< Turn 06
The crew was finally ready to infiltrate what they expected to be the center of Reactive Sequence’s activities on Vabenia E3 - a production facility suspended over an active caldera. They split up with half the crew going to each mooring path to try and prevent escape.
Unfortunately they were not as stealthy as they had hoped and the scientists manning the facility were alerted to their approach. Caught mostly unaware, their only option was to open the holding cells on the mutants they had apparently been breeding, using the chaos to flee to a hidden shuttle bay and escape during the chaos.
Jshal, Reya, and Dozer were mostly pinned down but John, Willow, and Shadowfang provided heavy covering fire, doing most of the work on their own. After the mindless mutants were dealt with they investigated the facility. The scientists had destroyed much of the evidence but John was able to find what he was looking for - databanks with proof of Reactive Sequence’s bio warfare efforts.
Just releasing the info wouldn’t be enough — Reactive Solutions would likely launch a propaganda effort and squelch any infodump. So the crew had to keep the hot intel hidden on the ship while they searched for an ally that could help get it out in a way Reactive Solutions couldn’t stop.
Needing to secure funds for the next phase of their operation, the crew decided to stick around Vabenia E3 for a little while for a few jobs. John took the opportunity to contact the moneylenders for Jshal’s ship loan and try and renegotiate terms. He showed a representative around the ship and staged an accident to show how dangerous it was, but wound up actually hurting himself in an accident. But at least the arbitrator ruled in their favor, cutting a handful of creds off the loan.
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