High Law and Low Justice, Part 4

[DrZombie]

Dorothy Fingal will find Ruzz'koff at a suitible, and secluded point "Captain, I think you should know that there has been a long-term effort in the beuarcracy to drive Malikot out of business. This would be an extreme, but not isolated incident. What are your plans for when we reach Dukh?"

"Well, my plan is to head for the scout base ASAP, broadcasting a mayday signal. If the scouts hear about this they won't stop untill they find the one responsible. This is something they won't allow to be shuffled under the carpet. And next, we'll sell the story to the TAS, as they will be the most likely to actually broadcast it. I'm planning to make a lot of noise. This is beyond all accettable behavior, and it should never happen again."

 

[doghead]

Saanath, human male merchant

Meardwyn: [sblock]Saanath is pleased to have found something, but disappointed that it was not more ... conclusive.

He takes what he has to Quinn. Saanath decides to respect Quinns desire to keep a lid on the existence of the crystal, although he's not sure he understands why Quinn wished to keep it quiet. Saanath choses a time and place when they can talk in private and without drawing attention to themselves.

Saanath tells Quinn that he thinks they should inform the others from the Kerchan, but failing that they should at the very least keep Ruzz'koff informed, and get Trelene in on the investigation. Two minds, Saanath believes, will be more effective than one.[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Navy 2/Prof 7/Trav 1: Retired Makhidkarum Vice President

Once they are reasonably sure about the destination and time, Trelene turns to the vargr woman. "Thank you for your help. I need to get to work on the computer. Could you give these results to Captain Ruzz'koff. Again I want to complement you on your excellent computations. I will work diligently to track down any anomolies in the computer system." She then turns her attention to the ship's computer and trying to sort things out there.

ooc: Rerg'shael is female

OOC: OK. Edited post to reflect this.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Saanath:

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"Back in the system, I was afraid we were going to be boarded, and possibly captureed. It didn't make sense to subject more people that necessary to the knowledge that an ISS agent* was involved. At this point, I think you are right - I'll bring the others in on it, and we'll decide how to proceed. Looks like he labeled the vial as the antivenom mentioned in his file**, right. So what we need to know is if he knew what it was in actuality, or whether he really thought it was antivenom. I'm assuming the former for now. That name - Carl Martin - will be false one. If Blair knowingly picked up the microbes from a contact on Kansas, he wouldn't have identified the name correctly in such an easily hacked file. We, or someone, is going to need to identify that contact. See if you can find anymore out - I'm going to get the others together later on this evening.

*Imperial Secret Service
**Sorry, didn't mention that in the last post - Blair did mention in the file that he was carrying the antivenom in a vial in his briefcase
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[Seonaid]

Ktarlewaweikye, Female Aslan Medic (Academic 5 / Traveller 2)

Following the meeting, Ktarle goes back to the Medbay and gets to work straightening and taking inventory. She cleans compulsively, almost maniacally.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Trelene:
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Over the course of the next day, Trelene attacks the code in the Astrogation computer. Saanath and Zaedhrarrg had already given it the once over, finding a hole in the software - code that had been recently, and likely, automatically, deleted. In time, she is able to reconstruct what the code consisted of. It was certainly maliciously introduced, and it was aimed at altering whatever calculations were fed into the software. Whatever was fed in, Tamandere would be the resulting destination. Further, and this part is only uncovered because of your extremely high skill, when the jump was disengaged and the maneuver drive automatically engaged, this software triggered another piece of malicious code buried in the engine subsystem. Heading down there, more checking determines that this code is what caused the power surge that fried the m-drive's power regulator upon Dvonn's entry into the Tamandere system. Unlike the code in the Astrogation computer, this code is still present. Unless corrected and replaced with properly designed code, there could be another catastrophic power surge in the future - although that could occur at a random time, rather than right at re-entry, since the code's trigger, from the astrogation computer, is now absent. (if all that doesn't make sense, Tailspinner, I'll try to clarify more).[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Navy 2/Prof 7/Trav 1: Retired Makhidkarum Vice President

Once she has tracked down all the anomolies in both the bridge and engineering, she seeks out Ruzz'koff. She relays what she has found to him. "I have tracked down the bug in the astrogation system. No matter what coordinates were input, the destination would end up as Tamandere. Also, after the jump, when the maneuver drive automatically engaged it triggered a program in the engine subsystem. That program caused the power surge that fried the m-drive's power regulator. I had to reconstruct the code on the bridge. But the engineering code is still intact. Unless corrected there could be a similar power surge in the future. I'm not sure of when that might happen since the original trigger in the astrogation computer is gone. I was planning on removing the code from engineering but I wanted to checl with you first. I could possibly make a copy of the code before I remove it. Also, I trust that Rerg'Shael has already informed you of our destination and delay?" She awaits Ruzz'koff's response.

 

[Seonaid]

When she realizes how tired she is despite the full night's rest, Ktarle pauses her activity to toggle the main onboard communications. "Ktarlewaweikye in Medical. All of you must come see me before 2100 tonight, whether you think you are healthy or not. And if anyone feels a twinge or so much as sneezes, you must come to me immediately. Please also be sure to eat regularly. We cannot afford to have anyone sick or injured." More than already, that is, she amends silently. "If you do not come see me, I will have to come find you, and that will be less than pleasant, I guarantee it." She closes the connection and sags briefly against the bulkhead. So much . . . So many problems, so many injured and dead. She tries to prevent her thoughts from straying to those she had personally failed, but it is not easy. After a moment, she straightens and gets back to her work.

 

[Wilphe]

Dorothy Fingal -

Dorothy does not look happy when she finds out that they will arrive a week late at Dukh, "Which gives the Nells plenty of time to get there before us and arrange whatever reception they want. We won't even be able to get out a "We come in peace" before we get blown to shreds."

OOC:
Would it have been possible for them to tell where we going?

 

[DrZombie]

"I really doubt that. They don't know where we are heading, and if they guess where we are heading they still don't know where and when we will emerge. That should give us some hours. Dukh is a very busy starport, and attacking us in front of so many witnesses while we are broadcasting a mayday signal.... There's a lot of free traders out there, and the Scouts and Navy will not stand for it. No, we will be in a tight spot, and we will need one hell of a lawyer, but so will they. And we have all the evidence. We might get offered a lot of money to keep quiet and forget all of this, but I'm afraid that just won't cut it. Not after the people we've lost."

"Hmm. You wouldn't happen to be or know someone who's an expert in interstellar law, would you?"