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High Law and Low Justice, Part 5
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02-23-06, 11:05 PM #201
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff stands in the common area a few seconds longer, using his presence to drive any passengers that still have something to say back into their staterooms in discomfort. Then he returns to his quarters, changes into his duty uniform, and then heads to the galley for a bit of coffee. Jump space is supposed to be restful, isn't it?
02-24-06, 10:00 AM #202
Wilphe OOC:Ruzz'koff: 35 on that Liason check with Saanath's assistance...IC:Maxine Zdrac looks at Ruzz'koff as if to say something, then bites it back and stalks back into her stateroom. A couple of the rest decide that breakfast isn't going to be served right now and that they'd better leave quietly. Gwydion would probably reply to Tuan, but the Captain has cut him off. So instead he moves out of the cabin and is the only one around to stay on deck while everyone does what they need to do. Malico Shahisgara helps Ktarle and Saanath push the trolley into the med bay, then goes back to his seat on the corner of the lounge - messing with something on his computer.The only ones who remain in the lounge are:Curtis Foster - sitting by the entrance to his cabin looking thorougly miserable.Eleanor Carnot and Jake Carling make their way over to him and sit down with him, there isn't much conversation going on, but he hasn't anywhere else to go right now and it's probably best that he doesn't get left alone.Malico Shahisgara is in the corner.Ashur Gudeli watches carefully as everyone disperses and then returns to his cabin with Melissah Gshrygn in tow.It's now fairly quiet, and it doesn't look like there's an immenient crisis.Tuan:You find a set of clothes for Curtis easily enough, there's nothing obviously suspicious but you do have the nagging feeling that you've missed something. A more thorough search might be in order here.Saanath:Ktarle is quiet happy to accept your offer of help, and the two of you will spend the next couple of hours opening up the late Mr Antonescu, well, that's what she does. You spend a lot of time looking, holding stuff and passing her instruments, then cleaning up afterwards. You do get the distinct impression that she's perplexed by something.Ruzz'koff et al:You've a couple of hours to kill while the autopsy is done.
02-24-06, 05:30 PM #203
Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheMaxine Zdrac looks at Ruzz'koff as if to say something, then bites it back and stalks back into her stateroom.
Ruzz'koff tightens the belt of his robe. There's a little something to look forward to, he thinks, with a grimace. -rg
02-28-06, 12:25 PM #204
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff, having stirred his coffee nearly unti lthe spoon dissolved, decides to move to the relative peace and quiet of the bridge to wait out the autopsy. From there he'll monitor the shipboard security systems and cameras, keeping a remote eye on anything going on. And trying not to fall asleep.-rg
02-28-06, 02:22 PM #205
Watus Masking his rising paranoic suspicions, Tuan plops himself down at the table of the common area, stirring the fourth spoonful of sugar into his fifth cup of coffee."That's a hell of a thing," he says to no one in particular. "A hell of a thing."
02-28-06, 02:41 PM #206
doghead Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheSaanath: .... You do get the distinct impression that she's perplexed by something.
Saanath shrugs. "Don't look at me. I'm just the bus boy here."Actually, there was something odd about the stateroom. Tuan said he cleaned it, but its was covered in dust." Saanath shudders at the memory of dusty things. "Hows the O2 levels on the ship?" he adds, half in jest.
03-01-06, 07:20 PM #207
Tailspinner Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Nav2/Prf7/Trv1/Aca2 : Retired Makhidkarum Vice President Trelene had hoped to get some sleep, but with the amount of shouting that was going on, she decided to try and discern the source. She leaves her room and heads checks on things.
03-04-06, 11:52 PM #209
Wilphe The suspense builds as everyone waits on Ktarle, occassionaly a nervous looking passenger - unwilling to risk Ruzz'koffs wrath, scurries out of their cabin to get a beverage or a snack before quickly returning. None of them have had a proper breakfast yet, and none of the crew looks like making any either. However no one seems to have much of an appetite, and those who do don't really feel like complaining about it.You think your sojurn is almost over when Ktarle emerges from the lab, but she makes a brief trip to Cabin 8, returning to the labs for a few minutes before making her way to the common area. "I'm done, can you join me in the lab please." It's not a great place to have 6 people, especially with a body on a table under a sheet. Hopefully Ktarle won't be using Mr Antonescu as a visual aid too much."I'll keep this short, and not dress it up with any medical technicalties. There is no doubt as to the cause of Mr Atonescu's death. He died of a massive heart failure. That much is certain, for a man of his age and apparent condition it's a bit unusual but hardly unprecedented.""There is no trace of any injury or any poison or toxin. Saanath mentioned that the cabin was dustier than expected," Gwydion moves uncomfortably, "I have already examined a sample of the dust, it's just dust. Nothing like the last lot we ran into," she smiles grimly."There is nothing to suggest any foul play or that anything was untoward. Except one thing, I am unable to ascertain a time of death. Now, there are two main ways of doing this - the first is to check what temperature the body is at, as it will cool from body heat to room temperature after death. This is fairly straight foward, and would suggest that the Subj... Sorry, Mr Antonescu, died at about 5am ship time.""Another process that takes place after death is that the blood will drain and pool in the lower portions of the body. It is a liquid after all, and it flows like any other. Judging by how far this has proceeded, I would reckon a time of death at about 9pm last night."
03-07-06, 03:03 AM #210
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff bares a few teeth. "These . . . methods for determining time of death. They should agree, I take it? And the mystery here is what could account for the preservation of Mr. Antonescue's body heat for 8 hours, or the acceleration of the process of the blood pooling in the lower portions of his body?"Do you have any theories, Miss Ktarle?" -
03-07-06, 11:19 AM #211
doghead Saanath, male human Merchant "My hate of medical mysteries has no limit."I really hope there is a simple answer, like he took an asparin for a headache which made his blood thin or something."Saanath scratches his head. "Or would it be the other way around? His blood was too thick."
03-07-06, 02:10 PM #212
Watus "Maybe someone monkeyed with the environmental controls in his stateroom."
03-07-06, 03:10 PM #213
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff shruggs. "It's a possibility, and we should check for it, but I don't think that's the answer. To begin with, if the shipboard environmental controls were used to raise the temperature or gravity, there would be logs and records of those changes, unless they were wiped of course."My instinct is that we're looking for a change in gravity, not temperature in the room. Had the temperature been raised in the room last night while Mr. Foster was in the room with Mr. Antonescue, he would also have suffered in the heat. A spike in temperature great enough to over stress Antonescue's heart would certanly be something Foster would have complained about -- not to mention what others would have said. "We should check all possibilities, but I suspect that if any shipboard system was used to push Antonescue into heart failure, it was done this morning. Something was used to raise the gravity in the cabin to a level that over-stressed Antonescue's heart. We already know that Foster is more accustomed to higher gravity, and that Antonescue was suffering with the existing gravity. With the cabin's gravity set higher, the blood would drain faster, throwing off that particular estimate of the time of death. "Again, the gravity change in the cabin would be something that our logs should mention, and we'll have to hunt for it. "Not much of this makes a whole lot of sense right now. But I think we have a few things to investigate. "Miss Ktarle, I'm not satisfied with your analysis of the dust in that room. It may not be the oxygen-depleting dust, but it is most certainly not just "dust". It is particles of something, and with any luck a more in-depth analysis of the composition of the dust particles will help us determine. "Miss Trelene, I need you to go over the logs and ship's systems with a fine-toothed comb. Examine the logs of the environmental systems. Also check the power logs for last night. Raising the gravity or temperature in the cabin last night would have required more power than normal, and that should be logged as well. I can't help but think that the computer intrusion we had is related to this -- perhaps a virus was introduced that could have done this. You know better than I do what the shipboard computers can do -- find me something. "Any other thoughts?"-rg
03-07-06, 08:29 PM #214
Tailspinner Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Nav2/Prf7/Trv1/Aca2 : Retired Makhidkarum Vice President Trelene, bleary eyed, nods at the request and leaves the lab, heading for the bridge. Once there she starts to go about the task of searching for clues in the ship's systems.
03-07-06, 09:30 PM #215
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath has his Oyster out and is punching up the appropriate systems as Ruzz'koff expounds his gravity theory. Saanath doesn't like the idea that someone is hacking through his system. No not at all ...Quote:Originally Posted by Radiating Gnome"Miss Ktarle, I'm not satisfied with your analysis of the dust in that room ....
Saanath involutarily curls his toes in anticipation of Ktarle's response. Its not that Ruzz'koff's analysis is off, it just that Aslan's can be ... touchy. "Could the dust just have been dislodged by the increased gravity?" Saanath ventures, after the fur stops flying.Quote:Originally Posted by rg"Miss Trelene, I need you to go over the logs and ship's systems with a fine-toothed comb. Examine the logs of the environmental systems. Also check the power logs for last night. Raising the gravity or temperature in the cabin last night would have required more power than normal, and that should be logged as well. I can't help but think that the computer intrusion we had is related to this -- perhaps a virus was introduced that could have done this. You know better than I do what the shipboard computers can do -- find me something.
Saanath folds up his computer. "I'll go with Trelene."ooc: T/Computers: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker). Aid Trelene.
03-07-06, 09:40 PM #216
Watus Quote:Originally Posted by Radiating Gnome"Any other thoughts?"
Tuan shrugs. "I took a quick look around the stateroom, but someone should probably go through it a little better. We should secure Antonescu's belongings, in any case. And if we're actually proposing that someone aboard is a murderer, we might want to consider arming some of the crew."
03-09-06, 04:39 PM #217
Wilphe Quote:"Miss Ktarle, I'm not satisfied with your analysis of the dust in that room .... Saanath involutarily curls his toes in anticipation of Ktarle's response. Its not that Ruzz'koff's analysis is off, it just that Aslan's can be ... touchy. "Could the dust just have been dislodged by the increased gravity?" Saanath ventures, after the fur stops flying.
Ktarle looks at Ruzz'koff, giving him a slight sideways glance, "Dr Ktarle, if you wouldn't mind Captain," she projects up a few microscope slides onto a screen, "Dead skin, hairs, clothing fibres, talcum powder, dandruff, mites. All ordinary, perfectly mundane day-to-day items you'd find anywhere in human space. O2 levels on the ship are normal, before you ask."Gwydion, "Increased gravity would seem a likely explantion for more dust settling on the surfaces, in which case I owe Tuan here an apology. Sorry Tuan," Gwydion mumbles through the apology, but it's about as good as Tuan seem's likely to get.Saanath and Trelene:Staterooms can be configured by their occupants to have a variety of environmental parameters, this is occassionally a matter of friction between their occupants and one reason why single occupancy is so highly sought after. It's not any more difficult than altering the lighting or changing a thermostat. It is however generally subtly discouraged to fiddle with these things on a whim. Commerical norm is to set common areas with settings designed to mimic the departure world and then slowly change them to those of the destination world during jump. Naval practice is to stick to 1g/1atm regardless. Air pressure can be configured for anything from near vacumn to "soup", and air quality, composition and taints can also be configured - though there are interlocks to prevent somone accidentally killing themselves. Temperature and humidty are also configurable, Gravity can be varied between 0 and 3Gs, very low gravity isn't very popular - but zero G often is.The logs are quite clear and show no sign of being tampered with - gravity on stateroom 8 began a slow rise at about 1am, peaking at 3G between 3am and 6am - then abruptly returning to normal level. Power demands for this are minimal, but clearly show on the reactorlogs (compared to maintaining the jump field, altering the gravity in one small portion of the ship is nothing).Trelene does feel the fatigue of a long-watch and then this, which causes her to make a few mistakes - which Saanath notices and corrects. Initially you aren't sure it was done via the ships systems, or by a manual change - and if it was a manual change it can only have been by one of the two people in the room. However, you are satisifed that it was done remotely, and by someone logged in on the port side of the ship - ie: Cabins 1, 3, 5 and 7. Last edited by Wilphe : 03-09-06 at 04:50 PM.
03-09-06, 04:47 PM #218
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheKtarle looks at Ruzz'koff, giving him a slight sideways glance, "Dr Ktarle, if you wouldn't mind Captain."
Ruzz'koff grimaces a nods an apology as Ktarle continues.
03-09-06, 04:56 PM #219
Wilphe The Portside cabins are occupied by
Normally Ruzz'koff, now sharing with Gwydion3: Ashur Gudeli & Jake Carling5: Elizabeth Black & Melissah Gshrygn 7: Govindra Ishaga & Malico ShahisgaraTwo of those are crew, and your pretty certain none of you lot did (depends, how much do you trust Gwydion?)Another 3 (Gudeli, Carling and Gshrygn) are the Administrator and his party (how much do you trust them?)The other 3 are all yuppies (yes, they are annoying, but would they kill?)Tuan:No one else seems willing to go back into the cabin, so it's up to you...
03-09-06, 05:18 PM #220
Watus Tuan takes another sip of his now too-cold coffee, grimaces, and dumps the remainder into the trash receptical. "Well, if no one objects, I'm going to go toss the stateroom." He spins on his heel and marches out of the lab, leaving precious little time for comment.He proceeds directly to Antonescu's stateroom, closes the door behind him, and beings carefully going through it. He doesn't personally suspect Foster at this point, and so won't go through his things. He's looking for anything suspicious, really, but particularly anything likely to contain Antonescu's business records or correspondance.[OOC: Search -/+4, poss. Dumb Luck]
03-10-06, 07:40 PM #221
Wilphe Tuan:Now you think you know what happened to the gravity field in this room, a lot of incidental details that slipped beneath your notice now seem obvious: The heavier than expected coasting of dust, the clothes that have been pressed down and haven't properly sprung back yet, a flattened bar of soap. It's not hard to stay 100% out of Foster's stuff, as the two of them appear to have had rigid areas of individual personal space within the room - no doubt worked out through considerable bickering.His effects include:A whole bunch of personal photographs - what would appear to be grandkids, grandnephews and grandneices, names and dates are written on the back "Jolene - 5th birthday, Dukh".1,512 credits in cashA bundle of trade magazines for the very High-Tech communications sector - Meson based comms, encryption, ultra high bandwidth laser data relays and the like. This is some pretty advanced stuff, and would find a ready market amongst the K'kree.One laptop, high-spec personal machine. No data chips currently loaded. Boots to a password prompt. Wallpaper is a continuing and shifting montage of his grandkids et al.A rack of data chips, this would normally hold 12 - there are only 11 here, it would appear that one is missing as there are "Projects Archive" "I" & "III", but no "II".Taped underneath one of the drawers in his closet you find another data chip, this one is not the missing "Projects Archive II", but is instead simply labelled "D"All of these chips are password protected.
03-13-06, 10:29 PM #222
Wilphe Re: Arming the CrewThere are 8 snub pistols, 4 shotguns and plenty of ammunition in a locker on the bridge.In addition to whatever personal equipment you might have with you.
03-13-06, 10:53 PM #223
doghead Saanath, male human merchant. Quote:Originally Posted by Wilphe... However, you are satisifed that it was done remotely, and by someone logged in on the port side of the ship - ie: Cabins 1, 3, 5 and 7.
Saanath looks at the data, then Trelene, then back to the data. He works the stiffness out of his neck for a moment while he thinks."Perhaps we should just confine everyone to cabins for the rest of the trip ..." he says to no one in particular.ooc: I'm asssuming that they are alone on the bridge, or a t least, there are no passengers there."Do you want to tell Ruzz'koff or shall I? Actually, I'll do it. You should get some sack time. Otherwise we will all be too tired to function properly in a few hours."Sanaath heads off to find Ruzz'koff and pass on the news, ensuring that none of the passengers are around when he does so."Looks like we have two options. Keep it quiet and keep watch. Or confine everyone to cabins, with a couple of 'yard breaks' each day, supervised obviously. We can lock out the room terminals and monitor cabin remotely. Let the authorities handle it when we arive."
