The Silent Enemy

[Romulan_Furry]

(think we need to slow down a bit for Trinity. Haven't seen him post in a while.)

Just as Razuel got onto the boulder, Jason emerged from the cave. He heard the sharpening of a sword and jumped in surprise, dropping his image capture device and pointing his Storm Rifle at Razuel. When he saw Razuel wasn't attacking, he lowered his weapon. "You shouldn't startle people like that," he said. He bent over and retrieved his image device, thankful it wasn't damaged. "Who are you?" he asked.

[Alessia Starfurr]

(Aye last post for me till he post or says something)

"Your just jumpy." Tigress said as she and Keri emerged from the cave, Tigress tired of lugging around her Fuel Rod cannon had put it back in storage.

[Razuel]

(Alrighty then, this'll be my last post until he posts again)

Razuel continued to sharpen his sword, "Sorry that I startled you, it wasn't intentional...", Razuel stopped sharpening his sword, stood up, and threw his sword at a tree, slicing it in two, then went to retrieve it, "Good. Now for who I am. I am Razuel Dracon, a freelance mercenary, I simply take jobs of most kinds, however any killing must be specified or done by the client...", Razuel picked up his sword and returned it to its scabbard, and turned back to the two,"...and no I'm not here on a job, I was just bored and asked a bartender if anything interesting was happening, and he pointed me towards this area, told me that some people were doing something out here, involving some creatures."

[Romulan_Furry]

"yeah, and we found something in there," Jason hitched a thumb to the cave behind him. "Took some images of it before I took it out of commission." Tossing the image capture device displaying the strange machine and the drone to Razuel, he asks, "Either of those look familiar?"

(The image of the machine is in an earlier post - drone looks like this: http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/22/84/228495c7ec08d0d78b297c22965e29591380652861.jpg )

[Razuel]

Razuel looked at the drone, "Hmm, yeah, well sorta, I've seen a more primitive version of this drone, I stripped the AI from it and now she assists me. Ya see, I took the AI, had someone reprogram it, and now she sits in my watch.", Razuel's watch was now emitting a faint blue light, "Hm, seems she's awake now."

[Romulan_Furry]

"Any idea where this Drone may have come from? Or what it's doing here?" Jason asked. "And that... machine, whatever it is?"

[Alessia Starfurr]

"Definitely was more primitive are you sure it was like that one?" Tigress asked , not having a clue where it came from ,but knowing a lot about technology.. "That sort of technology definitely does not belong here more so than those Khellid" The large tiger added, looking over the scans she took.

[Razuel]

"I'm certain of it, however its true origins are unknown to me, I simply found the drone on one of my missions, took its AI, and that's just about it.", Razuel scratched his head, " If you are wondering, I found it in a downed ship a few years back, there were a few others like it, but the rest were shot, literally. "

[Alessia Starfurr]

"Any idea what was inside?" Tigress asked.

Keri meanwhile was busy with her Datapad searching for something.

[Romulan_Furry]

"Interesting... but what would such a device and drone be doing here?" Jason mused. "There's nothing of any value here - no military presence, no research labs... this is just an agricultural colony. Unless the beings behind this thing have any interest in agriculture, why... would..." Jason's voice trailed off, as a new line of thought entered his head.

[Razuel]

"Unfortunately, not much else was inside...sorry.", Razuel looked over at Jason, " What's wrong? "

[Romulan_Furry]

"At least a possibility," Jason suggested, "But... I think that machine might have been a beacon. But that raises the question of whose beacon it was, and why it was here. It also raises the possibility that whomever that beacon belonged to may come looking for it since I took it out of commission. Still, the fact that it was hidden in the Khellid cave would suggest that whoever it belonged to wanted to keep it hidden." He looked between Tigress, Keri and Razuel. "The Maiori needs to be informed of this development."

[Alessia Starfurr]

"Who?" Keri and Tigress asked.

[Razuel]

"...okay...", said Razuel looking a bit confused, "I'm terribly sorry, I don't know who that is."

[Romulan_Furry]

"The Maiori," Jason clarified, "The Colony leader, the one who presides over this colony. He's supposed to be at the festival tonight. In fact, he was overseeing the preparations when I went to the vineyards. He needs to know about this."