Gypsy Winds: Turn 1- Death and Taxes

Turn 1 - World of M'Neh

After pooling all the assets together, the crew found they had 10 credits to the Gypsy Winds' name.

Rasel began to wonder if he made the right choice, as the 25 credit loan on a fuel hog of a ship began to seem an insurmountable challenge.

M'neh itself wasn't too unusual. No license is required to work, though the local government is a bit xenophobic and restricts travel to its visitors.

Stella's charm got her a permit to explore outside of the "Spacer Area" and hear of a reward for a missing item.

Roc went to the range and checked out all of the equipment for combat readiness.

Windborn and Lucius spent time in the bazaare and managed to find some decent trade goods and high quality booze.

Zorp-2-5 got a lead on a job and took Rasel along for the final negotations. They met up with Hal Greetus, an accountant with a shop on the edge of the Spacer Area. He explained he was in need of some immediate assistance and was willing to pay out an additional 3 credits for the urgency. One of his clients had come into some recent wealth, and Hal was concerned because some shadowy figures had been lingering around his office. Hal feared might want to break in and get his client's records for blackmail or worse, a tax audit. Where the wealth came from was too technical to explain, Hal said. Just protect his office at night and earn the pay.

Battle (Brief engagement, Person of Interest, Fight Off)

"Those don't look like shadowy figures, those are Unity Tax Agents! Things just went from paranoia to ugly real fast!", Rasel exclaimed.

"Captain, the fifth figure in the square appears to be a local gunslinger of note, Heidi "Oneshot". She appears to casually shadowing the agents", reported Zorp-2-5

"I hope they aren't here for the reward package- that's all mine!" chimed in in Stella.

"Ok folks, it's time to earn our pay, UTAs or not"

Aftermath

" uggh, what happened?" Rasel awoke, hurting all over and disoriented .

"It was bad Boss, real bad" Roc shook his head. "Who would have thought Tax agents be packing Plasma rifles?" Roc shrugged, "but we had them on the ropes until those reinforcements came in, right where you were dodging" Roc's shoulders slumped. "Me and Windborn ran the rest off and got you to the ER, but we lost Stella and Lucius"

"Zorp-2-5 managed to block a beam with his sword, lost the sword but didn't damage his hide none. Mr. Greetus smoothed things over with the law and was surprised about who we fought. Can't read him enough to know if he is playing us straight, but he paid up and said he wants to throw more work our way"

"And we managed to recover Stella's package and keep that bystander safe. But it was still a stiff price to pay. You rest up Boss, me and Zorpo will keep the kid in check."