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mission "Coalition: First Contact"
	landing
	name "Register with the Heliarchs"
	description "You have been told to travel to the <planet> to register with the rulers of Coalition space and petition them for permission to do business here."
	source
		government "Coalition"
	destination "Ring of Friendship"
	on offer
		"reputation: Coalition" += 10
		"reputation: Heliarch" += 10
		log "Factions" "Coalition" `The Coalition is an alliance of three different alien species living in peace with each other: the Saryds, the Kimek, and the Arachi. On many Coalition worlds, all three species live together in harmony, which is made easier by the fact that each species prefers a very different climate and thus gravitates to different parts of a planet. They are ruled by individuals known as the Heliarchs.`
		conversation
			`This planet seems to be inhabited by at least three different sentient species. First are giant beetles, about a meter tall, who scurry quickly toward your ship and swarm around it, gawking at you, as soon as you land. The second species, even more disturbing than the beetles, are giant spiders. And the third species are centaurs. Not just something vaguely resembling centaurs; they look like they could have stepped right off the page of a story book from ancient Earth.`
			`	One of the spiders walks up to you, stretching its legs to raise its face and many eyes to the level of your own face, and says something to you in a gloopy sort of burbling language that you don't understand. The beetles, meanwhile, are talking to each other in a different language, all clicks and chittering. And the centaur stands quietly at a distance and keeps glancing back toward the spaceport as if waiting for someone.`
			`	And eventually, someone does arrive: a beetle, a spider, and a centaur all wearing yellow armbands, small, triangle-shaped metal headpieces, and some sort of electric box hanging on a chain around each of their necks. They walk up to you, and the centaur speaks. After a brief delay, the box around its neck says, "In the name of the Heliarchs, who drove out the oppressors, who maintain peace, we the human visitor greet."`
			choice
				`	"Thank you."`
					goto next
				`	"How do you know my language?"`
			`	The spider speaks, and the box around its neck translates. "Our nearest and most recent neighbor you are. The Heliarchs in their great wisdom, all things that come to pass in our region of space, they are aware of."`
			label next
			`	Speaking through its own translation box, the beetle says, "To the seat of the Heliarch government must you go. Once to the Heliarchs you have become known, in many ways to our society, contribute you may."`
			`	The centaur pulls out a map printed on a thin sheet of plastic. You recognize it as a star map of this region. Lines mark out three different territories, and where they meet are three star systems colored yellow. The centaur points to the southernmost of the three. "Where you must go, here it is," they say.`
			choice
				`	"Thank you. I will go there."`
					goto end
				`	"Can you tell me more about yourselves, first?"`
			`	The spider says, "The wise Heliarchs, all your questions they will answer."`
			label end
			`	Eventually the crowd disperses and allows you to visit the spaceport, although no one offers you any jobs or the opportunity to buy anything but basic commodities. Perhaps you need to register with the "Heliarchs" first.`
				accept
	on complete
		"reputation: Coalition" += 10
		"reputation: Heliarch" += 10
		set "known to the heliarchs"
		log "Factions" "Heliarchs" `The Heliarchs are the rulers of Coalition space: apparently not elected, but instead selected by merit from among the citizens of the Coalition in such a way as to ensure that all three species are equally represented. Thousands of years ago, the Heliarchs led their three species to band together and drive the Quarg out of Coalition space. The Heliarch centers of government are the three Quarg ringworlds that they captured in that war. They are the only ones in Coalition space who are allowed to have weapons on their starships, and they act as a sort of police force, maintaining peace between the Coalition species.`
		conversation
			`Your first view of the landing area confirms beyond a doubt that this is a Quarg ringworld, not just an imitation of one. The interior architecture is unmistakable. But no Quarg are present here, only the three species of the Coalition. Soon after you land, a delegation approaches your ship: again, one of each species, but these are wearing golden circlets around their heads. The circlets are not merely decorative, but seem to contain some electronics as well.`
			`	Again, the centaur speaks first. "To our territory, to welcome you we are glad," they say.`
			`	The beetle says, "With our people you may mingle. The beauty of our culture, you may experience."`
			`	The spider adds, "Our people and yours perhaps one day may trade. Perhaps one day the humans our great and free Coalition may join."`
			choice
				`	"Tell me more about your Coalition."`
				`	"Is this a Quarg ringworld? Where are the Quarg?"`
			`	The centaur says, "Like you, our three species once, by the Quarg were ruled. But with each other, connections we made. An alliance we formed, and the oppressors we drove away. For six thousand Earth years now, in prosperity and freedom from Quarg constraint and in friendship with each other we have lived."`
			choice
				`	"The Quarg don't seem that oppressive to me."`
					goto oppressive
				`	"How did you defeat the Quarg?"`
			`	The spider says, "Alone, no species all skills or all knowledge possesses. But when our abilities we combine, powerful we may become. That, the reason is, that the Quarg all species in isolation keep."`
				goto next
			label oppressive
			`	The spider says, "In separate boxes, they each species keep. And in subtle ways, your development and discoveries they limit. And on your technology, restrictions they place."`
			`	The beetle says, "Or, wrong are we? And the jump drive that brought you here, a gift from the Quarg it is? They its secret no longer hoard?" You tell them that the Quarg do indeed refuse to give jump drives to humans, and they say, "Then, prisoners indeed you are."`
			label next
			branch hai
				has "First Contact: Hai: offered"
			choice
				`	"I suppose you may be right about the Quarg."`
					goto end
				`	"Perhaps the Quarg will change their minds in the future."`
			`	The giant beetle considers you gravely. "Hope, we can only," they say.`
				goto end
			label hai
			choice
				`	"I suppose you may be right about the Quarg."`
					goto end
				`	"But, the Quarg do let the humans and the Hai make contact with each other."`
			`	This, apparently, is news to them. You explain to them who the Hai are, and that some humans have made contact with them and are living in their territory. "A second Coalition you are forming!" says the centaur, tapping their hooves on the floor in excitement. "Once again, foiled the Quarg are. A secret way for species to work together, they have overlooked. Great things, from this may come."`
			action
				set "coalition knows hai"
			label end
			`	You talk with them for a while longer, and learn that the centaurs are called "Saryds," and are the oldest of the three species. The beetles are the "Kimek," and come next, and the spiders are called "Arachi," and were the last of the three to discover spaceflight.`
			`	They tell you that the best way to learn more about them is to visit their worlds, and to see for yourself how the three species live in friendship and equality. They also offer to give you jobs to do in their territory, so that you may become a "valuable contributor" to their society.`

mission "Discovered Coalition Space"
	landing
	invisible
	source
		government "Heliarch"
	on offer
		event "label coalition space"
		fail

event "label coalition space"
	galaxy "label saryds"
		sprite "label/saryds"
	galaxy "label kimek"
		sprite "label/kimek"
	galaxy "label arachi"
		sprite "label/arachi"



mission "Coalition: Contributor"
	landing
	name "Return to the <planet>"
	description "Return to the <planet> to see if the Heliarchs will grant you a higher status in the Coalition now that you have been working among them for some time."
	to offer
		"coalition jobs" >= 30
		not "license: Coalition"
	source
		government "Coalition"
	destination "Ring of Friendship"
	on offer
		conversation
			`A Heliarch agent contacts you soon after you land, and says, "In many useful ways, among us you have been working. The Heliarchs you should petition, and your rights and status among us they may elevate." The agent instructs you to return to the <planet> and petition the Heliarch rulers there.`
				accept
	on complete
		"reputation: Coalition" += 10
		"reputation: Heliarch" += 10
		set "license: Coalition"
		log "Completed a lot of Coalition jobs and received permission to purchase civilian technology and ships."
		log "Factions" "Saryds" `Saryds are an alien species who look suspiciously similar to the centaurs found in early human mythology. They prefer to live on worlds with as much green space as possible, and even their major cities are full of parks and gardens. Most Saryds live in small communes with up to a few dozen of them per house.`
		log "Factions" "Kimek" `The Kimek are large insectoid aliens, and are members of the Coalition. They discovered spaceflight after the Saryds, but before the Arachi. They are intensely social creatures, preferring to live together in massive buildings with thousands of inhabitants, and many of their worlds have populations in the tens of billions, far more than any human world.`
		log "Factions" "Arachi" `The spider-like Arachi were the last of the three Coalition species to discover interstellar travel. Most members of their society owe allegiance to one of the great Arach "Houses," organizations that are somewhat similar to guilds and that each specialize in one particular form of industry or technology.`
		conversation
			`Once again, when you exit your ship you are met by a member of each of the three Coalition species, wearing the golden circlets that mark them as Heliarchs. "Told we have been," says the Saryd, "that among us with great diligence and commitment, small tasks you have performed."`
			`	The Kimek says, "Those who in our society's prosperity have invested, with our society's technology may be trusted."`
			`	"But," says the Arach, "like all civilians, even citizens, to you our weapons and warships we still cannot sell."`
			choice
				`	"Thank you."`
					goto end
				`	"Why don't you allow civilians to purchase weapons or warships?"`
			`	"For the sake of peace it is," says the Saryd. "The Heliarch military, well trained to use weapons only for defense and only for justice, they are. And to place the needs of the Coalition over the ambitions of their own native species, each one committed is. No such discipline do civilians have, even you. But as a respectful guest you are, to maintain your weapons we shall allow."`
			label end
			`	Apparently nothing is for sale here, but they assure you that many Coalition worlds will now grant you access to their shipyards and outfitters.`

# For pre-0.9.7 compatibility
mission "Coalition License Patch"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Contributor: done"
		not "license: Coalition"
	on offer
		set "license: Coalition"
		fail



mission "lost in coalition"
	landing
	invisible
	source
		government "Coalition" "Heliarch"
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
	on offer
		require "Jump Drive" 0
		event "lost in coalition" 14
		fail

event "lost in coalition"



mission "Coalition: Lost: Marker"
	name "Foreign Aid"
	description "The Heliarchs have noticed that you've lost your jump drive, being now stranded in Coalition space, and have offered to help. Head to the <destination> to speak with them."
	landing
	source
		near "Ekuarik" 1 100
	destination "Ring of Wisdom"
	to offer
		has "event: lost in coalition"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You're approached by a Heliarch delegation shortly after you leave your ship.`
			`	"Cautiously observed during the past few weeks, scans of your ship have been, Captain <last>," the Saryd begins.`
			`	"Unlike previous scans, a jump drive in your ship, our scanners found not," the Kimek continues.`
			`	"Though appreciate the work you here perform, we do, for you to be cut-off from the galaxy, we wish not," the Arach says. "Discussed much, our consuls have, and to help you, they decided. To the <destination> you must go, there discussed, the terms will be."`
			choice
				`	"By that you mean you'll get me another jump drive? That's pretty generous of you."`
				`	"What? I lost my jump drive? You've gotta be kidding!"`
					goto unaware
			`	"Generous we are indeed. Lucky you are, that under our jurisdiction this happened. Were it the Quarg's, stranded you would remain," the Saryd responds.`
				goto end
			label unaware
			`	"A good thing that a watchful eye we keep, if noticed you had not," the Kimek says. "But even still, more careful with your outfits you should be."`
			label end
			`	You thank them for bringing you this information, and go back to your ship to prepare a route to the <destination>.`
				accept
	to complete
		never



mission "Coalition: Lost: Offer"
	name "Jump Drive Loan"
	description "The Heliarchs have provided you a jump drive to leave Coalition space. Bring another jump drive to the <destination> by <date>, to replace the one you borrowed, or they will be extremely angered by you breaking their trust."
	deadline 333
	landing
	source "Ring of Wisdom"
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Lost: Marker: active"
	on offer
		conversation
			`The Heliarchs are waiting for you when you land. You see no civilians as you look around, but there are enough armed guards to man several of their Punishers. Said Punishers are all parked near your own ship.`
			`	The Saryd starts speaking, "As to be trusted, you have been deemed, provide you with a jump drive, so that stranded you are not, we will."`
			`	"Mind you, not a gift this is, but a loan, Captain," the Kimek continues. "Another one to replace this one, you must bring us, so that losing a copy of such valuable equipment, we are not."`
			`	"By <date>, brought here the replacement jump drive must be. If any longer you take, assume that betrayed our trust you have, we will, and an enemy, considered you will be," the Arach finishes explaining. "Agree with those terms, do you, Captain?"`
			choice
				`	"Yes, I promise I'll return with a second jump drive."`
				`	"Sorry, I need more time to think on this."`
					defer
			`	Their engineers proceed to install the jump drive in your ship. A couple of the guards come a bit closer during the process. When it's all done, you're reminded that you need to bring another jump drive here by <date>.`
				accept
	on accept
		outfit "Jump Drive" 1
		fail "Coalition: Lost: Marker"
	on fail
		"reputation: Heliarch" = -1000
		"reputation: Coalition" = -1000
	on complete
		require "Jump Drive" 2
		outfit "Jump Drive" -1
		dialog `After you once again land near several of their warships and armed guards, the Heliarchs take the jump drive you brought them. They thank you for keeping true to your word, and ask that you avoid losing such an important outfit again.`



mission "Coalition Yottrite 1"
	minor
	landing
	name "More Yottrite"
	description "You were offered great payment for bringing three more samples of the rare mineral yottrite to <destination>."
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
	to complete
		has "Coalition Yottrite 2: offered"
	source
		near "Bloptab" 1 100
	destination "Bloptab's Furnace"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Some Coalition citizens, most of which are Arachi, start surrounding your ship after you land, talking among themselves while also glancing at a Heliarch Neutralizer that followed you as you prepared to land on <origin>. The Heliarch agents step off their ship and speak with an Arach of the civilian group. They head back inside their ship after a while and hail you: it seems they've noticed you're carrying samples of the exotic yottrite, and would like to know if you're willing to sell it to them.`
			choice
				`	(Yes.)`
				`	(No.)`
					defer
			`	When you approach them, the Arach explains that he is one of the people that oversee the mining operations on <planet> and that he would like to bring the yottrite there so that they can attempt to study it with their most advanced equipment.`
			`	"Few entries on yottrite, my predecessors managed to catalog," he says. "Naturally occur in our territory, it does not. Few opportunities to study it, we've had."`
			`	After discussing with his colleagues for a bit, he announces that he is willing to pay you 350,000 credits for the mineral sample.`
			choice
				`	"Sounds like a fair deal to me. Sold."`
				`	"Sorry, but I think I'll hold on to it. It was very hard to get it in the first place."`
					defer
			`	He thanks you and transfers the yottrite from your ship to his own, an Arach Spindle, with the help of some spaceport workers. Right before departing he hands you the credits and says that you should bring a few more samples to <destination>. "Three more, you should bring, if interested you are."`
				accept
	on accept
		outfit "Yottrite" -1
		payment 350000



mission "Coalition Yottrite 2"
	name "Even More Yottrite"
	description "You were once again asked to bring seven samples of the rare mineral yottrite to <destination>."
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 1: offered"
	to complete
		has "Coalition Yottrite 3: offered"
	source "Bloptab's Furnace"
	on offer
		fail "Coalition Yottrite 1"
		conversation
			`As you land on <origin>, you're contacted by the Arach you sold some yottrite to. He asks if you have any more samples to sell him.`
			choice
				`	"Not right now, sorry."`
					defer
				`	"I have some, yeah. Where should I bring them to?"`
			`	He tells you to land as usual. Once your ship is brought to the underground area, some workers help unload the yottrite, and ask you to follow them into a restricted section of the complex to get your payment. The guards at the entrance watch closely as your group passes by.`
			`	You walk along extremely wide industrial catwalks overlooking endless smelters and forges of various sizes. Though the heat of the place may be influencing your perception, you're almost certain the largest smelters must be around the size of a light warship.`
			`	After walking for too long in the uncomfortably hot and stuffy interiors of the underground compound, you and the several tons of yottrite are finally brought to a large area similar to a warehouse. Several workers are operating machinery and making sure ore pieces are brought to specific conveyor belts.`
			`	As the workers leave you to bring the yottrite to a separate section of the facility, you're greeted by the Arach who contacted you. "In your debt, we are, Captain <last>," he says, handing you 1,050,000 credits. "Much will be achieved, if significant progress with the samples we make."`
			choice
				`	"What sort of progress?"`
					goto progress
				`	"What are you hoping to achieve?"`
					goto achieve
			label progress
			`	"Non-standard thermodynamic properties, yottrite has. Absorb heat around them, the crystals do. Difficult to mix it into a compound, it is," he explains. "If how to overcome this obstacle, we learn, many applications, the element could have."`
				goto end
			label achieve
			`	"Run several tests on the Quarg equipment, for centuries, our Coalition has. React similarly to yottrite, some of their equipment does. A material involved in the making of their outfits, it is," he explains. "If how to do such a thing ourselves, we learn, maybe replicate their technology, or resume construction of the ringworlds, we could."`
			label end
			`	A worker by the yottrite crates shouts something, and the Arach signals he will be heading there shortly.`
			`	"Once again, if any more yottrite, you acquire, bring it here, you may," he says before leaving. "Tirelessly researching it, we are. If in a larger batch, you could bring them, progress quicker, we might."`
			`	He says that about seven samples of the mineral should do for next time and finally leaves. Some workers come shortly after to escort you back to your ship through the maze of smelters.`
				accept
	on accept
		outfit "Yottrite" -3
		payment 1050000



mission "Coalition Yottrite 3"
	name "Neighbor's Mailbox"
	description "Deliver the <cargo> to the sister world of <origin>, <destination>."
	landing
	cargo "experimental yottrite samples" 5
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 2: offered"
	source "Bloptab's Furnace"
	destination "Delve of Bloptab"
	on offer
		fail "Coalition Yottrite 2"
		conversation
			`Once again, you arrive at <origin> with a supply of yottrite and are contacted by the Arachi here. They ask if you're ready to sell what samples you've brought them.`
			choice
				`	"Maybe some other time."`
					defer
				`	"Sure am. Have some people wait by the docking area to help me unload the samples."`
			`	As the workers get the ore samples out of your ship, you realize that this time the Arach that asked for your help wasn't the one to contact you, nor was he waiting for you on the ground.`
			`	The workers say they will bring the yottrite to the warehouse on their own, and you're told to wait. When they return, they're accompanied by other workers with different crates. They hand you 2,450,000 credits, and ask for permission to load the crates onto your ship.`
			`	"Roughly 5 tons, they weigh. To <destination>, this planet's neighboring world, you must bring them. Requested it so, the overseer has," they say.`
			choice
				`	"What's in the crates?"`
					goto insidecrate
				`	"That's gotta be the shortest courier mission I've ever heard of. Can't some other ship do the trip?"`
					goto soitwouldseem
			label insidecrate
			`	"Older samples that you've brought to us, they contain. Experimented with, the yottrite was. Unsure of the details, I am."`
				goto end
			label soitwouldseem
			`	"For you to carry them, the overseer asked. Why you in particular, unsure I am."`
			label end
			`	You figure that since it's so little cargo and to a planet in this very system, there's no harm in delivering the crates. They place them in your ship.`
				accept
	on accept
		outfit "Yottrite" -7
		payment 2450000
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying the yottrite samples hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		conversation
			`Though on <origin> you weren't greeted by him, the same Arach from the other trips now contacts you as you prepare to land on <planet>.`
			`	"Captain <last>! Forgive me for my absence in our latest deal, you must. Sort out some business here, I had to," he says.`
			`	He directs you to land on a separate area of the planet, and halfway there little by little a Heliarch fleet starts tailing your ship. You spend a few minutes hovering over the area until they finally give you permission to land. Some of the ships land along with you while others remain in flight, as you come to a massive warehouse complex on a large valley. The facility is walled with some odd kind of barbed wire on top of the walls and fences, and several armed Heliarch agents are patrolling the area.`
			`	As you leave your ship, the Arach is waiting for you alongside some Heliarch officers. They have the cargo removed from your ship without saying much.`
			`	Right before the Heliarch ships prepare to escort you back to the standard docking area, he says, "In the spaceport, meet you I will."`



mission "Coalition Yottrite 4"
	name "Yottrite Research"
	description "Lugglop, one of the Arachi that oversees the mining operations in Bloptab, asked that you pick up some friends of his on <destination> so that they may help with the yottrite research."
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 3: done"
	source "Delve of Bloptab"
	destination "Shadowed Valley"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You wait around the spaceport for some minutes before finally spotting the Arach. He invites you to his office.`
			`	"Responsible for overseeing deliveries of such exotic materials to the warehouses here, I also am. For the inconvenience and bureaucracy, I apologize," he says. "Forget to properly introduce myself, I often do. Lugglop, I am called."`
			choice
				`	"Nice to meet you, I suppose."`
				`	"Do you need more samples? Is that why you called me here?"`
			`	"Harder to keep track of them, it becomes, the more samples there are," he says. "Notified by the Heliarchs, I was. No more samples, for now, I can request. Risk letting them be stolen, they cannot." He then shows you a map of the Coalition, pointing to a system in Saryd space. "Use more delicate procedures and research, to study the samples we must. For that, friends of mine on <destination>, will be waiting," he says. "Bring them here, would you, Captain?"`
			choice
				`	"Of course, they'll be here soon."`
					accept
				`	"Sorry, I'm not one to take passenger jobs."`
					decline
	on complete
		dialog `When you land on <planet>, Lugglop contacts you and informs you that he has already told his friends about you. He says they will be waiting in the spaceport.`



mission "Coalition Yottrite 5"
	name "Saryd Specialists"
	description "Transport the twins Nasilor and Alituri to <destination>, where they will assist in the yottrite research."
	passengers 2
	blocked "You need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 4: done"
	source "Shadowed Valley"
	destination "Delve of Bloptab"
	on offer
		conversation
			`A Saryd wearing their version of a lab coat is waiting for you when you enter the spaceport.`
			`	"Working with Lugglop, you are?" He asks, and you nod. "Nasilor, my name is. Packing up our belongings, my sister is. Bring you to our laboratory, I shall."`
			`	You follow him deep into the underground spaceport to the "residential" section, which, to you, is indistinguishable from a research compound. The endless doors to your left and right occasionally give space for large glass panels, giving you a nice view of the massive crystal formations here.`
			`	Nasilor stops by a door immediately after one of these "viewing sites" and opens it. He introduces you to his sister, Alituri, and you two start helping her pack what remains. Most of what they're bringing are several research papers, though you can't figure out what's written on them.`
			`	Finally, you start heading back to your ship. Noticing your interest in the beauty of the gypsum caves, the two Saryd researchers slow down their pace and start to tell you more about themselves. They are twins, both born on Saros, but have been working here for decades. Though you don't understand much of the technical jargon, you figure out that Nasilor specializes in cryptocrystalline compounds, while Alituri focuses her studies on planetary and cosmic conditions that lead to the formation of the gypsum caves here.`
			`	With the little "tour" over, when you three reach your ship, you show them to their bunks and prepare to head back to <planet>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying the Saryd twins hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`



mission "Coalition Yottrite 6"
	name "Master Shipwright"
	description "Head to <destination> to pick up a member of House Mallob so that they may help in trying to apply yottrite to an alloy."
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 5: done"
	source "Delve of Bloptab"
	destination "Market of Gupta"
	on offer
		payment 200000
		conversation
			`Lugglop is waiting for you when you land and greets the two researchers as you help them get their things out of the ship.`
			`	He points them to a hotel where he had a room prepared for them, and asks you to follow him to his office again.`
			`	"Filled to the brim with cutting edge equipment, our facilities here and on the neighbor planet are. Alas, venture much into the theoretical field needed to study such rare elements, our personnel here does not."`
			`	He shows you to his map again, this time pointing to a nearby Arach world. "Once cracked some aspects of yottrite, the twins have, an expert in ship making, we will need," he says. "On <destination>, prepared one of their representatives, House Mallob has. Bring them here, you must."`
			`	You're about to head back to your ship when he hands you 200,000 credits. "Nearly forgot to pay you for this last service, I did."`
				accept



mission "Coalition Yottrite 7"
	name "Master Shipwright"
	description "Bring Pichiie to <destination>, where she will join Lugglop's team in their yottrite research."
	passengers 1
	blocked "You need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 6: done"
	source "Market of Gupta"
	destination "Delve of Bloptab"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You're immediately hailed by House Mallob when your ship is entering the atmosphere of <origin>. They guide you through the planet, bringing you to what looks like a massive, castle-like structure, which appears to be made out of a similar material to that of Arach ships, sitting at the base of a mountain.`
			`	You land on a large docking area, where some other ships are also conducting business. Stepping off of your ship you're greeted by what is unmistakably an outfitter, and as you look around you spot some other large buildings dotting the surrounding area, with members of the Coalition going to and from them. The atmosphere feels like that of a small village turned into an outdoor shopping mall.`
			`	Shortly after landing you're greeted by an Arach wearing what you judge to be some sort of uniform. He takes a translation device out of his pocket and formally greets you. "Honored to have you as a guest, the great House Mallob is, Captain <first> <last>."`
			choice
				`	"Are you the shipwright I'll be taking to Lugglop?"`
					goto servant
				`	"What's with this place? Why are there so many buildings all over?"`
					goto property
			label servant
			`	"Mountains, no! But a servant of House Mallob, I am. Mostly as a chauffeur, I work."`
				goto mistress
			label property
			`	"No mere mansion, the private property of House Mallob is," he says as he starts pointing to different areas. "A museum, there we have, detailing the history of Arach ships. To the left, a marketplace is. To the right, House Mallob's private university is, where study the advanced methods of ship making, honor students from all over the Coalition do."`
			label mistress
			`	He then asks that you follow him, saying, "Assist Lugglop in his research, my mistress will. Meet her in the mansion, you must." You follow him along the path, and he gives a bit more detail on some of the buildings as you walk near them. What really piques your interest though is that one of the buildings, which he seemed to willingly ignore, had armed guards at the door, with no indication of being members of the Heliarch.`
			`	Reaching the entrance of the mansion, it isn't as castle-like as the walls, but it all still looks strangely pompous. Up close it almost looks like all the several parts and pods of an Arach Hulk or two were crumpled together into one single building.`
			`	He guides you through the mansion. You pass by several other servants, notice rooms where he mentions that members of House Mallob are having meetings, and even meet a group of Saryd and Kimek students who came here to study with the shipwrights of House Mallob.`
			`	Finally, he brings you to a room on the third floor, claiming that your passenger is waiting inside. You enter, only to see a Kimek glancing out the window.`
			choice
				`	"I take it that's the shipwright?"`
					goto shipwright
				`	"So, is my passenger crawling around somewhere? In some corner hidden in a web?"`
				`	"A Kimek? I thought this was an Arach House."`
			`	The butler ignores what you said and introduces you to the Kimek in question. "Marry into House Mallob at a young age, miss Pichiie did. A former student at the university here, she was."`
				goto end
			label shipwright
			`	"Correct you are, Captain," he says. "Proud to introduce you to miss Pichiie, I am. A former student at the university here, she was, before marry into House Mallob, she did."`
			label end
			`	Finally, the reason why you had to come all the way to this part of <origin> becomes clear; Pichiie mentions she would like to hear your stories about where you got the yottrite in the first place before boarding your ship to head to <planet>. You tell her all samples you've come across were found in systems where the star had gone supernova. It's a short explanation, but she appears to be satisfied, and after saying her goodbyes to other members of the House, you're both brought to your ship.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Pichiie hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		event "yottrite research break" 165
		payment 200000
		dialog
			`As with the Saryd twins, Lugglop greets Pichiie and tells her of a hotel he prepared for her time here.`
			`	"Ready, my team is now, Captain," he says, after Pichiie leaves with her luggage. "Enrich and research samples as needed, for the next few months we will. Contact you again, I will, should the need for your services arise once again."`
			`	He hands you <payment>, and walks away.`



