March Harrier Session 9: Tradewar Brewing

Player Characters:

Everett de Clisson (Adam), Medic and Engineer

Ganidiirsi Ashran (Ben), Steward and Cargomaster

John Matrix (Nick), Broker and Captain

Sacha Bright (ChaoticNeutral), Pilot and First Officer

PCs Temporarily Run by the GM:

Gvoudzon, Vargr Gunner and Pilot

Significant NPCs:

Lisa Fireau, Fireau et Fille Winery Co-Owner

Gustav Fireau, Fireau et Fille Winery Co-Owner

Lars Dagiran, Professor of Psychology, University of Junidy

Marc hault-Oberlindes, CEO, Oberlindes Lines

Harlan Jann, Professor and pyramid researcher

Vuzuege, Vargr Refugee Leader

Dates: 

341-1105 to 108-1106

Worlds:

Aramanx/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3005)

Nasemin/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3003)

Towers/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3103)

Junidy/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3202)

Marz/Pretoria (Deneb 0201)

Rugbird/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3102)

Jesedipere/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3001)

After rescuing Lisa Fireau from Tukera-sponsored kidnappers, the March Harrier's crew found a parting gift from the Fireaus: 60 bottles of rare Eiswein.  Most of the crew kept theirs for trade, but Gvoudzon drank a bottle.  The crew decided to head towards Junidy, but first Gani made an xmail-order of some high-tech goods from Rhylanor.

They picked up Professor Harlan Jann and some freight for Towers, refueled from the Aramanx ocean, and double jumped for Nasemin.  At Nasemin, they picked up more passengers and cargo heading for Towers.  They also got an xmail that gave more information about the Oberlindes Cargo Carrier Grand Tour, which had been attacked in the Aramanx system while they were there.  The crew had been boarded by pirates impersonating health inspectors, then forced to help the pirates destroy their cargo of bulk plastics.  Three crew had resisted and been shot.

At Towers, they helped Jann search for pyramids, didn't find any, but found some passengers for Junidy.  At Junidy they had their annual maintenance done, which meant the crew had two weeks off.  Gani wanted to visit the University of Junidy again, to look into possibly studying there.  Gvoudzon and Everett tagged along to visit the anolas.  The group managed to get an appointment with Professor Dagiran, who let them see the anolas and also interviewed Gani and Gvoudzon about their experience with the anolas and Gvoudzon's mental issues caused by close proximity to them.  (Everett once again was not interested in being interviewed.)  Everett ran into a police officer who thought he looked a lot like a suspect and asked him to help out by standing in a police lineup.  Everett reluctantly agreed and nothing bad happened as a result.  Professor Jann also looked for pyramids on Junidy, but found none.  Another disturbing xmail reached the crew on Junidy: the Oberlindes Far Trader Llewellyn had come to the aid of a ship's boat being attacked by a patrol cruiser, at which point both craft had turned their weapons on the Llewellyn.  The Llewellyn had defended itself ably, at which point the ship's boat had boarded the cruiser, which jumped outsystem.

With maintenance done, the crew decided to leave the Aramis subsector briefly and double-jumped to Marz, carrying several passengers and some cargo.  They then returned to Junidy and picked up Professor Jann again, then proceeded to Rugbird then Jesedipere.  Two passengers headed to Jesedipere were medics, heading there to help at a refugee camp of Vargr who had fled from Kforuzeng attacks in the Vargr Extents.  The situation on Jesedipere was getting bad, with a small group of Imperial Interstellar Scout Service personnel trying to help out.  Sacha visited with the Scouts to see if he could help.  A Vargr named Vuzuege approached the crew and said she needed a ride to Junidy to try to get more help from the Scout leaders at the Way Station there, but could not afford to pay for passage.  The crew decided to take her to Junidy for free.  Meanwhile, another disturbing xmail came in: the Oberlindes trade station on Nasemin had burned, with no casualties but over a megacredit in damages.

Meanwhile Professor Jann wanted to search thinly-populated Jesedipere for pyramids.  He convinced the crew to fly him around the planet in the launch, and they eventually scanned some promising-looking structures and landed for a closer look.  Jann excitedly said that they were clearly artificial in origin, and he would be staying on Jesedipere to continue his research.  At some point Everett did some research on Jann and found that he was a legitimate Professor Emeritus of Literature (not Archaeology or anything else related to pyramids) at the University of Rhylanor, and that his brother was the Duke of Rhylanor.

The March Harrier flew back to Rugbird and then to Junidy.  Sacha, as an ex-Scout, agreed to help Vuzuege get a meeting with the Scout leaders.  They did not manage to meet with the actual commander of the Way Station, but they met with several fairly senior Scouts, who agreed to send some more aid to the refugees on Jesedipere.

Gani found a tour group who wanted to book high passage for themselves and middle passage for their bodyguards to Towers, so they could learn to swordfight.  There weren't actually enough staterooms for all of them, so Gani convinced them to have most of the bodyguards fly low passage.  On towers, the crew received another disturbing xmail, that the Oberlindes Merchant Wallen Bar was overdue and suspected lost due to hijacking.  Another xmail to Captain John indicated that Oberlindes was worried that the large number of recent violent incidents indicated that either Tukera or Akerut had started a tradewar.  From Towers, the crew continued to Nasemin, where they got a mail contract for Aramanx.  As they reached Aramanx, they got a local xmail from Oberlindes Lines.  Marc hault-Oberlindes himself wanted to meet with the crew at Aramanx.

GM's Notes:

This was a session of travel and trade, with the March Harrier visiting a lot of worlds and even leaving the sector.  The main events were helping Professor Jann search for (and eventually find) pyramids, helping Vuzuege and the Vargr refugees on Jesedipere get some help from the Scouts, and hearing a lot of disturbing news about attacks on Oberlindes Lines ships and facilities.