Episode 45 - Fancy Pirate

Episode Description
The Crew are resting up and getting ready for their next mission while Z is getting acquainted with her new arm.

Summary
Z wakes up with a new steel arm. She looks for a size adjustment toggle, but there isn't one. She leaves and sees Rell and Zarial drinking Mentaru tea across the way, but walks past them to find a bar.

Meanwhile, Theran and Lelia talk about the upcoming mission over a bottle of wine. Lelia is determined to be part of the battle somehow, to Theran's dismay. He eventually leaves her to her work and goes to find the rest of the crew.

Martle goes to buy a burner communication device to talk to Olive Boy. She finds a shop called Zach's Secondhands that perpetually advertises itself as going out of business. The shopkeeper fetches her a device, apparently setting the back on fire in the process, and Martle haggles the price down from 100 credits to 15. She sends Eric the message, "Is the job worth it, Olive Boy?" He apparently no longer has a job, and asks to hear more when Martle offers him a new one that probably won't land him in jail. She leaves him hanging, however, and goes to iron out more details first.

Z fails to intimidate a free whiskey out of the orc bartender and buys a cheap one. Zarial and Rell join her and they talk about her new arm, which she tests out by taking Rell's drink.

Demia messages the party (Rell tells Zarial) to meet her and they go to the command center. Lelia found a base, though not the headquarters, of the Inquisition. It's on a moon base orbiting Inara in the Draconis system, which is very dangerous. Rell was previously stranded on a different planet in the same system. It's known for solar storms that frequently cause ships to crash, and all of the planets in the system are very hazardous. Demia got two of the pirate lords to help, but not the one who controls the Marauder Curtain, which includes the Draconis system. Now they need to go to the Crossroads Nebula to meet their allies. Martle brings up Olive Boy, and they plan for the Torog to pick him up on the way to the nebula. Z asks if they can visit Space Dad, but he's not on the way.

After the meeting, Theran stays behind to talk to Demia privately. He lays out the injuries the party and Lelia have experienced so far, and says he expects Lelia to be kept safe and the crew to be compensated for their losses a little better. Demia agrees to both, saying she never had any intention of letting Lelia off the station, and promising to pay for a better arm for Z. As Theran leaves, satisfied, Demia also sends him 10,000 credits, which he sends to Martle. The episode ends with Martle receiving a call from Eric.

New Information

 * The Crossroads Nebula is the site of an old Parliament trading hub from before hyperdrive became standard for trading vessels, being at the intersection of the three paramount systems.
 * The Draconis system is on the opposite side of the galaxy from Master Ryu, on Mercy.

Memorable Quotes
Martle: Will this device potentially explode on me. Zach: I don't think so. Rebecca: Can I insight that?

Ben: She could have afforded two cheap whiskeys!

Theran: I expect some of the losses to be taken care of, as opposed to sending us to a man who's addicted to pickles and alcohol.

Demia: Just make sure to share that with the rest of the crew. I'm pretty sure if Martle finds out that you're keeping that money, you might be losing more than just a hand. Theran: Who's this Martle you speak of? *And I'll leave.* Rebecca: I'm gonna gut you with a rusty knife.

Trivia

 * Zach's Secondhands was introduced this episode.
 * Z got a 25 on her intimidation check and it still wasn't enough.