Traveller Session 22

Game Date

267-1105

Location

Iderati → Debarre

We are aboard the Hope and preparing to depart. I am in the Engine room, Chase and Tharbin on the Bridge, Cyn is taking the injured man to the Med bay: Junebug and Masuyo are in the control room of the Docking area. Junebug has a look around to see where people are gathering, Security are preventing more people getting into 'the docking area except those that are supposed to be in this area; crew members and passengers. We decide we can take 12 extra people on our vessel: We will set most of them up in the common area and 4 into the extra staterooms. We make the decision to jump to Debarre first and drop off our extra passengers, we insist that none of them have any weapons on board, they agree and we lock them away for safety after they have been tagged. Chase starts the lift off process while completing the final checks- Masuyo sets the door timer to twenty minutes instead of fifteen minutes, Imperious person demands to be let out immediately claiming priority, Masuyo cuts them of, she then runs for the Hope. asking chase to put us in front of the Liner that is trying to leave before everyone else. Several other ships activating their lifts in preparation for leaving. Chase makes our final preparations.

Tharbin determines that the Liner is powering up weapons. Free Trader (pad 18) also taking off. Liner are heading for the exit. The Liner is moving faster than us and taking up most of the docking area's entrance/exit, Liner is claiming priority anyone getting in the way will be blasted, but there is still room for both us and the Free Trader to leave as well - The other Scout ship also joins us before inner air lock closes, then outer airlock door opens and we all depart and move to Jump distance ASAP. The other Scout ship is in bad shape and is out last. Incoming call from Mamon, can you inform 3rd Imperium and or Darrian Confederation about this attack. We plan to do so. Excellent good luck.

A view of the flight of missiles attacking the Vagabond's Hope. Luckily all but one missed!

A vessel in system some distance away from us have launched missiles against us (800 ton) three missiles heading for us Tharbin manages to disable one of them, (Captain Vexar's men), another missile is disabled leaving one more missile which hits us. I ask for a damage report the outer hull is damaged but it has not compromised the integrity of the ship, our hull integrity has fallen from 80 to 66. Nothing else is coming for us but a largish space battle happening and troop transports are heading for the station. We finally make it to our Jump point and successfully make our Jump to Debarre. A major Zhodani force hit Iderati and the Imperium is losing the battle. Not a full blown Zhodani invasion fleet, only a secondary fleet. Masuyo determines that Flammarion may not be safe for the time being.

Cyn is making his patient comfortable, he is stable but still unconscious. Earl is debriefing the extra passengers. After two days the patient is conscious again and was a Tennis superstar several years ago, he now works for a Viscount and needs to get back to him. He is Zivinkan - while the Viscount is Viscount Iim Davide Urast of New Rome. Viscount hosting meetings in Elixabeth. Tharbin thinks he may know who the Viscount is he is checking his files and messages. The Viscount is quite high up the Nobility on Glisten and involved in politics, if interested in politics he would be known to most of us in some way shape or form- Possible forewarning of the attack? War is good for business after all. We prepare to exit Jump and head for the Gas Giant for refuelling. No objects in system that seem out of the ordinary. We contact star port control and apprise them of the situation and ask for the Planetary Governor, life and death situation, another ship emerging from Jump some distance behind us (400 tons) active scan as per protocol, Masuyo tries to identify the ship (200 tons) possible Free Trader. We land at Down port as instructed, we meet a small greeting party as we land and prepare our passengers for debarkation - The three people approach cautiously We explain about the life and death situation he introduces himself as the Planetary Governor. We have an urgent matter we need to attend to so please take these refugees off our hands and help us expedite refuelling and resupplying us. They seem to be very unprepared for our request, only have one house that acts as a bed and breakfast and it is not big enough to take them all, we suggest space is set aside in the Space port for them. The Free Trader behind us also has refugees. Refuelling is done in a couple of hours and we are ready to depart - The patient has recovered well and can leave the Med bay. We take off and make a successful Jump to 567-908.