Introduction

Another week where we've completed a whole episode in a session, even if it was a long one in the end. If this keeps up then you're going to rapidly catch up to what I have transcribed, but it also means we'd only have 11 more sessions until the end of the game..(Possibly 12 depending on how I feel about attempting Episode 1 of season 4). 

It also means I need to advise James that Six takes a sabatical at the end of the next episode, which will be episode 3.  Now given I've introduced Alternate-Nyx, and Leon, these are 2 options for you to play.. There is a 3rd which comes up in episode 3.

As previously I'm not adding what happend in the secret squirrel to the log. It's up to Five to divulge what happened should she so wish, and assuming you ask her. There was a partial hint right at the end of the session.

It doesn't have to be like this..

I had hoped we'd pick up exactly where we left things as per last weeks log, but it appears nobody bothered to read it and Real Life conspired to ensure that Jon hadn't got his character sheet or read it. This meant a delay whilst I tried to get a resolution as to what exactly they wanted to do vis Nyx, Milo, and Leon. I still have no idea why people would think Leon is any form of threat, or Alt-Nyx for that matter. Alt-Nyx and Milo are currently just trying to get their bearings on what is different in this reality compared to their own, and where you lot all fit into the picture.

Eventually we moved on to the start of episode 2, although with people not remembering events for how everything started 18 months ago definately didn't help. With the right prompts we move into Five going hunting in Four's memories for some form of clue as to where Ryo might have taken the Blink Drive. After several hours and a severe headache she finds an interesting memory.

The young Ryo, aged about 13 is involved in a history lesson relating to the history of the Ashieda house, only he is distracted by a data tablet he has just acquired from his father.
Teku: "The House of Ashieda has an unbroken liniage dating back over 400 years. While other Dynasties and Corporate Overlords have come and gone Ashieda has remained.
Teku: Why do you think that is?
Ryo(Five) is studying a tablet.
Teku: (Stikes table with cane) "Ryo!"
Ryo(Five) "Yes Sensei?"
Teku: "Am I boring you?"
Ryo(Five) "No Sensei"
Teku: "Then please answer the question."
Ryo(Five) looks completely blank
Teku: "You do know what the question was don't you?"
Ryo(Five) "No. I apologize."
Teku: "So you're not instersted in your family's bloodline?"
Ryo(Five) "No. I mean yes of course. it's just.." (pause) "Its all in the past."

Teku: (Pointing the cane at the tablet) "And what is that? The Future?"
Ryo(Five) "Yes."
       (Hands the tablet to Teku) "Its the specifications for the new research facility my father is building. Zairon's best scientists will go there to develop weapon, shield, and engine technologies for the fleet."
Teku: "There's no star system at these coordinates."
Ryo(Five) "It's deep in the Lankar Nebula where our enemies will never find it."
Teku: "You know Ryo, one day you'll be Emperor, and for all our sakes I hope you understand there's more to holding an Empire together than weapons and ships."

Five exits the memory, returning to Med Bay where Lisa and Two are waiting for her. She has the mother of all headaches.
Five "I got it. I think I know where he took the Blink Drive."

The scene now shifts to the conference room..

Lisa "The coordinates place the facility in the Lankar nebula. Difficult to access."
Two "And even harder to find. I think that's the whole idea"
Lisa "Depending on how long we intend to stay in the vicinity, we'll have to divert power to the shields."
Six "Hang on a sec.We don't even know for sure the Blink Drive is there."
Five "That research station is the most important Military Facility in the entire Ashieda Empire. At least that's the way Ryo remembered it."
Two "We know he's trying to replicate the technology for his fleet. Any way it's the only lead we have."
Three "What kind of defenses can we expect?"
Lisa "Impossible to say."
Three "Ships?"
Two "I doubt it. The facility is obviously designed to withstand any radiation from the Nebula. Any any ships that are in the area would just have the same problems as us. They wouldn't stay for long."
Lisa "They're obviously relying on stealth and secrecy."
Two "Which gives us the advantage. We take out their defenses, board the station, grab the device, and get the hell out of there, before they have a chance to call for reinforcements."

