Session 36 - Hostage

• On the trip back, Ban began to explain what they had learned from the translated historical data...
• The Historical Records were the entire history of the Crag Men. The Crag Men appeared to have been an intelligent and industrious race. A matriarchal society, they had settled large parts of the moon Dysnomia.
• The major events that brought about the end to their society are two fold. One is a civil war between warring factions. The other is the appearance of a deadly and fatal disease which emerged from the swamps of the planet. Those who survived the disease found themselves blood thirsty and mad. What's worse is that the Crag Men believed that the disease was gaining sentient intelligence. 
• The disease, threatening to wipe the Crag Men out, had all known strains of it collected and shot into space. The goal was to shoot it at a nearby moon that had volcanic activity - hoping the diseases would burn up and be destroyed.
• The moon, Algos, is largely believed to be uninhabited. Ten years ago, JumpCorp noted ruins on the surface of it. An expedition team was sent to scan the surface in depth, but a day into their studies, both of their ships mysteriously exploded. All the data collected was also wiped off of JumpCorps servers. 
• A rogue faction held onto one sample of the virus and unleashed in - leading to the devolution of their entire species into the Crag Men as they're known today.
• There were no accounts about the Voids Men.
• During their travel, the group came to a ravine. Across it, there was a group of nine survivors. Several of them were in danger of falling off the edge and to their deaths.
• AUW, Remek, and Tamit leaped into action to help them - pulling up the people in danger. 
• AUW would also tend to the wounds of those hurt. 
• Allei and Nikki were on standby to assist while Crow attempted to talk to the survivors to learn what happened.
• Vela took to high ground where she noted in the distance a reflective light - much like the scope of a rifle.
• The crew learned that this malnourished and exhausted group of people were being harried and harassed - several of them already killed - by a mysterious antagonist who had a powerful sniper rifle at his command.
• He threatened to kill more people, if the crew did not turn over Remek and Nikki over. The group suspects this person to be affiliated with Paragon Science Equipment, the organization after Remek and Nikki.
• The group began to create a plan - hoping to keep the survivors safe while taking down their enemies. 
• As the first part of the plan, Remek and Nikki went across unharmed.
• Across, they were met by a humanoid in a hazmat suit with a voice modulator. 
• The figure demanded Remek and Nikki cuffed themselves.
• Nikki obliged, but Remek refused - activating his invisibility and tossing off his Yumi robots to tackle the situation! A fight was on...