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During the pitch she emphasizes all good [[Astral Extractions]] is doing and how lucrative working with them could be.
During the pitch she emphasizes all good [[Astral Extractions]] is doing and how lucrative working with them could be.
She also pitches the ''subtle bribe'' that if things go ''their way'' in the mediations there could be ''opportunities'' with [[Astral Extractions]].
She also pitches the ''subtle bribe'' that if things go ''their way'' in the mediations there could be ''opportunities'' with [[Astral Extractions]].
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We got a summons to a meet with Captain [[Otal Serissi]] of the tramp freighter the [[Dust Runner]]. He has a red-faced human. It is a meeting that could have been an e-mail. They just want to know what happened to their crew, and use the Drift Rock proceeds to help the poor families. He was unwilling to provide any material support for this cause. He had an assistant, a mousey lashunta he called "Mary." There was also a Ysoki bartender.
==Space Combat==
We were attacked by a Death’s Head Necroglider with a single android crewmember. Space combat is ongoing.
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Revision as of 15:19, 15 December 2022

Session: Planning

Session: -1

2022-10-19

We decided:

  • Brian would run
  • The game would be Starfinder
  • It would be every week

Session: 0

2022-10-26
Characters were created. The Party was formed.

Session: 1

Welcome to Absalom Station with a Gunfight2022-10-12

Quick Links

People

Dead Starfinder Duravor Kreel
Starfinder Chiskisk

Factions

Gang Level 21 Crew
Gang Downside Kings
Company Astral Extractions
Company Hardscrabble Collective

Things

Ship Acreon
Drift Rock

Places

Docking Bay 94
Absalom Station
Lorespire Complex
Hotel Moons of Sleep

Arrival & Ambush

Arriving in Docking Bay 94 at Absalom Station on the shuttle Okimoro

We see a dwarf (our contact Duravor Kreel) waiting for us.

Also seen setting up positions are two different gangs of shady people. Gunfight starts. The two gangs are:

Level 21 Crew
Downside Kings

The two groups are attacking each other; we are caught in the middle.

Duravor Kreel is killed.

Aftermath

Duravor has a data pad that has our names and another contact: Chiskisk

The security personnel arrive and, finding we are new to the station and prospective Starfinders, decide we are innocents and directed to the Lorespire Complex to in order connect with the Starfinder society.

Starfinder Spire

We found out Chiskisk is high level Starfinder officer, they meet us in their office.

As potential new Starfinders we are asked to investigate:

  • Was Duravor murdered or just collateral damage in a gang-war
  • Why were those gangs fighting?
  • Were Duravor or the Party the actual targets or unfortunate bystanders?

Investigation Begins

We got set up at Hotel Moons of Sleep.

Some people used social skills to find out about Duravor, companies, and gangs, others used public terminals and news feeds and found

There is a derelict ship the Acreon
News Stories About Derelict Ship Acreon
All crew missing
Rumors that they killed themselves or were killed to keep a secret
Has a drift rock in tow
Drift rock may have riches or technology
Ownership disagreement between Astral Extractions and Hardscrabble Collective
Astral Extractions Commissioned the journey and rented ship from Hardscrabble Collective
The Acreon is in a secret position somewhere within the Armada

Session: 2

Kept my Jacket on at the Jack-It-Off2022-11-09

Quick Links

People

Level 21 Leader Jabaxa

Place

The Rig House
Jack-It-Off Brothel
Momma Fats Bodega
Fusion Queen Nightclub

Thing

Faction Lowrigger gang

We dip our toes in the seedy side of Absalom Station

There is a neutral area to both gangs (because it is run by a different gang) called The Rig House. This is a commercial area that would fit in in the better part of bad part of any town. The gangs keep it safe because of all of the “legal” money it brings in, but are assuredly taking a protection cut from each of the vendors.

The crew, deciding that both gangs had ties to prostitution, went to a brothel (the Jack-It-Off) in this neutral territory.

Brothel-knowledge
Things We Learn at the Jack-It-Off
The Level 21 Crew are social justice warriors.
Level 21 Crew were hired by The Hardscrabble Collective
The Downside Kings were hired by Astral Extractions
The Downside Kings have a base at the Fusion Queen


While at the brothel we made some noise about wanting to contact the Level 21 Crew and got a message to meet their leader Jabaxa at Momma Fats on level 21.

Meeting with Level 21 Crew at Momma Fats

We brought a high-quality moon-shine (because we heard that it was their drink of choice).

Met with Jabaxa (their leader) and several gang members.

