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Created page with "= First Translation: Treege to Xunerth = ''This section describes the provisional structure of Melancthe's first successful Nagid Orev translation. Unlike the deeper cosmology of Orev translation, many of the observations below may become firm canon once experienced by the crew. Their explanations should remain uncertain.'' The first translation is expected to last approximately '''four weeks''' of subjective shipboard time. The purpose of this transit is not to revea..."

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Created page with "= Nagid Orev Translation — Loose Canon = ''This page describes the current working model of Nagid Orev long-range travel following Melancthe's first successful translation from Treege toward Xunerth. It is '''loose canon''': these ideas are intended to provide a coherent framework for play, but the underlying mechanism has not been fully established and individual rules, explanations, and relationships may change as the campaign develops.'' == Current Situation == A..."

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Jingleswelt

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	Whether the expedition proceeds directly toward Treege using the discovered mass, or visits Jingleswelt first, depends heavily upon the condition of ''Lysander''.		Whether the expedition proceeds directly toward Treege using the discovered mass, or visits Jingleswelt first, depends heavily upon the condition of ''Lysander''.

			= GM:Jingleswelt =

			== System Overview ==

			'''Jingleswelt (Dark Nebula 2732)''' is a major Solomani industrial fortress world and subsector capital.

			* '''Allegiance:''' Solomani Confederation
			* '''Subsector:''' Staai
			* '''Primary:''' M1 V
			* '''UWP:''' B574AB8-D
			* '''Population:''' 30 billion
			* '''Tech Level:''' 13
			* '''Starport:''' B
			* '''Trade Codes:''' High Population, Industrial, Subsector Capital
			* '''Travel Zone:''' Green
			* '''Gas Giants:''' 4
			* '''Other Worlds:''' 10
			* '''Bases:''' Naval Base, Military Base

			Jingleswelt is one of the most important systems in the region: heavily industrialized, heavily defended, and accustomed to viewing nearby Aslan territory through a military lens.

			== Campaign Function ==

			Jingleswelt is an '''optional but extremely attractive repair stop''' before the expedition continues to Treege.

			Most importantly, its Class B starport has the facilities required for extensive spacecraft repairs.

			For ''Lysander'', after the Ehairiwa battle, that is enormously attractive.

			The problem is that Jingleswelt is not an anonymous frontier port.

			It is a heavily militarized Solomani fortress system with approximately 30 billion inhabitants, a naval base, a military base, and extensive system traffic control.

			Three unusual ships arriving together from the direction of Aslan space are likely to be noticed.

			== The Decision ==

			The crew has a genuine choice.

			'''Bypass Jingleswelt'''

			Advantages:
			* Avoid Solomani military attention.
			* Preserve operational secrecy.
			* Continue toward Treege immediately.

			Disadvantages:
			* ''Lysander'' remains badly damaged.
			* Jump Drive remains compromised unless field repairs succeed.
			* Further damage could become catastrophic.

			'''Enter Jingleswelt'''

			Advantages:
			* Proper TL13 repair facilities.
			* Class B shipyard.
			* Fuel, supplies and replacement components readily available.
			* ''Lysander'' can potentially be restored to full operational condition.

			Disadvantages:
			* Identification.
			* Questions.
			* Inspection.
			* Records.
			* A fortress system may take considerable interest in what these ships have been doing in Aslan space.

			== Character of Jingleswelt ==

			Jingleswelt began as a refuge during the Human-Aslan border conflicts and evolved into a fortress world.

			Its governments became increasingly focused upon planetary defense.

			The society remains heavily militarized, and the commander-in-chief of the Home Forces serves as head of state.

			This is not a paranoid backwater.

			It is a rich, technologically advanced, enormously populated military-industrial society which has been thinking about the Aslan threat for centuries.

			At the same time, Jingleswelt is an important cross-border commercial center. Relations with neighboring Aslan clans are generally cool but polite.

			The expedition therefore does not automatically look like an enemy.

			It does, however, look '''interesting'''.

			== System Entry ==

			The M1 V primary is dim and red.

			Jingleswelt's enormous industrial civilization becomes apparent long before the mainworld itself is visible.

			Traffic control is professional, busy and unmistakably military-influenced.

			The system contains four gas giants, extensive commercial traffic, naval activity, and a constant flow of industrial shipping.

			After Hkyosali, the difference is dramatic.

