The Last Parsec: Session 25 - Raid on Groid's Rock (Part 5)

With his escape defeated, he overcame the stun-charge AUW had sent for him. He tested his will and might against Vela and AUW, but was found lacking.
Crow shot a pirate attempting to harm Tamit, but she was the one to finish it off in a gruesome display: a flamethrower down the man's throat.
A pirate had closed the doors to cut off access from three of the party, but Nikki's drone Kuma and Remek were able to get the doors open. Remek even killed the pirate responsible for it!
Vela unleashed a devastating display of swordsmanship of Groid--leaving him with severe wounds and an opening that Allei took advantage of; sliding forward into danger and firing off dual wielded plasma pistols which took Groid down.
In critical condition and near death, AUW opted to perform emergency triage to save the pirate captain so that they could bring him back alive.

Vela reached deep down into the man of Groid and with her psionic capabilities, wrested the emergency override command from his mind.
Nikki, through Kuma, was then able to input the password in order to save Groid's Rock from self-destruction.
AUW also ensured that Crow's wound, given to him by WRAITH, was taken care of.

The WRAITH soldiers were able to escape.
The remainder of Groid's pirates and fleet fled the immediate area of this subsector.
The pirate prisoner the group had left chained had been assassinated by WRAITH.
Nikki collected the others on the Rock; bringing them victory smoothies.
Groid was escorted on board. He would ultimately be delivered to Captain Reiner, the leader of the Starblazer and their Jump-Sec team.

Vela and Crow attempted to interrogate Groid before, but his mind seemed resistant to the psionic diving this time around and he was in too critical condition for a standard interrogation. This would frustrate Crow as he would be left with questions unanswered concerning WRAITH.

Vela had to borrow some of the psionic pills that AUW and his company are testing.

The group saw the carnage out in space; several of Groid's attack ships seemed to have been decimated by some type of weapon that pierced through their halls and tore their ships into two with ease.

The group would later question Nikki about this, but for the time being, the nature of the weapon was not revealed to the group except Tamit, who, while not having a full idea of the picture, seemed to understood enough about the leviathan.

Allei revealed that the harddrive recovered from Groid had a lot of useful information, but a cursory inspection did not reveal anything that might link to WRAITH.
Allei wanted more information on the weapon Nikki utilized in the space battle, but for now, it remained unanswered.
Allei suggested the group leave this subsector awhile, after resupplying at Harmonia Station, in hopes that the dust will settle from their recent events.

Crow, rather than leave the strange situation with WRAITH under-wraps, decided to share a tale about himself.

The soldier that attacked and left Crow for dead was, in fact, his little sister named Lisa. As a child, Crow and Lisa were on the home planet of the RANGERS, a law enforcement agency that stretched out far into the Known Worlds and the Frontier. His father, KANE LOHNAGAN was a well known RANGER, who died defending his family the night WRAITH attacked the RANGERS home world.
WRAITH killed Crow's parents. He had managed to escape with the help of R., but his little sister had been left for dead. Little did he know, Lisa was taken by WRAITH and turned into an operative for their organization.
It is believed that R. had information regarding Lisa's recent whereabouts, which might have put her in WRAITH's watch. After sharing this intel with CROW, Allei theorized that R. faked her own death and went into hiding for the time being.
The hat Nikki had acquired from CLINT belonged to Crow's dead. Nikki opted to give it back to Crow, who with some hesitation, took it.
CROW has seen the face of one of WRAITH'S leaders, and as such, could identify him to the organization.
During this revelation, Crow also took offense to Tamit's earlier brutal execution style. He said that the group had to be better than that, they were the good guys on the side of the law after all. Tamit rebutted that she killed the man in the most efficient and painless way possible for him, but Crow was still worried about how such vicious tactics would be perceived by the public.

With the revelation that Crow was a ranger, and with Groid successfully captured (though there was worry that he would never make it to the icy planet of LETHE where JUMPSEC keeps their maximum security prison---killed at WRAITH''s whims), the group has a moment to breathe.

Next time, they can rest up, discuss more about recent events, and make a plan going forward...

Saturday, May 28, 2016