The sacred pelmor stone, used in Vahnist religious rituals and ceremonies, is stolen from the Saebian Temple.
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The sacred pelmor stone, used in Vahnist religious rituals and ceremonies, is stolen from the Saebian Temple.
An old retro-fitted ship, The Senu II, lands on Chellok having been entrusted to Professor Jeddon Vey of Prash University. The ship carries a small crew of researchers and pilgrims, part of a second wave of human pilgrims from the human homeworld of Prakyun.
Four pilgrims are hired by the Unma Dwen, High Priestess of the Saebian Temple, to recover the temple's missing sacred stone in time for Sekora Festival, an important Vahnist holiday marking the beginning of spring. The pilgrims track, torture, and kill three sugrans (who had stolen the stone) across the plains of Saebia and return it to the High Priestess the night before the festival.
Consul Akis Blad personally leads a brazen assault into Saebia City during the Sekora Festival parade and steals the sacred pelmor stone by ripping the ceremonial necklace off of Unma Dwen while atop her float.
Saebian casulties: 16
Saebian injured: 34
Gurratan casulties: 0
Gurratan injured: 3
Following Akis Blad's attack on the Sekora Festival, Saebia immediately entered into negotiations with the neighboring human nation of Delos in order to bolster its small defense forces and ensure the safety of its citizens against an increasingly hostile Gurrat. Three weeks of talks culminated in the signing of the Saebia-Delos Defence Alliance Act.
Four Senu II pilgrims are hired by Delian Colonel Eskin Jivo to track 15 Gurratan sugrans seen passing through the mining town of New Lanvia in hopes of learning more about Consul Akis Blad's intentions. Ultimately, the pilgrims discover that Blad needs a dielectric prism from an old human immigration ship, the Essok VI, in order to develop a cloaking device. The pilgrims play both sides by acquiring and selling the prism to one of Blad's men, but also relaying relevant intel back to Colonel Jivo.
Three Senu II pilgrims, Fal, Nama, and Derax successfully escort planetary meterologist Dr. Quem Hora to an international conference in Sorn Ge, Torgath where he defects directly to Akis Blad, Consul of Gurrat.
The Gurratan-owned He3 "Orbak" rig melts itself into the frozen gasses on the Far Side of Chellok following a strict around-the-clock schedule for months. The crew of a G-07 MX tanker panic and escape using the emergency vessel, stranding the rig's workers.
The YNSP immigration ship, the Jorus XIV, filled mostly with tech and supplies destined for Saebia City arrives on Chellok having been sent with the promise of returning precious research data to Yeamu. A few pilgrims also accopanied the researchers on the ship, including Belemir Strovalde.
The Senu II pilgrims make a cautious deal with a newcomer, Barry, to get out of jail. Together they collect some intel from a disgruntled Gurratan, Dosnam, and gather four vaccum suits and the Crosspoint in order to travel to the defunct Orbak He3 rig on the Far Side of Chellok.
The Senu II pilgrims, along with their escort, Barry, fly to the far side of Chellok in the commandered orbital clipper, The Crosspoint. After scanning the surface and upper magnetosphere, the crew is able to locate and board the derelict Orbak He3 rig. Being the first outsiders to arrive since the rig melted itself into the ice, they are able to successfully negotiate with the abandoned Gurratan rig workers for a 50/50 split of the LH3 sales and transport to a non-Gurratan port. The pilgrims split up to accelerate their departure, but are unfortunately all separate when their worst fears are realized: the Gurratan captain out for their heads, Sebo Lommar, catches up with them.
The Senu II pilgrims and their escort, Barry, come under attack by the ambitious Gurratan Lieutenant Sebo Lommar and a small team of his soldiers at the derelict Orbak Rig, but are able to mount a successful defense, despite resorting to improvised explosives and one-on-one combat. Following the battle, the pilgrims find themselves busy manning and operating the massive Kankurra G-07 MX LHe3 tanker, which they choose to fly into a Saebian port, selling the helium-3 for a hefty profit, which they split with the stranded rig workers.
The Senu II pilgrims and Barry return to New Lanvia and invest their recent substantial earnings into a new "solutions" company, following their successful rescue of the Orbak Rig workers and delivery of the stranded tanker's He3 to the Saebian market. After debate on the purpose and goals of the company and its founders, they decide on renting and repurposing an vacant mining property and investing considerable resources in getting the old crash, the Essok VI, back into working order. Following a month of work getting things set up, the company's first client, Dosnam, a Gurratan government employee, offers a job with information as the payout. Eager for any opportunity, Nama accepts the offer, and a short time later Nama, Derax, and Barry find themselves at the house of Ebin Abuloss trading Sebo Lommar's ceremonial dueling blade for an old sugran artifact, the Mata Inscription.