Traveller: The Story So Far
Volume 3
Our Heroes (033-1118)
Natasha Alexevich (Yvonne Barker) - SolSec 2nd Lt.
John Matrix (Sean Rowan) - Solomani Army Commando Major/SolSec Chief Agent.
Kiell Randor (Mark Lavery) - Solomani Marine Captain/SolSec Agent 3rd Class.
Lalie Kaylen (Tom Stradling) - Freelance hacker.
Mary Webster II (NPC) - SolSec Agent 1st Class.
Session 1: "Reality Used
To Be A Friend Of Mine"
033-1118 (16 May 5638)
[Everybody has a strange dream, in which God
destroys the Universe and replaces it with a new one, almost -
but not quite - identical to the original...[in other words, I
changed from the MegaTraveller to Traveller: The New
Era rules - Ref]]
Our Heroes borrow a Fleet Courier, and get
a copy of the flight plan filed by the ship carrying Pandora.
Jump to Ys, along with a couple of Marine guards for Matrix, (who's
in the refrigerator, pending a Court Martial), and Kiell. Matrix
is defrosted, and Kiell annoys the Marines.
034-039
In Jump.
040
Fleet Courier reaches Ys. Lalie hacks into
Starport computer, and more Marines arrive for Matrix and Kiell.
Webster bullshits to the Colonel in charge, and he lets them go.
Refuel.
041
Jump to Mirabilis/Capella. Kiell destroys his
stateroom and moves in with Matrix.
042-047
In Jump.
048
Reach Mirabilis. Refuel at gas giant. Lalie
hacks into Naval Base computer and discovers that the ship carrying
Pandora never arrived here.
Session 2: "I'll Set You
Free"
048-1118 (31 May 5638)
Jump to Twylo/Capella.
049
In Jump. People start to feel unwell.
050
In Jump. Crew start to feel unwell. Sensor
Operator goes into coma.
051-054
In Jump.
055
Reach Twylo. Run medical tests on everyone,
(result: there might be something wrong with someone,
but they're not sure what or who). Lalie hacks into
Starport computers. Matrix is collected by Marines, Kiell visits
his ship, and Webster looks for a good lawyer. Laly discovers
that the ship, and some of the crew, are still here, so Natasha
and Webster pay a call on the sister of the Medic.
056
Natasha "persuades" the sister to
arrange a meeting with her brother, at which Natasha probes him
but discovers he doesn't know much. They send him off to fetch
the ship's Executive Officer, holding the sister hostage. The
Exec arrives in a psi-shield helmet, and gets beaten up. Everyone
goes to a car-park. A Navy grav car follows, but Natasha "loses"
it. Webster hi-jacks a lift, and Natasha probes the Exec, although
he doesn't know much either: the ship went via a deep-space
research station, but only the Captain knew its location. "Clean
up" prisoners minds, and send them home. Collect Laly from
the ship, and bullshit their way into the SolSec HQ. Laly looks
through the records, while Webster and Natasha go to Matrix's
Court Martial. Matrix pleads insanity, the doctors agree, and
he is medically discharged from the Army. Webster and Natasha
return to the ship, and Matrix goes shopping, (to "broaden
his mind!").
Session 3:
056-1118 (8 June 5638)
Matrix returns to the ship, and everyone plots.
They decide to get aboard the Le Mat and down-load the
data from the Flight Recorder. Webster catches the shuttle back
to the Downport, bullshits her way into the Naval Base - which
seems rather busy - catches a second shuttle up to the Orbital
Naval Base, and sneaks aboard the ship. She secures the ship,
knocking out two engineers she finds in the Engine Room. Meanwhile,
Natasha floats across from their ship to the Le Mat. Once
aboard, she rigs up an interface to the Flight Recorder, which
Webster then uses to down-load the data into her hand computer.
Natasha wipes the memories of the two engineers, and she and Webster
leave the way they came.
057
The Naval Base and Starport are very busy,
and Webster only just manages to sneak back onto the ship, arriving
just after Natasha.
