Stealing from the Space Port

Stealing from the Space Port is episode 93 of Assertive Acquisitions. This exciting episode contains role playing elements with custom set builds and extras played by community members. 
==Synopsis==
Our three heroes barely remember how they agreed to signal their contact (hint: not flares). With freshly repaired tires, they cross yet another bridge in new and exciting ways. On the other side, they wait for the contact in safe distance from the ASSERT Space Port. Splitsie tells TFE a story about how being measured for tailoring his spacesuit was uncomfortable. 
A different contact shows up and drops off datapads for Splitsie, and sandwiches for "the orange one." They learn that Purple Contact has infiltrated the crew of the spaceport and has sent them a security card for access on foot. He has identified a ship to steal but cannot get around the defences alone.
They grab equipment and sneak up to the spaceport walls on foot in the dark, taking cover in dense fog behind a wreck as the spaceport demonstrates its defences by shooting down a drone near them. They sneak in through a side door, nervously avoiding guards and searchlights. They hide in a small home and Capac finds and reads a datapad with Star Trek fanfiction. When they are startled by a burst of gunfire outside, they hide under a thruster rack in the foggy courtyard. 
Looking for a way inside the control tower of the anti-air guns, they sneak through the central hangar. Splitsie spots a huge ASSERT drone parked outside, and large ASSERT ion thrusters stored inside and loaded onto transporters. Inside, they meet Purple Contact who confirms their plan and goes back to his cover of "dusting off a drone relic"The Drifting Persuant is a classic enemy drone from the base game.. 
They sneak through the hangars and past drone tanks until they find a staircase. They run up and through vents and secret hideouts to the top of the tower, avoiding being seen by the nightshift. TFE's gun misfires once but they are not detected. Up in the control tower, they eliminate a guard and Splitsie successfully powers down the big AA guns. 
They rig up a timed explosion upstairs and run downstairs where they reunite with Purple and shoot their way "outta here". They decide against stealing the Cardinal and head for the Gauntlet while Splitsie volunteers to drive a transporter as a distraction. 
Inside the stolen Gauntlet, they overcome its robot crew. Capac gets shot and respawns at the Vann Go, but that means he can assist the fleeing Splitsie. Splitsie dangles the transporter (including the coveted thruster) from the Vann Go, while Capac hurries back to get his own truck. Meanwhile, TFE and Purple fly the Gauntlet to the trade station meeting point. Capac and Splitsie cross the bridge again and Splitsie almost gets stuck on it because his asymmetric rover doesn't fit, facing the other way. 
The four reconvene in the Gauntlet at the trade station. They finalise the deal with Purple: TFE, Capac, and Purple will fly the Gauntlet up to the SkyWarp, take out all the Gauntlet's ASSERT thrusters, replace them with normal thrusters, and then Purple is free to leave in the refitted Gauntlet plus a share of space credits. All parties get what they wanted: Splitsie gets ASSERT thrusters, Purple gets a solid ticket out of here, and Capac gets to shoot flares indoors. Splitsie stays behind at the Trade station with the land vehicles to finish some business. 
==Quotes==
Capac: I'm not eating the sandwich, I'm looking at it, I'm admiring the sandwich. You gotta let these things breathe. You gotta soak in the majesty before you soak in the mayonnaise!
Splitsie: Flares and rockets don't really equal stealth, Capac. 
Capac: That was plan B. - TFE: It should be plan Z!!
Capac (sings with a cowboy accent, with a burning thruster as a campfire): "The staaars at night are biiig and bright..." Probably the song Deep In The Heart Of Texas?
==Trivia==
The large ASSERT Space Port was a kit bash built by community members Eisen, Gruzzob, Jexsam, Cyph, and Dragnon. 
The Drifting Persuant ("floating chaser") in the hangar is a space pirate drone made by Keen.
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