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Chaala Angushlii

Bullseyepsa

Feb 27, 2026 9:16 pm
Feb 27, 2026 9:16 pm
Chapter 4 Jump Emergence: Marinagua
"Limited personnel. They prioritized the information gathering mission and took everyone. They don't have Ironhand support and it sounded like they were going to make open contact with some of the factions, at least the Human ones, so having sufficient force to avoid easy capture makes sense. May not be the decisions we would make, but that's been the case with several choices that the local IISS brass have gone with."

Chaala pauses, "I'm going to get suited up and head over to see if it's accepted my position and I can get to the more secure data. Edrin, Amara, Ruiha, I want a plan for wilderness refueling both ships. Actually, two plans. One for using the nearest gas giant and one for using surface water. Sounds like we might be able to get in and do that, but I don't think it's our primary option."

"Bohdie" Takanamè Tanè Hokuanokada

Packratt66Inactive for 1 months

Feb 27, 2026 11:06 pm
Feb 27, 2026 11:06 pm
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One thing that that may not be related to any personnel log entry but should surely be in the Ship's Log is the telemetry from the microsats that were deployed. Maybe it won’t show anything out of the ordinary but Bohdie would want to see any recordings of the launch transitioning to the planet surface from as many angles as possible. In particular, he's looking for the launch's path down into the atmosphere and whether or not anything unusual might have happened during the trip from the Lunar surface to its ground landing. Then verifying the launch's landing location (I believe I read that it was not going to the Starport?) and maybe any satellite images or data since the launch landed. Later analysis would include any imagery or other telemetry that might show alien influences on the native culture (ie Niparoo or Korsumug or other). But Bohdie would most likely save that sort of work for team analysis later. His main concern at the moment is what happened to the launch and her crew.

Story Narrator

MunsInactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 2:29 am
Feb 28, 2026 2:29 am
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Bohdie – Satellite Recon Analysis Report
Source: Six Harrier Recon Satellites (Dominicus deployment)
Coverage Window: Day 0 – Day 168 (Present)
Location: Ad Hoc Starport outside Balac Pontli
(Current Port Class D – post-war degraded facility)
1 ▪ Cutter Landing Location

  • The Cutter landed at the Ad Hoc Starport outside Balac Pontli.
  • Current Port Class D reflects this improvised post-war facility.
  • Pre-war records reference a Class A Starport destroyed in the nuclear war.
  • The destroyed Class A facility was located over 1,000 km away from the current site.
  • Landing occurred on the western tarmac of the operational Ad Hoc Starport.

Assessment: Dominicus deliberately selected the functioning post-war facility.
2 ▪ Cutter Visibility

  • From Day 4 through Day 168, Cutter remains visible.
  • Confirmed via Visual Spectrum, SAR, and Thermal signatures.
  • No concealment measures observed.
3 ▪ Lifeform Activity Around the Cutter

Day 4–Present

  • One lifeform remains at the Cutter through Day 168.

Beginning Day 15

  • Three Alejia approach from buildings northeast of the tarmac each morning.
  • They appear to carry items to the Cutter.
  • They depart empty-handed.
  • Pattern repeats in the evening.
  • Routine continues uninterrupted through Day 168.

Beginning Day 21

  • Human sophonts approach the Cutter.
  • Movement originates from the Free Trader staging area.
  • Visits are irregular and unscheduled.
  • Duration varies.
  • No aggressive posture observed.

Critical Observation

  • No movement from the 2000-ton vessel sector approaches the Cutter.
  • Large human deployment does not interact with the Cutter.

Assessment:
Three distinct engagement channels exist:
  • Daily Alejia approach
  • Irregular Free Trader human visits
  • Complete non-engagement from 2000-ton deployment sector

The Cutter and remaining Scout appear outside the authority of the larger human force.
4 ▪ Free Trader Traffic Pattern

Day 18

  • 200-ton class Free Trader departs orbit.
  • Satellite orientation focused planet-side.

