FF:01 Double-crossed by Marion Morrison

Starring: Einion Uren, Lilly Summerland, Lamar Alexander, Deacon John Crow, Kaia, Captain Ben Ross
Guest Starring: Marion Morrison
Challenge: Five "customs agents" who were looking for Marion
Location: Started at Persephone and traveled to Hannibal on Sweet Home
Date Played: 09 Feb 2015

Getting the Job on Persephone

Einion: The c-c-captain got a call for a gig and he takes Crow and Kaia wit 'im to the Broken Rose Saloon. Every t-t-time that we get a new job ev'ryone's walkin' around on pins 'n needles wonderin' if this'll be the job that does one of us in, like the gig that did in previous ship's mechanic. T-t-that's why I don't go volunteering for whole lotta off ship work.

The gang returns with one Marion Morrision, w-w-who is lookin' to hitch a lift to Sweet Home. She's promising us a whole mess of ore as payment, perhaps even enough to fix stop the coolant thrusters from shaking. Of course, she's lookin' to get smuggled into Sweet Home quietly. That's a thing that w-w-we do.

"Customs Agents" on Sweet Home

Einion: We l-l-land at Hannibal, the company town outside of the Morrison mines. Lamar sets us up with a landing and five rough and tumble t-t-types enter our ship, sayin' they's customs agents. As they s-s-start to tear through our cargo Lamar hops on the line with the port trying to fix things. Seein' as things ain't right, I start a double-backed hedgehog trace on the line to make c-c-certain that our signal wasn't gettin' shifted to another place. Turns out that this is a legit, least as much as it kin be on Sweet Home.

L-l-lamar manages to piss off the locals at about the same time that things head south in the guest wing. Turns out the "customs agents" were actually lookin' fer Marion, and as they found her, they started to rough her up. Crow gets gunsy and a nasty fight breaks out, so I rush to the kitchen sink, where I've wired up a hidden kill switch to bolt down all of the doors and lock 'em up tight.

Not sure you know this, b-b-but the Hades Class Prison Transport has lots of hubs for alternate wiring. As I've been on the ship most've a year, I gone in and done some rewiring to make things a bit more accessible. E-e-everybody else was telling me that I'm doing it wrong until the generator lapsed and I was able to run the grid off of just Crow riding the stationary cycle. No one complained after that, 'cept fer Crow.

W-w-with the fight going on I hear a snap and the sound of a woman screaming, which means that Lamar was hurt. I load up my syringe h-h-hand with powerful knockout drugs, figuring that I can shut down the "customs agents" or shut up Lamar. By the time that I poke my head outta the vent I was crawling through, most've 'em were dead and the others were nearly.

Lilly and I get to t-t-tending their wounds and we keep 'em alive. Thank goodness.

Following Marion by Drone

Einion: We're fer f-f-figuring that Marion aims to double-cross us, so I suggest that I use the drone that I've been buildin' to be the eyes in the sky. C-c-crow is gonna be her escort, so I give him a tracking device so in case we lose him. And wit no surprise Crow loses Marion right outta the gate but fortunately I'm still followin' her.

Ina weird turn of events, Marion actually gives Crow a signal and tells him that she hasn't b-b-been honest with us. She's offerin' us twice as much ore to help her "retake the mine". The capt'n puts it to a vote. Some of the crew are on the fence, so I start pointing out all of the t-t-things that we can fix with this haul.