Aboard the Opal Star

The first part of the fight is over, but it looks like there is more to come. Trigger suspected they would try something like this, so he set a trap for them. He sees this as his chance to get a leg up on Whisper so he can have his way in the underworld. 

He monologues. The party ignores him. Then he sicks the robot, a Hunter Kanasi, on them. So starts another fight, and this one may be for their lives.

Including special guest Jake Page as Scorpia Lothrick.

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The party makes their way to the main part of the compound to find several guards in a wide-open room. Faridah comes up with a charade that gets them a good way into the room before the guards start firing. Then it becomes an all-out gun battle, with Vae investigating the strange robot in the corner. 

Including special guest Jake Page as Scorpia Lothrick.

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Now that they have found the facility, they need to find a way to deal with the guard. They also need to hide his body, obscure the camera, break into the door, and not get blown up in the process. 

Then they need to take care of any security inside, starting with the guard room. Faridah uses her new friend to cause some mayhem so they won't notice being locked in, or the fact that their communications are being jammed.

Including special guest Jake Page as Scorpia Lothrick.

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The time has come to ruin Trigger's day. 

The party joins up with Scorpia (played by Jake Page) to take out the blackmail vault while the rest of the crew hijacks his weapon's shipment. Meria helped arrange for them to have access to special equipment that should make the job easier. After some discussion, they agree to take the back entrance so they can take out the guards sooner, rather than later.

But first, they have to deal with the guard out front.

After Faridah befriends a squirrel.

Including special guest Jake Page as Scorpia Lothrick.

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Faridah and Vaelena research Dottie to see if they can find where she is now, without a lot of luck. Thankfully, Meria had better luck gathering information from Whisper about his interest in protecting the crew. Between that and the information from Sash's stolen data ripper, which Tali and Nell are processing, they are able to find two possible targets to take Trigger down a peg or two. 

Once he loses his influence, he will become less of a threat. They can either take out his stash of blackmail, which is how he holds so much sway, or they can steal a massive shipment he recently arranged. Either option will diminish his credibility and his support. If they can pull off both at the same time, it could ruin him. 

It won't be easy, but after a conversation with Sash, Anima decides she is going after the blackmail. Because there are people in that vault and she has to make sure they are safe. Spectra and the rest of the crew will hijack the shipment.

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Meria has gathered more information on Whisper, though she is still unsure who on the ship he is trying to protect. Sandro is an enigma to even those who know them, but his ultimate goal is to keep the criminal underworld from cannibalizing itself.

Valdemar Bentsen (aka Trigger) is much more interested in claiming power for himself. His moves are causing waves that could send Sandro's empire toppling down. 

Anima gets Vae and Faridah's help to see if, together, they can uncover Dottie's full name.

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Anima continues to see what information she can find on her donor. 

While our new guest continues to appear nonthreatening, it seems she has a tool given by hackers to people they hire to do their dirty work. The crew spends some time debating how to get the data ripper away from Sash without her knowing. 

Meria comes in with some more information on Whisper, the mysterious and powerful individual with an inexplicable interest in making sure they survive. 

They don't trust him yet, and they still don't trust Sash. 

After the first attempt to get the data ripper away fails, Anima tries a more straightforward approach. It proves more helpful than they could have expected.

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Now rather suspicious of the new guest, who is thoroughly locked in quarantine, Vae and Spectra work together to corroborate her story. Meanwhile, Tali is sent in to see what she can learn while talking her ear off (and saying nothing at the same time). 

From what they can tell, Sash is not a threat, though they still have questions as to her trustworthiness. 

Meria has been in contact with a person who may be able to help them with their bounty situation. This individual seems oddly concerned with their safety, and at the moment she does not know what their stake is in this situation. So she is vetting them to see how trustworthy they are.

Before going to bed, Anima fixes some tea that ends up unlocking an unexpected memory. She remembers her donor.

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In the light of a heightening bounty situation, their newest unexpected addition has everyone on edge. It could be a trap. Or they could lay a trap of their own. 

Faridah proposes the idea of dangling information as the bait to lure out whoever could possibly be behind the bounty. They bat the idea back and forth, thinking through different approaches and problems they could run into. 

Meanwhile, it seems their guest is up to something.

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After learning that her family has supposedly disappeared, Faridah shares that her father's favorite pass time was finding ways to disappear. Being a general in the Federation and married to a non-human made him unpopular, so he made sure to always have contingencies. Chances are, the rest of his people will be disappearing as well. 

The clue her mother left behind points to Ondus, the Promethean homeworld. While they are discussing her family, Spectra warns the party that they have discovered a damaged escape pod nearby. The crew are obviously concerned and distrusting of this, but Spectra discovers that if not allowed in the occupant of the pod will likely suffocate. The Valna is brought on board and set up in the quarantine bay, where she can be monitored and kept secure.

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