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	Bosun {{npcref\|Jasper Horrellian} shows up in Victrus' office with a		Bosun {{npcref\|Jasper Horrellian}} shows up in Victrus' office with a
	crewman. The sailor and his buddies got jumped, which is not		crewman. The sailor and his buddies got jumped, which is not
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	At Footfall, Opiter receives a message from the Mechanicus cruiser		At Footfall, Opiter receives a message from the Mechanicus cruiser
	{{ship\|~~Forsight~~}}. The rest of us also get mail, but it lacks plot		{{ship\|Foresight}}. The rest of us also get mail, but it lacks plot
	significance. Lord Captain Machariel asks Opiter to send a message to		significance. Lord Captain Machariel asks Opiter to send a message to
	the Mechanicus asking if they want to send an observer with us to the		the Mechanicus asking if they want to send an observer with us to the

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|Session Date=2010/10/29
|Campaign=YuriRT1
|Author=Jason
|Session Title=CSI: Port Wander
}}
The people who were sitting inside the office roll initiative.
[[Lucius Holt|Lucius]] goes first and begins probing Mr
{{npcref|Malachai Jord}}. As Lucius works,
[[Jahazer Simoom|Jahazer]]'s teeth suddenly become needle-sharp, due
to a sudden warp mutation. No, that's not disturbing at all. Don't
worry about it. Malachai hits his panic button and floods the room
with gas. Whups! The panic button also triggers the servitors in the
outer office. [[Jotham Lentillus|Jotham]] responds by setting both on
fire. That has fairly little effect, so [[Bors Tovon|Bors]] uses his
heavy bolter to destroy everything. Servitors, walls... the works. He
ladles out so much damage that the people inside the office take some
shrapnel, although their armor soaks most of it.

Lucius probes deeply enough to detect Malachai's immediate fears. Said
fears do not surprise. Jahazer goes to grab the broker, thinking to
drag him out of the office, but a quick burst of digi-flamer fire
forces him to jump aside. Lucius continues to rummage around in
Malachai's brain, but has not yet penetrated deeply enough to get what
we want. The broker, focusing on the immediate threat, fires a
digi-melta at Jahazer, but misses. Lucius discovers that Malachai was
himself hired by a broker, meaning we're only a little closer to the
truth. We leave before the Arbiters get there.

Within the hour of our return to the ship, a great many Navy Armsmen
turn up on our mooring slip. Marneus gets Bors, Jotham, Jahazer,
Victrus, and [[Livienne Corvus]], and prepares to greet the Navy. He
sends Livienne out to meet with them first, and she invites
{{npcref|Commander Jantheen}} aboard to discuss the situation.
Livienne tries to assure her that she doesn't need an escort, but gets
nowhere. The Commander wants answers, so Livienne introduces her to
the Lord Captain, Jahazer, and Victrus.

On the bridge, [[Anastasia Xanatov|Anastasia]] notices a couple Navy
ships loitering about, keeping an eye on us, and so advises the Lord
Captain.

As [[Marneus Machariel|the Lord Captain]] enters, the Command stands
and explains the difficulties entailed by assaulting a citizen in his
office. Marneus parries by making an official complaint about the
attack on the ship while in dry dock. Livienne then explains that in
the course of our business visit, Malachai's men attacked, and our
actions were defensive. Possibly the report made about the incident
was not quite factual - and perhaps we were only being friendly in
visiting the broker informally instead of working through the legal
system. As a ship, we feel terrible about the entire affair and the
affront thus dealt to the rule of law on the station. Victrus raises
the point that we have a name for people who try to steal starships -
we call them pirates. Victrus really hates pirates. He hates them a
lot. The Commander takes her leave and assures us that she'll be in
contact with us.

We also discover that due to temporary financial irregularities,
repair work will be put on hold until transfers from Machariel HQ
come through.

Thankfully the ongoing investigation does not impair our ability to
attend the Yefremova's dinner party. It's quite nice. Since our issues
with Malachai Jord have become public knowledge, Livienne makes sure
our version of the story gets out. Unfortunately {{npcref|Lidiah
Yefremova}} sees right through her, so her admiration stems more from
respect for our ability to stick to our story than any actual
sympathy. Livienne also appeals to Rogue Trader solidarity, suggesting
that all Traders need to make sure they have lots of security when in
this port. Lidiah introduces Marneus and Livienne around the party,
leaving the rest of ''Drakban'''s officers to their own devices.
Lucius looks around the party to see if whoever hired those mercs
might be here, but has no luck. He does see the officer that Malachai
dined with recently, which he mentions to Livienne and Marneus. They
make a note of the identity of this {{npcref|Commander Stark}} but
don't take any action right away. By reputation, Stark drives his
frigate's (the {{ship|Suntreader}}) crew hard, and utterly devoted to
the emperor. Jahazer hangs out with Imperial military, especially the
Navigator.

