SS Serenity

Unofficial

Session 1 6.16.17 "Can I put this game on my resume?"

Sir Bax Stark Snow D96B9B G3, HP 28, Omegazon, Other (crusader-assassin), Terms 3, Age 25, Rank 2 Warrior, Ht 1.7m Wt: 64kg Hair Silver Eyes Green, Tan Skin, High Psg Steward-1, Gunnery-1, Navigation-1, Rifle-1, Broadsword-3, Tactics-1, Jack-O-T-2, Gambling-1, ATV-1, Vacc-1 (Snubbed by piratesx2), Broadsword, climbing gear, 500 km long range communicator, medium range communicator, 2 boxes of cookies, rifle w/40 rounds, fuzzy dice, (8) extra oxygen tanks, cutlass, vac suit, (1) use reentry kit, 10 tear and swear patches, 3 hull patches, fancy dress, cloth armor, armored vacuum suit with 8 hour air tanks, 6 HE grenades, SSL Bank Card Balance: 60,599 Cr.

+5 to hit w/sword, +2 to hit with rifle

Wish List: check cargo for bombs in the future, surveillance and security cameras and sensors have been mounted within the ship and cargo bay.

Baroness Ann Galaway of Marstan

STR 7

DEX 4

END C

INT 9

EDU 8

SOC C

HP 23

Gender Female

Height: 1.7 m

Mass: 59kg

Hair: Redhead

Eye Color: Brown

Age: 29

The Kingdom

Skills: Bribery-1, Brawling-1, Interrogation-1, Liaison-2, Recruiting-1, Computer-2, Vac Suit-1

Equipment: Skinny Jeans, Knee High Boots, Blouse, Blazer, Formal Ball Gown, 0.5kg Hand Computer, 500km Long Range Communicator, 9mm Auto Pistol, 1 clip (14), Cloth Armor, filter/compressor gear, armored vacuum suit with 8 hours of air tanks, black dragon SMG with (30) magazine.

Bank Mega Union Balance: 80,682

1st term 14-18 Galactic Girl Guides

Bribery-1, Brawling-1

2nd term 18-22 Diplomatic Corps (Kingdom)

Rank 1 3rd secretary Interrogation-1, Liaison-1

3rd Term 22-26 Diplomat

Rank 2 2nd secretary Recruiting-1, Computer-1

Benefits:

1. High Passage

2. 10,000

3. 10,000

4. 10,000

MarquisTristan Thorn of OFF, MD

Service: G3, Noble

Rank: 3 Marquis of Vaduz, Baroness of Vaduz

Terms: 1/3

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Height: 1.68m

Weight: 82kg

Hair: Auburn

Eyes: Green

Skin: Tan

Homeworld: Home/OFF

Right Handed

Load

HP 27

Attributes: Strength: 8 Dexterity: A Endurance: 9 Intelligence: B Education: C Social Standing: D

Skills: Medical-3, Jack-O-T-2, Admin-1, Liaison-1, Vac Suit-0

Benefits: Retirement 8,000/month

1. +1 INT

2. TAS

3. Yacht SS Serenity

4. 100,000

5. 50,000

Service Jacket:

1st Term 14-18 G3 Medic-1, Jack-O-T-1

2nd Term 18-22 Noble Rank 1 Knight, Liaison-1, +1 END, +1 SOC, Jack-O-T-1

3rd Term 22-26 Noble Admin-1

4th Term 26-30 Noble Medic-1

Equipment: 500 km Long Range Communicator 1.5kg, Medical Kit 10kg, Wallet with ID, Ship's Papers, Auto Pistol, 5 clips (14)(15)(15)(15)(15), Cloth Armor, Armored Vacuum Suit with 8 hour air tanks and zero G maneuver unit, Formal Ball Gown, SDEIS Inc, LLC Balance: 67.98 MCr., dagger, Omni Vault bank card balance: 192,090

Crew:

Age: 24 Ben Vac-1, Pilot-1, used to work for Baron Gabriel Ulysses Vondega M.D. on the SS Normandy. He was replaced by fellow Space Academy grad Jerry. They know about Baron Clive Owen Von Bistol, on Humbolt.

