A trap, but why?
28 May 2022Ember Kurokishi
Ember was sleeping after a long day running around and making contact with multiple factions regarding her homes state of affairs. When her commlink springs to life with an urgent message. "Ember, its Phoenix I am sending you this message as Cayce is still on a communications blackout. I investigated that tip off... you know the one... and I can't shake the feeling I am being watched. I found some evidence that might interest Cayce and Madden. It tells us who he really is, Salvation that is. He's been alive alot longer than we thought, and these logs strongly suggest he was behind the incident with the AEGIS Megaship, the Alexandria, the audio recordings point to "Witch" and Salvation being the same person. What I also found out here is an old INRA base... seems to have been long abandoned now... but something feels off.... "
The link falls silent... and Embers comlink saves the message to her Pythons computer. A couple hours later, another message pings in :
"I knew I was being watched, at first I thought these people were just scavengers looking for something to steal.... but there were far to many of them for that... these guys looked military, and well armed.... I managed to escape them for now.... trouble is my DBX bugged out and is not responding to recall requests. These guys didn't seem like standard military either.. The scorpion was tough enough to keep me safe.... it is pretty damaged however.... Listen whatever happens you make sure this message gets to Cayce's crew aboard the Renegade... They're still looking for me... thankfully it seems they're having trouble spotting the scorpion from the air... I've found a bit of a cave which makes it that much harder to spot... that said, they are searching everywhere they can.... only a matter of time before they find me. I have no idea who these people work for... could it be I sprung the trap meant for someone else?"
Ember woke in the morning, finding the messages and her eyes widened.... She'd fought alongside Phoenix in the battle for the systems independence, and Phoenix had played a major role in winning them their independence from the Ember Defence Party. She jumped into the pilots seat requested launch permission and hit the boost. The Python putting distance between itself... and the settlement below, setting course for the DPHS-Renegade.