As the pirates tried to move through the ship they suddenly found that the iris valves were locked shut, and Halfnir discovered that the route he had arrived by was also closed off now. Jack and Halfnir started hacking with one door, assisted by Bogburp remotely but time was against them. Tex was by one iris valve when at the opposite end of the corridor, two Imperial marines came through the iris valve as it opened, shouting to get down on the floor and aiming plasma guns. T

Halfnir tried in vain to persuade that Osha's death was the work of a madman, but the crew were not impressed and he was consigned to the brig. Repairs continued on the Martin II with Reese triggering a booby trap and maiming one of the marines. Doktor Bogburp applied for the position of astrogator and was soon given it, and Tex and Reese arranged for some spares to be brought on board, with their weapons and gear in a smuggling compartment. Soon the ship was ready for takeof

Hot on the trail of the downed treasure ship, the band of pirates hunted down the planned route and happened across Hroal Irontooth and his fleet in Exe, who claimed to have an inside track on what was going down. They had two men on the inside, Salvesdes the marine and Pilot Henshaw, who were planning to jump the treasure ship into Hroal's clutches instead of its normal course, and Hroal offered them 10% if they helped, but the pirates countered with just the ship itself if

After some negotiations with the crew of the Bone Saw, the SDB was shot down leaving the Acrid system free of any threats. Most of the crew flew out from Acrid, leaving "Duke" Zhil in charge of the planet, travelling by way of Torpol to pick up Halfnir and Tex then onwards to Drinax, and discovering a stowaway in the form of a rude and elderly bwap called Dr Dr Bogburp. In Drinax, King Oleb seemed put out about the state of the Harrier and the missing pirate fleet, but was cl

The miners stormed the defensive barricades around the customs entrance nd after heavy casualties, all of the starport security were dead or dying, but a large number of miners also lost their lives in the attack. Next was the control centre and with Zhil's hacking skillz the doors into the enclave were soon opened and a further defence by starport marines met them, with frag grenades hurled on both sides and although wounds were taken by the pirates none of them proved too s

Realising that they were outgunned the travellers negotiated a withdrawal and returned to the downport to plot. Briefly meeting with Lord Girkle of the Heavenly Father, they sent the Lord and their tame journalist Truth-Hunter on their way. It also transpired that an old friend of Varl and Zhil's, Jack Reece was on one of their ships. Intimidating the crew of the Sweet Ferret they managed to get them to give up the SDB and accept the Ghoul Far Trader as a substitute then betr

Resting after rescuing the captured miners from the Choke, the travellers planned the revolution and bribed a cleaner to leave the doors open to the turret areas of the starport. They moved quickly, taking the first turret with ease and then having to keep a low profile as "cleaners" in the security area with Varl and Zhorp even managing to palm some stun grenades from the guards. As the revolution began in earnest, Varl and Zhorp took out the guards with stun grenades and fo

The travellers met up with Gera Hollis and picked up the grenades and explosives to help free the captured miners from the Choke. The riot at the front erupted as the miners attacked the Choke in an effort to free their comrades while the travellers made their way down to the side entrance using Zhil and Kaelan as "prisoners" to bluff their way in. However with all hell breaking loose no-one came to open the door and Kaelan stepped up to blast their way in. Moving around the

The Choke The fleet began its journey jumping between systems and stopping only to refuel at gas giants until Acrid was reached and routine maintenance was required at the highport, Venture City. Concerned that the revolution may have already happened, the ships scanned the planet but found it was all still as before. On the Harrier, now flying the transponder of the Phuck de Soleil, Zhil, Kaelan, Zhorp and Varl headed to the downport after making contact with Hollis, the le

Jumping to Torpol and then Clarke to pick up their bounties for Redthane, the crew then returned back to Drinax for ship repairs. Halfnir announced that he would be leaving to get married and Tex was travelling with him, but luckily Varl the aslan gunslinger and Vhorp the tezcat were at hand to replace them as crew. After discussions with King Oleb then the more sober Princess Rao, it was agreed that Drinax would covertly supply three far traders with a medly of armaments for

The dogfight between the Mercifuge and the Hell's Teeth was abruptly ended when Halfnir scored a direct hit on their opponent's power plant (double 6!), rendering the large ship suddenly into a floating hung of metal. Hailing the ship, the travellers found Redthane now more accepting of his fate, although he tried to bargain for his freedom with alleged information about Admiral Darokyn. The travellers took the crew onboard and agreed to release the rest at Palindrome starpor

Mojo arrived on the Hell's Teeth, with Tex greeting him with a perfect disguise as Cote, a known crewmember. Asking to be taken to see Miria, the crew arranged an ambush by Halfnir in a stateroom. The cover was almost blown when Fred came out of one room unexpectedly and Zhil's stealth was fumbled. But a cover up by Tex managed to get him into the room, where Zhil's razor claws and a stun blast from Tex, soon had the pirate decked. Trying to lure more of the enemy crew over p

Miria Silverhand put up quite a fight, blasting Atatotzli into unconsciousness with a gauss pistol. But although Zhil and Kaelan were sorely pressed by her cyberarm in unarmed, Zhil finally decided to end her with his new razors and Silverhand ended her days bleeding out in the wreck of an old far trader. Rifling through her belongings, Zhil found her comm and with his skillz managed to hack it and lure in another crew member from her ship the Hell's Teeth, Cote. When he arri

The next morning Halfnir got a message from Stretch that he had what they wanted. Meeting at the Safari, Stretch munched on some rare meat and sold the information that Miria Silverhand had been heard dealing with Petyr Vallis (not Peter File) in his local hideout. Making their way over, the Grey Area walked in and asked for a business meeting with Vallis and they were shown through to a plush lounge, where Vallis regarded them with cold blue eyes. After a shaky start, he off

Jumping to the fuel dump, the travellers toyed with the idea of moving it to another location to gain a steady supply of dead ships, but the logistics was a little arduous. Deciding that their new crew member was surplus to requirements, Zhil used his new blade implants to convert the hapless vargr to bone chair raw materials, and with that the jump to Theev was made. Arriving at the highport, it seemed that access to the downport was restricted, but this was easily arranged,

Jumping to Torpol, the travellers of the Black Swan met Provost Falx, a jaunty starport administrator who introduced them to the party planet with a pack of discount vouchers for the pleasure havens there. Checking the video and transmission footage, they discovered an attack by a far trader and a salvage hauler on one of Torpol's orbital factories. Further investigation uncovered a transmission to a scout called Misery's Company at the downport, which had been involved in an

After dealing with the Sivipacem, the Grey Area jumped to Drinax to face King Oleb's dismay at the damage to "his" ship and demanding his tithe. The travellers also discovered that the Wanderlark scout was once again in the possession of the scout service, one Ressaki Telvannich, who seemed fully aware of the scout's alternative activities and over dinner with the group he discussed recompensing them for the repairs they had already made, and a thank you of Cr50,000. Ernie sa

With Halfnir and Eddie hanging on in the hold, and the rest of the crew in the bridge access, the crew found themselves without any way forward. Movali bravely brought the plasma rifle through the airlock to them, which Zhil decided to take hold of. Then things took a turn worse as the iris valve to the hold opened, and the pirates in the bridge access found themselves holding on to anything they could, with the poor lad Movali faring worst of all without a vacc suit, the ves

After introducing the orphans, the crew decided to head back from Pandora to Drinax. Realising they hadn't committed much piracy, they...

Holed up in Fred's small apartment the crew sat around the kitchen table, the air thick with the strange pungent pipe weed that was being...