< Turn 14
Between the nearly being sacrificed to some dark entity and the target now on the crews’ heads, Ken has had enough. He wants off the planet, and tries to convince the crew to leave immediately. When they refuse - intent on continuing their efforts against Reactive Sequence here - Ken leaves in a huff to secure other passage off planet.
His berth isn’t empty long. While out trading, Reya and Dozer run into a engineer named Nisi who questions them about some of their current activities. The initial meet is tense, but Nisi convinces them she’s not a bounty hunter, but is instead investigating a weapon used against one of her people’s space stations. She knows a little about the crew’s activities here on Los Xenesh 5 as well that some of their previous locations match up with other actions against the entity she thought was behind the bombing.
Realizing their shared objective - and impressed by Nisi’ hacking of the transcomms to obtain the Hammer of Sisu’s flight data - Reya sets up a meeting for Nisi with Jshal and John where they considered teaming up to continue their crusade.
Meanwhile Shadowfang had tracked down the Diminutive Glade Mercs’ base to an abandoned industrial ruin across the bay from The Grotto. The group mounted up on their speeder — pressing a gun into Nisi’s hands so they could give her a field evaluation — and sped off to attack the mercs.
After a running fight through the industrial zone, the crew had routed the Diminutive Glade Mercs for the time, destroying their makeshift base to slow them down. They knew it wasn’t a permanent solution, but hopefully it would give the crew time to cover their trails.
Though she wasn’t particularly skilled, Nisi proved to be a patient — and lucky — shooter and was welcomed to the crew.
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