What is of course handwaved in the series is exactly how far away the Lankar Nebula is, to make it 'remote'. Logically it would need to be on the "far" side of Zairon space such that Zairon's enemies would be likely to either go looking for it or even think there might be something there. For game purposes I allocated a 60Ly distance to it's location, which at crusing speed for the Razza makes it a 15day trek (each way).

We now jump forward to the Razza emerging from FTL in the Lankar Nebula. With no Ashieda ships in sight the Razza moves to attack the station Lisa taking out several of the Stations guns. The station returns fire.
Lisa "They're returning Fire."
Five "Shields are holding"
Three "You didn't think it was going to be that easy did you?"
Two "Hit them again. Target weapons only."
Lisa "Targeting weapons."
Lisa takes out the station's remaining weapons.

Lisa "That's it their weapons are down."
Two "Open a channel"
Lisa "Go Ahead."
Two "Ashieda research facility this is the Razza. Your weapons are down and you're at our mercy. Open your main shuttle bay so we can board."
(pause) "If you don't comply we will destroy you."
Station Scientist "We know who you are Razza. And we know why you're here. Destroy us and you lose your prize."
Lisa "Transmission Terminated."
Two "Scan for compatible air locks."
Lisa "Understood."
Three "By now they've probably called for reinforcements, we're on the clock here boss."
Two "We've still got time."
Three "You don't know how far away their closest ship is. They could be here in minutes."
Two "Not likely"
Three "Come on! Just admit it you're winging it on this one. Not a critisism, kinda like it."
Five "Even if we find a compatible airlock for the Marauder to dock, how do we get the inner doors open?"
Three "Trust me kid, that's the easy part."

Two, Three, Six, and Seven board the Marauder. They depart the Razza and dock with one of the compatible airlocks.

Three uses breaching charges to blow the airlock, giving them access to the station. As they enter the station they stun the 3 "stunned" Ashieda guards. They look more like armed technicans than actual guards. Six remains on the Marauder incase any of the Ashieda guards double back in an attempt to cut them off.

Cut scene back to the bridge of the Razza.
Lisa "I'm picking up some unusual energy readings eminating from the station."
Five "Something to do with the Nebula may be?"
Lisa "I don't think so."
Five "Wait a minute, you don't think they'd try to use the drive do you?"

Back on the Marauder Six is getting his own set of unusual readings and the outside view has changed somewhat.
Six "Guys, we've got a slight problem"
Two "What's wrong?"
Six "I don't even know how to describe it.."

Six "The nebula is gone. So are the stars, so's everything. It's just empty white nothing all around us"
Three (to Two) "Has he been drinking?"
Two "What do you mean 'Nothing'?"
Six "I know it sounds crazy but I'm staring at it right now."
Two "Blink Drive, they used it and screwed up."
Three "Sounds familiar"
Six "This isn't some alternate reality. This is just nowhere."
Two "Razza do you read?"
(No response)
"Razza do you copy?"
(No response)
Six "I told you there's nothing out there. Not even the Razza."
Two "The Blink Drive got us here, my bet is that it can get us back. Mission stays the same. We go for the drive."
Six "Roger that"

Cut scene back to the bridge of the Razza
Five "Where do you suppose they went?"
Lisa "The most likely place would be Zairon."
Five "Then we have to go after them."
Lisa "Even if we're right it would take us 6 days to get there and there would be an overwhelming force waiting for us."
Five "We have to do something."
Lisa (appearing slightly distracted or concentrating on something else)
Five "What"
Lisa "I'm detecting an anomalous energy signature. Its coming from the position recently vacated by the station."
Five "Show me."
Lisa Plots the data on the Nav console overlay
Five "Have you ever seen anything like this before?"
Lisa "No. Normal Blink Drive operation leaves very little in the way of residual energy. Nothing compared to this."
Five "Maybe it wasn't a normal jump. Maybe they didn't go where they wanted to."
Lisa "Maybe its simply a malfunction in the sensor array, as a result of continued exposure within the nebula."
Five "Alright I'll go down and check the array. In the meantime, run that data through every analytical model you have. If it can tell us anything about what happened or where they went I want to know."
Lisa "Understood"
Five heads towards the lower Forward engineering deck before collapsing.