Day 48

  • 200-ton Free Trader lands at same pad.
  • Alejia unload cargo.
  • Human crew consistent with 200-ton vessel complement.
  • Cargo containers estimated 1–5 tons.

Ongoing Pattern

  • One or two Free Traders depart approximately every 30 days.
  • Return within 21–30 days.
  • Offload cargo containers.
  • Gradually load outbound cargo.
  • No visible refueling operations.

Assessment: Established commercial logistics cycle.
5 ▪ Arrival of 2000-Ton Vessel (Escalation)

Day 51

  • Increased human activity near existing 2000-ton vessel.
  • Vessel lifts off.
  • Next day, different 2000-ton vessel lands in same location.

Post-Landing Observations

  • Small group of human sophonts disembark.
  • Separate group of human sophonts emerge from ground facilities to meet them.
  • Indicates personnel already stationed on-site.
  • Large cargo-handling equipment unloaded.
  • Large containers moved to aircraft maintenance structures.
  • Approx. 120 personnel disembark.
  • Personnel remove gear in organized formation.

Assessment:
Resembles rotational unit deployment, organized troop offload, and secured logistics establishment.
Area likely hosts organized and potentially armed human unit.
6 ▪ Perimeter Security Established

Day 55 Onward

  • Human sophonts patrol tarmac and maintenance structures (western sector).
  • Alejia movement from northeast buildings meets patrol routes.
  • No visible confrontation.

Assessment: Coordinated perimeter activity.
7 ▪ Joint Patrol Phase

Day 62

  • Alejia movement toward 2000-ton vessel area.
  • Tent appears near perimeter within one hour.
  • Both Alejia and human sophonts visible.

Day 63–100

  • Mixed patrols: human + Alejia.

Assessment: Joint perimeter integration.
8 ▪ UAV Activity

Day 93

  • UAVs detected via SAR and visual imagery.
  • Operating near 2000-ton vessel.
  • Activity increases steadily.
9 ▪ Security Consolidation

Day 101–103

  • UAV flights increase significantly.
  • Joint patrol ceases.
  • Human-only patrol from Day 103 onward.

Assessment: Human security control consolidated.
10 ▪ Gate Fort & Berm Activity

Day 88

  • Six grav vehicles move toward western berm gate.
  • Vehicles stop at or inside gate structure.
  • No movement observed beyond berm perimeter.
  • No confirmed exit outside Ad Hoc Starport.

Gate Fort Imagery

  • Gabion-style defensive structures.
  • Elevated positions.
  • Alejia estimated 2–3 meters tall.
  • Capacity estimate: 20–80 per structure.
  • Exact numbers indeterminate.

Assessment: Perimeter intact and controlled.
Grav vehicles reposition internally, not outward.
Current Operational Picture – Day 168

  • Cutter intact.
  • One Scout alive at Cutter.
  • Daily Alejia supply approach.
  • Irregular human visits from Free Trader sector.
  • No interaction from 2000-ton deployment with Cutter.
  • Sustained Free Trader logistics cycle.
  • 2000-ton vessel deployment active.
  • 120+ personnel present.
  • Heavy cargo equipment installed.
  • Perimeter under human-only patrol.
  • UAV surveillance active.
  • Berm gates fortified.
  • No movement beyond berm.
Bohdie’s Primary Strategic Conclusion

  • Phase 1 – Humanitarian tolerance (Days 4–20)
  • Phase 2 – Commercial establishment (Days 18–48)
  • Phase 3 – Major deployment (Day 51)
  • Phase 4 – Joint security integration (Days 62–100)
  • Phase 5 – Human security consolidation (Day 103+)

The Ad Hoc Starport is transitioning into:

A human-secured logistics and operational hub contained within its berm perimeter.

