LOG 001: THE HIGHWIND
Day 1
The cargo ship, âThe Highwindâ. Several Teneeans and a Rhinean alien (a rhino-like race) boarded Captain Ruven Ossimovâs ship. On course to Elesaur. Most of the passengers did not interact. The beastman from the Yatanpi System seemed to pace back and forth as if on guard or restless, never acknowledging the others unless spoken to. The strange hooded girl, whose name was Opal, sat in a corner and sometimes appeared to be attempting to interact with the other passengers. So too did the Moeshan boy named Goousch. The Captain and his Lieutenant did not join the passengers and remained in either the cockpit or captainâs quarters for most of the journey.Â
Opal attempted to speak with the beastman, name logged as Kajani Nuvazas on the passenger manifest. He questioned her as to what she was and accepted her compliment of his fur before returning to his earlier behavior. Goousch introduced himself to Opal, after which he proceeded to ask a crewman to relay an offer of help to Captain Ruuven. Unfortunately, being a Tenean ship, Goouche found he couldnât be of much help in the engine room due to Moeshan technology being far different from the technomancy inherent to Tenean technology. The Tarnacian, Rhinean, and several other Teneans mostly kept to each other.
Day 2
Agent Kaine appeared to be keeping notice of their passengers, with a particular interest in Kajala, Opal and Goousch. The ship crew, including Captain Ruuven, his Lieutenant and bodyguard Kaine went into recess for a meeting to discuss their passengers. During so, the ship came to a halt and large harpoon-like devices bursted through the hull of the cargo hold. Upon opening, several space pirates came pouring out of the connecting tunnel, pronouncing themselves to be the Novaburn Freebooters.
Captain Grimjaw pronounced their intent to board and abduct all crew and passengers, while another named Buzzsaw began to hack the ship and shut down the life support systems. Several pirates began to shoot nets over the Tenean passengers and others. Opal stood behind Kajala for protection, given his 8â0â mass. Captain Ruven and crew began making their way to the cargo hold to assist in pushing back the Freebooters. Kajala was the first to charge into the invaders, bowling through them and knocking them prone. Through Opalâs psychic powers, she detected nothing but delight in the beastman as he engaged in the carnage, while the Freebooters began to feel shock and horror.
Upon their arrival, Captain Ruven greeted Goousch and requested him to restore the shipâs life support systems after find Gooush had implemented counter-hacking measures against the Freebooters. Kaine arrived and dispatched of one of the kidnappers with poison via built-in hypodermic needles and blew off Captain Grimjawâs blaster hand with a well aimed strike from his plasma rifle. Two Freebooters attacked Kajala with energy sabres, who appeared unphased, picking them both up by their sword arms. Kajala proceeded to open his maw more wide than thought possible, followed by metallic looking teeth extending outwards. The Freebooter in his right hand screamed in terror as Kajala bit into him and his innards and blood poured down Kajala and to the floor beneath, killing the pirate. The pirate was thrown across the cargobay leaving a trail of blood and guts.
Grimjaw, in his rage, called for more reinforcements. Goousch had hacked into Buzzsawâs holo-screens spamming him with lewd advertisements. He then hacked into the Novaburnâs ship at this point, and managed to close the doors to the boarding hooks, locking out Buzzsaw and Grimjaw.
One of the pirates saw their friend dead at Kajalaâs feet and shot Kajala with a blaster, which he merely flinched at. In response he used a nearby Freebooter as a weapon, swinging him with incredible force into the assailant and those around him. The sound of snapping vertebrae and bones echoed through the carnage, killing the blaster Pirate and one in his hand, whose arm became unattached from the force. In between the carnage, Opal appeared to become possessed or change nature, raising her hands in the air and resulting in several horrific apparitions rising from the floor to attack the remaining crew members. Afterwards, a metallic whip appeared from Kajalaâs hands and he swung it, slicing three of the six remaining Pirates into pieces. Kaine parlayed with the remaining three pirates, resulting in their swift and terrified surrender.
Unfortunately, some passengers were taken before the Novaburn Freebooters and Captain Grimjaw escaped. Captain Ruuven took it extremely hard, losing his composure, weeping on the floor of the cargo hold. Opal meant to heal Kajala, but realized his few wounds had healed while devouring flesh from the bodies he had created while defending Ruuvenâs ship. Kajala approached Ruven and asked him to take the crew and passengers to their cabins so that he could attend to cleanup detail in the Cargo Bay. In his mourning, Ruuven snapped back, and Kajala walked off.Â
After attempting to console Ruuven and not getting through to him, Gooush began to jerry-rig the boarding hooks so that they would safely seal and not cause the ship to peel apart on atmosphere re-entry. Kaine helped with the process on the exterior, while Opal used her psychic powers to comfort the terrorized and panicked crew and passengers, calming their emotions. Ruven regained his composure through Opalâs assistance, though solemn, and began back to his quarters. Goousch noted that while in the Novaburnâs systems he was able to place a tracking device, and gave it to Ruvenâs lieutenant Althiod to report back to the Federation.
After all the crew and passengers had left the cargo hold, Kajala came to Goousch and requested he shut the lights off for a few minutes. Nervous, Goousch made Kajala promise to not kill any of his people for future instances in trade. Kajala agreed and returned to the cargo hold. As the lights went out, a horrific alien song (or roar) echoed throughout the ship. Once the lights were raised again, the cargo hold appeared spotless - no bones, blood stains or any remains were left of the carnage that took place there in the hour earlier.
End Log.