Age: 24 Wally Vac-1, Engineering-2

Age: 48 Lance Hendrickson rank 1, 1st lieutenant B98686 1.9m 90kg, grey/blue, 7 terms marine platoon commander, retired, 8,000/month retirement, USA 52,000 Credits, +1 cutlass, revolver-2, cutlass-1, air craft-1, atv-1, ships boat-1, vac suit-2, leader-1, TAC missile-1, electronics-1, mechanical-1

3 tons fuel, 634.7 hours 298.7 hours of life support Ship's Locker: (8) emergency vac suits, 1 rescue ball, mechanical, electronics, weaponry tool kits

SS Serenity Royal Yacht
Serenity class Royal Yacht

Y-2401121-000000-10000-0  MCr. 52.26      200 Tons
Bearing          2                        Crew 5 (Pilot, Medic, Steward, Bosun/Boat Pilot, Engineer)
Batteries        2                        TL-7
Cargo: 63 ton main Passengers: 8 (14 Staterooms)   Fuel: 2 tons EP: 2 Agility: 0 
Craft: 1 x 10T ATV, 1 x 4T VTOL Air Craft, 1 x 30T Ship's Boat
Fuel Treatment:   Fuel Scoops  
Architects Fee: MCr 0.523   Cost in Quantity: MCr 41.808
1 ton for fire control and one hard point, double turret with 2 pulse lasers
Software: Maneuver, Anti-Hijack, Target
Spemin Hull Repair Slime 1 ton in cargo hold

Royal Boat
Shabie class Royal Boat

SB-0202211-000000-00001-0 MCr. 13.9   30 Tons
Bearing               2               Crew 3 (Boat Pilot, Medic, Steward)
Batteries             2               TL 7
Cargo: 1.1 tons Passengers: 1  (3 small staterooms) Fuel: 1 ton EP: 0.6 Agility: 2 
Craft: 1 x 10T ATV
Fuel Treatment:   Fuel Scoops  
Architects Fee: MCr 0.139   Cost in Quantity: MCr 11.12
1 ton for fire control and one hard point, double turret with 2 missile launchers, 1 IR Homing Missile with a HE warhead

Software: Maneuver, Target, Launch Session 1 Notes

Their patron Tristam Shabie is a merchant on the run. He paid them 10,000 credits up front to protect him and help him get away from the people trying to kill him. The team picked up the yacht in orbit from the shipyards. An inspection/boarding party came aboard and then left. They took on a pair of high passengers and a middle passenger for Marstan. They took 60 tons of USA freight at a flat rate. They speculated on 2 tons of ammo. Then a bomb went off in the cargo bay, taking 10 tens of cargo with it. Eventually a USA sloop attacked and hit them 4 times with pulse lasers. They repaired the hull breaches and the damaged power plant. They boarded and took the 60 ton sloop. They killed 11 USA marines, venting them to space. They subdued and nearly killed the pilot/gunner. They are holding him prisoner. He has yet to regain consciousness. He is being held in the forward airlock. They are off course for Marstan, due to evasion maneuvers. They have yet to salvage the sloop.

Session 2 6.23.17 "Sexism doesn't exist in space inc."

