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<blockquote data-quote="skotothalamos" data-source="post: 8001434" data-attributes="member: 83398"><p>After several days of no further leads in the death of Nilasa, the constables were tapped by Saxby to provide security for King Aodhan's visit. Dr. Aubrey, as a consultant, was not invited to what was expected to be mostly an RHC Public Relations mission.</p><p></p><p>The Constables met with the King's right-hand man, Principal Minister Harkover Lee, to discuss security concerns. There would be a multitude of representatives from the various nations in attendance, and any of them could be likely to try to cause the King embarrassment during this momentous launch of the RNS Coaltongue, Risur's first steam-powered warship.</p><p></p><p>Aboard the ship were the following, some of whom the Constables did not have a chance to meet:</p><p></p><p>King Aodhan</p><p>Principal Minister Harkover Lee</p><p>Duchess Ethelyn of Shale, the King's sister and presumptive heir, along with her handmaiden.</p><p>Admiral Morris Dawkins, head of Risur's navy</p><p>Geoff Massarde, the Danoran Tiefling who had defected to Risur and designed the Coaltongue</p><p>Captain Rutger Smith of the RNS Impossible, the fastest ship in the fleet</p><p>Roland Stanfield, Deva Governor of Flint</p><p>Catherine Romana, a noblewoman representing the Risuri Parliament</p><p>Benedict Pemberton, Risur's preeminent industrialist</p><p>Brakken of Heffanita, a softspoken Minotaur diplomat representing the nation of Ber</p><p>Vitis Sigismund, a Clergy Godhand, representing the nation of Crisillyir</p><p>Kvarti Gorbatiy, a Dwarven marksman repesenting the nation of Drakr</p><p>Lya Jierre, niece to the sovereign of Danor, representing that nation</p><p>Kasvarina Varal, a very serious Eladrin matriarch, representing the shattered nation of Elfaivar</p><p>Asrabey Varal, an eladrin warrior from the Dreaming, representing the interests of the Unseen Court</p><p></p><p>The Constables brought along some junior members of the team to help with the massive job of securing an entire warship. Including Saxby, there were eight RHC representatives on the ship. Rian and Saxby handled the schmoozing duties while the rest of the team spread out to the various decks to watch for threats.</p><p></p><p>The foreward part of the main deck was arrayed for a celebration, and the VIPs and their handlers mingled and talked affairs of state. Rian and Saxby inserted themselves into that crowd while Joe and Zamfir looked on from afar. Thor made himself at home on the engine deck, and junior constables were entrusted with the berth deck and gun deck. After a while, the Duchess Ethelyn flagged down Joe Actual and asked if there was a place she could rest before the main celebration started. Joe consulted with Captain Rutger Smith, who had given the constables a security tour of the ship, and the Captain suggested a lounge in the aft of the berth deck.</p><p></p><p>Joe escorted the Duchess and her handmaiden to those quarters and remained outside the door to make sure nothing untoward happened to her.</p><p>Rian chatted with Asrabey Varal, the fey emissary, who did not seem very impressed with the "mechanical monstrosity" they were riding on. He stayed near the rail, looking quite queasy. She then talked with Admiral Dawkins for a while about terrorist activities. When Dawkins slipped into the kitchen to procure some comestibles, Rian tracked him down for some private conversation.</p><p></p><p>At this point, the engineers in the engine room had a shift change, which the junior constable on duty, Frederick Douglass, reported via intercom to Zamfir on the top deck. Zamfir thought that was suspicious, so went to alert Saxby and Rian that something was odd. Just then, the band at the rear of the ship broke into the Risuri national anthem, making it hard to hear anything on the upper decks of the ship.</p><p></p><p>As the music started, an invisible halfling chef stabbed Joe Actual in the back and ran off across the berth deck. The Duchess's handmaiden came out to see what the commotion was. Joe ordered her to go back into the room, as there was a belligerent halfling in the hall. The handmaiden approached Joe, seemingly confused by his statements. When she was very close to him, she vanished and Joe could hear a door down the hall opening. Realizing that something was very amiss, Joe burst into the Duchess's room just in time to see her jump out the window. Rushing to the window, Joe saw that the Duchess was being plucked out of the sea by some sort of mermaid riding a kraken. With no time to deal with the repercussions there, Joe rushed to deal with the appearance of two saboteurs.</p><p></p><p>In the engine room, the two engineers attacked junior constable Frederick Douglass and began sabotaging the engine. There were now four saboteurs loose on the ship and only a few constables had any idea what was happening.