Death In Space: Velocity Cursed - Session 4

 

Introduction

Having failed to repair Ezri Tungertok's robot sloth pet Mateo needs to find another way to get an audience with one of the two gang bosses.

Scene 3

The Common Area, Aurum 80, The Iron Ring, Tenebris System

Local time: 12:45 (3 hours 15 minutes until Thorn's shuttle arrives)

Chaos Factor: 5

Threads: Deal with the debt / Repair the Kulakov / Refuel the Kulakov

Characters: Salvage crew, Mira Lamassu (Old friend of Mateo), Ezri Tungertok (Union worker), The Passel Gang, Parliament Gang

Expected Scene: Try to make contact with one of the two gangs.

Testing the Expected Scene: 

D10: 1. Altered scene.

D10: 2. Add a character.

Who is this character? Checking on the NPC generator.

Ichiro Lock (Male)

Background: Gas farmer

First Impressions: Just overall creepy. Long nails, teeth and hair.

Looks: Similar clothes as one of the PCs.

Oracle question: What is Ichiro doing? (Character actions, general)

//Communicate creepy

It's crazy sometimes how Mythic seems to be aware of what's going on. I rolled the exact same descriptive word that the table in the rulebook gave me!

Oracle question: What does he talk to Mateo about? (Character conversations)

//Intense official

An official could be a member of one of the two gangs. I imagine due to his demeanor he's harbouring intense negativity towards them.

Fate question: Does he have intense negative feelings towards a gang member? (Very likely)

//20: Yes

D6: Is it someone from Parliament or The Passel? (50/50)

The Passel

Oracle question: Why does he hate this person? (Meaning tables: Actions)

//Attack release

Mateo is walking through the common area, too embarrassed to go back to Mira and tell her he failed to repair the robot sloth, when a man steps out in front of him. Long greasy hair falls over his shoulders and he wears grubby workwear like Mateo's, but he looks like he hasn't washed it in days. He has a black eye and a swollen busted lip.

"I should kill him..." The man mutters at Mateo.

Great, what now? Mateo thinks, trying to sidestep out of the man's way only for the man to put his hand on Mateo's shoulder.

"What would you do, huh? You get here ready to start a new life and some punk mugs you for all your holos!"

"I.. Er..." Mateo doesn't know how to respond, but manages to ask him what's going on.

The man who introduces himself as Ichiro explains that he recently sold his methane farm high above Gliess Gallo (the gas giant that Inauro orbits), and came to the Iron Ring to find a simple hab unit to live out the rest of his days around other people, having grown tired of the solitary life of a gas farmer. He had a run in with a member of The Passel gang who control the power output in the Aurum sector, and was beaten and robbed of all his savings.

"I guess you'll be wanting to get back at the Passel then?" Mateo asks.

"Damn right I do."

Fate question: Does Ichiro have a plan to get revenge on the Passel gang? (Likely)

//41: Yes

Ichiro tells Mateo that the Passel will be hearing from him soon, and they're not going to like what's coming to them. Then he slips away into the crowd.

Thread added: Ichiro Lock wants revenge against The Passel.

Mateo decides to go to the big bar, the Tsurutsuru. He climbs the stairs to the third floor of the scaffolding in the common area and enters the crowded, dimly lit bar.

Fate question: Is Mira here? (Nearly certain)

//16: Extreme yes

Before he can order a drink he's accosted yet again, this time by both Mira and Ezri, the latter of whom is not at all happy to see him.

"And here he is now, the pisser!" Ezri says as she walks up to Mateo alongside Mira, a scowl on her face.

"Look, ladies-" Mateo begins to speak but is cut off.

"I tell her you can fix anything and then you go and mess it up!" Mira says.

"It was a prototype robot with custom components that were never mass produced, there was nothing I could do." He protests.

"Yeah, well now there's nothing I can do to help you get in with either of the gangs which is the only way you're gonna get your ship fixed." Mira shoots back. Ezri pulls her towards the door, but as she leaves she whispers in Mateo's ear that Hina, the owner of this place has access to ship fuel.

One thing at a time, he thinks, before asking around to see if he can make a connection with one of the two gangs.

//Ability check: Savvy

Spending 1 void point to gain advantage

5 +0 SAV = 5. Failure.

+1 void point

He spends half an hour trying to strike up conversations with people around the bar but no one is interested in talking to him. So instead he buys a moonshine (-4 holos. 13 holos remaining), and tries to sweet talk the bartender into letting him speak to Hina Tsurutsuru, the owner.

//Ability check: Savvy

Spending 1 void point to gain advantage

19 +0 SAV = 19. Success!

Mateo manages to persuade the bartender to send him through into Hina's office out back after he tells him he's got a proposal that she won't be able to resist, but it's for her ears only. The bartender leads him towards an airlock behind the bar and tells him to get in. For a moment Mateo thinks he's made some kind of faux pas only known to the locals and is about to be spaced for his insolence, but then the door opens and he's greeted by the sight of a woman slumped behind a desk.

End of Scene 3

Update Lists: Added "Ichiro Lock wants revenge against The Passel." 

Adjust Chaos Factor: +1. New chaos factor is 6.

Character Advancement: +1XP gained (Used at least one void point)