Cutscene back to the Research Station. Two, Three, and Seven have been making their way through the station, and dispatched the 3 other guard units.
Six "We've got a new problem. Where ever we are its collapsing."
Two "Are you sure?"
Six "I've double checked the readings. What ever that white wall is out there it's coming towards us"
Two "We've got to move, get the Blink Drive and get the hell out of here before it hits."

They turn the next corner to find Ryo waiting for them.

Three "Son of a bitch."
Ryo "Two, Three, Welcome."
Two "We're here for the Blink Drive. Where is it?"
Three switches from his stun rifle to his auto pistol.
Ryo "It's in the Lab in the central hub of the station, but I'm afraid this is as close as you're going to get to it."
Three "If we have to move through you don't think we'll hesistate."
Ryo "Of course not but shooting me would hardly make a difference. I've innitiated a full lockdown of the station magnetically sealing all bulkheads."
Three "We already blew through your airlock, we can blow through those doors to."
Ryo "Maybe, but there are three more sets, just like this one between here and the lab, how much explosives did you bring?"
Two looks at Three
Three "Shit"
Ryo "Now, do you have any idea where we are? What's happened to us"
Two "You used the Blink Drive with unexpected results."
Ryo "It got us here and it can get us back. So stand down and let my scientists finish recalibrating the Drive. When we return to Zairon, you'll be released" (Three laughs) "You have my word."
Three "Like that's worth anything."
Voice of a station Scientist cuts in on the Station Broadcast Channel.
Dr Borsin  "Emperor can you hear me."
Ryo "Go ahead"
Dr Borsin "The edge of the Null Space bubble has reached the outer limits of the station."
Ryo (looking concearned) "What effect is it having?"
Dr Borsin "It's anniahilating everything in its path."
Two and Three look at each other
Ryo "What about decompression?"
Dr Borsin "It's not a vacuum, its just a wall of nothingness."
Six "Guys we've got a new problem here"
Two "Let me guess, the outer edges of the station are being eaten away?"
Six "yeah, pretty soon if it keeps coming I'm going to have a big problem."
Three (Whispering to Two) "If we lose the Marauder there's no way off this station even if we get back to normal space."
Dr Borsin "What about the other scientists?"
Ryo "What about them?"
Dr Borsin "They're all in a hab pod on an outer limb of the station. They don't have much time."
Ryo Shakes his head
Dr Borsin "You have to release the lockdown so they can move out and into the inner hub."
Ryo "I'm sorry Dr Borsin I can't do that. If I did that there'd be nothing to stop these intruders from making their way to the lab, shooting you both and taking the Blink Drive for themselves."
Two "Four, Ryo, It doesn't have to be like this. Drop the lock down, let Six take the Marauder into the Central Hub Docking Bay, We will get you people off."
Ryo "No"
Two "We've calibated the Blink Drive to the Marauder's Engines before, we can make this work. It's our best chance to get everyone out of here."
Ryo "And you'd have the Drive and I can't allow that."
Two "They're you own people."
Ryo "And their sacrifice will be remembered."
Two disbelieving
Three "You're one cold bastard you know that!"
Ryo says nothing
Two "There's nothing we can do or say to make you change your mind?"
Ryo "No. I'm afraid not."
Two "Then you're no good to us are you." (Three raises his pistol and fires 4 times.)
Ryo's clone collapses. Three puts a bullet through his head. The clone body disintegrates.
Two "Shit, he was a clone."
Dr Borsin "Emperor are you all right?"
Two "I'm afraid we had to dispose of your Emperor's clone."
Dr Borsin "You're the one who attached the station?"
Two "Yes, but I think we're a little beyond that right now. If we're going to make it out of here alive we need to work together."
There is a pause, silence on the Comm Channel.
Two "We need an answer."
Dr Borsin "Even if I wanted to help you I can't terminate the lockdown. The Emperor used his Personal Command Code"
Two "There has to be something you can do. Some way to work around it. I'm guessing you know this station better than anyone"
Dr Borsin "How do I know I can trust you."
Two "How about this.. Do we have a clear path from here to the Habitation Pod?"
Dr Borsin "I believe so."
Two "We've got explosives. We'll head back, blow the bulkhead door and get you colleagues out of there. In the mean time you find a way to end the lockdown so we can get the shuttle to the central hub. We'll get everyone off the station that way."
The comm channel goes silent again.
Three to Two "Are you sure about this?"
Two "Four was right, we don't have enough explosives to blow through three sets of doors."
Three "Assuming that wasn't a bluff. What if the Lab is right behind those doors?"
Two "We have no time to do this by force. We have to get them to trust us"
Two "Do we have a deal?"
Dr Borsin "Alright, I'll try to give you the most direct path to the hab."
The Station Comm Channel goes offline.

