(G200 23/05/2014 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, LD) 13

(G200 23/05/2014 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, LD) 13

DAY 65 (tue) cont ...

Today Ensign Kirk and Pilot Noxus were briefed on the situation on a nearby planet called Treebad-3.
It had been heard that Vidiians were operating from it, using the locals as a source of organs. Some data
had already been recorded on the planet and is presented below:

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Treebad-3 is a M-class water planet. It has many island chains where the dominant species, the Treebadians
live in relative harmony.

They are a peaceful species of humanoids descendant from octopus like creatures. They are advanced to
about the stage of mid-21st century earth. The live primarily off fish and seaweed but land bases food stuffs
are also grown.

Treebadians look like humans except for dappled skin, longer noses and eyes that are both larger and more
wide apart than humans.

However, getting about will be less of a problem as Treebadians do not recognise each other by facial features
but by smell. Also, several parts of society also go about masked, the main three being :

The Do-Sho Monks - Wear baskets with eye-slits on their heads
Vatron Skiff Gangs - Landless gangs that tend to wear shark like masks and are more violent than normal Treebadians.
            They style themselves after ancient shark gangs of more primitive times
The Soft Shelled - All Treebadians wear helmets when they go outside due to having soft skulls. It is like a human
          putting on shoes to go outside. Not doing so would get you noticed. 'The Soft Shelled' take this
        one step further and wear full visored helmets. They are considered 'Hypochondriacs' though and a bit
        sissy-like.


Anyone wanting to pass themselves off as a Treebadian must also use a scent otherwise their human odour will be
immediately spotted as alien. A Treebadian odour can be replicated. Treebadians pick up the following from scent
so this can be pre-programmed :

Gender, Age, Pregnancy/Gravid, Alpha-male/Paterfamilias, Alpha-female/Matron, Soldier/Police, Ruler/Dominar,
Serf/Underclass, Self-worth/Confidence, Guilt, Need to go to the toilet.
There are many more but this should be sufficient for a disguise.


It almost always rains on Treebad-3 and the Treebadians combine scent with licked raindrops. It is not unusual
for meeting Treebadians to lick each other. This is the human equivalent of a hand shake.

Treebadian justice is different from human. Punishments are visited on all family members of a guilty party.
All punishments are physical and immediate, usually a beating or branding. Treebadians are law-abiding though
and this rarely happens.

Due to the fact that they release a scent when they are guilty most Treebadians find it almost impossible
to break the law or tell a lie without being found out. So-much-so they have not developed any skills in
deceit, bargaining, bluffing or diplomacy. Your average Treebadian tells it like it is and is honest to the
point of abruptness.

It is believed that Vidiians are operating in this planet, clandestinely stealing organs from the population.

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They spent the rest of the day traveling to Treebad-3 in a shuttle.

DAY 66 (wed)

They spent today scanning the planet and replicating things that they would they would need for the away
mission including local weapons and currency. (9mm pistols and 5000 TY each).

They also set up 'grab bags' which could be teleported to them from the shuttle using key-words.

Ensign Kirk went for the following olfactory disguise:

Soft shelled, male, alpha, his real age, police, medium self confidence.
He took 5 sets and one vial of 'needs the toilet'.

Noxus decided to take one of each helmet type and went for:
female, age 30, confident, police and also extra vials of 'needs the toilet'.

They began by orbiting then city of Schtackburg, 100 miles above. A Vidiians spaceship appeared from the
planet's surface and hailed them.

When asked why they were there, Kirk replied,
'We are here to stop the unlawful harvesting of the native population.'
'What law would that be?'
'Uh..The law of being nice in space.'
'We have quarantined this planet for its own safety. Please leave.'

There was more to that effect, but the Vidiian ship was most insistent and since the scans showed that it was
much more powerful than the shuttle the retreated and hid behind Treebad-3's moon.

Here they plotted and planned. It turned out that subspace comms were being blocked somehow. As an experiment
to see if regular radio comms was being blocked they flew back to the planet as stealthily as they could and
teleported a communicator to the planet.

On the way back though the Vidiian spotted them and followed them at impulse. Noxus went to warp and headed
out of the system at maximum speed.

[Incidentally. Their shuttle, The Cochrane, has a max warp speed of 5.]

