Deal with The Dealer
Ship's Log 1: The party witness the destruction of the Icarus, one of Arnesport's most powerful warships captained by Haus Wexler and an ominous warning was sent by a shady space pirate named The Dealer. Now the moon is under blockade and all ships leaving must submit to inspection by the Dealer, and who knows what could happen if a ship surrenders to a known murderous pirate? How do you plan to get off this rock?
Ship's Log 2: Erastus Wyndhoek attended a meeting of the Council of Pirate Lords where multiple plans for defeating the Dealer were presented.
- Amber Arnes wanted to slip past the blockade to call for allies to help
- Lord Tarly Wyndhoek wanted to listen to the Dealer's demands to try to reason with him
- Cap'n Flameskull as an unhinged pyromaniac wanted to engage in a full frontal assault on the Dealer's fleet
- Taln Wolfheart wanted to try a daring mission to pretend to be captured and then dismantle the Dealer's flagship from within
Ship's Log 4: Taln has invited the party to join his strike force in infiltrating The Dealer's flagship. The mission leaves in 20 hours.
The party killed Yugin, the other captain who was supposed to be involved in the mission and Taln will need a replacement (and probably an explanation).
Ship's Log 5: The party saved Redley, another of Taln Wolfheart's captains and convinced him to replace Yugin in the assault. They briefly met with the Council of Pirate Lords, then used the cover of a frontal assault by Cap'n Flameskull to try to sneak aboard. However, they were stopped and defeated by one of the Dealer's ships captained by Velma The Vulture, before escaping.
Aboard the Dealer's ship they found a writ of contract that divvied up shares of the treasure taken on by the Dealer's crew. It was suspicious that 13 of the ship's officers had no discernable title other than general officer and weren't allocated any of the treasure. Also all of the crew and contract captains were sworn to secrecy regarding the Dealer's identity, which was kept secret even from them.