October 18, 2006

Session Summary: It's the Underdog's second day on Shadow, and the day starts with Seargent Asper's appearance at the ship, at about the same time that Wu returns. As agreed upon the previous day, she is allowed to board and inspect the cargo. This takes place without incident, and satisfied, she pays Eli in full before unloading it. The rest of the day is spent in pursuit of two goals: a mule and a job. Mansi and Runner head to the red light district a few miles north of the docks, while Eli, Wu and Lester head to a dive bar in the ports called The Alibi. At the dive bar, Eli meets with an old contact named Georg Foster. They talk business over hookah and Eli exits the bar the proud owner of a four-wheeler mule and a napkin with a potential business contact on it. In the meanwhile, on the other side of town, Mansi finds out that she's not at all cut out for dealing with people in low places and mistakenly entrusts John with the task of finding them a mule. He, in his turn, asks the wrong person and ends up lost and in the middle of a yard full of stubborn donkeys. Mansi eventually finds John and they head back empty-handed to the ship, where they're met with Eli and Lester, and pink Buddha-fied hubcaps.

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Minor Characters

Making up all these NPC's off the top of my head is going to come and bite me in the ass. I can feel it. So I'm going to write them all down here future reference.


Kamchatka



Characters coming next week!



Persephone

Criminals

Ethan Talbolt: The name given to Eli as a contact on Persephone. Unclear if this is an actual person or just a password.
Doris: Runs the day-to-day affairs of the porn/children's book store "Jabberwocky."
Edvard Melsen: A midget and owner of the Melsen Interplanetary Traveling Circus and Sideshow. He caught passage with Underdog to Kamchatka.
Damon Akechi: A.k.a. The Wolfman of Dayton, Damon works for Edvard and acts as his assistant.
Dix: A woman with harshly bleached hair and a harsher personality. Her face was scared in an accident. Not much else is known about her at this time.


The Black

Ninjas: Attacked the crew during the Machinal job, and one stowed away to finish the job later, but was defeated. Almost certainly responsible for the deaths of Machinal's passengers and crew. Nothing more is known about them at this time.

General Richard Wilkins: The only person listed on Machinal's passenger manifest whose body was not recovered. Whereabouts and welfare unknown.


Beaumonde

Criminals

Jack Clobbs: Proprieter of a local dive called The Badger, known for its onion rings and its shady side deals. A former contact of Eli's, Jack was recently pinched on smuggling charges.
Herman Clobbs: Jack's son. He appears to be taking over his father's business affairs, and is taking to it well. Known business affairs: human trafficking and pornography.
Isidor Chemelwitz: To use her phrasing, Isidor is in aquisitions. She runs her affairs out of a spot called The Kosciusko, and the law knows better than to go knocking on her door. She is an aquaintance of Georg Forster's.
Guido: A steroid-pumped minion for Isidor.
Bridget: A waitress at The Kosciusko.
Nikki: A twelve year old pick pocket who stole Wu's wallet.
Sayaka: A twenty-something mother and prostitute who came to Wu's aid. She lives on the underbelly of Beaumonde's society, seen more than she cares to, and clings on to what she can, however she can. Nikki's mother.

Other:

Sayaka's Mother: B and Runner owe her 1000 credits.
Gun Store Owner: He can sell you guns so lethal and well-crafted, your penis enlarges just looking at them. Or so he says.
A Tailor: A local merchant on retainer for Isidor.
Dr. Hobo: She likes rats. Eli discovered this the hard way. She stowed away on Underdog, but was later killed by a ninja.


Shadow

The Independents

Sargent Aspers: Female soldier with the Independent army. She had a run in with Eli but ended on good terms Her unit ships for Sturges.
Cigarette Guy: Unnamed soldier in Asper's unit.
Julius Ellison: Quartermaster on Shadow, a whimp, and a "fuckwit." Nobody seems to like this guy.

Criminals

Georg Forster: Freakishly tall smuggler who runs his business out of a bar called The Alibi. He's in to some drugs and other vague things.
Doris: The Alibi's crantankerous bartender.

Other

Miss Carmody: Waitress at The King's Court
Ms. Satu: Leader of a "geisha" okiya in the red light district.
A ten year old girl: Ms. Satu's errand girl.

October 11, 2006

Here is the transcript for the RP session on October 11, 2006. Note that this came from iChat, so screennames don't show up here.

Summary: Underdog set down on Shadow to drop off a shipment of unknown cargo to the Independents, and hire a mechanic. Unfortunately, Eli doesn't remember where to meet their contact, Julius. They get directions from a man name Lester Boothe, who says he's a mechanic and a traveler. Once the crew meets up with Juilus, they discover they won't be paid in full, because engine trouble caused the ship, and therefore the shipment to arrive late. Eli threatens Juilus to pay them, but Julius says that he can't, and offers instead to tell Eli what are in the crates. The crates are filled with an experimental alloy, stolen from the Alliance. Eli decides to get back to the ship and steal some of the cargo for himself. Unforuntately, the Independets get there first, and put a land lock on Underdog until Eli agrees to let them inspect the cargo. After a few phone calls to and from Lester, they negotiate a "settlement" for the issue.

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Prologue

Last week, I went over a brief summary of the current political situation in the 'verse. Here, slightly edited for clarity, is the transcript.

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