Session 5 - Startown Blues

Session 5 - 18 Mar 2025 - Startown Blues

Capt Halloway met Sir Truxton Wolfgramm who explained the situation - rising tension between the nations, a few major bombings of government buildings in Strathmore six months ago, a spate of smaller attacks in Nantan since, and a few incidents in orbit where shots were fired.

LCdr Lee hit Startown in plain clothes with her staff to chase up anything they could about pirate activity. She learned that pirates hadn't been very active in Ben's Oath, but that Delin seemed like a real hotspot that the Navy was doing bugger all about, and the Varax Arm sounded like an actual warzone, with Varax invading a neighbouring world.

Chief Rugger was breaking up fighting sailors when he ran into an "old friend" - Keren Mealamu of the Chakram. He spun a tale of being stuck here due to some defective air filters and the SPA not certifying his ship for flight - and offered information in exchange for some help with the Starport.

Cdr Coltin burst into Sir Truxton's party to cause a stir with a loud ocmment about pirates (which The Hon. Mitzoriah Avana seemed to find quite exciting.) Sir Truxton introduced him to the flamboyantly-uniformed Air Commodore Jasker Azoriah of Chaska's COACC (Close-Orbit & Aerospace Control Command). Halloway made a calculated remark about how missile-armed fighters can be tricky and managed to fundamentally insult Azoriah's core identity, leaving him rather sniffy.

Lee's staff did some more digging, failing to dig up anything about anyone fencing starships, but they *did* discover that someone on-world had been importing small-craft, probably fighters. And that someone wasn't one of the nations. (Succeeded with a Complication.)