way to secure it in place so it wont get blown off by a gentle solar breeze."
She pulls out her PC and flips a couple virtual pages. "I could try to weld together a support structure out of spare parts, but I don't have proper tools and I'd have to use my less than stable magical talents. I'm sure I'll come up with an idea that is less likely to literally explode in our faces in time though."
You pause to absorb the information and put together a response but you are quickly interrupted by Donnobaba. "I'm in! Lets see what this is exactly..." The hacker falls silent for about 30 seconds while you and Amethyst gather around the stealth craft to wait for the revealation. "Damn. Lots of medical and biological jargon. All I can understand is that the spreadsheets contains the results of some experiments performed in secret by the Sons of Zeus at a hospital in the Titan Pit neighborhood."
"I could try to decipher it. I'm sure I have a glossery of medical Jargon saved somewhere on my PC." Amethyst says eagerly. "Of course it would take me some time and I already have a project. If I were you I'd by some research assistant software and upload it to Athena and let her take a look. You should be able to purchase that kind of stuff on Outpost."
"I'll consider both those options." You respond. "Athena, request permission to land somewhere near the delivery zone. I'm going to drop this disc off now that we have a copy."
30 minutes later you enter the Bleak Future Germ Warfare Lab and ring the bell on the desk. The receptionist greets you and takes the disc before heading to the back and bringing out a breifcase full of credits.
"I got a call from Hades." The receptionist explains. "He says to give you his cut of the payment as well as your standard delivery fee. This contains 3 million credits. Don't spend it all in one place, unless you want to spend it here!"
You take the briefcase and nod. You know of several labs on outpost that could get you a new arm, and you are pretty sure 3 million will leave enough to buy some of the highly priced latest generation technology pedaled on outpost. You should also consider paying your crew and looking for another job.
Time to explore Outpost!Local Attractions:Bleak Future Germ Warfare Lab: A bioweapons lab with ties to the Sons of Zeus.
Center for the Research of the Black Arts: Foul magic is taught and toyed with here.
The Solar Center for Medical Research: An experimental hospital that offers limb regrowth therapy.
State of Mastro Military Research Center: Full of heavily armed soldiers and experimental weaponry that is not for sale.
Augmentation++ Mastro Center: You can get all sorts of modifactions to your body here, including mechanical arms.
Fallout Explosives: A facility that specializes in new ways to blow things up.
New Fauna Bioresearch Center: A biology lab and old client of yours. You know they partake in illegal gene splicing research.
The top three most wanted criminals in the State of Mastro are as follows:
-The white kobold general Wiskayou. This bounty is worth 1000000 credits
-Fios, leader of the Orbital Bastards. This bounty is worth 500000 credits
-Charlet Mannam, white collar criminal. This bounty is worth 250000 credits
Carried On Person:
Credits: x3001300
White Out medical bay jumpsuit: x1
Platinum Society membership card: x1
White Out standard 'Clicker' pistol: x1 -unlimited ammo
State of Mastro standard plasma rifle: x1 -charge pack full, currently inoperable
Plasma Sword: x1 -charge pack full, best used with two hands
Charlet's Class-A starter chip: x1
Carried by Donnobaba Cheesewisker:
White Kobold Starnavy military uniform: x1
Dogtags: x1
White Out standard 'Clicker' pistol: x1 -unlimited ammo
White Kobold Starnavy standard issue shock-dagger: x1
Tablet PC: x1
Carried by Spritz Yudrlefly:
Visectoid street clothes: x1
Visectoid chastity enforcer: x1
Can of 'Soaked' brand cockpit humidor spray: x1
Small Pistol: x4 -100 rounds, Spritz has 4 arm slots (6 while flying with his wings)
Carried by Amethyst:
Mage's assistant PC: x1
Small collaspable cauldron: x1
Mechanics tool box: x1
Disc of mechanical texts and reference charts: x1
Disc labled 'Encyclopedia of Novice Level Spells': x1
Stored aboard your flagship:
Daily Rations: x27
Forensics lab conversion kit: x1
Surveilence lab conversion kit: x1 -in use
Prototype surveillance craft starter chip: x2
Spare prototype surveillance craft parts: x25
Ammo production machine: x1
Large steel cubes: x3
White Out standard 'Clicker' pistol: x6 -unlimited ammo
State of Mastro standard plasma rifle: x7 -charge pack full
Plasma Sword: x7 -charge pack full
Known Objects:
The Sun: As it is in many human controlled systems, the residents refer to their star by this name
Nhil: This otherwise lifeless rock is home to the headquarters of White Out and varous other top secret locations run by the state
Spew: The industrial heartland of the State of Mastro
Sparta: The military headquarters of the State of Mastro
Kumonori: The agricultural heartland of the state of Mastro. Capable of supporting life naturally
Resident: The moons around this small gas giant are home to the State of Mastro's middle class population
Slick: An icy planet that constantly spawns space amoebas which the locals love to hunt. Sister planet of Splick
Splick: An icy planet that constantly spawns space amoebas which the locals love to hunt. Sister planet of Slick
Mastro: The moons around this Gas Giant are considered the capitol of the State of Mastro
Queen-Anne: The moons around this Gas Giant are home to the piracy, smuggling, and vice industries
Skids: The moons around this Gas Giant are home to the poor and non-human population of the State of Mastro
Outpost: Many scientific and several magical labs dot this remote rock
Garbhoulla: A remote iceball that spawns fearsome and massive space amoebas and other monstrous things
Fritz: A remote iceball where the invading White Kobold Starnavy has set up shop
You can fly to any location in this system in under a day.
