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by [[Richard “Shadow Shack” Rose]]

==Campaign background==
Set 45 years ago in Federation Year:111.

Magnate General Yan-Soon Shea-Dow, alleged half clan
brother to Streel's Hilo Headow (who claims no
relation) overtakes Histran in the Scree Fron system
and establishes a sovereign governing presence via a
blockade of warships staffed with well trained militant
crews. A civilian confederation of independent freight
haulers working in tandem with neighboring Hakosoar
militia craft manage to retake the world. Yan-Soon
escapes, only to threaten Clarion three years later.
What proves to be a quick defeat led by the Clarion
Royal Marines ends up being a feint, Yan-Soon's forces
quickly take the outpost world of Laco the following
year and establishes the Sovereign Domain Authority, a
militant dictatorship that announces no allegiance to
the UPF.

The trade routes to Truane's Star, Zebulon, and the
Rim are now effectively blocked off, however Streel
manages some sort of back door escort service for
civilian craft wishing to trade with these worlds as well
as capitalizing on their own trade with the rest of the
Frontier. The Shea_Dow/Headow relation becomes a
huge conspiracy theory at this point, but nothing can
be done as UPF forces are driven back to Prenglar with
each illegal attempt at retaking Dixon's Star, as teh
UPF is forbidden to interfere with local government
matters so the skirmishes are small. SDA officially
secedes from the Council of Worlds and UPF ships are
given the green light for daring raids. These meet with
similar results: defeat.

By FY:72 the UPF begins to receive delivery of their
first dreadnaught vessels under the FY:64 passage of
Operation: Dreadnaught, a bill permitting larger than
battleship class warships. Feeling an upper hand
against SDA craft, they attack laco once more only to
discover that Yan-Soon has already commissioned his
own fleet of dreadnaught carriers and cruisers. The
SDA war machine is now at full force, sweeping
through the Frontier leaving a wake of destruction. The
UPF declares war against the Sovereign Domain
Authority in FY:75.

The next three years find the yazirian systems (Araks,
Athor, Gruna Garu, & Scree Fron) overtaken by SDA
forces, with garrisons, warships, and commanding
staffs left behind to keep the peace. Two years later
the UPF loses more ground via the vrusk systems
9K'aken-Kar, Kizk-Kar, & K'tsa Kar) as well as
Madderly's Star. By FY:81 Prenglar falls, and Cassidine
surrenders shortly afterwards. With ten systems under
SDA control, including the two Capitol & Task Force
locales, the UPF quickly falls apart and the Council of
Worlds is dissolved.

The following thirty years brings about another Sathar
War against SDA forces, who establish a strong military
presence and not only defeats the worms but traces
them back to possible homeworld systems. Pirate
factions are quickly eliminated as well, falling with
efficiency to the dominating SDA forces. By FY:90 SDA
forces are dispatched to a Sathar outpost world in their
own homeworlds, the worms plea for a peace treaty
yet manage to mount scores of warships to drive SDA
back. Invading the Sathar homeworlds ends up being a
stalemate; SDA puts it on the back burner for the time
being.

{|
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#dddddd;" align="center"
|style="width:70px"|Year|| Event
|-
|align="center"|64|| Operation: Dreadnaught legislature passed.
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|align="center"|72|| First Dreadnaught’s are received.
|-
|align="center"|75|| UPF declares war against the Sovereign Domain Authority
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|align="center"|81|| Prenglar falls. Cassidine surrenders shortly afterwards.
|-
|align="center"|90|| SDA target Sathar outpost but are driven back by the worms. Over the next year the SDA stalemates with the Sathar homewolds.
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|align="center"|91 – 96|| Malco surfaces on Volturnus.
|-
|align="center"|97|| SDA establishes a new garrison on Volturnus to watch MalCo.
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|align="center"|110|| SDA maps the Rim side of the Xagyg Dust Nebula from Capella to Klaeok.
|-
|align="center"|111|| Current year of the Grand Celebration.
|}

MalCo Enterprises resurfaces on Volturnus via
legitimate business operations both on the surface and
in the orbital station. SDA does not recognize them as
a threat, but is aware of their history and MalCo is
under close surveillance. Rumors of former UPF
Loyalists begin to surface. By FY:97 SDA establishes a
new garrison on Volturnus to watch MalCo. By the turn
of the century SDA begins mapping the Rim side of the
Xagyg Dust Nebula, completing said map from Capella
to Klaeok by FY:110. Eventually the Volturnus Garrison
is removed during that same year with hopes that
MalCo will become more relaxed and tip their hand at
suspected smuggling operations that have plagued the
Frontier in recent years.

