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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turanil" data-source="post: 1821941" data-attributes="member: 9646"><img src="http://www.dcrouzet.net/scifipics/official2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> So many questions! General Henwalis raises a hand, in a gesture meaning he cannot answer when everybody speaks at the same time. -  "All of this is serious indeed. This is the reason why we mount an expedition so quickly. We are sorry, but we have very little information. It's your job to find answers, to know what happened, and to put order to it."- "The computers onboard of the starships didn't have time to record and analyze these "energy discharges"; and they were not programmed for that anyway. What did bring them aboard is unknown. The little data we have suggests something like electricity or plasma fire contained in some sort of magnetic field, and organized in some way, that is, having a structure of its own. Nothing we know is capable of doing this; except if, as suggests HAR-Vee, it is false data recorded by a traitor inside the starship to mislead us. However, we can only fathom what the thieves with such a technology at their disposal would want to do with anti-matter bombs."Then, as the general is speaking, HAR-Vee begins to download detailed images or schematics of the stolen antimatter bombs, and how such bombs should be handled and stored safely. Later, he will be able to process any data regarding the crews of the lost starships, but such work has already been done with no useful result or clues. [OOC: a Search check at DC = 30 is required here to get some interesting clue!]-  "Anyway, concerning our investigators on Ashira_29, our infomorphs were discovered and blasted by three idiots. These idiots then had the idea to make some careful search onboard the station and discovered our covert agent there. The agent wasn't killed, but now we have legal proceedings with the station owners for months ahead. What's strange, is that this second rate station rented for commercial purpose to small start-ups, has a so good electronic defense system. We think that the station may in fact belong to the Martian Triads and serve for some of their illegal activities. However, not all the start-ups and other people who rent parts of Ashira_29 are criminals. They probably, and unknowingly, serve as cover." General Henwalis now looks specifically at the major Tobermory and agent Collins. -  "The 'dummy corporation' is your cover major. It is indeed a true corporation, the one that funds your expedition. However, the directors of Sarteck inc. are themselves SIA agents; this company only exists to give a cover to some of our people, and let them operate under the pretense of private business. As such, you can consider this an 'autonomous missions'. In any case, beginning with Ashira_29 is a good idea, and all info we have on it, is uploaded onto the starship's computer. But thereafter you may have to head up for Mars, or even Jupiter, in case you could find clues that our satellite Vigrix-B5 was unable to find." Players can decide if they want their characters know each other from previous missions. The default is that none of you know each other except from reputation. All of you have good records and are trustworthy agents. (No double cross and treachery in this adventure online. As a DM I allow it only in long standing tabletop campaigns, where all players know each other and have played together for a long time.)</blockquote>

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