Transport WTF5309 - Revision history

Johnm: /* X */

2020-01-19T15:55:42Z

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	As the team considers next steps, minutes later, crew members a mile away start yelling into the comm about "shots fired, man down".		As the team considers next steps, minutes later, crew members a mile away start yelling into the comm about "shots fired, man down".

	=== X ===		=== Enslavement, Emancipation ===

	Suddenly, the docking bay closes, locks, and begins venting air to space. The team suits up and considers options. Attempts to override the lock electronically or mechanically fail.		Suddenly, the docking bay closes, locks, and begins venting air to space. The team suits up and considers options. Attempts to override the lock electronically or mechanically fail.

	Oxana herself appears on a monitor		Oxana herself appears on a monitor and claims to be on a UN-sanction classified salvage mission. She suggests the team may be imprisoned or executed for interference, even treason.

	~~attempted hack~~, ~~lockpick~~, ~~attemped mechanical breach -- failure~~.		[[Jonny Stone]] tries to negotiate, offering up details of the team's skill inventory. He also discovers anomalies in the Destination Eternity's security grid. It's been altered, but it's not clear how.

	Oxana ~~says~~, ~~classified mission, treason~~.		Oxana logs out and waits as the room drops to zero air and the team begins using their reserves. One by one, they pass out from lack of oxygen.

	~~No air~~, ~~pass out~~. ~~Wake up in cave. 21 hunted by Biff and Chuck~~.		[[21]] awakens, cold and naked and on a leash. Two leather-clad goons, one of whom has a long rifle, intend to hunt him for sport.

	~~Fiona & Jonny concoct a scheme~~ to ~~create a small dirty bomb~~.		The rest of the team awakens cold and nearly naked, underground. They are soon herded to the mines below, where dozens of enslaved settlers use carbon-fiber instruments to scrape radioactive ore from tiny veins in the rocks.

	~~21 drives~~ the ~~dozer into~~ the ~~pit, badly injured~~. ~~Climbs out and is blown away by Biff and Chuck~~.		But [[Jack Burton]] refuses to descend. A confrontation ends badly for him, with a blaster burn to the center of his chest. He succumbs to the injury and awakens later inside a sophisticated medical bay. Evidently his skills - or reputation - are worth something to Oxana.

	~~Jack makes~~ a ~~move~~, ~~gets blasted. He~~'~~s taken back to Destination for medbot. Makes another move~~, ~~has accomplices, takes over~~ the ~~shuttle~~. ~~Fries~~ the ~~goons on~~ the ~~surface with engine flare~~.		Meanwhile on the surface, 21 is trying to escape assassination, and, after a series of close calls, requisitions a mining 'dozer and runs it off a cliff into the mine, crushing some thugs below but badly injuring himself in the process. He escapes the pit, only to be blasted to bits by the hunter's powerful rifle.

	~~Dirty bomb below~~, and ~~survivors load~~ onto the shuttle...		Over days, the rest of the team labors in the mines, giving Jonny and Fiona time to design and implement a small explosive device.

			Once Jack's injuries are sufficiently healed by the flesh-reconstruction bot, he is herded with another crop of awakened settlers towards the shuttle bay. Sensing an opportunity, he struggles with one of Oxana's goons, eventually overcoming him with the assistance of a few settlers willing to help. Back in his element, Jack loads into the shuttle and heads for the surface.

			On approach, he deftly vents the shuttle's afterburners upon a group of goons, blowing their charred husks into the pit. The violent gusts of dust and smoke within the mine create a perfect moment for the distraction of Jonny & Fiona's dirty bomb.

			The team loads onto the shuttle with as many surviving settlers as can make it, and heads back to orbit...

Johnm: /* X */

2020-01-19T15:39:38Z

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	=== X ===		=== X ===

	~~Losing~~ air. ~~suit~~ up.		Suddenly, the docking bay closes, locks, and begins venting air to space. The team suits up and considers options. Attempts to override the lock electronically or mechanically fail.

			Oxana herself appears on a monitor

	attempted hack, lockpick, attemped mechanical breach -- failure.		attempted hack, lockpick, attemped mechanical breach -- failure.