Cut back to the Razza. Five on her way back to the bridge.
Five "The array checked out. Everything's fine. What every the anomaly is its for real."
Lisa "The most perculiar thing is that it persists without any apparent source, at least not in our space time."
Five stops.. thinking.. "Wait a minute, What if when they went through they created a kind of rip or tear between here and where ever they went. That's what the anomaly is, just one end of the tear."
Lisa "An interesting theory. If it's true, then as long as the tear persists we may be able to use it to trace where they went."
Five "Exactly. I'm on may way back up..."

Two, Three, and Seven make their way towards the Hab pod. Three plants breaching charges and suggests that they step back. As they step back the wall in front of them vanishes. [GM Note: Ive used the dialog from the series, rather than use Three's actual comments in game, which pretty much amount to the same "We've got to get the fuck out of here"]
Two "We're too late."
Three takes a protein bar out his pocket and opens it.
Two "Protein bar?"
Three "Shooting people really works up an appetite."
He pushes the bar into the field, which eats it, leaving him with a small piece of the bar in his hand when he withdraws it.
Three "This is something I don't want to mess with."
At this point the station power goes out.
Three "Oh what the hell?"
Two (turning to move back towards the central hub) "No. This is good, this is just what we need."
Two (moving at speed towards the central hub) "Six come in"
Three checks the remnant of the bar into the field then follows Two.
Six "Guys I don't know how much longer I can stay here, that wall of whatever it is, it's only a few meters away from the Marauder."
Two "Main power just went out in the station. Forcefield blocking the shuttle bay should be down to."
Six "Roger that, I'm on my way."

Five comes around to find herself in Med Bay...
Lisa "I'm sorry we had to give you a stimulant."
Five "How did I get in here?"
Lisa "I found you unconscious. You were unresponsive."
Five "I was in one of my memories, although it was more like a dream"
Lisa "Has this ever happened before?"
Five (nodding) "I think maybe earlier today."
Lisa "We should run a scan."
Five "There's no time for that, what about the anomaly"
(climbing off the bed) "We need to find the others"
Lisa "I'm working on it."
Five "What do you mean?"
Lisa "I've been sending a modulated beam of tachyons into the rift. If it really is a connection between here and where ever they went they should be able to detect it. I'm monitoring for a response. "
Five "That's it?"
Lisa "For now it's all we can do."
Lisa puts a comforting hand on Five. In the meantime we need to runs those scans..

Back on the Station Six has docked the Marauder in the Central Hub docking bay and has joined the others, as they force their way through the 3 sets of bulkhead doors and into the central lab. The scene that awaits them is not particulalry pleasant. Somebody has taken something slender and sharp and stabbed one of the scientists through the neck.

Six "Puncture wound to the neck, he bled out."
Three "Where's the killer?"
Two "That's not the only thing that's missing."
     "The activation key for the Blink Drive has gone."
Two looking at the station security readouts...
Two "Accessible parts of the station are shrinking fast. Who ever took the activation module couldn't have gone far."
[GM Note: In the series Lisa's Tachyon pulse beam appears on the station readouts at this point but the writers had it so that none of the characters noticed so I deliberatly left this out...]
Three "What the hell is that?" (pointing at one of the station security readouts with a blinking locator)

Two and Six look at the readout. It appears to be a locator most likely tied to a station comm unit. It's moving away from the central hub although somewhat eratically. Six takes the Blink Drive module back to the Marauder, whilst Two, Three, and Seven give chase.[GM Note. This is not what happens in the series because the writers are completely illogical. I'm not. The logical thing to do at this point would be to take the Blink drive back to the Marauder. It doesn't take everyone to chase 1 individual through the station!]

