FIREFLY RPG - Episode 0 - Prologue

Damn. One mission, I promise, I'll make Vash bring nothing else but a spear. And I"ll be spearing people.

For now though, I'll be bringing a Katana.

Gabriel- you have never seen anything like this ship before. Kelly guides you into the cargo hold, which is narrow but high, as is much of the ship due to its boat-like shape. It must be a prototype of some sort.

"This is the cargo hold," Kelly says. "Not much else to say about that."

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With everyone situated as to what they are carrying, we'll move on.

Alan guides the Samson through the dusty streets of Eridu without delay, pausing only to situate himself with street names and such. Foreman Harlan's residence proves to be easy to find, though. It is a fair few stories above the rest of the squat structures that dominate Eridu, and completely built in the futuristic architectural style of Alliance government buildings. It doubles as his office and his home. You pull around to the garage, as it says to do on the slip that Kelly handed you.

It is fairly quiet around here.

Well, first thing Nadra will do is look about and make an Observation roll, see if anything stands out.

Cameras. Lots of cameras, very obviously placed, in all directions. All of the windows are closed and the curtains pulled.

"Is the silence around here normal, or should we have expected more noise than this?" Toki awaits further orders from the group or the appearance of the person they're meeting.

"Considering it's an office, maybe more noise," Marina comments. "Could be that we're here after hours, though. Beats me."

"Well, my assumption is that they know we are here," Nadra comments, gesturing subtly towards the cameras.

Harmony follows with the group, lagging a little behind the passengers. She lets the Captain lead the way and do the talking; it is, after all, his ship. She idly keeps an eye on the passengers during the tour.

Alan's eyes jump from camera to camera. "I don't like being watch this much," he says quietly, looking around, hoping that Harlan will just jump out. "I just wanna get the cargo and return the the Gan Ying as quickly as possible..."

"Perhaps someone should go knock on the door..." Nadra says, looking over the crew, her gaze very much saying but I'm not going to be the one to do it, so someone please get this over with already.

"Yes Ma'am, allow me take that duty." Toki says with a humble bow. He walks towards the door and knocks on it four times. He takes a step back and awaits an answer.

While the crew watches on, Toki approaches the garage door and knocks four times. The bangs resound in the unseen garage, and at first there seems to be no response. The crew waits in silence under the watchful glare of the building's cameras.

Then the garage door slowly slides open. As it is coming up, a burly and bearded man with a submachine gun ducks under it and steps out into the daylight. He wears a tank tap with a black vest, under which a pistol is obviously strapped. His hair is short and messy, but his beard is great in length and thickness.

"I take it you're the crew of Gan Ying?" the man says, scrutinizing you all with beady eyes.

Christopher went along with Gabriel and the Captain, examining what he can. Might as well even do an observation roll to see how interesting the whole thing is.

"What sort of ship is this, Captain Kelly? I'm a bit of an admirer of ships myself, but this one seems definitely one of a kind. Or at least close enough."

"I can most definitely assure you that Gan Ying is one of a kind," Kelly says. "Alliance prototype that never went into production; abandoned project for deep space exploration. I'm luck to have 'er."

Observation roll on him to see if there's anything suspicious about him.

Vash eyes the submachine gun before looking up at the man.

"Yes, we are The crew of the Gan Ying"

Alan will make an observation roll on what's inside the garage when Vash speaks up.

"...Actually, I've been meaning to ask you about that, Captain." Harmony speaks up from the back, "But it can wait until later; it's not that important." She smiles at him, following on the tour.

"Are you with Harlan, then?" Marina asks, eyeing the bearded man suspiciously.

Kelly shrugs and leads the group onwards and upwards; a flight of stairs on either side of the cargo bay leads up to the rest of the ship. It must be said, the inside of the ship looks to be in better condition than the outside, Drifters. As if the outside were intentionally worn down.

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The garage is full of crates, Alan. Crates and guys with guns.

"I am," the man says. "Bring your vehicle into the garage, please."

He turns about and steps back into the garage, not looking back.

Well, lets do it.