event "yottrite research break"



mission "Coalition Yottrite 8"
	name "One Last Sample"
	description "Acquire one sample of yottrite and deliver it to <destination> so that Lugglop has some for his presentation to the Coalition's scientific community."
	landing
	to offer
		has "event: yottrite research break"
	source
		near "Pelubta" 1 100
	destination "Pelubta Station"
	on offer
		conversation
			`When you land, you receive a message from Lugglop, the Arach to whom you brought several yottrite samples.`
			`	"Captain, some major findings, we have. Preparing a presentation about our research, to present in Ring of Wisdom, we are," he says. "Only, run out of pure samples, we have. Bring us one once more, would you? Willing to pay slightly more for the inconvenience, we are. <payment>."`
			choice
				`	"Okay, I'll bring you a piece of yottrite once again."`
				`	"Sorry, but I'm not mining that any more."`
					decline
			`	He thanks you and says he and the rest of the team will be waiting in <destination>. "Moved here about halfway through the project, we did, to make use of the station's facilities."`
				accept
	on complete
		outfit "Yottrite" -1
		payment 400000
		dialog `Lugglop pays you <payment> as you deliver the yottrite, accompanied by a Heliarch agent. "Finish preparing our presentation, we now must. If to help us further you wish, in the spaceport meet us you must."`



mission "Coalition Yottrite 9"
	name "Yottrite Presentation"
	description "Transport Lugglop and his team, alongside <cargo>, to the <destination>, where they will share with the Coalition's scientific community their findings on yottrite."
	passengers 6
	cargo "yottrite presentation materials" 6.14
	blocked "You need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition Yottrite 8: done"
	source "Pelubta Station"
	destination "Ring of Wisdom"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You meet Lugglop in the spaceport and follow him to meet with Nasilor, Alituri, and Pichiie, who are overseeing some workers place a few sealed metal crates inside a container and the yottrite sample you just brought here into another. They detail how they have prepared all the material they needed and now just need a transport to the <destination>.`
			`	"If with us, you come, Captain, perhaps a better detailed description of the systems where the yottrite was found, you could provide," Nasilor says.`
			`	"<payment>, I would pay you," Lugglop says.`
			choice
				`	"Of course I'll take you there. Have the containers loaded into my ship."`
					goto accept
				`	"What discoveries have you made about it?"`
					goto findings
			label findings
			`	"To share our findings with you, allowed we are not," Pichiie says.`
			`	"Forgive us you must, Captain, but told to keep everything a secret, we were," Lugglop continues. "Perhaps after our presentation, public our findings could be made."`
			label accept
			`	They all follow you to your ship after the containers are ready to be loaded.`
			`	After they are put into your cargo, Nasilor, Alituri and Pichiie head to their bunks, but as Lugglop is coming on board, you see that two Heliarch agents, both Kimek, are accompanying him. "Here to ensure the secrecy of our discoveries, they are," he says. Seeing as they are only two more passengers, you agree to carry them to <planet>, and they all board your ship.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Lugglop's team and their presentation materials hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		payment 310000
		conversation
			`Immediately when you land, Lugglop gives you your payment of <payment>. You and the four researchers then follow some Heliarch agents that were waiting for you at the docks. You five are brought to an area akin to a theater with some type of podium on the stage. The seats are all taken by Heliarch agents.`
			`	Lugglop's team apparently will wait until the contents of the two containers are brought here, so you're asked to describe the systems with supernovae where you encountered yottrite asteroids. This only lasts a few minutes, as the audience doesn't seem too keen on inquiring about details, though one particular Saryd did puzzle you when they asked about the state of the supernovas you visited. You tell them you don't know what they mean, and they press the topic no further.`
			`	After you finish, and right as the materials for Lugglop's presentation arrive, you're escorted back to your ship by some agents. Several hours later, you're contacted by Lugglop, who says the presentation is finished, and his group is coming back to your ship. When they arrive, they each thank you for providing the means to perform their experiments. "Officially commended for our efforts, we were!" he says.`
			`	"Though allowed to publicly share our findings, we are not still, invited to be part of the team here that will continue the research, we were," Pichiie adds. The Saryd twins say they will reside here for as long as the project continues, while Pichiie comments on how she'll often be taking trips to visit her family in House Mallob's property.`
			`	"As for me, a job as overseer, I still have to perform," Lugglop says. "Stay here for a few days I will, but even with all the advanced equipment of this ring, still our Coalition's most capable, the smelters of Bloptab's Furnace are. In their optimal state they must be, if to deepen our knowledge on yottrite, we are. Return there shortly, I will."`
			`	They thank you again for all your help and wish you safe travels as you continue exploring.`



mission "Kimek Student 1"
	minor
	name "Transport Chikee"
	description "Chikee, a young Kimek, is studying to become a Heliarch. Transport him to <destination>, where he was offered a job, so that he can make a living while studying on his own."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
	source "Fourth Shadow"
	destination "Second Rose"
	on offer
		conversation
			`At any given time there are thousands of Kimek here in the spaceport, either mingling among themselves during a break from work or negotiating travel prices with starship captains. You imagine that if you weren't a human and clearly stood out, you too would be constantly getting offers to travel to another world, as many civilian captains here wish to fill a last bunk or two they have vacant on their ship before departing.`
			`	You manage to find a restaurant here where you spot some food you've already learned you can eat, so you take a seat and order something.`
			`	You're halfway through your meal when you notice the waiter who brought it to you still hasn't moved away from the table.`
			choice
				`	"Can I help you?"`
				`	"Sorry, should I have paid first before eating?"`
			branch translator
				has "language: Coalition"
			`	The Kimek doesn't have a translation box, so your words don't reach him. While he insists on remaining by the table, you also notice he has been constantly glancing at the entrance, as if waiting for someone to come in.`
			`	When a Heliarch agent passes by the entrance, the Kimek says something in his language, heading to meet the Heliarch, and speaking with them briefly. The Heliarch agent then accompanies the Kimek waiter to your table.`
			choice
				`	"Does he need something?"`
				`	"Did I do something wrong?"`
			`	"Wish to speak to you, this Kimek does, Captain," the agent says, as they continue listening to what the Kimek is telling them, and makes an effort to translate their message to you. "Called Chikee, he is. A student, aspiring to join the ranks of the Heliarchs. Looking for transportation to <destination>, he is, so that a better job there he may acquire."`
			choice
				`	"Sure, I'll take him there."`
					goto accept1
				`	"How much will he pay me?"`
				`	"I'm not headed that way, sorry."`
					decline
			`	The Heliarch asks the young Kimek about payment, to which he takes a pause before responding, and when he does so he speaks a lot slower than before.`
			`	"Not enough funds to pay you for the trip, he has," the agent says. "However, to pay you once well established he is, he promises."`
			choice
				`	"Okay then, I'll take him there."`
				`	"I prefer not having to wait to get paid, sorry."`
					decline
			label accept1
			`	You're told to wait for Chikee before departing the planet, and the Heliarch agent leaves. You leave the restaurant yourself shortly after, and head to your ship.`
				goto end
			label translator
			`	The Kimek is a bit surprised by you having a translation box, but seems to be put at ease knowing that he can speak with you directly now.`
			`	"Chikee, my name is, Captain. A student. Looking for transportation to <destination>, I am," he blabs, scrambling to show you what you assume is some kind of letter. "A job in the mines there, I was offered. Better payment than this one, it has."`
			choice
				`	"Sure, I'll take you there."`
					goto accept2
				`	"How much will you pay me?"`
				`	"I'm not headed that way, sorry."`
					decline
			`	He pauses for a bit, and you see his mandibles clicking together time and again.`
			`	"Lacking proper funds, I currently am," he says, speaking much slower than before. "Once paid by this new job I am, however, pay you I will. I promise."`
			choice
				`	"Ok, I'll take you there."`
				`	I prefer not having to wait to get paid, sorry.`
					decline
			label accept2
			`	He thanks you and says to wait for him by your ship before you depart. You leave the restaurant shortly after, and head to your ship.`
			label end
			`	Night falls, but there hasn't been any decrease to the activities here, as the hordes of captains and workers still populate the docking area and the spaceport.`
			`	Around midnight, Chikee arrives at your ship, and you show him to his bunk. He is only bringing a single, old rugged bag with him.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Chikee hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		event "chikee break" 62
		dialog `You drop Chikee off on <planet>, and wish him good luck on the new job.`



event "chikee break"



mission "Kimek Student 2"
	name "Transport Chikee"
	description "Chikee, a young Kimek, is studying to become a Heliarch. Transport him to <destination>, where he was offered an internship and hopes to be awarded with a recommendation letter."
	deadline
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "event: chikee break"
	source "Second Rose"
	destination "New Finding"
	on offer
		clear "event: chikee break"
		conversation
			`While strolling through the spaceport, you're flagged down by a familiar face. It's Chikee, the Kimek student whom you brought here months ago.`
			`	He excitedly greets you and talks about how well his studies have been going. You notice that he now has a translation device of his own, positioned by his neck.`
			`	"Purchased it recently, I did, so that hindered by language barriers, I am not," he says. "Excellent timing you have, Captain. Looking for transportation, once again I am."`
			`	He tells you how his academic successes have earned him an internship in one of the laboratories on <destination>, and that he needs someone to transport him there by <date> so that he may begin working right away.`
			`	"Better, the payment is, but also hoping for a recommendation letter, I am," he says, explaining that such letters from a Heliarch laboratory could help him significantly in joining their ranks.`
			choice
				`	"Sounds like you've worked pretty hard for this. Let's go to my ship, I'll take you there."`
					goto accept
				`	"You still haven't paid me for last time, though."`
			`	He freezes up for a bit, not responding.`
			`	"Just enough money to rent an apartment there, I have. Save up until the laboratory pays me, I must," he says. "Scamming you, I am not, Captain. Thankful I am, and pay you handsomely, I will."`
			choice
				`	"Alright, I'll wait again. Let's go to my ship."`
					goto accept
				`	"Sorry, but I'm not one to be fooled twice."`
					decline
			label accept
			`	He thanks you, and this time follows you right away, as he already has his bags prepared.`
			`	"Hoping to join the research teams on Ring of Wisdom, I am," he says as you two walk to your ship, explaining the reason he needs to study so much is because he is aiming to work for the scientific branch of the government, instead of the more military-focused side.`
			`	You lead him to his bunk and prepare for the trip.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Chikee hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		event "chikee break" 93
		conversation
			`It seems the laboratory Chikee will work in is quite far away from the docking area, so after bidding you farewell, he decides to walk there immediately to get acquainted with his new bosses as soon as possible.`
			`	As he starts crossing one of the bridges linking the canyon walls here, he visibly struggles against the strong winds, as his bags seem to weigh him down.`
			choice
				`	(Help him with his bags.)`
				`	(Let him go on his own.)`
					decline
			`	You catch up to him without too much trouble, though you too are also somewhat troubled by the winds here. You pick up one of his bags, and he becomes much more comfortable with facing the constant blasts of air, though he still walks slower than the expected from a Kimek.`
			`	The two of you walk for about twenty minutes before finally reaching the laboratory. It is shielded by several large thick walls of stone slabs, much like many buildings in this unorthodox city.`
			`	You wish Chikee the best of luck and head back to your ship.`



mission "Kimek Student 3"
	name "Transport Chikee"
	description "Chikee, a young Kimek, is studying to become a Heliarch. Transport him to <destination>, where he will work with some members of House Idriss to further his research project."
	landing
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "event: chikee break"
		has "Kimek Student 2: done"
	source "New Finding"
	destination "Ablub's Invention"
	on offer
		clear "event: chikee break"
		payment 170000
		conversation
			`As you land on <origin>, you notice that 170,000 credits have been transferred to your account, along with a message.`
			`	It's from Chikee, the Kimek student whom you brought here. He asks that you meet him in an area here more well protected from the winds, so you head there.`
			`	Upon meeting him, he says in a jolly tone, "Kept my promise, I did, Captain. Paid you, I have."`
			`	His internship here apparently went really well, and he got the recommendation letter he wanted and is once again looking for transportation.`
			`	"Passing by a month ago, some members of House Idriss were. The Arach House that deals with the construction of hardware, they are," he says. "Interested by my work, they were. Offered a partnership on <destination>, they have."`
			choice
				`	"I thought you wanted to become a Heliarch. How exactly will all of this help you?"`
					goto how
				`	"Hold on, what sort of 'work' were they interested by? What have you been working on?"`
					goto work
			label how
			`	"If well known among the scientific community, I become, more merit, my curriculum will have," he says. "Make it easier to pass the trials, all the knowledge and experience I've gathered until now will as well."`
				goto bunk
			label work
			`	"Larger than most, the Kimek population is. Struggle to properly distribute medication or other chemicals, even worlds richer than my homeworld do," he says. "Seeking to create an independent network to provide better distribution, I am."`
			`	He jokes about how it's silly that although his species has such incredible advancements in their alimentary transport network, it's still difficult for most of the population to find medicine for what is translated as "the common cold" by the device. He claims that, were he on the Heliarch council, he could directly propose changes and solutions to such problems.`
			label bunk
			`	He tells you a bit more about his work here, how it was working with Saryds, and the cultural exchange. Though he seems to have garnered some fond memories of his time here, you notice while heading for your ship that he still hasn't gotten used to the wind.`
			`	You show him to his bunk and prepare for the journey to <destination>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Chikee hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		event "chikee break" 78
		payment 130000
		dialog `Chikee hands you 130,000 credits when you land. "As always, for transporting me, grateful I am, Captain," he says, as he heads off to meet with the members of House Idriss.`



mission "Kimek Student 4"
	name "Transport Chikee"
	description "Chikee, the young Kimek whom you've transported many times, has finally become a candidate for elevation to the rank of Heliarch. Bring him to the <destination> by <date>."
	deadline
	landing
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "event: chikee break"
		has "Kimek Student 3: done"
	source "Ablub's Invention"
	destination "Ring of Wisdom"
	on offer
		clear "event: chikee break"
		conversation
			`You're contacted by Chikee when you land.`
			`	"Captain <last>! Good news and another job for you, I have," he says, asking that you meet him in the spaceport.`
			`	You head there, and he's already with his bags, prepared to board your ship. "Helped me a lot, House Idriss has. An audience with the Heliarch, on the <destination> I have!"`
			`	He tells you that he needs to be there by <date>, and wastes no time as he heads into your ship.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Chikee hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		payment 300000
		conversation
			`Chikee hands you <payment> before leaving your ship. Heliarch agents are waiting for him, and receive him in a bit of a ceremony.`
			`	You spend a few hours browsing some shops here and have some food once you find an establishment that serves something appetizing to humans.`
			`	Ringworlds have no day or night, but looking at your ship's internal clock, it is almost night time when Chikee returns to your ship in a hurry.`
			`	"Accepted I was! Grant me the rank, they did!" he says, showing you a Heliarch circlet as he puts it on his head. "Infinitely grateful for your help in all of this I am, Captain."`
			`	You congratulate him on the achievement, and he starts to tell you how what he calls the "trial" went. Aside from explaining his work on places that got him a recommendation letter, he was told to do a presentation on his own work to some type of jury and pass an interview. "Wait in a line with other candidates, I had to. To be selected, only a few were. So nervous, I was," he says. After thanking you again and trying to shake hands with you, he leaves your ship one last time, and you wish him the best of luck in his new line of work.`



mission "Coalition Outbreak 1"
	minor
	name "Transport Doctors"
	description "Bring these <bunks> doctors, along with <cargo> to <destination> by <date>, where they will work to address a major viral outbreak"
	deadline
	passengers 75
	cargo "medical supplies" 90
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
		random < 5
	source
		near "1 Axis" 1 6
	destination "Celestial Third"
	on offer
		conversation
			`As you enter the spaceport, you notice several battalions of Coalition doctors roaming about, talking with merchant captains and then following some of them back to their ships.`
			`	One such crowd approaches you, and a Saryd among them says, "Broken out on <destination>, a deadly virus has. Captains willing to transport us and <cargo>, we seek." She shows you to the group of doctors, <bunks> of them.`
			choice
				`	"I'd be glad to help with something serious like that. Let's go to my ship."`
				`	"I can't afford to fill so many bunks right now, sorry."`
					decline
			`	The doctors rush inside your ship, and spaceport workers quickly place the <cargo> in your cargo hold.`
			`	When you get the chance, you ask them what exactly the virus is, and they explain as best as they can how it causes "tumorous-like behavior on Kimek exoskeletons, rapidly degenerating the tissue and exposing the flesh, all the while increasing the risk of infection." They say that although it is most dangerous to Kimek, there are confirmed cases of some Arachi having contracted the disease.`
			`	It seems pretty serious, so you should make sure these doctors and their supplies are brought to <destination> as quickly as possible.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You've reached <planet>, but the doctors and the medical supplies haven't arrived yet. Depart and wait for the ships carrying them.`
	on complete
		payment 768540
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		dialog `The medical workers exit your ship just as quickly as they entered it and head off to different sections of the city, directed by some emergency workers. After the <cargo> are also taken off your ship, a worker hands you <payment> and says you could look for more ways to help with the outbreak by looking for their colleagues in the spaceport.`



mission "Coalition Outbreak 2"
	name "Collect Vaccines"
	description "Head to <stopovers>, where Saryd researchers have been working on a vaccine for the new virus, and deliver it to <destination> by <date>."
	deadline
	cargo "vaccines" 80
	blocked "You need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition Outbreak 1: done"
	source "Celestial Third"
	stopover "Secret Sky"
	destination "Ki Patek Ka"
	on offer
		conversation
			`As before, the spaceport is completely dominated by doctors and nurses. You don't find the person who told you to come here, but as you ask one of the other emergency workers, they direct you to a makeshift office set up next to a few trading panels.`
			`	"Fairly new to us, this virus is," the Kimek manning the stand says. "But finally developed an initial batch of vaccines for it, the researchers on Secret Sky thankfully have."`
			choice
				`	"What do you mean 'finally?' Didn't this virus just break out recently?"`
				`	"You want me to go there retrieve the vaccines?"`
					goto vaccines
			`	He looks puzzled by your question.`
			`	"That some weeks have already passed, true it is, but hard at work, the researchers have been," he says. "Blame them for taking a few days more than usual, we cannot. Intricate, this virus is."`
			label vaccines
			`	He shows you a detailed map of Kimek space, explaining that most of the confirmed and suspected cases have been there. Given that the Kimek population is more than double that of the Arachi and the Saryds combined, it's not surprising.`
			`	"To <destination>, this initial batch must be brought. From there, distributing more batches of the vaccines to other worlds, you will be tasked with."`
			`	As the line of volunteering merchant captains continues to grow behind you, he is swift to inform you that payment will be <payment>, and asks that the next person come forward.`
				accept
	on stopover
		dialog `A group of Saryd workers is waiting for you, and they load the <cargo> onto your ship. A laboratory worker babbles about how you must care for them.`
	on visit
		dialog `You've reached <planet>, but the vaccines aren't here yet. Once you've picked them up, make sure all ships that are carrying them arrive in this system.`
	on complete
		payment 943720
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		conversation
			`An incessant stream of freighters has the landing pads of the spaceport here overcrowded, and from the looks of it you were only given a quick clearance due to carrying the vaccines.`
			`	The people here, who are surprisingly managing to keep the place organized despite the overwhelming traffic, pay you <payment> as they unload the vaccines from your cargo hold.`
			`	"Waiting in the spaceport with more tasks for you, our colleagues will be, Captain <last>," one says before running off to tend to other ships carrying doctors or supplies.`



mission "Coalition Outbreak 3"
	name "Distribute Vaccines"
	description "Accompanied by the three volunteer ships, head to the designated Kimek worlds, delivering vaccines to deal with the current viral outbreak, then return to <destination> by <date>."
	deadline
	cargo "vaccines" 80
	to offer
		has "Coalition Outbreak 2: done"
	source "Ki Patek Ka"
	stopover "Fourth Shadow"
	stopover "Blue Interior"
	stopover "Sandy Two"
	stopover "Inmost Blue"
	stopover "Double Haze"
	stopover "Brass Second"
	stopover "Second Viridian"
	stopover "Remote Blue"
	on offer
		conversation
			`This time you're expected and are brought to a large conference room where many Saryds, and the occasional Arach, are waiting. A Kimek that is part of the team organizing the containment procedures comes in and says you will once again be transporting vaccines.`
			`	"In a few hours, fully replicated, the vaccine samples will be. Load them onto your ships, we will. Deliver them to <stopovers>, you must."`
			`	Everyone is then separated into groups. You're put with two Saryd captains and an Arach who is wearing some protective suit of sorts that covers his entire body, making it somewhat difficult for him to walk.`
			`	The captains agree to follow your lead and deliver the vaccines along with you, so you all head back to your ships.`
				accept
	npc accompany save
		personality escort timid
		government "Coalition"
		ship "Saryd Sojourner" "Noset Temu"
		ship "Saryd Sojourner" "Miest Laba"
		ship "Arach Hulk" "Bloobrupblot"
	on stopover
		dialog `You and the Coalition captains have delivered the final batch of vaccines. You must now return to <origin>.`
	on visit
		dialog `You have reached <planet>, but you're missing something! Either you haven't visited <stopovers>, or you left the Coalition ships behind.`
	on complete
		payment 2593230
		"coalition jobs" += 3
		conversation
			`You and the other captains are told to wait in one of several lines formed here. Your group chats with some others while you wait, and a few mention how their batch of vaccines was delivered to Arach and Saryd space. Apparently many tourists had contracted the disease before flying to those areas.`
			`	The line moves quickly, and once it's your turn, you're paid <payment>, and then swiftly shoved along by the workers who are already paying the person who was behind you.`
			`	Looking back at the line, and seeing the sheer number of captains waiting for their share, it's no wonder the Kimek that paid you were extremely brief. As you come back to your ship, you see that a message was sent to you by the Coalition government. More specifically, it appears to have been sent by their Department of Health.`
			`	"To all captains who helped in dealing with the recent viral outbreak, you have our gratitude and may rest tonight knowing you've contributed to the continued prosperity of our Coalition."`



mission "Kimek Gift"
	minor
	name "Not One Minute Late"
	description "A Kimek researcher from <origin> forgot the birthday of her Saryd friend, who lives on <destination>. Since you have a jump drive and can make it there in time, she asked you to deliver the present by <date>."
	deadline 2
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
	source "Second Cerulean"
	destination "Cold Horizon"
	on offer
		require "Jump Drive"
		conversation
			`A Kimek in a lab coat is desperately running around the spaceport here, carrying a small package with some papers attached.`
			`	As soon as she spots you, she quickly approaches you and says, "Human! The visitor I've heard about, you are! From the outside! A jump drive you have, if our space you've reached, yes?"`
			`	You nod, and she continues, "Live on <planet>, a Saryd friend of mine does. Forgotten that his birthday was on <date>, I had! Make it in time for the party, I cannot. Busy with work, I am. At least send his present, I'd like to, but make it in time, regular ships here can't! With your jump drive, get there in a day you could. Help me, would you, Captain?"`
			choice
				`	"Just that small package? Easy enough, I'll do it."`
					accept
				`	"I'm not headed there, sorry, have another mission to do. Somewhere else."`
					decline
	on complete
		payment 36750
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		conversation
			`Apparently this Saryd in question doesn't live here in the spaceport village, so you must take a train to go to his home. Thankfully, a train ticket was attached to the package, so you waste no time and get on the next train there.`
			`	Even for a world without too large a population, the train wagons here feel unusually empty, with only a handful of other passengers on the one you settle in. The trip takes a few hours, so you have plenty of time to look out the window and gaze at the sights of the seemingly infinite winter forest.`
			`	Halfway through, a blizzard makes it tough to see much outside. The ticket inspectors come through again, but now they are serving something akin to hot chocolate, only it is instead a blue, creamy substance.`
			`	Once you arrive at the village, you follow the makeshift map of the streets the Kimek included and deliver the present to her Saryd friend. Apparently the party had just started.`
			`	When you get back to your ship, <payment> are transferred to your account, and you get a short message from the Kimek researcher, thanking you for helping out.`



mission "Saryd Students 1"
	minor
	name "Acquire Arach Rum"
	description "Some Saryd students on <origin> have offered to pay you for bringing them a shipment of traditional Arach rum, currently only sold on <destination>. To make it in time, the rum must be bought by <date>."
	deadline
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
	source "Shadow of Leaves"
	destination "Weir of Glubatub"
	on offer
		conversation
			`While walking by some shops, a young Saryd bumps into you as you're turning a corner, knocking you to the ground. He helps you up, apologizing. A couple others that were with him entered a shop without even noticing you, but almost immediately come back out.`
			branch translator
				has "language: Coalition"
			`	They speak with him, pointing at the shop and to where they must have been before bumping into you, while their friend tinkers with a translation box.`
				goto question
			label translator
			`	"No luck?" he asks them, tinkering with a translation box, not realizing you have your own.`
			`	His colleagues shake their heads, "Told the same as in the other store, we were. Shipping here, the Arachi no longer are," they say, pointing to the shop and to where they must have been before bumping into you. Their friend continues messing with the device.`
			label question
			`	Once he's done, he asks, "Human, a merchant captain you are, correct? Looking for work, are you?"`
			choice
				`	"What kind of work?"`
					goto work
				`	"Oh no, I live here actually. In the humantown district, right around the corner."`
				`	"Actually I'm just here for the view, sorry."`
					decline
			`	They all start laughing, some clearly finding your joke much funnier than you anticipated. Given the way they are stumbling on flat ground and the scent of alcohol that's permeated the air ever since one of them bumped into you, you realize why.`
			`	"Fair enough. Not a common sight here, humans are, Captain," the one with a translation box says. "Asking for such a response, I was."`
			label work
			`	They tell you that they are students at Starlit University and will be graduating soon. They intend on throwing a party to celebrate and had the idea of buying some traditional Arach rum for that.`
			`	"Stopped shipping it here, the Arachi have," another Saryd says, pulling on the translation box on his friend's neck and nearly yanking it off. "Happened with many other drinks, this also has."`
			`	They explain that the rum is produced on <destination>, and that you'll probably have an easier time finding it there. Despite you not knowing for sure how many people they intend on inviting to this party, and the fact that you don't know how much a Saryd can drink, you still worry a bit when they say that "two tons should do." They also tell you that to make it in time for the party, the rum should be bought by <date>.`
			choice
				`	"Sounds good, I'll go get it and bring it to you."`
					accept
				`	"How much would I need to pay for two tons?"`
				`	"Sorry, but I'm against smuggling alcohol to students."`
					decline
			`	"One of the pricier drinks, this rum is," the Saryd explains. "Some thousands of credits per ton, you should expect to pay. But well compensated, you will be."`
			choice
				`	"Sounds good, I'll go get it and bring it to you."`
					accept
				`	"Sorry, but I'm against smuggling alcohol to students."`
					decline
	on visit
		dialog `You ask around and are directed to a large refinery on one of the more populated cities here. The rum's price is impressive indeed, 5,642 credits per ton, but what is more impressive is how you worried about the students' irresponsibility when they asked you to buy this when you yourself aren't responsible enough to have a bit over ten thousand credits to spend. Go earn some money, then return here.`
	on complete
		payment -11284



