Already working late (MN1)

[Col. Hala Moraal]

A courier arrived in the middle of the night, knocking on the door to Hala's spartan accomodations. Saying little and explaining less, she was told that she had a delivery arriving shortly from the Red Wraith and that she would be receiving instructions. Blinking sleep from her eyes, she dressed in more utilitarian fatigues and walked into a secure workroom with her commlink and limited tools.

When she was finally ready, she thumbed her commlink to the appropriate frequency and let it chirp to indicate the connection.

[Dapper Dog]

The commlink activates alerting her that Lana Beniko, a Sith aspirant, was on the line. She speaks, “Colonel this is Lana Beniko I have a Sith corpse here that needs your attention, immediately.”

[Col. Hala Moraal]

"Lord Yukan, a True Sith with our delegation, was murdered, probably ritualistically or to send the message. The body was found in the Shadow Town. The perpetrators are yet to be apprehended. The Hutt enforcers were told to stay away on grounds of this being an internal Sith affair and they listened. The body will be delivered to you by one Lana Beniko, apprentice to Darth Xevious. If the arrival does not happen, apply procedures. Either way, I want you to do a background check on Lord Yukan, and examine the body once it arrives. In addition, do background checks on one Durasay Mixo and one Galen Sol, two men who involved themselves into the affair for some reason, persistently so. Sol may or may not be arriving with Beniko."

"Lord Beniko, I am ready in workbay 3. I am also initiating queries on the deceased as well as two individuals of interest," she said, voice still slightly unfocused while her finger stiffly tapped the names she had been given into the console to bring up what information had been collected on Lord Yukan, Durasay Mixo, and Galen Sol.

(( Is that something I should roll for or will the console just give me what I need? ))

[Dapper Dog]

Lord Yukan was an accomplished Sith, nothing outstanding but he was a talented duelist and loyal to Darth Marr and his faction. Lana arrives with the corpse on a floating gurney.

Lana says, "Colonel, are you prepared?"

[Col. Hala Moraal]

Hala keyed the door open and gently slid the gurney inside.

"Yes my lord. Did you wish to stay and observe, or was there something further you required?" she asked deferentially, her attention shifting towards getting a scanner, forensics equipment, and evidence bags ready.

[Dapper Dog]

"I would observe," she says.

[Col. Hala Moraal]

Hala nodded and began her proceedings. She took several samples of what blood remained for toxicology analysis, then began examining the wound to try and determine the type of weapon that inflicted it. Length of blade, angles of attack, handedness, level of precision or cleanliness of wound. As she worked, she also secured any possessions which had not been stolen during the assault or picked over by the vultures after the fact. These, too, were bagged and set aside. And in this way she set about her less-than-formal autopsy and examination without squeamishness and only the occasional break to flex her right hand before getting back into the guts of the problem.

[Dapper Dog]

OOC: Education or Medicine roll at Average difficulty with a setback die. I will flip a destiny for this roll. Upgrade makes this 1 Red and 1 purple die.

[Col. Hala Moraal]

Hala worked dutifully, but she was not fully awake yet and this definitely wasn't her specialty: making them or sorting out what happened after the fact.

Medicine to autopsy Lord Yulen: 2eA+1eC+1eD+1eS 0 successes, 1 threat

[Dapper Dog]

Lana frowns as she watches the Colonel work and says dubiously, “I do not think we are making headway, sir.”

She looks at the stomach laceration and says, “This looks… it looks like the kind of damage that would be done with a primitive weapon, not a vibro-blade, more like a serrated cutting edge. Think it is similar to what I have seen used by Nikto primitives.”

OOC: Used that Threat to give Lana a setback and she gets only 2 Advantage.

Lana Beniko Lore Xenology: 1eP+3eA+1eS+3eD 0 successes, 2 advantage

[Col. Hala Moraal]

"My apologies, my lord. I don't have much experience as a coroner or forensics expert.... normally I just analyze the data someone else produced or work with human intelligence sources.... But Nikto? I wonder what the systems have on local Nikto gangs or perhaps known independent operators..." she mused, turning around back to the console on the wall where she began to type in her query.