Once out of the subspace dampening field they sent a subspace message. They were 0.555 light years away from
voyager so it took 12 minutes to receive a reply, which was this,
'Message received. Go to planet's surface if possible. Stop Vidiians if possible.'

They returned to Schtackburg during its night and submerged into the sea two miles from it. They then traveled
slowly underwater as far into the city as they could and teleported onto the docks.

There was a small hospital beside the docks and they walked across to it. It was still open. Their disguises
seemed to work as the female at the desk said
'Good evening officers.', as they entered.

They asked her if there had been any mysterious disappearances in the city lately and she referred them to
Dr Bergzoid who came down to talk to them,
'Can I help you gentlemen?'
Kirk repeated the request.
'Are you from here?'
'We are specialists from out of town.'
'Ah! About time they sent someone. Yes, people have been found dead with organs missing all over the city.
Alive as well. I know of one person in the city centre hospital right now who was found with a missing
kidney. Your names?'
They gave false names. Like all Treebadians, Dr Bergzoid was no good at spotting lies.
'Can we get more data?', Kirk asked
The doctor nodded, 'I'll get an intern to put together what we have for you. Come back in the morning.'

Using their easily obtained wealth they took a taxi to a place called 'The Victory Hotel' in a pleasant
cobbled side street and arranged rooms, food and some of the local beer.

DAY 67 (thu)

Kirk and Noxus head to the hospital for 9 am and picked up the documents. They examined them for several
hours but could not really detect a pattern. The attacks had been happening for years, about one every
two or three months all around the city, but more so in the north.

The last two attacks had been near a hotel called 'Time Hotel' so they took a taxi there and settled in
to drink in a cafe next door to it.

After a few hours of scanning people as they went in and out (using tricorders disguised as local hand
held datapads) someone went in that was giving off the vital signs of a Vidiian.

They followed him in and he went up the stairs. They questioned the receptionist. She wasn't happy about
it, but told them the guests name and room number. Mr Rolway. Room 316.
As they went after him they could see she was calling someone.

Kirk took the lift and Noxus took the stairs. Cautiously they went down the hotel corridors, scanning
people as they went past. Guests and maids, all seemed Treebadian. One though, Kirk only scanned for
weapons. She was armed! But she then went down in the lift.

Kirk and Noxus converged on one of the rooms. Scanning it they picked up several Vidiian life signs.
Kirk knocked,
'Who is it?'
'We are the police. We have some questions.'
A pause, then, 'I'm in the bath! Come back later!'

Noxus shot the lock and Kirk tossed in a flash bang. The Vidiian's inside were stunned for a few
seconds, allowing Kirk and Noxus time to shoot down a couple of them. The others, once back to their
sense, returned fire and managed to duck out of the way of further grenades.

Noxus was hit by Harvesters, stun damage only, but nervous of loosing his organs he retreated. Kirk
continued to shoot into the room. Noxus threw in an incendiary grenade and a second later the sprinkler
system kicked in. Kirk went in to finish off the aliens and Noxus threw down a smoke grenade in the
corridor to frighten off the curious guests as they came out of their rooms.

Kirk quickly beamed back to the shuttle, then beamed on board Noxus and the dead and dying Vidiians
just as Treebadian security guards started to arrive.

One of the Vidiians was still alive and he lasted long enough to say:

'Oh what fools we were! To think our actions on this planet would go unnoticed. A few organs
here, a few pints of blood there. But no, Morullu thought he could turn a whole planet into
his own private organ bank. His arrogance and hubris has doomed us all!
He and the remainder of his men are out their now. They are using camouflage to disguise
themselves as locals. Morullu himself just left disguised as a female maid.
He'll go now, to where he has his bombs planted. Even now he will be sending instructions to those
that are still loyal to him to prepare for the destruction of this city. What an arrogant fool!
He hopes that a terror bombing here will make the rest of the planet line up to give us their
organs. He'll set the timer on his bomb and flee in a shuttle.
I am dying, and to be honest I wish to die, but you can live if you can stop him.
You should be able to get rough fixes on them in the city using the Harvesters, they are calibrated to
detect Vidiian's vital signs... I feel myselffading now...the more of his men you can kill.. the more
chance this city stands of survival...Morullu himself will be in the ... wait ... I see a
light ... in the place of the swans...uhhh'

With that he died. Kirk and Noxus shrugged at each other and began stripping the bodies.