out into the black

[Maenoferren]

Well tonight we had melting Reavers, biological weapons, shootouts, explosive decompression, a dastardly murder and the fact that Shepherd Bell does not appear on the Alliance database...anywhere...who is this woman?

[nikharwood]

Well tonight we had melting Reavers, biological weapons, shootouts, explosive decompression, a dastardly murder and the fact that Shepherd Bell does not appear on the Alliance database...anywhere...who is this woman?

Now that lot sounds like big fun 

[Maenoferren]

It was

[nikharwood]

Good - now go write it up 

[Maenoferren]

Will do

[Squirrel]

Will do

Good lad It's gripping stuff!

Cheers,

Kev

[Maenoferren]

A bit of a short write up, I needed it done before Monday's game
Well the boys and girls of the Jo Lyn had bravely repelled a Reaver attack and were now ready to make their way onto the Reaver vessel and remove any further threat.

The captain and Alice, both suited up were in the shredded hold. The majority of the pods had been destroyed. Two however had survived pretty much intact, unfortunately these were the two nearest the Reaver ship hiding the door.

As they rounded the corner they noticed three seemingly dead Reavers, as the captain covered them they seemed to twitch so old Betsy the shotgun came to bear and kaboom three rounds later they were dead, but strangely enough they seemed to still twitch, not wanting to get too close they did inspect them a bit and saw that their skin seemed to be be covered in wallpaper paste, and come to think of it the blood splatter looked a bit wallpaper paste too.
The moved into the Reaver craft and noticed a door to the front , the rooms on the lower deck were empty. Luckily they kept their dinner down (especially as they were suited up) as they found the remains of the Reavers last meal hanging in chains from the bulkhead.
As they made their way up the stairs a Reaver appeared, the captains shotgun spoke again, but instead of blood splatter, it was a yucky white colour. The Reavers were infected with something. Thank the lord for the suits!
The cockpit door was opened and two angry Reavers Burst out, Both were cut down. The blood spray from these was red, a further door was opened and another Reaver died in a shower of red gore. These doors were sealed and airtight.
A horrible thought came across the two of them. Whatever had attacked the Reavers, had not come from the Reaver ship. That left one horrible possibility â€" Whatever had killed the Reavers had come from their ship. This was borne out, by the ones on the Jo Lyn who were now melting.
The Captain did a search of the Jo Lyn whilst Alice dragged the Reaver bodies inside.

The captain found a small phial about the size of a pepper pot with a hole through it. It seemed to have come from the one of the shredded pods. But whose?

The pods damaged belonged to the enigmatic Mr Keene/ Flyn Arthur. Bob Worthington, Lei Chow Fe and the Potter's.

The crew had the slight problem of what to do with the Reaver craft,the doors of the Jo Lyn had been forced open and two retractable arms were holding them open.
Toad did a common knowledge roll and aced it multiple times, meaning he knew exactly what to do. Alice was sent back across to the Reaver ship to reroute the Primary Hydraulic coupling, followed by a removal and replacement of the power converter housing. This would allow him to head back to the door and then press the release button, this would give him 10 seconds to get aboard the Jo Lyn before her doors shut.

The Shepherd meantime was in the galley talking to the passengers and keeping them calm. The captain had informed her about the phial of nastyness he had found, and that he believed one of their passengers had brought it on board, and that whatever it was it contained, it was deadly. So the shepherd simply told them that the attack was over, and that the Reavers had been killed by some form of chemical weapon. Immediately she said this, Keli went into hysterics, screaming that they would all die. Did she know what it was? Bob Worthington tried to reassure her that he was sure that it would be over now and that they were safe, but Keli was way beyond reassurance.

The captain ordered toad to come up with a way of neutralising a chemical weapon .Which he did using a sun bed and various other gubbins as he could find in his workshop.

The Captain and Alice had the problem of what to do with the shredded pods etc. in the ventral hold. There was no way they could decontaminate it all. I t left only one option...open the door, which is what they did. As the contents of the hold rushed out, they noticed a very large heavy calibre firearm hurtle into the void. Somebody had come aboard armed as well. As the air disappeared, they noticed strange spots on the floor that had been covered by the debris, as they watched, they curled up and rolled into balls. Something was very odd.
Decontamination of the hold began, luckily they remembered to tell Toad to hold fire on the restarting of the air conditioning.

