[Pulp] 061-1000 14:35 Ridge Downport - Mad Dog & the Imperial Bureaucracy

[Pulp Hunters]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Captain Mitchell <
capt.mitchell at travellercentral.com> wrote:

> On Apr 5, 2008, at 8:59 PM, Pulp Hunters GM wrote:
>
[snip]
> "So Captain Mitchell, you wanted to talk to me in private pretty
> badly."
> "You got your wish. So what is that you wish to tell me?"

Smile genuinely in recognition of a kindred spirit.
> "I want you to release Boris Luchenko into my custody. At least for
> the duration of our stay on the planet."
> Look at her facial reactions to what I am saying. See if I can gauge
> her response to the rest.


You make a mental note that she is probably a damn good poker player.
You can't read any reaction to your statement.


> "Are we being recorded or observed?"


"You wanted private."


> If she tells me we aren't I'll continue. Otherwise I stop here until
> she assures me that we aren't being watched or recorded.
>
> "The Imperial Navy has a vested interest in the work that Sir Jace
> Pederson is doing. Mr. Luchenko is an unwitting informant for us
> while we are here. I'm sure you have gone over my service record. You
> know I was recently retired from the service. What isn't in the
> record is that I was taken out of service to keep an eye on the
> artifacts that Sir Jace finds and report back anything of
> significance to the Admiralty, (Or whatever the appropriate term for
> the high command of the Imperial Navy is). I am also under orders to
> keep Sir Jace and his discoveries out of the hands of the
> Confederation... By any means possible."
>

"Luchenko is lucky to remember his own name from day to day."
"Explain why he is at all valuable other than a link to a group of
smugglers."
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