The wounded, unconscious captive is a covert operative from the US Navy special forces. Lt. Steve Bannon 888888 Age 22 Lieutenant JG, pilot-1, gunnery-1, vac-1, engineering-1. He won't join the team, he wants to escape or be ransomed back to the Navy, he has a Repatriation Bond, he is worth 100,000 credits if returned alive. He could be interned with the Duke for hostage exchange. The Duke doesn't have repair capabilities. The Sloop, USA Camden Lock, was secretly captured by the US Navy from the GRU Ex-GRU Patriotic Pendent, an act of war, and NOT public knowledge. They were going to use it for covert ops, until you meddling kids. They can't really get upset about it if the OFF navy reflags it. The Duke might even sell it back to the GRU. Duke Ishicaro Tanaka may grant them permission to shelter within his duchy. If so he wants a favor, he wants the special sand investigated. They may elect to take a two year sabbatical to learn 2 skills or +2 stat bonus. If they enroll in the Duke's training academy it costs 70,000 tuition/person. They will need to incorporate, like SS Serenity Inc, LLC. The Duke might be persuaded to buy the sloop at a discounted price. If they unlock the secret of the sand (reflect, fib, sand casters), they can hire 1d6x100 people to start manufacturing. Will need a colony base, agro dome, mining center, and industrial center. Could become a barony, if issues with ASB and IR signals are addressed. They can get the ship and boat and vehicles equipped with weapons. They can hire the middle passenger, Lance Hendrickson rank 1, 1st lieutenant B98686 1.9m 90kg, grey/blue, 46 years, 7 terms marine platoon commander, retired, 8,000/month retirement, USA 52,000 Credits, +1 cutlass, revolver-1, cutlass-1, air craft-1, atv-1, ships boat-1, vac suit-2, leader-1, TAC missile-1, electronics-1, mechanical-1. The Duke can sell you the weapons and equipment, he can't install them. He would direct you to...the Barony of Granith, orbiting Manubalista, to see Baron Gabriel Ulysses Vondega M.D., with a letter of introduction from the Duke. The SS Normandy has been repaired, the Omegazon Scout Cruiser is missing. Actually, the Omegazons recaptured it and are heading for the outer system with it, they want a Rockman's Rutter to cross the shoals. The SS Thomas, with its crew is missing as well, there are rumors of the SAYM company operating around the moon colonies.

Sloop Covert Ops Vessel, USA Camden Lock, Ex-GRU Patriotic Pendent, formerly of the GRU inner system's Patrol Flotilla One
Camden class Intelligence Sloop

SL-0102522-000000-20000-0 	MCr. 56.65
Batteries Bearing: 1            60tons 
(3 Pulse Lasers)	        TL-7
Crew 12 (Pilot, 11 Marines) 6 small staterooms
Cargo: 10 tons   Fuel: 3 tons   EP: 3   Agility: 0   Marines: 11
Fuel Treatment:   Fuel Scoops  
Architects Fee: MCr 0.567   Cost in Quantity: MCr 45.32

They manage to rig a command/remote control to pilot the captured sloop into a stable Marstan orbit. They debate doing something about the transponder and IFF. When the "unknown" target approaches too close and fails to successfully enter a stable parking orbit, the group is intercepted by three OFF Delta Squadron fighters. The crew discovers that Lance would make a great addition to the crew and they offer him a job, salary has yet to be worked out. He is a retired marine and will not accept less than 1,000/month. The fighter lock them up for missile fire and eventually a cutter is dispatched from the surface. Once Sir Throne authenticates who she is, they change their tune. Galaway interrogates the prisoner, they learn of his bond, and persuade him to get access to the computer on the sloop. They are eventually permitted to land the boat at the spaceport, off load the two high passengers. They sell the 2 tons of ammo for a profit. They deliver 50 of the 60 ton allotment of US trade goods. They eventually reimburse the US for the lost 10 tons that exploded and tried to kill them. They buy fancy dresses and attend the gala ball held in their honor. They wake up the next morning in a penthouse at the TAS hotel and suspect they were drugged and their personal effects have been searched. They activate Lt JG Bannon's Repatriation Bond and get paid for returning him to the US embassy on Marstan. Galaway gets an attache case with 100,000 credits, but they find Lance KO'd in the TAS hotel and Bannon is missing. Bax sells the dead US marines cutlasses, revolvers and jack armor. They are contacted by Dr. Desmond Miles, who works for Aspergo. He wants them to check out some weird sand near a volcano which should be extinct, yet yields strange IR readings. Sir Thorne incorporates, SDEIS Inc. LLC. They sell the sloop for a massive profit above list price, apparently the Duke wants to add this vessel to the Delta Squadron. The Duke is willing to sell them weapons for the Yacht but can't install them. They contemplate enrolling in the Duke's training academy for a 2 year sabbatical.

