Traveller Session 28

Game Date: 324-1105
Location: Smoug

A map of the local jump map around Smoug

A blue bipefdal creature wreathed in some kind of white light. The creature has claws and a crazy grin

Artist's impression using the description of the creature as described by Earl.

Earl - Finds captains logs but they are encrypted. He transfers logs to our systems and then looks at external logs which show the ship was aiming at Wardn but does not land at the SP, it flies over the Scout Base and some farm land before landing. Some of the crew plus the Droyne leave and disappear from view for a time then reappear with one of the creatures we encountered on 886-945. They enter ship and take off we then we see the crash. He then searches the ship from fore to stern trying to grab whatever he can, no other bodies are found. The Captain asks us all to look at the footage from Wardn asking if anyone can see the blue creature. No is answer. He checks in on me and the Droyne warrior, then he tries to decrypt data from Captains logs.

Chase - Unloading vodka and finds strange L shaped thing which he picks up and takes with him.

Masuyo - Is completing claim form for salvage. Droyne warrior appears to be going to sleep. She stays with him.

Junebug- Is on a gurney heading for Med-Bay.

Cyndariel - Tends to Junebugs injury, then she looks at the strange item Chase brought in with him but her priority is Junebug. Cyn also wants to have a look at the bodies we brought back. She sets up a scan on the strange item and checks on Junebug who is cuddled up with Kimbley on the Med bed. She also wants to check on the Droyne warrior.

An L-shaped object made of some kind of metal. It vaguely looks like some kind of implement, maybe a large key

The L-shaped object

The item is broken but carbon dating shows it is several hundred thousand years old. Cyn's research comes back with some kind of Ancient artifact, she collates and saves the information. Cyn checks on Droyne, it seems to have slipped into some form of unconsciousness, possibly some form of Hibernation? Decision made to transfer it to Med-Bay. Junebug is recovering and will fully recover by end of Jump. Unfortunately Droyne dies during the night.

Fiorana - I am dismantling the turrets from the downed ship and it is going OK. I have a strange dream the same night as the Droyne warrior dies [The Droyne shares his memory with you. His oytrip (normally a group of six Droyne) has been loyal to Tsyamoykyo (apparently an individual of some kind of superior Droyne). After a time in cold sleep half of his oytrip was awoken and assigned to look after some men (which he associates with servitors of Tsyamoykyo). After several Jumps the oytrip and the leader of the men left the ship and interacted with a base of one of Tsyamoykyo's enemies. They returned to the ship and left. Shortly after that the men attacked the oytrip. His leader and go‑fer died. The Droyne wiped out the humans and their weapons but then had no-one to control the ship. It's computer acted on its default program - completing the jump and landing (badly) on this moon.] I share this dream with the crew the next morning. I carry out research on the proper fitting & integration of the Laser turrets so I can check after work is completed.

Tharbin - Scans the area and finds where the object came from and it appears the Droyne warrior dropped it. He asks Chase to tell Cyn to quarantine it in case it is explosive. Plans our next jump. We have some trouble plotting a successful jump to Olympia, passive scan show nothing and we finally plot the jump. He looks at the back plot from the Zhodani ship, they did not stop at any SP's and planned to refuel at Gas Giant at Smoug. No plans to land anywhere.

The Artifact we found may be a Droyne Ancestral Artifact? Possibly it is a key for the Ancient site at Warden? We plan to hand the artifact over to the Scout Base. From what we can piece together, it appears that the Zhodani crew may have mutinied and killed the Droyne while in Jump but missed one who got revenge by killing the Zhodani causing the ship to follow default programming by landing (badly) on the moon at Smoug?.

Cyn shares her research with us and all formation points to us handing the artifact over to the authorities at earliest opportunity and we also plan to isolate it so it cannot draw any energy from any external source. Masuyo asks me for a Faraday cage to lock the item away and securing it inside one of the fuel tanks.

We take our stations for Jump exit which is performed smoothly, we head for the planet for refuelling, permission given to land, we order 20 tons of fuel @21000 credits, Masuyo asks about a night life planet side with any bars: There is one bar so Masuyo plans to ask if they want our Vodka.

Small world 1,000 population ,low gravity and respirators required.

11,000 credits for the Vodka.

There is a letter (in Zhodani) apparently addressed to Qinchriadriashav (The head of the Zhodani Consulate for the local sector based at Chronor). It describes the concerns from the captain outlining his fears and worries about the mission he has been assigned. He concludes by saying: How can anyone believe that there is an unknown Ancient site at Wardn and that it can be activated? I still believe this mission to be either illegal or unauthorised by the Consulate (or both). I beg that you investigate how this mission was set into motion.