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Norta

Esidrix

Sep 12, 2024 3:30 pm
You've spent the last couple days relaxing on Iso-one, enjoying the spartan hospitality that a black market tech ship offers. Norta, the Rodian manager of the station approaches your table and slides into a chair.

"Ken, I have to say, it's been a lot more interesting since you started working with us. I was doing some research on your request for a stealth field. I'm sure you know the current stuff on the market just barely works. It's too fragile for real combat and can't cope with the noise levels of real armor. But every now and again, you hear about someone that's dug up some antique stealth field that's the real item. Full invisibility and total silence. The last one we've heard about came out of the Corporate Sector, or rather the region just beyond it. There's a half-dozen planets on the edge of the Corporate Sector inhabited by the Ocsin. One of the planets, Ocsin, is known as a jumping off place for wild space. The Ocsin have scouts that routinely travel out and find or rather, re-find old worlds. Rumor has it, that a place called Fananeen has some kind of cache of old tech. I'm giving you this info, in case your interested in checking it out. If it pans out, we'll buy anything extra you bring back. Oh, and from that 'pirate salvage' you guys brought in a couple weeks ago, here's 15k. He lays a cred chip on the table.

Norta
Sep 13, 2024 1:48 am
OOC:
We got 5,000 at the end of the last session, plus 15,000 now. Was that 5,000 for all of us to split, or was it 5,000 each? Just trying to make sure Creds' has his creds right.
Sep 13, 2024 1:06 pm
OOC:
The 5,000 at the end of the mission was each. The 15,000 was from loot they brought in during the mission before you joined. It was supposed to be split 3 ways, but the other player wandered off.
Sep 13, 2024 1:35 pm
OOC:
Ah, gotcha. So Creds won't expect to take a cut of that.
"Fananeen, huh? I expect you'd find a buyer for any other tech you brought back." He gestures toward the cred chip. "Might be even more of that if you maybe had someone on board who specializes in buying and selling. By someone, I mean yours truly, of course."
OOC:
We haven't established a longer-term relationship yet beyond the first mission, so trying to establish one now.
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Sep 14, 2024 11:08 am
Ken is trying his hardest to look indifferent to the suggestion. 'Oh, thanks Norta, we might think about that...' He's clearly chafing to head off at once after the elusive stealth field but manages to raise one leg against a bench and place a hand on his hip. 'Sounds interesting guys, you fancy going after some antique tech in the Corporate Sector?' He picks up the cred chip and tosses it in the air. 'Could be lucrative, and with your help Creds maybe even more than that...' He snatches the chip out of the air and slams it back down on the table. Anyone looking closely can see he's breathing more rapidly than normal. He's excited, he really wants a stealth field - I'd be legendary with something like that!
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Sep 14, 2024 5:15 pm
"I do not think I can pass up such an opportunity! New and upgraded tech options, credits, new locations. Is there a downside we are not being told about?" AD-hoc says with all the excitement that Ken was hiding
Sep 17, 2024 9:32 pm
'Presumably everyone else who wants all that old tech and is willing to kill for it,' Ken says to AD-hoc. 'Unless we blast them first.'
Sep 17, 2024 9:53 pm
"Ah, so someone in our group will likely be shot at again"
Sep 17, 2024 11:19 pm
"I may need to do some shopping for some, ahem, thicker duds."
Sep 18, 2024 8:16 am
Listening to the conversation with feint disinterest Zailor leans in 'Getting shot at, huh? I would not be opposed to such a notion. As long as we can soot back this time around.
Sep 18, 2024 12:32 pm
OOC:
Sounds like we're moving forward. Let me know any shopping/prep/research you want to do.
Sep 18, 2024 4:45 pm
"Will we have to go in to wildspace to get to Fananeen?" AD-hoc ask
OOC:
ready to go, but I'm in no rush if someone else needs to do anything
Sep 18, 2024 6:13 pm
OOC:
Are we still on Lianna? Just wondering whether Rarity is in our favor, here, or if it makes sense to shop on the destination world (Ocsin?).
Sep 18, 2024 8:55 pm
Ken draws his custom blaster and gives it a spin. 'Shoot first, ask questions later, that's my motto.'
OOC:
Ken's no research nerd but he'd check out the likely planetary conditions where we're going, atmosphere etc. He's still a Rodian - and that means he's a hunter at heart.
Sep 19, 2024 2:37 am
OOC:
You left Lianna, your on a Spaceship called 'Iso-One'. It's a mobile research and 'sales' ship for Iso-Tech. Rarity and legality are less than rigorous here. So, there's a chance you can find quite a bit before you leave. Also, there's a number of planets between you and Corporate Sector space. For a 'guideline', anything between Lianna (point of reference only) and the Corporate sector would be a valid stopping point.
Sep 30, 2024 12:37 pm
Checking the starcharts Ken finds that Fananeen isn't listed anywhere. Ocsin, the other planet Norta mentioned is right on the edge of known Corporate Sector space. Formally part of the Farana region, a small group of planets inhabited by the Ocsinin people. It was recently annexed by the CSA but is still known as a location for 'jumping off' into wild space.
Oct 1, 2024 8:06 pm
'Do we know what to expect from the Ocsinin and Wild Space?' Ken's brow is deeply furrowed from the effort of trawling his brain for anything he's heard. 'Nothing good I imagine.'
OOC:
Got nothing in Xenology or Outer Rim

Rolls

INT roll

2 Advantage, 2 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Failure, 1 Advantage

Oct 2, 2024 2:47 am
OOC:
Shopping...

Creds buys:

Comlink for 25 (Rarit 0, no roll)
Surveyor's Bag for 50 (Rarity 0, no roll)
Mercantiler's Datapad for 250
Cultural Etiquette Manuel for 31 (2 extra successes = 10% off)
Armor Inserts for 405 (10% discount for 2 successes)
BPEA Cascader for 1350 (25% off for 5 successes)
Defender Sporting Blaster Pistol (stun only model) for 244 (25% off for 5 successes)

He couldn't find the coveted H-7 Equalizer Pistol he wanted, alas.

3 Threat left over for the GM.
Last edited October 2, 2024 3:03 am

Rolls

Negotiation (Mercantiler's Datapad - Rarity 3)

1 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage

Negotiation (Cultural Etiquette Manual: Ocsinin) (Rarity 3)

2 Success, 4 Advantage, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Success, 3 Advantage

Armor Inserts (Rarity 3)

4 Success, 4 Advantage, 2 Failure

Total: 2 Success, 4 Advantage

BPEA-1A Cascader (Rarity 8!)

5 Success, 5 Advantage, 4 Threat

Total: 5 Success, 1 Advantage

H-7 Equalizer Blaster Pistol (Stun Only Model) (Rarity 8!)

3 Success, 1 Advantage, 3 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 1 Threat

Defender Sporting Blaster Pistol (Stun Only Model) (Rarity 5)

6 Success, 1 Advantage, 1 Failure, 4 Threat

Total: 5 Success, 3 Threat

Oct 14, 2024 1:40 pm
OOC:
Does everyone have their gear and are we ready to go - Somewhere? If you're following the lead, it's to Ocsin to look for information on how to get to Fananeen.
Oct 14, 2024 3:17 pm
OOC:
I think ChrSch is still hoping for a new sidearm, but I don't want shopping to bog us down anymore! If it's OK, we can figure out what gun he gets in the OOC and move on with the story. It won't be pertinent until we start shooting anyway.
Creds furrows his jowls. "You heard of it, Hockey?" he asks AD-HOC.
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