OOC: [T20] High Law and Low Justice

[doghead]

Hey Maerdwyn,

No tearing hurry here. Been a bit snowed under at this end, so I've been a bit slow.

I need to post a response for Saanath. Been meaning to get onto Trel, but I'm a bit hazy on what exactly Trel found in the stateroom. I was planning to go back and reread that part. But if you want to ghost hack Trel and outline what he knows, it would be fine at this end.

thotd

 

[Seonaid]

I'm in no rush either, but I likewise don't have much to say or do. I'll roll with whatever is thrown my way.

 

[DrZombie]

Go with the flow. RP'ing two dull weeks in hyperspace might be a bit much. Maybe we should post what the various characters are doing during the week:

- Collecting as much evidence against everyone involved as possible, make plenty of copies and hand them out to erveryone, while keeping all the original evidence in a safe.
- Ask if anyone knows anything about interstellar law, and trying to figure out where we stand legally (going for ship salvaging, and trying to sue the company for the murder of the captain and all the dead crewmembers and passengers, failing to aid a ship in distress, assault on civilians, assault on a rescue party, Failure to aid women and children, wearing the wrong kind of underwear, anything he and whoever seems to know something about interstellar law think they can make stick).
-Train the passengers and crew for emergencies and evac, just to keep them busy.

That's about it.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Nice post, doghead. The discussion of how to proceed once you arrive at Dukh is important, so if anyone else has thoughts on it , it would be good for the group to come to a consensus. Once that is reached and the meeting wraps up, we'll fast forward to the jump exit.

doghead: [sblock] I was just working on a post for Trel, when I saw what you just posted for Saanath - Since I think that could generate some discussion, didn't want to jump on your toes re: Trel at this point. So, here's what I was writing - it's not very artful, so feel freee to reword anything you like with it.

"Trel explains that the safe had been tampered with in a number of ways. First, a section of the back wall of the safe had been replaced with a highly porous material that blended in perfectly with the rest of the safe's construction. He lifts up the two vials and the circuitry, "Behind that section of the safe was this. It is a relatively simple, but effective two-stage device. The shift into jump space when Dvonn left Sauma Forain caused the materials in the two vials to mix. The exit from jump space into Tamandere system released the activated contents of the vials as well as a shunt from the ship's ventilation system. The vials' contents - I believe it to have been a very corrosive gas - were then blown through the porous panel and into the safe." At this point Trel indicates the melted resin block that sits in the damaged briefcase."[/sblock]

 

[doghead]

Thanks. I thought that I figured I'd better get my finger out and get it up before the conversation moved on.

thotd

 

[doghead]

Maerdwyn: [sblock]I was going to put this up in the IC thread, but there was something I wanted to check first. If I (finally) understand it right, then it suggests the possibility that one of the crew is working for whoever is running this show. Assuming Trel understood a little quicker than me, he would have talked to Quinn/Ruzz'koff/Saanath about getting access to (and copies of) the maintenance logs for the Dvonn, or anything else that could reveal who could have done this before the meeting. Could you let me know if this is possible and any result.

IC post

[bq]Trel lifts a battered briefcase from beside him and places it on the table.

"ISS may be just the people we wish get pissed off.

"The safe in Mr Armand's stateroom was tampered with in a number of ways. First, a section of the back wall of the safe was replaced with a highly porous material that blended in perfectly with the rest of the safe's construction."

He lifts up the two vials and the circuitry.

"Behind that section of the safe was this. It is a relatively simple, but effective two-stage device. The shift into jump space when Dvonn left Sauma Forain caused the materials in the two vials to mix. The exit from jump space into Tamandere system released the activated contents of the vials as well as a shunt from the ship's ventilation system. The vials' contents - I believe it to have been a very corrosive gas - were then blown through the porous panel and into the safe."

At this point Trel indicates the melted resin block that sits in the damaged briefcase.

"Only a fool," we used to say in demolition training, "Gets caught in their own explosion. ISS are not in the habit of using fools. The fact that Armand dies suggests that he did not know what was going to happen. I am inclined to believe he was used. By someone who knew what he would be carrying."

"ISS, in my experience, are not particularly forgiving people."[/bq]

Have I got this straight?[/sblock]

 

[Seonaid]

No fair keeping secrets! Daaaaaaad! he's keepin' secrets!

 

[doghead]

Hang in there Seonaid, all will be revealed.

 

[Maerdwyn]

doghead:

[sblock]Yes, the IC post makes sense from Trel's perspective. As far as the maintainance records go, Saanath gets you the following from the log of Hodor Freyir, Dvonn's chief engineer. The first entry is from nine days before departure from Sauma Forain. It opens a service ticket with the heading: Replacement safe in Stateroom 8

"Fine. Captain wants the security in a stateroom upgraded, I'll get it upgraded. Hell of a time finding anyone who could get it done on our schedule, but I found a supplier for that safe Gergh wanted. Whoever this guy is, he's got Gergh in a snit. The safe is on order, and the company says it should arrive in time to install it before we leave for Daramm." The technical details in the entry show to security company contracted to install the safe was SFRM (Sauman Forain Risk Management), and that the safe ordered was a high quality commercial model, to be installed in state room 8."

Six days later:
"Gergh is pissing me off. All he has to do is keep me informed - Good deal or no, I don't like other people changing my contracts even if they are captain of the ship. SFRM showed up today with four safes - one for each of the empy staterooms and Gergh quarters. I almost sent them away until Gergh tells me he authorized the other safes yesterday. Anyway, they're in now. They'll come back tomorrow to put the walls back, then Hector can get off my ass about getting the staterooms ready for the passengers." According to this entry, new safes were put into Staterooms 4, 5, and 9, as well as in Captain Gergh's quarters. All the safes were same model ordered a few days earlier.

The next day, two days before departure:
SFRM is finished, finally. They must have sent their B team today, because they were a lot slower than the guys who showed up to do the real work yesterday. Four safes went in yesterday in four hours. Today it took the same number of guys seven hours to get the walls into presentable shape. Maybe part of that is Hector being too picky, but I wish they'd sent the other techs." The service ticket is closed following this entry. [/sblock]

 

[Maerdwyn]

No fair keeping secrets! Daaaaaaad! he's keepin' secrets!

Now, now, don't make me come in there, you two. You don't want to be sent to your low berths without any nutritional supplements do you?