Session 3 6.27.17 "Don't be a weenie!"

The team begins to investigate what happened to Steve Bannon, they asked hotel employees about the break in, and learn that a four man covert ops team snuck into the hotel and blanked the cameras and the alarms. Bax got about 30 seconds of them approaching a rear loading dock before they hacked in and dropped the system. They spoke with Mr. Martin the night shift manager, and Ernie, the night desk clerk. They bribed them, and learned that the Duke might be behind the abduction. Their security detail was pulled abruptly. On the way to the boat, the team is attacked by a sniper team, camped out by the boat. Three are wounded, Ann, Wally and Mr. Shabie. They manage to kill the two operatives and loot their gear. The train station is covered in arterial spray, as is Bax. Lance, earned his keep, with near perfect accuracy with his revolver. They procure and load into the Yacht's cargo bay two double turrets, two missile launchers, and two pulse lasers. They have not purchased missiles as yet, and have to wait to have these weapons installed at a spaceport like Granith with better boat yard facilities.

Notes: NPC Arion a heroic white knight, Scout Age 34 4 Terms HP 20, UPP: 686777. Skills: Navigation-1, Pilot-3, Mechanical-1, Auto Pistol-1. Equipment: MU bank card 2,500 Cr., cloth armor, auto pistol, 10 clips, ceramic knife, long range com, TAS, CSS Dolphin Scout ship w/ a pulse laser, repair/com swarm (fist sized robotic spiders). Lives in the metropolis, rents an apartment near the port, just beyond the docks. He is put on the trail for something called the cradle of life, coordinates for a deep space anomaly.

Session 4 7.12. 17 "The dead don't bargain"

The team journeys into the forbidden zone and narrowly avoids being shot down by an ASB hidden in an extinct volcano. They drive up in an ATV and climb the outside of the mountain to gain access. They enter and encounter four rock men. The devise a radio based app to communicate. They manage to escape by disabling their ability to fire missiles. They take the rockmen's target and launch software from the computer.

Session 5 7.18.17 "Desmond is married; Bax is devasted"

The return to the main colony and begin negotiations establishing a base to exploit the attributes of the strange sand. Desmond has offered his services for the new start up.

Session 6 7.28.17 "The mysteries of the rock men"

They learn secrets about the true nature of the rockmen and obtain their navigational rutter, which allows safe crossing of the treacherous shoals. That is the gateway to the outer system.

Session 7 1.4.18 "I gave her lung a wet willy"

Bax +1 Vacc Suit, Ann +1 Computer, Tristan +1 Medical 1st semester of college on Marstan.

They have learned of missing software and embezzled funds stolen from their bank account, left with only 2 MCr. to their name. Desmond Mills found dead, officially listed as a suicide. He apparently tied himself to a chair, beat himself nearly to death, shot himself in the head, and threw himself from a 33rd story window on Home. They take a load of speculative cargo and passengers to Granith and sell them for a healthy profit. Their Galactic Girl Guide brokers are paid their 20% commission up front. They hold a grand gala/masquerade dance on the remote colony and everyone attends. Bax makes out with and then bench-presses bus boys with six pack abs. Tristan marries Baron Gabriel Ulysses Vondega M.D, and becomes a Baroness with a fief of 100km2 on Marstan and a signet ring. She receives a message from Confederate Governor Ernesto Ramirez of Cinder who wants to make a deal. They encounter a Merchant Vessel the SS Rude Duke a 200 ton Galleon from Starbury, steel minotaur figurehead, on the way back to Marstan. Kraken the asteroid moon has re-positioned itself over their holdings. They head to Telum to visit the AI with the following cargo manifest: 1 ton computers, 1 ton ATV, 20 tons of Liquor, 6 tons of crystals, 29 tons of meat, 3 tons of farm machinery, 4 tons of tools. They bought this for 7.14275 MCr. They have a balance of 2.45025 MCr. They encounter the SS Big Ranger a 100ton dispersed structure Junk under Captain Sharon Price, Silver Nymph Masthead, out of Port Midfield. It seems to be under attack with an assault pod attached.