mission "Saryd Students 2"
	name "Deliver Arach Rum"
	description "Now that you've bought the two tons of Arach rum, deliver it to the Saryd students on <destination> by <date>."
	landing
	deadline
	cargo "arach rum" 2
	blocked "You need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Saryd Students 1: done"
	source "Weir of Glubatub"
	destination "Shadow of Leaves"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You ask around and are directed to a large refinery on one of the more populated cities here. Apparently it's the original building where the Arach rum was first produced.`
			`	You ask for two tons, avoiding giving the exact details of what it's for, as you do not wish to be held accountable for whatever some drunken Saryds may do, and pay the price for all the rum: 11,284 credits.`
			`	The Arachi that take care to load the rum into your ship give you some odd looks, and when it's all done the manager tells you to try and slow down on the drinking.`
				accept
	on complete
		payment 87500
		conversation
			`Besides the students who tasked you with buying the rum, about a dozen others are waiting for your ship when you land and help you unload the beverages.`
			`	"Saved our party you have, Captain," the Saryd with the translation device says, handing you <payment>.`
			`	They head off, excitedly dragging along the cargo carts with the many kegs on top. Some of them have already taken the liberty of opening a keg and begun drinking.`



mission "Saryd Census 1"
	minor
	name "Saryd Census"
	description "Transport these <bunks> Saryd census workers to <destination>, where they will collect data on the population growth there."
	passengers 17
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
		random < 40
	source
		attributes saryd
		not planet "Flowing Fields"
		not planet "Warm Slope"
	destination "Flowing Fields"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Over a dozen Saryds walk up to you as you're entering the spaceport. They explain that they are census workers, and are in need of a transport to <destination>. "Left us hanging, our previous transport has."`
			choice
				`	"What sort of data are you gathering? Just general information?"`
				`	"Sure, I'll show you to your bunks."`
					goto accept
				`	"You're not in luck then, I'm also not looking for any transport missions now."`
					decline
			`	"Collecting data on population growth, we are. Agreed to help our colleagues, many other ships already have," one of them says.`
			choice
				`	"Alright, I'll show you to your bunks."`
					goto accept
				`	"Well I'm sure you can find someone else then. I'm not looking for any transport missions now."`
					decline
			label accept
			`	They thank you and start following you to your ship. There are <bunks> of them in total, now that you've had the time to count.`
			`	You ask if this search will stick to Saryd space, and they say that each species usually sticks to their own home territory when gathering this type of data, so you shouldn't worry about having to take them from one end of Coalition space to the other.`
			`	They settle in their bunks, and prepare for the trip.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying the census workers hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 342000
		dialog `You're paid <payment> for transporting the Saryds here, and they leave your ship, ready to get to work and ask around. They say that they'll probably all be back in the spaceport by night time, so you should check there later if you want to help them further.`



mission "Saryd Census 2"
	name "Saryd Census"
	description "Transport these <bunks> Saryd census workers to <destination>, where they will collect data on the population growth there."
	passengers 17
	blocked "You need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Saryd Census 1: done"
	source "Flowing Fields"
	destination "Warm Slope"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Apparently you got lucky to have transported a group that was assigned to an area close to the spaceport city, as you see many other Coalition captains impatiently waiting for their own passengers to return, some looking at maps of the planet and grumbling.`
			`	Most of the Saryds are here, but three of them still haven't come back, so the 14 that have already arrived just keep discussing the results they've found.`
			choice
				`	(Go browse some shops, then come back later.)`
					goto shops
				`	(Ask them about the data they have collected.)`
			`	They explain how this census was mostly focused on the total population growth of the Coalition and how things are going as expected.`
			`	"Remained stable, the Saryd population has," one of them comments. "At about 30 billion individuals, our numbers still are, though slightly increasing the fertility rate has been."`
			`	As you continue to chat, one of them gets curious and asks you about humanity's population, to which you respond that your species numbers about 100 billion people.`
			`	"Double that of the Arachi," one of the workers says.`
			`	"And half that of the Kimek," another one completes.`
			`	They ask you some more questions about human territory, but avoid getting too technical to the point where it's difficult for you to respond.`
				goto end
			label shops
			`	You try and entertain yourself by looking at the shops here, but pretty much all of them are just filled with the produce of local farms.`
			`	One of them has a few toys made out of straw. You take a look at the Saryd designs for them. They're nothing particularly special, nor as stereotypical as one might have expected from a species that resembles centaurs. Most of them appear to be replicating creatures of the local fauna or buildings like small houses.`
			`	You notice two other census workers have come back, so you decide to return to the group and wait for the final member. Some Coalition captains from earlier have gathered together in a bar to lament the long wait.`
			label end
			`	After the final Saryd arrives, you all head back to your ship, and you're told that the next destination is <destination>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying the census workers hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		payment 387000
		conversation
			`This time the workers mention how they were tasked with gathering data on a part of the planet other than the surroundings of the spaceport, as they pay you <payment>.`
			`	Thankfully, they mention how the census is nearly over and that this was their final destination, so you won't need to wait for hours in the spaceport like the captains you saw on <origin>.`
			`	They thank you for helping them do their job, and wish you safe travels.`



mission "Saryd Couple 1"
	minor
	name "Acquiring Funds"
	description "Inturi and Aunaris, a young Saryd couple, need to make enough money to buy their dream home. Transport Aunaris to <destination>, where she was offered a job in the university there."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
		random < 60
	source
		near "Hunter" 1 2
	destination "Shadow of Leaves"
	on offer
		conversation
			`While walking around the spaceport, you notice one of the Saryd workers that was refueling your ship is quickly galloping somewhere, only without his uniform, as if his shift just ended. He meets up with another Saryd and starts looking at a map with her.`
			choice
				`	(Approach them.)`
				`	(Go back to my ship and check if it was properly refueled.)`
					goto ship
			`	They pause their map-gazing and introduce themselves as Inturi and Aunaris, a young couple who are looking to move out of <origin> and build a home they've always dreamed of on another world.`
			`	"Only, in need of money for that we are," Inturi says. "Worked in a ship as a crew member, I did, before decided to stay here and work on ship repairs and maintenance, I had."`
			`	"Much too far away, his old job took him, and well paid, crew members are not," Aunaris says, bringing up the map again and showing it to you. "Offered a job in Starlit University, on <destination>, I was. Not too distant from <origin>, it is, and a higher pay, it offers. Transport me there, would you, Captain? Once ready our house is, pay you we would."`
			choice
				`	"Of course, just come to my ship when you've finished preparing your luggage."`
				`	"Sorry, I'm headed elsewhere now."`
					decline
			`	They both thank you, and you head back to your ship.`
			`	By nightfall, Aunaris arrives, accompanied by Inturi and some other Saryds, who you guess must be family members, as they all say their goodbyes. Once she enters your ship, you show her to her bunk, and prepare to leave.`
				accept
			label ship
			`	When you get to your ship, you check the control panel and do a short check-up. The fuel tank has been filled, and everything else is working properly. You leave your ship again, and move on with your business.`
				decline
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Aunaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		event "saryd couple has money" 42 86
		dialog `Aunaris thanks you for bringing her here, and apologizes for not being able to pay you right away, but promises once she and Inturi have figured out their home, they will work hard to pay you. "Stay here for a few months, I probably will, before the remaining funds I have acquired," she says before saying goodbye and taking a cable car to her new workplace.`



event "saryd couple has money"



mission "Saryd Couple 2"
	name "Home Sweet Plot Of Land"
	description "The Saryd couple Inturi and Aunaris have finally amassed enough money to buy a plot of land on <destination>, where they will begin building their very own home. Bring both of them there so that they can settle the purchase."
	passengers 2
	to offer
		has "event: saryd couple has money"
	source "Shadow of Leaves"
	destination "Far Garden"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You're met with two familiar faces in the spaceport: the Saryd couple you met some time ago, Inturi and Aunaris, who were working on acquiring the funding needed to build their own home.`
			`	"Worked for a week in another ship, I did, until landed here we had," Inturi says, joking about his way of catching a ride on a ship without paying a transport fee.`
			`	"Sleeping well, I have not been, but helped much with the campus administration, I have. A bonus, I was given," Aunaris tells you.`
			`	They say they just need a transport to <destination>, the world they have chosen to put down roots on, and after everything is done, they will work on getting you your payment.`
			choice
				`	"Glad to hear it all worked out. Let's go to my ship, and I'll set a route to <planet>."`
				`	"Sorry, but I'm not going there right now."`
					decline
			`	You show them to their bunks, and prepare for the trip.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Aunaris and Inturi hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++



mission "Saryd Couple 3"
	name "Reversed House Spider"
	description "Take Inturi to <destination>, where he will purchase a small Arach ship that he and Aunaris will repurpose into a home."
	landing
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Saryd Couple 2: done"
	source "Far Garden"
	destination "Saros"
	on offer
		conversation
			`The couple leaves your ship and heads to a real estate agency. From what they told you during the trip, they have about two and a half million credits they can spend, which they claim is in line with the standard properties in the most valued (and most sought-after) locations here, and that they should still have enough money to pay you afterwards.`
			`	They return from consulting, the both of them with disappointed looks on their faces. Inturi starts looking at the ships landing and departing while Aunaris comes talk to you.`
			`	"Kept watch of one property, for months we had. On a mountain village, overlooking a lake, and with access to a nearby forest, it is. A few days ago, purchased it was," she sighs. "Available, another plot of land neighboring it is, but over half our funds, the land alone costs."`
			`	Inturi then looks over, as if he had just received a shock, and says, "That's it! A ship! Live in a ship, we could!"`
			choice
				`	"What do you mean?"`
				`	"I like the enthusiasm, but unfortunately I'm not looking for any more crew members right now."`
				`	"If you say so. Just don't forget the oranges, scurvy probably is a problem for Saryds too."`
			`	"Live in a ship?" Aunaris repeats the sentence, puzzled.`
			`	"In an Arach ship, for that week I worked. Taught me some things, the captain did. Often repurposed into houses, their ships are," he explains. "Their smallest ship, we could buy. Save time and money otherwise spent building a home, it would."`
			`	They talk for a bit in private, and after a few minutes Inturi apparently managed to fully explain his idea and convince her.`
			`	They head back to the real estate agency and arrange the purchase of the plot of land. Inturi then asks that you transport him to <destination>, where the basic Arach ship model is sold, and after buying it he will return here with the new "house."`
			`	Aunaris will remain here to finish sorting out all the paperwork and will be waiting by the property once you two return.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Inturi hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`



mission "Saryd Couple 4"
	name "Test Drive, Final Drive"
	description "Escort Inturi's ship, which will be repurposed into a home for him and Aunaris, to <destination>."
	landing
	to offer
		has "Saryd Couple 3: done"
	source "Saros"
	destination "Far Garden"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Inturi heads right to the shipyard, and you help him with the purchase itself. He says that although he has worked in many ships over the years, he never went to the shipyard for more than picking up some parts for repair, or to polish a newly produced model.`
			`	Only when you're with him inside the Arach vessel do you think of asking if he even knows how to fly a ship, but he reassures you that it won't be a problem.`
			`	"To work as a copilot for an old friend, my first job was. Worry about me crashing the ship, you need not," he jokes.`
			`	He says he will wait for your lead and follow you to <destination> once you depart.`
				accept
	npc accompany save
		personality escort timid
		government "Coalition"
		ship "Arach Courier" "Boop"
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that Inturi's ship hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it to get here.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		event "saryd couple follow-up" 51 96
		conversation
			`You help Inturi park the ship on the plot of land, but since the Arach Courier takes up almost the entire area, your own ship has to land on a regular landing pad.`
			`	After taking a transport up the mountain, you see that some workers are already there and are starting to remove ship components that won't be needed, like its engines and hyperdrive. A house doesn't need to be able to traverse the void of space, after all.`
			`	The couple comes to meet up with you. "In a day or two, after some shopping we do, fully furnished the house will be," Aunaris says, looking at the ship.`
			`	"Helped us a lot in getting it all sorted out you have, Captain <last>. Focus on working hard to pay you back in full, we will," Inturi adds.`
			choice
				`	"You don't need to worry about paying me, I helped because I wanted to, not for a payday."`
				`	"Well, I hope everything goes well. Best of luck to you two!"`
					goto end
			action
				set "refused saryd couple payment"
			`	They look at you confused and then try to insist on paying you, but after some minutes they agree. "Too kind a heart you are, Captain," Aunaris says.`
			label end
			`	They thank you again, and you head back to your ship.`



event "saryd couple follow-up"



mission "Saryd Couple Follow-Up A"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "event: saryd couple follow-up"
		not "refused saryd couple payment"
	source
		government "Coalition" "Heliarch"
	on offer
		payment 325400
		conversation
			`When you land, you're notified of <payment> being transferred to your account.`
			`	With it, there's a message. It's from Inturi and Aunaris, the Saryd couple who you helped move out to their very own home.`
			`	In the message, they apologize for taking so long to pay you, and go on to tell you about how they've been doing there. Aunaris has been working in a school there, while Inturi has been helping other residents set up their own "ship-houses," as he calls them. Apparently it's become somewhat popular there after people saw the couple's home.`
			`	They thank you again and say you're welcome to visit anytime.`



mission "Saryd Couple Follow-Up B"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "event: saryd couple follow-up"
		has "refused saryd couple payment"
	source
		government "Coalition" "Heliarch"
	on offer
		conversation
			`When you land, you see you've received a message. It's from Inturi and Aunaris, the Saryd couple who you helped move out to their very own home.`
			`	Along with the message, they've sent a picture of them both tending to some flowers and short trees in a little garden they've started up near the ship. In the message they go on to tell you about how they've been doing there. Aunaris has been working in a school there, while Inturi has been helping other residents set up their own "ship-houses," as he calls them. Apparently it's become somewhat popular there after people saw the couple's home.`
			`	They thank you again and say you're welcome to visit anytime.`



mission "Longcow Antibiotics 1"
	minor
	name "Longcow Antibiotics"
	description "Arach ranchers have asked you to pick up <cargo> on <stopovers>, then deliver them to <destination>."
	cargo "longcow antibiotics" 7
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
		random < 35
	source
		attributes arach
		not attributes "coalition station"
	stopover "New Finding"
	destination "Corral of Meblumem"
	on offer
		require "Jump Drive"
		conversation
			`You see some Arachi talking among themselves in the spaceport, occasionally glancing at and pointing at you.`
			`	One of them finally comes to you and says, "Greetings, Captain. Interested in performing a cargo mission for us, are you?"`
			`	She tells you that they are a cooperative of Arach ranchers, explains that the safety and health regulations for their business, longcow ranching, were recently updated, and that they need someone to pick up the newest antibiotics for the cattle on <stopovers>.`
			`	"A jump drive you have, so get them faster - and allow us to resume business faster - you would."`
			choice
				`	"You've found the perfect person for the job. I'm in."`
				`	"I suppose that's true, but I'm not looking for courier jobs, sorry."`
					decline
			`	The other Arachi come over to thank you after she signals to them that you've accepted to help. They explain that after you've picked up the antibiotics on <stopovers>, you'll have to drop them off on <planet> before wishing you a good trip.`
				accept
	on stopover
		dialog `The dockworkers load <cargo> into your cargo hold after verifying you've been hired by the Arach cooperative. A bit after the last crate has been placed, you're contacted by the Arachi, and they say you should bring the antibiotics to <destination>, where they will pay you <payment>.`
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but the Arach ranchers don't come to meet you as you've not brought the longcow antibiotics. Make sure all your ships carrying the cargo arrive in this system after you've picked it up.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		payment 421000



mission "Longcow Antibiotics 2"
	name "Longcow Antibiotics"
	description "Deliver the remaining <cargo> to <destination>, where some Arachi also work as longcow ranchers."
	landing
	cargo "longcow antibiotics" 1
	to offer
		has "Longcow Antibiotics 1: done"
	source "Corral of Meblumem"
	destination "Nearby Jade"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You're paid 421,000 credits when you land, but as you help the ranchers unload the antibiotics, they say that something is off.`
			`	"Only 6 tons of antibiotics, we requested," one of them says. "That extra ton surplus, ours is not."`
			`	She goes away for about ten minutes to contact the lab workers back on New Finding. When she comes back, she seemingly jokes with the other ranchers in the Arach language, before talking to you.`
			`	"Mixed up the cargo, they have. His own longcow ranch on <destination>, a cousin of mine has," she says. "Sent along with my own, his batch of antibiotics was."`
			`	They contact the cousin in question and he asks that you transport his own part of the antibiotics to <destination>, where he will pay you <payment>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying the longcow antibiotics hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		payment 193000
		dialog `You land and meet up with the cousin of the Corral of Meblumem rancher, and he pays you <payment>. "Mix up our batches due to our family name, the doctors always do!" he grumbles as the antibiotics are being removed from your cargo hold.`



mission "Arachi Orphans"
	minor
	name "Arach Orphans"
	description "Bring these 4 Arach orphans, their caretaker, and their <cargo> to <destination>, where they will join a foster home."
	passengers 5
	cargo "orphanage belongings" 2
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
		random < 45
	source
		attributes arach
		not attributes "coalition station"
	destination "Chosen Nexus"
	on offer
		conversation
			`An elderly Arach beckons to you as you enter the spaceport. He is accompanied by four Arach children, who all stand close to a large pile of luggage.`
			`	He explains that he used to run an orphanage here, but has now gotten too old for the job. He has arranged for the four kids to be transferred to a foster home on <destination>.`
			`	"Take care of them, the Saryds there will," he says, patting the head of the youngest and shortest of the kids. "Retiring, I am, but abandon them, I will not. An apartment close to the foster home, I will purchase."`
			`	He offers to pay you <payment> to bring the five of them and their <cargo> to <destination>.`
			choice
				`	"Of course I'll help. Here, let me help you get the luggage into my ship."`
					accept
				`	"I hope things work out for you, but I'm actually not going to stay in or fly around Coalition space for long now."`
					decline
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 3
		payment 268000
		conversation
			`You help the old Arach caretaker and some workers take the luggage out of your ship then head to the orphanage.`
			`	A Saryd couple runs the place and greets you and the old Arach when you get there. Aside from a few Saryd kids, you notice the place already has an Arach child and some Kimek too.`
			`	After you make sure all their belongings are inside the foster house, the Arach children head on inside to get acquainted with their new family. Their caretaker thanks you and hands you <payment> before heading inside himself.`



mission "Arachi Cartoonist 1"
	minor
	name "A New Design"
	description "The Arach cartoonist Drugub is currently struggling to find inspiration for new spaceship designs in his comics. Head to <destination> and find something you can bring back to show him the ship models produced there."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
	source "Mebla's Portion"
	destination "Prime"
	on offer
		conversation
			`As you're moving along one of the larger underground tunnels that connect the spaceport here, a dozen makeshift stands, each with a different apparent 'theme' to them, captures your attention. When you get closer, it's clear that the event is something of a convention, each stand managed by a different artist that lives here.`
			`	After you're done looking at a stand that showcased various fantasy attires and move on to the neighboring one, its owner jumps as soon as he turns to see you, looking dumbfounded. He introduces himself as Drugub, a cartoonist of local fame for his science fiction comics, showing various examples of them as he speaks with you. "Many styles of ships produced in our space are, but only so many ideas from them, I can get," he says. "That you came here, lucky I am. To expand my creative horizon, I need, and seeing the general shape of some human ships would."`
			choice
				`	"I can help with that. Do you have any type of ship in mind?"`
				`	"Sorry, I'm just passing by, not looking for a job or anything."`
					decline
			`	He looks puzzled. "For a variety of purposes, ships in my comics are used, so to know of a variety of ships, preferable it would be."`
			`	You decide to give him a brief description of the biggest shipyards in human space, citing their history and design philosophy, from Syndicated Shipyards' cheaper designs to Deep Sky's sophisticated (by human standards) technology.`
			`	When you're done, he thinks for a bit, then concludes that Betelgeuse Shipyards' older, historical designs, are what he's looking for. "Set during a less developed time, what I'm working on is," he explains.`
			choice
				`	"In that case, I'll head to their home shipyard and see what I can bring back for you."`
					goto end
				`	"Alright, it's a bit of a long trip to <planet>, but if you're sure, let's head to my ship and I'll show you your bunk."`
			`	"Oh, leave I cannot. Whether far away or not this <planet> you speak of is, allowed to leave Coalition space, we are not," he says. "Go on without me you must, Captain."`
			label end
			`	He thanks you and wishes you safe travels on your journey to <planet>.`
				accept



mission "Arachi Cartoonist 2"
	name "A New Design"
	description "Return to Drugub on <destination>, and give him the flyer with pictures and some details of Betelgeuse's ship models."
	landing
	to offer
		has "Arachi Cartoonist 1: done"
	source "Prime"
	destination "Mebla's Portion"
	on offer
		conversation
			`When you ask the shipyard clerk if you could have something that detailed their ship models to "show a friend who is new to spaceships," she hands you a flyer. Inside, all of Betelgeuse's ships are depicted with some details on each (along with the pricing, of course).`
			`	"Usually we show these to first time buyers, but you can take one if you want. Is your friend interested in buying? Maybe I could help you figure out what ship would best suit them."`
			`	You thank her, saying that your friend does not have the funds for any of the ships and just wants some info, then head back to your ship.`
			`	Hopefully a small pamphlet will do for Drugub to get some ideas.`
				accept
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		payment 75940
		conversation
			`Drugub is excitedly waiting for you when you return. However simple a piece of paper it may seem to you, he grabs the flyer as if it's some scroll of knowledge.`
			`	He hands you your payment of <payment> and spends some time with you still, asking you all the questions he can think of about each ship.`
			`	"Very beautiful, this 'Leviathan' is. Thinking of many ways to draw it, I already am," he says. "Maybe a flagship of one of my characters, make it I will..."`
			`	He spends some more minutes listening to you after he asks that you describe how you've seen each of the ships perform, thanks you again, and prepares to leave.`
			`	"Oh, before I go, Captain <last>, use the name of your own ship for that 'Leviathan,' may I? Just as a small thank you."`
			choice
				`	"Of course! It's called <ship>."`
				`	"The name is nothing special. I wouldn't even get the reference of it if I read your comic in the future, honestly."`
					goto noship
			`	"<ship> it is! Do it justice I will, Captain. Thanks again."`
				accept
			label noship
			`	"Ah, I see. Well, just a reference it would be, so the name matters not, I suppose. Anyway, thanks again Captain."`



mission "Coalition: Alpha Encounter"
	minor
	invisible
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
		has "remembrance day: offered"
		random < 1
	source
		government "Coalition"
		not attributes "coalition station"
		not planet "Secret Sky" "Remote Blue" "Bloptab's Furnace" "Ahr"
	on offer
		event "alitis freed" 1095
		log "Minor People" "Alitis" `Alitis, formerly known as Athis, is an Alpha who lives in the Coalition. Centuries ago, he stole a jump drive from an alien ship and used it to explore, but after some sort of encounter in the galactic east, he decided to give up on his former life.`
		conversation
			`You're window-browsing a shop in the spaceport when you catch the scuff of too quick footsteps coming toward you. Before you can glance in that direction, you're suddenly tackled into the ground by someone astonishingly human-shaped. You try to get up, but whoever attacked you pins you down, pressing your face into the ground and holding your arms behind your back to restrain you. As you struggle against your attacker you manage to catch sight of long hair and then, with a flash of concern, a glimpse of green skin - an Alpha.`
			`	You are not pressed for long though. You feel the Alpha's attention shift to the side you cannot see, as an Arach swoops in with a tackle. The Alpha lets go of your arms in an attempt to block the attack, but it does not prevent the Arach from bowling them clear off of you where the two begin to wrestle in your line of sight. The Alpha is a man and, surprisingly to you, despite his strength, it doesn't take long for the Arach Heliarch to restrain your attacker. The Arach firmly pins his arms to his torso with four legs, holds his hips down with two, and uses her last pair to lever herself until she rests her entire body weight into pinning the Alpha.`
			`	A Saryd Heliarch approaches and tells you to keep your distance before interposing himself partially between you and your assailant. He then looks at the Alpha and asks through his translator box, "What reason for attacking this person, did you have?"`
			`	The Alpha is still struggling to try and get out of the Arach's grip, and you notice an intricate gold necklace which has splayed across his shoulder and onto the floor in the scuffle, jangling in the quiet every time he struggles. At this point, everyone else has cleared out of the area and is giving the scene a wide berth. As you get to your feet he ignores the Saryd's question and looks at you intensely. "You're with the Navy, aren't you? Finally figured out I was here, thought you'd finish the job?"`
			branch navy
				has "license: Navy"
			choice
				`	"No, I'm not with the Navy. You could've just asked without slamming me to the ground."`
					goto notnavy
				`	"Is that why you attacked me?"`
					goto detained
			label navy
			choice
				`	"I am with the Navy, but I didn't come here looking for you."`
				`	"Is that why you attacked me?"`
					goto detained
			`	"And I'm supposed to believe that crap?" He lashes out, trying again to knock the Arach off of him, but the agent only tightens the grip. She opens her mandibles, getting them close to the Alpha's neck. "Alright, alright, I get it!" the Alpha shouts, stopping his attempts to break free.`
				goto detained
			label notnavy
			`	He stares at you for a moment, as if unsure if you're telling the truth. "What the hell are you doing here then? Did you just stumble onto this place?" He stops struggling, but the Arach agent doesn't loosen her grip.`
			label detained
			`	The Saryd walks closer to the Alpha, stomping his hoofs on the ground with each step. "Whatever your motivation was, a transgression, you have committed. Punished accordingly, you shall be," he says. "Kindly follow us to the detention facility, would you, Captain?" he asks you, but doesn't wait for an answer, as more agents arrive to escort you and the Alpha to the "detention facility."`
			`	On your way there, you start feeling stings on your arms and legs, and realize the Alpha's tackle left you with some bruises. "Treat those, we will, after faced trial, your aggressor has," the Saryd says as you approach your destination: a building similar to a police station. The Alpha is brought before a Kimek that you guess is in charge of the facility. He asks you to give a testimony of what happened, with the Heliarch agents confirming what you say. "Your first offense in a long time this is, Alitis," the Kimek says, after checking a computer for the Alpha's data. "Three years in seclusion, your sentence is."`
			`	After the short verdict, which seems to lack much of the due process you would expect in human space, the agents bring both you and the Alpha to a lower level of the building. This floor has several empty cells kept shut by thick, tough walls of some transparent material. While the cell block does appear to go further beyond this section and around a corner, the first few cells appear to be directly opposite a modest medical space, presumably used mostly for treating any injured prisoners without leaving the secure level. At present though, all of the cells appear to be empty, and the Heliarchs simply lock him in the second cell, where accessing his would not obstruct any other doorways. The agents then ask that you wait a few minutes for a medic to arrive so that they can take care of your bruises.`
			`	You notice that cut into the transparent material of the walls are a series of small holes at head-height with a cover that can be slid across them, presumably to silence a prisoner if needed. By default, they appear to be left open, and the Heliarch agents have not closed the one on the Alpha's cell.`
			`	Your eyes shift from the holes in the wall to the Alpha to find his eyes fixated on you, not looking away or even blinking. After you stare him down for a couple of seconds, he speaks up. "What is it, are you expecting some sort of apology? I'd consider my caution to be entirely justified, so you won't get one."`
			choice
				`	"Who are you? How did you even get here?"`
				`	"What are you doing here in the Coalition?"`
			`	He frowns at you. "I don't owe you any answers, cur. Shut up and wait for the law to bring the frail princess some band-aids and a lollipop."`
			choice
				`	"Are you so busy in that empty cell that you can't answer me?"`
				`	"Tough talk for someone who wrestled a spider and lost."`
			`	He leans forward, his legs twitching as if stopped mid-tackle, and he pauses, turning to look down the hallway to where the Heliarchs went. He backs up, slowing his breathing, and then sits down. "Alright. This may be the last time in three years I can have a proper conversation, so I will entertain you. My name... is Alitis. Over a century ago my kin stumbled upon an alien civilization beyond the Far North in conflict with bands of invaders. These invaders possessed drives capable of jumping between systems without the need for hyperspace links, technology that we greatly desired, for it could put us far outside of the reach of... you." He fixates his eyes on yours, ever so slightly closing his eyelids. "We explored the far reaches of the galaxy to the east, but found no place to call home. Our only choice was to return to the Dirt Belt where we knew of an enclave of more kin, only for the Navy," he spits on the ground, then looks at you again, "to find us. We evacuated, and my kin thought it wise to return to the east, but I knew better. I stole one of the drives my kin had along with a small ship and began traveling west. That is when I discovered the Coalition, and they have provided for me a home that I have been unable to find elsewhere in the galaxy."`
			choice
				`	"You 'knew better?' What do you mean?"`
				`	"What, did you have a change of heart once you got here?"`
			`	He gets up in a rush. "Full of questions, aren't you?" He approaches the wall again, in slow steps. "I was among the first of my kind. Athis, I was called then. I have traveled the galaxy for many centuries and witnessed many things. I have been ambushed, cornered many times; fear was not a stranger to me, for as soulless as your kind see me, we still feel. But when I traveled to the east, someone, or... something, rather, spoke to me. A voice with an immense weight. And for the first time, I felt something more than fear. I felt dread. So when my kin decided to return to the east, I was not so inclined to return with them."`
			choice
				`	"Voices in your head? Are you sure you weren't just imagining them?"`
					goto imaginary
				`	"What did the voice say?"`
			`	He looks away from you. "You're here now, aren't you? This means you must have a device to jump beyond links as I did. Travel to the east and find out for yourself what the voices say. Find out if it classifies you as 'disposable' as well."`
				goto end
			label imaginary
			`	He looks away from you. "No imaginary thing could have such an impact on me. You're here now, aren't you? This means you must have a device to jump beyond links as I did. Travel to the east and find out for yourself that the voices are real."`
			label end
			`	The Heliarchs inform you that the medic has arrived, and bring you further down the hallway to a room where they treat your bruises. They examine you briefly, then give you a tube with a thick liquid, almost like a gel, asking that you gently apply it on your wounds. Once you're done, they tell you that the pain should wear off within a few minutes, and an agent escorts you back out. Passing by his cell again, you see Alitis still standing with his back to the hallway, looking straight at the wall. The agent brings you to your ship, and thanks you for your cooperation.`
				decline

