Session 2

January 1, 3200

John Tucker: 5000 credits to get on ship

Fairly nervous individual, recently bought shotgun, but is less nervous now

Still things of value: paperweight decoration things (look like knick-knacks) thrown in boxes, decoration things and rings of paper

John’s been getting messages from different random non-addresses that seem to insinuate they know where he lives, a lot of death threats (prompted hiring of us). Not sure if he feels safe here, but doesn’t know safer places.

Isaac: sneak onto ship?

John: Docks would be a place they’d expect him, praying “they” don’t know when he’s leaving.

Isaac: fake paper trail to suggest different ship to leave on?

John: Doesn’t have political contacts anymore to access dock manifests.

Reclamation zones are where people go to duel and die, gang activity happens frequently due to lack of police patrols.

Contact expected tomorrow at the earliest, can leave whenever.

This apartment is 5-6 room apartment, he’s used to living large.

Corvus sends people. Aegis friends can’t receive messages in hyperspace.

Rowan knows some places/people for spreading word-of-mouth via gossip, and knows Corvus mercenary bars.

John has fop for grav truck (upper class make, Merdedes).

Plan:

·      Jed (dressed up as John Tucker) drives grav truck with Aqui to nearby spaceport

·      Everyone else escorts John back to ship, flies to nearby spaceport

·      Rowan spread info that John is making a run for a different nearby spaceport

John has untucked button up and wrinkled slacks, trench coat and winter clothes in closet

Worn-out nice clothing (John had for the longest, can’t really sell it, not in fashion anymore)

Space port couple of hours away

John Tucker rumor that he’s leaving for a safe house in the next city over.

The only reason they want him in the first place is to get back at him for a career of blocking them at every opportunity he could, kept them out of ship security jobs and made it part of his mission in politics. “They don’t deserve to protect anyone”.

Asclepius: “We’re like the health bureau, for psychics”. Rowan worked in the brain guard (anti psychic bodyguards, CCRN admirals had brain guards on their ships)

Was with “the institute” for awhile, but he doesn’t like to talk about them. “They’re mean”

Janick talks to doorman who was paid to lie: 25 credit buyoff, café across the street has regular attendees the last few days that “didn’t want the doorman to notice them”

Pumpkin spice latte only coffee drink that survived into the future. Loralei goes into coffee shop by the elevator, orders cheapest coffee, and pulls the fire alarm.

Rowan spreads rumor about still trying to find a ship, being a brain guard for John Tucker before who tells Rowan that he’s leaving for a different port.

Jed/Aqui leave, intercepted by two gravbikes after 5-10 minutes, cut right down an alley and start to try to break away

Lorelai/Janick/John take side exit out to street. Sirens presumably going to café, but two people looking at apartment. Take a subway to the dock.

Jed/Aqui lose one gravcycle tail, but get shot up a bit by the other. Drive into the gravbike and make it crash.

Lorelai/Janick/John get into subway car, scare one guy away into other car because they’re loaded. One guy and one gal slip into subway just as its about to leave (same people from the café). Girl says “we are just trying to get John, we don’t want trouble with anyone else, we just want someone who’s been causing us grief for years and has some karma coming”. Tried to work out a deal?

Janick kills girl with spike thrower, Lorelai has futuristic sword that unfolds to about 2.5 feet in length.

Bijou returns back to ship, finds 5 people poking around asking “is this your ship?”

Subways run because they have to, but cameras probably aren't working. The planet is falling apart because people are trying to seize power, not maintain order. You can have races and shootouts without repercussions.