1x01 - A Warm Welcome

General Summary

Vomit, headaches and confusion: this is what greeted the crew of The Drunken Bitch once in Melik. As it seems someone was already awaiting for them on the other side of the gate, and took no time to open fire.   The AI of the ship, Den.io was forced to emergency break the cryostasis of the crew members. With slowness but steadiness the group was able to gain control of the various stations of the ship, while their body and minds began unfreezing. The unknown aggressor was rapidly outran, not before receiving few hit and a big question: who did they bothered this time?   Recovering from the few exciting minutes, they started to put the pieces together. Looking in the data chip, they discovered a registration from Zubin Rouhani , describing what he want them to do. “My dears, I’m sure this job can be quite profitable for both of us. If you didn’t read the news in the past months, I suggest you to update yourself asap. Just know that many factions are trying to gain something for this system, and I would like a small piece of cake myself. Gain a foothold in the system, build a network of friends and contacts, see what’s going on. I’m going to put your network to good use in a few cycles. Then, be ready to receive few of my agents: I will need you to… take care of a valuable cargo they will bring to you.”   With few information on what’s going on, and a lot less birr on their pocket since they started the voyage, the crew moved to the small beacon of civilization of this little system: Shepard Terminal . Docked, they were blocked by a small group of guards, awaiting them outside. And the sneer in their sergent’s face didn’t promise anything good...