Conquering the verse, one parsec at a time.

After each ‘Battle’ phase, there is a post-battle phase during which things like resolving rival and patron statuses, gaining loot and pay and a whole host of events can occur.

I won’t go over everything that happened after this very short introductory scenario; suffice to say that we gained a couple of weapons and made a small number of credits.

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After that, we decided to continue through all the steps up to the next battle.

The reason for this was that it would give me a little bit of time to try to get any bits needed for the next scenario painted.

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Part of the process is to see if any new interesting jobs get offered to the crew.

We got lucky and managed to score two jobs to choose from.

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The Black Box

Patron: Helix Dominion Consolidated

Job Type: Fight Off

The crash site from the earlier medical flight has not been fully cleared. The wreckage is still scattered across the ruined edge-zone near Low Spire Ward, and Helix claims sensitive medical records remain aboard the aircraft.

A salvage team from another mega corporation has entered the area. Officially, they are “recovering hazardous debris.” In reality, they are searching for the aircraft’s black box recorder.

Helix says the recorder contains confidential patient data, flight records, and proprietary medical transport protocols. If stolen, it could be doctored and sold to the highest bidder, causing public panic and damaging relief operations across Veyr’s Fall.

Helix’s instruction is direct:

“Fight off the Salvage Team so that Helix Scientists can safely extract the sensitive information.”

Battlefield – Crash Site: Helix Relief Flight HDC-19

The battlefield is centred around a crashed cargo aircraft.

The aircraft has come down hard in the ruined edge-zone between Low Spire Ward and an abandoned industrial block. Its nose is buried in rubble, one wing has sheared off, and the rear cargo section has split open. Burned luggage, twisted cargo pallets, and broken drone containers are scattered around the site.

Objectives

Hold the field and Fight Off the enemy.

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The Dead Drop Broadcast

Patron: Verity Public Communications

Job Type: Delivery

A senior Verity editor claims that one of their internal news teams has uncovered evidence of a planned attack on several civilian districts. The information must be delivered to an old emergency broadcast relay before the window closes. Verity says its main network has been compromised, and the data cannot be sent remotely.

The job is simple:

Carry the data packet through the relay district and upload it at the public broadcast terminal.

Battlefield – Uplink Relay Tower 12.

Civic communications district with a relay broadcasting station in the centre.

Objectives

The package must be delivered to the exact centre of the table and uploaded.