Knowledge(Outer Rim), free advantage from Insider's Guide, 2 previous advantage for boost vs difficulty of Dapper's choosing: 2eA+1eB 1 success, 3 advantage

[Dapper Dog]

The system is pretty poorly maintained with information on the local Nikto gangs, probably seen as beneath notice. There is a scant entry on a gang called the Scarlet Suns that have a neo-religious bent with a whole lot of violence and were considered a poor choice for utilizing in destabilizing Hutt networks.

OOC: 1 Advantage total.

Average: 2eD 1 failure, 2 threat

[Col. Hala Moraal]

"Do you know anything about the 'Scarlet Suns' my lord? And would their religious concerns cause them to target a Sith? I'm not that familiar with them," she asked thoughtfully while studying the skimpy readout as if willing it to tell her more.

[Dapper Dog]

Lana thinks and studies the corpse carefully and then says, “The Scarlet Suns are a gang, but are not affiliated with the major crime cartels, more of a cult really. They associate with some death god of the Nikto people… they seem to venerate this death god. They crossed paths with a few Sith but there were never any deaths.”

“If they are involved then they have escalated to a greater threat than originally considered. I will have to do a more thorough study of the Nikto but that is just what I can remember from studying with Lord Savas.”

OOC: Success.

Lana Beniko Lore Xenology: 1eP+3eA+2eD 2 successes

[Col. Hala Moraal]

Just then, Hala's commlink chirped again. She grabbed a towel and wiped her hands then lifted it.

"Has Lana Beniko arrived? Are you onto the body?" Moyr was breathing heavily after the run.

"Lord Beniko has arrived, yes. I am not able to tell you a lot that you didn't already know. Lord Yulen was renowned for his dueling and the theory is that he was killed by a primitive blade.... there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory that it was Nikto, potentially the 'Scarlet Suns'. Not nothing conclusive yet," came her reply.

"If there was a security response then maybe someone has footage of the attack that we can pull.... but I am not sure what more I can tell you from what I have on hand."

[Col. Hala Moraal]

"Can you get me a facial image of the leader or leaders of those Scarlet Suns?"

"Checking now," answered the Colonel. She set down the comlink on the terminal and gave it her full attention.

Is there an easily obtainable photograph of the Scarlet Suns leader(s)? Lore: Underworld: 2eA+2eD 0 successes


Hala swore under her breath, "I'm not seeing anything useful here.... No pictures, no audio. Nothing that lends itself for easy identification.... Let me see if I can reach out to the local security station."

And with that, the colonel pulled out her pad, connecting it to the net, started searching for any local security bulletins.

"I may have something...." she muttered as she began searching the new results.

Is there an easily obtainable photograph of the Scarlet Suns leader(s) in the local Holonet? Streetwise to know where these things are posted.: 3eA+2eD 3 successes

[Dapper Dog]

A houk Hutt Security officer answers and says in Huttese, “This is Hutt Security, we are here to protect and serve at the reasonable rate of 100 credits an hour.”

[Col. Hala Moraal]

"This is Colonel Hala Moraal, military liaison to the Imperial ambassadorial delegation. A Sith was murdered in the past hour and for some reason I've wound up with the responsibility of investigating it instead of you. As a credentialed member of the entourage and guest of Dango the Hutt, I'm sure the initial legwork for services such as yours has already been provided for. All I need is information on the Scarlet Suns you may have collected. Their leadership, their operations, where they tend to gather, the like. If you would transfer those files to me, then we will shoulder the cost for prosecution," she offered, keying her screen to transmit her file request.

Negotiating Scarlet Suns request under prior understanding. Diplomatic authorization for +2 advantage.: 2eP+1eA+2eD 1 success, 2 advantage

[Dapper Dog]

The security officer is quiet and then says, “Why of course, looks like Dango has already seen to the details of your contract oh there it is. I apologize for implying you had to pay. Minor mistake.”

“We can have records on the Scralet Suns sent over digitally in about eight hours. Expedited processing already covered.”

[Col. Hala Moraal]

"Thank you officer," she said before cutting the feed. She glanced down at the terminal and sighed heavily before picking the commlink back up.

"Did you catch all that?"