03-14-06, 03:48 PM #224
Radiating Gnome ooc: this is assuming that Russ'koff has had a report from both Tuan and Sarnath -- I don't know if I should be waiting for Tuan to report as well. If I'm jumping the gun, sorry . . . Ruzz'koff sips at his umpteenth cup of coffee since returning to the bridge. He would have to make a head call soon. "I'd rather not just batten everything and everyone down and wait for some dockside flatfoot to solve our problems for us. Of course, that might be the smartest thing, but no one said smart was always the Navy way."So, lets think about some other options. We don't have much to go on -- we know what happened, we have some idea how it happened, but we aren't really in a position to say who it was that did it. We need more information. "I wonder if there's a way to try to get the killer to expose herself. A ruse, or trap of some sort. Having used gravity to push the poor man's heart over the edge isn't going to leave much evidence on the body, so trying to pretend that we've made some shocking discovery in the autopsy will be fairly transparent to the killer. That's not a dead end, but it is a problem. "At the same time, trying to pretend we have information from the computer system that we don't may also be equally transparent. Suddenly, Ruzzkoff growns still and thinks for a minute, staring into his coffee. "A data disk was apparently missing. But that doesn't make sense. What sort of killer goes to the trouble of using the shipboard environmental controls to kill a man by remote, leaving no chance of leaving evidence behind at the scene, then actually steps onto the crime scene to steal something from the victim's room. If it were me, and I had found a way to kill a man without being at the scene, and I was doing it to steal some data he was carrying, I would also find a way to steal the data disc without being at the scene. "Given that . . . either the disk was never there, it was stolen by someone other than the killer, or it was stolen by remote. Lets assume it was there, and isn't now. We need to examine the possible ways some one could have stolen the disk remotely. Using maintenance bots, anything along those lines. That may lead us to some new discoveries. "At the same time, we are dealing with someone who is very good at covering their tracks, so I don't know if we'll find anything there -- I'd be excited to find something unusual, even if it doesn't trace back to a specific person. "Which bring us back to the need for something . . . else. A way to try to triangulate on someone. "Tuan, in your opinion, was the disk marked "d" hidden well enough that someone making a quick search of the room -- either in person or via maintenance bot -- might have missed it? Obviously, the person who took the disk wasn't able to toss the room as completely as you did, making that seem likely. "If so, we could use that to try to flush out our thief. A trap, or sting of some sort. I'll work on the details of that -- can someone check on maintenance bots and other ways a disk might have been spirited out of Mr. Antonescue's stateroom after his death?""Sarnath, do me a favor and return to the sick bay and secure Mr. Antonesque's body.""And both of you . . . as you move about the ship, don't be afraid to let the passengers know we an investigating closely, and perhaps even obliquely mention 'things that don't quite add up'. I expect that there will be some consternation from the passengers over this, and that will raise tension levels on the ship a bit higher than they already are. The passengers will get tense and want to know what we are doing to protect them -- and so will the killer. And I want to make the killer very, very curious. "Oh, and another idea, Sarnath . . . what do you think about asking Dr. Ktarle to become irritated with me. It will factor in to my plan, but I'll have to pass more details later. For the time being, she should be icy and increasingly hostile towards me. I'll fill in a few more blanks soon." -rg
03-14-06, 04:27 PM #225
Watus Tuan considers for a moment."It was taped to the underside of a drawer. That's a pretty common hiding spot, and the fact that our killer didn't find it could either mean that he was rushed, or he's a complete amateur. Or both."He shrugs. "Or perhaps it was planted by the killer.""In any case, I'd very much like to get a look at what's on these disks." Tuan pauses to give Saanath a meaningful look. "Given that we're headed to a trade delegation, this could be a case of eliminating the competition. Perhaps there'll be some clue there.""In the meantime, while confining the passengers to their quarters might be excessive, I'd suggest at least eliminating their access to engineering. Things might get tense, but there's obviously someone aboard who can't be trusted."
03-14-06, 05:06 PM #226
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by Watus"In the meantime, while confining the passengers to their quarters might be excessive, I'd suggest at least eliminating their access to engineering. Things might get tense, but there's obviously someone aboard who can't be trusted."
Ruzz'koff nods. "Good thinking. Sounds like a plan." -rg
03-14-06, 05:20 PM #227
Tailspinner Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Nav2/Prf7/Trv1/Aca2 : Retired Makhidkarum Vice President Quote:Originally Posted by doghead"Do you want to tell Ruzz'koff or shall I? Actually, I'll do it. You should get some sack time. Otherwise we will all be too tired to function properly in a few hours."
Trelene looks at him with tired eyes. "Perhaps you are right. I'll get some sleep and then review our findings once I am more rested." She leaves and heads for her cabin. Once there, she sets the alarm for 6 hours and quickly falls asleep.
03-14-06, 08:18 PM #228
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath is not surprised at Ruzz'koff decision. It was what he was expecting. Saanath wonders if he himself would have made the same decision before the Devon."Personally I would rather not play games with the passsenger's lives. To lose one passenger would be unfortunate, to lose two could be considered carelessness."
03-14-06, 09:13 PM #229
Wilphe Locking the passengers out from engineering and the cargo deck is a simple process. In other circumstances there might be a certain ammount of protest, but it doesn't look like any of the passengers want to challenge Ruzz'koff right now. Or, frankly, ever.They have however, not had breakfast and it is getting on towards lunchtime. If Mr Antonescu's death was natural and not at all suspicious, then they could probably have expected to get fed by now.Most people are still in their staterooms, only surfacing to grab a drink or a snack. The only ones to remain in the longue since the body was discovered are:Curtis Foster - who is sitting with Eleanor Carnot and Jake Carling, he hasn't got anywhere else to go right now, and a decision on that needs to be taken. Do you let him back into his old cabin, or force some unlucky passengers to triple bunk?Malico Shahisgara is in the corner, still fiddling with his laptop.All of these 4 will have seen all the comings and goings, including Tuan going to search the cabin. They won't know what he did, only that he was in there for a long time. They will also have seen Ktarle go to take samples. Both Jake Carling and Malico Shahisgara have cabins on the port-side, Curtis of course shared a cabin with the deceased. Eleanor Carnot is the only one who looks to be in the clear right now, unless she's an accomplice.
03-15-06, 03:07 PM #230
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by doghead"Personally I would rather not play games with the passsenger's lives. To lose one passenger would be unfortunate, to lose two could be considered carelessness."
ooc: is this thought or spoken? Did Ruzz'koff hear it?
03-15-06, 03:36 PM #231
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheLocking the passengers out from engineering and the cargo deck is a simple process. In other circumstances there might be a certain ammount of protest, but it doesn't look like any of the passengers want to challenge Ruzz'koff right now. Or, frankly, ever.They have however, not had breakfast and it is getting on towards lunchtime. If Mr Antonescu's death was natural and not at all suspicious, then they could probably have expected to get fed by now.Most people are still in their staterooms, only surfacing to grab a drink or a snack. The only ones to remain in the longue since the body was discovered are:Curtis Foster - who is sitting with Eleanor Carnot and Jake Carling, he hasn't got anywhere else to go right now, and a decision on that needs to be taken. Do you let him back into his old cabin, or force some unlucky passengers to triple bunk?Malico Shahisgara is in the corner, still fiddling with his laptop.All of these 4 will have seen all the comings and goings, including Tuan going to search the cabin. They won't know what he did, only that he was in there for a long time. They will also have seen Ktarle go to take samples. Both Jake Carling and Malico Shahisgara have cabins on the port-side, Curtis of course shared a cabin with the deceased. Eleanor Carnot is the only one who looks to be in the clear right now, unless she's an accomplice.
Ruzz'koff chuckles grimly to himself. Next time, only low passage customers. "All right, the rest of the passengers need to eat, and we need to find a new berth for Curtis. I think I'll handle the latter. I'm going to move my important gear out of my stateroom and I'll camp out here in the bridge. At least while we're in jump space it's fairly quiet here, and I can be out of the way. It will also explain my spending a great deal more time on the bridge trying to monitor activity. "That, of course, means that Gwydion will be sharing a stateroom with one of the suspects. And that's not ideal, by any means. But we must do something, and I don't think we can put Foster back in that room. What do you think?"
03-16-06, 09:52 PM #232
doghead ooc: RG, That was spoken aloud.
03-17-06, 01:31 AM #233
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by doghead"Personally I would rather not play games with the passsenger's lives. To lose one passenger would be unfortunate, to lose two could be considered carelessness."
Ruzz'koff gives Sarnath an icy look, and speaks in a whisper only the human can hear.. "Do me a favor in the future, Sarnath. I appreciate you, and your input. But I'd rather have your ideas and suggestions than your wistful criticism. "If you think we should lock the ship down, wrap everything in cling-film and hope that our killer -- who, by the way, doesn't seem to be in the room with his or her victim when she kills -- doesn't kill again until we get back to a 'port where we can turn this matter over to the local authorities -- who will no doubt lock down the ship as a crime scene for months -- then say it out loud, and by god defend it. "Now. Playing games? What is your suggestion? What would you have us do?"-rg
03-17-06, 02:53 AM #234
doghead Saanath, male human merchant "Don't let the captain thing go to your head Ruzz'koff," responds Saanath with an easy smile. "As I said before; confine everyone to cabins, with a couple of 'yard breaks' each day, supervised obviously. Lock out the room terminals and monitor cabin remotely. Let the authorities handle the problem when we arive." The last part is said with the kind of sing song quaility of someone quoting someone. Which of course he is, himself."I believe we have enough cabins to assign one each if no one wants to share. It will mean the rest of us bunking down the around the rest of the ship, but its only for a few more days."
03-17-06, 12:26 PM #235
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff chuckles. "Ah, yes, you did say that, didn't you. Forgive my temper."You would really rather lock everything down and let the authorities handle this? It's not to late to make that move, but I'm not convinced it's the right one. Locking passengers away in solitary confinement is not something to be taken lightly -- we open ourselves up to lawsuits for unlawful imprisonment, for one thing. And I have a natural inclination against taking such a passive option. But if you can sell me on it, do."
03-17-06, 01:40 PM #236
doghead Saanath, male human merchant "Personally, yes. Alive gets you more points than happy."Saanath hold up his hand to forestall Ruzz'koff before he bites Saanath head off again."But seriously, my concern is how to ensure the safety of the passengers and I believe that securing them in their cabins is the best way to do so." Saanath scrubs his chin for a moment."Perhaps there is a middle path. We inform the passengers of what we know. We can still rearrange the cabins to give each passenger their own cabin, as well as take lock out terminals to prevent remote control. That way the passengers can make their own decision as to where they spend their time."
03-17-06, 03:37 PM #237
Watus Tuan stares at Saanath for a minute, at a loss for words. He'd have never pegged the kid as the prison warden type: the first sign of trouble and he opts for lockdown. He shakes his head, his disapproval evident."First, I call dibs on the gig". He grins, quite pleased with himself."And second, if you want to give the passengers their own cabins and the option of locking themselves in, that's fine. Hell, just park Gwydion in the mess and tell him to cross his arms and look menacing. That kind of ugly oughta keep 'em in their staterooms. Failing that, we should double the watch and pass the snubbies out to the crew. My gut says there'll be more trouble before we drop out of jump."Also, it says it would like some bacon. I think I'll go feed the suspects."He spins on his heel and gives Saanath a sideways glance as he marches off the bridge.
03-17-06, 04:46 PM #238
Radiating Gnome "I don't think this we can do it by halves. We either do it or don't. "Consider this. If we tell the passengers that the shipboard environmental controls were used to kill Mr. Antonesque, and that for their "safety" we're going to lock the rest of them in single cabins for the rest of the trip, and lock out their access to shipboard computers, will they feel safe? In their shoes I might believe that anyone smart enough to use the gravity controls to kill Antonesque AND do so in such a way that we can't figure out who did it might be smart enough to figure out a way to get past our computer lockout. "At the same time, any one of them might have seen a small detail or clue that will help bring some details into focus. And this isn't the military, they have a right to know what's going on. "But I do fear the cacophany of accusations that will come from being open. We need to control things. I'm not impressed with the level-headed common sense of many of our passengers. "I don't know. I suppose our killer knows, now, that we are suspicious at the very least."It's nice that retirement is so relaxing . . ."-rg
03-17-06, 07:00 PM #239
Wilphe Quote:"Hell, just park Gwydion in the mess and tell him to cross his arms and look menacing,"
Gwydion crosses his arms and looks menacingly at Tuan, then laughs, "Thanks, but I've enough on my plate with the prospect of having to share a cabin with someone who might be a murderer but who definatly is a whiny little brat.""The simple part of me says, someone wanted Antonescu dead. He is. That's it, that's what I really want to be the truth. Everything else is just a means to that end, conincidence or red herrings.""However, if there is something very dodgy going on, then I find it hard to believe he had nothing to do with it, we think - we don't after all KNOW for sure, that some data is missing from that Stateroom. Antonescu could have left it behind before he came into jump. We also know that, apart from us, Curtis Foster is the only person who would have had the opportunity to search the room."Ktarle butts in, "Malico Shahisgara was in there wasn't he? Maybe we should get Trelene's advice, she's the legal expert, - but she's bushed right now."
03-23-06, 05:28 PM #240
Wilphe OOC:Legally Ruzz'koff can do more or less whatever he likes. They are in jumpspace, there is no higher authority around to appeal to. He is the last of the absolute monarchs and his word is law. Not to say that Imperial autorities won't investigate if there are complaints, but Captains get given a great deal of the benefit of the doubt in these matters.Also, as the crime took place in Imperial Territory (ie: Not on a Planet), it's investigation is in Imperial jurisdiction. This could be good, it could be bad.
02-23-06, 11:05 PM #201
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff stands in the common area a few seconds longer, using his presence to drive any passengers that still have something to say back into their staterooms in discomfort. Then he returns to his quarters, changes into his duty uniform, and then heads to the galley for a bit of coffee. Jump space is supposed to be restful, isn't it?
02-24-06, 10:00 AM #202
Wilphe OOC:Ruzz'koff: 35 on that Liason check with Saanath's assistance...IC:Maxine Zdrac looks at Ruzz'koff as if to say something, then bites it back and stalks back into her stateroom. A couple of the rest decide that breakfast isn't going to be served right now and that they'd better leave quietly. Gwydion would probably reply to Tuan, but the Captain has cut him off. So instead he moves out of the cabin and is the only one around to stay on deck while everyone does what they need to do. Malico Shahisgara helps Ktarle and Saanath push the trolley into the med bay, then goes back to his seat on the corner of the lounge - messing with something on his computer.The only ones who remain in the lounge are:Curtis Foster - sitting by the entrance to his cabin looking thorougly miserable.Eleanor Carnot and Jake Carling make their way over to him and sit down with him, there isn't much conversation going on, but he hasn't anywhere else to go right now and it's probably best that he doesn't get left alone.Malico Shahisgara is in the corner.Ashur Gudeli watches carefully as everyone disperses and then returns to his cabin with Melissah Gshrygn in tow.It's now fairly quiet, and it doesn't look like there's an immenient crisis.Tuan:You find a set of clothes for Curtis easily enough, there's nothing obviously suspicious but you do have the nagging feeling that you've missed something. A more thorough search might be in order here.Saanath:Ktarle is quiet happy to accept your offer of help, and the two of you will spend the next couple of hours opening up the late Mr Antonescu, well, that's what she does. You spend a lot of time looking, holding stuff and passing her instruments, then cleaning up afterwards. You do get the distinct impression that she's perplexed by something.Ruzz'koff et al:You've a couple of hours to kill while the autopsy is done.
