Tales From Tewanta

Ohm Colony, HIP 82030 - 3307-04-04 18:43 GST Specialist Kayleigh Rouse stood shifting uncomfortably in her new Maverick class pressure suit. She had acquired it that day in Laveykin Hub, in the Supay system as an alternative to her normal hazardous environment suit. It fit okay, but she wasn't used to it. It was bulkier than her H.E. suit in some ways and less bulky in others. She suspected that she'd get used to it after a few hours, but for now it felt weird. At this point in time, though, everything felt weird, and it had felt weird ever since she and her teammate in the weapons inspection team, Hiroko, had discovered that two enzyme missile warheads were missing from Laveykin Hub. They'd managed to figure out that a cargo pod that likely held the warheads was smuggled off that station on a ship called the Purple Ghost. The next known stop that that ship had made was here, Ohm Colony. They'd reported that in...

Laveykin Hub, Supay - 3307-04-04 11:00 GST Brian Taggart, the deck chief of the Laveykin Hub outfitting deck, strode over towards his console area on the deck. Waiting for him there were Carlos, one of his technicians, and two women from Tewanta, the inspection team he was warned about. One of the women was wearing a full hazardous environment suit, a fancy model, by the looks of it, while the other wore a lighter suit more suitable for maintenance work in a vacuum. The level of protection those suits provided was excessive in his mind. His deck was perfectly safe. There hadn't been an incident in over six months. There definitely hadn't been any since the Buurian Protectorate took over the station and installed a new batch of time consuming safety procedures. At least they had the visors retracted: if they had the visors up, he'd have not been able to take them seriously. Even now, their level of paranoia made him ...

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3307-03-27 15:11 Captain Mila O'Brien sat in her office reviewing a report on the murders in Butler Robotics , along with an earlier murder in Cromwell Ward , that was linked to them. She had read over the report a few times and some things didn't seem to make sense. The detectives investigating the case were certain that they had identified the perpetrator and that the individual was no longer on the station. However, there was nothing in the report that seemed to back up that confidence. She had a meeting the following morning with senior management and she was sure that would be the first thing they would ask about. Knowing the authors of the report, detectives Freamon and Geldof, it was probably correct, but the details were important. She was waiting for the two detectives to arrive back from a trip out New Holborn ward where they were interviewing an informant about an onionhead smuggling op...

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3307-02-15 12:41 Danielle White brought her Diamond Back Scout to a stop about two kilometers from Wilson Port on the opposite side of the station from its entrance. She had eight cannisters of Onionhead on board and was planning her approach. Patience was a virtue while smuggling. She'd spent the past few weeks doing boring courier runs and that had gotten the local authorities comfortable with her comings and goings. She always took a similar route. The traffic controllers were so familiar with the flight path she took that they joked with her that the station didn't actually have a rear entrance. She laughed, but she was an experienced enough smuggler to stay cautious: they'd noticed enough to remark on it. On the other hand, they were comfortable with it. She hadn't detected any detailed scans since her reputation with the Buurian Protectorate had reached the Friendly level. In a...