Mission Recap (part 4)

The characters went back to their starship and waited for the Krissethi smuggler to arrive. He was the next link in the smuggling ring, and the characters were supposed to hand over the cargo of their ship, posing as smugglers themselves. The characters were undercover, hoping to learn where the contraband was headed by leaving things in play. The Krissethi and his crew arrived and began unloading the cargo from the starship.

Everything was going smoothly, and the characters noticed that some of the Starshine foods crates, labeled "Kethsa Eggs" (a favorite Krissethi delicacy), were being scanned with a bioscanner by the Krissethi's crew. The players' suspicions were correct--the Chiraktis eggs were hidden among the Kethsa eggs. After moving the crates from the starship onto his loading vehicles, the Krissethi pulled out his MPC to transfer payment. All would have gone well if Kray had thought to bring along the smuggler captain's MPC for the transfer, but instead, he pulled out his own--a UG-issued MPC!

The Krissethi immediately recognized the UG protocol on Kray's MPC and attacked--the characters' cover was blown! The Krissethi pulled out a customized energy blade with the fire augment, and his flaming sword cut through Kray's armor, seriously injuring him and lighting him on fire! Kashyr, however, was quick to fire his rifle at the Krissethi, and the smuggler went down. His crew fired a few shots as they jumped in the loading vehicles and sped away with the cargo.

Kray was able to put out the fire, and Kashyr injected Kray with some healing nanites to stabilize him. The team turned their attention to the critically wounded Krissethi, and demanded to know where the cargo--specifically the Chiraktis eggs--was headed. The Krissethi told them the shipment was going to the Epsilus 54 Starliner, headed for the Ourea colony. Kray and Kashyr notified starport security about the captured smuggler, and the Krissethi was arrested. The team had to find out where those eggs were heading in Ourea, so they could shut down that end of the smuggling operation. It was time for Kray and Kashyr to do a little traveling, on a 15-day flight aboard a civilian Starliner!