Episode 63 - Death Unemployed

Episode Description
The Crew prepare for their new mission but with Lelia following them hoping to help them discover weapons in their fight with Lilith.

Summary
The episode begins just after Theran told Martle he's talked to Nimtar. She asks if he's joking and he says yes, but she can tell he's not. Martle asks if he could help with Lelia, but Theran tells her that's not what he does, and explains his own job for Nimtar. They talk about what to do about Lelia, and again about how much Lelia cares.

Rell goes to clean the Witness, and is told by a dwarven man that it's been moved to the prep area by Jörmungandr's request. Rell goes there and finds a launching bay for Talons, where maintenance work can be done on them and they can be ejected for space combat.

Z follows Rell to the AI suite but not to the prep room, instead going to the bridge where she finds Zarial sitting in the captain's chair, waiting for Martle. Z whistles for a few minutes, then turns on music to fill the awkward silence.

Lelia tells Juniper she's impressed with her hacking. She says she learned hacking so she could hack Parliament to find her family, but it was too hard. She thinks Juniper could do it though. After she couldn't find Theran and Martle, she joined the pirates and gave up on searching and revenge. She promises to teach Juniper more about hacking on their trip.

Theran checks in with Ardrial, and Martle tells Demia Lelia's coming with them. Martle returns to the ship, and Ezekiel asks permission for his crew to stay aboard, not because of her, but because they want revenge. She warns him about revenge quests, and tells him they should hide and stay safe if anything attacks the ship.

Martle boards and asks why Zarial is in her chair. He says before they leave, he wants to make sure that they'll destroy every weapon they come across. Martle says that would give Lilith and Amethyst an advantage, and that the pirates will need more weapons. They agree to destroy any weapons capable of ending whole civilizations, at least, and Zarial leaves. Martle sits down and puts her face in her hands, and the chair starts vibrating to give her a massage. She also notices a cookie on the arm of the chair, with a note from Zarial saying it will help her relax. She doesn't trust it, and Z snatches the cookie and eats it. Lelia gives her coordinates, and Z starts piloting there before recognizing them as coordinates of Agora. She confirms with Theran that it's the planet charted on her ring, and is extremely dangerous. She tells Martle about the map and her dad. Zarial recognizes the ring as a Mentaru family heirloom, but doesn't say anything.

Z goes to her quarters and has a panic attack, and afterwards casts Detect Thoughts, also getting high from the cookie. She overhears a crewman thinking about how cool the ship is. Z probes deeper and finds that it's a woman, thinking about friends and family that she's lost. Z listens for the next minute, then calms down and goes back to the bridge as they reach Agora. The ship gets bombarded by negative energy, and the episode ends with the ship being dragged down to Agora.

New Information
There are rumors that Parliament had the same kinds of AI suites as the Coalition of Planets, and no one can break into anything they created.

Memorable Quotes
Jason: Jormun-yeeter.

Martle: I do not trust that.

Martle: *sigh* Hello Z, you're a tiny gremlin.

Natalia: It takes awhile for edibles to kick in. Mitch: Ooh yeah. She has an hour to get somewhere safe.

Trivia
Matt said Zarial recognized the ring, though it was established both earlier and in the next episode that he was not on the bridge at that point.