Stray Dogs Episode 3 - Day of Freedom

While checking in with the crime lord Jorbo, whom the crew of the Ronin are in servitude to for the purchase of their ship, they encounter a desperate miner who has a job for them - Rescue some imprisoned miners held in slavery by what are believed to be forces of the Mazuran Empire - in a section of space deemed neutral territory by the peace treaty between the Empire and the League of Free Worlds.

The crew of the Ronin are to land on the windy, dusty planet of Tarnara and make their way to a mining colony. There they will find a group of enslaved miners and their well armed and armored captors. The mine produces talium, a volatile substance used in the making of fuels and explosives.

There are 4 mine shafts, each protected by a barracks, one miner billet, a storage facility, an HQ (including subspace radio array) and even a tavern on the premises.

Tchok sits and waits patiently, patting Soupy's head.

Kalerik finds a gully that the Ronin will fit snugly into and sets her down. The ship's front view port makes it clear that Tarnara is indeed a dark, dusty, windy place. The winds whip through the canyon leading out of the gully. Sensors show that the air is breathable, but the particle count is high, making a breathing mask or wrapping and goggles a good idea.

The wind is filled with bits of sand and dirt, it stings any exposed flesh a bit (no game effect) but you are able to walk. If you don't have communicators you'll have to yell to hear each other (especially within breath masks). You can see the lights of the mining colony to the North East... the ravine ahead should take you in the right direction.

S'skaar finds a scrambled comms channel. There is occasional chatter on it, but he can't make it out. After a while, he seems to have found a channel not being used, suitable for communication.

Kalerik looks around and sees a bit of scrub here and there (Please make a MND+IN check, too)

Kalrik finds some fairly large tracks that could be insectoid in nature. If he had to guess they'd be the size of a large dog.

OK, what is your marching order/ Who's in front, etc?

The group makes its way through the winding ravine. There's little to see other than rock and dust. Finally, it spills out onto a rockcrete paved courtyard. There are three buildings and a service vehicle, along with misc. drums and barrels. There is no sign of anyone outside.

MAP

M3 is definitely an entrance into the mine.

Q2 is clad in thick rockcrete with gun ports on the blast doors. Atop is a landing pad (H)

B3 is a shanty looking barracks type building.

There are two tracked vehicles and one pickup truck type wheeled vehicle.

Tchok looks to see if there's any recent tracks or obvious signs that the machines are in working order if needed.

Can't see any tracks but from this distance they look ok.

The group carefully makes their way into the courtyard, using cover where possible. The door to the mine shaft is sealed. There is a palm scanner beside the door. Perhaps they do not run shifts of workers in the evening?

The bulkhead door opens, revealing a roughly 3m by 3m elevator platform. There is a control panel on the platform as well as one on the inside wall of the mine shaft.

Please roll a perception check

Perception check

Hotwire, always technologically focused, sees a security camera on the ceiling in the far corner.

It's aimed at the door, so most likely Hotwire was on camera already. He moves underneath it. There are some wires going into the wall directly beneath it. but it would be a bit of a stretch for him to reach.