			This is civilization again.

			For the crew of battered ''Lysander'', the most beautiful thing in the system may simply be the traffic-control listing:

			'''CLASS B STARPORT — SHIPYARD AND REPAIR SERVICES AVAILABLE'''

			== Immediate GM Question ==

			If the expedition stops here, determine:

			* How much of ''Lysander's'' damage can be repaired?
			* How long repairs take.
			* What the repairs cost.
			* How closely Solomani authorities examine the ship.
			* Whether its sophisticated TL15 systems attract attention.
			* What story Captain Ferrari intends to tell about where the expedition has been.

			== Forward Route ==

			Jingleswelt is not the expedition's objective.

			'''Treege is.'''

			Treege is where the Nagid Orev trail resumes.

			The comet/mass pairing discovered by ''Melancthe'' and ''Falael'' is intended to make that next stage possible.

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Jingleswelt

Mike — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:51:28 GMT

Created page with "= GM:Hkyosali = == System Overview == '''Hkyosali (Dark Nebula 2132)''' is an unimportant but inhabited Aslan agricultural system lying on the expedition's route out of Hierate space. * '''Allegiance:''' Aslan Hierate; vassal clan dominates * '''Primary:''' G6 V * '''UWP:''' E55669B-6 * '''Population:''' 6,000,000 * '''Tech Level:''' 6 * '''Trade Codes:''' Agricultural, Non-Industrial, Hot * '''Travel Zone:''' Amber * '''Gas Giants:''' 2 * '''Other Worlds:''' 9 The s..."

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= GM:Hkyosali =

== System Overview ==

'''Hkyosali (Dark Nebula 2132)''' is an unimportant but inhabited Aslan agricultural system lying on the expedition's route out of Hierate space.

* '''Allegiance:''' Aslan Hierate; vassal clan dominates
* '''Primary:''' G6 V
* '''UWP:''' E55669B-6
* '''Population:''' 6,000,000
* '''Tech Level:''' 6
* '''Trade Codes:''' Agricultural, Non-Industrial, Hot
* '''Travel Zone:''' Amber
* '''Gas Giants:''' 2
* '''Other Worlds:''' 9

The system has little interstellar infrastructure and no useful repair base for ''Lysander''. Its principal campaign purpose is as a rendezvous and refueling point.

== Campaign Function ==

Assuming ''Lysander's'' emergency jump from Ehairiwa succeeds, Hkyosali is the rendezvous point with:

* ''Melancthe''
* ''Falael''

''Melancthe'' and ''Falael'' have already refueled while waiting.

''Lysander'' arrives carrying the consequences of the Ehairiwa escape:

* '''Hull: 8 remaining'''
* Jump drive functional but damaged
* Jump drive currently operating at '''DM-2'''
* Other combat damage as established during the Ehairiwa battle
* Only repairs possible during jump have been attempted

The immediate question is not whether Hkyosali can repair ''Lysander''.

It cannot.

The question is whether ''Lysander'' is safe enough to jump again.

== Arrival ==

The arrival of ''Lysander'' should initially be treated as uncertain.

''Melancthe'' and ''Falael'' have been waiting for a ship that may never emerge.

When ''Lysander'' finally precipitates out of jump, its transponder identifies it before visual inspection reveals the extent of the damage.

The reunion should feel like relief rather than another encounter.

The ship made it.

Barely.

== Refueling ==

Hkyosali has no useful starport facilities for the expedition, but it does have two gas giants.

''Melancthe'' and ''Falael'' are already fueled.

''Lysander'' must refuel before continuing.

The expedition should prefer wilderness refueling rather than unnecessary contact with the mainworld.

== Damage Assessment ==

Once the three ships are together, the expedition has time for a serious engineering assessment of ''Lysander''.

Questions for the engineers:

* What damage was successfully repaired during jump?
* What damage can be repaired using parts carried by ''Melancthe'' and ''Falael''?
* Can the Jump Drive DM-2 be reduced?
* Which repairs require an actual shipyard?
* Is another jump prudent?

This is an excellent place for ''Melancthe's'' much greater stores, workshops, crew and equipment to matter.

== Route Forward ==

The expedition's ultimate destination is '''Treege''', where the Nagid Orev trail continues.

However, ''Melancthe'' and ''Falael'' have been using their time productively.

At minimum, they have located a promising '''comet/mass pairing''' along the route toward Jingleswelt.