02-24-06, 05:30 PM #203
Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheMaxine Zdrac looks at Ruzz'koff as if to say something, then bites it back and stalks back into her stateroom.
Ruzz'koff tightens the belt of his robe. There's a little something to look forward to, he thinks, with a grimace. -rg
02-28-06, 12:25 PM #204
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff, having stirred his coffee nearly unti lthe spoon dissolved, decides to move to the relative peace and quiet of the bridge to wait out the autopsy. From there he'll monitor the shipboard security systems and cameras, keeping a remote eye on anything going on. And trying not to fall asleep.-rg
02-28-06, 02:22 PM #205
Watus Masking his rising paranoic suspicions, Tuan plops himself down at the table of the common area, stirring the fourth spoonful of sugar into his fifth cup of coffee."That's a hell of a thing," he says to no one in particular. "A hell of a thing."
02-28-06, 02:41 PM #206
doghead Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheSaanath: .... You do get the distinct impression that she's perplexed by something.
Saanath shrugs. "Don't look at me. I'm just the bus boy here."Actually, there was something odd about the stateroom. Tuan said he cleaned it, but its was covered in dust." Saanath shudders at the memory of dusty things. "Hows the O2 levels on the ship?" he adds, half in jest.
03-01-06, 07:20 PM #207
Tailspinner Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Nav2/Prf7/Trv1/Aca2 : Retired Makhidkarum Vice President Trelene had hoped to get some sleep, but with the amount of shouting that was going on, she decided to try and discern the source. She leaves her room and heads checks on things.
03-04-06, 11:52 PM #209
Wilphe The suspense builds as everyone waits on Ktarle, occassionaly a nervous looking passenger - unwilling to risk Ruzz'koffs wrath, scurries out of their cabin to get a beverage or a snack before quickly returning. None of them have had a proper breakfast yet, and none of the crew looks like making any either. However no one seems to have much of an appetite, and those who do don't really feel like complaining about it.You think your sojurn is almost over when Ktarle emerges from the lab, but she makes a brief trip to Cabin 8, returning to the labs for a few minutes before making her way to the common area. "I'm done, can you join me in the lab please." It's not a great place to have 6 people, especially with a body on a table under a sheet. Hopefully Ktarle won't be using Mr Antonescu as a visual aid too much."I'll keep this short, and not dress it up with any medical technicalties. There is no doubt as to the cause of Mr Atonescu's death. He died of a massive heart failure. That much is certain, for a man of his age and apparent condition it's a bit unusual but hardly unprecedented.""There is no trace of any injury or any poison or toxin. Saanath mentioned that the cabin was dustier than expected," Gwydion moves uncomfortably, "I have already examined a sample of the dust, it's just dust. Nothing like the last lot we ran into," she smiles grimly."There is nothing to suggest any foul play or that anything was untoward. Except one thing, I am unable to ascertain a time of death. Now, there are two main ways of doing this - the first is to check what temperature the body is at, as it will cool from body heat to room temperature after death. This is fairly straight foward, and would suggest that the Subj... Sorry, Mr Antonescu, died at about 5am ship time.""Another process that takes place after death is that the blood will drain and pool in the lower portions of the body. It is a liquid after all, and it flows like any other. Judging by how far this has proceeded, I would reckon a time of death at about 9pm last night."
03-07-06, 03:03 AM #210
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff bares a few teeth. "These . . . methods for determining time of death. They should agree, I take it? And the mystery here is what could account for the preservation of Mr. Antonescue's body heat for 8 hours, or the acceleration of the process of the blood pooling in the lower portions of his body?"Do you have any theories, Miss Ktarle?" -
03-07-06, 11:19 AM #211
doghead Saanath, male human Merchant "My hate of medical mysteries has no limit."I really hope there is a simple answer, like he took an asparin for a headache which made his blood thin or something."Saanath scratches his head. "Or would it be the other way around? His blood was too thick."
03-07-06, 02:10 PM #212
Watus "Maybe someone monkeyed with the environmental controls in his stateroom."
03-07-06, 03:10 PM #213
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff shruggs. "It's a possibility, and we should check for it, but I don't think that's the answer. To begin with, if the shipboard environmental controls were used to raise the temperature or gravity, there would be logs and records of those changes, unless they were wiped of course."My instinct is that we're looking for a change in gravity, not temperature in the room. Had the temperature been raised in the room last night while Mr. Foster was in the room with Mr. Antonescue, he would also have suffered in the heat. A spike in temperature great enough to over stress Antonescue's heart would certanly be something Foster would have complained about -- not to mention what others would have said. "We should check all possibilities, but I suspect that if any shipboard system was used to push Antonescue into heart failure, it was done this morning. Something was used to raise the gravity in the cabin to a level that over-stressed Antonescue's heart. We already know that Foster is more accustomed to higher gravity, and that Antonescue was suffering with the existing gravity. With the cabin's gravity set higher, the blood would drain faster, throwing off that particular estimate of the time of death. "Again, the gravity change in the cabin would be something that our logs should mention, and we'll have to hunt for it. "Not much of this makes a whole lot of sense right now. But I think we have a few things to investigate. "Miss Ktarle, I'm not satisfied with your analysis of the dust in that room. It may not be the oxygen-depleting dust, but it is most certainly not just "dust". It is particles of something, and with any luck a more in-depth analysis of the composition of the dust particles will help us determine. "Miss Trelene, I need you to go over the logs and ship's systems with a fine-toothed comb. Examine the logs of the environmental systems. Also check the power logs for last night. Raising the gravity or temperature in the cabin last night would have required more power than normal, and that should be logged as well. I can't help but think that the computer intrusion we had is related to this -- perhaps a virus was introduced that could have done this. You know better than I do what the shipboard computers can do -- find me something. "Any other thoughts?"-rg
03-07-06, 08:29 PM #214
Tailspinner Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Nav2/Prf7/Trv1/Aca2 : Retired Makhidkarum Vice President Trelene, bleary eyed, nods at the request and leaves the lab, heading for the bridge. Once there she starts to go about the task of searching for clues in the ship's systems.
03-07-06, 09:30 PM #215
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath has his Oyster out and is punching up the appropriate systems as Ruzz'koff expounds his gravity theory. Saanath doesn't like the idea that someone is hacking through his system. No not at all ...Quote:Originally Posted by Radiating Gnome"Miss Ktarle, I'm not satisfied with your analysis of the dust in that room ....
Saanath involutarily curls his toes in anticipation of Ktarle's response. Its not that Ruzz'koff's analysis is off, it just that Aslan's can be ... touchy. "Could the dust just have been dislodged by the increased gravity?" Saanath ventures, after the fur stops flying.Quote:Originally Posted by rg"Miss Trelene, I need you to go over the logs and ship's systems with a fine-toothed comb. Examine the logs of the environmental systems. Also check the power logs for last night. Raising the gravity or temperature in the cabin last night would have required more power than normal, and that should be logged as well. I can't help but think that the computer intrusion we had is related to this -- perhaps a virus was introduced that could have done this. You know better than I do what the shipboard computers can do -- find me something.
Saanath folds up his computer. "I'll go with Trelene."ooc: T/Computers: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker). Aid Trelene.
03-07-06, 09:40 PM #216
Watus Quote:Originally Posted by Radiating Gnome"Any other thoughts?"
Tuan shrugs. "I took a quick look around the stateroom, but someone should probably go through it a little better. We should secure Antonescu's belongings, in any case. And if we're actually proposing that someone aboard is a murderer, we might want to consider arming some of the crew."
03-09-06, 04:39 PM #217
Wilphe Quote:"Miss Ktarle, I'm not satisfied with your analysis of the dust in that room .... Saanath involutarily curls his toes in anticipation of Ktarle's response. Its not that Ruzz'koff's analysis is off, it just that Aslan's can be ... touchy. "Could the dust just have been dislodged by the increased gravity?" Saanath ventures, after the fur stops flying.
Ktarle looks at Ruzz'koff, giving him a slight sideways glance, "Dr Ktarle, if you wouldn't mind Captain," she projects up a few microscope slides onto a screen, "Dead skin, hairs, clothing fibres, talcum powder, dandruff, mites. All ordinary, perfectly mundane day-to-day items you'd find anywhere in human space. O2 levels on the ship are normal, before you ask."Gwydion, "Increased gravity would seem a likely explantion for more dust settling on the surfaces, in which case I owe Tuan here an apology. Sorry Tuan," Gwydion mumbles through the apology, but it's about as good as Tuan seem's likely to get.Saanath and Trelene:Staterooms can be configured by their occupants to have a variety of environmental parameters, this is occassionally a matter of friction between their occupants and one reason why single occupancy is so highly sought after. It's not any more difficult than altering the lighting or changing a thermostat. It is however generally subtly discouraged to fiddle with these things on a whim. Commerical norm is to set common areas with settings designed to mimic the departure world and then slowly change them to those of the destination world during jump. Naval practice is to stick to 1g/1atm regardless. Air pressure can be configured for anything from near vacumn to "soup", and air quality, composition and taints can also be configured - though there are interlocks to prevent somone accidentally killing themselves. Temperature and humidty are also configurable, Gravity can be varied between 0 and 3Gs, very low gravity isn't very popular - but zero G often is.The logs are quite clear and show no sign of being tampered with - gravity on stateroom 8 began a slow rise at about 1am, peaking at 3G between 3am and 6am - then abruptly returning to normal level. Power demands for this are minimal, but clearly show on the reactorlogs (compared to maintaining the jump field, altering the gravity in one small portion of the ship is nothing).Trelene does feel the fatigue of a long-watch and then this, which causes her to make a few mistakes - which Saanath notices and corrects. Initially you aren't sure it was done via the ships systems, or by a manual change - and if it was a manual change it can only have been by one of the two people in the room. However, you are satisifed that it was done remotely, and by someone logged in on the port side of the ship - ie: Cabins 1, 3, 5 and 7. Last edited by Wilphe : 03-09-06 at 04:50 PM.
03-09-06, 04:47 PM #218
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheKtarle looks at Ruzz'koff, giving him a slight sideways glance, "Dr Ktarle, if you wouldn't mind Captain."
Ruzz'koff grimaces a nods an apology as Ktarle continues.
03-09-06, 04:56 PM #219
Wilphe The Portside cabins are occupied by
Normally Ruzz'koff, now sharing with Gwydion3: Ashur Gudeli & Jake Carling5: Elizabeth Black & Melissah Gshrygn 7: Govindra Ishaga & Malico ShahisgaraTwo of those are crew, and your pretty certain none of you lot did (depends, how much do you trust Gwydion?)Another 3 (Gudeli, Carling and Gshrygn) are the Administrator and his party (how much do you trust them?)The other 3 are all yuppies (yes, they are annoying, but would they kill?)Tuan:No one else seems willing to go back into the cabin, so it's up to you...03-09-06, 05:18 PM #220
Watus Tuan takes another sip of his now too-cold coffee, grimaces, and dumps the remainder into the trash receptical. "Well, if no one objects, I'm going to go toss the stateroom." He spins on his heel and marches out of the lab, leaving precious little time for comment.He proceeds directly to Antonescu's stateroom, closes the door behind him, and beings carefully going through it. He doesn't personally suspect Foster at this point, and so won't go through his things. He's looking for anything suspicious, really, but particularly anything likely to contain Antonescu's business records or correspondance.[OOC: Search -/+4, poss. Dumb Luck]
03-10-06, 07:40 PM #221
Wilphe Tuan:Now you think you know what happened to the gravity field in this room, a lot of incidental details that slipped beneath your notice now seem obvious: The heavier than expected coasting of dust, the clothes that have been pressed down and haven't properly sprung back yet, a flattened bar of soap. It's not hard to stay 100% out of Foster's stuff, as the two of them appear to have had rigid areas of individual personal space within the room - no doubt worked out through considerable bickering.His effects include:A whole bunch of personal photographs - what would appear to be grandkids, grandnephews and grandneices, names and dates are written on the back "Jolene - 5th birthday, Dukh".1,512 credits in cashA bundle of trade magazines for the very High-Tech communications sector - Meson based comms, encryption, ultra high bandwidth laser data relays and the like. This is some pretty advanced stuff, and would find a ready market amongst the K'kree.One laptop, high-spec personal machine. No data chips currently loaded. Boots to a password prompt. Wallpaper is a continuing and shifting montage of his grandkids et al.A rack of data chips, this would normally hold 12 - there are only 11 here, it would appear that one is missing as there are "Projects Archive" "I" & "III", but no "II".Taped underneath one of the drawers in his closet you find another data chip, this one is not the missing "Projects Archive II", but is instead simply labelled "D"All of these chips are password protected.
03-13-06, 10:29 PM #222
Wilphe Re: Arming the CrewThere are 8 snub pistols, 4 shotguns and plenty of ammunition in a locker on the bridge.In addition to whatever personal equipment you might have with you.
03-13-06, 10:53 PM #223
doghead Saanath, male human merchant. Quote:Originally Posted by Wilphe... However, you are satisifed that it was done remotely, and by someone logged in on the port side of the ship - ie: Cabins 1, 3, 5 and 7.
Saanath looks at the data, then Trelene, then back to the data. He works the stiffness out of his neck for a moment while he thinks."Perhaps we should just confine everyone to cabins for the rest of the trip ..." he says to no one in particular.ooc: I'm asssuming that they are alone on the bridge, or a t least, there are no passengers there."Do you want to tell Ruzz'koff or shall I? Actually, I'll do it. You should get some sack time. Otherwise we will all be too tired to function properly in a few hours."Sanaath heads off to find Ruzz'koff and pass on the news, ensuring that none of the passengers are around when he does so."Looks like we have two options. Keep it quiet and keep watch. Or confine everyone to cabins, with a couple of 'yard breaks' each day, supervised obviously. We can lock out the room terminals and monitor cabin remotely. Let the authorities handle it when we arive."
