CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned

May I suggest, that if we are planning on going back to the ship. We should observe it carefully. I have a feeling that there will be some unwelcome guest awaiting us. We must draw our enemies out into the open. So I recommend that once we learn what we can from lissia, we seek out fleash crawler. It might even be advisable that we use the warehouse we just left as a tempory hiding spot.

he's almost for certain that going back to ship would be a trap of some sort and he didn't want to poke his head into that nest of vipers.

Krosus looks out the windows hoping to catch sight of the traitor.

Lexi frowned as the message played. "I don't like this, at all. Why are we just now getting the message? Either way, if we don't go back to the ship, I think we raise more suspicion from those that are trying to pull our strings. I think we go, but we go in hard and hot. Treat it like a combat insertion of some sort. Only until we can confirm that Lissewa is safe an this 'guest' holds no threat." she said, setting a course for their ship. Obviously, Krosus, we will observe a bit before we go in blazing. As much as possible. But when we go, we go quickly.

Why didn't she try pinging us at all before this? Radio silence is rarely good.

"Agreed, I do not like this one bit. Although if this is somehow actually genuine, it would save us a bit of hassle."

As Lexi drove the ECUL towards the spaceport, Tajanna again tried pinging for Lissi's transponder frequency, because the information could still possibly prove useful, and because Tajanna had nothing else to occupy to time with while Lexi brought the ECUL in.

If this is not a trap, why is Lissi only now contacting us, and with only such vague information? And if it is a trap, I would have expected a less suspicious message, like mentioning that she lost her comlink or something.

"Hey, could someone try replying to Lissi's message? Maybe ask why she hasn't contacted us until now or something?"

Krosus takes Tajanna's advice and responds back to Lissi's message on his comlink. How nice to hear from you Lissi. Can you give us any details about what happened to you after you left our company? You had us all worried when we couldn't reach you.

He wanted cough up bile after that last sentence of false centimince. It was obvious the little traitor was leading them straight into a trap, but this time he would not be the bug. Lissi was inviting the spiders to dinner.