Which brings us up to date, FY:111 --- The Grand
Celebration, commemorating 30 years of the SDA
treaty is planned for the entire year. Gala social
functions, parades, and celebrations are planned on
every planet under SDA control and even some in
the Rim. However, former UPF loyalists have risen in
strength and numbers. The first publicized rebellion
against the SDA is carried out by Princess Leotia
Valentine XXII as she smuggles valuable SDA data
obtained by the Clarion Liberation Party and manages
to make it all the way to Zebulon before being
discovered. She is captured, but her Zebulon contact is
never found. SDA speculates that this contact may hail
from a Rim system.

==Cast of Characters==
[[File:JasonSiegar.png|75px|left]]
'''Captain Jason Henry "Hank" Siegar'''
(mH), former engineer for PGC/Trans
Travel co-owned Rayax Transport
Shipwrights and ex-SDA fighter pilot,
co-owns the merchant scout SS
Corona Phoenix, a ship with a rich
history including assaults against SDA in
Histran under the original owners.
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'''Tarbikal''' (mV), former agro-world ranch hand turned
pilot/astrogator, co-owns the Phoenix with Siegar.

[[File:TercKrenn.png|100px|left]]
'''Terc and Cret Krenn''' (mY & fY
respectively), former SDA
militia soldiers, yazirian clan
brother and sister duo hired on
as gunners by Siegar and
Tarbikal
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'''Naralos''' (mD), chief technical and engineering officer
for the Corona Phoenix. Rich history serving under
numerous SDA and civilian spacecraft.

'''Rastefir "Rastie" Stath of Clangeddin Clan''' (mI), Rim
citizen who migrated to the Frontier in search of a
more rewarding lifestyle, hired on as a jack of all
trades by the Phoenix crew.

[[File:ValiciaMastis.png|75px|left]]
'''Valicia Mastis''' (fH), ex-pirate and fighter jockey,
currently assigned to escort the Corona Phoenix with
her privately owned I-76 Enforcer heavy fighter "SS
Sentinel". Wears an eye patch over her sealed left eye
socket, an injury acquired during her piracy days.
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'''Katrina Siamilla''' (fL), feline-like
humanoid hailing from beyond the
Frontier, astro-gunner assigned to the
Sentinel.

'''SS Corona Phoenix''', merchant scout --- class:3
armed trade vessel under license by MalCo Enterprises.
Includes four MR-2 series maintenance robots

'''SS Sentinel''', fighter --- class:2 interstellar heavy
assault fighter under license by MalCo Enterprises. TR-
3 "Tart" MR-3 series maintenance robot included in aft
maintenance bay

==Campaign Log 01==
The entire group (save for Naralos, who is running late)
has met at "Britmoll's Tavern: IX" located in Port Lavakos,
Volturnus (Zebulon). MalCo has offices on the commercial
decks of Zebulon Station as well as the surface, including
one here in Port Lavakos. Port Lavakos was once home to
Mercenary Starbase, a military organization funded by Pan
Galactic and operating under Spacefleet & Star Law
charter as a patrolling presence to assist both of the
former interstellar organizations. Once SDA disbanded
them (MS and Strike Force NOVA were the final factions
attempting to preserve the UPF during SDA's decade of
destruction), MalCo swooped in to establish a legitimate
business stronghold.

Britmoll's Tavern - IX is the latest expansion of a pub
chain owned by Kilian Britmoll, a huge lumbering hulk of a
human. Headquartered in Triad, Britmoll's Taverns
expanded to the capital of every major world in the
Frontier and this is his first tavern in a lesser populated
world, as such he is personally seeing to the grand
opening. Britmoll sports a rather oversized bionic left arm,
and has been known to dispatch his enemies by hoisting a
sonic devastator with it (sans tripod mount!). Alas, Killian
isn't the young buck he once was (he's 89 years old now,
and officially retired from such work), but loves to spin
yarns of glory days with his customers.

[[File:JetiAndBritmol.png|200px|right]]
BT-9 just opened in recent months and your group has
enjoyed Britmoll's hospitality. It has become a haven for
adventurers and MalCo operatives
alike, along with various other
sorts of riff raff including
hovercycle gangs, ex-cons,
former pirates, and even
the occassional ex-UPF or
former StarLaw types.
Assisting him as manager,
learning the ropes of his
business, is a comely but aging
female yazirian named Jeticia
Nye, who simply prefers to be
called Jeti. She has a history
with Volturnus, assisting the second exploration mission
that eventually liberated its natives from a Sathar invasion
long ago. Most of her Volturnus comrades from back in the
day have established businesses in Port Lavakos or
Zebulon Station, so between her and the owner
information can be had. For a price. And neither enjoys
hosting violence of any manner within the confines of their
respectable establishment.

