Part of Bravo Fleet: The Devil to Pay

USS Blackbird

Daybreak

On the moon of Ilior, where the criminal elite converge, the Rooks must secure a piece of volatile, stolen technology at an auction where alliances are fragile, enemies are relentless, and betrayal is inevitable.

Mission Description

In the past year, the galaxy’s black market has surged as the Orion Syndicate pushes deeper into the trade of stolen experimental technologies, many of them lifted from the Federation. These dangerous devices, capable of reshaping entire worlds or transporting entire ships and cities in an instant, are now being sold to the highest bidder, threatening galactic stability. Among these is the Kairos Regulator, a device of highly classified capabilities believed able to warp local space-time, and slow time itself for its user.

Tasked with preventing its sale, the special operations team of the USS Blackbird are sent to the luxurious moon of Ilior, where a high-end black market auction attended by the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals will soon take place. Making strange bedfellows with the criminal kingpin Torrad-Var and his beautiful but mysterious aide Q’ira to gain entrance, the Rooks must infiltrate the auction, outbid rival factions, and secure the Kairos Regulator at all costs. But with enemies like the rival Syndicate leader Aestri lurking in the shadows – and the ever-present risk of betrayal – the mission promises to be as treacherous as the prize they seek.

About the Mission

Status
In Progress
Total Stories
11
Start Date
02/11/2024

14 November 2024

Daybreak - 11

USS Blackbird: Daybreak

Nank’s domain on Ilior was limited to his single island. While it boasted the grand halls and gardens and bars, and was more than enough for hosting his auction, it was merely one part of the wider network of interconnected islands that made up this archipelago resort. These other islands brimmed [...]

13 November 2024

Daybreak - 10

USS Blackbird: Daybreak

There had been extravagant art, rare relics of fallen civilisations, and, just that morning, weapons caches that could transform a small, local war. But as the holographic display behind Nank shimmered to life to show the next object on the docket, the room grew silent. For some, it was confusion [...]

12 November 2024

Daybreak - 9

USS Blackbird: Daybreak

‘I could be enjoying one of those stupid cocktails right now,’ Rosewood grumbled, pacing in the lounge on the Diamond Dust. After a few hours of rubbing shoulders and observing the comings and goings in Nank’s resort, they’d beaten a retreat to Q’ira’s ship. With the volume of ships [...]

11 November 2024

Daybreak - 8

USS Blackbird: Daybreak

The main auction hall managed to blend opulence and menace. Rosewood wasn’t sure if the menace came from the threat of being smothered in gold filigree, a centrepiece of this atmosphere of elite indulgence onto which crystal chandeliers cast a warm glow. He was accustomed to demonstrations of [...]