Johnm: /* Infiltration */

2020-01-13T15:37:38Z

Infiltration

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 They tangle with one of Oxana's goons, killing him and seizing his military blaster. They rendezvous on the bridge, where one ornate station labeled "GOD" is dark but for small blinking light that references deck coordinates. A quick check of schematics indicates it's the central data processing core, a room filled with supercomputers. Upon arrival, one of the supercomputers has evidently exploded or been bombed in some way. Debris and stains of smoke litter the area. GOD is dead.
-A scheme is concocted in which the WTF5309 is discarded and the team takes possession of both the Destnation and Oxana's ship, the [[Jade Arrow]]. The (NPC) crew is directed to file aboard.
+A scheme is concocted in which the WTF5309 is discarded and the team takes possession of both the Destination and Oxana's ship, the [[Jade Arrow]]. The (NPC) crew is directed to file aboard.
 The team makes their way to the airlock to which she is docked. Everything's wide open, but there are some thugs playing cards at the entrance. Shots are fired, one goon drops, but the airlock is now shut. Noises consistent with the ship undocking are heard.
 As the team considers next steps, minutes later, crew members a mile away start yelling into the comm about "shots fired, man down".

Johnm: /* Infiltration */

2020-01-12T18:19:30Z

Infiltration

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	=== Infiltration ===		=== Infiltration ===
	[[Image:~~OxanaKavorkian~~.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Oxana Kavorkian]]]]		[[Image:Oxana.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Oxana Kavorkian]]]]
	Still millions of miles from the ghost ship, sensors detect a 2-meter object lazily drifting in their direction and emitting a signal. It turns out to be a man, frozen solid in deep space, wearing nothing but a synthetic bodysuit. And he's been shot through with a military blaster.		Still millions of miles from the ghost ship, sensors detect a 2-meter object lazily drifting in their direction and emitting a signal. It turns out to be a man, frozen solid in deep space, wearing nothing but a synthetic bodysuit. And he's been shot through with a military blaster.

Johnm: /* Infiltration */

2020-01-12T18:19:11Z

Infiltration

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			[[Image:OxanaKavorkian.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Oxana Kavorkian]]]]
	Still millions of miles from the ghost ship, sensors detect a 2-meter object lazily drifting in their direction and emitting a signal. It turns out to be a man, frozen solid in deep space, wearing nothing but a synthetic bodysuit. And he's been shot through with a military blaster.		Still millions of miles from the ghost ship, sensors detect a 2-meter object lazily drifting in their direction and emitting a signal. It turns out to be a man, frozen solid in deep space, wearing nothing but a synthetic bodysuit. And he's been shot through with a military blaster.

Johnm: /* Infiltration */

2020-01-12T16:24:37Z

Infiltration

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	Oxana's ship is docked against the Destination Eternity and fitted with a military railgun. Nevertheless, the team flies the WTF5309 to the far side of the Destination Eternity, docks, breaks through the mile-long vessel's security, and Rutherford Hayes, Jonny Stone, 21, and Jack Burton board, using historic schematics that seem mostly accurate. The ship holds huge warehouses of construction and mining equipment, and much more.		Oxana's ship is docked against the Destination Eternity and fitted with a military railgun. Nevertheless, the team flies the WTF5309 to the far side of the Destination Eternity, docks, breaks through the mile-long vessel's security, and Rutherford Hayes, Jonny Stone, 21, and Jack Burton board, using historic schematics that seem mostly accurate. The ship holds huge warehouses of construction and mining equipment, and much more.

	They pass through one of several vast biostasis chambers and deduce that many of the thousands of suspended passengers are dead ~~are~~ dying in their pods.		They pass through one of several vast biostasis chambers and deduce that many of the thousands of suspended passengers are dead or dying in their pods.