This is the first concrete success in the attempt to create a usable intermediate jump point toward Treege.

Whether the expedition proceeds directly toward Treege using the discovered mass, or visits Jingleswelt first, depends heavily upon the condition of ''Lysander''.

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GM:Treege

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Created page with "Ideas. First four Orev Jump situations. All require a local knowledge stash, coordinates from this exact place over time, such that calculations of where this system is relative to other star systems can be made (using Gersemi). This critical step is then refined by instantaneous local conditions (Jackie, who among other things like local gravity fields, calculates Melancthe's current mass down to the kg--if a jump fails, she will likely chide people for being careless a..."

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Hunt for Dravik

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Hunt for Dravik

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Created page with "= The Search for Dravik Elfarc = == GM Overview == Dravik Elfarc, estranged younger son of the Elfarc Family of Kuai Qing, deliberately left Kuai Qing approximately '''26 months before 1118.285'''. He did not flee impulsively. He planned his departure sufficiently well to make casual attempts to locate him fail, but he did not possess the resources or apparent desire to erase himself completely. His route was: '''Kuai Qing → Singer → Tondoul → Wons..."

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= The Search for Dravik Elfarc =

== GM Overview ==

[[Dravik Elfarc]], estranged younger son of the [[Elfarc Family]] of [[Kuai Qing]], deliberately left Kuai Qing approximately '''26 months before 1118.285'''.

He did not flee impulsively. He planned his departure sufficiently well to make casual attempts to locate him fail, but he did not possess the resources or apparent desire to erase himself completely.

His route was:

'''Kuai Qing → Singer → Tondoul → Wonstar → Candory → Mirriam'''

Dravik changed ships at [[Wonstar]]. On [[Mirriam]] he adopted the identity '''Lukas Ogzar''' and eventually obtained employment in security.

Each interstellar leg of the journey took approximately '''two weeks, including jump and the necessary turnaround/in-system time'''. Thus Dravik reached Mirriam approximately ten weeks after leaving Kuai Qing.

His basic technique was simple:

# Leave Kuai Qing during a period when '''two Jump-2 vessels''' were departing for Singer.
# Travel aboard one of them.
# Continue aboard the same vessel through Singer and Tondoul to Wonstar.
# At Wonstar, abandon that obvious trail.
# Transfer to a '''Jump-3 vessel''' traveling toward Candory.
# Continue from Candory to Mirriam.
# Stop traveling.
# Become '''Lukas Ogzar'''.

The last step is arguably the most important. Anyone attempting to find Dravik by searching passenger manifests indefinitely outward from Wonstar will eventually drown in possibilities.

Dravik is no longer moving.

== What the Travellers Already Know ==

The crew has encountered the Elfarc family before.

During their conversation with [[Kworf Elfarc]] on the "dancing planet" on '''1117.09.25''', they learned three facts which may now become important:

* Kworf knew approximately '''when his younger brother disappeared'''.
* Dravik '''does not particularly like space travel'''.
* Dravik was an accomplished swimmer and had '''won swimming awards'''.

At the time these facts were largely biographical trivia.

They are now investigative clues.

The most important is Dravik's dislike of space travel. If remembered, it argues against the assumption that Dravik became a wandering spacer, scout, corsair or perpetual traveller. He was much more likely to travel until he believed himself safely removed from Kuai Qing and then '''settle somewhere'''.

His competitive swimming history may eventually provide another way of recognizing or tracing [[Lukas Ogzar]].