Session 8 5.9.18 "Counseling does exist in space"

The SS Big Ranger is found carrying colony base modules for Vaduz, a Kingdom colony which could be important for Ann. A Spemin K'Pow class Fighter and a K'Bam class Assault Lander with their combination of iron, lead and cobalt hulls with bio-organic machinery, are defeated and captured. They are sold to the AI, along with the cargo. The ships get software upgrades with still more credit on account.

• Anti-Hijack 1 space
• Library 1
• Maneuver&Evade 1
• Return Fire 1
• Multi-target 1
• Select 1
• Predictive 1

Two EnGi crew are acquired; Pilot-4, Gunner-4. A Spemin captive rigs up a slimy hull repair system which requires the loss of 1 ton of cargo space. A pair of sisters crewed the SS Big Ranger, one dies and the other, Sarah Price an engineer, survives. Sir, Dr. Baroness Thorn MD wants a zero-G maneuver rig for her spacesuit ASAP. There are (15) doses left in the medical kit. The Serenity lost a ton of fuel during the battle. Current Account Balance: 28,955,000

Session 9 5.7.20 "The many wives of Baron Gabriel Ulysses Vondega M.D."

The crew arrives on Vaduz and makes the acquaintance of some locals. They narrowly avoid quarantine. They learn that this port does not have refueling and that they will have to prospect and mine raw ice for refueling. They learn that only the Mega Union bank card works here and that operations are run by the Vaduz Mining Company LLC. They are trying to deliver the two modules salvaged from the wreckage of the SS Big Ranger. Sarah Price is sort of a mascot/crew member. Despite owning a great ATV, they decide to rent a green ATV and are headed for a noble estate with a dinner invitation to spend quality time with the other Baroness Vondega.

Session 10 6.10.20 "The Baronesses Vondega Boondoggle"

The team meets with Jax, who was an Omegazon. They have dinner with the Baroness who has three children and has been married to Gabriel for eight years. A servant/spy attempts to lock them in the basement. Two servant spies are killed, and two escape in the team's rented green ATV. The other servants are caught and tortured by the Baron's right hand man, Sir Jensen Severanson. The team takes possession of the two girls. They learn that the Baron was killed following a "popular" uprising. They head back to see the Baroness, a Black Dragon crawler attacks the Yacht in orbit with a missile and rockets the palace. The team uses the ship's laser to destroy the crawler. The baroness is injured but alive. Sarah is very badly injured and looses a leg. Two of the three children are killed, only the 6 year old daughter survives.

Session 11 8.26.20 "Mission Impossible and the Data Dump"

