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− | + | Air Date: 04 Aug 2009 <br> | |
− | + | Present: Maer, Terri, Bobby, Jay and Tony. | |
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Due to the recent disease outbreak and Quarantine, the majority of food production is slated for off-planet consumption and as a result, the people of Newhope are starving. Food riots are prevalent and upon our arrival we are advised by the Port Authority to remain on our ship during our stay. Gibraltar cannot guarantee our personal safety should we decide to leave the security of our landing pad. Dockworkers are dispatched to off-load our cargo and some security personnel show up with them to insure our ship is unmolested by any would-be looters. Or worse. | Due to the recent disease outbreak and Quarantine, the majority of food production is slated for off-planet consumption and as a result, the people of Newhope are starving. Food riots are prevalent and upon our arrival we are advised by the Port Authority to remain on our ship during our stay. Gibraltar cannot guarantee our personal safety should we decide to leave the security of our landing pad. Dockworkers are dispatched to off-load our cargo and some security personnel show up with them to insure our ship is unmolested by any would-be looters. Or worse. | ||
− | We make contact with the various buyers of our cargo. The meds, in exchange for the frozen meat brought from Boros, are coming from a person by name of Song Jiang, a name of some importance on Newhope. There is even a small town bearing that name about 100 km outside the Port. We arrange for the meds to be brought to the | + | We make contact with the various buyers of our cargo. The meds, in exchange for the frozen meat brought from Boros, are coming from a person by name of Song Jiang, a name of some importance on Newhope. There is even a small town bearing that name about 100 km outside the Port. We arrange for the meds to be brought to the Gift for lift off. In transit Christian arranged a meeting with one Vladimir Byshek, a fixer with interests in Blue Sun. He is in town, and arranges a meet with Christian at a restaurant in Gibraltar Town that very evening. Nika agrees to go with him as back-up and at the appropriate time the two of them take a cab down the Rock for the Town. Knowing of the unrest, Christian and Nika go armed. |
Jake is still a cameraman and wants to go down to the Docks to film what he can film, and Rick is eager to find some ceramic throwing knives, the better to slip a knife past any metal weapons detectors. And because they are just plain cool. Rina goes with to keep them out of trouble—not that she much thinks she can—and to provide backup in case things go south. She takes a comm with her, and wears her favorite triple threat whenever she steps off the boat: vest, gun and knife. Two extra clips go in her pockets with the rest of her usual pocket tools. Thus prepared, she goes down the Rock with her two shipmates and hopes for the best. | Jake is still a cameraman and wants to go down to the Docks to film what he can film, and Rick is eager to find some ceramic throwing knives, the better to slip a knife past any metal weapons detectors. And because they are just plain cool. Rina goes with to keep them out of trouble—not that she much thinks she can—and to provide backup in case things go south. She takes a comm with her, and wears her favorite triple threat whenever she steps off the boat: vest, gun and knife. Two extra clips go in her pockets with the rest of her usual pocket tools. Thus prepared, she goes down the Rock with her two shipmates and hopes for the best. | ||
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Arden elects to stay behind to watch the ship, our new kitten, and young Lem Kurpinski. It is also best if someone were aboard to take messages in case the others call. | Arden elects to stay behind to watch the ship, our new kitten, and young Lem Kurpinski. It is also best if someone were aboard to take messages in case the others call. | ||
− | He’s there when the dock workers arrive up the access road in their trucks. The trucks are heavy duty, and their crews heavily armed. Heavier than the Teamsters generally are. The work goes slowly but eventually our medical cargo is taken off and two empty containers attached to the | + | He’s there when the dock workers arrive up the access road in their trucks. The trucks are heavy duty, and their crews heavily armed. Heavier than the Teamsters generally are. The work goes slowly but eventually our medical cargo is taken off and two empty containers attached to the Gift. It’s mostly medical supplies and equipment, nothing elaborate or complicated, just your basic Frontier-grade meds. Checking the manifest, Arden sees the medicine is destined for Song Jiang, an influential individual who carries some weight in this area. There is a small town about 100 kliks away from Gibraltar by the same name. Coincidence? Perhaps. Perhaps not. |
Once down off the Rock, Rick gets word of where he can pick up those throwing knives. Jake is filming everything he can, from the state of the buildings and businesses of Gibraltar to the people protesting on the Docks. The crowd there numbers only a couple thousand, though reports have stated some protests and riots have involved even more, and Jake is determined to get closer to the ruckus to film it. Rina and Rick go with him to provide what protection they can. Banners with scrawled slogans like “Eat Locally, Think Versally” and others wave aloft. Jake films everything he can get and it isn’t long before Rina notices they’ve attracted the attention of both the crowd and the Federal Marshals. Twitchy enough as it is, she manages to get Jake to stop filming for now and follow her and Rick to the knife merchant. | Once down off the Rock, Rick gets word of where he can pick up those throwing knives. Jake is filming everything he can, from the state of the buildings and businesses of Gibraltar to the people protesting on the Docks. The crowd there numbers only a couple thousand, though reports have stated some protests and riots have involved even more, and Jake is determined to get closer to the ruckus to film it. Rina and Rick go with him to provide what protection they can. Banners with scrawled slogans like “Eat Locally, Think Versally” and others wave aloft. Jake films everything he can get and it isn’t long before Rina notices they’ve attracted the attention of both the crowd and the Federal Marshals. Twitchy enough as it is, she manages to get Jake to stop filming for now and follow her and Rick to the knife merchant. | ||
