Arvyuptros
Arvyuptros, Droyne Adventurer
Arvyuptros is a Sport for the Broprayts Oytrip on Mugama (Empty Quarter 1728). For a long time, he travelled across the Six Subsectors with his Kkroyloss (team), looking for ways to build up the Oytrip by their own credits, time, and efforts. They had several adventures, but their most dangerous (and final) adventure started when their exhausted Free Trader, the Thaistwesdo, a Empress Marava Far Trader, misjumped into a void hex. Normally, that would be the end of the story. But this time, the ship landed practically on top of a small yet hospitable space station in hex 1428/Empty Quarter. (Later, Arvyuptros would investigate the matter, and find no record of any space station or caravanserie in that hex.) After refuelling - the station gave a discount - the station manager handed out a bit of gossip, claiming that a few Ancient artifacts were to be had cheap in an obscure little shop in Ersiirkuu, an unremarkable city on the crowded and polluted world of Kenrasda (Empty Quarter 1436).
On the world, the Droyne managed to find the shop without getting lynched by the xenophobic locals. Selective use of invisibility and a bit of night-gliding helped: actual Droyne flight was not possible, even with mechanical wings. After buying the goods from the quaking shop owner, the Droyne were well on their way off-world when an accident claimed one of their member, killing him instantly. The police got involved, and claims of psionic use soon circulated. As the case involved off-worlders, the Imperial Baron got involved and started pressing for the Ancient artifacts to be handed over to him, in return for his assistance in getting to their starship. The kroyloss decided against it, and decided to get into the starport before the locals could arrest them. Arvyuptros was the only one to make it, stowing away on a Fat Trader with his precious cargo: the rest of the kroyloss were captured.
Problem-solving
Two years after escaping Kenrasda, Arvyuptros still doesn’t know what happened to his captured kroyloss. He wants to find out if they are dead or alive, and bring them back home. More importantly for the Oytrip, the Thaistwesdo is still locked down at the starport: the Imperial Baron needs to be persuaded to release the ship into the hands of the Broprayts Oytrip. Starships are just too rare, and just too valuable, to be simply abandoned on some crowded low-tech wasteland.
References and Contributors
- Citation Missing - Stellar Reaches No. 21
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