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High Law and Low Justice, Part 5
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Maerdwyn
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Wilphe said:
Ktarle's eyes flash again at Ruzz'koff's description of the Aslan. "Trethofeaskhou was not a 'crazy loner', Captain. One of the main causes for the mental state I diagnosed that he was unable to cope with the lack of Aslan company - and probably society - to which he had been accustomed. Trethofeaskhou himself had the bearing and accent of a noble."
She turns back to the audience in general. "As why he would have been targeted, I had no idea until we arrived here on Dukh. Before he died, I took a blood sample from him, in part to determine if there was anything other than NSAD wrong with him. I never got the chance to analyze the blood, as our journey on the Keruuchan was... interrupted," she says wryly. "Through all that happened then, I'm am afraid to say that I put Trethofeaskhou and what happened to him squarely in the back of my mind. I was very surprised, then, when after hours of interrogation by the ISS here in the Dukh system, I was presented with the knowledge that the blood sample I had obtained from Trethofeaskhou contained the very microbe we had encountered aboard the Dvonn. Unfortunately, when we were released by the ISS, the blood sample was never returned to me - so I cannot verify that claim, but the agents who interrogated me seems quite definite on the matter. I cannot dismiss the possibility that the sample was somehow contaminated while we were aboard the Dvonn. But if the seal was intact when the ISS opened the sample to analyze it - if Trethofeaskhou's blood did contain that microbe when we met him on Daramm, before we were exposed to it on the Dvonn..." She lets that trail off.
doghead
thotd
Saanath, male human merchant
Saanath leans back in his seat and scrubs his chin.
"My brain hurts. I don't see the connection between Treth and what happened on the Dvonn."
He turns his attention to his temples, rubbing them for a moment.
"I mean, what are the odds? We just bump into someone who happens to be involved in a plot that ... well, that seems to have nothing to do with him. No gambler would touch those odds.
"But something makes me feel he was involved. It wasn't sample contamination. Wat about his homeworld? Could that have been the source of the spores. It would explain some things - the presense of the microb in Treth's blood, the sudden acquisition of the planet, ... the interest in Treth by the government even. They wouldn't want him trying to regain ownership."
A thought strikes Saanath.
"Isn't the planet Amber zoned at the moment for some reason?"
Saanath leans back in his seat and scrubs his chin.
"My brain hurts. I don't see the connection between Treth and what happened on the Dvonn."
He turns his attention to his temples, rubbing them for a moment.
"I mean, what are the odds? We just bump into someone who happens to be involved in a plot that ... well, that seems to have nothing to do with him. No gambler would touch those odds.
"But something makes me feel he was involved. It wasn't sample contamination. Wat about his homeworld? Could that have been the source of the spores. It would explain some things - the presense of the microb in Treth's blood, the sudden acquisition of the planet, ... the interest in Treth by the government even. They wouldn't want him trying to regain ownership."
A thought strikes Saanath.
"Isn't the planet Amber zoned at the moment for some reason?"
doghead
thotd
Saanath, male human merchant.
Saanath slaps his head theatrically.
"Duh. Yes. Hang on, I have it here but didn't get a chance to go over it in detail."
Saanath snaps open his Oyster and pulls up the file.
"Right. OK. In summary ...
"Bleue Mer ... First surveryed by the 3rd Imperium in 287, classified as a Red Zone because of "Hostile fauna and environment .... Ah, thats probably where I got the amber zone idea. ... Later the atmosphere was classified as B (Corrosive) ...
"Umm ...
"Most recently surveyed in 875, recommendation was put in to change atmospheric classification to 9 (Dense-Tainted) ... there is plenty enough oxygen and it's not that corrosive ... Then there is several pages of discusssion ... ah, finally it was given an A (Exotic) classification, apparently as a compromise between the two.
"Ah, this is where it gets to the charter ...
"Imperial Charter granted 012/997 to Pharmacorp LIC. ... Interestingly, there is no record of any previous charter grant in here. The local press could have been wrong but ... given what we have see, its just as likely that the records have been doctored.
"E class starport was constructed by Pharmacorp employees. ... No Imperial representatives are present on planet ... though Imperial Patrol Cruisers occassionally drop by.