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Approximate Date !! Location !! Event !! Investigative Significance
|-
| '''c. 1116.22x''' || [[Kuai Qing]] || Dravik Elfarc leaves Kuai Qing. Two Jump-2 ships depart for [[Singer]] within the relevant window. || This is the first ambiguity deliberately created by Dravik. Old departure records identify two plausible ships.
|-
| '''+2 weeks''' || [[Singer]] || Dravik arrives at Singer aboard '''Ship A'''. He remains aboard or otherwise continues with the same vessel. || Both candidate ships from Kuai Qing reached Singer. Investigators must determine which one actually carried Dravik.
|-
| '''+4 weeks''' || [[Tondoul]] || Ship A reaches Tondoul with Dravik aboard. || Once Ship A is correctly identified, the trail becomes considerably easier.
|-
| '''+6 weeks''' || [[Wonstar]] || Dravik arrives aboard Ship A and '''changes ships'''. || This is the deliberate break in his trail.
|-
| '''+8 weeks''' || [[Candory]] || Dravik arrives aboard '''Ship B''', a Jump-3 vessel. || Passenger/crew/port records can establish that the same Vargr continued toward Mirriam.
|-
| '''+10 weeks''' || [[Mirriam]] || Dravik arrives on Mirriam. || His interstellar trail ends.
|-
| '''Shortly afterward''' || [[Mirriam]] || Dravik begins using the identity '''Lukas Ogzar'''. || Searches for "Dravik Elfarc" largely cease to work.
|-
| '''Following months''' || [[Mirriam]] || Lukas Ogzar obtains work in the security field and establishes an ordinary life. || Dravik has successfully hidden primarily by ceasing to behave like a fugitive.
|-
| '''1117.09.25''' || Dancing Planet || The [[Warbler]] crew speaks with [[Kworf Elfarc]]. Kworf mentions when his younger brother disappeared, Dravik's dislike of space travel, and his swimming awards. || Information that seemed incidental at the time becomes useful more than a year later.
|-
| '''1118.285''' || Present || Mittensby and crew have been charged by [[The Marmaduke Samoyed Vargr]] with locating Dravik and returning him to Uthith. || Current campaign date.
|}

'''GM NOTE:''' Exact day numbers for the 1116 departure can remain fuzzy unless they become important. "Approximately 26 months ago" is enough for the initial records search. Once the Travellers identify the relevant traffic records, exact dates can be established.

== The First Search: Kuai Qing ==

If the Travellers begin sensibly by asking what left Kuai Qing around the time Dravik disappeared, the search produces a manageable result.

Two plausible vessels departed for '''Singer'''.

Both were '''Jump-2 ships'''.

Both departed within the period in which Dravik could have disappeared.

This is not coincidence. Dravik knew enough about local traffic to choose a departure window that created precisely this ambiguity.

The records do '''not''' simply say:

:''DRAVIK ELFARC — PASSENGER.''

He traveled under a less conspicuous identity or through arrangements sufficiently informal that the passenger database does not immediately resolve the question.

Nevertheless, the discovery that both plausible vessels went to '''Singer''' gives the Travellers their first solid destination.

=== GM Principle ===

Do not make finding the route depend upon one successful die roll.

A good investigation roll should determine '''how quickly and cleanly''' they identify the route.

Failure means additional interviews, expenses, false leads or time spent digging through records—not the destruction of the adventure.

= Singer =

== Why Singer Matters ==

Singer was a particularly good first destination for Dravik.

It is not an Imperial world. It is poor, politically fragmented and technologically primitive by interstellar standards. Its only designated starport, [[Fird Starport]], has deteriorated badly during Singer's ongoing planetary war.

The world therefore possesses enough interstellar traffic to disappear into, but its records are far less integrated than those of a major Imperial starport.

Dravik did not need Singer to conceal him forever.

He needed it to make the first step of his trail annoying.

== Fird Starport ==

'''Fird Starport''' is Singer's only designated interstellar starport.

Once a Class C installation, years of warfare, neglect, air attack and occasional bombardment have reduced it to '''Class D''' status.

It lies in an arid region a few hundred kilometers north of the Crellan capital and relatively close to the coast.

=== Arrival Description ===

Fird looks less like a functioning interstellar transportation hub than a place that has stubbornly refused to stop being one.

The landing field is a broad expanse of faded ferrocrete interrupted by newer patches where bomb craters have been filled. Several old landing pads are simply closed, marked by painted crosses large enough to be seen from the air.

One hangar has no roof.

Another has a roof that is obviously newer than the walls.

A battered control tower rises over the field behind protective earthworks and sandbagged positions. Its upper windows have been replaced with armored shutters and external cameras.

A row of fuel tanks stands well away from everything else. One is blackened and abandoned.

The terminal building was constructed during better times. Its broad glass frontage has mostly disappeared behind blast walls, sheet metal and mismatched replacement panels.

The signs are still surprisingly optimistic.

'''WELCOME TO FIRD'''

appears above the entrance in three languages.

Someone has painted beneath it:

'''STILL OPEN'''

Ships arriving here attract attention.

Not necessarily hostile attention.

Singer simply doesn't get very many starships anymore.