event "alitis freed"



mission "Saryd University Lecture"
	name "Transport Saryd Scientist"
	description "Starlit University on <planet> is hosting a seminar on xenology. Transport a guest speaker there by <date>. Payment is <payment>."
	passengers 1
	deadline
	to offer
		random < 40
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
	source "Warm Slope"
	destination "Shadow of Leaves"
	on offer
		conversation
			`As you exit a restaurant in the spaceport, you notice a rumpled-looking Saryd staring at you. Attention from others is not new for you in Coalition space, as you are quite an unusual sight here. You don't pay him much mind until he begins to gallop toward you, hailing you down.`
			`	"Captain! Excited to finally meet you, I am. Heard of the human in our space, I have, but to see you myself, special it is."`
			`	"A scientist, I am, and invited to speak at a university seminar, I have been. Be there by <date>, I must. The honor of transporting me to <planet>, will you give me?"`
			choice
				`	"What is the seminar about?"`
					goto xeno
				`	"Sure, I'd be glad to transport you."`
					goto accept
				`	"Sorry, I can't take transport jobs right now."`
					decline
			label xeno
			`	"A xenologist, I am. Alien cultures outside of the Coalition, I study, and the topic of the seminar, it is. Invited to give lectures on the subject, I have been. Take me there, will you?"`
			choice
				`	"Sure, I'd be glad to transport you."`
				`	"Sorry, I can't take transport jobs right now."`
					decline
			label accept
			`	"Thank you! Aelbris, my name is. To be late I do not wish, as not recorded, the event is." He soon gathers his things and boards your ship.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Aelbris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 3
		payment 25000
		conversation
			`During the trip, Aelbris was polite, if a bit intrusive in his questions about your homeworld. You answered as best you could, though at times you struggled to understand what was even being asked. Once you and your passenger depart from your ship, he turns around.`
			`	"Captain, that you must be very busy, I realize, but wondering if you could stay for the seminar, I was. You see, studying human space for years, I have been, but actually met a human, I had not. A great boon to our field to have a human guest speaker, it would be."`
			choice
				`	"What do I have to do there?"`
					goto answer
				`	"I don't think that I'd be a good representative of humanity."`
					goto low
				`	"How do you manage to study humanity without meeting any humans?"`
					goto explanation
				`	"Sure, I'd be glad to."`
					goto yes
				`	"Sorry, I don't have time."`
					decline
			label answer
			`	"Answering some questions from the attendees, would you be comfortable with? Simple, they would be, about aspects of human society, physical structure, and the like, they would pertain to."`
				goto choosetostay
			label low
			`	"Nonsense! Travel the galaxy, you do. A most knowledgeable individual, surely you must be. Accept my offer, will you?"`
				goto choosetostay
			label explanation
			`	"Contact with a human world, Heliarchs have. Some documents on humanity, the government there gave. Shared their knowledge with civilian researchers, the Heliarchs have, so analyze the info, we do, so that understand humans better, we may."`
			label choosetostay
			choice
				`	"Sure, I'd be glad to."`
					goto yes
				`	"Sorry, I don't have time."`
					decline
			label yes
			`	"Thank you! A great honor, you have done our field of study." He motions you to follow him.`
			`	You and the Saryd take a train from the city to the base of a mountain. "Secluded, Starlit University is, so direct transportation, there is none," he explains. Instead, he leads you to a steep trail that presumably takes you to the conference. You notice that a small lift is installed along the trail, but it seems to be used exclusively by the elderly and infirm.`
			`	After a long hike that takes the better part of the afternoon, you approach a collection of gleaming buildings. One of them has a few scientists and students, with Heliarchs guarding the entrance.`
			`	You enter a small, dusty room where some scientists from the three Coalition species prepare their lectures. Your entrance immediately causes a stir, and several turn to look at you. Aelbris beams as he shows you to your table. You note the presence of several Heliarchs in attendance as well.`
			`	"Ah, work closely with the Heliarchs, we do," Aelbris explains. "Share information with them and inform them of our conclusions, so that better informed about possible threats and opportunities, they are."`
			`	"Now, unplanned, your visit is, so consult with the seminar organizers, I must." He brings out a small box that projects a holograph of an Arach Heliarch once turned on. Aelbris begins a conversation with him, but you cannot hear much of it; Aelbris makes an effort to keep his voice down in order to not disturb the other guests.`
			`	You wait for a while, until a Kimek walks up to the stage in front. The box's volume is much louder than normal, and you can easily hear what is being said.`
			`	"Pleased to announce that the 103rd Xenology Seminar, generously hosted by Starlit University, is now in session, I am. Noticed as you may have, in the presence of a very... unusual guest, we are. The honor of having <first> <last> answer some questions at the end of today's seminar, we will have." The Kimek gestures to you as Aelbris sits down at your table.`
			`	The first speaker, another Kimek, talks about human farming methods as they compare to other members of the Coalition. You see him cite information from a modified data chip that appears to contain documents from the Library of Alexandria.`
			`	The seminar goes on for some time. A Saryd gives a surprisingly accurate lecture on the human body. An Arach goes into detail explaining the technological level of human ships. Once all the speakers have finished, Aelbris informs you that it is now your turn to answer their questions.`
			choice
				`	"Alright, let's go!"`
					goto questions
				`	"I don't want to do this anymore."`
					goto scared
			label scared
			`	"To answer their questions, if you really don't want, I can't stop you, I suppose." Aelbris says with a sigh.`
				decline
			label questions
			`	As soon as you walk up to the stage, several scientists in the crowd stand up out of their chairs. The Arach Heliarch comes up to you on the stage, and explains that this is their way of asking questions. She selects a Saryd from the crowd.`
			`	"What is the extent of contact that humans have with other aliens?"`
			choice
				`	"Humans are in contact with the Hai. Some of them even live on Hai planets. They live to the north of human space, and we can visit them through a wormhole."`
					goto hai
					to display
						has "First Contact: Hai: offered"
				`	"A few humans know about the Hai, but there's no official acknowledgment of their existence. They live to the north of human space, and we can visit them through a wormhole."`
					goto hai
					to display
						has "First Contact: Hai: offered"
						not "event: hai-human resolution announced"
				`	"Humans have official contact with the Quarg, but the Quarg don't trade technology with humanity."`
				`	"Humans have official contact with the Quarg, but humans and Quarg don't really intermix."`
				`	"Humans know about the Quarg, but most people know little about them."`
			`	The audience response is muted. You get the impression that you haven't told them anything they don't already know.`
				goto nextquestion
			label hai
			action
				set "coalition knows hai"
			`	Several members of the audience are delighted. "Unknown to us, this species is," says the Heliarch. "That you have made contact with them despite the Quarg, good news it is."`
				to display
					not "coalition knows hai"
			`	Several members of the audience are delighted. "Ah, the Hai, we have heard of," says the Heliarch. "That you have made contact with them despite the Quarg, good news it is."`
				to display
					has "coalition knows hai"
			`	"Tell us more of them, could you?" asks another scientist.`
			`	As you open your mouth to speak, the Heliarch cuts you off. "Enough questions on the Hai, we have." The crowd looks disappointed at this development.`
			label nextquestion
			`	The Arach selects another, this time a Kimek. "All of human space, united politically is it?"`
			choice
				`	"No, human space is split between the Republic in the north and the Free Worlds in the south."`
					to display
						has "event: war begins"
						not "free worlds checkmate"
				`	"No, human space is split between the Republic in the west, the Free Worlds in the south, and the Syndicate in the east. The Syndicate is technically part of the Republic, but they have a lot of autonomy."`
					to display
						has "event: war begins"
						not "free worlds checkmate"
				`	"Yes, all of human space is united under the Republic."`
					goto united
					to display
						or
							not "event: war begins"
							has "free worlds checkmate"
				`	"Yes, but there are internal subdivisions: the Free Worlds in the south, the Republic in the north, and the Syndicate in the east."`
					to display
						has "free worlds checkmate"
				`	"No. Technically all of human space is under the Republic, but the Syndicate has significant autonomy."`
					to display
						not "event: war begins"
				`	"No. Technically all of human space is under the Republic, but the Free Worlds and Syndicate have significant autonomy."`
					to display
						has "free worlds checkmate"
			`	As you answer the question, your translator begins to cut out. Repeating your answer does no good, as it continues to fizzle out as you talk. You look over to the Heliarch, who eyes the curious Kimek with suspicion. "Apologize for the malfunction, I must," says the Heliarch. "The next question, answer it please."`
				goto questionthree
			label united
			`	Upon finishing your sentence, several in the crowd begin to write down notes on datapads. It appears that information on human government is new to them.`
			label questionthree
			`	The Arach picks another Kimek. "Piracy in human space, how big of a problem is it?"`
			choice
				`	"There are entire pirate planets on the fringes of human space where warlords and criminals rule."`
				`	"Piracy was a big problem in the past, but now it's a relatively minor issue."`
				`	"There are many independent worlds that are not ruled by one singular government. Some groups there support piracy, but others are peaceful."`
					goto pirategood
			`	"Stamped out, may lawlessness soon be," says the Heliarch in a solemn tone of voice. She picks a Saryd for the next question.`
				goto questionfour
			label pirategood
			`	Your microphone starts to fizzle out as you attempt to answer. The Heliarch's eight eyes are all on you, and you sense that it might not be a good idea to finish your sentence. The Heliarch selects a Saryd for the next question.`
			label questionfour
			`	"A fairly comprehensive map of human space, we have." The Saryd brings out a star map of the galactic south. "But of the core, we know not. Inform us of the galaxy, can you?"`
			choice
				`	(Tell them about the Korath.)`
					goto tell
					to display
						or
							has "Discovered Korath Space: offered"
							has "Wanderers: Rek To Kor Efret: offered"
				`	(Don't tell them about the Korath.)`
					to display
						or
							has "Discovered Korath Space: offered"
							has "Wanderers: Rek To Kor Efret: offered"
				`	"Sorry, I don't know what's there any more than you do."`
					to display
						not "Discovered Korath Space: offered"
						not "Wanderers: Rek To Kor Efret: offered"
			`	"Sorry, I don't know what's there any more than you do."`
				to display
					or
						has "Discovered Korath Space: offered"
						has "Wanderers: Rek To Kor Efret: offered"
			`	The Saryd walks away, disappointed.`
				goto sorry
			label tell
			`	"I've met an alien species there called the Korath," you say. "They're reptilian creatures. What's left of their planets has been ruined by infighting. The Kor Sestor and Kor Mereti have been fighting a civil war using autonomous ships. The Kor Efreti have stayed out of the civil war, living under the Quarg's protection. The Korath Exiles have been banished to the Core by the Drak for refusing to give up their ability to manufacture jump drives. They are now raiding humanity for supplies."`
			`	The crowd shows considerable interest at this last part. "Knowledge of the jump drive, a species besides the Quarg possesses? Great news, this is! Our struggle against the Quarg, we do not take up alone. Possess jump drives, do any other species?" The Heliarch does not seem to mind you answering another question.`
			choice
				`	"There are aliens to the north of human space called the Hai. Some of them steal from the normal Hai, and try to get their hands on jump drives any way they can."`
					goto knowunfettered
					to display
						not "coalition knows hai"
						or
							has "unfettered requested jump drives"
							has "Wanderers: Translation Machine: offered"
				`	"There is a faction among the Hai, the Unfettered. They steal from the normal Hai, and try to get their hands on jump drives any way they can."`
					goto unfortunate
					to display
						has "coalition knows hai"
						or
							has "unfettered requested jump drives"
							has "Wanderers: Translation Machine: offered"
				`	"Sorry, I don't know of any other species that does."`
					goto sorry
			label unfortunate
			`	The Heliarch speaks up against the murmurs of the crowd. "Driven to such desperation, it is unfortunate that our allies against the Quarg are. Powerful like the Coalition, hopefully one day they will be."`
				goto exit
			label knowunfettered
			`	Several members of the audience are delighted. "Unknown to us, this species is," says the Heliarch. "Powerful in their fight against the Quarg, may they become."`
				goto exit
			label sorry
			`	The crowd's mood dampens a bit, but everyone is still quite exuberant as you leave the building. It is now night, and your eyes take a moment to adjust from the lecture hall's bright lights. Aelbris meets up with you outside, bubbling with excitement.`
				goto end
			label exit
			`	Upon the announcement of the interview's end, the crowd begins to leave. The mood is exuberant as you exit the building. It is now night, and your eyes take a moment to adjust from the lecture hall's bright lights. Aelbris meets up with you outside, bubbling with excitement.`
			label end
			`	"Thank you, captain! Expanded our knowledge greatly, you have." He leans in, quieter this time. "Strict with knowledge of humans, the Heliarchs are. Unbiased sources of information, rare they are. Hope to see you again, I do. Safe travels!"`
			`	After he shakes your hand, you say your goodbyes and board your ship.`
				decline



mission "Coalition: Pilgrimage 1"
	minor
	name "Shrine of the World Shaper"
	description "Bring Vellorae to <destination>, where she will begin her mourning pilgrimage for her late husband."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
	source "Bright Echo"
	destination "Saros"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Shortly after entering the spaceport, you catch the attention of a Saryd lady with gray, braided hair that reaches to her shoulders dragging along a single suitcase. "Hello, Captain. Taking new passengers, are you?" she asks. She shows you a piece of jewelry on her hand, a small bronze bangle with a diamond at the center. "Vellorae, my name is, and in need of a transport for a pilgrimage, I am."`
			choice
				`	"Pilgrimage? What do you mean?"`
				`	"Are you offering to pay me with that? I only take credits."`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not looking to take any jobs right now."`
					decline
			`	She gazes at the bangle, clenching her hand as she raises it closer to her face. "The remains of my late husband, Adfices, this is. Passed away recently, he has, and visit certain sites of worship, I want to, so that wish him a safe journey, I may."`
			choice
				`	"You turned your husband into jewelry?"`
				`	"I'm sorry for your loss. I'd be glad to help; could you tell me where you wish to go?"`
					goto accept
				`	"My condolences, but I'm not looking to take more jobs right now."`
					decline
			`	"A common practice, in Saryd families it is. Made out of cremation ashes, and much better at preserving memories of loved ones, these gemstones are." She explains. "Since developed, the technique was, practiced by nearly all who could afford it, it has been. To have the rivers and fields share our sorrow, we wish not. So nearly unheard of nowadays, Saryd burials are."`
			choice
				`	"Well, I'd be glad to help you. Could you tell me where you wish to go?"`
				`	"I see. Well, I hope everything goes well, but I can't help you. I'm not looking for any jobs right now."`
					decline
			label accept
			`	"Thank you, Captain. Five different sites, I wish to visit, and traditionally the first of them, the Shrine of Aul Kell is. On <destination>, it is. Once there we are, easy to find in the capital, it should be."`
			`	You show her to your ship, helping her settle in her bunk. Once you're done, you set a course for <planet>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Vellorae hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 34500

mission "Coalition: Pilgrimage 2"
	landing
	name "Caretaker's Blessing"
	description "Bring Vellorae to <destination> so that she may continue her mourning pilgrimage for her late husband."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Pilgrimage 1: done"
	source "Saros"
	destination "Flowing Fields"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Once you land on <origin>, Vellorae hands you 34,500 credits, and checks with a local tour line for the easiest path to the shrine. "Kindly wait for me, would you, Captain? Take a few hours, I might." She says. "Of course, if to come with me, you wish, happy to have your company, I would be."`
			choice
				`	"If you're okay with me going, I'd be glad to accompany you."`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not in the mood for a mourning ritual."`
					goto skip
			`	Together you follow the streets out of the spaceport city and into a park filled with several different forms of trees twisting upon themselves; some reach far up to the skies while others anchor most of their branches into the ground. The trail brings you to a large clearing, where dozens of Saryds are gathered by a circle of tall, rocky pillars with an altar at the center. Many of the Saryds there are dressed in delicate fabrics of dark greens or ocher colors. Some of them are grouped into pairs that seem to be young couples, while others appear to simply be passing visitors to the shrine.`
			`	Once the sun peeks over the tree tops and into the clearing, the visitors move away from the pillars and the altar while the couples line up and walk to it one at a time. There they remain for a few minutes, speaking to one another, before moving aside for the next pair. "Exchanging their vows, they are," Vellorae explains. "Our most popular wedding locations, the shrines here on the capital are."`
			choice
				`	"I thought this was a shrine for mourning the dead?"`
					goto shrine
				`	"Popular? In the middle of the woods, by some rocks?"`
			`	She looks at you in confusion, then chuckles. "The creator of all forests, Aul Kell is, so naturally inside forests, his shrines are. Odd, I suppose they may look, to one outside our culture."`
				goto ritual
			label shrine
			`	"Attributed with the gift of sunlight, Aul Kell is. As such, seek his blessings in the shrines, for many occasions we do. Only some of them, mourning and espousals are."`
			label ritual
			`	The couples keep exchanging their vows until just before midday, when the sun is nearly over the central altar. At this point, the Saryds all look around the clearing, making space for Vellorae as they see her approaching the shrine. She places the bangle atop the altar so it catches the sun's light, reflecting it throughout the clearing. Vellorae then begins walking around the altar, repeatedly circling it as the sun climbs higher, until it finally reaches its peak and the sun's reflection on the gem is strongest. At this point, she approaches the altar again and covers the bangle with her hands. She remains there silently for a moment, and then she retrieves the bangle and leaves the shrine. As she walks past, the other Saryds give her sympathetic looks, and one of the younger ones even approaches to offer her condolences before Vellorae approaches you again.`
			`	"Finished I am, Captain. Back to the ship, we may go," she says once she's beside you. You two head back; this time you pass by a few more Saryds on the trail and return to your ship.`
				goto end
			label skip
			`	You wait for a few hours by the spaceport city until Vellorae returns about an hour after noon.`
			label end
			`	"<destination>, the next stop is. To give Adfices Velaulra's Blessing, I wish," she says, heading into her bunk as you prepare for the next trip.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Vellorae hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 49300

mission "Coalition: Pilgrimage 3"
	landing
	name "Visit the Witch of Dusk"
	description "Bring Vellorae to <destination> so that she may continue her mourning pilgrimage for her late husband."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Pilgrimage 2: done"
	source "Flowing Fields"
	destination "Secret Sky"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Vellorae directs you to a part of the planet cut by a long, thin river, pays you 49,300 credits once you've landed at one of the available hangars in a larger village, and sets out for a marble rotunda by the river banks.`
			`	Following her there, you see some Saryd mothers playing with their children. Others hold young infants or carefully bathe them in the waters. As the two of you step into the rotunda, you notice the painting on the ceiling: a Saryd woman laying in a field, watching over several children playing around her.`
			`	Vellorae turns to you, removing the bangle and holding it in both hands as she presents it to you. "Join me for a silent prayer, could you, Captain? Wish to disturb one of the young mothers here, I do not."`
			choice
				`	"If this place is a shrine, what's with all the kids playing around as if it was a park?"`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not one for prayers."`
					goto noprayer
				`	"Of course. What do I have to do?"`
					goto prayer
			`	"A deity of life and plenty, Velaulra is, and as the greatest bounty of all, life is, strong ties with newborn children, she has. Common places for mothers to bond with their young ones, her shrines are." Vellorae explains. "In my case, here to thank her for Adfices' life, and all plenty there was in it, I am. Take my hands for a prayer, would you?"`
			choice
				`	"I know this is important for you, but I'm not one for prayers. Sorry."`
				`	"I don't fully understand this, but I'd be glad to. What do I have to do?"`
					goto prayer
			label noprayer
			`	"I see. That's fine, understand it, I do." She holds the bangle in one hand, covering it with the other, and closes her eyes for just under a minute while standing there in silence.`
				goto river
			label prayer
			`	"Just over mine, place yours." She gestures with her hands, and you both place them over the bangle. She closes her eyes as you do the same. You both stand still like that for just under a minute until you feel her move away.`
			label river
			`	After the prayer, Vellorae leaves the rotunda and heads to the river bank, where she lays close to the waters and lowers the bangle to start washing it in the current in a slow and clearly ceremonial manner. The Saryd children watch her curiously, some edging closer before being stopped by their mothers. Once Vellorae is done, she places the bangle, still wet from the river, on her hand again and tells you that she's done at this shrine.`
			`	You head back to your ship, where she tells you she'd like to stop at <destination> next. "Visit Magl Ina next, I must." She heads to her bunk, and you go to your cockpit to set course for <planet>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Vellorae hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 45500

mission "Coalition: Pilgrimage 4"
	landing
	name "Master Hunter's Path"
	description "Bring Vellorae to <destination> so that she may continue her mourning pilgrimage for her late husband."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Pilgrimage 3: done"
	source "Secret Sky"
	destination "Shadow of Leaves"
	on offer
		conversation
			`<origin>'s spaceport searchlights guide you to the hangars in the middle of a thunderstorm, and Vellorae says she'll wait it out inside your ship as she pays you 45,500 credits. "At her shrine only after dusk, Magl Ina is anyway, so in a hurry, I am not." The storm lasts halfway into the evening, and once the light reaching through the layers of fog starts to dim, you open your ship's hatch for Vellorae to head out.`
			`	You accompany her across the murky spaceport, until you find a local Saryd for her to talk to. Vellorae asks him if he would guide the two of you to the shrine. "To a site of worship, why is this human going?" he asks, while eyeing you somewhat suspiciously.`
			`	"On a pilgrimage to mourn my late husband, I am." Vellorae says. "Helping me with traveling to each shrine, Captain <last> is."`
			`	"But, to the shrine, must the Captain go?" He asks. "Help you with mourning there, a human cannot."`
			`	"Helping me in this journey, the kind Captain has been, so mind it, I do not. Like to come with me to the shrine, would you, Captain?"`
			choice
				`	"If it's alright for me to go, I'd love to."`
				`	"I don't want to disturb anyone, so I'll stay by the ship and wait for you."`
					goto notgo
			`	"Wonderful!" she cheers, tapping her frontal hooves lightly on the ground. "Now, guide us to the shrine, would you, young dear?" she asks the local Saryd, who turns around and gestures for you to follow.`
			`	You stick close to Vellorae as the two of you try to keep the local Saryd in sight. The task is difficult as he nearly vanishes into the fog whenever he gets too far ahead, only for his silhouette to become clearer again after he waits for you to catch up. After many minutes, you feel the ground beneath your shoes shift from the solid spaceport platform to gravel to wet patches of the planet's mossy "grass." Finally you reach a minuscule lake, or perhaps a very large puddle, in the middle of a mossy field surrounded by toppled and hollowed out tree trunks.`
			`	As the two of you approach the water, the local Saryd warns you not to touch it. Vellorae looks at it as if gazing into a mirror, or perhaps she is just trying to make out the reflection of the moon, scattered and vague through the layers of mist. She then moves to one of the tree trunks, and placing the bangle inside it as she lays on the ground facing the water, lays both her hands reverently on the trunk. She spends nearly an hour in this position, during which the chill of the fog slowly seeps through your coat and into your bones. Vellorae and the Saryd who guided you don't seem particularly bothered by it, but she is quick to finish once she looks over and notices you shivering. She picks the bangle up from the trunk and stands, and then asks the other Saryd to guide you two back to the spaceport.`
			`	"For taking so long, terribly sorry I am, Captain <last>," she says on the way back. "Lost in prayer I was, not even consider how uncomfortable the cold must've been for you, I did."`
			choice
				`	"Don't worry, wasn't too bad. Seems you were really involved in praying."`
				`	"Why did this one take so long? Is there something special about the shrine's deity?"`
			`	"The hunter bird of nightfall and omens, Magl Ina is. When mourning someone dear, one is, ask it for forgiveness for their wrongdoings, they must."`
			`	You follow the Saryd back to the gravel path and then to the spaceport grounds, where Vellorae thanks him for guiding the two of you to the shrine. He offers his condolences and wishes her a safe journey to the next shrine. He soon disappears into the fog again, and you and Vellorae head back to your ship.`
				goto end
			label notgo
			`	She sighs briefly, and agrees to meet with you later, following the Saryd local deep into the fog stretching out of the city. You head inside your ship, waiting for a few hours until you hear a voice just outside your hatch. You let Vellorae in once you realize that it's hers.`
			label end
			`	"To <destination>, we must go now. The Path of Lor Ie Vees, I must take," she says, heading to her bunk to rest.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Vellorae hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 69700

