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<blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 2324880" data-attributes="member: 835">Ruzz'koff:[Sblock]Ruzz'koff awaits the Captain Keyes in his quarters.&nbsp; When the human captain arrives about an hour later, he says, &quot;Welcome to the Empress, Lieutentant Ruzz'koff.&nbsp; I'll be honest with you; I'm amazed you saved as many people as you did.&nbsp; Good job.&nbsp; I've got some problems, though, and I've going to need you to help me clear them up.&nbsp; I'm going to cut right to the chase with you, I've think you've earned that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Take a look at this sensor readout.&nbsp; It's from four days ago.&quot;&nbsp;He begins playing a computer generated representation of sensor data.&nbsp; It focuses on one ship that is leaving the Dukh system.&nbsp; &quot;That there is the Kalama. She's a passenger liner&nbsp; that had been itching to get out of the system ever since the embargo started.&nbsp; She was inspected thoroughly, then fueled her up and sent on her way.&quot;&nbsp; Another ship blips onto the map.&nbsp; It heads toward the planet, then suddenly changes direction.&nbsp; &quot;That's right about where we figure this ship realized that the Emperor was in the system.&nbsp; Watch what's next.&quot;&nbsp; The Kalama halts and heads for the new arrival, and the new arrival moves away from the planet toward the Kalama.&nbsp; Several navy ships move away from the main fleet at the planet and head towards the two other ships.&nbsp; &quot;We knew something was up, but not what.&quot;&nbsp; The two ships meet each other and drift, apparently doced with each other.&nbsp; &quot;See what's happening here?&nbsp; It's the damnedest thing.&nbsp; Kalama's tranferring all her fuel to that other ship.&quot;&nbsp; THe ships disengage, and the Kalama heads back towards the planet and the oncoming navy ships.&nbsp; The new arrival jumps away, apparently using its newly acquired fuel. &quot;Navy just couldn't get there in time to stop it.&nbsp; That ship have had a damned good reason it didn't us to see it.&nbsp; And Kalama must have had a damned good reason for giving over her fuel to her, cause Kalama's now impounded and her crew is in custody.&nbsp; Won't tell anything - don't seem to know much.&nbsp; All we do know is that Kalama is operated by HiranuCorp, same company as the ship that took off without saying hello.&nbsp; Yep, the Keruuchan got clean away, and we have no idea why it needed to so badly.&quot;&nbsp;He looks at Ruzz'koff squarely. &quot;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.&nbsp; But you also got something else.&nbsp; You've got one of the Keruuchan's life boats.&nbsp; Which means you might just have the answers we need.&nbsp; So what can you tell me, Lt. Ruzz'koff?&quot; [/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maerdwyn, post: 2324880, member: 835"] Ruzz'koff: [Sblock] Ruzz'koff awaits the Captain Keyes in his quarters. When the human captain arrives about an hour later, he says, "Welcome to the [i]Empress[/i], Lieutentant Ruzz'koff. I'll be honest with you; I'm amazed you saved as many people as you did. Good job. I've got some problems, though, and I've going to need you to help me clear them up. I'm going to cut right to the chase with you, I've think you've earned that. Take a look at this sensor readout. It's from four days ago." He begins playing a computer generated representation of sensor data. It focuses on one ship that is leaving the Dukh system. "That there is the [i]Kalama[/i]. She's a passenger liner that had been itching to get out of the system ever since the embargo started. She was inspected thoroughly, then fueled her up and sent on her way." Another ship blips onto the map. It heads toward the planet, then suddenly changes direction. "That's right about where we figure this ship realized that the Emperor was in the system. Watch what's next." The Kalama halts and heads for the new arrival, and the new arrival moves away from the planet toward the Kalama. Several navy ships move away from the main fleet at the planet and head towards the two other ships. "We knew something was up, but not what." The two ships meet each other and drift, apparently doced with each other. "See what's happening here? It's the damnedest thing. Kalama's tranferring all her fuel to that other ship." THe ships disengage, and the Kalama heads back towards the planet and the oncoming navy ships. The new arrival jumps away, apparently using its newly acquired fuel. "Navy just couldn't get there in time to stop it. That ship have had a damned good reason it didn't us to see it. And Kalama must have had a damned good reason for giving over her fuel to her, cause Kalama's now impounded and her crew is in custody. Won't tell anything - don't seem to know much. All we do know is that Kalama is operated by HiranuCorp, same company as the ship that took off without saying hello. Yep, the Keruuchan got clean away, and we have no idea why it needed to so badly." 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] [/QUOTE]

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