03-14-06, 03:48 PM #224
Radiating Gnome ooc: this is assuming that Russ'koff has had a report from both Tuan and Sarnath -- I don't know if I should be waiting for Tuan to report as well. If I'm jumping the gun, sorry . . . Ruzz'koff sips at his umpteenth cup of coffee since returning to the bridge. He would have to make a head call soon. "I'd rather not just batten everything and everyone down and wait for some dockside flatfoot to solve our problems for us. Of course, that might be the smartest thing, but no one said smart was always the Navy way."So, lets think about some other options. We don't have much to go on -- we know what happened, we have some idea how it happened, but we aren't really in a position to say who it was that did it. We need more information. "I wonder if there's a way to try to get the killer to expose herself. A ruse, or trap of some sort. Having used gravity to push the poor man's heart over the edge isn't going to leave much evidence on the body, so trying to pretend that we've made some shocking discovery in the autopsy will be fairly transparent to the killer. That's not a dead end, but it is a problem. "At the same time, trying to pretend we have information from the computer system that we don't may also be equally transparent. Suddenly, Ruzzkoff growns still and thinks for a minute, staring into his coffee. "A data disk was apparently missing. But that doesn't make sense. What sort of killer goes to the trouble of using the shipboard environmental controls to kill a man by remote, leaving no chance of leaving evidence behind at the scene, then actually steps onto the crime scene to steal something from the victim's room. If it were me, and I had found a way to kill a man without being at the scene, and I was doing it to steal some data he was carrying, I would also find a way to steal the data disc without being at the scene. "Given that . . . either the disk was never there, it was stolen by someone other than the killer, or it was stolen by remote. Lets assume it was there, and isn't now. We need to examine the possible ways some one could have stolen the disk remotely. Using maintenance bots, anything along those lines. That may lead us to some new discoveries. "At the same time, we are dealing with someone who is very good at covering their tracks, so I don't know if we'll find anything there -- I'd be excited to find something unusual, even if it doesn't trace back to a specific person. "Which bring us back to the need for something . . . else. A way to try to triangulate on someone. "Tuan, in your opinion, was the disk marked "d" hidden well enough that someone making a quick search of the room -- either in person or via maintenance bot -- might have missed it? Obviously, the person who took the disk wasn't able to toss the room as completely as you did, making that seem likely. "If so, we could use that to try to flush out our thief. A trap, or sting of some sort. I'll work on the details of that -- can someone check on maintenance bots and other ways a disk might have been spirited out of Mr. Antonescue's stateroom after his death?""Sarnath, do me a favor and return to the sick bay and secure Mr. Antonesque's body.""And both of you . . . as you move about the ship, don't be afraid to let the passengers know we an investigating closely, and perhaps even obliquely mention 'things that don't quite add up'. I expect that there will be some consternation from the passengers over this, and that will raise tension levels on the ship a bit higher than they already are. The passengers will get tense and want to know what we are doing to protect them -- and so will the killer. And I want to make the killer very, very curious. "Oh, and another idea, Sarnath . . . what do you think about asking Dr. Ktarle to become irritated with me. It will factor in to my plan, but I'll have to pass more details later. For the time being, she should be icy and increasingly hostile towards me. I'll fill in a few more blanks soon." -rg
03-14-06, 04:27 PM #225
Watus Tuan considers for a moment."It was taped to the underside of a drawer. That's a pretty common hiding spot, and the fact that our killer didn't find it could either mean that he was rushed, or he's a complete amateur. Or both."He shrugs. "Or perhaps it was planted by the killer.""In any case, I'd very much like to get a look at what's on these disks." Tuan pauses to give Saanath a meaningful look. "Given that we're headed to a trade delegation, this could be a case of eliminating the competition. Perhaps there'll be some clue there.""In the meantime, while confining the passengers to their quarters might be excessive, I'd suggest at least eliminating their access to engineering. Things might get tense, but there's obviously someone aboard who can't be trusted."
03-14-06, 05:06 PM #226
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by Watus"In the meantime, while confining the passengers to their quarters might be excessive, I'd suggest at least eliminating their access to engineering. Things might get tense, but there's obviously someone aboard who can't be trusted."
Ruzz'koff nods. "Good thinking. Sounds like a plan." -rg
03-14-06, 05:20 PM #227
Tailspinner Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Nav2/Prf7/Trv1/Aca2 : Retired Makhidkarum Vice President Quote:Originally Posted by doghead"Do you want to tell Ruzz'koff or shall I? Actually, I'll do it. You should get some sack time. Otherwise we will all be too tired to function properly in a few hours."
Trelene looks at him with tired eyes. "Perhaps you are right. I'll get some sleep and then review our findings once I am more rested." She leaves and heads for her cabin. Once there, she sets the alarm for 6 hours and quickly falls asleep.
03-14-06, 08:18 PM #228
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath is not surprised at Ruzz'koff decision. It was what he was expecting. Saanath wonders if he himself would have made the same decision before the Devon."Personally I would rather not play games with the passsenger's lives. To lose one passenger would be unfortunate, to lose two could be considered carelessness."
03-14-06, 09:13 PM #229
Wilphe Locking the passengers out from engineering and the cargo deck is a simple process. In other circumstances there might be a certain ammount of protest, but it doesn't look like any of the passengers want to challenge Ruzz'koff right now. Or, frankly, ever.They have however, not had breakfast and it is getting on towards lunchtime. If Mr Antonescu's death was natural and not at all suspicious, then they could probably have expected to get fed by now.Most people are still in their staterooms, only surfacing to grab a drink or a snack. The only ones to remain in the longue since the body was discovered are:Curtis Foster - who is sitting with Eleanor Carnot and Jake Carling, he hasn't got anywhere else to go right now, and a decision on that needs to be taken. Do you let him back into his old cabin, or force some unlucky passengers to triple bunk?Malico Shahisgara is in the corner, still fiddling with his laptop.All of these 4 will have seen all the comings and goings, including Tuan going to search the cabin. They won't know what he did, only that he was in there for a long time. They will also have seen Ktarle go to take samples. Both Jake Carling and Malico Shahisgara have cabins on the port-side, Curtis of course shared a cabin with the deceased. Eleanor Carnot is the only one who looks to be in the clear right now, unless she's an accomplice.
03-15-06, 03:07 PM #230
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by doghead"Personally I would rather not play games with the passsenger's lives. To lose one passenger would be unfortunate, to lose two could be considered carelessness."
ooc: is this thought or spoken? Did Ruzz'koff hear it?
03-15-06, 03:36 PM #231
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheLocking the passengers out from engineering and the cargo deck is a simple process. In other circumstances there might be a certain ammount of protest, but it doesn't look like any of the passengers want to challenge Ruzz'koff right now. Or, frankly, ever.They have however, not had breakfast and it is getting on towards lunchtime. If Mr Antonescu's death was natural and not at all suspicious, then they could probably have expected to get fed by now.Most people are still in their staterooms, only surfacing to grab a drink or a snack. The only ones to remain in the longue since the body was discovered are:Curtis Foster - who is sitting with Eleanor Carnot and Jake Carling, he hasn't got anywhere else to go right now, and a decision on that needs to be taken. Do you let him back into his old cabin, or force some unlucky passengers to triple bunk?Malico Shahisgara is in the corner, still fiddling with his laptop.All of these 4 will have seen all the comings and goings, including Tuan going to search the cabin. They won't know what he did, only that he was in there for a long time. They will also have seen Ktarle go to take samples. Both Jake Carling and Malico Shahisgara have cabins on the port-side, Curtis of course shared a cabin with the deceased. Eleanor Carnot is the only one who looks to be in the clear right now, unless she's an accomplice.
Ruzz'koff chuckles grimly to himself. Next time, only low passage customers. "All right, the rest of the passengers need to eat, and we need to find a new berth for Curtis. I think I'll handle the latter. I'm going to move my important gear out of my stateroom and I'll camp out here in the bridge. At least while we're in jump space it's fairly quiet here, and I can be out of the way. It will also explain my spending a great deal more time on the bridge trying to monitor activity. "That, of course, means that Gwydion will be sharing a stateroom with one of the suspects. And that's not ideal, by any means. But we must do something, and I don't think we can put Foster back in that room. What do you think?"
03-16-06, 09:52 PM #232
doghead ooc: RG, That was spoken aloud.
03-17-06, 01:31 AM #233
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by doghead"Personally I would rather not play games with the passsenger's lives. To lose one passenger would be unfortunate, to lose two could be considered carelessness."
Ruzz'koff gives Sarnath an icy look, and speaks in a whisper only the human can hear.. "Do me a favor in the future, Sarnath. I appreciate you, and your input. But I'd rather have your ideas and suggestions than your wistful criticism. "If you think we should lock the ship down, wrap everything in cling-film and hope that our killer -- who, by the way, doesn't seem to be in the room with his or her victim when she kills -- doesn't kill again until we get back to a 'port where we can turn this matter over to the local authorities -- who will no doubt lock down the ship as a crime scene for months -- then say it out loud, and by god defend it. "Now. Playing games? What is your suggestion? What would you have us do?"-rg
03-17-06, 02:53 AM #234
doghead Saanath, male human merchant "Don't let the captain thing go to your head Ruzz'koff," responds Saanath with an easy smile. "As I said before; confine everyone to cabins, with a couple of 'yard breaks' each day, supervised obviously. Lock out the room terminals and monitor cabin remotely. Let the authorities handle the problem when we arive." The last part is said with the kind of sing song quaility of someone quoting someone. Which of course he is, himself."I believe we have enough cabins to assign one each if no one wants to share. It will mean the rest of us bunking down the around the rest of the ship, but its only for a few more days."
03-17-06, 12:26 PM #235
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff chuckles. "Ah, yes, you did say that, didn't you. Forgive my temper."You would really rather lock everything down and let the authorities handle this? It's not to late to make that move, but I'm not convinced it's the right one. Locking passengers away in solitary confinement is not something to be taken lightly -- we open ourselves up to lawsuits for unlawful imprisonment, for one thing. And I have a natural inclination against taking such a passive option. But if you can sell me on it, do."
03-17-06, 01:40 PM #236
doghead Saanath, male human merchant "Personally, yes. Alive gets you more points than happy."Saanath hold up his hand to forestall Ruzz'koff before he bites Saanath head off again."But seriously, my concern is how to ensure the safety of the passengers and I believe that securing them in their cabins is the best way to do so." Saanath scrubs his chin for a moment."Perhaps there is a middle path. We inform the passengers of what we know. We can still rearrange the cabins to give each passenger their own cabin, as well as take lock out terminals to prevent remote control. That way the passengers can make their own decision as to where they spend their time."
03-17-06, 03:37 PM #237
Watus Tuan stares at Saanath for a minute, at a loss for words. He'd have never pegged the kid as the prison warden type: the first sign of trouble and he opts for lockdown. He shakes his head, his disapproval evident."First, I call dibs on the gig". He grins, quite pleased with himself."And second, if you want to give the passengers their own cabins and the option of locking themselves in, that's fine. Hell, just park Gwydion in the mess and tell him to cross his arms and look menacing. That kind of ugly oughta keep 'em in their staterooms. Failing that, we should double the watch and pass the snubbies out to the crew. My gut says there'll be more trouble before we drop out of jump."Also, it says it would like some bacon. I think I'll go feed the suspects."He spins on his heel and gives Saanath a sideways glance as he marches off the bridge.
03-17-06, 04:46 PM #238
Radiating Gnome "I don't think this we can do it by halves. We either do it or don't. "Consider this. If we tell the passengers that the shipboard environmental controls were used to kill Mr. Antonesque, and that for their "safety" we're going to lock the rest of them in single cabins for the rest of the trip, and lock out their access to shipboard computers, will they feel safe? In their shoes I might believe that anyone smart enough to use the gravity controls to kill Antonesque AND do so in such a way that we can't figure out who did it might be smart enough to figure out a way to get past our computer lockout. "At the same time, any one of them might have seen a small detail or clue that will help bring some details into focus. And this isn't the military, they have a right to know what's going on. "But I do fear the cacophany of accusations that will come from being open. We need to control things. I'm not impressed with the level-headed common sense of many of our passengers. "I don't know. I suppose our killer knows, now, that we are suspicious at the very least."It's nice that retirement is so relaxing . . ."-rg
03-17-06, 07:00 PM #239
Wilphe Quote:"Hell, just park Gwydion in the mess and tell him to cross his arms and look menacing,"
Gwydion crosses his arms and looks menacingly at Tuan, then laughs, "Thanks, but I've enough on my plate with the prospect of having to share a cabin with someone who might be a murderer but who definatly is a whiny little brat.""The simple part of me says, someone wanted Antonescu dead. He is. That's it, that's what I really want to be the truth. Everything else is just a means to that end, conincidence or red herrings.""However, if there is something very dodgy going on, then I find it hard to believe he had nothing to do with it, we think - we don't after all KNOW for sure, that some data is missing from that Stateroom. Antonescu could have left it behind before he came into jump. We also know that, apart from us, Curtis Foster is the only person who would have had the opportunity to search the room."Ktarle butts in, "Malico Shahisgara was in there wasn't he? Maybe we should get Trelene's advice, she's the legal expert, - but she's bushed right now."
03-23-06, 05:28 PM #240
Wilphe OOC:Legally Ruzz'koff can do more or less whatever he likes. They are in jumpspace, there is no higher authority around to appeal to. He is the last of the absolute monarchs and his word is law. Not to say that Imperial autorities won't investigate if there are complaints, but Captains get given a great deal of the benefit of the doubt in these matters.Also, as the crime took place in Imperial Territory (ie: Not on a Planet), it's investigation is in Imperial jurisdiction. This could be good, it could be bad.
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03-23-06, 10:21 PM #241
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath smarts at Tuan's look, but keeps his response to himself. The old spacer is right anyways, Saanath eventually concludes. The idea is not the greatest. He just wants to get the passengers to safely to port, and then be shot of them. He lets out a long slow sigh."I think we should tell them. The passengers. They have the right to know, and we haven't been successful yet in pinning down whoever is messing with the ship. At least if they know, they can take steps to look after themselves. "On the other hand, if we do, then we put the killer in a corner. They know that once they get to port, the authorities will get callled in. People in corners can be dangerous, unpredicatable. Especially if the have nothing to lose. If the killer thinks they can get away scot free, they may just sit out the rest of the trip. And if they don't know we know, they may get careless."Saanath runs his hands through his hair."I still think we should tell them. And perhaps rearrange the the cabins so they can have one each. Perhaps you should ask Trelene as well. I'll go with whatever you decide."Saanath looks around the bridge for no particular reason."I'll go help Tuan with breakfast. I don't envy you this decision Ruzz'koff."Taking a moment to compse himself, he heads out the door.ooc: Looks like Trelene gets the deciding vote.
03-24-06, 06:31 PM #242
Radiating Gnome Russ'koff grimaces, and heads off to find Trelene, probably wake her up, and talk to her about the crew's next move. He takes along a fresh cup of coffee for Trelene. It's something, anyway.
03-25-06, 09:03 PM #243
Wilphe OOC: Trelene's a she BTW.
03-26-06, 03:32 PM #244
Radiating Gnome ooc: doh! I'll fix the post.
03-29-06, 07:26 PM #245
Wilphe Tuan and Saanth busy themselves making breakfast, of course by now it's more of a brunch. As it's made ready the passengers emerge from their cabins, they are all rather quiet and none of them feel the urge to risk Ruzz'koff's wrath by bringing up the subject that's on all their minds. It's a rather sombre and subdued affair, but several of them seem to want comfort food and no one except Elizabeth Carnot, Malico Sharishaga, Govindra Ishaga and Mr Gudeli's trio is taking a vegetarian meal. They all seem to want the reassurance of red meat and/or eggs.Curtis Foster has next to no appetite, Elizabeth Carnot gets him something - but he just picks at it. Mr Gudeli and his companions take up a position apart from everyone else, it's not hard to surmise that they know something is very wrong and that all three are trying to very hard to read passengers and crew and don't care who knows it.
04-03-06, 07:58 PM #246
Wilphe Trelene is not overjoyed at being disturbed by Ruzz'koff and keeps her counsel brief and to the point, "Our, by which I mean your, primary responsibility is the welfare of the ship and the safety of her passengers and crew. Cargo comes in there somewhere as well, but we'll gloss over that for now. That is more important that justice in this case. That's someone else's problem. Our problem is ensuring we get to our destination.""I would advise you not to endanger the vessal in the interests of finding out who did this. It's not our problem, we'll be delayed sure, but only for a few days. It'll be more or less the same whether we find out who did it or not. If indeed we chose to tell anybody and don't hush this up.""If we are going to tell somebody, I'd tell the Administrator and his party. We'll be with them for a while, they want to keep incognito and not get dragged into something like this and if we can't trust them then we are bigger trouble than I imagined. Besides even if they did it they'd have a plan for dealing with the consequences wouldn't they? Now if there is nothing else I'll be more coherent when I've had some sleep."