Mannam Financial Solutions: A company that dose accounting and money laundering. They are on excellent terms with you. You can access their private frequencies.
The Platinum Society: A pan-galactic society of the rich and powerful. You are a member of this group and are generally on good terms with it. You have some enemies within this group. You can access their private frequencies.
The State of Mastro: The local system wide government. You are wanted by this group. You can contact them on public frequencies.
The White Kobold Starnavy: An invading faction of small rodent people. You are on good terms with this group and have a party member who is a member of this group. You can contact them on public frequencies.
The Son's of Zeus: A prominent local gang of thugs and petty criminals. You are on good terms with this group. You can access their private frequencies.
Orbital Bastards: A prominent local gang of thugs and petty criminals. This group wants you dead! You cannot contact this group.
Royal Shipping and Acquisition: A group of smugglers and pirates who work in several nearby systems. You are on fair terms with this group. You can contact them on public frequencies.
Flagship: The Tettix
Assets - Living Quarters (4/8), Brig (0/2), Surveillance Lab, Bridge, Docking Bay (4/6), Medical Bay (0/3), Surgical Tractor Beam, Towing Tractor Beam, Front Mounted Cannon, Class 3 Stealth Generator
Hull Integrity: 100%
Current Issue 1 - Comp protection box has been destroyed. The Tettix is vulnerable to cyber attack (But protected by Donnobaba)
x1 Prototype surveillance craft: Stolen from White Out. Military grade maneuverability, high acceleration, military grade top speed, high armor, unarmed, equipped with cameras and spy drones. Hull integrity: 100%. Has strange research data on it's mainframe.
x1 Butchered surveillance craft: Stolen from White Out. Military grade maneuverability, high acceleration, military grade top speed, high armor, unarmed, equiped with cameras and spy drones. Hull integrity: 97%. Is missing it's stealth generator.
x1 Tiger Shark: A heavy fighter. Low maneuverability, low acceleration, high top speed, military grade armor, equipped with short ranged laser effective against most targets. Hull integrity: 82%
x1 Class-A: Converted luxury sportscraft. High maneuverability, very high acceleration, high top speed, low armor, weapons most effective against larger ships. Hull integrity: 100%. Claimed by Charlet.
Charlet Mannam: The current player character. You are a human space pirate, accountant, and ex corporate officer. You are skilled at flying small crafts. You are missing an arm.
Donnobaba Cheesewisker: A small humanoid creature covered in fluffy white fur with ears, tail, and snout resembling that of a lab mouse. Donnobaba is a Hacker currently enlisted in the White Kobold Starnavy. She is skilled at hacking, sneaking, and mechanical sabotage. She is healthy. You are not quite sure how loyal she is...
Spritz Yudrlefly: A flying insect-like humanoid with wings, 6 limbs, coumpound eyes, and an exoskeleton. Spritz has spent his entire life so far with his controling mother, and has little in the way of self confidence. He dabbles in flying small craft, cooking, and preparing drinks. You doubt he has the balls to rebel against you.
Amethyst: A sentient purple slime with the natural shape of a humanoid female. You know little about her except that she spends whatever free time she has reading non-fiction skill books. She dabbles in mechanics, necromancy, fire magic, and ice magic. You don't know her well enough to gauge her loyalty.
Athena: A disembodied AI who is currently running your flagship. Her main directives are to create profit for Charlet and to successfully launder dirty money. She has software installed to aid her in battle assistance, financial work, and large ship operation.
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