The shepherd had problems of her own, Everyone was trying to get Keli calmed down, everyone that is except Mr Keene, who was sat in the corner of the galley his back against the wall. She asked Mr Worthington quietly, to see if he was okay. A quick shake of the head, Mr Keene seemed to be very dead, was it the nerve toxin?
The shepherd then asked Mr Worthington to switch the lights off, even though they weren’t on due to the power cut, it wouldn’t be a good idea for the lights to come back on with the late Mr Keene in full view.
With the lights covered, the shepherd checked down behind Mr Keene only to have her gloves come back wet... it wasn't a nerve toxin, it was a simple case of murder. (unless he accidentally stabbed himself in the back)

With the decontamination completed the power was returned and light and air flooded the Jo Lyn again. Evidently the lights in the galley were broken (according to the shepherd) She informed everyone politely that most of the contents of the ventral hold was now in the black. This caused an uproar, but it was Mr Potter who stepped in to her aid. He informed everyone that, if the captain deemed it necessary to vent the cargo, then he would not do so lightly. Mr Worthington backed him in this too.

As the captain arrived on the main deck, the passengers were moved to the rear hold and questioned. The passengers, in his hand he held a pepper pot, that looked at first glance like the real phial, that was sealed in the futuristic equivalent of Tupperware.   He held it up, watching for a response or any type of reaction. The only one that showed the faintest reaction was Miss Owens. The captain and Alice took her aside for further questioning.

It turned out that Miss Owen's was a cop, most craft leaving Whitefall had an operative on board. Evidently whitefall had a secret base on it that was developing a new strain of nerve toxin, fast acting and deadly. They couldn’t work out where it was coming from and who was the courier, they had had a break that told them a shipment was leaving on a craft to Angel. Her prime suspect was Roy Keene â€" the captain informed her that he was dead. The Weapon in the hold appeared to be hers, well at least she had a large handgun, but couldn’t promise that the one that flew out the door was hers.

Miss Owen's asked to use the cortex on the craft to see what she could find.:
Mr Keene/ Flyn Arthur. He was an accountant who had worked for some rather unpleasant people, he was not a nice person and when he was caught stealing from his bosses he turned states evidence  and was put into protective custody until the trial and then given a new identity a long way from his original locale. So indeed Kelli did recognise him for his previous life.
Bob Worthington: Was an engineer before the war and is now working on agricultural machinery. He works for Blue Sun Corporation in their Agricultural machinery section. He has an impeccable police record.
Lei Chow Fe A minor Tong member who is being used as a courier for a gang from Angel. He is small fry, dearly wants to be accepted as a more important member of the gang.
Angelo and Vivian Potter: Ranchers from Whitefall who had two sons, the eldest is indeed opening up a hardware store. The younger son committed suicide a number  of years before.

Kelli Eyte: A very popular Cortex star, she is a recovering addict, she disappeared from the screen for a season, this was covered up in the story line of her visit to look for her long lost son, she would be hung out to dry by the fans if someone was to let slip of her previous problems.

The captain asked if he was on there, - 14 pages of information later he decided to see who the shepherd was. Strangely enough she didn't exist, no record of her was found, even in the records of her order... Who is this woman?

The crew are now deciding how to go about questioning the passengers... It is getting more like an Agatha Christie story as we go along

[nikharwood]

It's all good though buddy...keeps me reading...great stuff 

[Maenoferren]

CHeers Nik....
I bought the Ghouls for Reavers and also some vietnamese civillians and the guys with a pole too. All I need is a fat colonel saunders figure and I am sorted

[Squirrel]

Oooooo ........ it's getting complicated - good stuff!

Cheers,

Kev

[Maenoferren]

Cheers guys... bit of a doh moment there, I nearly voted on my poll as to who killed Roy Keene.... that would have given the game away.
Tune in tomorrow (or when I get it written up) to see who did the terrible deed, unless he did indeed accidently stab himself in the back

[Maenoferren]

The murderer is uncovered - sort of.
Alice learns how to make friends and influence peoplle,
the worst interogation technique ever.
The Shepherd has hysterics and disapears
and 7 bennies are spent to achieve an amorous evening with an underwear model
Alice learns the hard way it is not a good idea make friends and influence people

[nikharwood]

and 7 bennies are spent to achieve an amorous evening with an underwear model

Bennies well-spent if you ask me 

[Maenoferren]

not when you get shot 10 minutes later and have nothing left to soak with, especially when all he needed was a 5 and he rolled nothing higher than a 4

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ohhh, all sounds great!