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Stars & Salvage PBF - IC Thread
UltimateChaos:
"Well, let's take a look at what we know. First of all, the locals have shown no interest in a large sum of money. Greed is a base trait of all humanity, only trumped by survival. The locals know or suspect something but are unwilling to volunteer that information to the Federation. Secondly, why is the Federation getting involved? The locals obviously didn't ask for their help in finding the missing ships, so what possible desire would the Federation have for locating them? Thirdly, they jumped TO this system captain, TO this system. They must have been expected somewhere."
Mental gears whirring, Dr. Shelder started to pace back and forth. "Now, what do we get when we tie all these clues together? Keep in mind that they offer was only posted six days ago while the vessels have been missing for thirteen. Obviously, the vessels were expected to arrive within 7 days to their destination or no bounty would have been posted. I suspect an organization large enough to cause the locals to be afraid and entrenched enough to have eluded the Federation and reduced them to hounds sniffing after ships."
Federation hounds, those damned Federation curs! They will pay dearly for their betrayal. "In fact, I suspect this job is a bit more dangerous than we initially realized. However, our best bet is to find their approximate entry point based off of their jump-exit signatures and find any docking points within a seven days travel. Then we investigate those points, that is clearly the best course of action."
"Carrion, could you let us know if you detect their communication signatures at all during our search? There's a good chance at least one of these ships will be giving off an SOS signal if foul play befell any of them. "
Xander Morhaime:
"Confirmation: I will alert you to any transmissions received. Warning: It should be noted that the ship's sensors are on an extended array, and while this provides an improved scanning range and performance while extended, they are far less effective while retracted... and fast movement with them extended has a 93.21% chance of causing serious damage to the array. Summary: It is unlikely we will simply overhear a lifeboat beacon while travelling around," Carrion explained.
Malek Deneith:
- "Well, assuming we can figure out their intended destination we could plan our search route with stops along the way in places that would allow us to do full scans of the area. It'd be slow, and still far from perfect, but it's better than relying on lower efficiency of on-the-move scans." - Doran responded - "What bothers me is lack of information. The classified ship specs, the fact that Doctor just mentioned that Federation got involved AND tried to keep the whole thing quiet until they decided they need help. This whole deal begins to stink."
UltimateChaos:
"The greater the stink, the easier it is for the nose to follow." Vince responds, seemingly unconcerned with the growing danger of the operation.
"Carrion, if you will, could you give us the approximate jump-exit coordinates of the missing ships as well as all viable docking berths within seven days travel from the jump-exit signatures at a standard speed?"
Xander Morhaime:
"Calculating... Result: Displaying jump-point navigation beacon," Carrion said, the holographic display of the system being enriched by a blinking dot, a good distance "above" the orbit planes of the system's planets. "Travel time from current location: one hour, twenty three minutes. Known docking berths: Parthia IV station, Lyskel jump gate, Estiad jump gate. Other possibilities include planetary surface landings or unregistered asteroid stations. Report ends."
"Summary: If the ships in question have docked anywhere in this system, they have not done so at any registered and monitored site. Further orders?"
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