</p><p></p><p>Thor was surprised to find the Duchess's handmaiden rushing into the boiler room with a wand in one hand and a fiery red gem in the other. As he confronted her, she smashed the gem to the ground, releasing a Fire Elemental, and teleported two decks upward to the gun deck, where she linked up with the halfling. The two of them overpowered the ship's guards and removed the fire wards on the ship's magazine. The Fire Elemental dove into the boiler furnace, intent on overloading it.</p><p></p><p>Thor pushed on into the engine room, where he found the two engineers beating the junior constable into submission and rusting valves shut with some sort of wand. He quickly killed them, and started opening every pressure relief valve he could find.</p><p></p><p>Rian and Joe Actual met the halfling and handmaiden on the gun deck, but failed to detain either of them before they could throw the fire wards into the sea and leap out the gun ports after them. Now all the saboteurs had been dealt with or escaped, but the ship was well on its way to a catastrophic explosion, and the band played on. </p><p></p><p>By this time, Zamfir had made it down to the engine deck, where he revived Frederick Douglass and sent him to warn everyone to evacuate the ship. He saw the fire elemental at work int he boiler and decided to approach the problem head-on, starting with a bolt of lightning, and then wading into the fiery ember of the furnace to fight the thing. Thor looked at that and decided it was a fool's errand, and left to find the nearest lifeboat. Joe Actual and Rian separated form the gun deck; Rian headed up to begin the evacuation while Joe headed down into the engine room to help Zamfir, passing Thor on the way.</p><p></p><p>The pair of former gladiators from Ber worked the problem for a bit, with Zamfir attacking the elemental, and Joe shoveling firegems out of the furnace. junior constable Joe Virtual and ship architect Geoff Massarde arrived to assist in the effort, and they struck on a plan: a few well-placed firedust charges could crack the hull enough to bring water in and flood the furnace. With Massarde there to guide them, finding the weak points, setting the charges, and getting all of the hatches closed was hastily achieved, and the RNS Coaltongue was crippled, but did not explode.</p><p></p><p>King Aodhan was alone on the top deck to greet them as they ascended. His teleportation contingency had not worked, apparently fouled by some fey magic, leaving him as the last man on board after all the lifeboats had launched. The ship shuddered as the charges went off, but it remained afloat. Nearby vessels were able to tow the mighty warship back to port. Only once it had been towed back did King Aodhan leave the ship. Massarde and the three constables stayed with him and listened as he regaled them with stories of his adventures in the Third Yerasol War.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skotothalamos, post: 8001434, member: 83398"] After several days of no further leads in the death of Nilasa, the constables were tapped by Saxby to provide security for King Aodhan's visit. Dr. Aubrey, as a consultant, was not invited to what was expected to be mostly an RHC Public Relations mission. The Constables met with the King's right-hand man, Principal Minister Harkover Lee, to discuss security concerns. There would be a multitude of representatives from the various nations in attendance, and any of them could be likely to try to cause the King embarrassment during this momentous launch of the RNS Coaltongue, Risur's first steam-powered warship. Aboard the ship were the following, some of whom the Constables did not have a chance to meet: King Aodhan Principal Minister Harkover Lee Duchess Ethelyn of Shale, the King's sister and presumptive heir, along with her handmaiden. Admiral Morris Dawkins, head of Risur's navy Geoff Massarde, the Danoran Tiefling who had defected to Risur and designed the Coaltongue Captain Rutger Smith of the RNS Impossible, the fastest ship in the fleet Roland Stanfield, Deva Governor of Flint Catherine Romana, a noblewoman representing the Risuri Parliament Benedict Pemberton, Risur's preeminent industrialist Brakken of Heffanita, a softspoken Minotaur diplomat representing the nation of Ber Vitis Sigismund, a Clergy Godhand, representing the nation of Crisillyir Kvarti Gorbatiy, a Dwarven marksman repesenting the nation of Drakr Lya Jierre, niece to the sovereign of Danor, representing that nation Kasvarina Varal, a very serious Eladrin matriarch, representing the shattered nation of Elfaivar Asrabey Varal, an eladrin warrior from the Dreaming, representing the interests of the Unseen Court The Constables brought along some junior members of the team to help with the massive job of securing an entire warship. Including Saxby, there were eight RHC representatives on the ship. Rian and Saxby handled the schmoozing duties while the rest of the team spread out to the various decks to watch for threats. The foreward part of the main deck was arrayed for a celebration, and the VIPs and their handlers mingled and talked affairs of state. Rian and Saxby inserted themselves into that crowd while Joe and Zamfir looked on from afar. Thor made himself at home on the engine deck, and junior constables were entrusted with the