Session 4: "Race Through
Space"
057-1118 (9 June 5638)
Laly hacks into the government database and
orders Matrix a new set of weapon permits - which will take about
two weeks to arrive - and then advertises for some engineers for
Kiell's ship. When the engineers arrive, everyone boards Kiell's
ship, the rather unimaginatively-titled Kiell Randor. One
of the new crew turns out to be Buxton, an old acquaintance of
Laly's. They file a false flight-plan, then jump to Luuru/Capella.
058-063
Kiell Randor
in Jump. Laly forges Matrix a new set of weapon permits and builds
several little robo-Kiells for Matrix. Decode the stolen flight
recorder data and find that the research station they're after
is in 1935/Gemini.
064
Reach Luuru. Do a spot of shopping while the
ship is being refuelled.
065
Jump to Teucer/Capella.
066-071
Kiell Randor in
Jump.
072
Reach Teucer, which they find is now under
quarantine. Refuel at the gas giant.
073
Two robo-Kiells escape, but get back to Matrix's
stateroom before Kiell's warbot gets them. Jump to Cameroon/Gemini.
074-079
Kiell Randor
in Jump.
080
Reach Cameroon, which is also under quarantine.
Get medical data from the authorities. Refuel at gas giant.
081
Jump to 1935.
082-088
Kiell Randor
in Jump.
089
Reach 1935. Find a cluster of asteroids and
what could be the research station. Lalie has a little accident
with the active sensors, which alerts the defenders, (a Destroyer
and a Destroyer Escort). The DD follows them to the station...
090
...where they meet the DE. Kiell teleports
onto the bridge and wipes out the command crew, while a Cutter
full of Marines flies over to board the Kiell Randor. Kiell
kills the DE crew and Natasha kills the Marines. Persuade the
station that "everything is under control", and disguise
themselves as the DE crew.
Our Heroes (090-1118)
Natasha Alexevich (Yvonne Barker) - SolSec 2nd Lt.
John Matrix (Sean Rowan) - SolSec Chief Agent.
Kiell Randor (Mark Lavery) - Solomani Marine Captain/SolSec Agent 3rd Class.
Lalie Kaylen (Tom Stradling) - Freelance hacker.
Mary Webster II (Andrew Moreton) - SolSec Agent 1st Class.
Buxton (Alex Stokes) - Freelance engineer.
Session 5:
090-1118 (12 July 5638)
Webster programs the DE computer to open fire
on the DD as soon as it gets within 30000km, and to self-destruct
an hour later. Meanwhile, Kiell steals some of the spare missiles.
Everyone except Kiell transfers back to the Kiell Randor,
and dock with the station, claiming to be injured crew-members
of the DE. While they are being decontaminated, a technical team
is sent aboard the ship. Our Heroes take over the Sick Bay, and
Webster and Lalie break into the computer. At this point, the
DE opens fire on the DD, creating a nice diversion. Kiell panics,
and escapes on the Cutter. When he gets back to his ship, he kills
the techs, then goes to find the rest of the Party, along with
the warhead from one of the nukes. Kiell teleports into the Bridge
for more mayhem, Natasha heads for the labs, where she finds Dr
Jane Nellis, the original creator of Pandora. Kiell kills a load
of Marines and heads for the Computer Centre, while Natasha gets
the antidote to Pandora. The main computer is taken off-line,
and Kiell trashes the Computer Centre, sets his nuke to go off
in seven minutes (!) and then 'ports back to his ship to prepare
to leave. Natasha 'ports back to her stateroom with Nellis, samples
of Pandora II and the antidote, and all the data on it. Everyone
else returns to the ship. Lalie pilots the ship away, and Matrix,
Kiell, and Natasha start to get the missiles aboard. Lalie jumps
just before the nuke goes off. Unfortunately, something goes wrong,
and the ship misjumps. Everyone goes to talk to Dr Nellis, and
Natasha mentions that this mission was inspired by an IRIS agent.
Webster gets a bit upset by this, and while Natasha is trying
(unsuccessfully) to explain that this doesn't really mean
that they're working for the Imperials, Kiell solves the problem
of what to do with Dr Nellis by disintegrating her [sigh -Ref].
