Skulls and Starships

Dani starts work on the terminal, working on a small computer apparently built into the arm of her armor as she hums under her breath.

Computers: 15

Dani is successfully able to hack through the terminal and gain open the door to Captain Wolfe's lost treasure hoard. In there you find a variety of luxurious silks, fine furs, exotic spices, raw gold and silver ore, and other plundered pirate booty worth a total of 10 points of plunder, two fan feather tokens, slippers of spider climbing, an ornate crown with undersea motifs made from platinum worth 5,000 gp, and a jeweled box (worth 500 gp) containing assorted jewelry worth 2,500 gp, as well as 2,083 gp, 18,900 sp, and 25,050 cp. You also level up to 7!

Gin is all giggles at Jeff's words, watching him shoot off another set of rays in combination with everyone else's attacks, but it was Toni who brought the defense unit down to it's knees. "Nice job, sis! Absolutely killing it!" She beams then looks over to Jeff. "You too, cowboy." The lashunta nudges him lightly with a grin.

When Dani successfully opens the door and reveals all that sweet, sweet loot, Gin's eyes practically turn into stars and she immediately runs towards the pile, evidentially dragging Jeff along with her. "Look at all this stuff! Oooh!!" She unlinks her arm around Jeff's and picks up the jewelry box and sifts through it, pulls out a ring, and puts it on her ring finger. "Suits me, no?" She holds out her hand to the others, pretending to be a bit bashful before giggling and looking through the box again prior to her eyes spotting the crown.

With a loud gasp, she shoves gently hands over the jewelry box to the closest person and bends over to pick it up, heading straight for Toni to put it atop her head. After a scrutinizing gaze, she smiles brightly. "A crown for a queen!"

You bring your treasure back to the Reclaimer and begin to make the journey back to your base. As you fly towards Tidestar Rock, you get hailed by a ship called the Strix, bearing the insignia of the Free Captains. You respond to the call and see Captain Merrill on screen. "Greetings crew of the Reclaimer! How are things going?"

Jeff casts a wink, already all smiles when Gin beams his way after giving her sister much deserved praise. "Oop!" He'd squeak with a chuckle when the Lashunta would sweep him off towards her sisters freshly uncovered booty. With a playful exaggerated bow, he'd gesture towards the goods for her when she'd unlink to rush off to go play in the treasure. The mans eyes definitely followed, eyes alight with a twinkle of their own. He'd grin to himself watching the scene unfold, popping his brow and giving a charming bow to the pronounced queen.

Though, Jeff would remain stationary in place where Gin parted with him, keeping an eye by the door for the others to take a look around. Should Arc and/or Dani make their way in, he'd air on the side of caution and step out to keep an eye that way.

Dani sticks her head in the side of the screen. "Hi," she greets Merrill. "Great ship. Cool name. Love the engines." She then withdraws to let the people who don't have a negative Cha mod do the talking.

"Fantastic!" Gin beams, giving her sister a hug from behind. "Did you see this cool new crown I got for my si-- er, Captain Toni? Totally suits her, right? Of course it does!" The lashunta ends up resting herself in the crook of Toni's neck while she looks up at the other, not as cool, captain. "Whatcha callin' for?"

"Well, I have to admit that there's a bit of concern for why I'm calling you today. When I was flying by and saw a freighter in this area, my first instinct was to take the merchant vessel that had wandered out into a particularly remote sector of the Diaspora. It wasn't until I saw your nameplate and recalled christening this ship a few weeks ago that I knew this was a pirate vessel. Have you not received a letter of marque from Nebula King Bonefist?"

Toni smiles at Gin but is quickly focused on the hailed message. The Lashunta scrunches her face in confusion, trying to recall if she knew what the captain was talking about: 15

Toni: You recall that the Nebula King is the closest thing the Diaspora has to a proper ruler, mainly uniting the various pirate fleets together when there's a threat to the Diaspora. You also know that a Letter of Marque is a document that establishes you as an official Free Captain of the Diaspora.

Toni shakes her head. “No sir, we are a recent crew, we have 2 ships under our command, and we took and have held Tidestar Rock, trying to make a name for ourselves. What must we do for a marque from the king? Cause we’ve been crushing the pirate game out here for a bit and have only heard bits and pieces.”

"First, you need to present King Bonefist with proper tribute, mainly a few thousand credits or so, then he'll have one of his lieutenants run you through a few tests, and if that goes well, he'll invite you to a feast, where you have to regale him and his guests with tales of your exploits. If you succeed, he'll give you your very own letter of marque."

Arcade records the required conditions needed to earn the letter of marque, and silently looms in the back. After he makes his mental list, he begins to wonder why people did such tedious things for each other, though he kept quiet about his thoughts. Another thing he learned was that his mouth would get him in trouble if he didn't keep it shut.

Dani also makes a list (this one on her wrist computer) of everything needed, humming to herself as she notates who should take point on each section (AKA writing "The twins" at the feast bit). She then starts checking her inventory of the ship's supplies and selecting what would be best to put together for tribute, humming under her breath.

You all fly to Port Peril, which is easy enough to find as Captain Merrill gives you directions to the station. Port Peril is easily one of the largest, if not the largest space stations you've ever seen, with apartments, and clubs, and shops as far as the eye can see. In the distance, you can see one set of buildings that rises higher than all the rest. While there is a large number of ships that are docking at port, you are able to find a place to dock the Reclaimer. You send a messenger to the Nebula King with the necessary tribute and in an hours time you get a response saying that he'll send someone to test you tomorrow. 

The rest of the day is yours to enjoy the station as you please.

Gin's eyes sparkle in delight at the sight of the port, taking in the sights and sounds, gasping and pointing out certain things and shops she sees as they make their way through. With the notice of them having the rest of the day to enjoy themselves prior to the testing, the lashunta's wings are aflutter. "Aaah!! This place is AMA-ZING! We gotta check out the shops! I kinda want a new outfit. This one is so last season." Gin looks over the rest of the group. "We're all out of season! This won't do! We gotta be the most fashionable pi-- er, uh... people here! C'mon everyone!"

(What kinda shops we got here and what are they selling? Gin's looking for new armor, fun items and such! Potions too if possible!)

(The station is the size of a large city. You can buy pretty much anything you think of. Don't make me regret saying that.)

"I want to get supplies..." Dani says thoughtfully. "You guys have fun with shopping outfits."

Arcade bips in response to Dani's words and steps towards her, "I shall accompany you." 

the trip to Port Peril went by in a blur, mixed with the excitement of recognition from the free captains, and the promise of adventure.

Once they dock at the massive city, Toni can't help but gawp, open mouthed at the sights and sounds, "WooooW" her attention snaps right back when her sister mentions outfits, "Yes. We need to make an impression on these captains and the King if we are going to be taken seriously. I need something more captainly, but with space for my weapons! OH! I wonder what kind of weapons they might have..." Toni will charge off in a random direction, before stopping, taking a breath and turning, "I....do not know where we are going, is there a map or something, cause this place is huuuge."