berth deck and gun deck. After a while, the Duchess Ethelyn flagged down Joe Actual and asked if there was a place she could rest before the main celebration started. Joe consulted with Captain Rutger Smith, who had given the constables a security tour of the ship, and the Captain suggested a lounge in the aft of the berth deck. Joe escorted the Duchess and her handmaiden to those quarters and remained outside the door to make sure nothing untoward happened to her. Rian chatted with Asrabey Varal, the fey emissary, who did not seem very impressed with the "mechanical monstrosity" they were riding on. He stayed near the rail, looking quite queasy. She then talked with Admiral Dawkins for a while about terrorist activities. When Dawkins slipped into the kitchen to procure some comestibles, Rian tracked him down for some private conversation. At this point, the engineers in the engine room had a shift change, which the junior constable on duty, Frederick Douglass, reported via intercom to Zamfir on the top deck. Zamfir thought that was suspicious, so went to alert Saxby and Rian that something was odd. Just then, the band at the rear of the ship broke into the Risuri national anthem, making it hard to hear anything on the upper decks of the ship. As the music started, an invisible halfling chef stabbed Joe Actual in the back and ran off across the berth deck. The Duchess's handmaiden came out to see what the commotion was. Joe ordered her to go back into the room, as there was a belligerent halfling in the hall. The handmaiden approached Joe, seemingly confused by his statements. When she was very close to him, she vanished and Joe could hear a door down the hall opening. Realizing that something was very amiss, Joe burst into the Duchess's room just in time to see her jump out the window. Rushing to the window, Joe saw that the Duchess was being plucked out of the sea by some sort of mermaid riding a kraken. With no time to deal with the repercussions there, Joe rushed to deal with the appearance of two saboteurs. In the engine room, the two engineers attacked junior constable Frederick Douglass and began sabotaging the engine. There were now four saboteurs loose on the ship and only a few constables had any idea what was happening. Thor was surprised to find the Duchess's handmaiden rushing into the boiler room with a wand in one hand and a fiery red gem in the other. As he confronted her, she smashed the gem to the ground, releasing a Fire Elemental, and teleported two decks upward to the gun deck, where she linked up with the halfling. The two of them overpowered the ship's guards and removed the fire wards on the ship's magazine. The Fire Elemental dove into the boiler furnace, intent on overloading it. Thor pushed on into the engine room, where he found the two engineers beating the junior constable into submission and rusting valves shut with some sort of wand. He quickly killed them, and started opening every pressure relief valve he could find. Rian and Joe Actual met the halfling and handmaiden on the gun deck, but failed to detain either of them before they could throw the fire wards into the sea and leap out the gun ports after them. Now all the saboteurs had been dealt with or escaped, but the ship was well on its way to a catastrophic explosion, and the band played on. By this time, Zamfir had made it down to the engine deck, where he revived Frederick Douglass and sent him to warn everyone to evacuate the ship. He saw the fire elemental at work int he boiler and decided to approach the problem head-on, starting with a bolt of lightning, and then wading into the fiery ember of the furnace to fight the thing. Thor looked at that and decided it was a fool's errand, and left to find the nearest lifeboat. Joe Actual and Rian separated form the gun deck; Rian headed up to begin the evacuation while Joe headed down into the engine room to help Zamfir, passing Thor on the way. The pair of former gladiators from Ber worked the problem for a bit, with Zamfir attacking the elemental, and Joe shoveling firegems out of the furnace. junior constable Joe Virtual and ship architect Geoff Massarde arrived to assist in the effort, and they struck on a plan: a few well-placed firedust charges could crack the hull enough to bring water in and flood the furnace. With Massarde there to guide them, finding the weak points, setting the charges, and getting all of the hatches closed was hastily achieved, and the RNS Coaltongue was crippled, but did not explode. King Aodhan was alone on the top deck to greet them as they ascended. His teleportation contingency had not worked, apparently fouled by some fey magic, leaving him as the last man on board after all the lifeboats had launched. The ship shuddered as the charges went off, but it remained afloat. Nearby vessels were able to tow the mighty warship back to port. Only once it had been towed back did King Aodhan leave the ship. Massarde and the three constables stayed with him and listened as he regaled them with stories of his adventures in the Third Yerasol War. [/QUOTE]
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