Episode 4: The Lost Fortune

 

[Begin a Session: External factors create new danger, urgency, or importance for a quest]

It has only been about five hours since Kenzie left the Astra but it seems like a lifetime ago. Kenzie looks down at her useless hand and sighs. As Kenzie walks into the docking bay, one of the usual "workers" runs up to her.

"Raven, where ya been? You got a delivery a few hours ago. I was told you were coming for it but since you didn't show up, I loaded it onto the Lost Fortune for you. In the usual spot." the man said with a big smile on his face.

"Thanks, boy." Kenzie says as she slaps him on the back. "I've been a preoccupied for a bit." 

The man begins to drool as Kenzie slaps him on the back and Kenzie quickly moves her hand away. 

"Can I do anything else for you Raven?" the man says as his eyes wander up and down Kenzie's body.

Kenzie shudders, "No thanks, boy. I got to go. I owe you one."

Kenzie quickly enters her ship, The Lost Fortune, and seals the hatch behind her.  She opened the secret hatch that she uses for smuggling and sees the crates placed inside. 

Smiling, Kenzie closes the compartment and makes her way to the bridge and plugs in the coordinates to Wellspring Station.

"Control, this is the Lost Fortune. I am sending you my flight path and I'm requesting permission to disembark." 

"Lost Fortune, this is Control. Be warned that pirates have been spotted in the vicinity of Wellspring Station. Wellspring Control is suggesting people stay clear for a while until the problem is sorted out."

"Negative, Control. I need to get there. I have urgent business."

"What business do you have at Wellspring Lost Fortune?"

[Compel, Scoundrel, miss with a match] [pay the price: A new enemy is revealed]

"I am delivering time sensitive cargo and need to leave immediately." Kenzie says as she pounds her fist on the console. 

"Negative Lost Fortune. Prepare to be boarded. You have five minutes to open your hatch or we will blow it open."

"Frak" Kenzie screams as she runs to the cargo bay and makes sure the secret compartment is properly sealed.

[Face Danger: Miss, you fail, or a momentary success is undermined by a dire turn of events.] [Pay the Price: Your equipment malfunctions, you face a tough choice]

As Kenzie looks over the compartment controls, she notices the compart isn't fully sealed. Kenzie hits the power button to seal the compartment and the panel begins to make noises as smoke begins to pour out from behind the panel. The ships fire control system turns on and puts out the fire behind the panel.

"Frak." Kenzie mutters as she runs to the hatch and unlocks it before heading to the aft of the ship to one of the airlocks.

"I got to get out of here." Kenzie mutters to herself as she pops the airlock and climbs out of her ship onto the landing pad.

[Face danger with shadow: Strong hit +1 momentum (6)]

As Kenzie was slipping out of the docking bay, she sees the boarding party enter her ship.

"I hope you choke on something." Kenzie mutters to herself as she makes her way deeper into Legacy Settlement.

[Face Danger: miss, you fail, or a momentary success is undermined by a dire turn of events.] [Pay the Price: You create an opportunity for an enemy]

The promenade was busy at this hour. Many of the shops were filled with tourists and other people going about their daily business. Legacy Settlement was known throughout the Sector as a Trading settlement, and if you knew the right people a fully functioning Black Market. For the right price, you could get just about anything at Legacy if you knew where to look.

As Kenzie made her way through the promenade, the news vids turned on and Kenzie stopped. On the screen was a live feed of her ship and in the corner of the screen was a picture of her.

Kenzie ducked into an alley and pulled the news on her data pad.

"We are reporting live at the Legacy Docking Bay where officials were able to impound 8 metric tons of military grade weapons and illegal substances. The ship belongs to a scavenger that goes by the name Raven."

Kenzie picture was placed in the center of the screen for a few moments before going back to the live camera. 

Two armored men, carrying heavy plasma rifles, stood guard outside the hatch to the Lost Fortune as a man wearing the uniform of the Keepers walked over to the newsman.

"Keeper Ironclad. What can you tell us happened here?" The newsman said as he aims the microphone at the Keeper.

"A few days ago, a shipment of our weapons was hijacked and we tracked it to this station. The scavenger Kenzie Allen, Callsign Raven, is wanted for questioning on how this shipment made its way into her cargo hold. If anyone has information that leads to her being brought in, we will pay." The Keeper walks away afterwards.

"And there you have it." the newsman says. "If you are just tuning in. A shipment of 8 metric tons of Keeper weaponry was found in the cargo hold of the Lost Fortune. A ship belonging to the scavenger Raven. She is wanted for questioning by the keepers. We will keep you up to date on this story as it unfolds."

"You got to be shitting me." Kenzie says as leans against the wall and slumps to the ground as she turns off her data pad.

[End scene: Health 5 Spirit 5 Supply 3 Momentum 6: Ship impounded by the Keepers, Lost Fidget's shipment that she was supposed to deliver.]