The persuers catch up with the individual when her escape route is cut off by the enchroaching void.
Rasing the module she says "Come any closer and I'll throw it in."
Two "You don't want to destroy it any more than we do."
Dr Hajek "I think the Emperor would rather see it destoyed than fall back into your hands."
Seven "Are you willing to die for that?"
Dr Hajek "An honourable death than a dishonourable life."
Three slides the stun rifle onto his back, then fast draws and shoots her through the wrist causing her to drop the module.
Three "Okay"
As she reaches to pick the module up, Two shoots her through the heart.
Two then retrieves the module before the field eats it.
Three "Lets get the hell out of here..."

They retreat to the Marauder. Six has mostly finished coupling the Blink drive to the Marauder's systems. Two inserts the Activation Module and Six brings the drive online. The System appears to power up correctly. Two recalibrates the drive as they have done previously.

Six "Okay, all systems are online."
Three "Lets get the hell out of here"
Six "One problem.."
Three "What's that?"
Six "I have no coordinates to feed into the Nav System."
Three "What difference does that make? Just put in anything."
Six "Are you serious?"

Two (Studding the Maruder's sensor readouts) "No. Hold on. What is that.."
Six "Some sort of radio pulse, probably just a side affect of the collapsing bubble"
Two "The modulation is irregular but repeating."
Six (Now paying more attention to the readouts) "You're right its not a natural phenomenom"
Three "So what? Some kind of signal?"
Two "It's a way out. Target the point of origin."
Three "And if we're wrong we end up in a pulsar."
Two "Well in about 30 seconds its not going to matter."
Six "Allright, here we go."

The Marauder Blinks back to normal space.
Six (Laughing)
Two "It worked, we're back."
Lisa "Marauder, this is the Razza, do you read?"
Six "We read you loud and clear, it's great to hear you voice. I assume we have you to thank for that signal?"
Lisa "A modulated Tachyon pulse used as an interdimensional lifeline"
Six "That's pretty brilliant."
Lisa "Well I am an Android. Anyway I suggest we postpone the celebrations as there are several Ashieda Cruisers rapidly appraoching our position"
Six "Roger that coming to you."

The Marauder docks and the Razza then jumps away.
As the crew make their way onboard, Lisa sends a comm message..
Lisa "I think you should all come to Med bay immediately. There is a situation you should be aware of."

They enter the med bay to find Lisa and Devon present, and Five unconscious on the main scanner/surgery table.

Lisa "She collapsed for a third time just before the Marauder re-appeared. She's suffering from Cascading Synaptic Failure. Her conscious mind is being overwritten by her stored memories."
Lisa "I believe the best course of action would be to recreate the conditions that caused the initial mind wipe with some modifications."
Six "You've got to be kidding?"
Lisa "The memories are effectively superceeding her conscious mind. They need to be isolated, walled off as yours have been, before she is trapped within them, unable to escape."
Two "What about her new memories, the ones that she made after we came out of stasis."
Lisa "I will do my best to insulate and isolate all new memories but I can't guarentee success. There is a significant chance that she may lose some, if not all of them, and without a clean neural imprint to work from they'll be inaccessible for the rest of her life."
They all look at one another.
Three "Did you explain this to her?"
Lisa "I did before she lost consciousness. She said if it was the only way, then we had to take the chance."

Time Passes

Five awakens to find Two present. She begins explaining some of what happened
Five "I was in one of my memories, before we left for the Mersam-11 station. I was leaving when Bains, the old guy who was teaching me came in. In the memory he told me I had been misled about my family, apparently I have a sister. He was about to tell me her name, when Lisa went through with the procedure"
Two "I'm so sorry, if we'd known..."
Five "You couldn't have done anything different. It had to be done. Its just frustrating. I was just about to learn something useful from my past."
Two "You did learn something. You know she's out there. And you know, one day you're going to find her."
Two gets up and moves away.
Five "What about the Blink Drive?"
Two "Well, the Android thinks the Ashieda scientists tampered with it whilst trying to figure it out. We got lucky with the Marauder, but until we know for sure it's functioning properly, there's no way I'm hooking it up to the ship."
Five "Well at least Four doesn't have it any more. So that's a good thing. Right?"

