Chapter 1: Little Girl Lost

Your group has been together for about three months, having come together quite by chance, answering an ad for a crew to make a simple mail delivery. With this mundane assignment complete, you are in the starport of the planet Fureden in the Rudradase subsector, looking to drum up some business, perhaps a few passengers, or maybe a cargo run. You are about to retire to your berths for the night when Sylvia hears a sniffle. Turning, she sees a small human girl, about 10 years old, with reddish-blonde hair and red-rimmed ash-grey eyes. She has obviously been crying and even now seems on the verge of tears.

Sylvia raises her goggles over her head and kneels down so that she can talk to Rayshel face to face. She takes the badge in her hand and scrutinizes it. "You're a little young to be traveling all alone, don't you think?" She cocks her head to one side. "How about you run away with us? You can be a part of our space pirate crew."

Rayshel produces a holograph of her mother, an attractive blond woman of about 40 years of age. You quickly locate an Amanda Petersen whose image on file matches that of the holograph. Her address is down port, about 36 klicks from your position.

There is a number, but calling it elicits no results. There are no apparent news mentions of a lost girl, or of Michael or Amanda Petersen.

"Anyone want to split a cab?" Sylvia makes her way to the starport entrance and sticks out her thumb, trying to flag down a cab driver.

"How about we first talk to the guards if they have seen either the child or the mother and notify the starport personnel?", Aleksis states when the near the starport entrance, and with a shrug he adds, "Even if only to cover our behinds to prevent kidnapping charges later on."

With that said he looks around for the nearest security office and moves towards it.

"Say fellows", the former diplomat says as he nears a security office or group of guards, "Have seen this woman enter the starport?"

The security office is easily located. Security wants to take care of the child, but Rayshel refuses, breaking into tears when they try to separate her from you. Frustrated, they relent, releasing her into your care with the intent of seeing her returned home.