The Cutter and remaining Scout are compartmentalized:

  • Supported by Alejia
  • Visited irregularly by Free Trader humans
  • Ignored by main human deployment
  • Outside perimeter authority structure

That separation appears deliberate.
OOC:
I will post a map hopefully this evening and NLT tomorrow

Muns Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 2:35 am
Feb 28, 2026 2:35 am
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Bullseyepsa says:
Chaala pauses, "I'm going to get suited up and head over to see if it's accepted my position and I can get to the more secure data. Edrin, Amara, Ruiha, I want a plan for wilderness refueling both ships. Actually, two plans. One for using the nearest gas giant and one for using surface water. Sounds like we might be able to get in and do that, but I don't think it's our primary option."
OOC:
Amara is at the ISS Harrier - just making sure I am correct in your intent. Also the ISS Harrier is sitting at a full tank, as it looks like Jr Admin Dominicus planned for the leaving once the on planet contact and survey is completed. Also you credentials work through the data link. It takes just one of the players to ask. I will rule they did hence the data Bohdie and the other pulled up. What else is needed?

"Bohdie" Takanamè Tanè Hokuanokada

Packratt66Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 3:41 am
Feb 28, 2026 3:41 am
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Bohdie reviews all the information twice. He goes back and reviews the UAV flights and pins them with streamers on to show the entire path of each flight. He watches for changes in the UAV flights and checks for the furthest out paths. He checks the distance out past the cutter. Once he determines the distance, he confers with Chaala. "We should go down and land outside of this perimeter (he indicates the streamer of the furthest flight of the UAV) far enough that our ship isn’t revealed by the unmanned aircraft’s sensors. Then, it is my opinion we should observe this individual (he points out the human life form at the cutter) for enough long enough to identify what member of the crew it is and his or her disposition."

Chaala Angushlii

Bullseyepsa

Feb 28, 2026 3:46 am
Feb 28, 2026 3:46 am
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Chaala enters her command access and searches for any logs and records that have been sealed behind command codes. Particularly anything flagged for Pautho.
OOC:
Ok. I got the impression that Chaala needed to be on Harrier to access the most restricted archives. If not, she'll do it from Voyager.

Muns Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 4:08 am
Feb 28, 2026 4:08 am
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Packratt66 says:
Bohdie reviews all the information twice. He goes back and reviews the UAV flights and pins them with streamers on to show the entire path of each flight. [/f]
The satellite orbits are not geosynchronized to a particular spot in orbit, a ship can due to gravitics technology, but these are normal small satellite probes meant to have orbit and conserve power to provide data. The imagery and SAR shots are about 15 minutes between the next satellite shot.
Even show, Bohdie notices the first few days are small UAVs flying around, the type a platoon or small team would have, bare a spec on the imagery, computer enhancement and Wilber, JEEM and Bohdie's background would notice it as what it is.
However on day 122 the big UAV
OOC:
today would be the size of a riding lawnmower
is seen deployed and flown. The next imagery shot shows a group of Alejia moving out to the perimeter. the next imagery shot shows them gathered, about 15-20 individuals, and 4 Human Sophonts. The next two shots indicate a recovery. On day 124 it is only flown at night and Bohdie is able to tag it and build out a flight path of the larger UAV. He determines quite easily that it flys over Balac Pontli.

Muns Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 4:10 am
Feb 28, 2026 4:10 am
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Bullseyepsa says:
Chaala enters her command access and searches for any logs and records that have been sealed behind command codes. Particularly anything flagged for Pautho.
She does not find anything out of the ordinary, but Jr. Admin Silvia Dominicus came to somewhat the same conclusions on the NSTC and was cautious about Niparoo trade corporation on Marinagua. This was one of the elements of information she was determined to find out.

Muns Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 4:15 am
Feb 28, 2026 4:15 am
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OOC:
I posted the map of Balac Pontli in the wiki. Both are 1:50 scale. A graphical map that is like a military topographical map and a SAT black and White imagery map. If you have any feedback, let me know.

The Military Topo map is more accurate of the Ad Hoc Starport for the locations of the buildings. The airfield control tower is the small red outlined square. I plan on putting up an 'zone of control' map of the airport, of what the players have determine.

