Hmm. Thanks guys. That gives me some ideas to work with.
Early 2009: All the issues the somewhat overworked crew have been juggling come crashing down. A massive, multi-sided shootout occurs, involving at least three criminal organizations who don't want Ganti butting in on their territory, a section of the police sent to investigate him on rumors of drug smuggling, another group of law enforcement attempting to arrest him for siphoning all that money, and a group of black ops agents sent to subdue Teosag because of the classified material he acquired. Fortunately, they had been loading supplies into the Cura since Ganti's Blue Hair Month(s), and were capable of casting off and escaping with minimal injuries. As the crew was renting the location where the brouhaha went down, they revived a 'possible terrorist' ID.
The crew discovers Cura's "Scotland the Brave" quirk. (... Note to self: Stat out the Cura. And Teosag.) Ganti joins a gaming IRC, but keeps quiet about his... 'adventures'. Captain Nemo approaches them about joining forces, leading to the creation of the Submariners faction. It's very small, with only two major submarines, the Nautilus and the Cura.
Early/Mid 2009: Hyuuint, one of Ganti's friends on IRC acquires some 'wavium. His flair for 'Wavium involves spiders and robots. The UK gets an extradition order for Ganti, forcing him to find somewhere else to resupply, and forcing him away from Scotland. He is less then pleased about the latter. The crew discovers the Cura's "But mark the Rustic, Haggis fed" quirk. They're not entirely certain what to think about it. Hyuuint builds his first repair spiderbot. Ganti figures out the basics of the new power plant he installed and dubs it the 'Tesla Reactor'. Héléne Aronnax joins the Submariners. Hyuuint finds out that his spiderbots can build more spiderbots and has a Blue Hair Day, ending up with a large swarm of spiderbots of various configurations.
Mid/Late 2009: Ganti has to avoid all European nations, as they all have extradition orders for him. Hyuuint (... I should stat him, too.) decides there are too many people around his current location for him. Countries start receiving extradition orders before Ganti can gather supplies there. Fortunately, he has been buying more then he thinks he needs and restocking often. The crew find a key lying on the deck in the engine room. It is quickly determined that it is they key to the RBG (Really Big Gun), mostly because nothing else on the ship uses a key. It keeps disappearing, despite their efforts to keep an eye on it. It is eventually determined that this is the 'Key Gnomes' quirk. On the IRC Hyuuint asks if the IRC group know of anywhere with minimal people. Ganti jokingly offers a place in the Cura's crew, only to find out a number of them are actually interested, if disbelieving.
December 2009: The vast majority of countries have extradition orders for Ganti, and those that don't either lack the ability to resupply the Cura or maintain the sort of policies that makes Ganti avoid them. Running low on supplies, the now-larger crew decides to visit the L-5 point as they've been hearing that it's the place to go for supplies for the fen. Spending some time there, they hear rumors of a weapons expert, so curious about the RBG they go and track her down. First encounter with Kohran Li.
Early 2009: All the issues the somewhat overworked crew have been juggling come crashing down. A massive, multi-sided shootout occurs, involving at least three criminal organizations who don't want Ganti butting in on their territory, a section of the police sent to investigate him on rumors of drug smuggling, another group of law enforcement attempting to arrest him for siphoning all that money, and a group of black ops agents sent to subdue Teosag because of the classified material he acquired. Fortunately, they had been loading supplies into the Cura since Ganti's Blue Hair Month(s), and were capable of casting off and escaping with minimal injuries. As the crew was renting the location where the brouhaha went down, they revived a 'possible terrorist' ID.
The crew discovers Cura's "Scotland the Brave" quirk. (... Note to self: Stat out the Cura. And Teosag.) Ganti joins a gaming IRC, but keeps quiet about his... 'adventures'. Captain Nemo approaches them about joining forces, leading to the creation of the Submariners faction. It's very small, with only two major submarines, the Nautilus and the Cura.
Early/Mid 2009: Hyuuint, one of Ganti's friends on IRC acquires some 'wavium. His flair for 'Wavium involves spiders and robots. The UK gets an extradition order for Ganti, forcing him to find somewhere else to resupply, and forcing him away from Scotland. He is less then pleased about the latter. The crew discovers the Cura's "But mark the Rustic, Haggis fed" quirk. They're not entirely certain what to think about it. Hyuuint builds his first repair spiderbot. Ganti figures out the basics of the new power plant he installed and dubs it the 'Tesla Reactor'. Héléne Aronnax joins the Submariners. Hyuuint finds out that his spiderbots can build more spiderbots and has a Blue Hair Day, ending up with a large swarm of spiderbots of various configurations.
Mid/Late 2009: Ganti has to avoid all European nations, as they all have extradition orders for him. Hyuuint (... I should stat him, too.) decides there are too many people around his current location for him. Countries start receiving extradition orders before Ganti can gather supplies there. Fortunately, he has been buying more then he thinks he needs and restocking often. The crew find a key lying on the deck in the engine room. It is quickly determined that it is they key to the RBG (Really Big Gun), mostly because nothing else on the ship uses a key. It keeps disappearing, despite their efforts to keep an eye on it. It is eventually determined that this is the 'Key Gnomes' quirk. On the IRC Hyuuint asks if the IRC group know of anywhere with minimal people. Ganti jokingly offers a place in the Cura's crew, only to find out a number of them are actually interested, if disbelieving.
December 2009: The vast majority of countries have extradition orders for Ganti, and those that don't either lack the ability to resupply the Cura or maintain the sort of policies that makes Ganti avoid them. Running low on supplies, the now-larger crew decides to visit the L-5 point as they've been hearing that it's the place to go for supplies for the fen. Spending some time there, they hear rumors of a weapons expert, so curious about the RBG they go and track her down. First encounter with Kohran Li.