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S02E09: Smooth Landing & Broken Glass

Session Log

Inspection

  • after cargo rooms and engine room cleared, deck 3 is next
  • deck 3:
    • inspected without any issues
    • Bum bonds with klingons through offering Raktajino
  • deck 2:
    • discussion:
      • andorian asks Androni where the crew is...
      • Androni presents their fake story about cardassians that raided them
      • "you must be mutig to operate near the border with this kind of ship"
      • andorian seems satisfied with the explanation
      • "what are you planning to do here?"
      • Androni: Business and restaffing crew
      • "you chose exactly the right week for those"
      • androni asks why...
      • "Tavik has set up a meeting with his brokers next weekend. Most of them leave the system afterwards."
      • "thanks for letting us know"
    • some deeper check for the two large quarters, but the hidden weapons have not been found
  • deck 1:
    • bridge hot, Andorian doesnt like
    • payed 0.25 bars processing fee
  • Bum escorts the investigation crew to the airlock. When leaving, Bum's invited to Workers End by one of the Klingons.

The Landing

  • ship flies to designated waiting position for their landing vector
  • waiting time ~30 mins, crew uses time to prepare for landing:
    • change for casual clothes
    • check and pack comm devices
    • re-assamble blend grenades
  • Klix plots an incredibly smooth vector for the landing trajectory
  • phase 1 (deorbit): Androni and Klix cleanly deborbit, corridor confirmed on first pass
  • phase 2 (atmospheric entry): Bum easily manages hull stress on atmospheric entry, blackout ends right on schedule
  • phase 3 (terminal corridor):
    • Klix and Androni easily navigate the terminal corridor, regardless of the quite heavy air traffic
    • Narik scans targets for their surveillance equipment: 1 funkturm, 3 high buildings in their district, 1 in the rich district
  • phase 4 (final ground approach): 6 successes, extremly smooth, like a feather, unremarkably soft.
  • parking: 4 docking vehicles moved the ship to its final position in the berth

On the Planet

  • Androni & Bum go to terminal building:
    • "Welcome to Grex Docks!"
    • 0.5 bars for two weeks
    • "no trouble, no violence, no weapons - and i will have an eye on your ship"
    • energy ordererd for the ship, worker will plug later
  • Klix und Narik: Prepare equipment for the mission

Planting the Device

  • Klix stays at ship
  • Bum, Narik, Androni leave ship
    • 1x relay, 3x comms
    • phasers, lance, grenades, Bum: tool kit (but not tool box), Narik: theft toolkit
    • padds
    • tricorder (Androni)
  • take bus to the designated first location
  • arrive at target spot - a 16 level building, clearly higher class than the surrounding structures
  • follow three persons inside building
  • concierge approaches them "who are you?"
  • crew explains "we have job to fix antenna" - concierge does not now about any such job, asks for more details
  • crew leaves building ("to call boss") and return shortly after
  • only tells "boss says: do the job, we are not the one responsible for the details"
  • allows them to proceed to the elevator
  • crew taks elevator to 16th floor
  • enter corridor - right side towards end is a door (seamingly to a flat/appartment) - with two cameras pointing towards the corridor (crew clearly visible on them)
  • crew turns left towards staircase at the end of the corridor
  • take the staircase up to meet a locked door
  • Narik picks the lock with ease
  • crew enters corridor, two doors left and right to them and the supposed target exit to the roof straight ahead
  • Narik cautiously opens the door, peeking outside to check the surroundings. spots a camera mounted on the ceiling and cables running behind the door (indicating another one) - but if they stay directly at the wall, they should be able to avoid being seen.
  • Androni and Bum step outside - clearly visible, while Narik stealthily moves outside the camera's view and successfully plants the device on the ceiling.
  • Androni and Bum fake a casual investigation of the antenna and a relay nearby.
  • Narik leaves unseen and all three return to the staircase.
  • take elevator down to the ground floor
  • concierge calls them "hey, wait a moment!". Androni turns towards him, while the others continue walking towards the exit.
  • concierge continues "my boss says there is no job. Show me the authorization."
  • Androni says "we only had the call from our boss, no papers".
  • which triggers the concierge to respond "your boss is on the way, he will arrive soon."
  • Androni calls "Run" towards the others.
  • Bum turns around to cover the back and sees the concierge ducking behind the counter.
  • Bum yells "drop your weapon! dont play the hero!"
  • Bum covers the retreat of the crew with his phaser aimed towards the counter. the concierge remains hidden behind the counter.
  • the two glass swinging doors are locked now, so Narik quickly penetrates the angles with his phaser, keeping the glass intact while androni steps by.
  • but when trying to place the glass to reveal their exit, they lose halt and the glass slips and crashes to the ground, in a loud shatter. Luckily, Bum is still a step outside of the range of the falling glass.
  • the crew quickly moves past the broken glass and exits the building.
  • intensive traffic, but only few passengers (~5) - and some of them glance towards the source of the loud shatter.

The Escape

  • walk to bus stop
  • they see a van arriving at the scene, with dangerously high speed, halting way to close to the entrance of the building. 6 individuals quickly exit the van and approach the secene.
  • hide behind the structure of the waiting area (arranged in an akwardly straight line)
  • 3 persons approach from the scene to their location, after one person pointed in the crew's direction.
  • Bum throws blend grenade towards the approaching persons
  • leave with bus, ducking to not expose faces towards the scene they pass.
  • into smaller streets, change clothes
  • Bum + Narik walking on different routes to fighting pit, Androni to "workers end" bar (walk to maglev station first) - all successfully avoiding major streets or crowded areas

The Fighting Pit

  • Bum arrives at fighting pit first (Nariks arrival planned 5 minutes later)
  • 4 Nausicaans at door, most of them scarred
  • one nausicann at entrance > 0.05 bars entrance fee. "not bothered if you fight or not"
  • Two Nausicaans before stairs, open the metal chain when Bum approaches
  • Two stairs down, straight corridor, turn left to another staircase
  • entrance to the "hall"
  • long (~100m) room, with high ceilings and dim lighting, the air thick with anticipation and the scent of sweat, alcohol, and metal. Und ein wenig muffig.
  • quite crowded already (~300 people)
  • on both sides, some support structures separate the main floor from some more dim-lit, intimate areas
  • at the rear, a raised container with glass window is seen, behind a raised amphitheater-like platform
  • with the pit in the center, below ground level

END OF SESSION

TODOs: - incorporate the "connection established" for their relay thingy - incorporate "what did klix meanwhile do" (first 30m adjust the sensors to the target building, then calibrate the connnection to match his high quality requirements)