The Sivipacem

After introducing the orphans, the crew decided to head back from Pandora to Drinax. Realising they hadn't committed much piracy, they decided to waylay some shipping. At Arunisiir, while refuelling at the local gas giant they spotted a far trader, The Lucky Merchant, heading for the starport. After a swift intercept, the Captain Voss agreed to send out some medical supplies, which was scooped up. Jumping to Blue, they found the system quiet.

But in the Clarke system, they discovered a fast trader, the Sivipacem, which seemed keen to try its chances and when challenged, Captain Shrax simply said, "Bring it". He soon discovered the error of his ways, as the particle barbette left his engines damaged, but faced only with torture and the loss of his ship, they fought on. Eventually, negotiations bore fruit and cargo was released from the stricken ship, but a scan revealed a hidden vault. A boarding was arranged and Halfnir and Ernie made their way into the hold to use their drill into the vault.

But the Sivipacem was still ready to fight, the iris valve closed and the gravity in the hold increased to 3G, making drilling almost impossible. Chirokio, Zhil and Tex then made their way through the (now locked) airlock and found themselves facing two defenders. The situation in the hold was only made worse, as the hold door opened and faced with explosive decompression, the two vault drillers held on for dear life, and lost the drill as it blasted off into space. The fight wasn't one-sided, but once the two assailants were stunned into unconsciousness, Zhil and Chirokio found themselves with some painful wounds. Now it was time for some payback, as Movali the young street urchin half-dragged and half-carried the plasma rifle through the airlock to the pirates...