[[File:SDAFleet.png|thumb|300px|right|SDA Fleet on maneuvers - Artwork by GJD]]
The group is once again enjoying some much needed
downtime after running a series of cargoes under MalCo
charter, including smuggling some small arms into the Rim
and a recent delivery of SIX (Synthetic Ixiol) and
Methadose shipments that will hopefully undermine SDA
forces around the Frontier. MalCo didn't care much for the
UPF, but SDA is even worse. If SDA troops & operatives
can get themselves hooked on narcotics, then open season
can't be too far behind!

The Phoenix and Sentinel crews are indulging in some of
the tastier plates and beverages offered at BT-9, along
with the usual disagreements between the highly spirited
ex-pirate Valicia and everyone else. Jason and Tarbikal
head to the bar for refills, and soon afterwards Naralos
arrives in the thick of the bickering to receive a fresh dose
of what the rest have been digesting. Embarrassed by it
all, Jason finally shouts out from the bar for everyone to
take it down a notch. This, of course, has attracted the
watchful eye of man-mountain Killian Britmoll behind the
bar. Jason gets down to business by fraternizing with the
yazirian barkeep who happens to know a former
acquaintance of Siegar and follows by attempting to hustle
something from the bionic barkeep, stating that he
captains a small, fast, and armed light freight hauler and
has an allied heavy fighter escort as well.

A hearty grin crosses the wrinkled face of Kilian Britmoll.
He bursts out with laughter, and then gets his game face
on. "Back in the day I might have double dipped on this
one. But seeing as you an' my subordinate here have a
mutual friend, and you saved me the effort of discharging
my favorite toy on your own subordinates...for the mere
cost of a pint of 10 year old Minotaurian Scotch I just
might have what you're looking for." Jason responds with
"I swear, that's half my job --- just keeping them in line
when we're in port. As for that bottle of scotch, you've got
a deal." Jason counts out 100 cr and lays it on the bar, "It
never hurts to have a fine drink
around to calm the nerves and
relax. Or to celebrate with after a
successful run," he adds with a
grin. Killian smiles and pops the
seal off a dust covered plasticontainer
of Minotaurian Scotch.

He pours you a pint (or
technically, a half-liter) and helps
himself to a shot of it as well. He
swigs the shot down. Placing the
mug down on the bar in front of
you, he raises his organic arm
and activates his chronocom. You
hear some indistinct clicking and
Britmoll answers "Yeah, I got
someone here that might suit
your needs. A light freighter
captain who runs with a heavy
fighter escort. Looks like his crew
is here with him. C'mon down, I'll
introduce the two of ya." Some
more muffled sounds and the call
is finished.

The bar man grins and says "A
potential customer will be here
soon. I'll send him your way
when he gets here." He then
lumbers off to the opposite end of the bar to assist a
dralasite that just arrived. Naralos seems to recognize this
particular dral as a MalCo Liason , and waddles over to
commence some conversation by offering a drink to his
kin. The two begin bellowing away in the dralasite
language, and after a few exchanges Naralos bids him
farewell and returns to the group. By now Jason and
Tarbikal have also settled down at the group's table.
Naralos reports that the "big boy" (Malthar) was quite
impressed with their last run, and that the liason will
check to see if there's any loads available for departure.

Half an hour later a vrusk enters and greets the bionic
barkeeper, who in turn points his mechanical finger at the
group assembled at the center table. The limb drops down
below the bar and you hear a few items crash to the floor,
Britmoll curses out loud and disappears into the back
room. The vrusk is older in appearance, grizzled and a bit
slower than the younger ones you've seen. Tarbikal
estimates him to be around 70-80 years of age. He is
wearing some loose casual attire, but through the folds
you see a well worn military skeinsuit underneath. His
demeanor is the same as any other vrusk though; all
business, and he gets right down to that point.

"Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, " he says in Pan
Galactic, nodding with respect to the female human,
female yazirian, and cat-like humanoid. "I'm told you have
a ship that may suit my needs. I'm looking for some
discreet passage deep into the Rim, Klaeok to be precise."
(To be continued..)

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