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thotd
Treleleaweiro, aslan male mercenary
Trel rises from his seat and deposits battered case on the table.
"There is, of course, the possibility that IIS are just the people we wish to make mad.
Trel releases the latches on the case.
"The safe in Mr Armand's stateroom was tampered with in a number of ways. First, a section of the back wall of the safe was replaced with a highly porous material that blended in perfectly with the rest of the safe's construction."
He lifts up the two vials and the circuitry.
"Behind that section of the safe was this. It is a relatively simple, but effective two-stage device. The shift into jump space when Dvonn left Sauma Forain caused the materials in the two vials to mix. The exit from jump space into Tamandere system released the activated contents of the vials as well as a shunt from the ship's ventilation system. The vials' contents - I believe it to have been a very corrosive gas - were then blown through the porous panel and into the safe."
At this point Trel indicates the melted resin block that sits in the damaged briefcase.
"I asked Saanath to get me the maintenance records regarding the safe. The following is from the log of Hodor Freyir, Dvonn's chief engineer. The first entry is from nine days before departure from Sauma Forain. It opens a service ticket with the heading: Replacement safe in Stateroom 8
[bq]"Fine. Captain wants the security in a stateroom upgraded, I'll get it upgraded. Hell of a time finding anyone who could get it done on our schedule, but I found a supplier for that safe Gergh wanted. Whoever this guy is, he's got Gergh in a snit. The safe is on order, and the company says it should arrive in time to install it before we leave for Daramm." The technical details in the entry show to security company contracted to install the safe was SFRM (Sauman Forain Risk Management), and that the safe ordered was a high quality commercial model, to be installed in state room 8."[/bq]
"Then six days later: [bq]"Gergh is pissing me off. All he has to do is keep me informed - Good deal or no, I don't like other people changing my contracts even if they are captain of the ship. SFRM showed up today with four safes - one for each of the empy staterooms and Gergh quarters. I almost sent them away until Gergh tells me he authorized the other safes yesterday. Anyway, they're in now. They'll come back tomorrow to put the walls back, then Hector can get off my ass about getting the staterooms ready for the passengers."[/bq]
"According to the technical breakdown, new safes were put into Staterooms 4, 5, and 9, as well as in Captain Gergh's quarters. All the safes were same model ordered a few days earlier.
"This the next day, two days before departure: [bq]"SFRM is finished, finally. They must have sent their B team today, because they were a lot slower than the guys who showed up to do the real work yesterday. Four safes went in yesterday in four hours. Today it took the same number of guys seven hours to get the walls into presentable shape. Maybe part of that is Hector being too picky, but I wish they'd sent the other techs."[/bq]
"The service ticket is closed following this entry."
"The fact that Armand dies suggests that he did not know what was going to happen. Which suggests that he was used by someone, with fairly good access to IIS operations. This doesn't seem like an IIS operation. Which suggest someone was using their assets for their own private operations.
"IIS, in my experience, are not particularly generous with their assets, nor particularly forgiving people. They may be the partner Saanath suggested we find.
"On the other hand, IIS don't usually play nice, even with their partners."
Trel rises from his seat and deposits battered case on the table.
"There is, of course, the possibility that IIS are just the people we wish to make mad.
Trel releases the latches on the case.
"The safe in Mr Armand's stateroom was tampered with in a number of ways. First, a section of the back wall of the safe was replaced with a highly porous material that blended in perfectly with the rest of the safe's construction."
He lifts up the two vials and the circuitry.
"Behind that section of the safe was this. It is a relatively simple, but effective two-stage device. The shift into jump space when Dvonn left Sauma Forain caused the materials in the two vials to mix. The exit from jump space into Tamandere system released the activated contents of the vials as well as a shunt from the ship's ventilation system. The vials' contents - I believe it to have been a very corrosive gas - were then blown through the porous panel and into the safe."
At this point Trel indicates the melted resin block that sits in the damaged briefcase.
"I asked Saanath to get me the maintenance records regarding the safe. The following is from the log of Hodor Freyir, Dvonn's chief engineer. The first entry is from nine days before departure from Sauma Forain. It opens a service ticket with the heading: Replacement safe in Stateroom 8
[bq]"Fine. Captain wants the security in a stateroom upgraded, I'll get it upgraded. Hell of a time finding anyone who could get it done on our schedule, but I found a supplier for that safe Gergh wanted. Whoever this guy is, he's got Gergh in a snit. The safe is on order, and the company says it should arrive in time to install it before we leave for Daramm." The technical details in the entry show to security company contracted to install the safe was SFRM (Sauman Forain Risk Management), and that the safe ordered was a high quality commercial model, to be installed in state room 8."[/bq]
"Then six days later: [bq]"Gergh is pissing me off. All he has to do is keep me informed - Good deal or no, I don't like other people changing my contracts even if they are captain of the ship. SFRM showed up today with four safes - one for each of the empy staterooms and Gergh quarters. I almost sent them away until Gergh tells me he authorized the other safes yesterday. Anyway, they're in now. They'll come back tomorrow to put the walls back, then Hector can get off my ass about getting the staterooms ready for the passengers."[/bq]
"According to the technical breakdown, new safes were put into Staterooms 4, 5, and 9, as well as in Captain Gergh's quarters. All the safes were same model ordered a few days earlier.
"This the next day, two days before departure: [bq]"SFRM is finished, finally. They must have sent their B team today, because they were a lot slower than the guys who showed up to do the real work yesterday. Four safes went in yesterday in four hours. Today it took the same number of guys seven hours to get the walls into presentable shape. Maybe part of that is Hector being too picky, but I wish they'd sent the other techs."[/bq]
"The service ticket is closed following this entry."
"The fact that Armand dies suggests that he did not know what was going to happen. Which suggests that he was used by someone, with fairly good access to IIS operations. This doesn't seem like an IIS operation. Which suggest someone was using their assets for their own private operations.
"IIS, in my experience, are not particularly generous with their assets, nor particularly forgiving people. They may be the partner Saanath suggested we find.
"On the other hand, IIS don't usually play nice, even with their partners."