091
Kiell Randor
in Jump. Natasha starts reading the data on Pandora. Kiell discovers
that there are only 50 man-days worth of food left on the ship,
(not that this particularly bothers him...)
092
Kiell Randor
in Jump. Natasha finishes reading the data on Pandora, and then
destroys the only copy.
093
Kiell Randor
in Jump. While Kiell is asleep, Natasha 'ports into his stateroom,
'ports Shere Khan into an empty fuel tank, and stuns Kiell. She
then probes Kiell to get the over-ride codes for his security
codes, which she gives to Lalie and Webster, and then infects
Kiell's food with Pandora. Lalie and Webster use the codes and
Lalie's robot to reprogram Kiell's Warbot.
094
Kiell Randor
in Jump. Lalie and Webster use the codes and Lalie's robot to
reprogram Kiell's security droid.
095
Kiell Randor
in Jump. Lalie and Webster reprogram the security system on Kiell's
ship, and delete all records of them ever being at the research
station, and all security camera videos.
096
Kiell Randor
in Jump. Webster programs the warhead of one of Kiell's nukes
to detonate 48 hours after the ship comes out of Jump.
097
Kiell Randor
in Jump.
098
Kiell wakes up, believing the date is 093.
Kiell Randor comes out of Jump at Barnard/Sol.
Session 6:
098-1118 (20 July 5638)
Lalie announces that they're stuck out in the
middle of nowhere, and it'll take them over three weeks to get
to the gas giant. Webster calls the Starport and arranges for
an SDB to meet them ASAP. Kiell discovers he has the virus and
panics. Natasha and Webster take samples from Kiell to work out
what the correct dosage is for the antidote.
099
Give Kiell the antidote. Dock with SDB. Kiell,
Matrix, Natasha, Webster, and Lalie go aboard, leaving the Kiell
Randor in Buxton's hands.
100
Nuke detonates, vaporising the Kiell Randor.
Kiell is a little upset. SDB docks at asteroid base. Webster books
passage to Terra for everyone, while Kiell drowns his sorrows.
Jump to Terra/Sol.
101-106
In Jump.
107
Reach Terra. Natasha 'ports to David &
Tarlin's house and reads her mail, which includes an interesting
message...Matrix goes back to Chico, and is never seen again.
Webster and Lalie go and get drunk. Kiell goes to SolSec HQ to
resign, but they refuse and he ends up in a shoot-out with several
Marines. He teleports to the Marine Base to get his stuff, but
it hasn't arrived yet, so he goes to the Starport to try to find
it. Unfortunately, a couple of grav-tanks have other ideas, and
he gets arrested and taken up to an orbital station. He refuses
to agree to have an unspecified operation, and tries to 'port
back to the surface. He appears half way, and starts to burn up
in the atmosphere, so he moves to a higher orbit until he can
decrease his speed.
108
Natasha's message was from Delorean, aboard
the ISS Excalibur, apparently at the Ganymede Naval Research
Centre, so she stows away aboard a ship heading out that way.
109
Natasha en route to Ganymede. Kiell reaches
Los Angeles, where he kills, and takes over the identity of,
unemployed actor Gregory Heinlein.
110
Natasha en route to Ganymede. Kiell finds a
shady cyber-doc, and arranges for him to make him a new body.
111-113
Natasha en route to Ganymede. Kiell being rebuilt.
114
Natasha reaches Ganymede and teleports aboard
the Excalibur, where she has a long conversation and a
very civilised lunch with Colonel Delorean. Kiell still being
rebuilt. Webster finds a different cyberdoc, and also has a few
"modifications".
Interlude
115-1118 (6 August 5638)
Kiell being rebuilt. Natasha catches shuttle
back to Terra.
116-118
Kiell being rebuilt. Natasha en route to Terra.
119
Natasha en route to Terra. Kiell/Greg's new
body is finished, and he goes back to Phoenix to see his boss
- SolSec Colonel Eduard de Vere - again. He apologises for making
such a mess last time, but says that he thinks he deserves a promotion.
