3. The Corsairs
(2/2-2012) october 4th 2551- Sanctum and Fast James
Sanctum
Setting out from Noctum they soon cross a sea of lava and suspended in mid air they see the city of Santum, a square silver cube. Great golden heatsails use the heat from the sea of lava and great engines use it to power suspension engines that makes the city hover above the lava sea. They set down and pay docking fee and enter the beatiful city.
They were told that the shipment stolen is from the Opal Corporation which have an entire sublevel at their disposal. They start out by seeking out the Opal Corporation.
Exiting the elavators they are met by heavily armed guards. Stripped of weapons they are taken through the compound (which is heavily guarded, flechette HMG etc.) and taken to some lavish offices. They are shown to the state room, where a man is waiting. He introduces himself as Mr. Armitage, CEO of Opal corporation. He is a stern man but wants to get things moving, he hints that the shipment is worth more than their ship!!! He has some ideas of who the culprit is. The crime lord of Sanctum Chow "The Saint" Choi is the undesputed crime fgure in the city and must know something. Mr. Armitage is confused, only he makes the arrangements for shipments, using new merchants and couriers every time.
Avoiding what the shipment is, he only tells them that it is harvested in the lava sea. Thanking him they leave for the recreational sub level. But while leaving they see through an open door a huge lab. In the middle of the busy lab, encased in glass and suspended by suspension machinery they see a blob of silvery metal. perhaps the very thing harvested by Opal Corporation in the lava sea.The recreational level is busy. Bars, all seedy, are evrywhere next to brothels and pawn shops. They find a bar and Otto uses his streetwise skill to great effect, and spending most of the day doing so. He learns:
-Mr. Armitage is older than he looks, more than 100 years old, but fair and a shrew business man.
-Chow" The Saint" Choi makes his money in crime. Rumors say that he have a finger in everything illegal on Sanctum.
-A bar called Fast James is known for its shady deals and is known to be THE place for illicit information.
-Following up on the blob in the lab Otto leaves his body behind, sending his mind to the lab using his psionic powers. He sees computers monitoring the "blob" and sees something totally strange. the mercury like blob has lifesigns, it is alive!!!!
They were told that the shipment stolen is from the Opal Corporation which have an entire sublevel at their disposal. They start out by seeking out the Opal Corporation.
Exiting the elavators they are met by heavily armed guards. Stripped of weapons they are taken through the compound (which is heavily guarded, flechette HMG etc.) and taken to some lavish offices. They are shown to the state room, where a man is waiting. He introduces himself as Mr. Armitage, CEO of Opal corporation. He is a stern man but wants to get things moving, he hints that the shipment is worth more than their ship!!! He has some ideas of who the culprit is. The crime lord of Sanctum Chow "The Saint" Choi is the undesputed crime fgure in the city and must know something. Mr. Armitage is confused, only he makes the arrangements for shipments, using new merchants and couriers every time.
Avoiding what the shipment is, he only tells them that it is harvested in the lava sea. Thanking him they leave for the recreational sub level. But while leaving they see through an open door a huge lab. In the middle of the busy lab, encased in glass and suspended by suspension machinery they see a blob of silvery metal. perhaps the very thing harvested by Opal Corporation in the lava sea.The recreational level is busy. Bars, all seedy, are evrywhere next to brothels and pawn shops. They find a bar and Otto uses his streetwise skill to great effect, and spending most of the day doing so. He learns:
-Mr. Armitage is older than he looks, more than 100 years old, but fair and a shrew business man.
-Chow" The Saint" Choi makes his money in crime. Rumors say that he have a finger in everything illegal on Sanctum.
-A bar called Fast James is known for its shady deals and is known to be THE place for illicit information.
-Following up on the blob in the lab Otto leaves his body behind, sending his mind to the lab using his psionic powers. He sees computers monitoring the "blob" and sees something totally strange. the mercury like blob has lifesigns, it is alive!!!!
Fast James
Telling the group his discoveries they head for Fast James. The broken neon lights in the window flash FAST JAMES inconsistantly and the interior is rundown, grafiti on the walls, broken furniture and pool tables. The owner, Fast James, is a fat tatooed balding man in a leather vest.