	They tangle with one of Oxana's goons, killing him and seizing his military blaster. They rendezvous on the bridge, where one ornate station labeled "GOD" is dark but for small blinking light that references deck coordinates. A quick check of schematics indicates it's the central data processing core, a room filled with supercomputers. Upon arrival, one of the supercomputers has evidently exploded or been bombed in some way. Debris and stains of smoke litter the area. GOD~~, apparently,~~ is dead.		They tangle with one of Oxana's goons, killing him and seizing his military blaster. They rendezvous on the bridge, where one ornate station labeled "GOD" is dark but for small blinking light that references deck coordinates. A quick check of schematics indicates it's the central data processing core, a room filled with supercomputers. Upon arrival, one of the supercomputers has evidently exploded or been bombed in some way. Debris and stains of smoke litter the area. GOD is dead.

	A scheme is concocted in which the WTF5309 is discarded and the team takes possession of both the Destnation and Oxana's ship, the [[Jade Arrow]]. The (NPC) crew is directed to file aboard.		A scheme is concocted in which the WTF5309 is discarded and the team takes possession of both the Destnation and Oxana's ship, the [[Jade Arrow]]. The (NPC) crew is directed to file aboard.
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	The team makes their way to the airlock to which she is docked. Everything's wide open, but there are some thugs playing cards at the entrance. Shots are fired, one goon drops, but the airlock is now shut. Noises consistent with the ship undocking are heard.		The team makes their way to the airlock to which she is docked. Everything's wide open, but there are some thugs playing cards at the entrance. Shots are fired, one goon drops, but the airlock is now shut. Noises consistent with the ship undocking are heard.

	As the team considers next steps, minutes later, crew members a mile away start yelling into the comm about "shots fired, man down"~~. Evidently, the Jade Arrow has docked elsewhere..~~.		As the team considers next steps, minutes later, crew members a mile away start yelling into the comm about "shots fired, man down".

Johnm: /* Breakin the Law */

2019-11-19T22:54:34Z

Breakin the Law

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	With that, the WTF5309 peels away from the Dolphin and Station XXX and heads for a previously detected "ghost ship", a heavy transport believed lost more than twenty years ago...		With that, the WTF5309 peels away from the Dolphin and Station XXX and heads for a previously detected "ghost ship", a heavy transport believed lost more than twenty years ago...

			=== Infiltration ===

			Still millions of miles from the ghost ship, sensors detect a 2-meter object lazily drifting in their direction and emitting a signal. It turns out to be a man, frozen solid in deep space, wearing nothing but a synthetic bodysuit. And he's been shot through with a military blaster.

			The signal is coming from the deceased's bionic eyes. Over hours [[Jonny Stone]] hacks the eyeballs' firewall and snags a bit of video - the last few seconds of the gentleman's life, standing in an enormous biostasis chamber, confronted by [[Oxana Kavorkian]], who kills him remorselessly. Further research determines that the [[Destination Eternity]] (the ghost ship) carried some 5000 pilgrims who worshiped an AI superintelligence they called Metatron, which had created a complete set of laws customs, and cultural traditions for them to implement in another solar system. Clearly, they never made it.

			Hundreds of thousands of miles away, the team detects a shuttle leaving the crusty moon [[Gamma 33]], headed for the Destination Eternity.

			The team maneuvers the [[WTF5309]] to the far side of the moon to consider their options. A mining scan assesses that the moon has a thin but breathable atmosphere, but is mildly radioactive, and the specific berkelium isotope is one mentioned in science literature as being useful in military experiments in classified stealth technology.

			Oxana's ship is docked against the Destination Eternity and fitted with a military railgun. Nevertheless, the team flies the WTF5309 to the far side of the Destination Eternity, docks, breaks through the mile-long vessel's security, and Rutherford Hayes, Jonny Stone, 21, and Jack Burton board, using historic schematics that seem mostly accurate. The ship holds huge warehouses of construction and mining equipment, and much more.

			They pass through one of several vast biostasis chambers and deduce that many of the thousands of suspended passengers are dead are dying in their pods.

			They tangle with one of Oxana's goons, killing him and seizing his military blaster. They rendezvous on the bridge, where one ornate station labeled "GOD" is dark but for small blinking light that references deck coordinates. A quick check of schematics indicates it's the central data processing core, a room filled with supercomputers. Upon arrival, one of the supercomputers has evidently exploded or been bombed in some way. Debris and stains of smoke litter the area. GOD, apparently, is dead.