De Vere does not agree, and Kiell leaves in a hurry. He goes back
to the cyberdoc, and has his face returned to it's original shape,
(i.e. Kiell's face). Meanwhile, Lalie is arrested for illegal
hacking, fraud, etc.
120
When the cyberdoc has finished, Kiell 'phones
de Vere and apologises for not apologising properly last time.
Then he goes to the insurance company, to try to claim for his
ship's destruction. After threats and violence, Kiell leaves when
the Marines arrive. "No more mister nice guy," he thinks,
and steals some firepower from the Marine armoury. Unfortunately,
SolSec have been following him, and when he gets home the Army
blow up his apartment. Finally admitting defeat, what's left of
Kiell goes back to see his boss, where he unconditionally surrenders...with
a few conditions...
121
Kiell is repaired, (again), and is told that
the insurance company has filed a fraud charge against him, claiming
that the ship wasn't destroyed. After some fast-talking,
(and a large 'donation'), they drop the charges. Kiell lurks in
bars and gyms for a few hours, before undergoing a bizarre transformation...and
becoming the Kiell-Roach, (complete with chaos-death-spiky-bits)!
Our Heroes (122-1118)
Natasha Alexevich (Yvonne Barker) - SolSec 2nd Lt.
Kiell Randor (Mark Lavery) - Solomani Marine Captain/SolSec Agent 1st Class.
Lalie Kaylen (NPC) - Freelance hacker.
Mary Webster II (Andrew Moreton) - SolSec Agent
1st Class.
Session 7: "I Didn't Expect
the Spanish Inquisition!"
122-1118 (13 August 5638)
Webster leaves hospital. Natasha returns to
Terra, and visits SolSec HQ. Kiell and Webster are ordered to
meet her there. De Vere asks Natasha where she has been - she
says she was up a mountain in Tibet, but Kiell, (under truth drug),
has already told him the real story. When asked, Webster tells
a third story. De Vere gives them truth drug, and gets slightly
different stories. He summons a Telepath to check their stories,
but Natasha takes over his mind, and they repeat their previous
stories. Webster and Natasha leave. Natasha visits a psychiatrist,
and is told she needs a holiday, while Webster goes on a little
trip out to the Belt. Kiell tells de Vere what Natasha did, and
they plot. Meanwhile, Matrix and Lalie have been questioned, and
their stories match Kiell's.
123
Webster is picked up by two SDBs full of Marines.
After frying the psi-shields, Kiell teleports into Natasha's bedroom
and shoots her full of tranq darts. Before she passes out, Natasha
teleports back to Tibet. Kiell uses the radio transmitter in one
of the darts to trace her, and the pair are taken up to a ship
in orbit, to join Webster and de Vere. The ship jumps, (back to
Terra). While in jump, Webster and Natasha are interrogated.
124-129
In jump. Webster and Natasha being interrogated.
130
Natasha and Webster are woken up, on the Bridge,
with Kiell and de Vere. De Vere is rather angry that they've been
lying to him, and even more angry that they're doing something
useful, (so he can't have them executed). He tells them to carry
on with what they're doing, but do it for him rather than
Delorean, (he wasn't keen on his agents working for the enemy).
The ship comes out of jump, and de Vere leaves. Kiell flies them
to Terra, then steals Natasha's Shimmersuit and disintegrator.
Natasha trashes her house in Cairo. Webster does illegal electronic
things in London.
131
Natasha joins Webster, and they both go to
Paris, where Webster jams the police com-net, while Natasha butchers
a house full of hippies, (along with a few neighbours). Just to
be on the safe side, Webster crashes the police computer. Then
the two go to the library, where Natasha borrows most of the Genetics
section, and Webster reads a few Psychiatry books. Webster "requisitions"
Lalie, and they charter a ship.
132
Jump to Dismal/Sol. Natasha reads books.
133-138
In jump. Natasha reads books. Crew and passengers
feel ill.
139
Reach Dismal. Book passage to Tlaloc/Kukulkan.
140
Natasha and Webster jump to Tlaloc. Kiell
Randor reaches Terra. Kiell hires techs to remove bits of
his old ship, and orders a robot crew for his new one.
