T20: High Law and Low Justice, Part 3

[Watus]

OOC: K/Interstellar Law +6 and P/Administrator +8. Will our failure to comply with their request to redezvous with their escort actually relieve them of their legal responsibility to provide aid? I sort of doubt it.

 

[Maerdwyn]

OOC: K/Interstellar Law +6 and P/Administrator +8. Will our failure to comply with their request to redezvous with their escort actually relieve them of their legal responsibility to provide aid? I sort of doubt it.

OOC: Wayne - I'd emailed this to you, but not for privacy reasons - I just couldn't post.

Quinn interprets the message as classic-corporate CYA-speak. Translated, it
says, "We justify not getting involved with the Dvonn/Ullemguz by claiming
it is an active corsair. We will justify not getting involved with you
because we expect you won't wait for our offered help. If it turns out
you're proven right, we will do the minimum that is required of us legally."

Failure to wait for the escort would not relieve JohnHenry of it's
responsibility to the Dvonn, but it would effectively relieve them of any
responsibility for the Kirby and Kira. If they can credibly show that they
believe that the Dvonn/Ullemguz is a corsair, they would be relieved of a
responsibility to approach and aid the craft.

 

[doghead]

"Scan the Dvonn. With everything we have. Lets see what we can find out for ourselves."

 

[Wilphe]

"If there is anybody on board they're more likely to be dead in eight hours than in one a half. Let's run a full scan."

 

[Maerdwyn]

[ooc: Taking a bit of liberty here just to move things along some...]

Based on the expected rate of drift and last known position of the Dvonn, there is only a small area which the ship could be located in now (assuming it is disabled), and thus it takes Tomas and Trelene only a short time to locate the ship using the boats' ladar. Both engineers determine the Dvonn's exact position, and that it is exactly consistent with expectations - she is adrift. Neither of them finds any metallic objects, other than the occasional iron-rich asteroid within 100km of Dvonn, but ladar is so focused a search tool that there hasn't been enough time to definitively state that there isn't a small ship or other metallic object somehwher in that sphere or the are beyond it - figure 20 minutes more, give or take, for that info, if it's desired. Alternatively, either engineer could use the ladar to try to glean specific info about the Dvonn itself, based on the distortion of the beam as it is reflected back: engine temperatre (to determine when the drives were last used), orientation, detect the presence of oxygen or water crystal external to the ship, etc.

Given the range to target and the reported level of power aboard the ship, the passive EMS is only going to start being really useful regarding the Dvonn in about an hour.

A minute after the ladar goes active, both boats' passive sensors detect multiple active EMS sensors trained upon them. One source is coming from the planet; another is considerably closer, and closing, although at it's current speed, it would be several hours before it reached the two boats.

 

[doghead]

"Tell John Henry we're consulting our lawyers and will get back to them. And lets return the favour and scan the them both back.

"Then get back to finding out as much as we can about the Dvonn. If something's wonky, I'd prefer to know about it before we get there."

ooc: never sleep much before flying. gotta be up in three hours ...

the dog should be sleeping

 

[Maerdwyn]

"Tell John Henry we're consulting our lawyers and will get back to them. And lets return the favour and scan the them both back.

"Then get back to finding out as much as we can about the Dvonn. If something's wonky, I'd prefer to know about it before we get there."

"JohnHenry base, we copy. As soon as our lawyers have had a look at your offer, we'll be back in touch. Keruuchan lifeboats over and out," Julia finishes, closing the channel.

Now that Zaedhrarrg has come round, he takes a quick look at the Kerruchan's data on the Dvonn, but sits back down without comment, obviously exhausted.

Vyrkris, after handing him a packet of cool water, moves over to Ruzz'koff to give him one as well, "Are you doing okay, sir? My brother came home from the army with a scar about that size of that wound a few years ago. The fur's grown back over most of it, but he says he still feels it sometimes, especially when it rains - and we live on Daramm. "

ooc: never sleep much before flying. gotta be up in three hours ...

the dog should be sleeping

Same here - I schedule my flying over nights, if possible. Might as well be on the plane if I'm not going to be sleepping anyway.

 

[Seonaid]

Ktarle nods her head in satisfaction at Zaedhrarrg's state, and then moves forward slightly. "I would like to examine you, if you have a moment," she says to Ruzz'koff's back.

 

[Wilphe]

"I'll survive, but I don't think now is the best time to take a look at it," Ruzz'koff gives what he hopes is a gallant smile at Vyrkris and a polite brushoff to Ktarle, "Let's get on with this, now is a really bad time to have second thoughts and I can't see a Corsair being that interested in two ships boats"

<Unless they really need them or want hostages that is>

 

[Tonguez]

Tomas has been silent during the exchange with JohnHenry as he psyches himself up into battle-mode. 'It will be good to get back out into zero-G' he considers', its been too long since he felt that freedom

After scanning the Dvonn he reports the findings to the others and then

"I can do a scan of the surrounding area to make sure this isn't a trap and look hidden craft." he offers "or scan the Dvonn more - anything specific we need to know?"