mission "Coalition: Pilgrimage 5"
	landing
	name "Woodland Thing"
	description "Bring Vellorae to <destination>, where she will finish her mourning pilgrimage."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Pilgrimage 4: done"
	source "Shadow of Leaves"
	destination "Cold Horizon"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Vellorae hands you 69,700 credits as you land, and says she'll head to the "path" once the sun sets. "Come to this world for our honeymoon, Adfices and I did, and visited the path, we had. Know its starting point, I already do."`
			`	She tells you she'll pass the time until then by visiting local shops, asking if you'd like to come with her.`
			choice
				`	(Go along with her.)`
				`	(Stay in my ship.)`
					goto notgo
			`	She takes you around the spaceport city, touring some clothing shops and bringing you to parks she had visited with her husband. Shortly after noon you two enter a restaurant, where she insists on paying for your meal. You tour the city with her for a while longer and, just before the sun sets, reach the forest at the base of the mountain on top of which Starlit University is located.`
			`	Once night falls, many lights start to appear inside the forest, and Vellorae beckons you to follow her in. "Stick close, you should. Difficult to navigate the path, for other species it often is." As you walk down a trail with her, you approach one of the lights to see that it's a bonfire on a platform in a miniature clearing, at what you hope is a safe distance from the trees around it. Continuing to the next light, Vellorae clutches the bangle in her hands the entire time, humming some guttural, almost tribal chant. As you pass by another fire, a short burst of flames gets closer to some nearby shrubs, but thankfully is put out before it can cause any harm. It is extinguished with an odd, large, fabric net on a pole by a cloaked Saryd who seemed to materialize from the trees near the fire.`
			`	"Take care to not damage the forest with the path's fires, we must, so volunteer for keeping the flames, many of the local students do." Vellorae tells you. "When visiting here, Adfices and I were, wondered if any extra credits, the task granted, but apparently only out of a respect for Lor Ie Vees, the students do it."`
			choice
				`	"Why? Is that some god of knowledge?"`
					goto knowledge
				`	"Maybe they like being on good terms with the divine in hopes of doing well in tests?"`
			`	She stops for a second to laugh. "The case, that might be." She looks around, seeing if someone else caught her breaking the serene, humming chant.`
			label knowledge
			`	"Taught the first Saryds how to hunt, he did. To pursue knowledge, and overcome challenges, his teachings are." She explains. "Seek communion with him, not only students, but all going through a difficult period, should."`
			`	You continue to follow her closely through the forest, regularly passing more bonfires, until you see multiple lights in the distance and realize it is the edge of the forest leading back into the city. Only as you step out of the woods do you notice that you're back where the path started, even though you were certain you had kept to only one side of the mountain.`
			`	Vellorae takes a final look at the path, where only a few of the bonfires' lights are still visible through the dense groupings of pine trees. She tells you she's ready to leave, and you bring her back to your ship.`
				goto end
			label notgo
			`	She says she'll be back at night and leaves. You watch a few transmissions from the planet, most of them in some way related to Starlit University. One is what you guess is a Saryd comedy movie, something about one who cut down trees in order to make scarves but came to regret it later. You try and follow along, but subtitles for the transmissions only come in Kimek or Arach. A few hours into the night, you leave your ship to wait for Vellorae, who arrives shortly after.`
			label end
			`	She heads to her bunk, saying she'll rest for the trip. It hits you that she hasn't told you her next destination yet, so you knock on her door to ask.`
			`	"Yes, Captain? Anything wrong, is- Ah! Forgot to tell you the next destination, I have!" You nod, and she looks at her bangle, brushing a hand on its gem. "Yes, the last shrine, the next one is... the next one..."`
			choice
				`	"Are you alright?"`
				`	"Is something wrong with the next shrine?"`
			`	She ignores your question, fixated on the bangle for a few moments. "<planet>. To <destination>, we must go." She finally says, before going back to her room.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Vellorae hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 80000
		conversation
			`Vellorae hands you <payment> once you land, and asks, "Come with me for this last bit, could you, Captain <last>?"`
			choice
				`	"Sure. Where are we going?"`
					goto shrine
				`	"I'll pass. I'm not up for it right now."`
			`	Her eyes go to the bangle, travel around the room, and then fixate on your again. "Please, Captain? I know that agreed to follow me to the shrines for the job, you didn't, but alone there, I do not wish to be."`
			choice
				`	"Alright, if it'll help you relax I'll go with you."`
					goto shrine
				`	"Sorry, but I'd rather rest in the ship."`
			`	She takes a step back, looking down to the bangle again. "Alright. Yes, your responsibility, this is not. Meet you in the spaceport later, I shall."`
			`	You open the hatch for her, and she heads to one of the Saryds nearby and begins to talk to them. A few seconds into the conversation, they tense up, crossing their arms and swiping them down as if refusing something, then running off. She tries again with some of the other Saryds, but continues to be rejected. She looks back at your ship dejectedly, then starts eyeing the other ships docked nearby before heading toward a Kimek Thorn that has just landed. As she talks to the captain, the Kimek seems confused, but after a moment he briefly reenters their ship, returning in a puffy coat to follow Vellorae to the railway hub.`
			`	Long after the sun has set, the Kimek returns, rushing to their ship while trying to shake off the cold. You ask them about Vellorae, and they tell you she headed for the spaceport to "clear her head."`
				accept
			label shrine
			`	She takes a long, deep breath. "Thank you, Captain. Far outside the village, the site is. Come, show you the way there, I will." You leave your ship, follow her to the railway hub, and board one of trains that appears to be one of the oldest and most simple. It lacks seats for non-Saryds, so you are forced to hold tight to what handrails you can reach.`
			`	You remain on the train until the very last stop, when the sun is already starting to set. As you depart, you see a rural village with just a few dozen buildings and a simple dirt road, where a couple workers battle the snow and ice to keep it clear and easy to traverse. You follow Vellorae down the road, and once you reach a rocky pillar with a hole carved through it, she turns to the forest, heading out on a thin, straight trail. Looking behind you, you see the setting sun fitting inside the pillar's opening.`
			`	As you follow Vellorae down the trail, you see the trees gradually show more and more signs of a forest fire, with darker, damaged barks, increasingly ashy soil, and many fallen, decomposing portions of the forest. The trail ends abruptly at a large scar scorched through the forest. The piles of ash still present below your feet almost resemble the rest of the planet's otherwise snowy ground, but somehow are kept from mixing with the snow. Whether deliberately cleared by more workers or some other force, you cannot tell. Near the center of the scar you see a small mound with an opening in the side, almost like a "shack" made out of the charred tree trunks and rocks. A faint light comes from within it.`
			`	While you're looking at the mound, Vellorae grabs your hand and starts hesitantly pulling you toward it. Inside, the fading sunlight behind you contrasts with the source of the light within, a small pyre in the middle of the "shack" which has only a few lone flames dancing on the embers. Vellorae lays down in front of it, removes her bangle, and places it in the flames for a brief moment before snatching it up and standing again. Once on her feet, she grabs your hand again, tugging you along as she hurries back to the edge of the scorched clearing.`
			`	She seems to settle again once you have reached the trail, letting go of your hand and slowing her pace.`
			choice
				`	"What was that about? What got you so agitated?"`
				`	(Stay quiet.)`
					goto return
			`	She doesn't answer your question, instead simply continuing down the trail. Once you pass the rocky pillar and are back on the proper road again, she finally speaks up. "That... to gift us sunlight, stole the eyes of Ensu Uri, Aul Kell did. Broken apart, It was, and of the light from Its eyes, only specks remained. But finished, It was not, so to implore Adfices is kept safe from It, this was."`
			label return
			`	The two of you head back to the village and take the old train back to the railway hub. "Wait for you in the spaceport I will, Captain," Vellorae says. "Clear my head before heading back home, I must."`

mission "Coalition: Pilgrimage 6"
	name "Pilgrimage's End"
	description "Bring Vellorae back to her home on <destination>."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Pilgrimage 5: done"
	source "Cold Horizon"
	destination "Bright Echo"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You find Vellorae in a snack shop, finishing up a hot drink. "Apologize for the wait I must, Captain. Ready to leave, I was not."`
			choice
				`	"Thought you'd be feeling better than this. You've finally finished your pilgrimage, after all."`
					goto better
				`	"I get it. Sometimes I also need a drink to help me think things over."`
			`	She chuckles. "A herbal tea, this is. Help me calm down and rest on the way back home, it will."`
				goto end
			label better
			`	"Yes, relieved I feel, that able to do this, I was. Just... still coming to terms with everything, I am."`
			label end
			`	She finishes the drink and gets up to pay for her order, following you to your ship afterwards. "Ready to head back home, I am," she tells you, heading into her bunk as you prepare the course for <destination>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Vellorae hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 3
		payment 220000
		conversation
			`Once she leaves your ship, Vellorae gives you your payment of <payment>, and takes your hands in hers. "Deeply grateful I am, for having accompanied me in this journey, Captain <last>. Sure that grateful for your help, Adfices also is."`
			`	She lets go of your hands, wishes you the best in your travels, and then turns and leaves for her home.`



mission "Coalition: Council of Ahr"
	minor
	name "Council of Ahr"
	description "Bring the representatives of houses Ablomab, Bebliss, and Chamgar to <destination> by <date>, so that they may participate in the Council of Ahr."
	deadline 30
	to offer
		has "license: Coalition"
		random < 50
		"month" < 3
	source
		near "Sol Arach" 0 1
	stopover "Delve of Bloptab"
	stopover "Hammer of Debrugt"
	stopover "Stronghold of Flugbu"
	destination "Ahr"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Shortly after you enter the spaceport, an Arach in a sturdy, red uniform, with golden "pauldrons" on each of his legs' joints, approaches you. "Greetings, Captain <last>," he says. "Interested in taking up some transport jobs, are you? Very well paid, you would be."`
			choice
				`	"What are the jobs about?"`
				`	"Paid how well, exactly?"`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not looking for that type of job right now."`
					decline
			`	"Happening soon, the Council of Ahr is. Gather on the capital, all Arach houses do. Discuss matters related to Arach space, they will, alongside my lieges of the royal family. Paid <payment>, you would be, if to <destination> by <date>, the remaining representatives of the houses, you brought."`
			choice
				`	"Sounds simple enough. Who are these representatives?"`
					goto representatives
				`	"Can you tell me more about the Council?"`
				`	"That sounds like it might take a while, and I'm rather busy, so I'll pass."`
					decline
			`	"Of course. A few centuries after leaving our home planet, entangled in petty wars, the more prominent houses were. Fearing for the fate of their subjects, called for the first Council, the royal family at the time did. A more civil way to solve disputes, it became, and though war still, many of the houses did, far less frequent, the conflicts were. Now that at peace we are, merely a traditional meeting, it is, taking place every few years, so that discuss how to improve the conditions of Arach space, the houses may."`
			label representatives
			scene "scene/councilofahr1"
			`	He shows you a data pad, pointing to three symbols on the screen as he names the houses from left to right. "Issues with her other transport, the representative of House Bebliss had, so waiting on Stronghold of Flugbu, she still is. Word that House Chamgar is ready for the Council, I just received, and on Hammer of Debrugt, their member is. Spare some time for the Council, House Ablomab finally can, and waiting for you on Delve of Bloptab, their envoy is.`
			`	"Receive your payment, you will, once on <planet>, the three representatives are. I shall inform the houses that expect you, they should. Thankful for your assistance, the royal family is."`
			`	He briefly bows his head while stretching his legs in some sort of salute, then disappears into the spaceport. Once you're at your ship, you place markers on <stopovers>, where the representatives are waiting.`
				accept
	to complete
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Ablomab: done"
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Bebliss: done"
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Chamgar: done"
	on abort
		fail "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Ablomab"
		fail "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Bebliss"
		fail "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Chamgar"
		fail "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Drama"
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 5
		payment 4500000

mission "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Ablomab"
	invisible
	landing
	passengers 1
	blocked "You have reached <origin>, but you need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: active"
	source "Delve of Bloptab"
	destination "Ahr"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You land on <origin> to find that House Ablomab's representative had to oversee an "emergency meltdown drill" on the neighboring planet, Bloptab's Furnace. His interplanetary shuttle still hasn't arrived, so you're left to wait for him on the spaceport.`
			`	He finally arrives some hours after sunset, dragging along a heavy suitcase and barely holding on to what must be the Arach equivalent of coffee. As you help him with the heavy luggage, he introduces himself as Dubug. "Sorry about the wait, I am. Replace a coworker on the meltdown drill, I had to. A routine task, it is, but also routine, the Council is, so care much for the delay, the house did not. Show me to my room, could you?"`
			`	While you're both walking to your ship, he finishes his drink, but it doesn't seem to help him keep his eyes open; you have to help him avoid bumping into either the other Arachi here or the spaceport decorations. Although he doesn't seem very talkative, it might help his focus to get a conversation going.`
			choice
				`	"So, what can you tell me about house Ablomab?"`
					goto house
				`	"Is it difficult having to deal with all the other houses in the Council?"`
					goto council
				`	"This Council is hosted by a royal family, right? What can you tell me about them?"`
			`	"The ninth house? Not much to say, there is. Agreed as the 'royals' they were, in ancient times. Never much power, they had, merely a figure of stability, made to assure peace on Ahr. Host the Council, they do, but a tradition it is. Otherwise, mostly to themselves, they keep."`
				goto end
			label house
			`	He grunts lightly. "The deepest mines and biggest smelters in all the Coalition, we have. Overseeing construction, assuring ore purity, testing the quality of alloys, our most common responsibilities are. In order, everything must be, so that met, the quotas for house Mallob's and the Heliarchs' ships are."`
				goto end
			label council
			`	"Started out as noble families from Ahr, most of the houses did. When first mapped out, Arach space was, carved their own portions, the houses did, and naturally for more systems, many fought. Now at ease with each other, the houses are, and ceased, the territorial disputes have." He sighs. "For the most part."`
			label end
			`	Dubug makes it to your ship still awake, but doesn't care to answer when you ask if he needs help unpacking his luggage. Instead, he lays on the bed and asks that you wake him up once you arrive on <planet>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Dubug hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		conversation
			`Having rested during the trip here, Dubug stretches his legs once he steps off your ship. "All the reports from my house, I've brought, so prepared for the Council, I am," he says, checking his suitcase one more time. "Well then, go I must. Goodbye, Captain <last>. Thankful for the calm trip, I am. A good break from routine, it was."`

mission "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Bebliss"
	invisible
	landing
	passengers 1
	blocked "You have reached <origin>, but you need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: active"
	source "Stronghold of Flugbu"
	destination "Ahr"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Once your ship has landed, you receive a message from House Bebliss, directing you to a large hotel in the spaceport city. The security guards don't let you in, so you wait for the representative to come out. About half an hour of waiting later, an elevator nearby opens and many Arachi come out, most of them in formal uniforms and carrying various bags of luggage. An older Arach stands out from the rest on account of being even more formally dressed.`
			`	"My transport to the Council you are, correct?" She asks, and you confirm. "Splendid. Lady Plubat, I am, Captain. Pleased that transport the will of House Bebliss, such an exquisite captain shall. Finally right, those arranging the transport to the Council have gotten it."`
			`	She asks you to lead the way to your ship as the other uniformed Arachi follow the two of you, carrying her luggage. "Told, I was, about which representatives tasked with transporting, you were. Bebliss excepted, not the most... intriguing company, they are, so grateful that you're transporting at least one proper guest, you should be."`
			choice
				`	"Looks like you hold your house in very high regards."`
					goto house
				`	"You don't seem very excited for the Council. Is there something wrong with the other houses?"`
					goto council
				`	"Is there anything I should know about the hosts of the Council? I heard they were royalty."`
			`	"The Oberegts? Well, for one, one of the few houses to honor their noble lineage, they are. Elected as a figurehead, in ancient times they were. Never more than that, they have been, lacking real power and focusing only on Ahr, though contributed much to our understanding of medicine, they have. A figurehead, they are, but a good one, and as such some degree of respect, I must grant them."`
				goto end
			label house
			`	"Keep the Coalition together, House Bebliss does. What makes communication from one system to another possible, our efforts are. Other than the obvious importance of our work, one of the few houses that kept their noble bloodline pure, and who kept their original emblems, we are. Prejudice against those the other houses mixed with, I have not, but greatly value tradition, we do, and broken tradition, they have, in marrying commoners or... those of other species."`
				goto end
			label council
			`	"Drifted away from our old ways, most of them have. Take Mallob and Garbarag: barely houses anymore, they are. Fully transitioned into corporations, they have. Claim noble heritage, Debdo does, but in fact a splinter group of our own house, they are, the traitorous offshoots. The worst of them all, however, House Chamgar is. Lunatics clinging on to an ancient rivalry, they are, liars and revisionists who to tarnish our image, wish. Declare war on us, they would, if subjected to the Heliarch government, our houses were not."`
			label end
			`	Once you make it to your ship, she has the Arach butlers tidy up her room, then dismisses them. She tells you she will call for you should she need anything then closes the door to her room.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Lady Plubat hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		conversation
			branch drama
				has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Drama: offered"
			`You land to find a group of Arachi in uniform waiting nearby, ready to carry Plubat's baggage from your ship. "A delightful flight it was, Captain. Hope that you are picked again to transport me in the future, I do," she says, bidding you farewell and leaving for a nearby transport shuttle.`
				accept
			label drama
			`Lady Plubat rushes out of your ship to meet a group of Arachi in uniform, some of which carry her baggage from your ship, while others surround her as if expecting House Chamgar's Plubat to try and stir up a discussion. Once all her bags are out, they escort her to a nearby transport shuttle.`

mission "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Chamgar"
	invisible
	landing
	passengers 1
	blocked "You have reached <origin>, but you need <capacity> in order to take on the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: active"
	source "Hammer of Debrugt"
	destination "Ahr"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You can barely step off your ship before House Chamgar's representative greets you. "Honored that transporting me, such an esteemed pilot is, Captain <last>. Certain, I am, that honored you also are. An important task it is, to transport one from the great House Chamgar. Plubat, my name is, and as time we still have, show you our installations I must."`
			`	He drags you around the eccentric spaceport, bringing you to odd exhibits where some pieces of technology are being constructed or repaired, going on about House Chamgar's advances. The tour goes on for some hours as you pretend to be impressed by what he calls "the newest prototypes" (most of which look like standard Coalition technology). Only after he drags you around again, stopping at a nearby hotel where he picks up his luggage, do you finally get him to follow you to your ship.`
			`	It doesn't take long for him to get started again. "Now, Captain <last>, time for a full tour of our spaceport facilities, today we don't have; to the Council, we must go, but happy to answer your many questions about our great house, I am. Wondering how we invented our repair modules, are you? Or maybe by our special alloys, intrigued you are?"`
			choice
				`	"Well, why don't you tell me a bit about your house?"`
					goto house
				`	"How about you tell me about the other houses that are going to the Council?"`
					goto council
				`	"Actually, I'm curious about the hosts of the Council."`
			`	He stops dead in his tracks. "The royals? Well, not much to say, there is. Chosen as such on a primitive Ahr, only symbolic, their role is. Never held any ambition, they have, remaining the weakest house since formed. Assured stability on the capital, they have, and in good relations with us, they are, for recognize our value, they do, so bad, they are not, only uninteresting."`
				goto end
			label house
			`	You can barely finish your question, as he begins what is undoubtedly a rehearsed speech. "The greatest Arach warriors of old, we were, and always at the forefront of scientific progress and creative inventions. For the brilliant breakthrough that were our repair modules, persecuted by the Quarg, we were, but here, in this system, on this planet, held a chokepoint, we did. Guarded Arach space from them, for centuries we had to, until banished with the help of our Saryd and Kimek friends, they were."`
				goto end
			label council
			`	"Alright, most of them are. Amicable relations with nearly all houses, we maintain. Except with the scum from Bebliss, lying, treacherous snakes they are. Conspiring against the government, helping rebels they are! 'Their' world, Stronghold of Flugbu is not, stolen from us, it was. Heed my warning, Captain: trust them, you should not, preferable to trust a Quarg, it is."`
			label end
			`	He seems ready to have you ask another question, but as you reach your ship, he picks up a call on a communication device and signals for you to show him to his room. He then says that he must handle some business, and that he'll talk to you again later.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Plubat hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		conversation
			branch drama
				has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Drama: offered"
			`"Captain <last>! A pleasurable experience for the both of us, this has been, but sadly short, the trip from my home to <planet> is, so part ways, we must," Plubat says as he prepares to leave your ship. "To finish the tour of our facilities, I'm sure you want, so once over, the Council is, ask for me there, and guide you again, I shall."`
				accept
			label drama
			`House Chamgar's representative, Plubat, stays close to you while firmly clinging to his luggage, as his colleague from house Bebliss, Lady Plubat, has her bags brought out of your ship by some nearby Arachi in uniform. "Telling you I am, Captain, trusted, she should not be. Checked your ship, have you? All in place, your belongings are? Careful with her types, you must be," he says. After the Bebliss butlers are done, Plubat scoffs something at Lady Plubat one last time, then leaves your ship.`

mission "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Drama"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		or
			has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Bebliss: active"
			has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Chamgar: active"
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: active"
		not "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Bebliss: done"
		not "Coalition: Council of Ahr: Chamgar: done"
	source
		planet "Hammer of Debrugt" "Stronghold of Flugbu"
	destination "Ahr"
	on enter
		conversation
			`After departing from <origin>, you start hearing some shouting from outside your cockpit, so you leave to check up on your passengers. Plubat, from House Chamgar, is banging one leg against the door to the room of Plubat, from House Bebliss. "Captain! Good thing that here, you are," he says. "Sent an envoy to mock me, that damned house Bebliss has! Copying my name, she is!"`
			`	Plubat, from House Bebliss, opens the door to her room to respond. "Nonsense that is, Captain. Look at us, several decades older, I am, so copying you, how could I be? The offending party here, house Chamgar is."`
			`	"Changed your name for this mockery, you could have. Know of your house's grudge against us, I do," he replies.`
			`	"Absurd, childish, that is. The one to start mocking me, you were," she says. "Captain <last>, urge you to make haste for Ahr, I must. Put up with this buffoon for much longer, I cannot."`
			`	Lady Plubat closes the door to her room again, and you convince house Chamgar's representative to also go back to his room. You return to your cockpit, hoping that's the last of that.`
	on enter "Sol Arach"
		dialog `In spite of your best attempts to keep them away from each other, Plubat and Plubat have been brief on their breaks from insulting one another. However, once you enter this system, they head back to their rooms on their own without you needing to leave the cockpit to interfere. Being so close to their destination, you hope they won't give you any more headaches.`

mission "Coalition: Council of Ahr: On Complete"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Council of Ahr: done"
	source "Ahr"
	on offer
		conversation
			`A few minutes after the final representative leaves your ship, you receive your payment of 4,500,000 credits. It comes with a message from the royal family, with the symbols of all Arach houses on it. You recognize most from advertisements or offices on some planets, but it's your first time seeing the center one. You imagine it's the emblem of the royal family.`
			scene "scene/councilofahr2"
			`	"Greetings, Captain <last>. As the hosts of the Council of Ahr, thank you for your assistance we do. Although certain we are that, to you, appear mundane such kinds of jobs can, difficult, at times it is, to arrange for appropriate transportation for our compatriots from all great houses, so know that deeply grateful for your cooperation, House Oberegt is."`



mission "Coalition: Submarines 1"
	minor
	name "Underwater Delivery"
	description "Bring Apri'ie to <destination>, where five new deep-sea submarines are waiting to be brought to Second Cerulean."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
		random < 25
	source
		government "Coalition"
		near "5 Axis" 1 3
	destination "Market of Gupta"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You notice a Kimek anxiously glancing at the docks from the front of an office building. Once he notices you, he scurries closer. "Say, Captain, willing to do me a service, are you? Transport off-world, I need."`
			choice
				`	"Where do you want to go?"`
				`	"I'm not looking for transport jobs right now, sorry."`
					decline
			`	"A prestigious research group from Second Cerulean, I represent, and looking to expand our deep-sea expeditions, we are. For that, just settled the acquisition of five new submarines, my superiors have," he says. "To pick them up from <planet>, I was selected, so transported there, I must be. Permitted to pay you <payment> for the service, I am."`
			choice
				`	"Alright, I'll show you to my ship."`
					goto accept
				`	"Why weren't they built on Second Cerulean in the first place?"`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not headed that way."`
					decline
			`	"No facilities for such construction, Second Cerulean has," he explains. "Remain mostly untouched, the planet must. Build more than simple research stations on it, we cannot. But in need of sturdier subs, we are, so held a competition to determine what company was to build them, my group did. In my opinion, honestly, not needed such a process was. Obvious that House Mallob would win, it was. Unrivaled in hull integrity, they are."`
			choice
				`	"I see. Well, I'd love to help you. Let me show you to my ship."`
					goto accept
				`	"What's so special about this planet that you can't do it there? One shipyard shouldn't be too invasive."`
				`	"Well, I wish you luck, but I'm not headed that way, sorry."`
					decline
			`	He thinks for a while, formulating a response. "Centuries ago, when built there, our outpost was, being worried that trouble the delicate, unique food chains there, further expansion would, prohibited all from settling, and us from constructing any more than the necessary structures, the government did. Enough data, we've gathered, that managed to convince them to allow us some extra exploration vessels, we have. More invasive, the studies with them will be, but enough about the fauna and flora, we now know, that avoid any major complications, we can."`
			choice
				`	"Seems like a lot of bureaucracy just for some research. Anyway, I'd be glad to help, let's head to my ship."`
					goto accept
				`	"If the planet's native life is all underwater, how would a shipyard pose any risk? It's not like you'd build it underwater."`
				`	"That sounds overly complicated. I wish you luck in getting it all set, but I'm not headed there, so I can't help you."`
					decline
			`	Like a bush in the wind, his body shivers wildly at what you said. "No, built underwater, nothing would be. Obvious that is. But, still, make the rules, I do not, Captain. Simply following them, I am."`
			choice
				`	"I see. Well, I'd love to help you. Let me show you to my ship."`
				`	"Well, I'm not really interested in this, sorry."`
					decline
			label accept
			`	"Very good. Thank you, Captain. Called Apri'ie, and a member of the Pale Waters research center, I am. A wonderful trip, may we have." You bring him to your ship and help him settle what little luggage he has in his room.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Apri'ie hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 90000
		conversation
			`Apri'ie has you land by one of House Mallob's offices, which looks like a mix of a skyscraper and a warehouse, and hands you <payment>.`
			`	"Thank you for the assistance, Captain <last>. Meet with House Mallob's executives, I must, but if to continue helping, you wish, meet you in the spaceport, I will. The proper transportation of the submarines, the next step is, so if interested, you are, free up space for them, you must." He pauses, as if counting the total weight. "About 60 tons, they should take up. At any rate, talk more in detail in the spaceport, we may." He picks up his belongings and heads for the office, disappearing into the building.`