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'''Byshek:''' Johnny. Sit down.<br> | '''Byshek:''' Johnny. Sit down.<br> | ||
'''Johnny:''' (sits) ‘kay. Uhh….oh, yeah. (looks at Christian and Nika) I wanna go to Blue Sun. Can you take me there? <br> | '''Johnny:''' (sits) ‘kay. Uhh….oh, yeah. (looks at Christian and Nika) I wanna go to Blue Sun. Can you take me there? <br> | ||
− | '''Christian and Nika:''' (unison) | + | '''Christian and Nika:''' (unison) Where? <br> |
'''Johnny:''' Just some planet.<br> | '''Johnny:''' Just some planet.<br> | ||
'''Christian:''' Why?<br> | '''Christian:''' Why?<br> | ||
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'''Christian:''' What are you on?<br> | '''Christian:''' What are you on?<br> | ||
'''Johnny:''' Meh, normal stuff.<br> | '''Johnny:''' Meh, normal stuff.<br> | ||
− | '''Christian:''' I can think of at least fifteen different things that would qualify under that. | + | '''Christian:''' I can think of at least fifteen different things that would qualify under that. Which normal stuff? |
Johnny shrugs and eyes Christian shrewdly. | Johnny shrugs and eyes Christian shrewdly. | ||
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'''Christian:''' 200 credits. If you want a bed, it would be three hundred.<br> | '''Christian:''' 200 credits. If you want a bed, it would be three hundred.<br> | ||
− | '''Johnny:''' Uhh…okay, yeah. But I won’t have it | + | '''Johnny:''' Uhh…okay, yeah. But I won’t have it this week….Next week I’ll have it.<br> |
'''Christian:''' We won’t be here next week.<br> | '''Christian:''' We won’t be here next week.<br> | ||
'''Nika:''' We’re leaving tomorrow.<br> | '''Nika:''' We’re leaving tomorrow.<br> | ||
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'''Christian:''' This is something I’m going to have to discuss—<br> | '''Christian:''' This is something I’m going to have to discuss—<br> | ||
'''Byshek:''' Mr. Edge. This is like magic money machine. You just keep boy in room, let him go out every other day and money just shows up. If I could keep him here, I would.<br> | '''Byshek:''' Mr. Edge. This is like magic money machine. You just keep boy in room, let him go out every other day and money just shows up. If I could keep him here, I would.<br> | ||
− | '''Christian:''' Why | + | '''Christian:''' Why can’t you keep him here?<br> |
'''Byshek:''' Well, because if he doesn’t sign off on these things, I suspect it might anger people I don’t wish to meet.<br> | '''Byshek:''' Well, because if he doesn’t sign off on these things, I suspect it might anger people I don’t wish to meet.<br> | ||
'''Christian:''' (to Johnny) Why are you running from your family?<br> | '''Christian:''' (to Johnny) Why are you running from your family?<br> | ||
'''Johnny:''' I’m not running from my family.<br> | '''Johnny:''' I’m not running from my family.<br> | ||
'''Christian:''' (yeah, right) You’re going to a place which is under Quarantine. You don’t care where in that place you’re going to. You’re running from something.<br> | '''Christian:''' (yeah, right) You’re going to a place which is under Quarantine. You don’t care where in that place you’re going to. You’re running from something.<br> | ||
− | '''Johnny:''' I’m not | + | '''Johnny:''' I’m not running from anything. I just want to see what’s going on in Blue Sun.<br> |
'''Christian:''' You realize seeing what’s going on there would probably be a lot easier to do if your perception of reality was unfiltered by mind-altering substances. | '''Christian:''' You realize seeing what’s going on there would probably be a lot easier to do if your perception of reality was unfiltered by mind-altering substances. | ||
Johnny starts to chuckle. | Johnny starts to chuckle. | ||
− | '''Johnny:''' Now, see? | + | '''Johnny:''' Now, see? That’s the voice of inexperience, if you ask me…. You might be a little older than me—I don’t know, you look like about the same age— but trust me, man. I see things way better than—<br> |
'''Christian:''' (interrupting) I have no doubt that you see things.<br> | '''Christian:''' (interrupting) I have no doubt that you see things.<br> | ||
'''Nika:''' (quietly firm) Christian.<br> | '''Nika:''' (quietly firm) Christian.<br> | ||
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'''Christian:''' (Not a question) You’re going to go there without any money at all.<br> | '''Christian:''' (Not a question) You’re going to go there without any money at all.<br> | ||
'''Johnny:''' Ehh, that money’ll show up.<br> | '''Johnny:''' Ehh, that money’ll show up.<br> | ||
− | '''Christian:''' Very well | + | '''Christian:''' Very well. |
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− | + | The protest hadn’t abated during our absence. In fact it seems to have tipped over into a full scale riot and Jake runs toward the danger even as our crew drag him and his camera away toward safety. Safety in this case means cutting through a small gap in the hurricane fence surrounding the Docks and climbing on top of a stack of containers to continue filming. Which Jake does, with a running commentary. Rina and Rick flank him, keeping an eye for anything untoward….which there is a lot of, with a riot going on in front of them. | |
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