They small talk for a while with a waitress called Jewel. She is friendly and good looking, and invited them to the grand Opening of the gentlemans club next day, as she puts it: " All the greats of Sanctum will attend" . Seeing an opportunity they pay for membership and are introduced to her husband, an inventor named Robard St. James. He was an employee of the Opal corporation, but has nothing good to tell them about it (hint hint). Now he makes engine repairs, small clockwork dolls and AI programming to earn a living. Not wanting to buy anything from him they leave the place.
A cool evening of pure roleplaying, no combat what so ever. I actually prefer some action in my campaigns, and you can easily have 2 combats with Savage worlds and still have time for roleplaying, but still good to have an evening with no combat once in a while
They small talk for a while with a waitress called Jewel. She is friendly and good looking, and invited them to the grand Opening of the gentlemans club next day, as she puts it: " All the greats of Sanctum will attend" . Seeing an opportunity they pay for membership and are introduced to her husband, an inventor named Robard St. James. He was an employee of the Opal corporation, but has nothing good to tell them about it (hint hint). Now he makes engine repairs, small clockwork dolls and AI programming to earn a living. Not wanting to buy anything from him they leave the place.
A cool evening of pure roleplaying, no combat what so ever. I actually prefer some action in my campaigns, and you can easily have 2 combats with Savage worlds and still have time for roleplaying, but still good to have an evening with no combat once in a while
(16/2-2012) october 5th 2551- The shootout and The Real Culprit
The shootout
Next day the convene at Fast James. The Gentlemans Club is open and they enter. A bar and gambling tables and couches are placed in a smokefilled room. A couple of NNL officers gamble alone silently and they see "The Saint". A chinese man, buff, wearing a suit flanked by 3 bodyguards gamble while checking the group out. Dean finds the bar alluring (habit drinking), Ian, Pierce and Otto are invited to join the NNL officers table, gambling and small talking. They are pleasently surprised to learn that Otto is the son of Hansi Obermeier a well known diplomat and mediator in the last war.
-They see a cloaked man enter trying to avoid attention ( notice reveals him to be Mr. Armitage of the Opal Corporation ). Mr. Armitage is shoen a private room where the waitress Jewel waits for him.
Chow " The Saint" Choi deamns Otto to join him, and gamble. Otto is a pussy and frightened by the gruff chinese man and his (armed) bodyguards. Otto wins and looses some when The Saint begins a business proposal. He wants Otto to work for him, only 2 years, on Noctum to facilitate weapons to the gangs on the planet!!!! And he will not take no for an answer. Frighetened Otto agrees to the job. ( This took some time, was very cool, this is only a run down of the event)
Pierce and especially Ian takes great offense when they hear of it, Ian even offends Chow " The Saint" Chois mother (bad move ) and weapons are drawn!!!! Well drawn and fired!!!! The saint pulls out a sawn off shotgun and his bodyguards have semi automatic handguns!!!
-Suddenly they spot Jewels eyes are totally black and Mr. Armitage is gripped by something strange!!! He is using psionic powers on him, could she be reading his mind!!!
All hell bakes loose!!!! The bar echoes with weapons being fired. A bodyguard is killed by a headshot by Ian, another is stabbed by dean and bleeding out!!!! Then James enters!!! Fires his shotgun into the air and demand they lay down their weapons!!!!
A mexican standoff!!! All points their weapons at each other, James, The Saint, the remaining bodyguard and the pc´s!!!! Threats and demands fly through the air until it erupts!!! The Saint is cut down by Dean, the bodyguard killed by Pierce, Pierce shot by James which flee. Mr . Armitage flees the scene but Jewel is apprehended by Otto Obermeier!!!
-They see a cloaked man enter trying to avoid attention ( notice reveals him to be Mr. Armitage of the Opal Corporation ). Mr. Armitage is shoen a private room where the waitress Jewel waits for him.
Chow " The Saint" Choi deamns Otto to join him, and gamble. Otto is a pussy and frightened by the gruff chinese man and his (armed) bodyguards. Otto wins and looses some when The Saint begins a business proposal. He wants Otto to work for him, only 2 years, on Noctum to facilitate weapons to the gangs on the planet!!!! And he will not take no for an answer. Frighetened Otto agrees to the job. ( This took some time, was very cool, this is only a run down of the event)
Pierce and especially Ian takes great offense when they hear of it, Ian even offends Chow " The Saint" Chois mother (bad move ) and weapons are drawn!!!! Well drawn and fired!!!! The saint pulls out a sawn off shotgun and his bodyguards have semi automatic handguns!!!