"Thats about it."
ooc: E class, how fancy is that. And what's the current date?
Saanath slaps his head theatrically.
"Duh. Yes. Hang on, I have it here but didn't get a chance to go over it in detail."
Saanath snaps open his Oyster and pulls up the file.
"Right. OK. In summary ...
"Bleue Mer ... First surveryed by the 3rd Imperium in 287, classified as a Red Zone because of "Hostile fauna and environment .... Ah, thats probably where I got the amber zone idea. ... Later the atmosphere was classified as B (Corrosive) ...
"Umm ...
"Most recently surveyed in 875, recommendation was put in to change atmospheric classification to 9 (Dense-Tainted) ... there is plenty enough oxygen and it's not that corrosive ... Then there is several pages of discusssion ... ah, finally it was given an A (Exotic) classification, apparently as a compromise between the two.
"Ah, this is where it gets to the charter ...
"Imperial Charter granted 012/997 to Pharmacorp LIC. ... Interestingly, there is no record of any previous charter grant in here. The local press could have been wrong but ... given what we have see, its just as likely that the records have been doctored.
"E class starport was constructed by Pharmacorp employees. ... No Imperial representatives are present on planet ... though Imperial Patrol Cruisers occassionally drop by.
"Thats about it."
ooc: E class, how fancy is that. And what's the current date?
Wilphe
Adventurer
Ruzz'koff takes Ktarle's chastishment without flinching, "Whatever he was suffering from, he wasn't a credible threat to anybody except arrogant customers and self-satisfied maitre d's. I have a bad feeling that you may be right though, and he was killed because of what he had in his blood. If so, Pharmacorp will have a lot to hide and we'd better tread carefully if we are going there."
"Two things, both relate to the Press. First up, is there anything to connect any of us to Treth's death? Anyone give statements to the police, did it get any press coverage? Rack your brains, someone do a search on the Daramm media - in so far as we can from here anyway. Secondly, the only record of Treth having any title to Bleue Mer is in the local press here, I suggest we trace the journalist in question and see if they can tell us anything."
"Two things, both relate to the Press. First up, is there anything to connect any of us to Treth's death? Anyone give statements to the police, did it get any press coverage? Rack your brains, someone do a search on the Daramm media - in so far as we can from here anyway. Secondly, the only record of Treth having any title to Bleue Mer is in the local press here, I suggest we trace the journalist in question and see if they can tell us anything."
doghead
thotd
Saanath, male human merchant
ooc: Can't remembber off hand if Saanath talked to the police.
"I can do a search to see what made the news in Daramm. I also suggest that we make copies of anything we have. But as for chasing down the journalist, don'y we rissk opening up a whole can of worms there. What if the journalist decides to make a story of it? Perhaps we should focus on consolidating what we know, and getting out of here. If Pharmacorp has feelers out, then there is the chance that they already know someone is digging into the story."
"Lets take the Blue mer supply run. That gives us a rock solid reason to go there and would make it hard for them to deny us permission land. We can fill the other 10 tons with speculative cargo, or perhaps another paid cargo like the melons to Mistletoe. Although 460-687 could be better, its on the X-boat route and we would be more likely to be able to find out more about Blue Mer there.
As Saanath talk, he taps away at his computer, setting up the parameters and activating the logibots to trawl for data and build potention profit and loss models.
ooc: We seem to be going around in circles, so I though I might try a little roll play. Can I get a Trader (+16) and/or Broker (+16) roll to get an idea of the likely risk/returns. Looking for something to fill the last 10 tons, with one stop between Duhk and Blue Mer.
ooc: Can't remembber off hand if Saanath talked to the police.
"I can do a search to see what made the news in Daramm. I also suggest that we make copies of anything we have. But as for chasing down the journalist, don'y we rissk opening up a whole can of worms there. What if the journalist decides to make a story of it? Perhaps we should focus on consolidating what we know, and getting out of here. If Pharmacorp has feelers out, then there is the chance that they already know someone is digging into the story."
"Lets take the Blue mer supply run. That gives us a rock solid reason to go there and would make it hard for them to deny us permission land. We can fill the other 10 tons with speculative cargo, or perhaps another paid cargo like the melons to Mistletoe. Although 460-687 could be better, its on the X-boat route and we would be more likely to be able to find out more about Blue Mer there.