mission "Coalition: Submarines 2"
	name "Pressurized Stress Test"
	description "Bring Apri'ie and the <cargo> to <destination>, where the submarines will be subjected to some final high-pressure stress tests."
	passengers 1
	cargo "unmanned submarines" 60
	blocked "You need <capacity> to help Apri'ie move the submarines. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Submarines 1: done"
	source "Market of Gupta"
	destination "Inmost Blue"
	on offer
		conversation
			`After spending some time in the spaceport, you begin to ask around for Apri'ie and are directed to a small office of House Mallob. There, a manager briefly looks into their systems and informs you that Apri'ie hasn't left his meeting yet, and so you take a seat in the spaceport, occasionally getting up to check back at the entrance of the office he entered. After some hours, you finally see him exit, accompanied by a Saryd speaking on a communication device as they glance at a data pad.`
			`	"Captain <last>! Glad that you are interested in assisting us further, I am. Prepared to have the submarines loaded into your cargo hold, are you?" Apri'ie asks. "Ready to conduct some final stress tests, colleagues of mine on <planet> are."`
			choice
				`	"Sure thing, I've set aside the space for them."`
					goto end
				`	"What sort of testing are you going to do?"`
			`	"Capable of enduring rapid shifts in pressure, the subs must be, so take quick, deep dives in the oceans of <planet>, and then resurface just as quickly, they will," he says. "Performed their own tests, House Mallob has, so most assuredly ready to go, the vessels are, but just as a formality, perform these tests, we must."`
			choice
				`	"I see. Well, I'm ready to go, so you can have the submarines brought to my ship."`
					goto end
				`	"Why not just do those tests on Second Cerulean right away?"`
			`	"Upsetting or startling the local fauna, as well as any structural damage, we wish to avoid, so wait until after the tests, we will, before deploying them in that planet's waters."`
			choice
				`	"Let's get on with it then. My ship is ready to carry the subs."`
					goto end
				`	"Structural damage?"`
			`	He stares at you blankly for a moment. "Delicately arranged, the glaciers there are. Resting on them, some of our monitoring equipment is. Avoid any damage to them caused by an unforeseen malfunction, we must."`
			label end
			`	The Saryd issues a command on the data pad and turns off the communication device and accompanies you and Apri'ie to your ship as the cargo is loaded.`
			`	There are five submarines in total, strapped to large, sturdy sleds, which are slowly pushed up the ramp to your cargo hold. The subs themselves are somewhat oval in shape but flat on the top and bottom, with retractable mechanical arms on their sides. After the last sub is safely in your cargo hold, Apri'ie heads into your ship and you set a route for <destination>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Apri'ie and the unmanned submarines hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 210000
		conversation
			`As the workers unload the submarines from your cargo, Apri'ie approaches you, handing you <payment>. "Oversee the stress test I must, so meet you in the spaceport again, I will. If interested in seeing the test you are, however, come with me, you may."`
			choice
				`	"Sure, why not? Probably beats waiting around and checking shops over and over."`
				`	"Thanks for the invitation, but I'm not really interested."`
					goto refuse
			`	After all the submarines are out of your cargo hold, they're placed atop trucks with heavy tracks instead of wheels. You and Apri'ie board one of the trucks and begin a trip down to the shore below, reaching a small commercial port with a large set of docks. Once there, Apri'ie introduces you to some of his colleagues who are already waiting to begin the tests. The subs are activated before they are off the trucks, and some of the Kimek begin to test basic functions.`
			`	Once they're all in the water, everyone boards a sturdy barge which follows the submarines several kilometers off the coast until you can no longer see the shore. At this point they stop, and one of the submarines submerges, resurfacing in about twenty minutes. The Kimek make sure the sub suffered no damage, and proceed to test the other ones. After each one has made the trip to the bottom and back several times, the submarines and the barge head back to the docks.`
			`	The subs are once again put on the trucks, and you begin the trip back to the spaceport city. Once you've arrived, Apri'ie's colleagues ask him to come with them to discuss something in private, and he tells you he will meet you back on the spaceport.`
				accept
			label refuse
			`	"Then in the spaceport, meet you I will," he says. After all the submarines are out of your cargo hold, they're placed atop large truck-like vehicles, but with the wheels in a system of continuous tracks. Apri'ie boards one of the trucks, and they start making their way down to the shore below. From there, they follow the water out of the fjord to someplace where the submarines can dive deeper.`

mission "Coalition: Submarines 3"
	name "Tectonic Stress Test"
	description "Bring Apri'ie and the <cargo> to <destination>, where the submarines will be subjected to more stress tests to assess their repair functions."
	passengers 1
	cargo "unmanned submarines" 60
	blocked "You need <capacity> to take the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Submarines 2: done"
	source "Inmost Blue"
	destination "Dusk Companion"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Apri'ie comes to the spaceport followed by one of his colleagues. "Have to perform one more test, we will, Captain. To assess the subs' repair abilities in hazardous environments, Pale Waters wants, so a quick stop at <destination>, we must make."`
			choice
				`	"Alright, we'll head there next then."`
					goto end
				`	"Assess their 'repair' abilities? What do you mean?"`
			`	"Equipped with welders, the arms of the submarines are, so that if greatly damaged deep underwater, one of them is, repaired by the others, it can be," he explains. "Unstable tectonics, <planet> has, so a test repair during one of the nightly tremors, we will conduct. That way, assess their abilities without bothering Second Cerulean's fauna, we can."`
			choice
				`	"Sounds like you thought of everything for these subs. Let's head there next then."`
					goto end
				`	"Why do you need to test under such conditions? Does Second Cerulean have trouble with tectonics too?"`
			`	"No, no. But, preparing for any eventuality, we are," he answers. "Should the planet's plates grow unstable, or some other troubling factor come up, prepared for it, the subs must be."`
			label end
			`	His colleague speaks up. "Headed to <planet>, another team from the research center has. Return to Second Cerulean with the data we have collected, I and the others will. Prepared the subs for your cargo, we already have."`
			`	You follow him back to your ship and see that the submarines are ready on the giant sleds again. After they're brought into your hold, Apri'ie's colleagues say goodbye to him, and he enters your ship once more.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Apri'ie and the unmanned submarines hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" ++
		payment 130000

mission "Coalition: Submarines 4"
	landing
	name "Deliver the Submarines"
	description "Head to <destination> with Apri'ie and the <cargo>, where the Pale Waters research center will use the new subs to conduct deep-sea expeditions."
	passengers 1
	cargo "unmanned submarines" 60
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Submarines 3: done"
	source "Dusk Companion"
	destination "Second Cerulean"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Apri'ie instructs you to head to some hangars at a large port, where a team is waiting for the repair test. He hands you 130,000 credits when you land, and goes to check with the workers unloading the submarines.`
			`	They are all taken from your cargo and swiftly put in the water as the team of Kimek boards a large ship that you guess is an old tanker. This ship prepares to follow the subs to the testing area, along with another smaller, newer ship with a thick crane on the front. Apri'ie approaches you before he boards the tanker, asking, "Come with us for the test, would you like, Captain? Take a while, it might. Not expected until after nightfall, the next tremors are."`
			choice
				`	"If it's alright, yeah. Could be interesting."`
				`	"I'll pass. I need some time to rest after the trip here."`
					goto refuse
			`	You head up the ramp to the ship, and after a few minutes it sets off, following the submarines controlled remotely by the Kimek team. Exploring the tanker, you find an odd pile of what looks like broken up ship parts, secured as cargo on the back. The pieces are welded together into a shape similar to the cockpit of one of the smaller Heliarch ships, though it has several dents, as if hit by some explosives. Apri'ie notices you looking at it and comes to explain that it's the "prop" on which they'll test the repair functions.`
			`	Once the tanker comes to a stop, the smaller ship's crane grabs the prop and slowly maneuvers it away from the tanker before lowering it into the water and letting it sink. The submarines follow the prop as it goes down, until it comes to a stop after a few minutes.`
			`	The Kimek operators then proceed to take shifts at their computers as everyone waits for a tremor to begin. After the moon is high in the sky, you notice odd shifts on the waves and trembling on the boats, with which the Kimek start their repair work. Once they're done, and after the tremors stop, the subs slowly bring the prop back up, where the crane places it on the tanker again.`
			`	"Let's see..." Apri'ie heads to the prop to check on the welded parts. "Yes, very good. Performed well, the welder arms have. Good for deployment, they should be." The submarines go ahead once again, lighting the way back to the port as the ships follow them until docking.`
				goto end
			label refuse
			`	He heads to the tanker, and the ships set off, following the submarines. You walk for a while by the spaceport, stopping at a restaurant to have a Saryd pastry dish. You return to the port at sunset and wait until you finally spot the submarines' lights on the horizon heading toward the shore.`
			`	"Worked perfectly, the welders have. Ready for deployment, the subs should be," Apri'ie tells you as he steps off of the tanker.`
			label end
			`	The subs are once again placed atop the sleds and brought into your ship. Apri'ie thanks the Kimek team for handling the subs and heads back into your ship, saying, "Time for their final trip, it is. Bring the vessels and I to <destination>, you may."`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Apri'ie and the unmanned submarines hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 2
		payment 510000
		conversation
			`The local workers carefully unload the submarines off your ship one at a time, bringing them to the icy waters nearby, where they will dive to perform deep sea explorations on the local fauna.`
			`	Once they're done, Apri'ie invites you to enter the research facility, just a few kilometers away from the spaceport tower, with hangars of its own for your ship. There you're met by a committee of sorts; a handful of the local scientists greet the two of you, and thank you for helping with transporting the subs. "Having trouble reaching deeper sections of the ocean, our older probes were, so able to analyze a multitude of new species, with these new subs we hope to be," one of them tells you.`
			`	When they're done, they hand you <payment>, and Apri'ie follows you to your ship. "Thankful for you putting up with all the last-minute detours I am, Captain. Safe travels, may you have." He does a short gesture as a form of goodbye: you put your forearm on the ground, and he places one of his legs over it. Once you're done, he heads back to the research center.`



mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 1"
	minor
	name "Scouting Permit"
	description "Transport Sedlitaris, a Heliarch Tribune, to the <destination>, where she will petition the Heliarch council to allow her to go on a scouting expedition out of the Coalition. Payment is <payment>."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		"coalition jobs" >= 40
		random < 5
	source
		government "Coalition"
	destination "Ring of Friendship"
	on offer
		require "Jump Drive"
		conversation
			`As you exit your ship and start heading to the spaceport, you hear a rushed galloping getting closer. As you turn you see a Saryd Heliarch coming to you, gesturing for you to wait. She slows down once she sees you're obliging, and slowly walks to you while glancing at your ship.`
			`	"Apologize for cutting you off, I must, Captain <last>, but in need of extended transport services, I am," she says. "Sedlitaris Quatcid, my name is, and a Heliarch tribune, I am. Brought to <destination>, I must be. A petition to the council, I am to make."`
			choice
				`	"A 'petition'? What do you mean?"`
				`	"I don't think you'd need some 'extended' service just for that."`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not taking any more passengers right now."`
					decline
			`	"Nearly a thousand years ago, leading an expeditionary fleet to outside of the Coalition, an ancestor of mine was," she explains. "Mimodum, his name was, and after having risen the ranks and lifted our family from poorer conditions, chosen to lead the expedition he was. Only, return, he did not. To find out what happened, I wish. Looking for you, I was, as after my request is approved, need a transport to bring me to planets he visited, I will."`
			choice
				`	"I'd be glad to help you find out what happened. Let me show you to your bunk."`
					goto accept
				`	"Couldn't you just have gone on your own, or paid someone to bring you there if you don't have a ship?"`
				`	"Actually, I'm not going to be leaving Coalition space anytime soon. Sorry."`
					decline
			`	She shakes her head. "Forbidden from leaving just like that, anyone is, and steal a jump drive for it, I'd need to. Obviously illegal, that is. Allowed to head out, only Heliarchs who have received permission from the council can. Finally time to hear my request again, they have, so go to <planet>, I must."`
			choice
				`	"Well, let's not keep them waiting then. Let me show you to your bunk."`
				`	"I hope things work out for you, but I'm not heading out of the Coalition anytime soon. Sorry."`
					decline
			label accept
			`	"Great! I promise you, very well paid you will be, once finished. For the moment, pay you <payment> I shall, when we arrive at the ring."`
			`	You bring her inside your ship, and set a route to <destination>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		payment 100000
		conversation
			`Sedlitaris gives you your payment of <payment> before you open your hatch for her to leave. "Take a few hours, this might, so wait for me in the spaceport, you can. Know the layout well, I do, so find you without issue, I will."`
			`	As you open your hatch to see her leave, you're faced with a Kimek Heliarch waiting for the two of you, startling Sedlitaris as she sees him.`
			`	"Made it clear, have I not, that cease your stubborn attempts, you should, tribune?" he asks. "Too precious, the consuls' time is. Keep wasting it in telling you off, they cannot."`
			`	Sedlitaris brings a hand to her hair as she looks down. She opens her mouth, but cuts whatever she had to say at her throat. Instead, she goes down the ramp and leaves quickly for some section of the ringworld, ignoring the Kimek's protests. He sighs and approaches you. "Roped you into her exploration plan has she, Captain? An outsider with a jump drive, you are, so of course drawn to you, she would be, that girl..."`
			choice
				`	"Are you two colleagues?"`
				`	"What was that about her being stubborn?"`
			`	"Kicharri, I am. For many decades, the arbiter supervising Sedlitaris' work, I have been. A bright girl. Produced many excellent theoretical models of the outside, she has, but in recent years, obsessed with leaving on an official expedition, she became. Denied her nearly a dozen times, the consuls have, but get the hint, she won't." He rapidly taps the ground with his legs, as if the ground was hot to the touch. "Helped her set up this specific 'petition,' I have. Asked the council to be extra strict and definitive this time, I did. Contracted you for a longer trip, I assume she has, but be allowed to leave, she will not."`
			`	He wishes you a good day, and leaves to an office opposite to the spaceport.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 2"
	name "Relay Pylon"
	description "Bring Sedlitaris and some representatives of the Heliarch council to <destination>, where members of House Idriss will provide her with a relay pylon to search for signs of her ancestor's expedition."
	passengers 6
	blocked "You need <capacity> to take the next mission. Return here when you have the required space free."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 1: done"
	source "Ring of Friendship"
	destination "Ablub's Invention"
	on offer
		conversation
			`When you don't see Sedlitaris in the spaceport, you look for a spot to sit and wait for her, and notice a set of seats made for the Quarg, still around to this day. You take one that you assume was meant for a Quarg child, standing lower than the others, and wait. Captains and workers that pass by give you all sorts of looks, and after a few minutes even some Heliarch agents are gawking at you, discussing among themselves. Just as you decide you should get up and sit somewhere else, you look to see Sedlitaris coming into the spaceport.`
			`	"A short wait, wasn't it?" she comments once you're close. "Care to hear my case, the consuls didn't, just told me that to leave whenever I wish, I may. 'If I can,' they said, as provide me a jump drive, they won't, but that's where you come in."`
			choice
				`	"I certainly didn't wait around for long. So, where are we heading?"`
					goto heading
				`	"Didn't care to hear your case? What do you mean?"`
			`	"According to protocol, present valid reasoning for their expedition, and a thorough travel plan, aspiring inspectors must. This time, taken every legal detail into account, I had, in preparation for the meeting, but once I entered, barely time to greet them, they gave me." She explains. "Said that thought it over, they had, and willing to oblige, they were, so just sign a few documents, I did, and now officially an inspector, I am."`
			choice
				`	"I take it inspector is what you call explorers?"`
				`	"Good to hear they had a change of heart. So, where are we heading?"`
					goto heading
			`	"No mere explorers, we are," she begins. "A rank granted with utmost respect to the Coalition's bravest, those unafraid to venture out into the void, to chart the unknown, it is. Date back thousands of years, the title does. First used by early Saryds, when set out to explore beyond the home system, they had, and then adopted by the Heliarchs, it was. Remain in use to this day, the term does," she says in excitement, pausing with a smile as if considering that she herself is one such "inspector" now.`
			choice
				`	"So, will it be you paying me for the job, or is that the consuls now since they've officially approved this?"`
				`	"You seem eager to get started. So, where are we heading?"`
					goto heading
			`	"Approval for us to leave, they gave me, but provide any further assistance - be that a jump drive, or funding - they won't," she explains. "Saved up well over the past few years, I have, so once done we are, pay you several million credits, I shall. But, who knows, maybe if exciting enough, our findings out there are, convinced to give you a bonus, the consuls might be," she smiles.`
			label heading
			`	"Ready to go outside, we are not. Not for the purpose of finding out about the last expedition, at least. A tool from House Idriss, we need, if to trace my ancestor's steps, we are. To <destination>, we must go."`
			`	As she's about to continue, your conversation is cut short by a Kimek rushing toward you two, shouting frantically. Once he's closer, you recognize him as Arbiter Kicharri from earlier, and Sedlitaris tries to calm him down while he's catching his breath. "Professor, if about my request this is, already met with the council, I have. Approved it-"`
			`	"Know that, I do! Exactly what I'm furious about, that is!" He shouts. "Asked them to give you a definitive answer, I had, but not this kind of definitive! Listen, permission or not, safe to leave, it is not. Know that, you do." He looks at her for a few moments, then to you. "Captain, as her superior, greatly appreciate your intent to help Sedlitaris, I do, but too brash about this, she has been. Take her out of our space, you must not."`
			`	He looks at her again, as if expecting some response. When no response comes, he turns away slowly, saying, "Waste not, your life on this," and walks away. Sedlitaris sighs once he turns a corridor and says she's ready for the trip.`
			choice
				`	"Hold on, what did he mean by it not being safe to leave? I thought you had permission."`
				`	"Alright, let's head back to the ship."`
					goto end
			`	"I do. Know what he meant, I also do not," she says, looking back to the corner Kicharri turned. "Approving of my wish for this trip, he never was. Some time to calm down, he needs. For now, back to your ship, we should go."`
			choice
				`	"Alright, let's go."`
					goto end
				`	"I'm not sure I'm comfortable going after that."`
			`	She steps back, seemingly shocked at your change of mind. "What? Captain, a superstitious Kimek, the arbiter is. Pay no mind to that rant, you should. Assure you I do, fine we will be."`
			choice
				`	"I'm sorry, but I won't help you anymore."`
				`	"I better not regret this. Let's head to the ship."`
					goto end
			`	Sedlitaris doesn't say anything, but makes no effort to hide her frustration. She looks to where Kicharri headed, and storms off after him.`
				decline
			label end
			`	You find five Heliarchs waiting by your ship, who Sedlitaris introduces as representatives of the council, and who must be present when House Idriss provides the piece of equipment she wants. You show her and the others to their bunks and prepare for the trip.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris and the Heliarch council representatives hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 3"
	landing
	name "Dusted Dead Drop"
	description "Head to <destination>, where Sedlitaris wishes to check an ancient Saryd vault for the route and logs of her ancestor's expedition."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 2: done"
	source "Ablub's Invention"
	destination "Sundrinker"
	on offer
		conversation
			`The Heliarch council representatives guide you far from the planet's equator to a region close to a snowy mountain, and tell you to land on top of a cube-shaped plateau. Dozens of searchlights are dotted along the edges, lighting the ground below, while a warehouse complex sits at the center of the plateau top. As you're approaching the plateau, your ship's sensors alert you to incoming vessels; you look at your radar to see a Saryd Sojourner, followed by three Travelers, getting closer to your ship. They appear unarmed, but as you land on the plateau and they follow you down, defensive turrets on the edges of the complex remain locked onto them.`
			`	Once the Sojourner lands, a Saryd comes down the ramp and heads to your ship. Sedlitaris sighs and leaves to meet him, followed by the representatives of the Heliarch council. Once you're all out of your ship, you see the Saryd has been stopped by a trio of Arach guards, clad in winter uniforms and blocking his path. "Told mother or father about this, have you?" he shouts at Sedlitaris as she walks closer. "Because important enough to be told, I apparently am not. That out to die you were, told I was by some Kimek arbiter that met, I never had!"`
			`	"Repilor, a work trip, this is. Away for long, I won't be, so wish to trouble you all with the news, I didn't," she responds.`
			`	"Trouble us? In truth, know that wrong, you are, but face telling father that you're throwing your life away, you couldn't!"`
			`	He tries to push his way to her, but the guards stop him before he can make much progress. One of the Heliarch representatives gets closer, saying, "A restricted area, this is. Invading government property, you are, so suggest that you leave immediately, I do."`
			`	"Restricted? What about the outside? Also restricted, is it not? Much more dangerous? Fine with sending my sister there, you seem," Repilor counters, and the Heliarch looks away after a moment. "If bothering the consuls so much, she was, just fired, she should've been!" He then looks at you, and continues, "And the human? Your transport out of here, I imagine? Or maybe the one who put these ideas in your head, they are?"`
			choice
				`	"I've just been hired to transport her."`
					goto hired
				`	"What's so wrong about her wanting to explore outside the Coalition?"`
					goto wrong
				`	"Wait, what did you say about the outside being dangerous?"`
			`	The Saryd looks at you, puzzled. Then, as if realizing something, he turns to Sedlitaris. "Told the human, you haven't?"`
			`	"Enough that is, Repilor. Trespassing on a restricted area, you are. Escort him to his ship," she tells the guards, and after some struggle on Repilor's part, the Arachi manage to push him back inside the Sojourner. "Ignore that you should, Captain. Always... difficult, my brother was. Too stubborn to realize when to stop, and easy to impress with folk tales of the outside."`
			choice
				`	"If you say so. Should I wait in my ship until you all are done here?"`
					goto accept
				`	"Folk tales or not, I'm not really willing to find out after that. He didn't seem to be lying."`
			`	"What?" she exclaims. "Please Captain, fall for my brother's little rant, you cannot. Finally permission to leave, I have!"`
			choice
				`	"Alright, alright. But I hope I don't regret this."`
				`	"I'm sorry. Whatever it is he was afraid of, I'm not willing to risk it."`
					goto decline
			`	"You won't." She says, heading to you and holding your hands with hers, as if in thanks. "Promise you I do, fine we will be, Captain."`
				goto accept
			label decline
			`	You hear her stomping her hoofs on the ground as you head back to your ship, and see her and the Heliarch council representatives arguing with one another as you close your hatch. When you're back on the spaceport landing area, a Sojourner lands next to your ship, and Repilor, the Saryd from earlier, comes out.`
			`	"Forgive me for being rude earlier, you must," he says as he greets you. "Thought I had, that talked my sister into this you did. That filled her head with more grandiose tales of the outside, you must have." He sighs. "Thank you, Captain. Hate you now, my sister must, but the right thing, you did.`
			`	"That no inspector in the last 6000 years has ever returned from their expedition, the truth is, so afraid you were leading my sister to her death, I was. Better for the both of you, this is." He gives you a few seconds to process, then continues. "Please, hold it against her, I ask that you do not. Certain I am that intending you no harm, she was. It's just... trying to leave for so long, she has been, that afraid of telling you the whole truth, I imagine she was." He nods lightly in a bow, and heads back to his ship.`
				decline
			label wrong
			`	"Awaiting 'explorers,' nothing but an unknown, certain doom is. Wish for that to be my sister's fate, I do not," he answers.`
			label hired
			`	"Captain <last> has nothing to do with it. Simply agreed to help me, they have, no different from the jobs you take, this is." Sedlitaris says.`
			`	"A job, this is not, but a trek bound to end in tragedy." He thinks for a few seconds, looking at the Saryd ships that landed on the plateau. "Permission to leave, you have, but obligated to do so, you aren't. Quit, you still can. Leave the ranks, you could, and work with me. Give you my own ship, I will. Like that, would you not? To fly a ship of your own again?"`
			`	"Finally allowed to leave, I am. Let go of this opportunity I won't, Repilor. Back in a few weeks, I'll be, lecture me all you want then, you can."`
			`	He stares her down for a while, bringing a hand to his face to wipe some tears forming on his eyes. "Wiser than this, the elder sibling should've been." He turns around and heads back to the Sojourner, which departs along with the three Travelers.`
			label accept
			`	The representatives urge you and Sedlitaris to follow them into the complex, making your way past the walls and fences, and into one of the larger warehouses. Inside, large shelves stacked to the ceiling surround a hexagonal hole in the middle, closed off by metal bars and a shut gate. You're told it's an elevator and is bringing up the piece of equipment Sedlitaris requires.`
			`	"Deeply sorry for that scandal you witnessed, I am, Captain," she says while you wait. "Imagined, I hadn't, that follow us here, my brother would."`
			choice
				`	"It's alright. It shows he cares a lot about you."`
					goto care
				`	"Wasn't he trespassing here? Why was he even allowed to do all of that?"`
					goto trespassing
				`	"What was he so worried about? Did something happen to make him afraid of you leaving?"`
			`	She thinks for a bit, then says, "Prohibited to leave, both civilians and regular Heliarchs are. Only agents with permission from the council - inspectors like myself - may do it. A simple measure to help protect our limited jump drives, it is, but birthed something of a taboo among the populace, that law has."`
				goto elevator
			label trespassing
			`	She chuckles. "Probably because agree with him, the guards do. Seen Arbiter Kicharri's reaction, you did. Not very supportive of this expedition, most within the ranks are."`
				goto elevator
			label care
			`	"I suppose so. Just, wish that show it in less... brash ways, he would."`
			label elevator
			`	The elevator arrives and brings up an Arachi pair carrying a tall, antenna-like pylon, covered in insulating wires that spiral around it. The Arachi bring the machine out of the elevator and present some documents for the Heliarch representatives, who take turns reading and signing them. At the end, Sedlitaris signs as well, and the Arachi bring the pylon to your ship.`
			`	Once everything's ready, the Heliarch representatives ask you to bring them to the spaceport city. They are quick to leave your ship once you land and do not bother to say goodbye to either you or Sedlitaris, instead just disappearing into a Heliarch building.`
			`	"Well, all set to leave now, we are," Sedlitaris says. "Ready to leave for our first stop, are you, Captain?"`
			choice
				`	"Of course. Where are we headed?"`
					goto stop
				`	"Can you tell me what that machine is? How is it going to help?"`
			`	"A decryption pylon, it is. Developed to keep our data safe, they were," she explains. "Generate a unique encryption pattern, each expedition would, so that find important information about them, outside forces couldn't. Calibrated to the pattern of my ancestor's expedition, this one is."`
			label stop
			`	She asks to see your galaxy map, and compares the data with what's recorded in the pylon. After comparing what systems match for a few minutes, she points you to <destination>. "The first stop of every expedition, that world was. Kept there, a collection of log entries are, detailing the plans each leader had for their own expedition. Do you know if found this world, humans have, Captain?" You explain to her that <planet> is home to a small human town, but that you haven't heard of alien findings there. "Hope that found and picked it over, humans haven't. Much easier, it would be, if the precise location the fleet was headed to, we knew. Have to travel hundreds of systems in search of their stops, and later piece them together in order, we would not."`
			`	You help her bring the pylon into her room and set course for <planet>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 4"
	landing
	name "Report: Distant Home"
	description "Take Sedlitaris to <destination>, the first stop of the expeditionary fleet other than the vault, so that she can begin piecing together what happened."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 3: done"
	source "Sundrinker"
	destination "Winter"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Coming down to <origin>, Sedlitaris checks for the coordinates where the ancient Saryd stop is, passing the data to your ship's systems. It brings you to a mesa on the desert, with a wide, ravine-like hole on top. You land close to a small opening on the mesa walls leading into the ravine and follow Sedlitaris into it, helping her bring the pylon inside. About halfway to the end, she points to another hole in the walls. "Past there, the pylons of previous expeditions should be. Find the one Mimodum left here, we must. A physical connection with the one we brought, for this first one we'll need. 'Wake up' the other ones his expedition left, it will, and enough battery for easier access to the data in those, they should have."`
			`	She carries the pylon inside as you light the way. After some short minutes inside the tunnel dug into the mesa walls, you reach the end: a room carefully carved out, with ten objects similar to the pylon Sedlitaris carried there, though four are of very different design, being closer to a beige, blocky obelisk. She puts down the pylon, and asks that you shine a light on it so that she can configure it. Then, she begins to tinker with some wires connected to a panel on the lower half of the pylon. "To determine which one of these is the most recent, send a signal in its frequency, I will."`
			choice
				`	"Was all this process set up so the Quarg couldn't get your logs, if they found them?"`
					goto process
				`	"What's with all the caving involved in getting to these pylons?"`
			`	"Understand your frustration, I do," she says. "After explored outside with jump drives, the first Saryds to leave the Coalition had, attempted to colonize a few worlds they found, they did. Failures due to the great distance to Saryd space, and difficulty in getting supplies, they were. Because of that, once leaving initial expedition logs in this world, we began, bothered to create proper infrastructure, my predecessors didn't." She thinks for a while, then continues, "Although, help make it less likely for others to find it, the poor entrance might."`
				goto pylon
			label process
			`	"No, employed this method before they ever came in conflict with the Quarg, the ancient Saryds did," she explains. "Actually, the ones who suggested it in the first place, the Quarg were. Worlds apart, the programs used before and after the War of Independence are, but kept in place, the overall practice was."`
			label pylon
			`	Once she's done with the wires, she pushes a button and a humming beep comes from one of the machines with the same, spiraling design. "That one, it is," she says, and asks that you help her move her pylon close to the one that emitted the sound. She connects the two with cables by the base of each pylon; the older pylon clicks on after a moment, letting out several beeps in a short chant. "Enough energy to transfer its data now, it should have."`
			`	A few seconds pass, and another hum comes. She looks at a small screen on the panel, and confirms that the data's all safe. "Copy the data from expeditions prior to their pylon here, the sixth did, so saved us some time, they have. Play their recorded log via my translation device, I shall." She disconnects the two pylons from one another, and inputs a few commands on the panel. After a short pause, an audio message begins playing, and is picked up and translated by the box hanging from Sedlitaris' neck.`
			`	"Log started, sixth expedition to the outside. Arbiter Mimodum, this is, leading the sixth. Using these pylons, keep track of our major stops, we shall. To push out further than what is recorded in our previous maps, if possible, the mission directive is. Wish to gather data on how safe the outside systems are, I do. Split the fleet in half, I have. To head straight east, the four Punishers of the split group are. After that, rendezvous with us as we come down from the north, they will. Regarding the Punishers currently under my command, headed to Distant Home, we are. Evaluate how the planet has developed, we shall, to determine if sustainable, a base or colony on the planet is. Set a pylon there with our findings, we shall."`
			`	The recording ends, and Sedlitaris picks up the pylon again, preparing to carry it back out of the caves. "Know our next destination, we now do," she says.`
			choice
				`	"Do you have any idea where 'Distant Home' is?"`
					goto where
				`	"What did he mean by 'if possible'? Was something stopping them from exploring past a point?"`
			`	"Stopping them?" She takes a long pause, eyes locked onto the pylon. "Wonder that, I also do. Perhaps encountered some complication, they had. Learn more from other log entries, I'm sure we will."`
				goto end
			label where
			`	"Our first attempt at colonizing an outside world, it was. Somewhere northwest of here, it should be, but consult your ship's records for the exact coordinates, we'll need to."`
			label end
			`	You two make your way out of the cave, returning to the ravine, and from there head to your ship. Sedlitaris asks for your map and compares the coordinates with the data from the pylon again, finding that <destination> is what the recording referred to as Distant Home. She heads to her room, and you set <planet> as your destination.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 5"
	landing
	name "Report: Ancient Light"
	description "Take Sedlitaris to <destination>, the next stop of the expeditionary fleet, where her ancestor wished to look into remnants of some alien ruins."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 4: done"
	source "Winter"
	destination "Skymoot"
	on offer
		conversation
			`As you pass through the first clouds of <origin>, Sedlitaris starts working on the pylon, getting a faint beep moments after she's done. "Further south, this world's pylon is." You fly your ship southward, and she asks that you stop halfway to the pole. She inputs commands again, and another beep comes. "Passed it, we have. Determine its exact position, we must. Little battery for these countersignals, the pylons have." You fly northeast, and then straight west, with her emitting a signal each time your ship stops.`
			`	After you've triangulated the pylon's coordinates, you fly down to a glacier and land on a spot that looks stable enough to handle the weight of your ship. Sedlitaris says the pylon must have gotten covered in the ice due to glacial melting and refreezing, though that doesn't seem to have damaged its systems; she accesses the data remotely after tinkering with the pylon in your ship for a while.`
			`	Once it's done, she plays the log recording the expedition had for this planet: "Log started. Developing as expected, this world is, and apparently still untouched, it remains. Too cold for non-Saryd residents, it is, but with some terraforming efforts, a comfortable enough base for Kimek and Arachi agents alike, it could be. The planet aside, noted a great deal more hyperlane connections, we have. Dependent on them, this fleet is not, but differ greatly from previous records, current ones do, as if scrambled and then rearranged, they were. Heading to Ancient Light next, we are. Check on the ruins and dragons there, we must."`
			`	The recording ends, and Sedlitaris starts comparing the data she got with the map on your ship. "Right, he was. At some point after the fifth expedition, and before the sixth, altered, this region's hyperlane network was."`
			choice
				`	"Any idea how that happened?"`
				`	"I take it that 'Ancient Light' is where we're going next?"`
					goto next
			`	"Vital to our communications network, the hyperlanes are. The most advanced group on that field, House Bebliss is, but learned of means to tamper with hyperlanes, even they haven't." She pauses, looking to the nearby systems bordering the Coalition. "No link to our space, there is, before or after the change. If a natural phenomenon, the scrambling of links is, very unlucky, we were."`
			choice
				`	"Well, at least we know where to go next. Can you match coordinates with my map to find where 'Ancient Light' is?"`
					goto next
				`	"And if it's not natural?"`
			`	She stays quiet for a minute, not taking her eyes off the map. "Told the ancient Saryds of a group, the Quarg did. 'Drak,' I think they called them. Said that knit together the paths between star systems, they had. Maybe their doing, the scrambling was."`
			label next
			`	She compares the coordinates for Ancient Light with your map, and finds <destination>. You tell her you'll set course for <planet>, and she heads back to her room.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 6"
	landing
	name "Report: Summit"
	description "Take Sedlitaris to <destination>, the furthest point north on the pylon's records and next stop of the expeditionary fleet."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 5: done"
	source "Skymoot"
	destination "Watcher"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Sedlitaris starts triangulating to find the next pylon again, and brings you to a tall mountain where some of the local dragons appear to have made some form of nest or breeding ground. You do your best to avoid them as you fly around the mountain, and Sedlitaris continues to send signals to find the pylon.`
			`	"Inside the mountain, it could be. From there, the countersignals are coming." She stops for a few minutes and looks at the view of the mountain on your monitors. She tries again, and asks that you get closer. When you're finishing yet another lap, she asks that you stop your ship, keeping it steady in the air. "Zoom your cameras here, could you, Captain?" she asks, pointing to the middle of a monitor. You zoom in and see a circle of large rocks, surrounded by dragon nests. Atop the rocks are some patches of foliage, and in the middle lies a small, dark, tower-like structure, stuck in the rocks by one end. After looking at it for a few seconds, you both realize it's an upside-down pylon. "Taken it as some form of token, the dragons must have," Sedlitaris says. "Hopes of retrieving some of the pylons physically, I had, but prefer to dig out the glacier for the previous one than test my luck against the dragons, I do. Unlock this one's data remotely, I will."`
			`	A dragon perches on your ship as she begins the transfer. It tries to bite down on the engines, but you start moving your ship again to shake it off. You avoid other dragons as they fly by your ship until the download is complete, and head straight for the spaceport city.`
			`	Once your ship has safely landed at the hangars, Sedlitaris plays the audio log: "Log started. Scoured the planet with our searches, we have, but no trace of the previously visited ruins, or any other sign of the group that lived here, we found. Assured me that all our ships' navigation systems are working properly, the engineers have, but at the coordinates where they should be, the ruins are not, as if they had never been there. A confusing disappointment, this was, but continue with the mission, we must. Heading far north, to Summit, we are. The last point before regrouping with the split group, it will be."`
			`	As the recording ends, Sedlitaris looks at you confused. "An intelligent species once lived on this planet. What findings Mimodum would have on them, I wondered, but found nothing, he did? Simply vanish out of nowhere, ruins cannot."`
			choice
				`	"How do you know about that species?"`
				`	"What was in the ruins before they disappeared?"`
			`	"Found the ruins millennia ago, the first Saryds to come to the outside did. Recovered some artifacts, they also had, complex tools, such as very large, personal propelling devices, with dedicated storage space. Kept in some museums back in Saros, they are."`
			choice
				`	"Did they ever find any member of that species?"`
				`	"They couldn't find out anything more? Just some jetpacks with pockets?"`
			`	She shakes her head. "Stocked primarily with provisions, those first expeditions were. Prepared to take on proper archaeological study on this planet, they were not. Asked the Quarg about the findings, the Saryds had, but to their surprise they acted as if there was nothing here. For the time, very odd of them to do that, it was." She turns to you with a curious look. "What about humanity, Captain? Found any clues about the species that lived here, have you?"`
			branch sheragi
				has "Rim Archaeology 6: offered"
			choice
				`	"No, I didn't even know there used to be ruins here."`
					goto notknow
			label sheragi
			choice
				`	"Actually, yes. They were called Sheragi."`
				`	"No, I didn't even know there used to be ruins here."`
					goto notknow
			action
				"told coalition about sheragi" ++
			`	Surprised that you know more, she listens to your story with Albert Foster, and how you had a dream about ships evacuating Zug. You tell her of the city buried under the layers of rock, the efforts to uncover it, and how the Quarg eventually sent someone to keep watch of the digging process.`
			`	"Cities buried whole by lava? Tuned their scanners to look for such odd ruins, no expedition must have..." she stops and thinks for a few minutes, working on the pylon's command panel. "Tell the story again, could you, Captain <last>? Formally record the findings here, I would like." You spend the next few hours retelling what you saw, and helping her collect what information on the Sheragi and their ruins humans have learned since Foster published his initial findings.`
			`	Once she's satisfied, you two look to your map and match coordinates with the next stop Mimodum made.`
				goto end
			label notknow
			`	She frowns slightly. "Figured as much, I had. Well, finding out more about them, the point of this expedition wasn't. A nice bonus, it would've been, but prepare to look for the next pylon, we should."`
			label end
			`	You open your map, and using the coordinates, gather that "Summit" is <planet>, a small moon close to the entrance to The Deep. Sedlitaris returns to her bunk, and you set course to <system>.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 7"
	landing
	name "Curious Red Cloud"
	description "Look for the system near Algieba where Mimodum, the expedition's leader, jumped to investigate the cosmological phenomenon in the system."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 6: done"
	source "Watcher"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You fly around the moon as Sedlitaris nails down the coordinates of the pylon, until you land close to one of the forests. "Deeper inside, the pylon must be. Uninhabited by humans this world is, correct?" You confirm this, and she prepares to leave. "No dragons to worry about here, there are, so try to bring this pylon back with us, I will."`
			`	You two leave your ship and enter the forest, taking turns carrying the pylon you brought, which is easy enough to do since the gravity is so much lower here. Occasionally Sedlitaris stops and has the pylon put down so that she can determine where to go next. Eventually, you notice the trees start getting smaller as you move on, until you reach a wide, odd clearing where the ground is devoid of any of the local flora. Sedlitaris spots the other pylon on the opposite side, half stuck in the ground, and moves to pull it out. As you follow her to the machine, you notice deep, perfectly straight holes in the ground, forming lines that sometimes cross the entire clearing and continue well past it. Soil and dust have filled most of them up, but in certain gaps you can look down to cracks that must be dozens of meters deep.`
			`	Sedlitaris ties a rope around the end of the pylon that's visible and pulls it, forcing up the dirt as she brings the rest of the device to surface. She connects it with the pylon you brought and accesses the data from there. "Much more active here, the expedition was," she says. "Three recordings, there are. Bring these back to your ship, we should; listen to the first one there, we can."`
			`	Both of you carrying a pylon, you make your way out of the forest and back to your ship, where Sedlitaris immediately plays the oldest entry: "Log started. Send two Punishers further north, I did, but returned yet, they have not. As for the crimson anomaly on the nearby western system, still unresponsive, it is. Be it a Finisher barrage or attempting to ram it, no reaction from the anomaly, there was. A simple nebula, the researchers claim it is not; think that we are missing something, they do. Wait a few more days for the Punishers to return, I will. In the meantime, back to that system, I will go. Maybe learn something about the anomaly, we can."`
			`	After Mimodum's voice has disappeared, Sedlitaris urges you to take off. "Heard of this 'anomaly' before, I had not. Look for the system it's in, at once we must. Hopefully still there after the centuries, it is."`
				accept
	to complete
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 7B: failed"
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 7B"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 6: done"
	on enter "Terminus"
		conversation
			`Sedlitaris fiddles with the pylon you recovered from <origin>, and lets the second recorded log play while she gazes out to see the "crimson anomaly" Mimodum had mentioned.`
			`	"Tried just about everything now, we have. A finisher barrage, bombardment from afar, driving asteroids through it, even activating our jump drive while immersed in the red cloud. Told me that it shows some signs of rotation, the chief researcher has; tried to show me the axis around which it spins, she did. Whatever the case, find anything worthwhile about the cloud, we could not. Returning to Summit now, we are, and from there to regroup with the fleet."`
			`	The recording ends, but Sedlitaris continues looking out to the "cloud" for a few minutes, in silence.`
			choice
				`	"Are you going to play the last one?"`
					goto last
				`	"Is something wrong?"`
			`	"No, just... taking in the view, I was. Unlike any phenomena from within the Coalition, this is."`
			label last
			`	She moves back to the pylon, and hesitates for a moment. "Back to Summit, Mimodum said they would go. Better understand his next steps, we would, if listen to the last entry on that clearing where we found this, we did," she says, tapping the pylon.`
			`	You tell her you'll go back to <origin> soon, and she heads to her bunk.`
		fail
	to complete
		never