Some secret stuff happens with Anastasia and one of the party guests.

Jahazer draws Jotham aside and introduces him to Commander Stark. Oh
ho! We trade platitudes and such, and then Jahazer gets him to admit
that the Navy has a Crusade in the works, into the Malfian sub-sector.
Stark says the Crusade should be leaving within the week, and once the
squadron leaves, his recruiting contacts might be of use to us. W00t.

Marneus' mingling gives him the impression that the Yefremovas are not
doing so well.

Anastasia tries to discern people's attitudes toward House Machariel.
People seem a little wary - they don't quite know what to expect from
us. She also finds out that the Yefremovas don't have a Seneschal on
{{ship|Litvyak}}.

Jotham makes an ass of himself trying to show off how much he learned
at priest school. A roll of 99 on charm yields very boorish behavior
indeed.

Yuriy comes over to Bors to talk big violent guy shop. The
conversation goes a little awkwardly, since neither has any real
social skills, but they're willing to fake it together.

Jahazer finds out that ''Litvyak'' is the Yefremova's only
warp-capable ship.

Victrus discovers that neither the Arbiters nor Navy really like
brokers all that much.

Returning to the ship, we discover a significantly elevated Armsman
and Arbiter presence on the slip. Victrus and Anastasia send them
coffee and sandwiches to thank them for protecting our ship. Anastasia
gets a slightly chilly reception from the officers, who presumably
fear a banana in the tailpipe, but eventually they warm up to us.

The next day, Jotham begins a habit of preaching on the mooring slip
every day. It eventually becomes a thing - people stop by to get
coffee and donuts while he preaches, and the lay deacons try to
recruit.

We then go about recruiting our crew, using the recruiting agents we
got from Stark. With their help, we do eventually bring in a proper
crew again.

Bors goes under the knife and is out of commission for eight days. On
the plus side, he now has a good-quality cybernetic hearing system &
implanted microbead. Opiter gets upgraded to a good-quality mind
impulse unit (to replace his old, lower-quality one) and spends three
days in the body shop.

Bosun {{npcref|Jasper Horrellian} shows up in Victrus' office with a
crewman. The sailor and his buddies got jumped, which is not
necessarily uncommon during leave. The attackers had shock mauls and
large numbers, which is less normal. They also gave us a message: stay
out of certain areas on the station, and keep our press agents out of
those areas, or things will get worse. The kicker: Victrus recognizes
the name of the attackers. They call themselves legitimate
businessmen, but it's a front for pirates. The Lord Captain responds
the only way he knows how: he orders us to immediately send a larger
group to that area, ready for a fight. Obviously the rest of the
crewman are told to keep out of those areas and move only in large
groups.

Our difficulty with Malachai has revealed divisions on the station, as
the authorities have both asked additional questions, and apologized
for doing so. The leader of the Arbiters has complained that the Navy
can't decide whether to go after us or not, and they're sick of the
Navy's indecision. Meanwhile, Malachai has decided to sue House
Machariel. Obviously that requires us to send our captives to
Machariel HQ so that they can testify whenever the hearings occur.
Sucks to be them!

Marneus also buys supplies to help us get the station going again.

Livienne reports that someone matching the description of the person
who hired the broker has been found... spaced.

Xanatov takes the ship back to space. She's a little rusty, and the
ship handles a little different with all the repairs made, so her
piloting doesn't set a new standard or anything. Who cares? We're back
in space. Jahazer then plots our warp route to Footfall, crafting a
course that gets us there in only half a day. Perhaps due to the
recent overhaul of the ship, our exit from warp lands us in a familiar
approach lane, with no immediate hazards or concerns whatsoever.
Commander Xanatov can barely believe her good fortune.

At Footfall, Opiter receives a message from the Mechanicus cruiser
{{ship|Forsight}}. The rest of us also get mail, but it lacks plot
significance. Lord Captain Machariel asks Opiter to send a message to
the Mechanicus asking if they want to send an observer with us to the
space station. Marneus also gets a message encrypted with an old
Machariel cipher. It claims that the sender has information that he
needs. He orders us to stop at Footfall and head to the location
specified by the sender.

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