The Deep Ether Campaign/Session 25

The party, now minus Dr. Garrel, has been reunited with Banshee and some of Sigvald's agents (minus the Reaper)and both groups have been enlisted by the soulless de Turenne to serve in a plot to defeat the Naga and the Anathema and, ultimately, to put an end to Selene Veer's experiments on the Dust World. The party will be given a host of slaves to devise a new and better Mind Virus to introduce to the Covens of Corrobel.
 The party's main goal is now to sow pandemonium among the Covens and force the Naga to confront and destroy the Anathema. This strategy represents a major gamble, for the Naga could simply merge with the Anathema, making it vastly more powerful than before. But if successful, it will kill two birds with one stone and open Naga Space to conquest and give the officers of the Tarim Terror the resources to end Selene Veer's existential threat.
Who will rule the remains of Naga civilization is yet to be seen. It could be Sigvald, whose campaign to seize Nidev's territory has essentially doubled his fleet (and while doubtless ill-received by the Naga, could escape their retaliation simply out of fear of the Anethema). It could be de Turenne, who clearly does not see the Naga as his masters and seems oddly confident of his survival when they collapse. If no clear leadership emerges, it could be the KM who extract a fortune from the various warring Perfect Princes.
A few next steps for the party:
# Allie and Regi will be focused on R&D around the Mind Virus
# de Turenne will grant the party a secret base (unknown even to the Naga) which the ATC used as a depot
# Banshee must decide which of his servants/agents to keep with him and what role he wants to play in this scheme
# The party needs Naga samples for experiments, which means it's finally time to go whaling. The Naga hunt leviathans, and de Turenne plots their paths carefully. With a little help, he can point the party to a human raiding ship, which they can seize and then use to get close to a Naga hunting party (without ruining the Terror's excellent cover) and "acquire" adult Naga.
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