Muns Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 4:42 am
Feb 28, 2026 4:42 am
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OOC:
The Airfield Map is up in the same wiki. The direct link to the airfield is here

dabagginsInactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 4:52 am
Feb 28, 2026 4:52 am
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Packratt66 says:
Bohdie reviews all the information twice. He goes back and reviews the UAV flights and pins them with streamers on to show the entire path of each flight. He watches for changes in the UAV flights and checks for the furthest out paths. He checks the distance out past the cutter. Once he determines the distance, he confers with Chaala. "We should go down and land outside of this perimeter (he indicates the streamer of the furthest flight of the UAV) far enough that our ship isn’t revealed by the unmanned aircraft’s sensors. Then, it is my opinion we should observe this individual (he points out the human life form at the cutter) for enough long enough to identify what member of the crew it is and his or her disposition."
Virel studies the projected flight paths for a long moment before nodding once to Bohdie. "Agreed. We observe first."

His eyes shift to the Cutter’s marker on the display. "They did not come expecting a prolonged occupation."

A slight pause.

"Something altered that timeline. One Scout remains. The rest do not. Before we announce ourselves, we need to understand what changed."

"Bohdie" Takanamè Tanè Hokuanokada

Packratt66Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 5:11 am
Feb 28, 2026 5:11 am
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"Yes. Precisely this."

Chaala Angushlii

Bullseyepsa

Feb 28, 2026 7:04 am
Feb 28, 2026 7:04 am
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"I think we it likely that Scout Apprentice Gruber is with the Cutter. It seems that they have good relations with the local Alejia and whoever is operating the Free Traders. I don' t know what's being used to pay for the regular resupply but it's consistent. I'm thinking we punch a tight beam to the Cutter and see if we can get a SitRep from Gruber and, if they think it won't disrupt things, have them come up and get us. Avoids us taking Voyager down and leaves us with a rescue option if things go wrong."

Chaala pauses.

"Thoughts?"

"Bohdie" Takanamè Tanè Hokuanokada

Packratt66Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 9:31 am
Feb 28, 2026 9:31 am
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"Its certainly an option. It does remove the element of surprise and the ability to observe more closely without immediate discovery. And if, for some reason, the human lifeform at the cutter is not one of the crew but a different human? We may well give away our position to a complete stranger."

Story Narrator

MunsInactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 9:05 pm
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Edrin
Edrin Looks at Chaala and say "with the moon's rotation, and orbit around Marinagua added with Marinagua planet's rotation who make the just sending a beam message to the cutter pretty difficult, if not impossible. Why not just fly the Voyager or Harrier into a geo-sync orbit holding above the starport and then try to send the tight beam. By then we should have the jamming pattern and frequencies down to send a massage through the jamming. "

Chaala Angushlii

Bullseyepsa

Feb 28, 2026 9:50 pm
Feb 28, 2026 9:50 pm
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"I had considered that, and with Harrier's stealth capabilities and the, presumably, limited monitoring capacity on the planet, we should be able to get away with it. Not moving would have let us try faster, but if it won't work, we can take Harrier. If she is spotted, as I said, anyone doing the math knows there's a ship around anyway and I'd rather they don't see Voyager as long as possible."

She addresses Bohdie, "As for the possibility that it's not a Scout at the cutter, better that we know that sooner rather than later. We can wait until we've done a little more surveilance, but we're on a clock here. I want to get Halsson out of here ASAP so we'll lose backup once they are refuelled unless we find a reason to keep them here. We also don't know if Dominicus and her crew are in danger so any delay could put their risk at a growing rate. I know they've already been here for a while and the odds they're on knife's edge are small, but we have one mission parameter left and I don't want to risk it by being overcautious."

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"Bohdie" Takanamè Tanè Hokuanokada

Packratt66Inactive for 1 months

Feb 28, 2026 10:29 pm
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OOC:
What kind of resolution can the microsatellites get? I mean how well do small details resolve?
Bohdie doesn’t let his frustration show.

