======Session Two====== ==16 Oct 2523== After boarding [[Hull A67-5309]], the party gets settled in to rescue [[npcs:Vycter Shepherd|Vycter]]. [[pcs:Scruffy]], [[pcs:Morgan]], [[pcs:Captain Quintain|Captain]] and [[pcs:Gable Dagrun|Gable]] head for the bridge. [[pcs:Andromeda Sprout|Andromeda]] takes the Shepherd kids to one of the staterooms and gets them settled into crash couches. Everyone else settles into crash couches in one of the staterooms. [[pcs:Captain Quintain|Captain]] releases the docking clamps, and pushes the ship back. The uneven spin catches him off guard, and the ship bumps against another ship under construction. [[pcs:Andromeda Sprout|Andromeda]] nearly gets her arm broken as it flops outside her crash couch during the bump. [[pcs:Captain Quintain|Captain]] gets the ship straightened out and headed towards the drifting [[npcs:Vycter Shepherd|Vycter]]. Just as they get close to him, a debris cloud sweeps the ship and his rescue bubble. Six high speed particles manage to breach the hull through six, seventh, cargo bay and twelfth decks. Disregarding the damage momentarily, [[pcs:Captain Quintain|Captain]] maneuvers the ship close to [[npcs:Vycter Shepherd|Vycter]] while [[pcs:Scruffy]] does the EVA (extra vehicular activity) to retrieve him. [[pcs:Averyn Crestheart:Averyn]] gets the med bay prepped. In his rapidly depressurizing rescue bubble, [[npcs:Vycter Shepherd|Vycter]] quickly writes up a salvage title for the ship, and gives ownership to the group for a sum of Cr80,000, which he pays from his own account before going unconscious. In the med bay, [[pcs:Averyn Crestheart:Averyn]] and the Autodoc struggle to save Vycter's life. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew rush to start patching the holes the debris left in the ship. [[pcs:Scruffy]] dons a vacc suit, and heads outside to do the external repairs. She struggles to make the repairs, but can't seem to plug even the first hole in the fuel tank. In the cargo bay, Captain and Gable encounter [[npcs:ED1-50N]], a shipyard engineering systems robot who was onboard the ship. He has already sealed the holes in engineering and is on his way to seal the outer hull holes. After sealing the holes, and coming back inside, [[npcs:ED1-50N]] has a discussion with the group regarding his status, and whether he may now be a free robot. The group sets course to [[setting:Cethalara]], and begins investigating the ship they've just acquired. Just after beginning their burn, they are hailed by the [[setting:DNS Raven]], asking their origin and destination. Averyn tries to talk to the Raven, with the guidance of Morgan and Andromeda, but their differing suggestions confuse her. Morgan finally takes control of the conversation, and talks their way past the ship. They begin a gentle 1G burn to the orbital ring at [[setting:Cethalara]]. During the 68 hour burn to Cethalara, the group finds that the ship has been "sold" to them under a salvage title, with the title fully transferring to them as soon as they get the signature of [[npcs:Valeri Noorzai]], Vycter's ex-wife, and the person they are to deliver the Shepherd kids to. In the meantime, they file the salvage & registration paperwork and name the ship the . ==17 Oct 2523== Burning towards Cethalara at 1G == 18 Oct 2523 == Burning towards Cethalara at 1G //Flashback from Session 3:// The kids were playing hide n seek. [[npcs:Derix Shepherd|Derix]] and [[Deyanna Shepherd|Deyanna]] came to [[pcs:Andromeda Sprout\Andromeda]] asking her for help finding [[npcs:Kaydn Shepherd|Kaydn]] - they had been looking for him for over an hour, with no luck. Andromeda joined in the search, and with no luck, turned to the ship's camera system to help. The camera system revealed that he was last seen on the lower cargo deck under the stairs. Closer inspection of the area found a hidden panel behind the straps storage rack. They tried to force it open, but couldn't get anything into the seams to pry it open. Finally, they called [[npcs:ED1-50N]] up to assist. He revealed that there seemed to be some sort of hidden mechanism that would only unlock for an organic (person). He was most puzzled, as this was not something on the plans for the vessel, and surely was something he should have been aware of as the [[setting:Hull A67-5309]]'s chief engineering assembly robot. The crew finally puzzled out how to get the panel open, and found Kaydn in a compartment behind it, fast asleep. The panel was an opening to a secret 3dton smuggling compartment. //flashback end// Group decides to name their new ship the //Cosmic Crows//. ==19 Oct 2523== Upon arrival at [[setting:Cethalara]]'s orbital ring late in the day, they pay the CR1000 docking fee, mostly from Andromeda and Averyn's funds, and get Vycter transferred to a hospital. They use the contact information they have to reach out to Valeri, but they just get her voicemail. They leave her several messages. ==20 Oct 2523== Still waiting for Valeri to call them back, they do a little shopping and open up a ship bank account with Ahaas Bank. Unable to get a hold of Valeri, they take the kids to her condo on the orbital ring, where it doesn't look like anyone has been for weeks. ==21 Oct 2523== Since they didn't find Valeri at her orbital ring residence, they head to her condo on the surface. She is not there either, but they find her place has been trashed. Averyn and Andromeda talk to her neighbor, [[npcs:Margaret Miller]], and find that Valeri has been gone for about three weeks. About a week ago, some men - who appeared to be law enforcement came looking for her. Her guess is that is when the suite was ransacked. Averyn asks if Mrs Miller will take the kids, who replies //"Those two brats? No way!"// The group returns to the ship to decide their next move. **End Session** ---- Session Date: 13 Nov 2022