141
Natasha and Webster in jump. Techs working
on Kiell's ship.
142
Natasha and Webster in jump. Kiell sells his
ship to SolSec.
143
Natasha and Webster in jump. Kiell buys a Firey-class
Close Escort from the Navy.
144-145
Natasha and Webster in jump.
146
Natasha and Webster in jump. Kiell's new ship
and robots delivered. Techs start working on it.
147
Natasha and Webster reach Tlaloc.
149
Natasha and Webster land, where they meet up
with Mikhail, Tarlin, and lots of kids. Webster tells Tarlin that
Natasha is crazy, and Tarlin and Mikhail wonder how to cure her.
Session 8:
150-1118 (9 September 5638)
Natasha tries to commit suicide, and is rushed
to hospital. Webster plays with a bus.
151
Natasha in hospital.
152
Natasha in hospital. David Carter arrives in
a Battleship, (the SS Ivan Wolfe).
153
Natasha in hospital.
154
Natasha recovers, and is pounced on by a gang
of psychiatrists.
155
Natasha being psychoanalysed.
156
Natasha being psychoanalysed. Webster "buys"
a Cruiser.
157
Natasha being psychoanalysed.
158
Natasha is released, and goes shopping with
Webster.
159
Natasha and Mikhail, (+kids), and Webster join
David and Tarlin, (+kids), on the Wolfe for the trip back
to Terra.
160
Wolfe jumps
to Ember/Sol.
161-166
Wolfe in jump.
167
Wolfe reaches
Ember/Sol.
168
Refuel.
169
Wolfe jumps
to Terra/Sol.
170-175
Wolfe in jump.
176
Wolfe reaches
Terra/Sol.
177
Wolfe travelling
to Terra.
178
Dock with Phoenix Highport. Everyone goes down
to the surface. Natasha visits de Vere. Shortly after she leaves,
his secretary, (SolSec Captain Mitchell Tagashi), finds de Vere's
body - sans head - and a smoking gauss rifle, registered
to Natasha, [yes, I know gauss rifles don't smoke...] Kiell
and Webster arrive at SolSec HQ, and are locked in an office,
where Webster plays with a computer. Natasha teleports in, grabs
Johnson, (who'd just arrived to investigate the murder), and takes
him to Arabia. Kiell 'ports back to the Marine base, and returns
with his and Webster's guns and armour. Natasha discovers that
Johnson is bugged, so she trashes the bugs and takes him to Australia.
Kiell and Webster break out of their office and slaughter half
a dozen Marines. Kiell 'ports up to Johnson's office and destroys
the murder weapon, while Webster hides in an empty office. Then
Kiell goes down and trashes the computer room. Meanwhile, Natasha
probes Johnson and discovers that he was part of the Pandora Conspiracy.
Back at SolSec HQ, Kiell 'ports back to the Marine base, changes
back into his old clothes, and goes back to the office where he
had been kept, just in time to be captured by the rather surprised
Marine who had searched the room 30 seconds earlier. He is taken
to a nearby g-carrier, where he is held prisoner. Natasha checks
on Webster, and is just in time to stop her from being fusion-gunned
out of existence, (scratch four more Marines). Webster wanders
off to find a medic, while Natasha grabs Captain Tagashi and takes
him to Australia. Kiell "reprograms" his brain, so that
he forgets about all the illegal things he's just done. Natasha
probes Tagashi and finds that he killed de Vere, then grabs
Johnson's secretary, but has to dump him on the "not guilty"
pile. Kiell knocks out his guard, but can't break out of the g-carrier,
so he settles for scrawling graffiti on the walls. Natasha 'ports
near the building, possesses a convenient guard, and waits. Shortly
after, Commodore David Carter arrives, and Natasha explains the
situation to him, (via the guard). He goes semi-ballistic in the
general direction of Kiell and Webster, who are ordered to "be
good" until he gets things under control, and Natasha escapes
back to Australia.