The crew removes the survivors from the wreckage of the palace. They return the rented Green ATV and recover their own ATV. They leave the more vulnerable members of the team at the ship's boat at the starport. They journey to the main airlock of the city module. They commandeer the security office and use stealth to avoid the roving security guard patrols, which are assumed to be the surviving Black Dragon mercenaries. They sneak into the Baron's office building and search his office on the third floor and Jensen's office on the second floor. They find hidden wall safes, piles of file folders with old documents and computer files. The pieces of the puzzle are starting to fall into place. There are a set of three baronies here on Vaduz and one on Granith. Moldavia, Moldova, and Mesa Visa are the three baronies on Vaduz. Jax Vondega is the presumptive baroness of Moldova, the capital city because of the space port. Enid Vondega, Gabriel's mother is the baroness of Mesa Visa which is where the northern polar ice deposits are. She has the fuel refinery equipment. It would take 1d6 days to locate ice deposits and 2d6 hours to refine and process the fuel. It costs 2d6x50 credits to accomplish this task. Baron Harkonnen rules the third barony, Moldavia on the other side of the planet. Moldavia and Moldova are both located on the equator. There is a plateau, a shadowy mesa between Moldova and Mesa Visa which was detected and partially mapped on a satellite sweep. The coordinates indicate a structure cloaked in shadow could be the location of a massive lithium deposit. A yacht named the Urca de Lima maybe involved some how and there is an ice asteroid noted.

Session 12 9.2.20 "Shootout in Startown"

The crew of the SS Serenity finished searching the dead Baron's offices in startown. They were discovered in the file room and killed the guard with swords. They escaped and Lance was shot by a sniper. They broke into a restaurant and tried to perform first aid to keep him alive. Four Black Dragon security mercenaries with SMGs burst in the door. They rolled Lance's unconscious body out the back door as bullets flew. They killed the four Black Dragons, took their gear and started to head for the ATV dock. The sniper had apparently redeployed and stood between them and their ATV. Bax and Ann shot and killed the sniper. Ann was shot in the hand during the battle. They escaped the startown and headed for the spaceport. Tristan managed to re-stabilize Lance and administered psychiatric first aid to the Baroness to address her considerable sorrow and grief. Ann detected radio traffic, local short range burst chatter and stronger coded signals toward the north pole and into orbit. Once they docked she hacked into the port net but has yet to learn anything. The team has yet to discover what intel can be gleaned from the random file folders they grabbed.

Session 13 10.8.20 "Somebody get me to the hospital"

Armed with the files from the office and local computer net the team makes their way to the spaceport's hospital. It is a military grade battalion aid station consistent with the Confederate Navy. Navy corpsman typically take care of marine garrisons. The team and their entourage is divided into three groups. On the ship in orbit Ben and Wally the academy graduates are running the ship with the gunnery EnGi. The Yacht's ship's boat is sitting in a park bay with Jax's 6 year old daughter, Sarah, the EnGi pilot, and the surviving servant girl. The ATV is docked at the spaceport, with Lance in a wheelchair, Ann, Tristan, Jax, and Bax. They have also kidnapped Myron, who is convinced the ladies killed the baron and is very confused. He had been ordered to recover tracking information from the ATV's inertial locator device. The team has recovered the autopsy reports, both real and fake from Dr. Hiro Fausto's office. The body has been sent for reclamation without services or formality. The metallurgical report indicates that the Baroness's Omegazon sword is the murder weapon and that the Baron Vondega was killed in a sword fight. The Hurloon Princess is 5 hours from achieving orbit and is inbound. Tristan treated Lance and Ann's wounded hand.

Session 14 3.6.22 "My Big Fat Vaduz Wedding"

Over the course of two years on the Vaduz moon, Current Balance: 27,954,600, the Yacht SS Serenity is fully fueled. Ann Galaway has been trained in Vacc Suit. Tristan and the Widow Vondega get married. They throw a huge wedding which the mother of the deceased doesn't attend. The fate of the Granith Barony is in question. Ann has been installed as the Baroness on Marstan and has sworn an oath forsaken her ties to the Kingdom in favor of OFF. The treaty Tristan signed to become Marquis was witnessed by high noble delegations from all of the nations of the confederacy. Every nation gets a percentage in stock ownership and annual dividend from net profit is any. GRU gets 2%, OFF gets 4%, USA gets 6% and the Kingdom collects 6%. They learn of a pyramid located between the baronies. The Dowager has built a monorail to the space port and now sells unrefined fuel for double the normal price. She married the dead Baron's former right hand man and they may have signed a mineral development deal for the zinc deposits. The wedding, circus, press junket, parade, reception and royal gala was the biggest in the history of the middle system at a total cost of 1MCr. owed to the best off world caterers and entertainers Ann could recruit.

