High Law and Low Justice, Part 4

[Maerdwyn]

Ktarle:
[sblock] There is a brief flash of confusion on Green's face, but she covers it quickly. Her conversational tone shifts back to attack mode. "Doctor, I am sure you know very well what the relevance of that blood is. Even a cursory examination of it by our doctor indicated high levels of contamination by the proteins of the organism we found on the Dvonn." She peers at Ktarle evidently waiting for a reaction, though her bearing is attempting to present the impression that Green knows exactly what Ktarle is going to say. (Just FYI, Ktarle never had an opportunity to examine Trel's blook under a decent microscope, as the Keruuchan didn't have one, and she was worried about one or two other things on the Dvonn.)[/sblock]

 

[DrZombie]

OOC:Allright, got some time now .
Ooops, missed that spoilerblock. Will answer soonish.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Saanath:[sblock]
As saanth speaks about the boat, Green holds of a hand: "When saying we found one of Keruuchan's boats 'here', I meant that we found Keruuchan's boat on the Dvonn, not that the other boat was here. I apologize for the confusion. Before that boat was detected in your hold we were frankly unaware of any connection between the Dvonn and the Keruuchan."

She lets him continue, grows more interested as the story goes on. When he finishes, she nods. "By 'Nells-C' I assume you are referring to this man." She produces a photograph of the shriveled old man. "Walid Nells-Corzin. Senior Vice President of HiranuCorp, and cousin to Archduke Nells. After the Keruuchan's flight from the system, we obtained information suggesting he might have been on the vessel. We did not have confirmation, however, and we were unaware he had taken direct command of the vessel. Thank you for that information, Saanath. It does not prove anything by itself, but it is a vital piece of a very dangerous puzzle."

"Walid Nells-Corzin has for almost a decade been controling a series of dummy corporations backed by the personal funds of the Nells family. Recently, he has withdrawn vast sums of cash from those companies. At first, we simply suspected he was stealing from his relatives, but have since ruled that out. Then we learned that his son had a meeting with the Gelish crime family some moths ago. He apparently tried to negotiate a deal with them for something in exchange for Walid's cash. According to our source, the deal was put on hold until the Gelishes could provide a 'demonstration.' We kept our eyes open after that, but couldn't find anything more out. Walid became more and more careful about his movements, and tracking him was eventually quite difficult, evidenced by us not realizing until too late that he had been on the Keruuchan. All of which brings us to today, Saanath."

"Given what I know, and what you have said, I am not sure that the Dvonn was there as bait..." She trails off, waiting to see how Saanath reacts to this.[/sblock]

 

[Maerdwyn]

DrZ - did you see the post for Ruzz'koff above?

 

[Seonaid]

[sblock]Ktarle's nostrils flare. "What!" she says, lunging toward Green. When she realizes what she's done, she restrains herself and sits as far from Green as possible. "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Commander Green. I, I don't know what came over me." She runs her hands over her face. "I didn't realize, I didn't have a chance . . ." She trails off before clearing her throat and starting again [unless Green stops her]. "I didn't have time to analyze the sample. I had no idea." She shakes her head vehemently, looking Green in the eyes.[/sblock]

 

[DrZombie]

DrZ - did you see the post for Ruzz'koff above?

Nope, missed it amongst the spoilerblocks. Will edit post.

 

[DrZombie]

Ruzz'koff:

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He looks at Ruzz'koff squarely. "So today you show up with a beat up corsair-cum-yacht and start limping towards us apparently bearing more nastiness than the whole of Zhodani space. But you also got something else. You've got one of the Keruuchan's life boats. Which means you might just have the answers we need. So what can you tell me, Lt. Ruzz'koff?" [/sblock]

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"Hmmm." Ruzz'koff scratches himself behind the ear. "You might want to look at the captain's log. We were at the Keruuchan when we heard a distress call...." And once again he tells the entire tale, leaving nothing out.

"So I think that Nells tried to intercept us here before word got out what he'd done, but seeing the emperor present here made him change his mind. I guess he's back to his homeground, preparing to unleash his horde of lawyers upon us."[/sblock]

 

[Wilphe]

Dorothy [sblock] After a short time, midshipmen form the Empress Margaret's crew arrive and begin taking individual statements from the passengers. Their questions ranger from how their ordeal on the Dvonn began to the treatment they received from their rescuers, any attacks suffered during the recue, and what they knew about the other ships in the Tamandere system. They are asked if they had any reason to suspect that any of the rescuers was other than they appeared to be. They are asked to provide any other thoughts on the ordeal that they would like included in their statements [/sblock]

[sblock]Dorothy will be clear, calm and polite, though her immediate response will be be to ask under what authourity these enquries are being made, to what end and the legal status of any disposition she makes - quoting whatever relevent stautes, edicts and documentation she feels like citing.[/sblock]

 

[Maerdwyn]

[sblock]Ktarle's nostrils flare. "What!" she says, lunging toward Green. When she realizes what she's done, she restrains herself and sits as far from Green as possible. "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Commander Green. I, I don't know what came over me." She runs her hands over her face. "I didn't realize, I didn't have a chance . . ." She trails off before clearing her throat and starting again [unless Green stops her]. "I didn't have time to analyze the sample. I had no idea." She shakes her head vehemently, looking Green in the eyes.[/sblock]

Ktarle:
[Sblock]doesn't blink at Ktarle's initial outburst. Green frowns, more inwardly than at Ktarle in particular. "I will return shortly, Doctor. If you have anything else you wish to inform me of, there will be someone outside the door who can contact me." She places a pices of paper and a pen on the table. "While I am gone, I would like you to write a full accounting of that blood sample and it's history. We are running the DNA with the other passengers on the Dvonn now, so if you have not been truthful about its origins it will be discovered." With that, unless Ktarle has somehting more to add, she rises to go. [/sblock]

 

[Maerdwyn]

[sblock]
"Hmmm." Ruzz'koff scratches himself behind the ear. "You might want to look at the captain's log. We were at the Keruuchan when we heard a distress call...." And once again he tells the entire tale, leaving nothing out.

"So I think that Nells tried to intercept us here before word got out what he'd done, but seeing the emperor present here made him change his mind. I guess he's back to his homeground, preparing to unleash his horde of lawyers upon us."[/sblock]

Ruzz'koff
[Sblock]
The Captain listens intently, outrage growing as he hears of Nells-Corzine's actions on the Keruuchan. He asks about the cruiser that attacked the Dvonn on its escape, and asks him for theories about why all this may have been done.

At the end, upon hearing Ruzz'koff comment about lawyers, he says, "I hope that's all it is. Our intelligence officers seem to think it was bigger than that. And I've got to tell you, they think one or more of your crew is involved. Anything you can tell me about that, one way or the other?"[/sblock]