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Post by eris on Sept 17, 2019 16:58:56 GMT -6
Ok, we'll assume Logan, Henry, and Victor go to Port Control. Howabout Lukasz and Albert? Lukasz does have Religion-1. Okay, Logan head to Port Control with Henry and Victor. What's the Law Level inside the Port? If Logan can pack his auto pistol without breaking the law he'll do that, otherwise, he won't. I think Logan has no blades, so he'll have a wrench/spanner in his waistband, just in case he needs to "tighten a nut" or two, don't you know! EDIT: I checked and the law level is 0, so Logan can pack his auto pistol! Logan has the pistol holstered on a gun belt around his waist. He is wearing a ball cap, a zippered leather jacket over a shirt and trousers tucked into boots.
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Post by eris on Sept 20, 2019 14:44:51 GMT -6
Logan as he strides along with Victor and Henry asks, "So, what exactly are we looking for at the Port Authority's office? Information about Sharon's friend or about Pablo?"
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Post by eris on Sept 20, 2019 14:58:40 GMT -6
At Port Authority, nothing other than the Smooth Sally, the Vargr ship and your ship show up as recent arrivals in the logs. Do you want to press further about Pablo (you already have some info on his arrival here - see back in the thread or the notes I've collected in the Google Doc). Logan wants to question the folks at Port Control a bit more, "Look, we have a message for a fellow that left for here about a year ago. Could we look at your records from that far back to see if he arrived. His wife was getting letters from him, here, until a couple of months back so she's worried. I guess he could have left here a couple of months ago, so we should check for that, too.
He would have come in from Cheapside and the name we have for him is Pablo hault-Sergiones. We really would appreciate your help on this. "
"Oh, and is there another location on planet where starships land beside this one?" Logan asks, "Just wondering if there are multiple ports here.
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Post by ffilz on Sept 20, 2019 17:15:08 GMT -6
Port Authority confirms the information Albert hacked from the computer, that Pablo hault-Sergiones arrived a year ago on the Agnes, got a permit to go into the outback and has not been heard of since. They dig a bit deeper and do find record of the letters he sent, and as far as can be determined, all the letters he sent, or at least that made it to the port authority. were received by his wife. There is no other authorized place to land (though your guess is with the small cadre of "priests" they would have limited ability to do anything about a landing outside the port).
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Post by eris on Sept 22, 2019 23:17:03 GMT -6
Port Authority confirms the information Albert hacked from the computer, that Pablo hault-Sergiones arrived a year ago on the Agnes, got a permit to go into the outback and has not been heard of since. They dig a bit deeper and do find record of the letters he sent, and as far as can be determined, all the letters he sent, or at least that made it to the port authority. were received by his wife. There is no other authorized place to land (though your guess is with the small cadre of "priests" they would have limited ability to do anything about a landing outside the port). Logan thanks the folks at the Port Authority, then says, "Um, we'd really like to get this letter to Mr. hault-Sergiones. Do you have any idea where he sent the letters from, here on Bastinadi? Who would be a good person to talk to if you don't know?"OOC: I doubt we'll get anything more directly from the folks here, but maybe they can point us to someone to talk to.
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Post by makofan on Sept 23, 2019 17:27:21 GMT -6
Jack is thinking that we'll be planning a trip to the out back
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Post by eris on Sept 23, 2019 23:52:41 GMT -6
Jack is thinking that we'll be planning a trip to the out back Yep, I think that might happen. I noticed that Pablo had to get a permit to go "walkabout", so we're either going to need to do the same or do a sneak. Better to get a permit, if we can, I think.
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Post by ffilz on Sept 25, 2019 15:12:18 GMT -6
The port authority directs you to the appropriate office to get a permit for the outback. When you enter the office, you recognize someone from the Lombard Clinic who says:
"These folks were nosing about the Lombard Clinic on Ludgates, I don't advise giving them a permit."
OOC: Reaction Roll of 2...
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Post by makofan on Sept 25, 2019 15:34:26 GMT -6
Anybody got Bribe or Admin?