Since we came in peace and friendship (with a gift) they reflected out attitude and it was a pleasant meeting.

We are now friends with the Level 21 Crew.

Level 21 knowledge
Things we confirmed during the meeting
The were hired by Hardscrabble Collective to provide protection
The Downside Kings were hired by Astral Extractions to strong-arm Hardscrabble Collective
Level 21 Crew know we are going to try and meet Downside Kings
Downside Kings are known to use a nightclub called Fusion Queen
Neither we nor Duravor were targets of Level 21 Crew
Don't know what Downside Kings were doing in docking docking bay.


We requested and introduction to Hardscrabble Collective.

Things We Still Don't Know For Sure

Because Duravor has a valid beef with Astral Extractions (cousin) and owned a small stake in Hardscrabble Collective it is possible he was a target of Downside Kings and not an innocent bystander.

What Downside Kings were doing in the docking bay.

Next Steps

Get info from Downside Kings.

  • Maybe talk to the guy arrested by security?
  • Maybe go to Fusion Queen

Session: 3

Confusion Queen2022-11-16

Quick Links

Place

Fusion Queen Nightclub

Person

Ferani Nadaz
Unnamed Vesk Lieutenant

The Fusion Queen

At a loss on how to get more information from the Downside Kings we go to their nightclub. We go in hoping for a conversation but expecting and ambush.

The gang has us check our weapons at the door. Amech also checks a (pretending to be shutdown) Kitre-3.

We see the guy who was arrested in Docking Bay 94 drunkenly dancing. After Nill Mosaeall tried to talk to him but was getting drunken gibberish CIOS Voidstar attempts to use magic to determine what was making him so unaware and confused - this starts a brawl. Kitre-3 was able to return our checked weapons. By the time the brawl was finished we had worked our way into the back office and confronted and killed Ferani Nadaz (the Downside Kings Leader) and a powerful Unnamed Vesk Lieutenant.

Where do go from here?

  • Interrogate the only living Downside Kings drunk-guy.
  • Search the office.
  • Hack the Datapad

Session: 4

Investigation Ends2022-11-30

Quick Links

Place

Fusion Queen Nightclub
Eox Embassy
Eox

Person

Gevalarsk Nor
Ms. Joss

Fusion Queen Wrap-up

We got what we needed from the a Datapad recovered from Ferani Nadaz at the Fusion Queen nightclub and made our way into back to home base. We reported back to Chiskisk what we learned.

Datapad
Things we learned from the datapad
Astral Extractions placed a hit on Duravor Kreel in order to “send a message” to the Hardscrabble Collective
Confirmation of stuff we already knew

We were told by Chiskisk to not pursue Astral Extractions extractions ourselves. We were made full Starfinder members and given a pin. We were told that they have no mission for us presently.

A Summons from the Ambassador of Eox

After a day or so we got a suspicious invitation from His Excellency Gevalarsk Nor who little research told us was the head diplomat for the Eox a pact world mostly peopled by undead. We arrived at his lavish black marble mausoleum of an embassy office.

Eos, being neither associated with Hardscrabble Collective or Astral Extractions is acting as a mediator of their contract dispute. We find out that they are not entirely disinterested: The Acreon was carrying a package for the embassy that is not caught up in customs. The ambassador is most desirous to recover it.

What we were hired to do was

Our new job
Tasks from Eox
Go first to the Acreon and then the Drift Rock to collect information
Find evidence to support either claim
Find out what happened to the crew
Find out what happened to the cargo
Investigate the Drift Rock
Get recorded by a drone the entire time
Recover the ambassador‘s package

We will be granted use of the Absolon shuttle Hippocampus

Astronomical Marketing

Ms. Joss from Astral Extractions invites us to the headquarters to give us a slick marketing pitch. During the pitch she emphasizes all good Astral Extractions is doing and how lucrative working with them could be. She also pitches the subtle bribe that if things go their way in the mediations there could be opportunities with Astral Extractions.

Session: 5

2022-12-15

Quick Links

Place

Dust Runner Spaceship

Person

Otal Serissi

Hardscrabble Metting

We got a summons to a meet with Captain Otal Serissi of the tramp freighter the Dust Runner. He has a red-faced human. It is a meeting that could have been an e-mail. They just want to know what happened to their crew, and use the Drift Rock proceeds to help the poor families. He was unwilling to provide any material support for this cause. He had an assistant, a mousey lashunta he called "Mary." There was also a Ysoki bartender.

Space Combat

We were attacked by a Death’s Head Necroglider with a single android crewmember. Space combat is ongoing.