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 8"
	landing
	name "Lost Checkpoint"
	description "Travel to the marked systems so that Sedlitaris may look for a signal frequency of the expedition."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 7: done"
	source "Watcher"
	waypoint "Rasalhague"
	waypoint "Cebalrai"
	waypoint "Zeta Aquilae"
	waypoint "Ascella"
	waypoint "Peacock"
	waypoint "Kaus Australis"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You land next to the forest again and venture into it once more. The trail fresh in your memory, you two reach the clearing quickly, where Sedlitaris puts the pylon close to where it was before being dug out. "Almost like if we were there with them, this should be, being right where they left the pylon. Hopefully a better understanding of what they were thinking, it will also provide."`
			`	She starts the recording, and sharp, static beeps are the first thing you hear. After a moment, you can make out agitated voices, as if the crew was discussing something, but Sedlitaris' translator doesn't pick it up. Finally, the familiar voice of Mimodum comes out, "Destroyed, the rest of the fleet was. Made it back to the system, one of the Punishers that headed north must have; ran into some debris pieces floating about in the system, we did. Take off, the rest of those on Summit couldn't. The ground is..." the static returns, this time including some scratch-like stops. "... cut like clay... rock... molten..." It switches to static once again, then stops for a moment. When it's back, the interference noises are gone. "Meet with the split group, I must. Warn them of what happened, and head back home with them, I will."`
			`	You two look at the pylon in silence for a while, then she slowly approaches the machine to pick it up, saying, "Supposed to head back home immediately, expedition ships were, if destroyed, one of the Punishers was. If followed those orders, he had... No guarantee of the split group's survival, he had. If back home, they went..."`
			choice
				`	"He could have, but then the other group wouldn't know that any Punisher was destroyed. They wouldn't know to go back."`
				`	"Seems like they didn't pick the best person to follow those orders."`
				`	"We don't know if he could've made it if he had gone back immediately. I'm sure we'll find out more with the next pylon."`
					goto more
			`	She doesn't respond, instead looking down at the lines carving the clearing's ground. She moves close to one, laying down and reaching her arms to touch the cracks. A few minutes later, she gets back up and looks to you.`
			label more
			`	"Back to the ship, we should go," she says. "Try and figure out where Mimodum went next, I will. Where he was to meet with the split group."`
			`	After taking the trail back, Sedlitaris goes into her bunk to tinker with the pylons. She comes out hours after nightfall, asking that you show her your map. "A pincer movement, the two groups were performing. Difficult to know the exact planet, it is, as the data from the split group, we don't have, but figured the overall region where the two groups would link up, I think I have."`
			`	You help her match the coordinates, and end up with a group of systems between Sol and Tarazed. "Need to visit each system, we might. Pick up faint signals of their next pylon, while in the right system I can, but no way of knowing where that is exactly, I have."`
				accept
	on enter "Rasalhague"
		dialog `Sedlitaris has the pylon start searching for any matching signals as soon as you jump into the system. A few hours pass and the machine doesn't return any coordinates, but it also doesn't report a failure. Sedlitaris looks at it puzzled, and reboots it. "Fly around the system for a while, could you, Captain? Maybe compromising the signal, the ship's current position is." You do as she suggests, and slowly cruise around for a few more hours. Once again, the pylon doesn't give any answer. Sedlitaris says it might be some oddly specific bug, and asks that you just move on to the next system.`
	on enter "Cebalrai"
		dialog `The pylon is quick to answer in this system, reporting no similar signals. Sedlitaris urges you to move to the next system, and goes back to checking the data.`
	on enter "Zeta Aquilae"
		dialog `Sedlitaris lets her pylon work for about an hour, but it returns no sign of any others in the system. "Passed by here, they might have, but a priority for recon, that world was not," she says as she points at Rand. You tell her you'll move on to the next system soon, and she goes back to working on the pylon.`
	on enter "Ascella"
		dialog `The pylon searches for some time, but tells Sedlitaris no others are in the system. She sighs lightly, and asks you to move on to the next.`
	on enter "Peacock"
		dialog `"If correct, my estimates were, the most likely meeting point, this should be," Sedlitaris says as you jump into the system. She lets the pylon work for a while, but it returns no signal of a similar device. "Well... either estimated wrong, I have, or issues in meeting here, the two groups had. Check the next system, we should."`
	on enter "Kaus Australis"
		dialog `After a couple of minutes, the pylon emits a few quiet whistles, and Sedlitaris celebrates briefly. "On that planet, it is! Glad that we managed to locate it, I am." You tell her you'll land on Hopper soon so you can search for the pylon on the planet.`
	to complete
		never
	to fail
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 9: offered"
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 9"
	landing
	name "Escape Route"
	description "Travel southwest of <system>, on a route to the Ablub system, so that Sedlitaris may look for a signal frequency of the expedition."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 8: active"
	source "Hopper"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You fly around <origin> as Sedlitaris searches for the pylon's exact position, in the hopes that she can bring it back as well. She tells you to land by a mountain range, and has you readjust your landing spot every so often as she tries to nail the exact location of the pylon. "Buried it to protect it from the atmosphere's acidity, they must have," she comments.`
			`	By the time she's done, you open your ship's hatch right to where the pylon should be and help her dig it out, taking care to not be out for too long. When the device is dug out, you bring it inside your ship while Sedlitaris fills up the hole with what dirt had been dug out.`
			`	As you're flying to the spaceport, she plays the pylon's entry: "Log started. Made a route from Summit straight to the meeting point, I had, but find the split group, I could not. Restless, agitated, the crew has become, heading straight to Ablub, we are, after buried, this thing is. If find this, anyone from the split group is, head back-" at that point an untranslated shouting muffles what Mimodum was saying, followed by dozens of legs in a rush. "No..." is heard right before the recording ends.`
			`	You focus on flying the ship, but even when you've landed, Sedlitaris remains silent.`
			choice
				`	"Are you alright?"`
				`	"He said they were going back immediately, but they never made it. You think that was the last pylon?"`
				`	(Stay quiet.)`
			`	She goes without a word for a while still. "Set a route for Ablub, could you, Captain? If follow the same route they used, we do, and if any more to find, there is, pick up the signals, I will."`
			`	You agree, and look to set a route straight to Ablub.`
				accept
	on enter "Girtab"
		dialog `While Sedlitaris remained in her bunk since you left for Ablub, you can hear her shouting from her bunk as you enter the system. She comes running to you, bringing along the pylon. "Picked up a signal, it has!" She says, pointing at the machine's panel, where some message is repeatedly beeping in and out. "Land on that planet we must, Captain!" You tell her you'll land soon, and she remains with you to figure out the pylon's location on Harmony once you've landed.`
	to complete
		never
	to fail
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 10: offered"
	on visit
		dialog `You haven't yet found the sixth expedition's last pylon. Try searching for it on a route from this system to Ablub.`

mission "Coalition: Expeditions Past 10"
	landing
	name "Expeditions Past"
	description "Head back to the <destination>, where Sedlitaris will report her findings to the Heliarch council."
	passengers 1
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Expeditions Past 9: active"
	source "Harmony"
	destination "Ring of Friendship"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Once you're close to the planet's surface, Sedlitaris starts trying to access the recorded data in the pylon. "If possible, recover it later, we can." She tries for a few minutes, but all she can get is a twisted static, so she starts working on determining its location. "Clear up the transmission, getting closer to it should."`
			`	You fly around until you're right above an ocean, with no land in sight wherever you look. "Below us, it is," she says. "Why underwater? Why throw it into an ocean, would they?" She works on transferring the data to her own pylon, as you won't manage to get to the original one, and clears up the recording as much as possible before playing it.`
			`	For a few seconds there are only a few ambient sounds, a low background humming, and some heavy breathing. "Ambushed us as we prepared to leave the last planet, they did," Mimodum speaks. "Enough fuel to make it back in one go, we had, so jumped as we could. Too many ships in this system there were, however, like a wall blocking us." He stops briefly, and you can make out something akin to metal falling lightly on a table. "Aware of it, they were. That exploring, we had been. That splitting up, we were. That make it back, we could not. Saw to that, dozens of their ships did. Tried to lose them on this planet, we had, but caught as we came down, we were. Cut off most of the engines, Skylance fire has. A lone, sinking ship, what remains of the sixth is. Hold together, the hull should, but no way out for us, there is." He pauses once again, for well over a minute. "If returned when the men first asked for... No, even then, already waiting, their ships must have been. If split up the fleet, I hadn't... outnumbered all the same, we would be. At least..." Another pause, this time just a few seconds long. "At least... still working, the rifles are."`
			`	The recording ends, and you two stay in an awkward silence for a minute. "Aware that he had died, I was. Too long it has been. Even if found a safe haven, habitable planet or a friendly group, the fleet had, I knew that long dead, all of them would be." She pauses, and the silence returns for another minute. She shuts off the pylon. "Only, expecting something... anything, I was. A heroic death, a summary of findings. Accomplished nothing, they did. Right after all, the consuls were."`
			choice
				`	"Heroic death or not, he still got some information, didn't he? Information you recovered."`
					goto info
				`	"He didn't get the chance to act heroically. He was ambushed."`
			`	"Massacred, if truthful about the Quarg's numbers, he was," she responds. "Risked a great deal of jump drives, the sixth expedition had. Thought, it was, that with a greater number of Punishers, a greater chance of a safe return, there was." She sighs. "Just decrease our reserve of them, it did."`
				goto back
			label info
			`	"Inconclusive reports on red nebulas or disappearing ruins, what good are they?" she sighs. "After met up in their pincer movement, the groups had, after exploring points of interest, supposed to drive further than we had previously, they were. To reach the galactic core, to maybe find friendly groups to facilitate more trips... achieved, none of the goals were."`
			label back
			`	She goes back to her bunk, saying she wishes to be alone for a while, and you fly to the planet's spaceport. A few hours later, she comes back out. "Finished my report, I have. Ready to go back home I am, Captain <last>. A long trip this was, and promised to pay you well, I did, so when <planet> we reach, give you your well-earned 10,000,000 credits, I shall. Present my findings to the council, I must."`
			choice
				`	"That's a lot of money. I was worried you wouldn't even want to pay me, with how disappointed you were earlier."`
					goto money
				`	"Aren't you worried we'll get ambushed, like how Mimodum's ship was?"`
			`	She grins for a moment, seemingly taking it as a joke. "If going to ambush us, the Quarg were, already done it, they would have. Too close to the Coalition by now, we are."`
				goto accept
			label money
			`	"Ah, forgive me for that, Captain. True it is, that disappointed, I am. However, an inspector should not let that trouble her duties," she explains. "Done your work, you have, so now do mine, I must. Not discussed in Mimodum's audio entries, many details of interest to the council were. An initial gathering of that data, I have prepared."`
			label accept
			`	She asks that you bring her to <destination> as soon as possible, and goes back to her bunk to rest.`
				accept
	on visit
		dialog `You land on <planet>, but realize that your escort carrying Sedlitaris hasn't entered the system yet. Better depart and wait for it.`
	on complete
		"coalition jobs" += 15
		conversation
			`Sedlitaris uses your commlink to tell the spaceport authorities that she's returned, and soon after you land a crowd of Heliarchs and Coalition civilians alike are surrounding your ship. The Heliarch agents try and organize the crowd as best as they can, and a group of Heliarch consuls rush through the masses to meet you two at your ship.`
			`	"Inspector! A most... fortunate return this is. A great deal of information you've collected, we take it?" an Arach consul asks.`
			`	"Yes, eager to hear your report, we are," one of the Kimek consuls continues. "A rare occasion, it is, to be able to learn of the outside from one of our esteemed inspectors."`
			`	A Saryd consul, who's kept a stern look on his face, cuts in. "Returned with his fleet, your ancestor, Mimodum, did not. Learned of the reason for that, have you?"`
			`	"Yes," she says. "Recover as much information as I wished to, I could not, but prepared a report on what Captain <last> and I found, I have. Additionally, recovered two of the pylons Mimodum left, we have."`
			`	One of the consuls addresses you, "Tell us, Captain, run into any er... complications during the trip, have you? Maybe occasioned by the tribune - the inspector - being with you?"`
			choice
				`	"She stayed inside my ship whenever there was a risk of humans seeing her, if that's what you're asking."`
				`	"I didn't notice anything out of the usual, no."`
			`	They call for some agents to get the pylons out of your ship and transport them to somewhere Sedlitaris can present her findings. As they tell her to follow them to the room where the presentation will happen, a Kimek Heliarch breaks through the line of agents keeping the crowd back. You recognize him as Arbiter Kicharri, who you met just before Sedlitaris received approval from the Heliarch council.`
			`	"What is this?" The Saryd consul steps in front of Kicharri as he approaches. "Arbiter, shared with you in due time, the findings will be, but the inspector's report to us consuls, the priority is, so return to your duties you-"`
			`	"No, meet with her family, she will," Kicharri interrupts him. "Heard nothing but hell from her brother, I have. Devastated, her parents were. Now that returned, she has, see them and calm their worries, she will."`
			`	"By whose orders?" An Arach consul jumps in. "Intrigued by her findings, we all are, and listen to her at once, we must."`
			`	"Orders?" Kicharri exclaims. "Orders for her to leave and die, you thought you had given her!" Kicharri looks at Sedlitaris, then back at the consuls. "If so intrigued you are, surely to miss out on any information, you don't want. Best suited for giving a full report, she will be, once rested from her expedition, she has."`
			`	Irked by his response, the consuls have the agents clear the area and have your ship made into a makeshift meeting room for a while, making everyone get out while they head inside to discuss. After many minutes, they come back out, and one of the Kimek says, "Ten days of leave you will be given, tribune. After that, present us your findings, you must. Considered for promotion to arbiter, you also will be, for your bravery and work in the expedition."`
			`	The consul group leaves, and Kicharri approaches you and Sedlitaris. "Tell me about how you were right all along, later, you can," Kicharri tells Sedlitaris. "Right now, add you back to the list of active Heliarchs, I must. Marked as deceased by a 'glitch in the system,' you apparently were." He taps one leg on the ground repeatedly, glancing at your ship. "Glad that you are back safely, I am."`
			`	He leaves as well, and Sedlitaris turns to you. "A bit disorganized, but at least welcomed we were, right?" She looks at your ship, then looks startled. "Your payment! No time to transfer the funds to you, they gave me," she pulls out a personal device, and transfers the 10,000,000 credits to your account. "There you are. Worth much more, your assistance was, but unfortunately limited, my funds are."`
			choice
				`	"Don't worry, I'm glad to have helped."`
					goto end
				`	"Why was everyone so surprised we made it back? Seems they expected to never see you again."`
			`	Her smile drops as you ask the question, and she seemingly struggles to find a place to look at. "I... I, Captain-" She looks around, then takes a deep breath. "Sorry I am, Captain. Ever since independence from the Quarg, we gained, six expeditions out of the Coalition, there were. Return, only ships of the first of them did. The most well equipped and numerous, my ancestor's fleet was, the sixth expeditionary fleet. Increasingly more fearful of leaving, we became, and with the last expedition having been centuries ago, a taboo, even talking about leaving has become. A year after the sixth had left, effectively forbid any further expeditions, the council did." She travels around with her eyes again. "Sorry I am, that kept it hidden from you, I have. Wish to find out what happened, I did. Afraid I was, that refuse to help me like everyone else, you would, if know of the risk, you did."`
			choice
				`	"Well, we made it back safely, and you were passionate enough about this to take the risk. I don't hold it against you."`
					goto forgive
				`	"So you lied to me. You could've gotten us both killed - we could be in a ship sinking into an ocean."`
			`	She's taken aback. "Captain, no Quarg pursuing us, there were. Surely now that inhabit all those systems, humans do, avoid attacking ships like that..." She stops, and sighs. "Sorry for lying to you I am, Captain."`
				goto end
			label forgive
			`	She breathes in relief. "Thank you, Captain. To trick you, my intention wasn't. Thanks to your help, maybe put an end to this fear of leaving, or even convince the council to get the expedition efforts going again, I can."`
			label end
			`	Suddenly, a Saryd Sojourner nearly rams your ship, just barely avoiding it as it lands less than twenty meters from your ship. "My little brother," Sedlitaris says as she looks at the ship. "Forgive me Captain, but get to seeing my family, I must. From the discussion earlier, very worried about me, they must have been. Thanks again for everything." Her brother rushes into hugging her as he leaves his ship, then proceeds to shake her while screaming something. An elderly Saryd couple slowly comes out of the Sojourner as well, and Sedlitaris and her brother go and meet them, hugging and going inside. The Sojourner takes off before the spaceport workers can even begin tending to the ship, and you look at it as it leaves the ringworld.`
			branch sheragi
				has "told coalition about sheragi"
			action
				payment 35000000
			`	When you go back inside your ship, you're notified that more credits have been transferred to your account. It seems to be from the Heliarch government, giving you an extra 25,000,000 credits and thanking you for helping recover the data of the sixth expedition.`
				decline
			label sheragi
			action
				clear "told coalition about sheragi"
				payment 50000000
			`	When you go back inside your ship, you're notified that more credits have been transferred to your account. It seems to be from the Heliarch government, giving you an extra 25,000,000 credits and thanking you for helping recover the data of the sixth expedition. You decide to take some time to rest in your ship, after all that's happened, but not an hour passes before your ship is hailed by the local authorities, asking you to please open your hatch.`
			`	You comply, and one of the Heliarch consuls from earlier, a Saryd, comes in. "Hello, Captain," he greets you with a somewhat shaky voice. "Just going over the findings, we were..." he struggles at finding words, eyes fixated on the ground. "Caught our attention the most, the report on Ancient Light has. The report about the 'Sheragi' and the ruins on a nearby world." He pauses, and pulls out a device similar to the one Sedlitaris used to transfer you your payment. "Finished the journey of ancient Saryd inspectors, humanity's efforts, your efforts, have. For that, hope to compensate you and the girl enough, the council cannot." He inputs a few commands, and you look to see you've received another 15,000,000 credits. "Sent her to die, we had. I had. And with answers to secrets our ancestors dreamed of unveiling, she returned." His eyes finally come up, meeting yours. "Glad I am, that proud of at least one of us, they can be." He looks away again, gives you a nod, and leaves your ship.`