04-04-06, 07:31 PM #247
Radiating Gnome Russ'koff returns to the bridge, and addresses those present. "All right, that settles it. We're going to move everyone into a private accommodation, and the crew will have to make do in the other areas of the ship. Passengers will have their access to the ships computer cut, and will be permitted access only to their own room and the galley. There will always be one member of the crew on hand in the galley.""I'll make an announcement to the passengers in a few minutes. We tell them what's up, why we're locking everything down, and thank them for their forebearance. We warn them that we're going to take anything suspicious, like attemps to access shipboard computer or environmental systems as a hostile act against the rest of the ship, crew and passengers. We're going to have to babysit these people now -- one crewperson in the galley at all times, another to make rounds durning meal times to make sure those that don't want to come to the galley get something to eat. "I do think I'll brief the Administrator first, however.""Any comments or suggestions?"
04-05-06, 12:04 AM #248
Wilphe Ktarle pipes up, "I call the Lab, you've already called Dibs on the Bridge, anybody else?"
04-05-06, 01:13 AM #249
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath considers Ruzz'Koff's decision. "No, no suggestions at the moment. I think briefing the Administrator is a good call."Tuan wants the gig I think. I'll sleep where-ever."
04-06-06, 09:36 PM #250
Watus Tuan shrugs, figuring he can play the screw as well as the next guy. He heads back to his quarters, repacks the few things he'd actually taken out of his duffel, and hauls it down to the gig.
04-07-06, 04:33 PM #251
Radiating Gnome Once the crew has their bags packed and are ready, Ruzz'koff returns to the common area and asks to speak to the administrator alone. Once they are in private he begins. "It isn't going to surprise you that something is going on, your honor*. We have reason to believe that Mr. Antonesque was murdered. We believe that someone accessed the ship's computers and increased the gravity in his cabin to a point at which his heart gave out in the night. We are trying to investigate the murder ourselves, but we believe it is much more important to insure the safety of the rest of the passengers on the ship. "In a few minutes I'm going to make an announcement to the other passengers. I'll tell them the basics of what we know -- that Mr. Antonesque was murdered, that someone used shipboard systems to do it, and that we need to make new arrangements to insure the safety of the rest of the passengers. The crew will move out of the cabins -- we're going to bunk down in other areas of the ship -- I'll be ont he bridge, etc. We will move each passenger into a stateroom of his or her own.""Since the killer is accessing shipboard systems and using them, we need to cut off the staterooms from access to the ship's computers. Any attempts to access the shipboard computers will be considered evidence of likely involvement in the murder. "It is our intention to do everything we can to safeguard the lives of our passengers until we reach our destination, where we will invite the local authorities to conduct a much more thorough and complete investigation. It will mean a few days of isolation for everyone. Passengers will be allowed access only to their own rooms, and to the Galley for supervised meals. We will leave it to the passengers to decide if they would like to join others for meals -- the decision to eat a meal with another specific passenger would have to be mutual. We'll be around to discuss that with you as we work out the details. "I thought it would be prudent to inform you first -- I expect that you and your aides will want to eat together, but other than that I'm going to ask that you comply with the restrictions I'm placing the rest of the passengers under. Do you have any comments or questions?"*please assume Russ'koff would use the appropriate honorific -- I'm just not sure what that is.
04-08-06, 01:15 AM #252
Wilphe Tuan, Saanth:As you two and Ktarle are seen to be packing to move your belongings and clean out your cabins a certain degree of consternation and interest ripples through the assembled passengers in the common area. So to when Ruzz'koff asks to speak to Mr Gudeli alone. While Maxine Zdrac was suitibly cowed by Ruzz'koff in the morning, it's either worn off or she feels okay accosting the three of you when he's not here or she's just getting angrier. Possibly all three, but she does wait for Ruzz'koff and Mr Gudeli to leave before badgering you."What's going on here? You've got a dead passenger on your hands and no one seems fit to tell us anything. Well, answer me damnit."There's the odd murmer of agreement, but no one seems that eager to back her up just now.Trelene:"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" - if only because waking her up and asking her to pack and move would probably not be taken well...Ruzz'koff:Mr Gudeli hears you out in stony silence, not showing any especial emotion or, frankly suprise. Either he's got a very good poker face or none of this is really news to him. This could be because he knows something, or equally it could be that High Imperial Officials are usually smart, perceptive and observent."We will keep the two cabins we have, no need to move us around into single occupancy unless you want to. My team and I trust each other implictly and I can assure you that none of us were involved. I do not however expect you to take such assurance at face value, as you know as little about us as we about you.""Well, I have your service record, personnel files, university papers, school reports. But that's not knowing YOU, that's knowing what you've done. I can only do that face to face. We'll all be together for some time and no doubt get to know each other a little bit better and perhaps be more willing to exchange confidences.""I am anxious for us to be on our journey with speed so if necessary we may be able to facilitate any dealings with Imperial Agencies. I would however prefer to avoid this.""Do we know how Mr Antonescu was killed without harming his cabin mate?"OOC:Either "Mr" or "Sir" is acceptable"Administrator" would give the game away slightly, as he is suppossed to be incognito.All things considered he may well have a noble title as well, but you don't KNOW that, let alone what it is.Ditto any military or service rank, if any of his party have such title - they aren't using it.
04-08-06, 03:18 AM #253
doghead Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheTuan, Saanth: As you two and Ktarle are seen to be packing to move your belongings and clean out your cabins a certain degree of consternation and interest ripples through the assembled passengers in the common area. So to when Ruzz'koff asks to speak to Mr Gudeli alone. While Maxine Zdrac was suitibly cowed by Ruzz'koff in the morning, it's either worn off or she feels okay accosting the three of you when he's not here or she's just getting angrier. Possibly all three, but she does wait for Ruzz'koff and Mr Gudeli to leave before badgering you."What's going on here? You've got a dead passenger on your hands and no one seems fit to tell us anything. Well, answer me damnit."There's the odd murmer of agreement, but no one seems that eager to back her up just now.
Saanath decides to take the diplomatic route."I understand that you are all concerned," he begins, meeting everyone's gaze openly. "It has been a stresful morning for everyone. The Captain will be making a general announcement shortly. He will explain everything then."If you have any questions, I'm sure that the Captain will answer them then. So for the moment, is there anything else?."Liaison: 09/+11 (+0 Cha, +2 Carousing Syn)
04-08-06, 04:16 PM #254
Watus Ignoring the scene in the common area, Tuan stomps past the bridge, keys the iris valve, drops his duffel down into engineering and quickly follows it out of sight.
04-13-06, 09:26 PM #255
Wilphe ooc: Paging Captain Ruzz'koff,White Courtesy Phone please.
04-14-06, 01:30 PM #256
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by Wilphe"Do we know how Mr Antonescu was killed without harming his cabin mate?"
"We have theories, sir. Theories based on the evidence we've collected so far -- but we're still working on those issues. But, our first priority is doing everything we can to make sure the rest of the passengers arrive at our destination alive."ooc: Sorry, crazy RL crap at work -- I'll get another post out this morning, addressing the passengers. -rg
04-14-06, 02:40 PM #257
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'Koff moves in to the common area and asks for all the passenger's attention, making sure he has several other crew members on hand to help control the scene. He waits for those who are not in the common area to get within earshot, and then addresses everyone. "You're all smart, sensitive people, and you will have figured out that there is something not right aboard ship right now -- something more not right than a simple death. "What I can tell you now is that the crew and I have determined that Mr. Antonescue's death, while outwardly appearing to be due to naturaly causes, was the result of direct action from someone on board this ship. We believe he was murdered. "Our own investigation is far from complete, and we will be seeking the assistance of the local authorities when we reach our first destination. Given that, we are not going to discuss the details of our investigation at this time. It is more important, however, to do everything that we can to protect our passengers. Since we cannot be sure who the killer is, our only choice is to isolate all passengers for the next few days, until we arrive and can turn the investigation over to the authorities. "Please uderstand that the measures we are taking now are for your safety. They are designed to isolate the killer among us from the passengers. "We will move all passengers into a stateroom of their own. This will be your living space for the remainder of the journey. You will have noticed that the crew has already vacated the rooms we are occupying -- we will bunk down in engineering, the bridge, and anywhere else we can find space so that you make all have your own room. All computer access will be cut off to the staterooms. I ask that you all leave any comm units, computers, or other electronic devices off for the remainder of the journey. We will be monitoring the staterooms constantly for electronic and computer activity -- any electronic activity will be investigated, any attempt to access any computer, wether connected to the ship's mainframe or nor, will result in the computer in question being confiscated, and the incident reported as a point of evidence when we turn this matter over to the authorities.""Mr. Sarnath will assign you all to your new staterooms. I understand that the next 72 hours, confined alone to your staterooms without being permitted the use of your personal computers will be dreadfully boring. And I wish I could do more to help with that. I suggest, among other things, that as one gesture to the shipboard community, we all pool any published print materials -- books and magazines -- here in the galley, where we can share with each other what meager entertainments we do have.""There will always be one or more mambers of the crew stationed here in the common area and galley. You are welcome to prepare food in the galley at your discretion, and take it back to your stateroom to eat. You'll be visited by a member of the crew several times a day to make sure you have everything you need. If there is anything we can do to provide for you, short of breaking our new security protocols, we will be happy to do it. "Before you object, know that I am perfectly cognizant that this is a drastic abridgement of your rights as sentient beings. From your point of view, it may appear as though we are treating every one of you as a suspect, treating you as if you were the killer. I encourage any of you who have complaints to file complaints against me once we reach our next port of call. "But for now, I prefer a ship full of angry but living passengers to the risk of any further deaths on board." "Any questions?"(ooc: might as well throw a diplomacy check on this one. My bonus is +19)-rg
04-15-06, 09:23 PM #258
Wilphe OOC: Spoiler: IC:Tuan:Your transit to the gig is uneventful, and nothing seems out of place as you make the trip through engineering and the cargo deck. The gig itself is a spacious place for one person to sleep, almost as big as the sort of thing you imagine a fleet admiral would have. Of course it's not really furnished appropriatly for long-term occupancy, or even sleeping - but you will have little difficulty getting comfortable and settling in.A little voice at the back of your mind is bothering you though, something that you meant to have done after you finished searching the stateroom, if only you could remember what it was.Trelene:ZZZZZZZZZ Last edited by Wilphe : 04-16-06 at 08:05 PM.
04-16-06, 08:11 PM #259
Wilphe Ruzzkoff:Mr Gudeli nods sagely, "Uhuh," he says non-committally, "Well thank you for informing me first, if you could keep me informed of any further developments?"Saanath:Quote:"If you have any questions, I'm sure that the Captain will answer them then. So for the moment, is there anything else?."
Maxine Zdrac uplifts her nose slightly, "Everything? This I somewhat doubt."
04-16-06, 08:34 PM #260
Wilphe Everybody:As Ruzzkoff wants all hands on deck I'll assume that someone went and got Tuan when he was done moving.Gwydion takes up a position by the entrance to the late Mr Antonsecu's cabin, unarmed but ready, if something happens, to clamp it down. Trelene remains in her cabin, asleep. Ktarle stands by the corridor to the Lab and Sick bay, confident that nothing bad will happen, and if it does it won't get to her.[/snip]While the passengers hear Ruzz'koff out quite politely, without a great many gasps or moans when mention if made of foul play, it's equally clear that many are sceptical about some of Ruzz'koff's statements.Eleanor Carnot expresses these feelings, "So, Mr Atonescu was killed, but the person who was in the cabin with him isn't the only suspect, because somehow a computer was involved, correct?"Elizabeth Black, "You have obviously given great thought to how to protect us from each other, do you know it was a passenger who was responsible. If not, how do you propose that we be protected from your crew?"Maxine Zdrac, "Or yourself, for that matter," heads turn at that, rather cutting, interjection.Govindra Ishaga, "I can just about understand forbidding our access to the network, but to not allow us to even have them on at all? That seems a bit drastic, and with all due respect life has to go on and many of us, all of us, have work to get on with. Is there no way we can just be locked out of the network and allowed to work on our own files on our own machines?"
04-17-06, 02:00 AM #261
doghead Saanath, male human merchant. Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheMaxine Zdrac uplifts her nose slightly, "Everything? This I somewhat doubt."
Saanath just smiles slightly. More than you will want to know.* * * Saanath waits quietly until Ruzz'koff has made his announcement, and delt with any questions. He snorts to himself at MZ's question. That woman is insufferable.Then Saanath gets to work shuffling the passengers. He ropes in Gwydion to help. If any oth them can't decide who gets to stay and who moves out, Saanath flips a coin. Saanath ignores Gydions suggestion that they take bribes. Saanath does his best to stay calm and helpful.
04-18-06, 12:19 PM #262
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheEleanor Carnot expresses these feelings, "So, Mr Atonescu was killed, but the person who was in the cabin with him isn't the only suspect, because somehow a computer was involved, correct?"
"That is correct."Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheElizabeth Black, "You have obviously given great thought to how to protect us from each other, do you know it was a passenger who was responsible. If not, how do you propose that we be protected from your crew?"Maxine Zdrac, "Or yourself, for that matter," heads turn at that, rather cutting, interjection.
"Ladies, when you boarded this ship you put yourselves in the hands of the ship's crew. If that trust was misguided, perhaps the mistake is your own. For myself, I promise you, if I reach a point where I want you dead, you'll see me coming."This is difficult enough as it is. My crew is tired, stretched thin, and we will all be sleeping on floors and doing everything we can to make sure you all are safe. If you have constructive suggestions, I would love to hear them. If, however, you prefer to snipe at my crew and myself, I'll thank you to stay in your cabin an stay out of our way."Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheGovindra Ishaga, "I can just about understand forbidding our access to the network, but to not allow us to even have them on at all? That seems a bit drastic, and with all due respect life has to go on and many of us, all of us, have work to get on with. Is there no way we can just be locked out of the network and allowed to work on our own files on our own machines?"
"I understand that this restriction seems draconian. However, we still have many questions to answer about what happened. I'd rather deliver you bored to tears but alive than dead. If we reach a point where we are more sure we can safely allow you to use your personal computers off the network, we will let you know."-rg
04-18-06, 02:19 PM #263
Watus All this talk about computers, and something clicks in the back of Tuan's mind. When the debacle in the mess dies down, Tuan corners Saanath somewhere quiet."Hey, kid. You have a chance to look at those disks yet?"
04-18-06, 02:54 PM #264
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Quote:Originally Posted by Radiating Gnome"Ladies, when you boarded this ship you put yourselves in the hands of the ship's crew. If that trust was misguided, perhaps the mistake is your own. For myself, I promise you, if I reach a point where I want you dead, you'll see me coming.
Saanath laughs out loud, and doesn't make any effort to hide it. Ruz'koff has really got his pepper back and is in fine form. Saanath finds himself feeling better than he has since this inconsiderate rabble they have been lumbered with as passengers were given permission to board. We've taken on an Imperial wotsits and a mercenary cruiser. Damned if I am going to let this lot get to me. Still, I wish Quinn was still with us. Saanath's gaze takes on a far away look as he wonders what happened to the old Marine. Saanath offers up a quick prayer to the gods of jumpspace to watch out for the old man. Not that he really needed any watching out for.Tuan's question catches Saanath off guard for a moment. He frowns as he tried to pull his thoughts back together."I'll catch up with you after we are done here."Wiphie: Can't remember, has Saanath checked the disks?RG: You are welcome in my games any time. Just pull up a virtual chair, and I'll slot you right in. Last edited by doghead : 04-18-06 at 03:00 PM.
04-18-06, 09:26 PM #265
Wilphe Elizabeth Black, "Unlike some," she flashes a look at Ms Zdrac, "I'm not intending to be rude. I asked what I considered to be a reasonable question. Someone aboard did something, as I don't know what was done I can't know who did it, it might have be a passenger, it might equally have been a member of the crew," she pauses for breath,"I can perfectly well understand you not trusting us, but please understand that unless you know that this could only have been done by a passenger and are prepared to tell us why, please expect us to be concerned about the crew. That's only fair. And "we could kill you whenever we wanted to, but we don't, so don't worry about it" isn't exactly reassuring."
