The Deep Ether Campaign/Session 12

The party has bought themselves some time to have almost free reign over the station to scavenge and experiment. General status of vessels: the Taigun is effectively destroyed, the kamikaze ships are all destroyed, Pickman's vessel Tarim Terror is damaged (dorsal gun deck destroyed, forward torpedo bay disabled, crew decks severely damaged, rear torpedo bay damaged) but ether-worthy (bridge, cargo bay, engines, ventral gun deck intact) and the Mage Imperium cruiser commanded by Nidev's proxy is essentially hollowed out (engines and crew decks obliterated, ventral sections obliterated, bridge obliterated, weapons arrays severely damaged).
The Foundation was severely damaged, but still minimally functional. The hologram system seemed capable only of projecting a shimmering blue wall, rather than the ghostly humanoid shapes of before. It has been two days since the Dalcia's Spoils was dispatched to report to the main KM fleet: the KM ships were docked at the Forgotten World, while Sigvald's ships are probably patrolling his space within a few days of the station.
The one who encountered the Dalcia's Spoils first was something of a matter of chance, but Sigvald's ships were likely to be the first. However, the Dalcia's Spoils was acting on old intelligence: namely, that the party was holding the Station and that Nidev's forces were close but not yet committed to an engagement. The probable order of notification was: Sigvald's agents -> KM -> Sigvald, and each may have responded differently to the uncertain information conveyed by the Dalcia's Spoils.
This left the party with an uncertain window of autonomy: from their best information and Migna's knowledge of Nidev's space, Nidev threw everything he had in the way of local forces at the Station, so any follow-up from him would take a week at least and more probably several weeks. Sigvald's agents may already have encountered the Dalcia's Spoils which could mean they will be in the vicinity within two days. The KM will, at best, know within a few more days, and they won't arrive for a week or more. Sigvald himself, assuming he was still on his world, won't know for at least another week, so he won't be able to arrive for a good two weeks.
So the party has at least two days to themselves. They will have reinforcements before Nidev can strike again, and probably KM support before Sigvald can arrive. This leaves them with a choice to make: how much do they fortify the Station as opposed to pillaging it?
The only officer you lost was Andropov. The crew probably is not thrilled.
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