== The Lowport Atmosphere ==

The port population is an odd mixture of:

* local starport workers
* Crellan officials
* freight agents
* refugees trying to leave Singer
* offworld merchants
* arms dealers
* mercenaries
* aid workers
* fixers
* mechanics
* people who make their living finding things that official systems have misplaced

Advanced offworld equipment is conspicuous.

So is money.

The Travellers will rapidly discover that nearly everything at Fird can be accomplished through either:

# the official system, which is slow, damaged and bureaucratic; or
# someone who knows where the paper copy is.

== Fird Traffic Records ==

This is where Dravik's trail becomes playable.

Twenty-six months ago is '''not ancient history''' by local standards, but Singer's war has not been kind to its information systems.

The starport has suffered physical damage since Dravik passed through.

Some records survive electronically.

Some survive only as backups.

Some exist as printed manifests because one of the computer systems was offline during an air raid.

And some useful information survives only because somebody remembers it.

=== Initial Records Search ===

The Travellers can establish fairly easily that:

* '''both''' Jump-2 vessels identified at Kuai Qing reached Singer;
* both arrived within the expected time;
* neither remained at Singer permanently.

This initially preserves the ambiguity.

A more careful investigation reveals the important difference:

'''Ship A continued onward toward Tondoul.'''

The second vessel went elsewhere.

Once that is established, the search narrows dramatically.

=== The Passenger Problem ===

The surviving passenger records are incomplete enough that Dravik cannot simply be found by name.

However, several possible clues remain.

A surviving arrival document describes one Vargr passenger in terms sufficiently general to be useless by itself.

A port worker may remember an unusually large Vargr.

A freight or purser record may contain the alias Dravik used at the time.

A surviving image from the terminal or landing apron may show him.

The investigators do not need all of these.

Each successful line of inquiry pushes them toward the same conclusion:

'''the Vargr they are looking for left Singer aboard Ship A for Tondoul.'''

== People at Fird Who Might Help ==

=== Jessa Varn – Traffic Clerk ===

Jessa Varn is a human woman in her late fifties who has worked at Fird for nearly thirty years.

She has survived three governments, two direct attacks on the starport and approximately seventeen attempts to "modernize" the traffic-record system.

She trusts paper.

This has become an advantage.

Jessa knows that a substantial portion of the old arrival/departure information exists in emergency printouts stored in boxes because nobody ever authorized their destruction.

She is not corrupt exactly.

She is, however, tired.

Someone who treats her politely and explains what they actually need will get considerably farther than someone waving money or rank.

:''"Computer says we lost that year."''

She taps the desk.

:''"Computer wasn't here that year. I was."''

=== Orlo Fenn – Freight Expediter ===

Orlo Fenn is a thin, energetic local human who arranges freight, passengers, transport and occasionally things that would be described differently if customs officials were listening.

He was already working at Fird when Dravik passed through.

Orlo does not remember Dravik immediately.

Show him a picture and he becomes uncertain.

Mention the '''very large Vargr''' and the fact that he '''didn't seem to want to be here''' and something may click.

:''"Oh. Him."''

:''"Didn't like the port. Didn't like the planet. Didn't like the ship much either, as I recall."''

That last observation is useful.

Dravik's dislike of space travel was visible even to strangers.

== Optional Swimming Breadcrumb ==

Singer should '''not''' solve the swimming clue.

But it can remind the players that the clue exists.

Fird is near Singer's coast, but Singer's waters are badly polluted and the planetary war has made travel unpleasant and dangerous.

If someone learns enough about Dravik's short stay, an old recollection may emerge:

:''"Big white Vargr? Yeah. Asked where he could swim."''

The local laughs.

:''"Told him the Sickle Sea if he wanted chemical burns."''

This does not locate Dravik.

It simply puts '''swimming''' back into the players' heads.

That becomes much more useful once they eventually reach Mirriam and start asking what [[Lukas Ogzar]] does when he isn't working security.

== Leaving Singer ==

Once the crew correctly identifies Ship A, they have their next destination:

'''Tondoul.'''

From this point the trail becomes substantially easier.

Ship A followed an ordinary commercial itinerary:

'''Kuai Qing → Singer → Tondoul → Wonstar'''

The important question is no longer:

:''Where did Dravik go?''

It becomes:

:''Where did Dravik get off?''

The answer is:

'''Wonstar.'''

And at Wonstar, for the first time, Dravik changes ships.