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Post by ffilz on Sept 25, 2019 17:07:52 GMT -6
Zebulon has Bribery, Zebulon and Mother have Streetwise, no one has Admin. The reaction you are getting though suggests bribery may not work very well...
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 29, 2019 4:15:39 GMT -6
Is this person the receptionist at the front desk? I remember her and two of the guards.
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Post by makofan on Sept 29, 2019 9:58:50 GMT -6
How well patrolled is the Outback? Do we know the chances and consequences if we "just go"?
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Post by ffilz on Sept 29, 2019 10:06:51 GMT -6
Is this person the receptionist at the front desk? I remember her and two of the guards. None of those folks. He was one of the nurses.
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 29, 2019 23:39:39 GMT -6
What do the other people in the office say?
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Post by ffilz on Sept 30, 2019 11:27:15 GMT -6
What do the other people in the office say? Sorry, I should have expanded more in the original post... The clerk: "Well then, sorry folks, I'll have to deny your permit." It's pretty obvious they aren't bothering to hide the connection with the Lombard Clinic... As to going off into the outback without a permit, the population is low and the TL is 3 (the church clearly has higher level tech) so not many folks to interfere with whatever you decide to do. It might not be wise to just waltz out of the star port and into the outback. Note that you do have an Air/Raft as part of the equipment of the ship. You also have a shuttle, and you don't remotely need a star port to land the ship.
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Post by makofan on Oct 1, 2019 8:36:54 GMT -6
That is sort of along the lines of what I was thinking. Thanks Frank
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Post by eris on Oct 2, 2019 15:10:19 GMT -6
Zebulon has Bribery, Zebulon and Mother have Streetwise, no one has Admin. The reaction you are getting though suggests bribery may not work very well... OOC: Yeah, Logan has Steward, but that's not going to help.
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Post by eris on Oct 2, 2019 15:21:39 GMT -6
What do the other people in the office say? Sorry, I should have expanded more in the original post... The clerk: "Well then, sorry folks, I'll have to deny your permit." It's pretty obvious they aren't bothering to hide the connection with the Lombard Clinic... As to going off into the outback without a permit, the population is low and the TL is 3 (the church clearly has higher level tech) so not many folks to interfere with whatever you decide to do. It might not be wise to just waltz out of the star port and into the outback. Note that you do have an Air/Raft as part of the equipment of the ship. You also have a shuttle, and you don't remotely need a star port to land the ship. Logan shrugs and turns to leave. Once outside he'll look around for a spot where we can keep an eye on the door without being obvious. "Zeb, if you think the clerk might change his mind without the Clinic guy putting pressure on him maybe we should hang around until the guy leaves and approach the clerk again. What do you think? Otherwise, we're going to have to just go, permit or not, if we want to try to track down Pablo." "
"Probably, going to come into conflict with the local church no matter what we do because of Janet, so in for a kilogram in for a kiloton." Logan shrugs again
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Post by ffilz on Oct 4, 2019 17:16:28 GMT -6
I'd like to see a plan, then I can start adjudicating a trek into the outback. Also, do you have any plans on finding Janet?
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 6, 2019 22:09:41 GMT -6
Sorry, I should have expanded more in the original post... The clerk: "Well then, sorry folks, I'll have to deny your permit." It's pretty obvious they aren't bothering to hide the connection with the Lombard Clinic... As to going off into the outback without a permit, the population is low and the TL is 3 (the church clearly has higher level tech) so not many folks to interfere with whatever you decide to do. It might not be wise to just waltz out of the star port and into the outback. Note that you do have an Air/Raft as part of the equipment of the ship. You also have a shuttle, and you don't remotely need a star port to land the ship. Logan shrugs and turns to leave. Once outside he'll look around for a spot where we can keep an eye on the door without being obvious. "Zeb, if you think the clerk might change his mind without the Clinic guy putting pressure on him maybe we should hang around until the guy leaves and approach the clerk again. What do you think? Otherwise, we're going to have to just go, permit or not, if we want to try to track down Pablo." "
"Probably, going to come into conflict with the local church no matter what we do because of Janet, so in for a kilogram in for a kiloton." Logan shrugs again "That sounds good to me," says Zeb. "I also have half a mind to 'convince' that clinic guy to stop interfering with us. What do you guys think?" OOC: Can we get maps of this area and the outback to make navigation a bit easier?