04-18-06, 09:44 PM #266
Wilphe Wiphie: Can't remember, has Saanath checked the disks?[/QUOTE]No
04-19-06, 04:11 AM #267
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheElizabeth Black, "Unlike some," she flashes a look at Ms Zdrac, "I'm not intending to be rude. I asked what I considered to be a reasonable question. Someone aboard did something, as I don't know what was done I can't know who did it, it might have be a passenger, it might equally have been a member of the crew," she pauses for breath,"I can perfectly well understand you not trusting us, but please understand that unless you know that this could only have been done by a passenger and are prepared to tell us why, please expect us to be concerned about the crew. That's only fair. And "we could kill you whenever we wanted to, but we don't, so don't worry about it" isn't exactly reassuring."
"Ms. Black, I appreciate that you couch your criticism and concerns in much more polite, less offensive speech. I understand that you are not being told everything, that you may well suspect that our killer is a crew member and not a passenger. "First. It is not a member of this crew. I can't prove it to you, to your satisfaction, and I don't expect that you will believe me. And frankly, at this point I don't have time to care about what you believe or don't. "Actually, that is not quite true. I care that you believe one thing. The last thing that I said to you and Mrs. Zdrac. You will see me coming. And that was not meant to be reassuring. It was a warning. "I am being rude. I am bullying you. And I dearly hope that everyone on board lives reaches our destination to file lengthy and detailed charges against me. For now, follow the instructions of my crew, move to your new stateroom, and keep out of trouble. -rg
04-19-06, 06:22 AM #268
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath mentally goes through his checklist of things to do. Clear out cabin; he will dump them in the bridge* for now. He doesn't want anyone getting their hands on the disks while he is busy moving the passengers around. Move the passengers around; Saanath reminds himself to keep an eye out for the missing disk. Look at the disks Tuan gave him.Oh yeah, and wake Trelene (if she is in a cabin and need to move.) Actually, it would be good to have her around when he is checking the disks.* or some other secure location, perhaps gives them back to Tuan.
04-21-06, 08:31 PM #269
Wilphe .........There's an uncomfortable silence on board as everyone, passengers and crew, digests the notion that the Vargr is calling the shots, he's not going to take any #### from anyone and now is not a good time to discuss any concerns they might have. Ashur Gudeli breaks the silence, "Well that just about wraps that up, if anyone wants to file a complaint against Captain Ruzz'koff, his crew, or indeed anyone else, including each other, I have a lot of experience in the Imperial Beuracracy, several stacks of blank forms that aren't doing anything and nothing better to do with my time."He gives a sly wink in Tuan's direction as he finishes, and then sweeps into his stateroom. His two associates, Jake Carling & Melissah Gshrygn, slip into the one next door - taking Curtis Foster with them, Maxine Zdrac positively scuttles after Mr Gudeli, giving Ruzz'koff a look that could kill. If the Captain gets killed next, no one present will believe it wasn't her. The rest of the passengers, Govindra Ishaga, Eleanor Carnot, Malico Shahisgara &Elizabeth Black are left somewhat shell shocked, and something in limbo as they wait for cabins to get freed up and Saanath to assign rooms.Saanath:Mr Shahisgara would like cabin 4 "if at all possible, but he quite understands that Ms Trelene would like to finish sleeping before vacating it."
04-21-06, 08:41 PM #270
Wilphe Saanath / Tuan:Trelene started her shift at midnight, and was up the evening before that. Right now disturbing her would a: Really annoy her, and b: She'd be substantially below par anyway.You can either:Wait for her to get up and then work on it togetherorGo ahead with out her.In which case I'd like to know which disks you are looking at, and roughly what you are doing with them.Which system are you using? - Your own, the ship's, gig's, something else?Are you just plugging them in and opening documents that "look interesting" or taking a more measured approach?Gwydion has secured and locked the cabin in question, so anything you leave in there should be secure. Otherwise the bridge is a good bet for leaving stuff, it's hard to get in there without being caught and the Captain is unlikely to be sympathetic to any unauthourised visitors.
04-21-06, 09:29 PM #271
Watus Tuan will defer to Saanath in regards to which computer to use. In terms of which disks, he'd like to traul through all of them, but is particularly interested in "d" - the one that had been taped under a drawer.
04-22-06, 03:25 AM #272
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath stashes his gear on the bridge for the moment - the disks will have to wait - then returns to the passengers. After some thought, he decides against waking Trelene. Which means apologising to Mr Shahisgara, and asking him to wait until Trelene has woken. Curious that no one else has asked for a particular cabin, Saanath makes a mental note of Mr Shahisgara.Then he gets to work sorting the other passengers. Saanath puts on his cheerful face. Ruzz'koff has played the bad cop admirably, now Saanath will play the good. He beavers away to get everything set up, and does his best to remaining patient, and understanding of the passenger's delicate emotional state. If it does become too much, he heads to the bridge for a quick rant, before returning to work with a smile on his face. Actually, although some of them are really annoying, Saanath does feel for the passengers. He has some idea of what it is like to be caught in such a situation.ooc: Liaison +09, +2 Carousing Feat if appropriate. +2 bluff synergy maybe? He's not really bluffing, but he is trying to keep a calm demenour in a trying situation.ooc: Saanath will wait until Trelene awake before looking at the disks. When he does, he will use his computer and keep it isolated from the ships computer. Its a hand comp, but he spent double the regular price 'cos he's a hacker. No sure what thats worth, if anything, bonus wise. Actually, knowing the TL would probably be more useful - its not listed. Um, look at the regular disk first, then 'd'. I don't know anything about hacking, but um, scan the directory first for anything unusual (size, type, location) or hidden files. Write bots to scan files for key words like the names of any of the passengers, the ship, its destinations etc. Of course, back up his computer first in case of virus files. P/ComputerTech: 04/+07 (+1 Edu, +2 T/Comp Syn), T/Communications: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker), T/Computers: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker).
04-24-06, 03:46 PM #273
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff watches the bustle of activity, as the crew and sullen passengers shift into private staterooms and are locked away for their individual safety. He maintains his position in the common area, careful to scowl meaningfully but at no on in particular, until he cannont take it anymore and then he moves to the privacy of the bridge.Once there, he collapses into a chair. This was a part of command that he understood, but he had always hated it when it became necessary. At the naval command college a lot had always been made of the human philosopher Machiavelli, who argued that it was better to be feared than to be loved. The one thing Machiavelli never considered, in his philosophy, was the alienation of that fear. It was necessary, to keep things moving and make sure that the passengers and crew did not waste time with pointless arguing and recriminations, for him to be the heavy, to bully and intimidate passengers and crew until everyone was squared away. The passengers had to be given something else to fear, rather than the phantom killer -- someone concrete and indentifiable. And that was the captain's job. He knew he would spend the rest of the voyage in that role, snarling and barking at any passenger who had the temerity to question his orders. And he knew they would never appreciate that he was doing it to try to keep them safe. But it was exhausting. And he missed the comfort of the community. Of the pack. How slowly can three days pass?-rg
04-24-06, 11:21 PM #274
Wilphe Saanath moves into the "Good Cop / Bad Cop" routine where Ruzz'koff left it and arranges matters speedily and with courtesy. A few of them even seem to appreciate his efforts as they pack, move and unpack. Saanath, Tuan, Ktarle and Gwydion are kept busy moving cases, bags and personal belongings from cabin to cabin.The passengers more or less behave themselves, the novelty of a death in suspicious cirumstances does wonders to stave off boredom. Maxine Zdrac emerges from Mr Gudeli's cabin with a look of smug satisfaction and several reams of filled out forms. Mr Shahisgara waits patiently in the common area, idlly reading a few books until Trelene wakes up and vacates the cabin. Ruzz'koff will have taken the 1600 - 0000 watch and gone to bed, with Tuan due on 0000-0800 and Saanath the 0800-1600 watch, it would seem that the best time for the Saanath, Trelene and Tuan to go through the disks would be in the small hours of the night.OOC:New Cabin arrangments are on the Rogue's Gallery
04-24-06, 11:34 PM #275
Wilphe Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheOne laptop, high-spec personal machine. No data chips currently loaded. Boots to a password prompt. Wallpaper is a continuing and shifting montage of his grandkids et al.A rack of data chips, this would normally hold 12 - there are only 11 here, it would appear that one is missing as there are "Projects Archive" "I" & "III", but no "II".Taped underneath one of the drawers in his closet you find another data chip, this one is not the missing "Projects Archive II", but is instead simply labelled "D"All of these chips are password protected.
Saanath carefully backs up his files, and ensures that his hand-comp is disconnected from the network before the him and Trelene go through the files. "D", the disk found under the drawer proves to have a very unusual file structure, including several hidden executables. After a few scares, considerable bafflement, lots of coffee and several hours of work you are able to more or less definitively conclude that that disk has nothing on it except heavily encrypted junk data and a few nasty viruses waiting as traps for a careless reader to open.You are pretty certain that you haven't infected your own machine with any of them, unless there is something so subtle you haven't noticed between you.That leaves the other 11 disks, but if they are all as difficult as this one - you haven't have time to deal with them all before arriving.
Today, 05:42 AM #276
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath sighs and stows the disc's carefully away for later. He passes on what he found, or didn't, to Ruzz'koff and Tuan. "Odds are that the killer has projects archive II. We have I and III, but II is missing," Saanath mentions to Ruzz'koff, not sure if the Captian knows.If Saanath gets the chance, he will attempt to hack past the password prompt on the dead mans computer. Once again he takes care to keep the machine isolated. he will keep his isolated as well. Again, if possible, he will see if Trelene can help.T/Computers: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker)
03-23-06, 10:21 PM #241
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath smarts at Tuan's look, but keeps his response to himself. The old spacer is right anyways, Saanath eventually concludes. The idea is not the greatest. He just wants to get the passengers to safely to port, and then be shot of them. He lets out a long slow sigh."I think we should tell them. The passengers. They have the right to know, and we haven't been successful yet in pinning down whoever is messing with the ship. At least if they know, they can take steps to look after themselves. "On the other hand, if we do, then we put the killer in a corner. They know that once they get to port, the authorities will get callled in. People in corners can be dangerous, unpredicatable. Especially if the have nothing to lose. If the killer thinks they can get away scot free, they may just sit out the rest of the trip. And if they don't know we know, they may get careless."Saanath runs his hands through his hair."I still think we should tell them. And perhaps rearrange the the cabins so they can have one each. Perhaps you should ask Trelene as well. I'll go with whatever you decide."Saanath looks around the bridge for no particular reason."I'll go help Tuan with breakfast. I don't envy you this decision Ruzz'koff."Taking a moment to compse himself, he heads out the door.ooc: Looks like Trelene gets the deciding vote.
03-24-06, 06:31 PM #242
Radiating Gnome Russ'koff grimaces, and heads off to find Trelene, probably wake her up, and talk to her about the crew's next move. He takes along a fresh cup of coffee for Trelene. It's something, anyway.
03-25-06, 09:03 PM #243
Wilphe OOC: Trelene's a she BTW.
03-26-06, 03:32 PM #244
Radiating Gnome ooc: doh! I'll fix the post.
03-29-06, 07:26 PM #245
Wilphe Tuan and Saanth busy themselves making breakfast, of course by now it's more of a brunch. As it's made ready the passengers emerge from their cabins, they are all rather quiet and none of them feel the urge to risk Ruzz'koff's wrath by bringing up the subject that's on all their minds. It's a rather sombre and subdued affair, but several of them seem to want comfort food and no one except Elizabeth Carnot, Malico Sharishaga, Govindra Ishaga and Mr Gudeli's trio is taking a vegetarian meal. They all seem to want the reassurance of red meat and/or eggs.Curtis Foster has next to no appetite, Elizabeth Carnot gets him something - but he just picks at it. Mr Gudeli and his companions take up a position apart from everyone else, it's not hard to surmise that they know something is very wrong and that all three are trying to very hard to read passengers and crew and don't care who knows it.
04-03-06, 07:58 PM #246
Wilphe Trelene is not overjoyed at being disturbed by Ruzz'koff and keeps her counsel brief and to the point, "Our, by which I mean your, primary responsibility is the welfare of the ship and the safety of her passengers and crew. Cargo comes in there somewhere as well, but we'll gloss over that for now. That is more important that justice in this case. That's someone else's problem. Our problem is ensuring we get to our destination.""I would advise you not to endanger the vessal in the interests of finding out who did this. It's not our problem, we'll be delayed sure, but only for a few days. It'll be more or less the same whether we find out who did it or not. If indeed we chose to tell anybody and don't hush this up.""If we are going to tell somebody, I'd tell the Administrator and his party. We'll be with them for a while, they want to keep incognito and not get dragged into something like this and if we can't trust them then we are bigger trouble than I imagined. Besides even if they did it they'd have a plan for dealing with the consequences wouldn't they? Now if there is nothing else I'll be more coherent when I've had some sleep."
04-04-06, 07:31 PM #247
Radiating Gnome Russ'koff returns to the bridge, and addresses those present. "All right, that settles it. We're going to move everyone into a private accommodation, and the crew will have to make do in the other areas of the ship. Passengers will have their access to the ships computer cut, and will be permitted access only to their own room and the galley. There will always be one member of the crew on hand in the galley.""I'll make an announcement to the passengers in a few minutes. We tell them what's up, why we're locking everything down, and thank them for their forebearance. We warn them that we're going to take anything suspicious, like attemps to access shipboard computer or environmental systems as a hostile act against the rest of the ship, crew and passengers. We're going to have to babysit these people now -- one crewperson in the galley at all times, another to make rounds durning meal times to make sure those that don't want to come to the galley get something to eat. "I do think I'll brief the Administrator first, however.""Any comments or suggestions?"
04-05-06, 12:04 AM #248
Wilphe Ktarle pipes up, "I call the Lab, you've already called Dibs on the Bridge, anybody else?"
04-05-06, 01:13 AM #249
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath considers Ruzz'Koff's decision. "No, no suggestions at the moment. I think briefing the Administrator is a good call."Tuan wants the gig I think. I'll sleep where-ever."
04-06-06, 09:36 PM #250
Watus Tuan shrugs, figuring he can play the screw as well as the next guy. He heads back to his quarters, repacks the few things he'd actually taken out of his duffel, and hauls it down to the gig.
04-07-06, 04:33 PM #251
Radiating Gnome Once the crew has their bags packed and are ready, Ruzz'koff returns to the common area and asks to speak to the administrator alone. Once they are in private he begins. "It isn't going to surprise you that something is going on, your honor*. We have reason to believe that Mr. Antonesque was murdered. We believe that someone accessed the ship's computers and increased the gravity in his cabin to a point at which his heart gave out in the night. We are trying to investigate the murder ourselves, but we believe it is much more important to insure the safety of the rest of the passengers on the ship. "In a few minutes I'm going to make an announcement to the other passengers. I'll tell them the basics of what we know -- that Mr. Antonesque was murdered, that someone used shipboard systems to do it, and that we need to make new arrangements to insure the safety of the rest of the passengers. The crew will move out of the cabins -- we're going to bunk down in other areas of the ship -- I'll be ont he bridge, etc. We will move each passenger into a stateroom of his or her own.""Since the killer is accessing shipboard systems and using them, we need to cut off the staterooms from access to the ship's computers. Any attempts to access the shipboard computers will be considered evidence of likely involvement in the murder. "It is our intention to do everything we can to safeguard the lives of our passengers until we reach our destination, where we will invite the local authorities to conduct a much more thorough and complete investigation. It will mean a few days of isolation for everyone. Passengers will be allowed access only to their own rooms, and to the Galley for supervised meals. We will leave it to the passengers to decide if they would like to join others for meals -- the decision to eat a meal with another specific passenger would have to be mutual. We'll be around to discuss that with you as we work out the details. "I thought it would be prudent to inform you first -- I expect that you and your aides will want to eat together, but other than that I'm going to ask that you comply with the restrictions I'm placing the rest of the passengers under. Do you have any comments or questions?"*please assume Russ'koff would use the appropriate honorific -- I'm just not sure what that is.
