PD-S04 “Anybody home?”

PCs:

Jordan - “Metal” Miles Rockbell, engineer

Stephen - Trebiano “Treb” Tuscano, marine

Kim - Joni CRID106, crisis response android

Martina - Nadia Zorovich, exobiologist

Paul - Gnat, android

Michael - Alec, pilot

Alaina - Laika Weaver, miner

Highlights

the crew delivered Batu (the missing local they found bound and beaten up in the Lucky Flight casino) to his family, the owners of a small bodega called “Snacks + Smokes”

Batu’s family was grateful and offered the crew: 1) Swedish meatballs, 2) a rent-free basement room, 3) a 25% discount at the bodega in perpetuity

the crew laid low for several days to let the heat die down

Alec got involved with some street racing which cut through the hydroponic farms run by the Solarian church, and ended up damaging some of the food vats which led to: 1) him being wanted by the Solarians, and 2) getting a glimpse of the Solarian drug production labs

after some discussion the crew decided to take on a corporate job Gnat had a lead on through his employer

the job was to check on the Samsa VI colony, which had apparently been unresponsive for about seven months

flush with their advance money and excited at the prospect of a real corporate payday, the crew bought some gear and prepared to travel via executive transport to the Samsa system

the crew boarded J2C-1 The Metamorphosis and we’re introduced to their mission operations manager, Maas.

after three weeks of cryosleep, the crew arrived at Samsa VI and took a dropship to the surface

despite severe tropical storms, the crew made it safely to the landing site at Greta Base

after some preliminary investigation, the crew discovered the bisected body of PFC Olsson outside the Garage module

the crew forced entry to the Garage and discovered Sgt Abara standing in a waterlogged hole, digging, unresponsive to communication attempts and seemingly covered in small cuts

the garage also contained an APC, which Treb found was unlocked. Within, an apparently traumatized base engineer sat muttering to himself. He was covered in small cuts, wearing a tinfoil hat, and clutching a primed frag grenade….

“Are you here to take me home? I must rejoin the work…”

end of session!