Quote from: pbj44;762588Filing into the farmhouse you catch glimpses of the former occupants lives as you pass through hallways glancing in passing at the dusty family pictures on the wall.

Once in the kitchen the leader opens a cellar door and descends down the dark stepway. As you move down the steps he lights an oil lantern and points to a table with several chairs around it.

"Sit down."

Once you sit down he seats himself and lights a cigar from the oil lantern.

"Drink?"

He takes a swig from a dusty jug and passes it to you.

"My name is McManus."

He nods to a man behind you who brings a briefcase to the table and opens it - exposing stacks of bundled credits.

"There's your money for the guns and ammunition. My understanding from your employer is that 50K of it belongs to you. That's fine. I want to offer you a new contract for a specific job."

"I want you to commit an act of terrorism."

Travis reaches for the jug, takes a shot...sits down the jug, looks over at him..."Tell me enough to not jeopardize the plan, but enough to give to my crew for approval, fair enough??"

He nods, "Boss Krag has ruled this area for as long as anyone can remember. In case you're wondering, this is my family's old homestead. They are long dead now, murdered by Boss Krag. I come here sometimes to visit their shades."

He leans forward staring at you intently.

"Boss Krag is a maniac holding this whole region hostage. He is able to do so because of a vast communications net that gives him real-time intelligence and comms with all of his underlings. We plan to strike him back - Hard! Every man here has lost family to this lunatic. It must end now."

"But in order for this strike to succeed we must bring that net down - Isolate his men, keep Boss Krag from coordinating. We are willing to pay for your help. Yes, we have done terrible things while resisting the boss. This war must end and we need your help to have a fighting chance."

"Will you help us?"

Quote from: pbj44;762600He nods, "Boss Krag has ruled this area for as long as anyone can remember. In case you're wondering, this is my family's old homestead. They are long dead now, murdered by Boss Krag. I come here sometimes to visit their shades."

He leans forward staring at you intently.

"Boss Krag is a maniac holding this whole region hostage. He is able to do so because of a vast communications net that gives him real-time intelligence and comms with all of his underlings. We plan to strike him back - Hard! Every man here has lost family to this lunatic. It must end now."

"But in order for this strike to succeed we must bring that net down - Isolate his men, keep Boss Krag from coordinating. We are willing to pay for your help. Yes, we have done terrible things while resisting the boss. This war must end and we need your help to have a fighting chance."

"Will you help us?"

"I think my people just might be interested...can I talk to them???"

He nods, "Take the money and go. Talk it over and come back."

Quote from: pbj44;762838He nods, "Take the money and go. Talk it over and come back."

OK, will have an answer soon, but all comms on this will be face-to-face, don't need anybody else listening in..." Travis heads back...placing the whole briefcase in his personal safe, one Sanke can't get into...then calls a meeting.

Violet and Sanke file in to the conference table and sit down.

Violet looks over, "What's up?"

I start with playing back the recording I made ...

Quote from: pbj44;762600He nods, "Boss Krag has ruled this area for as long as anyone can remember. In case you're wondering, this is my family's old homestead. They are long dead now, murdered by Boss Krag. I come here sometimes to visit their shades."

"Boss Krag is a maniac holding this whole region hostage. He is able to do so because of a vast communications net that gives him real-time intelligence and comms with all of his underlings. We plan to strike him back - Hard! Every man here has lost family to this lunatic. It must end now."

"But in order for this strike to succeed we must bring that net down - Isolate his men, keep Boss Krag from coordinating. We are willing to pay for your help. Yes, we have done terrible things while resisting the boss. This war must end and we need your help to have a fighting chance."

"Will you help us?"

I'm inclined to help, but want to hear from you guys first, before I make my decision...

(OOC - Do I need to get technical on what I had assumed was the tech and capabilities of some of my equipment??)

Sanke frowns, "I say we get out of here, this ain't our problem."

Violet rolls her eyes, "Do you have to be such a dick? I say we help them!"

They both look at you.

Violet murmurs, "Okay, you have the deciding vote."

Quote from: pbj44;763287Sanke frowns, "I say we get out of here, this ain't our problem."

Violet rolls her eyes, "Do you have to be such a dick? I say we help them!"

They both look at you.

Violet murmurs, "Okay, you have the deciding vote."

"Well, as I've already cast my vote...we now need a plan..."

Thinks a minute..."OK, Prep the High-Berth Deck, it's isolated from the rest of the ship, I'm going to invite McManus and a select few to come in to figure out a plan..."

Travis heads back out...

McManus is waiting for you. "What is your answer?"

Quote from: pbj44;763315McManus is waiting for you. "What is your answer?"

Travis smiles..."Come on back to the ship with just your primary, inner circle men...we have a nice secure space to talk..."

McManus and five of his men trudge on board the ship and file in to the passenger lounge and take seats. Violet brings in cups of coffee on a tray along with a bottle of whiskey.

The men stare at her hard...

Quote from: pbj44;763484McManus and five of his men trudge on board the ship and file in to the passenger lounge and take seats. Violet brings in cups of coffee on a tray along with a bottle of whiskey.

The men stare at her hard...

Travis looks at the Men, then at Violet, then back at the men..."Back Off guys, she's mine..."

He projects the Map of Freemont, sits down, OK, Talk...

McManus takes a pull from the bottle, "We have to keep this simple. We know for a fact that Krag needs repairs to his water facility. You will be given just the type of materials that he needs. You will land in the city and he is sure to come to you for trading. You need to get invited into his compound and then do some snooping around and find that comm center. Well?"

Quote from: pbj44;763616McManus takes a pull from the bottle, "We have to keep this simple. We know for a fact that Krag needs repairs to his water facility. You will be given just the type of materials that he needs. You will land in the city and he is sure to come to you for trading. You need to get invited into his compound and then do some snooping around and find that comm center. Well?"

"Hmmm, let me think a minute..."

(OOC - OK, low tech world, they would probably use current real world radio tech, thus the questions to be answered...using my ships sensors, I should be able to detect where the comm center is located at...basic Direction Finding by looking for RF sources...what do I find??? Where at on the map is it??)