04-08-06, 01:15 AM #252
Wilphe Tuan, Saanth:As you two and Ktarle are seen to be packing to move your belongings and clean out your cabins a certain degree of consternation and interest ripples through the assembled passengers in the common area. So to when Ruzz'koff asks to speak to Mr Gudeli alone. While Maxine Zdrac was suitibly cowed by Ruzz'koff in the morning, it's either worn off or she feels okay accosting the three of you when he's not here or she's just getting angrier. Possibly all three, but she does wait for Ruzz'koff and Mr Gudeli to leave before badgering you."What's going on here? You've got a dead passenger on your hands and no one seems fit to tell us anything. Well, answer me damnit."There's the odd murmer of agreement, but no one seems that eager to back her up just now.Trelene:"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" - if only because waking her up and asking her to pack and move would probably not be taken well...Ruzz'koff:Mr Gudeli hears you out in stony silence, not showing any especial emotion or, frankly suprise. Either he's got a very good poker face or none of this is really news to him. This could be because he knows something, or equally it could be that High Imperial Officials are usually smart, perceptive and observent."We will keep the two cabins we have, no need to move us around into single occupancy unless you want to. My team and I trust each other implictly and I can assure you that none of us were involved. I do not however expect you to take such assurance at face value, as you know as little about us as we about you.""Well, I have your service record, personnel files, university papers, school reports. But that's not knowing YOU, that's knowing what you've done. I can only do that face to face. We'll all be together for some time and no doubt get to know each other a little bit better and perhaps be more willing to exchange confidences.""I am anxious for us to be on our journey with speed so if necessary we may be able to facilitate any dealings with Imperial Agencies. I would however prefer to avoid this.""Do we know how Mr Antonescu was killed without harming his cabin mate?"OOC:Either "Mr" or "Sir" is acceptable"Administrator" would give the game away slightly, as he is suppossed to be incognito.All things considered he may well have a noble title as well, but you don't KNOW that, let alone what it is.Ditto any military or service rank, if any of his party have such title - they aren't using it.
04-08-06, 03:18 AM #253
doghead Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheTuan, Saanth: As you two and Ktarle are seen to be packing to move your belongings and clean out your cabins a certain degree of consternation and interest ripples through the assembled passengers in the common area. So to when Ruzz'koff asks to speak to Mr Gudeli alone. While Maxine Zdrac was suitibly cowed by Ruzz'koff in the morning, it's either worn off or she feels okay accosting the three of you when he's not here or she's just getting angrier. Possibly all three, but she does wait for Ruzz'koff and Mr Gudeli to leave before badgering you."What's going on here? You've got a dead passenger on your hands and no one seems fit to tell us anything. Well, answer me damnit."There's the odd murmer of agreement, but no one seems that eager to back her up just now.
Saanath decides to take the diplomatic route."I understand that you are all concerned," he begins, meeting everyone's gaze openly. "It has been a stresful morning for everyone. The Captain will be making a general announcement shortly. He will explain everything then."If you have any questions, I'm sure that the Captain will answer them then. So for the moment, is there anything else?."Liaison: 09/+11 (+0 Cha, +2 Carousing Syn)
04-08-06, 04:16 PM #254
Watus Ignoring the scene in the common area, Tuan stomps past the bridge, keys the iris valve, drops his duffel down into engineering and quickly follows it out of sight.
04-13-06, 09:26 PM #255
Wilphe ooc: Paging Captain Ruzz'koff,White Courtesy Phone please.
04-14-06, 01:30 PM #256
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by Wilphe"Do we know how Mr Antonescu was killed without harming his cabin mate?"
"We have theories, sir. Theories based on the evidence we've collected so far -- but we're still working on those issues. But, our first priority is doing everything we can to make sure the rest of the passengers arrive at our destination alive."ooc: Sorry, crazy RL crap at work -- I'll get another post out this morning, addressing the passengers. -rg
04-14-06, 02:40 PM #257
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'Koff moves in to the common area and asks for all the passenger's attention, making sure he has several other crew members on hand to help control the scene. He waits for those who are not in the common area to get within earshot, and then addresses everyone. "You're all smart, sensitive people, and you will have figured out that there is something not right aboard ship right now -- something more not right than a simple death. "What I can tell you now is that the crew and I have determined that Mr. Antonescue's death, while outwardly appearing to be due to naturaly causes, was the result of direct action from someone on board this ship. We believe he was murdered. "Our own investigation is far from complete, and we will be seeking the assistance of the local authorities when we reach our first destination. Given that, we are not going to discuss the details of our investigation at this time. It is more important, however, to do everything that we can to protect our passengers. Since we cannot be sure who the killer is, our only choice is to isolate all passengers for the next few days, until we arrive and can turn the investigation over to the authorities. "Please uderstand that the measures we are taking now are for your safety. They are designed to isolate the killer among us from the passengers. "We will move all passengers into a stateroom of their own. This will be your living space for the remainder of the journey. You will have noticed that the crew has already vacated the rooms we are occupying -- we will bunk down in engineering, the bridge, and anywhere else we can find space so that you make all have your own room. All computer access will be cut off to the staterooms. I ask that you all leave any comm units, computers, or other electronic devices off for the remainder of the journey. We will be monitoring the staterooms constantly for electronic and computer activity -- any electronic activity will be investigated, any attempt to access any computer, wether connected to the ship's mainframe or nor, will result in the computer in question being confiscated, and the incident reported as a point of evidence when we turn this matter over to the authorities.""Mr. Sarnath will assign you all to your new staterooms. I understand that the next 72 hours, confined alone to your staterooms without being permitted the use of your personal computers will be dreadfully boring. And I wish I could do more to help with that. I suggest, among other things, that as one gesture to the shipboard community, we all pool any published print materials -- books and magazines -- here in the galley, where we can share with each other what meager entertainments we do have.""There will always be one or more mambers of the crew stationed here in the common area and galley. You are welcome to prepare food in the galley at your discretion, and take it back to your stateroom to eat. You'll be visited by a member of the crew several times a day to make sure you have everything you need. If there is anything we can do to provide for you, short of breaking our new security protocols, we will be happy to do it. "Before you object, know that I am perfectly cognizant that this is a drastic abridgement of your rights as sentient beings. From your point of view, it may appear as though we are treating every one of you as a suspect, treating you as if you were the killer. I encourage any of you who have complaints to file complaints against me once we reach our next port of call. "But for now, I prefer a ship full of angry but living passengers to the risk of any further deaths on board." "Any questions?"(ooc: might as well throw a diplomacy check on this one. My bonus is +19)-rg
04-15-06, 09:23 PM #258
Wilphe OOC: Spoiler: IC:Tuan:Your transit to the gig is uneventful, and nothing seems out of place as you make the trip through engineering and the cargo deck. The gig itself is a spacious place for one person to sleep, almost as big as the sort of thing you imagine a fleet admiral would have. Of course it's not really furnished appropriatly for long-term occupancy, or even sleeping - but you will have little difficulty getting comfortable and settling in.A little voice at the back of your mind is bothering you though, something that you meant to have done after you finished searching the stateroom, if only you could remember what it was.Trelene:ZZZZZZZZZ Last edited by Wilphe : 04-16-06 at 08:05 PM.
04-16-06, 08:11 PM #259
Wilphe Ruzzkoff:Mr Gudeli nods sagely, "Uhuh," he says non-committally, "Well thank you for informing me first, if you could keep me informed of any further developments?"Saanath:Quote:"If you have any questions, I'm sure that the Captain will answer them then. So for the moment, is there anything else?."
Maxine Zdrac uplifts her nose slightly, "Everything? This I somewhat doubt."
04-16-06, 08:34 PM #260
Wilphe Everybody:As Ruzzkoff wants all hands on deck I'll assume that someone went and got Tuan when he was done moving.Gwydion takes up a position by the entrance to the late Mr Antonsecu's cabin, unarmed but ready, if something happens, to clamp it down. Trelene remains in her cabin, asleep. Ktarle stands by the corridor to the Lab and Sick bay, confident that nothing bad will happen, and if it does it won't get to her.[/snip]While the passengers hear Ruzz'koff out quite politely, without a great many gasps or moans when mention if made of foul play, it's equally clear that many are sceptical about some of Ruzz'koff's statements.Eleanor Carnot expresses these feelings, "So, Mr Atonescu was killed, but the person who was in the cabin with him isn't the only suspect, because somehow a computer was involved, correct?"Elizabeth Black, "You have obviously given great thought to how to protect us from each other, do you know it was a passenger who was responsible. If not, how do you propose that we be protected from your crew?"Maxine Zdrac, "Or yourself, for that matter," heads turn at that, rather cutting, interjection.Govindra Ishaga, "I can just about understand forbidding our access to the network, but to not allow us to even have them on at all? That seems a bit drastic, and with all due respect life has to go on and many of us, all of us, have work to get on with. Is there no way we can just be locked out of the network and allowed to work on our own files on our own machines?"
04-17-06, 02:00 AM #261
doghead Saanath, male human merchant. Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheMaxine Zdrac uplifts her nose slightly, "Everything? This I somewhat doubt."
Saanath just smiles slightly. More than you will want to know.* * * Saanath waits quietly until Ruzz'koff has made his announcement, and delt with any questions. He snorts to himself at MZ's question. That woman is insufferable.Then Saanath gets to work shuffling the passengers. He ropes in Gwydion to help. If any oth them can't decide who gets to stay and who moves out, Saanath flips a coin. Saanath ignores Gydions suggestion that they take bribes. Saanath does his best to stay calm and helpful.
04-18-06, 12:19 PM #262
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheEleanor Carnot expresses these feelings, "So, Mr Atonescu was killed, but the person who was in the cabin with him isn't the only suspect, because somehow a computer was involved, correct?"
"That is correct."Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheElizabeth Black, "You have obviously given great thought to how to protect us from each other, do you know it was a passenger who was responsible. If not, how do you propose that we be protected from your crew?"Maxine Zdrac, "Or yourself, for that matter," heads turn at that, rather cutting, interjection.
"Ladies, when you boarded this ship you put yourselves in the hands of the ship's crew. If that trust was misguided, perhaps the mistake is your own. For myself, I promise you, if I reach a point where I want you dead, you'll see me coming."This is difficult enough as it is. My crew is tired, stretched thin, and we will all be sleeping on floors and doing everything we can to make sure you all are safe. If you have constructive suggestions, I would love to hear them. If, however, you prefer to snipe at my crew and myself, I'll thank you to stay in your cabin an stay out of our way."Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheGovindra Ishaga, "I can just about understand forbidding our access to the network, but to not allow us to even have them on at all? That seems a bit drastic, and with all due respect life has to go on and many of us, all of us, have work to get on with. Is there no way we can just be locked out of the network and allowed to work on our own files on our own machines?"
"I understand that this restriction seems draconian. However, we still have many questions to answer about what happened. I'd rather deliver you bored to tears but alive than dead. If we reach a point where we are more sure we can safely allow you to use your personal computers off the network, we will let you know."-rg
04-18-06, 02:19 PM #263
Watus All this talk about computers, and something clicks in the back of Tuan's mind. When the debacle in the mess dies down, Tuan corners Saanath somewhere quiet."Hey, kid. You have a chance to look at those disks yet?"
04-18-06, 02:54 PM #264
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Quote:Originally Posted by Radiating Gnome"Ladies, when you boarded this ship you put yourselves in the hands of the ship's crew. If that trust was misguided, perhaps the mistake is your own. For myself, I promise you, if I reach a point where I want you dead, you'll see me coming.
Saanath laughs out loud, and doesn't make any effort to hide it. Ruz'koff has really got his pepper back and is in fine form. Saanath finds himself feeling better than he has since this inconsiderate rabble they have been lumbered with as passengers were given permission to board. We've taken on an Imperial wotsits and a mercenary cruiser. Damned if I am going to let this lot get to me. Still, I wish Quinn was still with us. Saanath's gaze takes on a far away look as he wonders what happened to the old Marine. Saanath offers up a quick prayer to the gods of jumpspace to watch out for the old man. Not that he really needed any watching out for.Tuan's question catches Saanath off guard for a moment. He frowns as he tried to pull his thoughts back together."I'll catch up with you after we are done here."Wiphie: Can't remember, has Saanath checked the disks?RG: You are welcome in my games any time. Just pull up a virtual chair, and I'll slot you right in. Last edited by doghead : 04-18-06 at 03:00 PM.
04-18-06, 09:26 PM #265
Wilphe Elizabeth Black, "Unlike some," she flashes a look at Ms Zdrac, "I'm not intending to be rude. I asked what I considered to be a reasonable question. Someone aboard did something, as I don't know what was done I can't know who did it, it might have be a passenger, it might equally have been a member of the crew," she pauses for breath,"I can perfectly well understand you not trusting us, but please understand that unless you know that this could only have been done by a passenger and are prepared to tell us why, please expect us to be concerned about the crew. That's only fair. And "we could kill you whenever we wanted to, but we don't, so don't worry about it" isn't exactly reassuring."
04-18-06, 09:44 PM #266
Wilphe Wiphie: Can't remember, has Saanath checked the disks?[/QUOTE]No
04-19-06, 04:11 AM #267
Radiating Gnome Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheElizabeth Black, "Unlike some," she flashes a look at Ms Zdrac, "I'm not intending to be rude. I asked what I considered to be a reasonable question. Someone aboard did something, as I don't know what was done I can't know who did it, it might have be a passenger, it might equally have been a member of the crew," she pauses for breath,"I can perfectly well understand you not trusting us, but please understand that unless you know that this could only have been done by a passenger and are prepared to tell us why, please expect us to be concerned about the crew. That's only fair. And "we could kill you whenever we wanted to, but we don't, so don't worry about it" isn't exactly reassuring."
"Ms. Black, I appreciate that you couch your criticism and concerns in much more polite, less offensive speech. I understand that you are not being told everything, that you may well suspect that our killer is a crew member and not a passenger. "First. It is not a member of this crew. I can't prove it to you, to your satisfaction, and I don't expect that you will believe me. And frankly, at this point I don't have time to care about what you believe or don't. "Actually, that is not quite true. I care that you believe one thing. The last thing that I said to you and Mrs. Zdrac. You will see me coming. And that was not meant to be reassuring. It was a warning. "I am being rude. I am bullying you. And I dearly hope that everyone on board lives reaches our destination to file lengthy and detailed charges against me. For now, follow the instructions of my crew, move to your new stateroom, and keep out of trouble. -rg
04-19-06, 06:22 AM #268
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath mentally goes through his checklist of things to do. Clear out cabin; he will dump them in the bridge* for now. He doesn't want anyone getting their hands on the disks while he is busy moving the passengers around. Move the passengers around; Saanath reminds himself to keep an eye out for the missing disk. Look at the disks Tuan gave him.Oh yeah, and wake Trelene (if she is in a cabin and need to move.) Actually, it would be good to have her around when he is checking the disks.* or some other secure location, perhaps gives them back to Tuan.