			A scheme is concocted in which the WTF5309 is discarded and the team takes possession of both the Destnation and Oxana's ship, the [[Jade Arrow]]. The (NPC) crew is directed to file aboard.

			The team makes their way to the airlock to which she is docked. Everything's wide open, but there are some thugs playing cards at the entrance. Shots are fired, one goon drops, but the airlock is now shut. Noises consistent with the ship undocking are heard.

			As the team considers next steps, minutes later, crew members a mile away start yelling into the comm about "shots fired, man down". Evidently, the Jade Arrow has docked elsewhere...

Johnm: /* Just a Fuel Stop */

2019-11-10T14:42:48Z

Just a Fuel Stop

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	=== Just a Fuel Stop ===		=== Just a Fuel Stop ===
	[[Image:21.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[21]]]]		[[Image:21.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[21]]]]
	[[Image:JonnyStone.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~300px~~\|[[Jonny Stone]]]]		[[Image:JonnyStone.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Jonny Stone]]]]
	On a remote mining moon bathed in whipping winds and clinging dust, the WTF5309 team stops to spend the last of their cash on fuel rods.		On a remote mining moon bathed in whipping winds and clinging dust, the WTF5309 team stops to spend the last of their cash on fuel rods.
	Whilst lugging the 80-lb cases back to the ship, an explosion rocks the urban streets, and debris falls all around.		Whilst lugging the 80-lb cases back to the ship, an explosion rocks the urban streets, and debris falls all around.

Johnm: /* What Happened */

2019-11-10T14:42:33Z

What Happened

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	=== Just a Fuel Stop ===		=== Just a Fuel Stop ===
	[[Image:21.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~300px~~\|[[21]]]]		[[Image:21.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[21]]]]
	[[Image:JonnyStone.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|[[Jonny Stone]]]]		[[Image:JonnyStone.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|[[Jonny Stone]]]]
	On a remote mining moon bathed in whipping winds and clinging dust, the WTF5309 team stops to spend the last of their cash on fuel rods.		On a remote mining moon bathed in whipping winds and clinging dust, the WTF5309 team stops to spend the last of their cash on fuel rods.
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	=== Breakin the Law ===		=== Breakin the Law ===
	[[Image:JackBurton.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~300px~~\|[[Jack Burton]]]]		[[Image:JackBurton.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Jack Burton]]]]
	[[Image:FionaFyre.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~300px~~\|[[Fiona Fyre]]]]		[[Image:FionaFyre.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Fiona Fyre]]]]
	Shortly after leaving atmo, the [[WTF5309]] is hailed. Debate ensues as Jack zigs and zags. [[21]] settles the issue by accepting the call.		Shortly after leaving atmo, the [[WTF5309]] is hailed. Debate ensues as Jack zigs and zags. [[21]] settles the issue by accepting the call.

Johnm: /* Your Team & Vessel */

2019-10-21T19:26:18Z

Your Team & Vessel

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	You are part of the crew on '''WTF5309''', a small cargo shuttle capable of travel throughout the inhabited Eridani system. Like many other vessels, yours is part of the gray-market/bounty hunter ecosystem. As a group, you might be considered "chaotic good", not caring much for the laws and regulations of the UN, but generally hewing to principles of justice and fairness -- as long as you can make a buck in the process. (You'd rather collect a bounty on a slave trader than make the same money buying and selling slaves, for example.)		You are part of the crew on '''[[WTF5309]]''', a small cargo shuttle capable of travel throughout the inhabited Eridani system. Like many other vessels, yours is part of the gray-market/bounty hunter ecosystem. As a group, you might be considered "chaotic good", not caring much for the laws and regulations of the UN, but generally hewing to principles of justice and fairness -- as long as you can make a buck in the process. (You'd rather collect a bounty on a slave trader than make the same money buying and selling slaves, for example.)

	Whether your team has a 'smash and grab' style or a more diplomatic approach to encounters depends on the characters created.		Whether your team has a 'smash and grab' style or a more diplomatic approach to encounters depends on the characters created.