As Saanath talk, he taps away at his computer, setting up the parameters and activating the logibots to trawl for data and build potention profit and loss models.
ooc: We seem to be going around in circles, so I though I might try a little roll play. Can I get a Trader (+16) and/or Broker (+16) roll to get an idea of the likely risk/returns. Looking for something to fill the last 10 tons, with one stop between Duhk and Blue Mer.
Wilphe
Adventurer
OOC:
The Polo has 81 tons of cargo space.
The Bleue Mer supplies will take 20 tons of that, leaving 61 to play with. The chances of that much suitible speculative cargo from anywhere to Bleue Mer are roughly nil, officially there's nothing there but a research station. You can fill up with a few luxuries and comforts for the staff and because it's probably very boring there they need any sort of entertainment (ie: Media & Booze, as well as hobby materials.) That will fill up a dt. The other 60dt will be ballast, and the chances of getting a cargo out are nil. Fortunatly, Pharmacorp's terms asume that the trip from Bleue Mer will be in ballast, so you could just fill up with fuel for free and jump out.
It looks like the most profitable route to Bleue Mer is via Shirgegge, that agriculturla equipment needs to get there urgently and the price offered has gone up since you first checked. The shipper looks a bit desperate. Some further digging reveals that there are several people willing to pay very good money to get there, get their feet in the door with the K'kree and do some negotiating. Very good money indeed, though some of them are the sort of people used to high passage they aren't being too chosey so long as they get there.
A query with the shipping agent for Pharmacorp turns up that they have a consignment of animals at a facility on Shirgegge, as part of a program to adapt them to Bleue Mer - this will fill up most of the 60dt that would otherwise be empty.
Shirgegge easily looks the most profitible, if you don't mind having your state rooms filled with yuppies on the way there, and your hold full of smelly animals and straw on the way to Bleue mer.
Summary:
Dukh to Shirgegge
20 dt - Bleue Mer supplies
60 dt - Agricultural equipment
1 dt - Speculative Cargo for Bleue Mer
Passengers - Yuppies
Shirgegge to Bleue Mer
20dt - Bleue Mer supplies
60 dt - Animals (though that may not fill the 60dt)
1 dt - Speculative Cargo
Passangers - Vet and animal tender.
That looks like a very sound deal.
The Polo has 81 tons of cargo space.
The Bleue Mer supplies will take 20 tons of that, leaving 61 to play with. The chances of that much suitible speculative cargo from anywhere to Bleue Mer are roughly nil, officially there's nothing there but a research station. You can fill up with a few luxuries and comforts for the staff and because it's probably very boring there they need any sort of entertainment (ie: Media & Booze, as well as hobby materials.) That will fill up a dt. The other 60dt will be ballast, and the chances of getting a cargo out are nil. Fortunatly, Pharmacorp's terms asume that the trip from Bleue Mer will be in ballast, so you could just fill up with fuel for free and jump out.
It looks like the most profitable route to Bleue Mer is via Shirgegge, that agriculturla equipment needs to get there urgently and the price offered has gone up since you first checked. The shipper looks a bit desperate. Some further digging reveals that there are several people willing to pay very good money to get there, get their feet in the door with the K'kree and do some negotiating. Very good money indeed, though some of them are the sort of people used to high passage they aren't being too chosey so long as they get there.
A query with the shipping agent for Pharmacorp turns up that they have a consignment of animals at a facility on Shirgegge, as part of a program to adapt them to Bleue Mer - this will fill up most of the 60dt that would otherwise be empty.
Shirgegge easily looks the most profitible, if you don't mind having your state rooms filled with yuppies on the way there, and your hold full of smelly animals and straw on the way to Bleue mer.
Summary:
Dukh to Shirgegge
20 dt - Bleue Mer supplies
60 dt - Agricultural equipment
1 dt - Speculative Cargo for Bleue Mer
Passengers - Yuppies
Shirgegge to Bleue Mer
20dt - Bleue Mer supplies
60 dt - Animals (though that may not fill the 60dt)
1 dt - Speculative Cargo
Passangers - Vet and animal tender.
That looks like a very sound deal.
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