04-21-06, 08:31 PM #269
Wilphe .........There's an uncomfortable silence on board as everyone, passengers and crew, digests the notion that the Vargr is calling the shots, he's not going to take any #### from anyone and now is not a good time to discuss any concerns they might have. Ashur Gudeli breaks the silence, "Well that just about wraps that up, if anyone wants to file a complaint against Captain Ruzz'koff, his crew, or indeed anyone else, including each other, I have a lot of experience in the Imperial Beuracracy, several stacks of blank forms that aren't doing anything and nothing better to do with my time."He gives a sly wink in Tuan's direction as he finishes, and then sweeps into his stateroom. His two associates, Jake Carling & Melissah Gshrygn, slip into the one next door - taking Curtis Foster with them, Maxine Zdrac positively scuttles after Mr Gudeli, giving Ruzz'koff a look that could kill. If the Captain gets killed next, no one present will believe it wasn't her. The rest of the passengers, Govindra Ishaga, Eleanor Carnot, Malico Shahisgara &Elizabeth Black are left somewhat shell shocked, and something in limbo as they wait for cabins to get freed up and Saanath to assign rooms.Saanath:Mr Shahisgara would like cabin 4 "if at all possible, but he quite understands that Ms Trelene would like to finish sleeping before vacating it."
04-21-06, 08:41 PM #270
Wilphe Saanath / Tuan:Trelene started her shift at midnight, and was up the evening before that. Right now disturbing her would a: Really annoy her, and b: She'd be substantially below par anyway.You can either:Wait for her to get up and then work on it togetherorGo ahead with out her.In which case I'd like to know which disks you are looking at, and roughly what you are doing with them.Which system are you using? - Your own, the ship's, gig's, something else?Are you just plugging them in and opening documents that "look interesting" or taking a more measured approach?Gwydion has secured and locked the cabin in question, so anything you leave in there should be secure. Otherwise the bridge is a good bet for leaving stuff, it's hard to get in there without being caught and the Captain is unlikely to be sympathetic to any unauthourised visitors.
04-21-06, 09:29 PM #271
Watus Tuan will defer to Saanath in regards to which computer to use. In terms of which disks, he'd like to traul through all of them, but is particularly interested in "d" - the one that had been taped under a drawer.
04-22-06, 03:25 AM #272
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath stashes his gear on the bridge for the moment - the disks will have to wait - then returns to the passengers. After some thought, he decides against waking Trelene. Which means apologising to Mr Shahisgara, and asking him to wait until Trelene has woken. Curious that no one else has asked for a particular cabin, Saanath makes a mental note of Mr Shahisgara.Then he gets to work sorting the other passengers. Saanath puts on his cheerful face. Ruzz'koff has played the bad cop admirably, now Saanath will play the good. He beavers away to get everything set up, and does his best to remaining patient, and understanding of the passenger's delicate emotional state. If it does become too much, he heads to the bridge for a quick rant, before returning to work with a smile on his face. Actually, although some of them are really annoying, Saanath does feel for the passengers. He has some idea of what it is like to be caught in such a situation.ooc: Liaison +09, +2 Carousing Feat if appropriate. +2 bluff synergy maybe? He's not really bluffing, but he is trying to keep a calm demenour in a trying situation.ooc: Saanath will wait until Trelene awake before looking at the disks. When he does, he will use his computer and keep it isolated from the ships computer. Its a hand comp, but he spent double the regular price 'cos he's a hacker. No sure what thats worth, if anything, bonus wise. Actually, knowing the TL would probably be more useful - its not listed. Um, look at the regular disk first, then 'd'. I don't know anything about hacking, but um, scan the directory first for anything unusual (size, type, location) or hidden files. Write bots to scan files for key words like the names of any of the passengers, the ship, its destinations etc. Of course, back up his computer first in case of virus files. P/ComputerTech: 04/+07 (+1 Edu, +2 T/Comp Syn), T/Communications: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker), T/Computers: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker).
04-24-06, 03:46 PM #273
Radiating Gnome Ruzz'koff watches the bustle of activity, as the crew and sullen passengers shift into private staterooms and are locked away for their individual safety. He maintains his position in the common area, careful to scowl meaningfully but at no on in particular, until he cannont take it anymore and then he moves to the privacy of the bridge.Once there, he collapses into a chair. This was a part of command that he understood, but he had always hated it when it became necessary. At the naval command college a lot had always been made of the human philosopher Machiavelli, who argued that it was better to be feared than to be loved. The one thing Machiavelli never considered, in his philosophy, was the alienation of that fear. It was necessary, to keep things moving and make sure that the passengers and crew did not waste time with pointless arguing and recriminations, for him to be the heavy, to bully and intimidate passengers and crew until everyone was squared away. The passengers had to be given something else to fear, rather than the phantom killer -- someone concrete and indentifiable. And that was the captain's job. He knew he would spend the rest of the voyage in that role, snarling and barking at any passenger who had the temerity to question his orders. And he knew they would never appreciate that he was doing it to try to keep them safe. But it was exhausting. And he missed the comfort of the community. Of the pack. How slowly can three days pass?-rg
04-24-06, 11:21 PM #274
Wilphe Saanath moves into the "Good Cop / Bad Cop" routine where Ruzz'koff left it and arranges matters speedily and with courtesy. A few of them even seem to appreciate his efforts as they pack, move and unpack. Saanath, Tuan, Ktarle and Gwydion are kept busy moving cases, bags and personal belongings from cabin to cabin.The passengers more or less behave themselves, the novelty of a death in suspicious cirumstances does wonders to stave off boredom. Maxine Zdrac emerges from Mr Gudeli's cabin with a look of smug satisfaction and several reams of filled out forms. Mr Shahisgara waits patiently in the common area, idlly reading a few books until Trelene wakes up and vacates the cabin. Ruzz'koff will have taken the 1600 - 0000 watch and gone to bed, with Tuan due on 0000-0800 and Saanath the 0800-1600 watch, it would seem that the best time for the Saanath, Trelene and Tuan to go through the disks would be in the small hours of the night.OOC:New Cabin arrangments are on the Rogue's Gallery
04-24-06, 11:34 PM #275
Wilphe Quote:Originally Posted by WilpheOne laptop, high-spec personal machine. No data chips currently loaded. Boots to a password prompt. Wallpaper is a continuing and shifting montage of his grandkids et al.A rack of data chips, this would normally hold 12 - there are only 11 here, it would appear that one is missing as there are "Projects Archive" "I" & "III", but no "II".Taped underneath one of the drawers in his closet you find another data chip, this one is not the missing "Projects Archive II", but is instead simply labelled "D"All of these chips are password protected.
Saanath carefully backs up his files, and ensures that his hand-comp is disconnected from the network before the him and Trelene go through the files. "D", the disk found under the drawer proves to have a very unusual file structure, including several hidden executables. After a few scares, considerable bafflement, lots of coffee and several hours of work you are able to more or less definitively conclude that that disk has nothing on it except heavily encrypted junk data and a few nasty viruses waiting as traps for a careless reader to open.You are pretty certain that you haven't infected your own machine with any of them, unless there is something so subtle you haven't noticed between you.That leaves the other 11 disks, but if they are all as difficult as this one - you haven't have time to deal with them all before arriving.
Today, 05:42 AM #276
doghead Saanath, male human merchant Saanath sighs and stows the disc's carefully away for later. He passes on what he found, or didn't, to Ruzz'koff and Tuan. "Odds are that the killer has projects archive II. We have I and III, but II is missing," Saanath mentions to Ruzz'koff, not sure if the Captian knows.If Saanath gets the chance, he will attempt to hack past the password prompt on the dead mans computer. Once again he takes care to keep the machine isolated. he will keep his isolated as well. Again, if possible, he will see if Trelene can help.T/Computers: 08/+09 (+1 Edu, poss: +2 Hacker)
Wilphe
Adventurer
First Officer's Private Log 02:30 223/991
"Our breakout from jump into the Shirgegge system is scheduled for 03:34, we are already at action stations as a routine precaution. Our passengers have been asked to stay in their cabins, this is not a routine precaution, but this is not a routine trip.
"We were asking for trouble to try and squeze passengers used to High Passage on luxury liners into shared staterooms on a tramp freighter. There's been bickering all through the trip, it doesn't help that they are all business rivals. I'd say I'd be glad to be rid of them, but then we are already rid of one of them. Miguel Antonsecu, he was, or at least pretended to be, a dealer in cutting edge CommTech - the sort the K'Kree can't produce themselves. Well it also looks like he had another deal set up. We've found two disks of his, both of them have enough sensitive data on them to give any Imperial Security officer kittens"
OOC:
Trelene and Saanath have had the time to finally take a good look at the two Projects Archive disks, what they find is rather startling:
Projects Archive 1 contains:
Deckplans and specifcations of Imperial Warships
Projects Arcive III contains:
What looks like a full Imperial Intelligence assessment for the Ley and Gateway sectors: Military, Political, Economic, it's all there.
An investigation of the cache on Antonescu's laptop reveals some filenames he was working on from the missing Projects Archive II. Ruzz'koff recognises these as being similar to the format the Imperium uses to store Order of Battle information.
"Our breakout from jump into the Shirgegge system is scheduled for 03:34, we are already at action stations as a routine precaution. Our passengers have been asked to stay in their cabins, this is not a routine precaution, but this is not a routine trip.
"We were asking for trouble to try and squeze passengers used to High Passage on luxury liners into shared staterooms on a tramp freighter. There's been bickering all through the trip, it doesn't help that they are all business rivals. I'd say I'd be glad to be rid of them, but then we are already rid of one of them. Miguel Antonsecu, he was, or at least pretended to be, a dealer in cutting edge CommTech - the sort the K'Kree can't produce themselves. Well it also looks like he had another deal set up. We've found two disks of his, both of them have enough sensitive data on them to give any Imperial Security officer kittens"
OOC:
Trelene and Saanath have had the time to finally take a good look at the two Projects Archive disks, what they find is rather startling:
Projects Archive 1 contains:
Deckplans and specifcations of Imperial Warships
Projects Arcive III contains:
What looks like a full Imperial Intelligence assessment for the Ley and Gateway sectors: Military, Political, Economic, it's all there.
An investigation of the cache on Antonescu's laptop reveals some filenames he was working on from the missing Projects Archive II. Ruzz'koff recognises these as being similar to the format the Imperium uses to store Order of Battle information.
Wilphe
Adventurer
Only two people apart from the crew have had access to the cabin, and could possibly have stolen the disk (a review of the survellience footage has ruled out remotes).
Cutis Foster - Antonescu's roomate. Maxine Zdrac as already accussed him of killing Antonescu, and it was not a secret that the two of them did not get on. He appeared genuinely shocked by events and has since gone very quiet and kept himself to himself.
Mailco Shahisgara - Was in the room with the crew as he offered to help bring a trolley to move the body. He's already been mentally flagged as interesting:
Once, when Jake Carling said he thought it was his idea to get the passenegrs to agitate for access to the cargo bay to exercise
Secondly, when he was the only passenger to ask for a specific room after Ruzz'koff split everyone into single cabins: cabin 4, by the sick bay and lab.
Now, whoever took the disk didn't isn't necessarily hack the environmental controls. It could have been someone seeking to profit from what looked like an untimely but natural death to grab some commercial data from a rival. Or they could have an accomplice who did do the hacking.
You do know that however hacked the environmental controls did so from the portside of the ship:
The Portside cabins were occupied by:
1: Normally Ruzz'koff, now sharing with Gwydion
3: Ashur Gudeli & Jake Carling
5: Elizabeth Black & Melissah Gshrygn
7: Govindra Ishaga & Malico Shahisgara
Two of those are crew, and your pretty certain none of you lot did (depends, how much do you trust Gwydion?)Another 3 (Gudeli, Carling and Gshrygn) are the Administrator and his party (how much do you trust them?)The other 3 are all yuppies (yes, they are annoying, but would they kill?)
Of those, Shahisgara was the only one who could have taken the disk and hacked the system. The administator and his party would have seemed in the clear - lacking an apparent motive or connection, but given the sensitivity of what Antonescu had they may well have acted against him - though why they wouldn't act openly is a mystery.
Cutis Foster - Antonescu's roomate. Maxine Zdrac as already accussed him of killing Antonescu, and it was not a secret that the two of them did not get on. He appeared genuinely shocked by events and has since gone very quiet and kept himself to himself.
Mailco Shahisgara - Was in the room with the crew as he offered to help bring a trolley to move the body. He's already been mentally flagged as interesting:
Once, when Jake Carling said he thought it was his idea to get the passenegrs to agitate for access to the cargo bay to exercise
Secondly, when he was the only passenger to ask for a specific room after Ruzz'koff split everyone into single cabins: cabin 4, by the sick bay and lab.
Now, whoever took the disk didn't isn't necessarily hack the environmental controls. It could have been someone seeking to profit from what looked like an untimely but natural death to grab some commercial data from a rival. Or they could have an accomplice who did do the hacking.
You do know that however hacked the environmental controls did so from the portside of the ship:
The Portside cabins were occupied by:
1: Normally Ruzz'koff, now sharing with Gwydion
3: Ashur Gudeli & Jake Carling
5: Elizabeth Black & Melissah Gshrygn
7: Govindra Ishaga & Malico Shahisgara
Two of those are crew, and your pretty certain none of you lot did (depends, how much do you trust Gwydion?)Another 3 (Gudeli, Carling and Gshrygn) are the Administrator and his party (how much do you trust them?)The other 3 are all yuppies (yes, they are annoying, but would they kill?)
Of those, Shahisgara was the only one who could have taken the disk and hacked the system. The administator and his party would have seemed in the clear - lacking an apparent motive or connection, but given the sensitivity of what Antonescu had they may well have acted against him - though why they wouldn't act openly is a mystery.
Radiating Gnome
Adventurer
Ruzz'Koff, in a private conversation before arrival with the rest of the crew, having finally gotten the analysis of the disks, and an understanding of the sensitive nature of the missing data.
"This is serious -- very, very serious, and something that we cannot take any chances with. There's no telling how much harm can be done with the information on the missing disks. I want to hear your opinions about our next move, but I'll start out by telling you that I think we need to turn this investigation over to military authorities immediately, before we give the culprit or culprits a chance to get off the ship. That means contacting the military authorities once we are in system and either landing on a military base or docking with a military station or ship.
"This isn't a civil matter anymore. It's not a minor murder. This is serious espionage, and any sort of delay while we try to sort this out for ourselves, at this point, puts the fine folk of the imperial navy at risk -- not to mention those they protect.
Your thoughts?"
"This is serious -- very, very serious, and something that we cannot take any chances with. There's no telling how much harm can be done with the information on the missing disks. I want to hear your opinions about our next move, but I'll start out by telling you that I think we need to turn this investigation over to military authorities immediately, before we give the culprit or culprits a chance to get off the ship. That means contacting the military authorities once we are in system and either landing on a military base or docking with a military station or ship.
"This isn't a civil matter anymore. It's not a minor murder. This is serious espionage, and any sort of delay while we try to sort this out for ourselves, at this point, puts the fine folk of the imperial navy at risk -- not to mention those they protect.
Your thoughts?"
Radiating Gnome
Adventurer
"I'm not sure we should warn anyone, including the adminstrator, about our plans until we are safely within a military security zone. I'm not saying that I think the administrator or a member of his staff had something to do with this, although it's a possibility. I just want to limit the opportunities for this information to somehow make its way to the other passengers.
"The fewer times we have this conversation, the better -- which means we have it this once, now, and we understand that we're going to do this and we do not discuss it again until we reach the military base or we've docked."
"The fewer times we have this conversation, the better -- which means we have it this once, now, and we understand that we're going to do this and we do not discuss it again until we reach the military base or we've docked."
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