The gruff miner takes a swig of his drink and wipes his mouth with his arm. "Out in Voidspace
OOC:
The 'fringe' / more lawless area of space
there is a planet named Tarnara. It's a dusty, wind blasted rock of a planet, with hardly any native life, outside of borer worms. But Tarnara is a jewel to some, because it is filled with Talium
OOC:
The raw material that goes into making space ship fuel and some explosives
. Back during the war, there was a mining complex owned by the Mazura Empire. During the cease-fire, the Empire was forced out of Voidspace.
The mines on Tarnara came under the control of the Genngrol Mining Company. Genngrol has been recruiting miners from all over Voidspace, promising good pay and benefits for hard work. The thing is, everyone who agrees and is taken to Tarnara disappears and is never heard from again.
Genngrol's mine security is extremely tight. Only ships allowed in or our are theirs. In a recent shipment of Talium, one barrel didn't hold the explosive liquid, it held a miner. He was dead, probably suffocated or starved, but you could tell he was weak and malnourished. He had whip marks on his back. They are treating them like slaves. I think Genngrol is a front for the Empire, who are breaking the cease-fire agreement indirectly by operating this mine in Voidspace.
I don't care about the politics, you can't expect the Empire to lay on its back for too long. What I do care about are the lives of those miners, 30 or so I'd say are there. I want someone to rescue them, and if the mining operation gets taken down, all the better.
Are you game?"