High Law and Low Justice, Part 5

[Watus]

Malico looks at Tuan, "Isn't the Captain ex-Navy anyway? How does that angle into it. Reckon he'll expedite matters and get this cleared up quickly?"

Tuan nods, looking up from his cards. "Yeah. Cap's ex-Navy. The rest I don't know. It hasn't been my experience that the Navy's much inclined to put itself out on account this sort of thing. More concerned with piracy and trade delegations and the like. And, you know... the war. I expect they'll poke around, ask some questions, and then tell us all make ourselves available for more questions later."

He shrugs. "I wouldn't guess it'll take too long."

OOC: Bluff +13

 

[Wilphe]

She looks slightly incredulous, "What, they'll ask us some questions and let us go? Aren't they going to find out who did it?"

 

[Radiating Gnome]

Ruzz'koff checks himself, tries to press out a few imagined wrinkles with his hands. Then he sits back down. "Saanath . . I hope understand. It's a matter of my pride I fear. de Paolo is just a lieutenant, I can't go down and meet him myself. It would be . . . embarrassing.

"Take someone else -- your choice -- and meet dePaulo in Engineering.

"Oh, and another thing. About the Administrator. I'm as concerned as everyone else is that we not delay the Administrator, but at this point we cannot be sure that he or one of his party isn't responsible for the murder, so we must allow him and his aides to be examined as well. I don't want to draw attention to him -- he's traveling with us for a reason, after all -- and I didn't want to broadcast that we had him aboard. But now that we are not shouting for the whold system to hear, we might mention to dePaulo that the administrator is on board, traveling discretely, and while we don't want to interfere with the investigation, if we and the administrator could be released as soon as they are able to clear us, we can get him to his destination as close to on time as possible."

"See what you can do along those lines. Be discrete. But, at any rate, please meet them, make sure they get on board and are satisfied with our cooperation, then bring dePaulo to me on the bridge."

-rg

 

[doghead]

Saanath, male human Merchant

--- THE BRIDGE ---

Saanath nods.

"Come on Ktarle. Gwyndon and Tuan are keeping the passengers happy. We can collect the navy boys."

Saanath takes a couple of steps towards the door whan he stops and turns around.

"Actually Ruzz'Koff, I think I'll leave you to bring the Navy up to speed on the Administrator. Too many cooks and all that. Or perhaps we can leave The administrator to handle it himself. Anyways, I'll bring their boss here directly."

When Ktarle is ready, Saanath heads off to the rear airlock. He grabs a comm if he doesn't have one already.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Ktarle nods, and she transfers the results of her autopsy of the deceased to a datapad for the navy investigators to take. She follows Saanath down to meet them.

 

[Wilphe]

Saanath, Ktarle:

The airlock hisses open to reveal six figures in light battledress, and carrying a mixed array of firearms. All of them are marines, two corporals, three privates and a sergeant. Each corporal takes a trooper and sweeps enginering, one pair going left the other going right. They finish up covering the hatches up to the main deck and through to the cargo area, whilst also keeping a whether eye on the pair of you. Not that they are discourteous or hostile, but they are thorough and proffessional.

The sergeant speaks into his own helmet mike and then steps foward, leaving the airlock empty. His voice then comes over the external speakers, "Good morning maam and sir. You are currently being boarded by elements of 6177th Independent Marine Company, currently attached to the Imperial Cruiser Coronel. I am Sergeant Kurushii. Lt De Paolo will be across shortly. Who might I be addressing?"

Ruzz'koff, Trelene:
TV shows another group of six figures making their way across from the gig.

Gwydion, Tuan:
All quiet up here.

 

[doghead]

Saanath, male human Merchant.

--- DOWN BELOW ---

"Saanath," says Saanath. "Ship purser, sort of, amoung other things. Hey, do you guys have a meson canon on the Coronel?"

Saanath lets Ktarle introduce herself, then offers to lead the Sgt. where ever he wants to go.

 

[Wilphe]

Sgt Kurushii looks at Saanath and the suit's audio comes on line again, "No sir, the Coronel's primary weapons system's consists of a quad of 28.5 Gigajoule Particle Beam weapons. Might I ask the relevence of this topic sir?"

The airlock cycles again, allowing in another 4 figures in battledress, and two in armoured vac suits. These later both have Navy markings, one a Petty Officer, the other a Lieutenant. He steps foward and removes his helmet. "Good morning, sir, Maam. I am Lt de Paolo. What appears to be the problem?"

 

[Maerdwyn]

Ktarle has a smile in her eyes at Saanath's comment. "You'll need to forgive young Saanath. We've had a rough go lately, and we re all pretty glad to see the navy. That, and he'l always had a thing for meson cannons."

When the Lt arrives, and introduces himself, Ktare speaks, her manner professional and obliging. "Good morning, Lt. DePaolo. I am Dr. Ktarlewaweikye Os Tehlayew Olui, medical officer for the Vyrkris. During our jump to Shirgigge, one of our passengers, a Mr. Antonescu, was found dead in his quarters. Saanath's investigation dicovered that the gravity in his room had been intentionally altered by someone with unauthorized access to the envoronmental systems, and my autopsy of the body confirmed that the elevated gravity was the proximal cause of death." She hands him the data pad with her notes from the autopsy on it." "We are very glad to have you and your team aboard, Lt. Whatever you need, in terms off sytems access, or anything else, let us know, and we'll make it happen. There are some considerations, separate from the murder, you may want to be aware of as you conduct your investigation." She looks to Saanath, in case he wants to continue for the Lieutenant.

 

[doghead]

Sgt Kurushii looks at Saanath and the suit's audio comes on line again, "No sir, the Coronel's primary weapons system's consists of a quad of 28.5 Gigajoule Particle Beam weapons. Might I ask the relevence of this topic sir?"

"Meson canon's are your friend," Saanath says with a grin. "Don't leave home without one."

Ktarle has a smile in her eyes at Saanath's comment. "You'll need to forgive young Saanath. We've had a rough go lately, and we re all pretty glad to see the navy. That, and he'l always had a thing for meson cannons."

Saanath's grin turns into a laugh.

"Doesn't everyone? One day I'm hoping we can upgrade from this bucket to something packing a bit of meson goodness."

Saanath falls quiet as the airlock cycles again. He lets Ktarle handle the brass. SSaanath is too busy trying not to laugh at the idea of cruising through space in a trader packing a meson.

When Ktarle turns to him, Saanath makes a big effort to pull himself together.

"Yeah, there are also some Imperial complications. I think you should talk to the Captain first up."

Unless there are any objections, Saanath leads the boarding party to the bridge.