House Keeping - Dates and Fuel

	Event	Date	FTL Jump Distance	Fuel	Fuel Remaining	Water Remaining
	50AU FTL Jump to Outer edge of system	2673.060.16	Intra-System	2000	963,660	26,717(26,000)
	Ryo receives call from General Drago	2673.061.06	N/A	N/A	963,660	26,717(26,000)
	Blink to Zairon	2673.061.16	N/A	4000	959,660	26,717(26,000)
	50AU FTL Jump to Outer edge of system	2673.061.16	Intra-System	2000	957,660	25,144(26,000)
	Blink to Zairon	2673.062.16	N/A	4000	953,660	23,646(26,000)
	Leave Zairon System for Independent Station	2673.062.19	13	26000	927,660	23,646(26,000)
	Arrive Independent Station	2673.066.04	N/A	N/A	927,660	18,553(26,000)
	Blink to Mekei HQ	2673.067.08	35	4000	1,372,000	120,000(26,000)
	FTL Transit to nowhere in particular	2673.067.12	8	16,000	1,372,000	120,000(26,000)
	Arrive nowhere in particular	2673.069.12	N/A	N/A	1,356,000	116,704(26,000)
	Blink to EOS-7 System to rendevous with Mekei Cruiser	2673.082.04	60	4000	1,352,000	97,827(26,000)
	Blink to EOS-7	2673.082.06	Intra-System	4000	1,348,000	97,827(26,000)
	Jump out of range of station	2673.082.12	Intra-System	2000	1,346,000	97,827(26,000)
	Shield Recharge during Battle with Ferrous Destroyer	2673.082.13	N/A	522,980	823,020	97,827(26,000)
	FTL jump to pickup Marauder	2673.082.14	Intra-System	2000	821,020	97,827(26,000)
	FTL jump to pickup Escape Pod	2673.082.15	Intra-System	2000	819,020	97,827(26,000)
	FTL Jump out of EOS-7 system to Independent Station	2673.082.15	18	36000	783,020	97,827(26,000)
	Arrive Independent Station to refuel	2673.086.19	N/A	N/A	785,020	90,936(26,000)
	FTL Jump to Lankar Nebula	2673.087.07	60	120,000	1,256,000	120,000(26,000)
	Arrive Lankar Nebula	2673.102.07	N/A	N/A	1,256,000	97,527(26,000)
	Shield Recharge whilst in Nebula	2673.102.08	N/A	103,530	1,152,470	97,527(26,000)
	FTL Jump to Independent Station to refuel	2673.102.08	60	120,000	1,032,470	97,527(26,000)
	Arrive Independent Station	2673.117.08	N/A	N/A	1,032,470	74,980(26,000)

Incidental Expenses (Bribes/Inducements/Payoffs) : cr17,300

Docking Fees: c28,830

Water Purchases:131,135

Fuel Purchases:297,814

Food Purchases (another 90 days on 2673.066) : 17,820

Cash at hand:  cr1,854,221+cr 500,000(acquired when leaving the Ashieda Court after Ryo kills everyone)-17,300-28830-131,135,-297,814-17,820 == 1,861,322

Materials and Spare Parts On hand to the value of cr393,488 .

Scrap Metal On Hand 7m3

Other Items: 4 Cases Shadow (2 acquired when leaving the Ashieda Court after Ryo kills everyone) - See Session Log 30.
                    5 Stun rifles (you already had 3, you got 2 more as above)

Current Oxygen reserve 26,504 (Tank capacity: 32000)
Current Nitrogen reserve 97,724 (Tank Capacity: 120,000)

Fuel Transfer Pod: 24,000l fuel

Iso Cargo Containers:-

	Container	Contents	Amount (m3)
	1	Survival MREs	60
	2	Assorted Mixed Recyling	45
	3	Diesel Truck Engines	60 (36 engines)
	4	Medical Supplies	36
	5	High Value Electornics	6
	6	Assorted Everyday workaday Clothing	30
	7	Assorted Steel plates, Bars, Tubing	21
	8	Carbon fibre fabric, spun carbon nanotube ropes, and carbon nanotube tubing	51
	9	Solar Panels	33 (6 pallets - 18 panels)
	10	Titanium plate, bars, and tubing	42
	11	Duralloy plate, bars, and tubing	36
	12	24m3 scrap steel	24
	13	Assorted scrap metals	18(12 - most valuable and useful used)
	14	Hydroponics supplies	30(7m3 used)
	15	Mobile Cryopods	6 servicable pods left

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