-Suddenly they spot Jewels eyes are totally black and Mr. Armitage is gripped by something strange!!! He is using psionic powers on him, could she be reading his mind!!!
All hell bakes loose!!!! The bar echoes with weapons being fired. A bodyguard is killed by a headshot by Ian, another is stabbed by dean and bleeding out!!!! Then James enters!!! Fires his shotgun into the air and demand they lay down their weapons!!!!
A mexican standoff!!! All points their weapons at each other, James, The Saint, the remaining bodyguard and the pc´s!!!! Threats and demands fly through the air until it erupts!!! The Saint is cut down by Dean, the bodyguard killed by Pierce, Pierce shot by James which flee. Mr . Armitage flees the scene but Jewel is apprehended by Otto Obermeier!!!
The Real Culprit
Jewwl breaks!!! She sob and cries, telling them that it was her husband who , in his hate for the Opal Corporation, conceived the plan using her looks and psionic powers to pry the shipment information from Mr. Armitages mind. Her husband, Robard, would sell the information to the pirates, The Corsairs.
Dragging her along they come to Robards Shop, Robards Weird and Wondrous. Entering he smiles warmly when they enter the shop, hoping they had changed their mind and will buy soem trinkets!!! They tell him the truth and he can see the tears on his wifes face!! In a fit of rage he roars " The Opal Corporation will fall, Sanctum will belong to me and my clockwork army! I will carve out a kingdom of the olden days" Then he turns a dial on a grandfather clock and metal steps can be heard!!!
Out from the back of the store walks 4 automatons. made of gears, levers and machinery the clockwork soldiers wield electrified axes and round shields.
The combat is swift!!! The clockwork soldiers is no match for Flechette weapons and sheer determination. Robard is shot by Dean, and killed. His megalomaniac dreams ended. Jewel breaks down, her husband dead she asks to be taken away from the city, the group agrees. They search the store and finds some cash and a subspace communicator. Hacking it they track the communications to a nearby moon, Teardrop. Searching the files they learn that Teardrop is a small moon with a heavy core, sustaining its own atmosphere and it is a moon of water and dirt (swamp).
Hatching a daring plan they plan to follow the next shipment (next day) and ambush the ambushers hehe... They leave after the courier next day following it from a safe distance when suddenly and audio message is received..
" This is a Sos. This Captain Camddon of the Merchant Freighter The Swift. Pirates have attacked us and crippled our engines. Our coordinates are BOOOM"
Next time space combat!!!
Dragging her along they come to Robards Shop, Robards Weird and Wondrous. Entering he smiles warmly when they enter the shop, hoping they had changed their mind and will buy soem trinkets!!! They tell him the truth and he can see the tears on his wifes face!! In a fit of rage he roars " The Opal Corporation will fall, Sanctum will belong to me and my clockwork army! I will carve out a kingdom of the olden days" Then he turns a dial on a grandfather clock and metal steps can be heard!!!
Out from the back of the store walks 4 automatons. made of gears, levers and machinery the clockwork soldiers wield electrified axes and round shields.
The combat is swift!!! The clockwork soldiers is no match for Flechette weapons and sheer determination. Robard is shot by Dean, and killed. His megalomaniac dreams ended. Jewel breaks down, her husband dead she asks to be taken away from the city, the group agrees. They search the store and finds some cash and a subspace communicator. Hacking it they track the communications to a nearby moon, Teardrop. Searching the files they learn that Teardrop is a small moon with a heavy core, sustaining its own atmosphere and it is a moon of water and dirt (swamp).
Hatching a daring plan they plan to follow the next shipment (next day) and ambush the ambushers hehe... They leave after the courier next day following it from a safe distance when suddenly and audio message is received..
" This is a Sos. This Captain Camddon of the Merchant Freighter The Swift. Pirates have attacked us and crippled our engines. Our coordinates are BOOOM"
Next time space combat!!!