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Traveller T20: Tales of the Bray Keaven [Updated 12-20-05]
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1321896" data-attributes="member: 515"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">With an odd mixture of trepidation and curiosity, Martha, Swann, Argent, and Saro assemble in the port airlock in their vacc suits. Argent carries a portable vid cam to record events. Saro has his collection bag, a microscope, and some study equipment/tools.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Disabling the lock in a vacuum was a bit more difficult for Swann and Martha, but they manage to get the lock disabled after a bit more effort than originally planned. After retrieving her scratchbuilt air collection apparatus from Saro, Martha places the contraption around the door seal and then quickly steps back to the far end of the airlock, as far away as possible from the safe.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Shaking his head a bit, Swann then steps in, glances at Argent (who points a thumb up), and turns the handle to open the safe door. A puff of air is caught by the collection apparatus and funneled into a safety jar as planned. Judging by the amount of air in the initial collection bag, about a quarter of the air was successfully captured. The rest escaped to the vacuum in the airlock.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Saro steps forward quickly to swab a few of the surfaces inside the safe for samples and then steps back.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Swann looks in the safe. Inside are:</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Five metallic tubes sealed with screw tops.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A hip flask.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A small funnel.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A silicon spatula.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">One small plastic box marked "50 Erasu Snub Pistol Rounds, Liquid Delivery."</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Eight credit chits for a total of 133,000 Imperial credits.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A small, paper notebook.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A body pistol.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Two body pistol magazines.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">One small plastic box without markings.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A small (white) furry object of some sort, about 1 cm by 7 cm.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Swann finishes making a mental inventory of the safe's contents. He turns to look at the others. "I call dibs on first pick," he says, then bursts out laughing. Then he looks at Doc. "Doc, can you take a look at the small, white, furry thing? Is that, or did that used to be, an animal?"</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Carefully putting the bagged samples into a locker located in the airlock, Doc turns at Swann’s question. Squatting down to get a closer look, he examines the object in question. He then laughs as Swann holds it up. With a chuckle, Saro comments, "I believe that’s a rabbit’s foot. Of course, the real question is why it’s in the safe!"</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Argent steps forward to pick up a the metal tubes, commenting, "Hmm, two seem to be full and three seem to be empty." Opening one, he finds it to be almost full of some yellow–gold powder. After muttering a barely–heard curse, he says, "Oh great. More Star Flower pollen. Seems like it’s about as much as was collected from the air filters after about two weeks."</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Argent continues with a rueful grin, "Swann, I’m afraid that you don’t quite get first dibs, in spite of opening the safe. Of course, if the Marines in Alief find the Star Flowers and pollen, you’re welcome to have it all."</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowdancer, post: 1321896, member: 515"] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]With an odd mixture of trepidation and curiosity, Martha, Swann, Argent, and Saro assemble in the port airlock in their vacc suits. Argent carries a portable vid cam to record events. Saro has his collection bag, a microscope, and some study equipment/tools.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]Disabling the lock in a vacuum was a bit more difficult for Swann and Martha, but they manage to get the lock disabled after a bit more effort than originally planned. After retrieving her scratchbuilt air collection apparatus from Saro, Martha places the contraption around the door seal and then quickly steps back to the far end of the airlock, as far away as possible from the safe.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]Shaking his head a bit, Swann then steps in, glances at Argent (who points a thumb up), and turns the handle to open the safe door. A puff of air is caught by the collection apparatus and funneled into a safety jar as planned. Judging by the amount of air in the initial collection bag, about a quarter of the air was successfully captured. The rest escaped to the vacuum in the airlock.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]Saro steps forward quickly to swab a few of the surfaces inside the safe for samples and then steps back.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]Swann looks in the safe. Inside are:[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]Five metallic tubes sealed with screw tops.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]A hip flask.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]A small funnel.[/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]A silicon spatula. One small plastic box marked "50 Erasu Snub Pistol Rounds, Liquid Delivery." Eight credit chits for a total of 133,000 Imperial credits. A small, paper notebook. A body pistol. Two body pistol magazines. One small plastic box without markings. A small (white) furry object of some sort, about 1 cm by 7 cm. Swann finishes making a mental inventory of the safe's contents. He turns to look at the others. "I call dibs on first pick," he says, then bursts out laughing. Then he looks at Doc. "Doc, can you take a look at the small, white, furry thing? Is that, or did that used to be, an animal?" Carefully putting the bagged samples into a locker located in the airlock, Doc turns at Swann’s question. Squatting down to get a closer look, he examines the object in question. He then laughs as Swann holds it up. With a chuckle, Saro comments, "I believe that’s a rabbit’s foot. Of course, the real question is why it’s in the safe!" Argent steps forward to pick up a the metal tubes, commenting, "Hmm, two seem to be full and three seem to be empty." Opening one, he finds it to be almost full of some yellow–gold powder. After muttering a barely–heard curse, he says, "Oh great. More Star Flower pollen. Seems like it’s about as much as was collected from the air filters after about two weeks." Argent continues with a rueful grin, "Swann, I’m afraid that you don’t quite get first dibs, in spite of opening the safe. Of course, if the Marines in Alief find the Star Flowers and pollen, you’re welcome to have it all."[/size][/font][/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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