Session 7 Summary
Delano, prior to Session 7 (Session 6a)
Delano woke up in a cell, a single hatch, some small air vents, a bucket, and two cots. In the other cot was human woman in her 20s, unconscious. His blaster pistol was missing, but happily the pirates missed the hold-out pistol in his boot.
The woman was dressed in expensive, well matched clothes, but wrinkled and a little dirty. Delano didn’t recognise the style; they weren’t like anything he had seen on Zerzi. She had a bruise on her cheek, like someone had hit her with their fist.
Her eyes opened, startled as you approach. She sat up and scooched back against the wall. She asked who he was, and Delano introduced himself. In the conversation that follows, Delano learned that her name is Elizabeth Catlow, and she expected him to recognise her as someone important based based on the name. He also noticed her checking that that something was still in a small pocket on her left side. She claimed to not have a weapon. She also claims the pirates took them off the Siouxiana and that Zynara died on the trip from Golden Seed to the pirate base. Zynara was just an acquaintance she met on the liner, but apparently they grew close when the pirates took them, probably for ransom. She initially doesn’t want to anger the pirates by trying to escape,
Chris, prior to Session 7 (Session 6a)
Chris followed the Jitterbug’s energy trail from where Delano Mac ejected his black box. The trail ended at an asteroid. As he approached, a hole irised open in the surface of the asteroid revealing a dimly lit hangar bay. Several ships were visible in the hangar. A small ship exited the hangar. Chris took the opportunity and guided Chrysalis in and landed in an open space at the edge of bay as the entrance closed above them. Apparently the pirates had noted his approach and were ready for him. One of the ships in hangar was powered up and rotated to bring its guns to bear on Chrysalis, gets a shot of skewing Chrysalis and damaging its landing struts.
There was a gang of sapients in dirty white jump suits and blaster rifles setting up to blast him if he left the dubious safety of his fighter. That group appeared to be led by a large purple biped, an Ohlzor, Chris thinks. Chris knew that’s the one he needed to take out. He abandoned Chrysalis and rushed the group, dodging their rushed blaster shots on the way. The Ohlzor took careful aim and shot Chris in the leg before he could close. The slowed Chris down, but didn’t stop him. They fought for a moment, the Ohlzors battle axe against Chris’s speed and sharp jagged claws, jockeying for position, trading feints and parries. Chris gave the Ohlzor a nasty cut to his ribs, knocking him back a step. He moved in to finish the big guy off, who moved faster than Chris expected, dodged to the side and struck Chris in the head witht he flat of his axe, knocking him out.
Chris
Chris woke up in a cell, a single hatch, some small air vents, a cot, and a bucket. His belt of pheromones and his personal weapons have been taken. He has a healing blaster burn on one of his legs; it must have been several hours since the fight in the hangar bay. Some minutes later, he hears the hatch opening. He quickly climbed above the hatch, bracing himself between the wall and the ceiling. When the pirate came in with a tray of food, Chris dropped down on him and knocked him out, quickly turning and rushing the other pirate standing in the corridor with a blaster rifle, taking him out as well. He drags the bodies of the two pirates into the cell and slams the door, taking the weapons he thinks he can use, a vibroknife, a chain half wrapped in barbed wire, and a blaster pistol. Ignoring the periodic alarms and the repeating message “Systems rebooting, please wait…” he sets out to find Delano Mack.
Delano, Chris, Ms. Catlow
Trying to ignore the periodic alarms and the PA system announcement of “System Rebooting, please wait…” Delano, Ms. Catlow, and Chris meet at a fork in their corridors. After introductions, together they move down the third tunnel. There is a short unlit section that curves the right. They can tell there are pirates just past the curve from the tinny music and murmur of conversation. As they discuss what to do, one of the pirates says, “I’m going to check on Brob and Chelsea.” they can hear his steps coming into their tunnel. They ambush him in the darkness.
Steve, Jithal, Jim Dade
The rest of the crew of the Dire Straits, hidden on the pirate base Concourse and trying to ignore the repeated alarms and the PA system announcement of “System Rebooting, please wait…”, decided they needed to learn the layout of the base, and moved into the nearest room, looking for a terminal or access point that would allow Jithal to hack into the base’s system. The room, a barracks for a group of pirates, did have a terminal Jithal could use. While Jithal worked on the terminal, Steve and Jim examined the other door, which led into a break or guard room with several pirates playing cards, listening to music, and kvetching at each other. A fight broke out, with Jim and Steve, joined by Chris and Delano from another corridor, knocking out or killing the pirates.
The crew back together
The reunited team, realizing the pirates probably kept all of the other survivors of the Siouxiana in the cells near where Chris, Delano, and Ms. Catlow were held, searched out and freed them. Jim Dade organized and armed them with the pirate guard weapons, and the group as a whole moved back into the Concourse, where they were greeted with hordes of pirates and the voice of Ramekin Finch mocking them.
Chris moved quickly to set up an bomb trap that would slow down and confuse the pirates.
Steve Irwin tranquilized several of the pirates between the crew and the cargo airlock hatches, while Jim Dade and the survivors took out several more. Jithal managed to cause several others to run in fear from his fearsome demeanor.