Session 15 3.27.22 "Oh, How the Turn Tables"

The current party balance is 27,952,600. The ship's boat is out of fuel and the Dowager refuses to sell them more. The team is contemplating visiting the Vaduz Mining Company offices in the space port concourse. Master Sergeant Carl Weathers and Lance have been commissioned to retain the services of mercenaries. The Marquis has ordered the delivery of an industrial center, trade center and trade center for her barony on Vaduz. They will be fabricated in Lunar orbit and brought to the middle system by a freighter. Ann Galaway has sent an official decree to her Barony on Marstan. The next episode is tentatively scheduled for 4.1.22. The team brought the EnGi pilot and took the Yacht's boat to locate and visit the Barony of Moldavia, under the control of Baron Harkonnen. They used their ATV to dock with his colony base and observed the agro dome. He has a new mining center under construction being built locally. The local zinc deposits are associated with the pyramid they located. They may need to confront the dowager and Baron Severanson-Vondega to get to the bottom of the plot that killed the Baron. The fate of Granith and the chances of securing the use of a confederate marine platoon are still unknown. The visit with the Baron Harkonnen started well with an offering of food, but devolved quickly and the team beat a hasty retreat. Ann hacked a back door into their security, commandeered their missiles on their armed ATV and deactivated their satellite. There was some gun fire but no one was hurt. It does not appear that Calvin wants to negotiate with the Marquis. The Mastan Barony generates annual revenue of 0.41 MCr. and a current balance of 0.82 MCr, it has an agro dome, a mining center, and industrial center, a trade center and a colony base. The Vaduz Barony of Moldovia has two agro domes, and two colony bases with an annual income of 0.12 MCr. and that is the current balance in colonial funds, in a separate account from SDEIS corporate assets. Only the Mega Union Banking Offices remain functional. At some point the confederacy will want 10% in taxes and the stake holders will want their 28% dividends. The Duke on Marstan wants 50% of that Barony's proceeds/profits.

Session 16 4.5.22 "Speak Latin Quietly and Carry a Big Stroke"

The current party balance is 27,365,000. Taxes and dividends have been paid for the year. The Yacht has been moved into an orbit to over fly the pyramid. Lance and Command Master Sergeant Carl Weathers have recruited 10 security specialists. These mercenaries have been paid 1,000 credits each for a one month contract. They have been equipped with 2,000 credits worth of weapons and equipment. They each have cloth armored vacuum suits with 8 hours of life support for 10,000 credits each. They each have 10 tear and swear patches each as well. The heroes take the ship's ATV and Lance and a fire team of four mercenaries 13 hours to the pyramid. The ATV started with enough fuel for 30 days. They entered the pyramid from the top after 90 minutes on the stairs to surmount the 1km tall structure. They encountered a GRU boarding airlock lodged in the vertical shaft. The 10m diameter stone elevator shaft took them 3km underground. They encountered a strange survivor. She used a form of sign language. The team discovered that the four languages of the confederation share a 500 year old mother tongue. The complex has three levels. The bottom is a zinc mine, atop a very unnatural deposit. The middle level has four strange chambers, a cybernetics lab, a methane atmospheric processor, an alien lowberth crypt, and a rocket silo. The guards got jumpy and opened fire on a mob of 30 crudely armed locals, killing 13. The envoy overloaded and dropped dead of an apparent induced stroke. The team is down to 290 minutes of air. Ann has less. As they rose on the elevator to the first level, they have come face to face with a monstrous flesh golem construct lashed together and animated by alien eldritch necromantic cybernetics, under the direction of the chief. The bodies of the recently deceased have been recycled. He seems alarmed that they have retained possession of the envoy's body.