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Getting back to abloom station is as simple as signaling for the captain. He appears moments later with a hopeful look in his eye, "All done eh? Well I hope you learned what you needed to. Good luck in your investigation Starfinders." he says as he escorts you to your shuttle, offering a hand to each of you as you enter the shuttle.
"Of course, You can view it here on my personal screen." he says as he presses a button under the table and a screen appears on the table with the contract document on it.
"I've book marked the sections that I believe make our claim concrete, but feel free to take you them looking through the document." Otal says as he makes his way to the door,"I have duties to attend to but feel free to use the room for as long as you need," he says before pointing to a comm station in the corner," thats preloaded with my comm info so if you need anything just call." he says before leaving the room, passing by the Kasathan metal head. if you look at the bookmarked sections:
The Acreon found the Drift Rock—a small unclaimed, unexploited mineral resource, as defined in the contract— so rights to the asteroid belong to the Collective. the Annotations that Otal has left indicate he believes that the size of drift rock is what precludes it from Astral Extractions as it is not big enough to be covered in the contract. If you take the time or can make one of the Profession rolls: The entire contract is complicated when it comes to who actually owns the Drift Rock. It outlines that the Acreon’s crew would identify sites for future development by the company. It is also heavily implied that these sites would be much larger astroids, that would require an entire colony to be established. In any event the document does not seem to have any concrete verbage on the ownership of an astroid small enough to be towed. After spending several hours scouring the document it becomes apparent why such a “trivial” matter requires such high profile arbitration.
"Wait, the status of the crew hasn't been confirmed yet? I just assumed they were dead." "I'm Afraid not, once it got out of the the drift and found a place in orbit communications went dark." he says,"Unfortunately with the dispute over ownership of the rock it was towing we havent been able to send out our own party." "The fact that a big corporation like Astral Extractions is even interested in such a small rock is evidence that its worth something. Bah, this is just another in a large line of struggles against exploitation and even takeover attempts at the hands of would-be corporate overlords. It’s clear that the crew of the Acreon staked their own claim on the Drift Rock, believing that the terms of their contract allowed them to do so.
You are greeted by a red-skinned human, Captain Serissi. "'Lo Starfinders, Ma'names Otal, Otal Serissi, Captain of this here Starship." he says while shaking each of your hands. "If ya'll'll follow me, we can get to business in my cabin." he leads you through a series of tight corridors to a small room with barely enough room for all of you to sit. before starting he offers each of you a cup of hot black coffee.
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