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1105-008? -- 1105-009 -- 1105-010?



Timing of events
6:00 - Morning Meeting
9:16 - Emerge from Jump at Asim
13:45 - Arrive at Starport

6:00 - Morning Meeting in the common area

{this is the final meeting waiting to emerge from Jump, a chance to organize anything before arriving}

Mikhel had a workout session, and off to have a coffee. The coffee tasted better, this trip. It is not hard to make bad coffee, but Rao was, somehow, making it better. The beans?

As Mikhel poured out his granola, he considered the path ahead. What was the plan for Asim? What could the scientists do? Why not start with Drinax?

Right. No money.

Mayhaps I have a few things to learn. The coffee will help with cranking up the brain...

(Eleni)"Good Morning Mikel, are you up to speed on anything we need to watch for on the surface?"

She tosses down three or five tablets, snatches one up again, tosses aside again, walks over to get food.

 "Why do they never think to check the oceans? Did you see this 'latest study' from 1054 by some random scholar? 150 million hecatres of land suitable for agricultural use..... 70% of the planet is water, what about aquaculture? How many metric tons of protein could they be harvesting safely without overburdening the ecosytem? Oh and over on Marduk they have similar circumstances but they know to harvest from the seas. That is what whats her name.... Katarina? That girl that crashed with Sultana and Athena? They knew to work the water."

She takes a bite, drinks some coffee, tapping on the pad in an unconscious imitation of Athena, muttering to herself.

"The rest of the system is almost sterile? No one has investigated how many hundreds of moons and satellites out there on five gas giants? Need to get Tep on that, what sort of gravity weirdness is happening to have five gas giants, no belts, but a garden world that no one has developed in thousands of years."

She takes another bite, then talks with her mouth full "ah uu rr wit Sherr tom" coughs, swallows, drinks "Sorry You are with Sherris tomorrow to start the investigation into that weird Foundation secret society. You are her cover. She is your helper as you investigate for unknown pathogens that have stunted the growth of anything colorful on this planet."

Rao walks in on that comment.

"I must have missed that briefing? Perhaps you could enlighten me. Or, I could go talk to Nika, if you have too much on the go." Mikhel nods at the pile of tablets.

8:00 - Bridge Watch

Mikhel closes up on the bridge for break-out watch, and checks the Library for anything on the Asim Foundation. What the heck is/was it?

Mikhel: [SKILL] Electronics (2D+2) (vs Difficulty 4) [2d6+2 = 10] [+6 Effect] [Exceptional SUCCESS] 4 Minutes. Research on 'The Foundation'. Mikhel will take 40 minutes to actually read what he finds.

The Foundation - The brief notes that Mikhel finds in the library data: When the Ihatei fleet invaded Asimov in 885 (and renamed it to Asim) the Aslan picked The Foundation, a secretive group with a 10,000 year plan to rule. The world was recaptured from The Foundation in 1085 by Drinax.
Digging deeper into political history, he pieces together that there was a group of human 'truthers' who believed that the Sindalian Empire would rise again and become the Fourth Imperium. That is what their 10,000 year plan was, is? Improbably Mikhel finds current information The Foundation seems to have morphed into a business enterprise. Mikhel cannot find any public information about any accomplishments The Foundation had in their time ruling Asim for 180 years. They were obviously not successful in defending the planet when Drinax invaded 1085 and re-took control. Yet they still seem to be on the fringes of things that happen on Asim.
Mikhel thinks he needs more feet on the ground investigative work as Eleni suggested to find out how an apparently failed government is still trying to be relevant.