AQ/E01-Away Missions

[GM-07]

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Three Sisters Hotel
Commercial District, Saule City
Tanndi Nation
Planet Riani
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The away team materialized onto the transporter pad on the hotel’s 51st floor. It was calm here, soft music wafting from unseen speakers. The transporter room opened up into a central atrium, where towering holograms of Riani’s three oblong moons floated lazily like ice cubes in a cocktail, surrounded by hundreds of guest rooms below. The upper floors of the building, where the team had materialized, were the executive suites. Moonlight filtered down through a skylight just a few floors above.

The guests on this floor were dressed sharply, in a similar manner to the Aquila’s crew. The Riani here were different from the ones they’d seen on the streets. Their cyberware was more extensive and visibly higher quality, at least for those with an eye for technology. In fact, some of them seemed to be more synthetic than organic. Unlike the Riani in the Federal district, these Riani didn’t pay much mind to the away team.

There were other aliens here, too. A Ferengi businessman was loudly closing a deal on his handheld communicator. An Orion carrying a heavy-looking suitcase slipped into one of the upper suites.

Stepping into the atrium, the away team was greeted by a simple humanoid automaton behind a reception desk. Its faceless gaze turned toward the team and waved politely, beckoning them closer. On the far side of the atrium was a dim restaurant where a few guests were drinking and talking quietly. One man with a chrome jaw was seated at the bar, drinking by himself. Velaul, Talion, and those present on the bridge when Aquila arrived in Riani space would recognize this as General Alukh.