The Big Wreck - Session 1

Not quite as exciting or fun, yet we covered some important ground. The players met with the bureau chief and accepted the job, along with Cr25000 to start with for their shopping needs. Exiting, they run into a drunk Sir Francois Beaurevoi who has a luxury line of clothing. He convinces the group to go to his store and they get outfitted with some nice clothes to better fit into the King Richard. These are very special indeed and are the equivalent of cloth, via a spidersilk armor (stolen from the series of books that I now cannot recall the name of!)

Then they head back to where they are staying at, get up at the crack of dawn to get on board the King Richard via the private shuttle port over on Concourse 43. They get through security just fine, and get to the King Richard. In hindsight, I wish I had written the following before I ran the session:

The approach is similar to the work pod from the original Star Trek movie: the shuttle approaches from below the King Richard, and does a graceful loop about the prow of the ship. The promenade deck is well lit and individuals can be seen walking about. The pilot gives a brief tour of the ship as they pass by each deck, starting with the fuel and engineering deck. To recap from the PDF and going from the lowest deck:
“Here you can see the King Richard, PEL’s foremost luxury liner. The engineering deck as seen here houses the engines and the fuel necessary for our travels amongst the stars. While this next deck is called the Dull Deck, it never is. All passengers have equally posh staterooms. Your checked baggage is on this deck, safe and secured. The pool deck features luxurious pools, tanning lights that are cancer-free, and spacious gyms to cater to any of your sporting needs. The Main Deck, while having the most passengers, also has the King’s Casino. If you look, you can see your fellow passengers already winning big! The Promenade Deck has shops to delight you as well as the Queen’s Dining Room, where you may feast on meals created by the system’s greatest chefs. Our Theater Deck houses premier concert facilities as well as holographic screens with the highest of detail. While not as exciting as the passenger areas, the next two decks house the staff and crew, eager to cater to your every whim. And toppig off is the Bridge Deck. There are tours available when you sign up. And coming up now you can see the port shuttle bay. And if you look to either side, you can see our two Morningstar Escort craft. Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare to board the King Richard!”

Location ~ Beaurevoi’s Clothing of Distinction
This shop is the premier version of Francois’ chain of clothing stores for the discerning buyer. Extremely well-crafted and perfectly tailored clothing for a range of events, the secret lining of spidersilk gives it the equivalent of cloth armor. The buyer stands in front of what appears to be a 3-way mirror but is in fact a holo-imaging system that also measures the person, then creates a perfect avatar of that person wearing the clothes that Francois or his associates believes would “personally enhance any function you attend.” Colors and styles from hundreds of worlds are available, and Sir Francois has been known to purchase clothing designs from across the sector for a good price. The resulting clothing is indistinguishable from regular clothing in terms of line, fit and movement, yet provides cloth armor protection. Behind the shop are the artificiers, or makers, that do most of the actual cut, sew and printing of the clothing. Clothes can be ready within the hour.
Sir Francois, despite appearances, was once an Imperial agent, and sometimes works with the current bureaus. Seeing the group enter the private area of the bar with Chas, he figures that they could use some additional equipment. None of this is revealed to the players and he comes across as a drunken noble wanting to sell more clothing.
Costs are pretty high—Cr3000 to Cr5000 depending on style and the size. Our Aslan player is quite large and had a larger bill.


New equipment that Santiego will find in his luggage:
Handprint Collector: a square of smart-cloth that can lift and reproduce finger prints. Usually found with forensic personnel in various police agencies. It comes with a small hand computer that can store the prints as well as reset the smartcloth to show the prints. There are thermal sensors as well that can act to record and recreate the thermal properties if the print is lifted soon enough. Cr450 but restricted by law to police and investigators only.

I need to also be better prepared in terms of organization. So a notebook it will be soon.

And the stewards apparently look like this (at least the female ones):