I added a deck plan with a basic drawing for the Type A to the Dropbox.

Also, Malcolm and Melina, and Veronica and Naimh, each approach Brent and Joxe as a couple, asking that they be allowed to stay at Tala Station to help with training the scout crews. They might consider going back out with one of the later ships to be recommissioned, or they might rejoin Brent and Joxe at some point.

That would leave them with the two couples from Execute, plus the girls as trained spacers.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:30, Sun 09 Aug 2020.

That's a good solution to the NPC situation.

Do we have a new PC joining or rejoining?

No, not yet :-(

Brent can start with the meeting whenever he's ready :-)

Some thoughts:

Brent can do whatever he wishes - he and Joxe certainly aren't obligated to help Egg beyond what they've already accomplished, which is to literally give them back the stars. The scout can haul up to 30 tons of cargo, and the four companions who are staying can take it to Execute and back.

The people are available to help negotiate with both populated systems, which Egg will almost certainly want to do. Radshir wasn't very successful the first time, but she has valuable inside information to inform future efforts.

The Egg tech base (TL-10 working to -12, but with no current jump tech) can send support to help other planets' tech bases to improve. Once the lanthanum supply is reestablished, there is every expectation that they can build larger starships.

There is still the mystery of Keipes - why were they raiding, and why did they stop? Are they still around? If they are, are they a potential threat to Egg?

The rest of the main is still a mystery, rimward to Montezuma, and to Gorky.

The question about what happened to the other surviving ships is still there, too. Where did Joxe's parents go, and why? A corollary is, what happened to the survivors on Cosenza, and the other planets which are now uninhabited?

The runabout and it's mission to Execute - why did it grab the two girls, and then fly to Execute? Is there a connection to Radshir's family roots?
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:28, Wed 12 Aug 2020.

Ahhhh... LOTS to think about.

I hadn't even really gone too far down the trail with the runabout and why it did what it did with the two girls.  That is definitely worth an investigation!

I like the idea of laying the foundation with Egg and the systems they have contacted and then let them start to rebuild and bootstrap off screen while we scout the Main, investigate Keipes and of course what happened to Joxe's parents.  Certainly there may have been an organized evacuation of some of the planets done hopefully altruistically.

Quite a lot, very good!

I forget the details on Joxe's parents though.

I want to be sure that you have the opportunity to select whatever course of action is the most fun and interesting to game out. The really critical piece of delivering lanthanum back to Egg is done, and so the next adventure is your call :-)

Letter to Joxe, found at her parents' house on Khesanadu:

My dearest daughter,

I hope this letter finds you well. Your mother and I have been helping to keep our town's domes running since the attack.

We lost nearly all of our space based infrastructure, and most of the cities and towns were destroyed. Somehow, we survived.
I hope that you and your cousins made it through to Montezuma, although we heard later that the war had come to them, too.
Hopefully, you're reading this after being able to come back here with the Concordia and your cousins.

Joxe, we have to move away from here, as the raiders have gotten more and more bold. Some friends have offered to let us come with
them to Execute, as they say the navy squadrons didn't do that much damage in that system. When you come, be careful about the raiders.
We heard that they are operating out of Kiepes. That doesn't surprise me, as that whole planet is one big mess.

Anyway, we are packing up to leave. Your mother and I both love you very much. We hope to see you soon.

After asking at Execute, you found that her parents had moved on with a trader to parts unknown.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:00, Thu 13 Aug 2020.

I'm thinking we move back up the Main and then down toward Keipes.  THe research station at Sittahr might be worth a swing by as well.

Okay :-)

Posted

Just so you know, I've been secretly rolling for some events as we've gone along, and so the current conversation about the builder's plate is a chance event, not something I'm steering one way or the other ;-)

That's cool.  An element of the random is always good.

Oh, there's been a fair bit of it going on ;-)

I think it's moved along very, very nicely.  I'm having a ball.

Should I roll and come up with the queries?

State the query, and then roll for it. Depending on what is asked, I may apply some secret modifiers to the roll, and then relate the results.

Not bad rolls.  I'm not exactly sure what to query of Wanderer that Joxe would not already know.


18:52, Today: Matt rolled 8 using 3d6+2.  Computer.

18:52, Today: Matt rolled 10 using 3d6+2.  Computer.

18:52, Today: Matt rolled 12 using 3d6+2.  Computer.

18:52, Today: Matt rolled 8 using 3d6+2.  Computer.

Gorky System map in Dropbox folder..

Very nice!

I use PowerPoint for these, believe it or not ;-)

I could see that!

I put another map on Dropbox, and there is a new post from Eris on the Mantan game.

I also edited the post about the asteroid you're docked in - it's 5km wide, not 50km...

Checking to see who's still here...

CHecking in...

Alive and kicking!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas.