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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: 1410478" data-attributes="member: 515"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Vasilii slowly releases his breath through clenched teeth. Armed trade exchanges were so inefficient, but what could one expect of people who shot first and talked afterward? At least the ’Lingos hadn't started shooting during the exchange. He pauses, struck by a thought. "Hmm," he wonders, "Strange that they brought the currency with them. Why would they haul that amount of cash around if they intended to hijack us? If they intended to negotiate, why risk combat? I’m sure that the damage to their cutters was at least equal to the amount that they gave us, probably more since I doubt they have the parts to fix that maneuver drive on the one cutter."</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Vasilii makes a mental note to pursue that train of thought later.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Shaking his head slightly as he refocuses on the present, Vasilii looks over to the Captain. "Sir, after Mr. McConnell examines the currency, might I suggest a quick exposure to vacuum? We can secure the cases in the airlock and open it for a few moments, whatever the good doctor decides. If any of those Lingdonslanders were exposed, we wouldn’t want to accidentally expose ourselves when we come out of these suits."</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Noting that the starboard turret was no longer under computer control, Vasilii leaves the cutter in Mr. Hellinic’s capable hands and tries using the ships’ sensors to pick up any broadcasts from the planet. He scans for any news of the plague and also any that specifically mentions the Bromley/Medway/Lowford areas.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Vasilii also keeps an ear out for any financial news, looking for any possible ventures while the ship is downside. He makes notes as he listens, figuring the Captain will want any information that he can get.</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">-----</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As the crew repositions themselves after the exchange, the <em>Bray Keaven</em> continues on course toward a deorbit into Bromlian airspace. The Lingdonsland slow boat and cutter move off with the slow boat starting a deorbit burn towards the opposite hemisphere from Bromley, presumably towards Lingdonsland. Oddly enough, the cutter stays in orbit, and neither the blind cutter nor the slow boat seem to be interested in going after the cutter with the dead maneuver drive.</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">-----</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Ian takes the cases, opens them in the port airlock, and then cycles out the air. A quick look through the case contents does not reveal anything obviously odd. While examining the contents, he contacts Saro on the internal suit comms. "Doctor? Would it be possible to run these through the imaging tables?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Saro’s response is fairly rapid. "Yes, I suppose so once we get the tables set up and calibrated. I’m not entirely sure what will be revealed, but there might be something that makes sense to you or Swann."</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">-----</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Meanwhile, Vasilii starts searching the numerous local broadcasts for helpful information. The broadcasts are full of information about the plague’s advance. The rapid initial spread seems to have slowed a bit in Wirral and Hillingdon, but the death toll is still climbing unabated in Coventry. All countries have declared a state of emergency and international transport has ground to a halt. Vasilii sifts through numerous reports of riots as panicked people stream out of large cities and into the countryside all around the globe.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">King George’s Land is still insisting that its forces are merely providing humanitarian aid to Wirral, Hillingdon, and Coventry, but has made vague threats that any unlawful and unwarranted attacks against King George’s Land would be met by "a sickening devastation." Most commentators seem to view this threat as a tacit admission that the virus was engineered.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">There are some reports of people in unaffected countries selling antiviral preventatives, but most of the reports seem to dismiss these preventatives as completely useless.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Vasilii does retrieve some information about Bromley. The plague area in the north seems to be somewhat contained and is spreading a little slowly because of the sparse population. The media reports indicate that the capital of Medway was severely stricken, but the military did have the area mostly contained, though the containment area seems to be expanding, so there is suspicion that the military is not revealing everything.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Surprisingly, Vasilii is able to find a financial broadcast with exchange rate information. Lingdonsland is very isolationist, so the exchange rate isn’t very good. The rate from Lingonsallers to Bromlian Pounds is currently pegged at 15.32 Lingonsallers for each Bromlian Pound. The exchange rate from Bromlian Pounds to Imperial Credits was currently 10.67 Pounds to 1 Imperial Credit.</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">-----</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As the <em>Bray Keaven</em> starts to hit the upper reaches of the atmosphere, she receives a comm from Bromley. "Bromley AeroSpace Control to <em>Bray Keaven</em>, please come in <em>Bray Keaven</em>."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"<em>Bray Keaven</em> here. Marcus Argent, acting captain, speaking."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"<em>Bray Keaven</em>, this is General Jansen of the Bromley AeroSpace Control speaking. We’re really glad that you're almost here. We have a fighter escort ready to meet you as soon as you hit 18,000 meters. They will escort you to the Groves Airport where we have a research and treatment station in place."