Session 9:
178-1118 (7 October 5638)
Natasha is contacted by Tarlin, who has just
flown half way around the world, and wants to know where Johnson
and Tagashi are. Natasha hands them over, and Tarlin takes them
back to Phoenix for interrogation. Meanwhile, Kiell calls an estate
agent, and buys a desert island.
179
Everyone is summoned to a meeting with David
on board the Ivan Wolfe, which is acting as the SolSec
HQ while the building is being rebuilt. He confirms de Vere's
decision to classify their work as an official SolSec mission,
and gives them all a promotion, (Kiell and Webster to Chief Agent,
Natasha to 1st Lt). He explains that a Navy Courier jumped out-system
without authorisation just after the "incident" at SolSec
HQ. He believed the ship was heading for either Lagash or Scandia,
to warn the other conspirators, and he sends the group - in Kiell's
ship - to Scandia to catch them. The ship jumps to Loki/Sol.
180-185
In Jump. Webster starts working on a "Soulkiller"
program, to attack people using neural interfaces.
186
Reach Loki.
187
Refuel at gas giant. Jump to Scandia/Arcturus.
188-193
In Jump.
194
Reach Scandia. Webster starts hacking into
the Starport computer. Shortly after they dock, she discovers
that Admiral Powell is on a Cruiser about to jump, and Commander
Harris is still on-planet. Natasha teleports on to the Cruiser,
while Kiell starts rounding up a few Marines, and Webster continues
playing with the computers, (including testing her Soulkiller).
Natasha grabs the Admiral, and 'ports back to Kiell's ship just
before the Cruiser jumps. Kiell and the Marines storm the Courier,
but don't find anyone, so he goes and hassles Colonel Lowenstien,
the Starport Marine commander. He sends Kiell to Commodore Floyd,
military commander for the system, who agrees to help. Kiell and
Natasha start searching Harris's room. Natasha uses psychometry,
and Kiell uses Shere Khan to "sniff out" Harris. Webster's
Soulkiller is activated, but when she tries to trace the source,
it ends at a vending machine which was being used as a relay.
Natasha has a vision of a house on an island, and Kiell leads
a squadron of grav tanks to investigate. After a few hours of
searching, they find the house. Kiell teleports in to the room
behind Harris, but the Commander commits suicide. Natasha 'ports
in and brings him back to life. They find the body of the Ensign
who flew the Courier, killed by Harris.
195
Everyone returns to Kiell's ship, and put the
prisoners into cold sleep. Jump to Melchior/Arcturus.
196-201
In jump.
202
Reach Melchior.
203
Refuel. Jump to Hathor/Arcturus.
204-209
In jump.
210
Reach Hathor.
211
Refuel. Jump to Ninkhur Sagga/Sol.
212-218
In jump.
219
Reach Nunkhur Sagga.
220
Refuel. Jump to Lagash/Sol.
221-226
In jump.
227
Reach Lagash. Land at only surviving Downport.
228
Talk to General Swerdlowski, Lagash military
commander. He tells them that a group of SolSec agents, (Brickman,
Conrad, and Vandermayer), arrived a few weeks ago, and left with
General Ly, Colonel Medina, and Major Hume. Everyone goes back
to Kiell's ship, and leaves for Nusku/Sol.
229-235
In jump.
236
Reach Nusku.
237
Refuel. Jump to Agidda/Sol.
238-243.
In jump.
244
Reach Agidda.
245
Refuel. Jump to Terra/Sol.
246-251
In jump.
252
Reach Terra. Contact David. Land, and hand
over the prisoners.
253
David calls them to a meeting at the now-rebuilt
SolSec HQ. He says that, considering they've just saved Humaniti,
and uncovered a treasonous conspiracy, there are a lot of people
who think they should be awarded the Banner of Terra, (although
he doesn't say if he agrees). Kiell says thank you, and can he
have another promotion? Webster says, in that case she resigns
(on the grounds that Kiell, and possibly Natasha, aren't Solomani).
Natasha says she doesn't care, since she's resigning anyway. David
tells them not to be so stupid, and gives them a month's holiday
in which to reconsider.
+++ END OF MISSION +++