mission "Coalition: Long Lost Property 1"
	minor
	name "Long Lost Property"
	description "Head to the <system> system to recover House Idriss' satellite, or try to learn what happened to it, if it isn't there."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: First Contact: done"
		random < 75
	source "Ablub's Invention"
	destination "Darkstone"
	on offer
		conversation
			`You notice a pair of Arachi, who you assume to be spaceport workers due to their uniforms, talking while pointing to your ship. One of them is slightly shorter than most Arach you've seen, while the other is a good bit taller. They approach you after they see you noticed them, and the larger of them speaks up. "Excuse us you must, Captain, but in need of your help, we are."`
			`	"Work at House Idriss, we do, and looking to recover some lost property, the House is," the shorter one explains. "Accompany us to our headquarters, could you? Meet up with you, our boss-"`
			`	"President," the other one interrupts him.`
			`	"Our president will."`
			choice
				`	"I've got some time. Lead the way."`
					goto proposal
				`	"What is it that you lost?"`
				`	"Sorry, I'm not interested."`
					decline
			`	"Umm... confidential information, that is," the taller one says. "If wish to learn more, you do, accompany us, you should."`
			choice
				`	"Alright then, show me the way."`
				`	"This seems a bit shady. I'll pass."`
					decline
			label proposal
			`	They bring you to a dead end street not far from the spaceport surrounded by various older buildings. A wide hole is at the end, almost like a subway entrance, with stairs leading dozens of meters underground. You follow them down the stairs to find something similar to a customs area, where some Arachi and Kimek in uniforms ready their stations once they see you three.`
			`	You continue after some waiting, as the operators insist on manually inspecting every last bit of your electronic devices. Inside, you see a few dozen workers at their computers, with one occasionally heading to the back and taking an elevator somewhere. They seldom talk, so the only sound you can make out is that of some machinery working below you. Eventually, you're greeted by an Arach in some manner of tuxedo, or at least their equivalent to one, a blueish fabric dotted with black buttons. "Ah, Captain <last>, you must be!" she greets you. "To our corporate headquarters, I welcome you."`
			`	She urges you to follow her to her office, and you go along with the two Arachi who guided you here. Once you're in the office, a modest, spacious room made to accommodate the Arachi, she introduces herself. "Flopug, you may call me. Acting president of House Idriss, I am. Now, told about what we need your services for, were you?"`
			choice
				`	"These two told me House Idriss lost something."`
				`	"No, not really."`
			`	"Nearly nine thousand years ago, before even formed, the Coalition was, launched a... probe of sorts, for a long term experiment, that time's House Idriss had," she explains. "Sent to a nearby system where a habitable planet could be, it was, accelerating to approximately half the speed of light." She taps somewhere on the desk with one of her legs, and a screen appears at the top, showing a map of the local star systems. "Recognize this one, do you?" she asks, pointing to one of the systems. "A system currently inhabited by humans, we believe it is. Arrive there, the probe soon should, if arrived already, it hasn't."`
			`	Upon further inspection, you piece together the systems in the screen, and realize the system she's pointing to is <system>, just one jump away.`
			choice
				`	"I haven't heard news of any probes entering Han."`
				`	"So what do you want me to do?"`
					goto do
			`	"No? Well, the destination for the probe, that system was. Hmm... maybe delaying itself for some extra data..." She goes quiet, lost in thought for a while.`
			label do
			`	"Need someone to retrieve the probe, we do. Designed, it was, with an artificial intelligence that would learn during the trip, so even if terribly outdated, the equipment is, possibly invaluable, the data it gathered by observing starlight could be. Or simply mildly amusing, but hoping for the former, we are."`
			choice
				`	"Alright, I'll go look for it."`
					goto accept
				`	"What if I can't find it in the system? If it hasn't arrived, would I need to wait a long time for it to get there?"`
					goto wait
				`	"What's in it for me?"`
			`	"Pay you handsomely for the retrieval, House Idriss would," she answers. "Also, if of any use, the data is, adapted to deep space, the artificial intelligence may have done. New technologies, this could provide us, and to you we would share such a prize."`
				goto accept
			label wait
			`	"Not too long," the short Arach answers. "Minor changes in its speed, the probe might have had, but delay its arrival for more than a few weeks, it could not. One week from now, the absolute limit date for its arrival is."`
			`	"If locate it immediately, you do not, maybe ask the local humans you could," the taller one adds. "Newsworthy in most systems, such an event would be."`
			label accept
			`	They show you an image of the probe, which looks pretty much like an ordinary satellite, and say they'll work on your ship's scanning system to pick up the object's signature easier. Flopug says goodbye and tells you she must continue working, but has the two Arachi bring you back to your ship and adjust your scanners. They wish you good luck once they're done, and leave your ship.`
				accept
	on enter "Han"
		dialog `You let your scanners work for a few minutes, but they don't manage to locate House Idriss' probe. It might not yet have arrived in the system, but it would be best to look for information on Darkstone.`

mission "Coalition: Long Lost Property 2"
	landing
	name "Lost and Found"
	description "Head to <planet>, base of the pirate who scavenged House Idriss' probe, and try to get it back from him."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 1: done"
	source "Darkstone"
	destination "Greenrock"
	on offer
		conversation
			`After looking up the recent local news, you feel relieved as you won't need to wait for the probe to arrive: average headlines like "Unidentified Object Enters Han" or more sensationalist ones like "Doomsday Drone! What YOU Can Do In the Face of Impending Doom" were all the rage a few weeks ago, when the probe first arrived. None of them detail what happened to it, though, so you decide to ask the planet's inhabitants.`
			`	The spaceport workers you ask don't seem to know much more than the fact that it entered the system weeks ago, and some of the locals seem to have believed the more dramatic headlines, getting worried when you bring it up. When you reach the local produce market, one of the farmers you ask sheds some light on the issue. "A band of pirates passed by here just a few days after I watched the news about that machine. They were here for the usual, getting food from us as tribute. Must've read the news while they were here. One of them asked me about it, if we had seen it do anything dangerous. I said no, and he muttered something about selling it in a junkyard."`
			choice
				`	"Did you catch his name?"`
					goto name
				`	"Do you know where he went to sell it?"`
			`	"No, but I'd guess <planet>. It's the biggest hub for their kind of activity around these parts."`
				goto accept
			label name
			`	He snickers lightly, shaking his head. "I don't keep a list of their names. It's rare enough that any of them come around more than once, most get blown out of the sky before they get the chance. It's a short life they lead, those gangs from <planet>."`
			label accept
			`	You thank him for the information, and decide to head to <destination> to see if you can find the pirate who scavenged the probe, or the junkyard he sold it to.`
				accept
	to complete
		never
	to fail
		or
			has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3: active"
			has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3: done"

mission "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3"
	landing
	name "Reclaim the Probe"
	description "Search around pirate systems outside the South, and find the fleet that stole the probe. When you find it, bring it back to <destination>."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 2: active"
	source "Greenrock"
	destination "Ablub's Invention"
	on offer
		conversation
			`When you ask one of the market organizers about a local pirate returning with an alien probe, you find out he already sold it. You are then pointed to a large, surprisingly well-kept junkyard, which is something of a miniature shipyard: a few crews work on their ships in the vicinity, adding or switching parts for those they just bought. The junkyard itself is surrounded by half a dozen concrete buildings, with defensive turrets on top. A few excavators and bulldozers move ship pieces and other components around, trying to keep everything organized.`
			`	You tell one of the workers you're looking for the probe, and they leave for a few minutes, heading inside the gray building by the entrance.`
			branch money
				"credits" > 1000000
			`	They come back alone, saying, "Boss has looked you up, and found your pockets a bit empty. If you want that kind of information, come back when you're ready to pay."`
				defer
			label money
			`	When they come back, they beckon you to go inside, bringing you to a simple office where a middle-aged, balding man is waiting. "So, I hear you're looking for my latest big acquisition? Mind telling me what has you so interested in it?"`
			choice
				`	"I was hired to get it for someone."`
				`	"No reason."`
			`	He grins. "Well, you're out of luck, it was sold the day after I got it. Damn shame I couldn't make more advertisement out of it, but the offer was too good." He gets up from his chair, and leans on the table, looking at you. "Now, I like to keep business organized around here, so of course, I know a thing or two about who the buyers were. I can't just tell you, though, I deal with dangerous people at times. One day I tell you where they are, the other there's a fleet ready to tear down my business here. If I had, say, a million credits to hire some helpers in case that happened..."`
			choice
				`	"When I'm done they won't have a fleet to come here. A hundred thousand should be enough of a tip for pointing me their way."`
				`	"Fine, just tell me already."`
					goto bribe
			branch "convince" "fail"
				random < 20
			label convince
			action
				payment -100000
			`	He stares at you for a few seconds, and lets out a laugh. "Well, it was worth a try. Alright, a hundred thousand it is."`
				goto where
			label fail
			`	"Now I can't just trust you to get every last one of their ships, can I?" he replies. "If you want to make it worth for me, it's a million. If you're not interested, there's nothing I can do about it."`
			
			# For the mission NPCs to work properly, this needs to force an accept at this point.
			# Add a choice to defer once some sort of "on board" child of "npc" exists and allows for all NPCs to be defined in just this mission.
			
			choice
				`	"Fine, just tell me already."`
			label bribe
			action
				payment -1000000
			`	"Thank you for your patronage," he says, and sits back down.`
			label where
			`	"The men who approached me for the machine are pirates, though I imagine you already had that figured out," he begins. "They aren't from the south though, I could tell you that much. Older, better dressed. Said they had read the reports about the 'unknown probe' entering Han, and wanted it for their business. I asked how they intended to use it, nobody here had figured how it worked, but they said they'd find a way to make use of it, have it serve as some kind of surveillance equipment, or something like that."`
			choice
				`	"What do you think they meant by that?"`
					goto meant
				`	"Did you catch their names?"`
			`	"Did they tell me their names? Yes. Their real ones? Doubt it. They seemed organized enough that they wanted to keep that information hidden. I did get a look at their ships while we were loading the product into one of them, though."`
				goto ships
			label meant
			`	He shrugs, "My guess is their base is behind some bottleneck, so they wanted something that could tell them in advance if any Navy or bounty hunter was coming for them. I did get to look at their ships, seemed very well equipped for running away, if they knew someone was coming."`
			label ships
			`	He tells you the ship the probe was loaded onto was a Quicksilver, heavily modified to make for a stronger warship. You walk out of the junkyard with the information, and prepare your ship to look for the pirates.`
				accept
	on enter "Persian"
		dialog `Entering the system, your scanners catch a trio of heavily modified Quicksilvers. They also inform you that the probe is in the system, though it fails at giving you its exact location, as if something is causing interference. The Quicksilvers notice you and ready their guns.`
	npc board
		personality staying nemesis target
		government "Bounty"
		system "Persian"
		ship "Marauder Quicksilver (Engines) (Safe)" "Cohen"
		conversation
			action
				set "idriss probe recovered"
			`The pirates are waiting for you when you board their Quicksilver, and you exchange shots for a while. Once you've cleared the entrance, you explore the ship, and find what should be the probe - it matches what you were shown by House Idriss' workers, if with a lot of extra wiring wrapped around it. The pirates must have tinkered with it in attempts to use it as a warning system about incoming fleets. You remove the wires, free the probe from its attachments to the ship, and let it loose into the void. You then hurry back to your ship, and catch the drifting probe into your hold. Now you need only bring it back to House Idriss.`
				launch
	to complete
		has "idriss probe recovered"
	on complete
		clear "idriss probe recovered"
		payment 500000
		conversation
			`After you land, you head to the underground base of House Idriss, where Flopug meets with you again. "Arrange for the probe to be brought here at once, I will," she says, dispatching some workers to where your ship is. After a few minutes, she is informed that it's secured in the "lower levels," and heads there herself to take a look at what data it gathered.`
			`	When she returns, followed by the Arach duo who brought you here the first time, she hands you <payment>. "Registers of some attempts at breaching the probe's security, there are, but compromised the data, thankfully none of them have. A most curious path, its AI took," she says. "As fine-tuned as our current systems, it is not, but developed its algorithms to better determine the current status of distant stars, it has. Still going over the data, we are, so how accurate it became, we don't yet know."`
			`	The other Arachi tell you they'll meet you in the spaceport once they finish checking the data, as they'd like you to check a system personally in order to compare it with what the probe's information. They accompany you to the staircase leading back to the street, then head back to continue analyzing the data.`

# Replace the below two missions once some sort of "on board" child of "npc" exists.
mission "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3A"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 2: active"
		"credits" > 1000000
	source "Greenrock"
	npc board
		personality staying nemesis target
		government "Bounty"
		system "Persian"
		ship "Marauder Quicksilver (Safe)" "Coven"
		conversation
			`You fight you way through the ship, but after you search the cargo hold and outfits in the Quicksilver, you realize the probe must be in another ship.`
				launch
	to complete
		never
	to fail
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3: done"

mission "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3B"
	invisible
	landing
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 2: active"
		"credits" > 1000000
	source "Greenrock"
	npc board
		personality staying nemesis target
		government "Bounty"
		system "Persian"
		ship "Marauder Quicksilver (Weapons) (Safe)" "Conan"
		conversation
			`After walking in the oddly empty vessel for a while, you hear an alarm sound and see pirates rushing to you from a door they blast open. You head back to your ship, avoiding what shots come your way as best as you can, and quickly close off the entrance on your side. When you look at the Quicksilver again, you see its self-destruction sequence is starting.`
				launch
	to complete
		never
	to fail
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3: done"

mission "Coalition: Long Lost Property 4"
	name "Comparing Binaries"
	description "Head to <waypoints> to gather data on the binary stars, so that House Idriss may compare it with their probe's own predictions."
	to offer
		has "Coalition: Long Lost Property 3: done"
	source "Ablub's Invention"
	waypoint "Alnasl"
	on offer
		conversation
			`The Arach duo greet you in the spaceport and ask you to bring them inside your ship to talk. They look to the sides and behind them every other moment, as if watching out for something. When you're inside your ship's command room, the taller one speaks. "Compared the probe's prediction with its last reading of the system of arrival, we have. A very good approximation to real conditions, it reached. Though incredibly outdated, its hardware is, an ingenious program, what my ancestors-"`
			`	"Our ancestors," the short one interrupts him.`
			`	"What our ancestors created is."`
			`	They show you a device with a map on screen, depicting nearby star systems, and the short Arach starts explaining. "Intrigued as to just how accurate its predictions have become, we are, so to verify its data about a star deeper in human space, the next step is." He points to a system at the edge of the map. "Have humans discovered this system, Captain? Interested in comparing the probe's data on far away binary stars, the president is."`
			`	You look at the screen and at your own map for a moment, and recognize the system as <waypoints>. "Settled it is, then. Head to that system, you should," the taller one speaks again. "Still with our adjustments, your scanners are, so just tinker them a bit to gather the needed data, we will."`
			`	Once they're done with your scanners a few minutes later, they leave your ship and wish you good luck.`
				accept
	on enter "Alnasl"
		dialog `One of your monitors brings up various sets of data written in the Arach language when you enter the system, and your scanners begin gathering the data House Idriss wants. A few minutes pass until a loading bar comes up. When it reaches the end, another one appears, and the process repeats a few more times. After about an hour, your monitor goes back to normal.`
	on complete
		event "outskirts gauger ready" 157 342
		payment 250000
		conversation
			`Flopug is waiting by the landing bays for you, with the Arach duo beside her. They come inside your ship when you've landed, and start checking the data, after Flopug pays you <payment>.`
			`	"Umm... more errors with this one, the probe committed," the taller Arach says. "Gotten a good deal right, it still did, but a shame it is, that deal with that much more of a distance, it couldn't."`
			`	"Not distance, the cause of errors was," the short Arach responds. "Confused with the binaries' signatures, it got. Refined to account for binary star systems and their oddities, its algorithms had to be."`
			`	"At any rate, happy to call the probe's voyage a success, I am," Flopug cuts them off. "Expected it to have developed this well, we hadn't, when notified of its existence by... I mean, when remember about the approaching date of its arrival to that system, we did."`
			`	They turn your scanners back to normal, telling you that they'll work on using the data to develop a new piece of scanning equipment. They also tell you that they will let you know about it when it's ready, the next time you're on <origin>, though it may be many months before they're ready. After thanking you for your help once again, the three Arachi leave your ship.`

event "outskirts gauger ready"

mission "Coalition: Outskirts Gauger Ready"
	landing
	invisible
	to offer
		has "event: outskirts gauger ready"
	source "Ablub's Invention"
	on offer
		outfit "Outskirts Gauger" 1
		conversation
			`When you leave your ship, you're greeted by Flopug of House Idriss. "Completed the work on our newest set of scanners, we have. Since helped us with recovering the probe and its data, you have, only fair, it is, that gifted a copy of the equipment, you are."`
			`	She asks to come in your ship, and tells you to take off, guiding you to a factory complex on another region of the planet. As the <ship> touches down on the hangar, the platform loudly moves gears and chains, and soon starts bringing the ship, and you, deep down into the facility, with hangar doors closing above you shortly. When the elevator stops, you and Flopug step out into what's something of a mix between a Coalition outfitter, and House Idriss' headquarters. Several Arachi work on their stations, most of them tending to a large amalgam of antennae dishes and sensors. "Our gift to you, that is," Flopug says as she signals to the Arachi to start installing the scanner into your ship. "The Outskirts Gauger, we've named it."`
			`	While the Arachi work on the outfit, she explains that they used the probe's algorithms to have the scanners excel at finding basic energy signatures, such as heat or energy levels of other ships. "Made to check for complex machinery like outfits, or recognize specific cargo types, it was not, but still find uses for its current form, I'm sure you will."`
			`	When everything's ready, you two head back inside your ship, and the elevator brings you back up. You fly back to the main landing area, and she pulls close to you just before you open your hatch. "Now, still... experimental, the outfit is, and provide the Heliarchs with a potentially faulty product, we do not wish. So, naturally, not yet registered it with them, we have. Provide you with more copies, we cannot, so careful not to lose this one, you should be." She thanks you again for helping out, and leaves for her workplace.`
				decline



mission "Heliarchs Buy Jump Drive Mission"
	minor
	landing
	invisible
	"apparent payment" 5000000
	to offer
		has "known to the heliarchs"
		has "outfit (cargo): Jump Drive"
	source
		government "Heliarch"
	on offer
		conversation
			`Your ship has barely touched down in the <origin> when several dozen Heliarch warships of all sizes start landing around it. The local garrison wastes no time in hailing you. "Captain <last>, our esteemed friend. Noticed it was that in your possession an extra jump drive is. Aid us tremendously any extra copies would, so if willing to sell your spare to us you are, thank you with <payment> we will." Many Heliarchs leave their ships, staring at the <ship> as they eagerly wait for your decision.`
			choice
				`	(Accept the deal.)`
					goto accept
				`	(No, you're not interested.)`
			`	"Regrettable that is," the Heliarch voice hailing you says with great disappointment. "If ever change your mind you do, prepared, a special job request will be, for when a spare jump drive you bring. Recommend it we do that our offer you carefully consider, Captain. Very generous in rewarding you for any and all copies you bring us, we would be."`
				decline
			label accept
			`	They thank you profusely, and as if collectively told about the decision in an instant, all the Heliarch personnel stop gawking, and make space for an army of engineers to come and remove the spare jump drive from your ship. Still watching the scene, only now in formations, the Heliarch agents whisper among themselves, rarely shifting their eyes, as if looking at a spectacle.`
			`	Once the drive is out of your ship, it is secured in an excessively reinforced container and transported to a restricted section of the ring, under the guard of hundreds of armed soldiers. One of the Heliarchs who seem to be in charge of the procedure, an Arach, personally comes to you, thanking you again and handing you <payment>. "Honor us you do with such generosity, Captain. Though made great progress in studying jump drives and their mechanisms, we have, still incapable of creating our own, we are, and means of acquiring new copies we have not. Tremendously valuable, each and every drive you could bring us is, so prepare special job requests for them, I will. If interested in selling any more jump drives, you are, check the job boards in the rings, from now on you should."`
			branch license
				"coalition jobs" < 30
			`	She thanks you yet again, salutes, and leaves to follow the entourage guarding the newly purchased jump drive.`
				accept
			label license
			action
				"reputation: Coalition" += 10
				"reputation: Heliarch" += 10
				set "license: Coalition"
				log "Sold a jump drive to the Heliarchs and received permission to purchase Coalition civilian technology and ships."
				log "Factions" "Saryds" `Saryds are an alien species who look suspiciously similar to the centaurs found in early human mythology. They prefer to live on worlds with as much green space as possible, and even their major cities are full of parks and gardens. Most Saryds live in small communes with up to a few dozen of them per house.`
				log "Factions" "Kimek" `The Kimek are large insectoid aliens, and are members of the Coalition. They discovered spaceflight after the Saryds, but before the Arachi. They are intensely social creatures, preferring to live together in massive buildings with thousands of inhabitants, and many of their worlds have populations in the tens of billions, far more than any human world.`
				log "Factions" "Arachi" `The spider-like Arachi were the last of the three Coalition species to discover interstellar travel. Most members of their society owe allegiance to one of the great Arach "Houses," organizations that are somewhat similar to guilds and that each specialize in one particular form of industry or technology.`
			`	She thanks you yet again, salutes, and leaves to follow the entourage guarding the newly purchased jump drive. Not a minute after she has left, three more Heliarchs arrive at your ship, a delegation consisting of a member of each of the three Coalition species, all wearing golden circlets denoting their rank and authority. "A most unexpected, but greatly value contribution this is," the Saryd says, "to think that so eager would our visitor be to prove their diligence and commitment."`
			`	The Kimek says, "As aided you have our society in breaking free of the Quarg's cages, with our society's technology may you be trusted."`
			`	"But," says the Arach, "like all civilians, even citizens, to you our weapons and warships we still cannot sell."`
			choice
				`	"Thank you."`
					goto end
				`	"Why don't you allow civilians to purchase weapons or warships?"`
			`	"For the sake of peace it is," says the Saryd. "The Heliarch military, well trained to use weapons only for defense and only for justice, they are. And to place the needs of the Coalition over the ambitions of their own native species, each one committed is. No such discipline do civilians have, even you. But as a respectful guest you are, to maintain your weapons we shall allow."`
			label end
			`	Apparently nothing is for sale here, but they assure you that many Coalition worlds will now grant you access to their shipyards and outfitters. The three Heliarchs all express their deep gratitude for your generosity with providing them a fresh jump drive, and wish you well.`
				accept


	on accept
		"coalition jobs" >?= 30
		outfit "Jump Drive" -1
		payment 5000000
		fail