</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowdancer, post: 1410478, member: 515"] [font=Verdana][size=2]Vasilii slowly releases his breath through clenched teeth. Armed trade exchanges were so inefficient, but what could one expect of people who shot first and talked afterward? At least the ’Lingos hadn't started shooting during the exchange. He pauses, struck by a thought. "Hmm," he wonders, "Strange that they brought the currency with them. Why would they haul that amount of cash around if they intended to hijack us? If they intended to negotiate, why risk combat? I’m sure that the damage to their cutters was at least equal to the amount that they gave us, probably more since I doubt they have the parts to fix that maneuver drive on the one cutter." Vasilii makes a mental note to pursue that train of thought later. Shaking his head slightly as he refocuses on the present, Vasilii looks over to the Captain. "Sir, after Mr. McConnell examines the currency, might I suggest a quick exposure to vacuum? We can secure the cases in the airlock and open it for a few moments, whatever the good doctor decides. If any of those Lingdonslanders were exposed, we wouldn’t want to accidentally expose ourselves when we come out of these suits." [/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=2]Noting that the starboard turret was no longer under computer control, Vasilii leaves the cutter in Mr. Hellinic’s capable hands and tries using the ships’ sensors to pick up any broadcasts from the planet. He scans for any news of the plague and also any that specifically mentions the Bromley/Medway/Lowford areas.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Vasilii also keeps an ear out for any financial news, looking for any possible ventures while the ship is downside. He makes notes as he listens, figuring the Captain will want any information that he can get.[/size][/font] [center]-----[/center] [font=Verdana][size=2]As the crew repositions themselves after the exchange, the [i]Bray Keaven[/i] continues on course toward a deorbit into Bromlian airspace. The Lingdonsland slow boat and cutter move off with the slow boat starting a deorbit burn towards the opposite hemisphere from Bromley, presumably towards Lingdonsland. Oddly enough, the cutter stays in orbit, and neither the blind cutter nor the slow boat seem to be interested in going after the cutter with the dead maneuver drive.[/size][/font] [center][font=Verdana][size=2]-----[/size][/font][/center] [font=Verdana][size=2]Ian takes the cases, opens them in the port airlock, and then cycles out the air. A quick look through the case contents does not reveal anything obviously odd. While examining the contents, he contacts Saro on the internal suit comms. "Doctor? Would it be possible to run these through the imaging tables?"[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Saro’s response is fairly rapid. "Yes, I suppose so once we get the tables set up and calibrated. I’m not entirely sure what will be revealed, but there might be something that makes sense to you or Swann."[/size][/font] [center][font=Verdana][size=2]-----[/size][/font][/center] [font=Verdana][size=2]Meanwhile, Vasilii starts searching the numerous local broadcasts for helpful information. The broadcasts are full of information about the plague’s advance. The rapid initial spread seems to have slowed a bit in Wirral and Hillingdon, but the death toll is still climbing unabated in Coventry. All countries have declared a state of emergency and international transport has ground to a halt. Vasilii sifts through numerous reports of riots as panicked people stream out of large cities and into the countryside all around the globe.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]King George’s Land is still insisting that its forces are merely providing humanitarian aid to Wirral, Hillingdon, and Coventry, but has made vague threats that any unlawful and unwarranted attacks against King George’s Land would be met by "a sickening devastation." Most commentators seem to view this threat as a tacit admission that the virus was engineered.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]There are some reports of people in unaffected countries selling antiviral preventatives, but most of the reports seem to dismiss these preventatives as completely useless.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Vasilii does retrieve some information about Bromley. The plague area in the north seems to be somewhat contained and is spreading a little slowly because of the sparse population. The media reports indicate that the capital of Medway was severely stricken, but the military did have the area mostly contained, though the containment area seems to be expanding, so there is suspicion that the military is not revealing everything.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Surprisingly, Vasilii is able to find a financial broadcast with exchange rate information. Lingdonsland is very isolationist, so the exchange rate isn’t very good. The rate from Lingonsallers to Bromlian Pounds is currently pegged at 15.32 Lingonsallers for each Bromlian Pound. The exchange rate from Bromlian Pounds to Imperial Credits was currently 10.67 Pounds to 1 Imperial Credit.[/size][/font] [center][font=Verdana][size=2]-----[/size][/font][/center] [font=Verdana][size=2]As the [i]Bray Keaven[/i] starts to hit the upper reaches of the atmosphere, she receives a comm from Bromley. "Bromley AeroSpace Control to [i]Bray Keaven[/i], please come in [i]Bray Keaven[/i]."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"[i]Bray Keaven[/i] here. Marcus Argent, acting captain, speaking."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"[i]Bray Keaven[/i], this is General Jansen of the Bromley AeroSpace Control speaking. We’re really glad that you're almost here. We have a fighter escort ready to meet you as soon as you hit 18,000 meters. They will escort you to the Groves Airport where we have a research and treatment station in place."[/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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