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Barney, Lucky, and Roger have just won the Overon Grand Prix asteroid belt race. On Overon, the casino at the Mooch Mine reacts to the win. Caliban wins a lot of money on the race. Flint wins even more. Silvonius, Fardt, and Jinx all come out well, as does SAFCO friend Mergatroyd.
The race crews are shuttled back in from the asteroid belt. SAFCO meets up back onboard the Fortunate Son for a brief meeting. They’ve won a lot of money. They are on a mission to take important data on the Pachyderms of Uetonah to the Imperial Office of Sophont Relations 6 parsecs away on Prometheus. They are also concerned about the mercenaries, now here on Overon and delayed, but who will eventually end up on Uetonah to wipe out the rebels there. They have the option of boarding the Jump-4 starliner in orbit and taking it to Prometheus via Listo, thus cutting several weeks of the time required to get there. Or they can stay as the crew on the Favorite Son and take the long way. They feel some obligation to Silvonius.
Flint also mentions that he is splitting his race winnings – about 1.2 million credits – 6 ways. One for each member of SAFCO.
They discuss the option of hiring a new crew for Silvonius, as there must be people now on Overon who’d like a new gig. They also discuss various options for dealing with the mercenaries. The paperwork delays caused by Barney and Caliban will only hold the mercenaries on Overon for so long. They discuss simply hiring the mercs away. Caliban overheard the merc leader discussing his concerns that his group will fall apart if he can’t continue paying them, which appears to be a problem. He must also pay the ship that is transporting them. He seems to be in a bind.
The next day, Barney goes researches nearly worlds that might need some hired muscle. He finds none. He also looks into the difficulty of returning to Mylor from Prometheus if they don’t have their own ship, but realizes it will be easy, but time consuming.
Caliban and Flint meet with Admin Tilton of the RCMP. Tilton is in a great mood, having won by betting on the team in the race, and many of the RCMP employees did well. Flint and Caliban ask him about hiring the mercs away from their Uetonah gig. Tilton feels he owes SAFCO a favor, and tells them to sent the merc leader to talk.
They find the merc leader at the troop transport ship, at the spaceport. They approach him. Flint does a nice soft-sell. Caliban makes his recruiting roll. The leader realizes that by signing on with RCMP on contract, his problems are solved. He meets with Tilton and they come to an agreement. They’ll travel about the starliner, along with the battle dress armor and fusion guns that RCMP has bought from SAFCO, and go to Listo to fight the pirates who’ve been making things tough on the company.
That night at the casino SAFCO and associates attend the party. Upon entering, the 3 race crew members are cheered, and then interviewed by the media. Flint makes contact with the Baroness, who is having a table set up for them. Flint encounters the monk he and Caliban have met before. As they mingle, a businessman strikes up a conversation with Barney, eventually giving him a business card that says “Samson Lux – Samson Mining Company”.
They all sit down at the table. They are joined by Mergatroyd and Tilton. The Baroness inquires about their recent adventures. Eventually the awards ceremony happens. The crew gets its BIG CHECK. Applause and cheers. As the rest of the gang watches this, a stocky man approaches Tilton. The man is drunk on mooch, and accuses Tilton of cheating at the race! He is drunk and raging. Flint punches him out – one punch – unconscious. The man’s fellow goons drag him away. All eyes are on the altercation.
End of Session
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Elapsed time: 468 game days (1 year 93 days)
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