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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Watus" data-source="post: 2993339" data-attributes="member: 14589">Aboard the Kwai Su Nyao LongshanksBerth 42B, Eavesdown Docks, PersephoneMay 28th, 2517 - the 6th anniversary of Unification Daydaybreak[SBLOCK=Cash]As Cash emerges from his berth, he notices two things.  First, he sees Bastion down on the gantry in the cargo bay beneath him, keeping to the shadows and watching something happening on the ramp down below.  Whatever he's looking at is out of Cash's line of sight.Second, he hears the clomping of heavy feet on the stairs to the foredeck, up past the infirmary .  That could be where Beale is headed.  Several years before Cash came aboard, Beale coverted part of the storage room in the shuttle bay to quarters for himself so he could be closer to the engines.  He could be headed there.  Or he could be on his way back to the engine room for another load.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Baxter]Moving to Helsinki's berth, Baxter passes the hover-mule hanging off the catwalk and happens to look down at the duffels piles haphazardly in the back bench.  Sitting on top of them is a greasy and irregular part Baxter instantly recognizes the primary condenser manifold for the drive assembly.  There's only one on board - at 750 credits, it's one of the Ox's most expensive single parts.  The last time Baxter was in the engine room, it was attached to the drive.  Beale must have plucked this one right off of the ship.  Without it, the Longshanks is dead in the water.  Beneath the condenser manifold, the duffles bulge with a multitude of other mysterious shapes.As Baxter hammers on Helsinki's door, he looks over his shoulder and notices Bastion beneath him on the cargo bay gantry, looking intently toward something down on the ramp, out of Baxter's sight.OOC: I rolled the spot, listen and knowledge (technology) checks for you to keep things moving: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=549682" target="_blank">1d20+3 -> [14,3] = (17) 1d20+1 -> [6,1] = (7)  1d20+13 -> [1,13] = (14)</a> [/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Bastion]Bastion watches the conversation below him unfold, but can't make out what's being said.  Beside him, Rover is starting to become restive.Make a Handle Animal check.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Helsinki]This is out of control.  Someone is now actually pounding on the hatch to Helsinki's berth.[/SBLOCK]Eavesdown Docks, ConcourseEavesdown, Persephonedaybreak[SBLOCK=Kai]"So what's your play kid," the stranger asks, looking down the concourse as the day's traffic begins to trickle in the open gates. You gonna shoot me in front of all those nice people or what?"Up on the gantry at the top of the ramp, Kai sees a subtle movement.  Someone's watching the conversation from up there, trying to keep out of sight.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Win]Win casually peels off from Kai and moves behind the berth's pumphouse.  Keeping low to the ground, he moves swiftly to the building's trailing edge and peers around the corner.  He sees no sign of the mysterious figure.  He does, however, see that traffic is starting to pick up at the far end of the concourse as the stevedores and coolies start to trickle in.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Melara]Keeping to the opposite side of the concourse, Melara carefully closes on the pair.  With a start, she realizes she's been made as the larger of the two peels off and moves behind the berth's pumphouse leaving the other to his conversation.  The big man moves swiftly and with assurance, as though trained for this kind of work.  A gust of wind, however, blows aside the tarpaulin draped across the side of the pumphouse, betraying his position.  Traffic is finally starting to pick up at the other end of the concourse as the stevedores and coolies start to trickle in.I rolled Me's spot and listen to keep things moving: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=549558" target="_blank">1d20+0 -></a><a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=549558" target="_blank">[15,0] = (15)  1d20+0 -> [4,0] = (4)</a> - of course, I rolled 12 times instead of 2, so ignore the last 10 rolls.[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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