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Post by ffilz on Oct 9, 2019 16:51:18 GMT -6
Logan shrugs and turns to leave. Once outside he'll look around for a spot where we can keep an eye on the door without being obvious. "Zeb, if you think the clerk might change his mind without the Clinic guy putting pressure on him maybe we should hang around until the guy leaves and approach the clerk again. What do you think? Otherwise, we're going to have to just go, permit or not, if we want to try to track down Pablo." "
"Probably, going to come into conflict with the local church no matter what we do because of Janet, so in for a kilogram in for a kiloton." Logan shrugs again "That sounds good to me," says Zeb. "I also have half a mind to 'convince' that clinic guy to stop interfering with us. What do you guys think?" OOC: Can we get maps of this area and the outback to make navigation a bit easier? Hmm, I really do need to come up with some sort of map I suppose...
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 10, 2019 13:08:21 GMT -6
So, do we have a little "talk" with that nurse? We should definitely try to bribe the official when he's alone.
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Post by eris on Oct 16, 2019 14:33:53 GMT -6
"That sounds good to me," says Zeb. "I also have half a mind to 'convince' that clinic guy to stop interfering with us. What do you guys think?" OOC: Can we get maps of this area and the outback to make navigation a bit easier? "Okay, we'll wait here for a while and see if Clinic Guy leaves then try the Clerk again. You might want to try bribing him Zeb." says Logan, "As for thumping the Clinic Guy...I think we should leave him for later, doing it now will just put his bosses more on guard. Unless you intend to completely disappear him...no?"
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Post by eris on Oct 16, 2019 14:37:16 GMT -6
As for getting map(s), yes, we're going to need some. We might need to go to a local library, or somewhere, to actually *get* some maps. I wonder...
I wonder, if hitting a local pub might turn up someone unhappy with the Cult and willing to help us out with maps, be a guide, or just give us some information?
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Post by ffilz on Oct 16, 2019 17:04:16 GMT -6
[OOC] Hmm, I still need to come up with an actual map of some kind...
If you want to try and thump the clinic guy, I'll need a bit of a plan.
[IC] You can get maps from the Scout Base (may not be 100% up to date, but should be pretty good) or try and get local maps.
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Post by Starbeard on Oct 16, 2019 18:54:46 GMT -6
Has the other group managed to find any more leads about the cult? We'll head back to their HQ/information center and ask a few questions:
"It looks like we may be here for a short stay, while our friends attempt to get some postage delivered to a person who's gone walkabout—Pablo hault-Sergiones, if you happen to know him…(?). By the way, how often is it that people disappear into the Outback like that? Have you sent out a search party?" (any reaction?)
"While we are here, is there anything we ought to know to keep the peace? We know how spacers and traders can be a tiresome sight, blowing through town as they do, so we try to be extra careful to play by the rules. Are there any bars or establishments you'd recommend we stay away from if we don't want trouble with the authorities?"
The intention of course is to head straight to wherever they discourage, to see if we can get a better idea of what people really think of this place. We'll stick to the plan of moving in two teams, to see if we get shadowed on the way after asking our leading questions.
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 19, 2019 2:28:22 GMT -6
Still waiting to hear what the other guys think about thumping the guy from the clinic. I was thinking about pulling a gun on him and scaring him, but I'm not averse to roughing him up. We could also follow him and see where he goes. Maybe we'll get info on where he lives or where the clinic branch on this world is. But Zeb will definitely try to bribe the clerk once the clinic guy leaves.
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Post by makofan on Oct 21, 2019 15:05:14 GMT -6
Jack could follow him
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 22, 2019 1:03:38 GMT -6
Sounds good. If Jack follows the nurse, Zeb will try to bribe the clerk.
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Post by eris on Oct 23, 2019 13:57:17 GMT -6
Sounds good. If Jack follows the nurse, Zeb will try to bribe the clerk. Sounds like a plan! For safety sake, Logan probably should stick with Jack as the nurse might lead him into some trouble if he realizes he's being followed.
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