"We haven’t detected any scans to or from space, so if they are monitoring close orbit, it has to be all passive. If we cannot get enough resolution at the right angle to positively identify the human at the cutter, the next most logical step would be to put someone on the ground to move into a position to allow optics to magnify the individual’s features well enough to identify them. Maybe we don’t have to actually put the Azure Voyager on the ground. Perhaps we can just drop into the atmosphere and drop a team of two close enough to hike in for identification."

Bohdie checks the inventories of both ships for Grav Belts, parachutes, etc. Anything that could put a small team on the ground without the ship landing.

Wilbur Graniac Tholinar V

YullyBearInactive for 1 months

Mar 1, 2026 12:17 am
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Muns says:
Wilber is still confuse...except it could be that the ISS Harrier is a dispersed structure hull and cannot land on a planet with a standard or thicker atmosphere.
OOC:
It is not why Wilber is confused, he is confuse because he doesn't understand why at least one crew member has not stay behind. You never leave your ship completely empty, especially is it is your way home. And in case of problem you may end up marooned without any means to call for help …and that’s what happened. It's why it doesn't make sense to Wilber.
Wilber nod his head
"
Muns says:
Wilber is still confuse...except it could be that the ISS Harrier is a dispersed structure hull and cannot land on a planet with a standard or thicker atmosphere.
OOC:
It is not why Wilber is confused, he is confuse because he doesn't understand why at least one crew member has not stay behind. You never leave your ship completely empty, especially is it is your way home. And in case of problem you may end up marooned without any means to call for help …and that’s what happened. It's why it doesn't make sense to Wilber.
Wilber nod his head
"I agree with Bohdie, I would like to go down too and check this place, for even if there is still a member of the crew in the shuttle, we do not know what happened to the rest of the team."

Muns Inactive for 1 months

Mar 1, 2026 12:51 am
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Packratt66 says:
OOC:
What kind of resolution can the microsatellites get? I mean how well do small details resolve?
The microsatellites get pretty good resolution. The Balac Pontli Map is 30 centimeter resolution. This is fine enough to see an individual and with the capabilities of the Azure Voyager to determine the person....is male or female and if they are wearing a IISS coveralls or uniform...
Yes you can.

Poring over the views of the satellite imagery and SAR data, it is JEEM who makes the identification, of aHuman male, in his mid forties, bearded, wearing a IISS coveralls that show a bit wear.

Given the amount of time (168 days) the beard would grow out that long and the shape of the IISS coveralls suggests continuous wear matches the timeframe.

The individual mannerisms and beard further solidify that is it a male individual, that leaves out Scout Apprentice Freja Gruber, Scout Medic Ilse Corvan and Junior Administrator Silvia Dominicus.

The male crew members of the ISS Harrier are Scout Gunner Tomas Kade who is 29, Scout Recruit Feng Larsen is 21, Scout-Engineer Harlan Voss is 46 and Chief Engineer Ramon Troulin is 42. Based on satellite imagery and his knowledge JEEM believes it is either Harlan or Ramon based on their ages. Both are Engineers with no certs as pilots. Which could explain why the cutter has not left Marinagua.
Packratt66 says:
Bohdie checks the inventories of both ships for Grav Belts, parachutes, etc. Anything that could put a small team on the ground without the ship landing.
Wilber finds a grav belt in the ship lockers of the ISS Harrier, Edrin confirms there is a grav belt onboard the Azure Voyager. These are standard issue for the inspection the vessel in the event of damage or for other reconnaissance uses. There are no parachutes, nor Imperial Marine drop capsules.

edited for clarity

Story Narrator

MunsInactive for 1 months

Mar 1, 2026 12:58 am
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Edrin
On the bridge of the Azure Voyager, Edrin looks at Chaala. "Boss, so what is the plan?"
Currently:
Wilber, Bohdie, Virel, and Amara are on the ISS Harrier, she is powering up and will be ready in less than 30 minutes.

Chaala, JEEM, Ruiha, Edrin, Dr. Shone, and Captain Halsson (in the Autodoc) are on the Azure Voyager, all systems operating, short on fuel for jumping, but enough fuel for 20 days of operations.
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