Meeting the Ambassador

The following is some exposition intended for my players, to help speed along our short sessions.

My players should feel free to post in a PbP style format if they like. Or we can save the follow-up for Friday night.


After enjoying the hospitality of station security as they questioned you non-stop about the killing of Kreel and capture of the leader of the Downside Kings, you were able to take a couple of days off to recuperate from the battle at Fusion Queen. Just around 10:00 local time this morning, a courier arrived with an official invitation from the Eoxian ambassador, one Gevalarsk Nor, composed of jet-black paper stock and embossed with silver lettering.

The embassy is located in the very wealthy Parkland district of the station. The building is built and decorated as traditional Eoxian architecture—black marble and bone-pale limestone, vaulted ceilings, sepulchral furnishings, and disconcertingly organic architectural details. Inside, a pair of undead skeletal attendants lead the PCs to a spare but well-appointed office that feels something like the inside of an ancient mausoleum.

The ambassador arrives moments later, "Thank you for agreeing to meet with me. I’m certain you’re aware of the recent interest in the prospecting ship Acreon and the asteroid being referred to as the ‘Drift Rock,’ and I believe you’re also acquainted with the dispute between Astral Extractions and the Hardscrabble Collective over both the ship and the asteroid. Both parties are currently awaiting legal arbitration, but the wheels of justice often turn quite slowly. As a result, I have offered my services as a mediator in hopes of finding a solution that is equitable to both factions.

“The first step in this, of course, is learning the specifics of the opposing claims. Reports of your recent endeavors in dealing with some of Absalom Station’s most notorious gangs have led me to believe that you might be useful in this undertaking as well. You’re new to the station, you seem to possess a wide range of skills and abilities, and you certainly appear capable. In short, you’re perfectly positioned as a neutral third party that could cut through all of the red tape surrounding this issue and get to the heart of the matter.

“I would like you to go to the Acreon, find out precisely what happened to its crew, and ascertain the value of its asteroid cargo, as well as determine whether this Drift Rock is truly as ‘mysterious’ as the media claims. As contractors, I can offer you each 600 credits to perform this investigative task.”