"The Trio"

(INTRODUCTION OF NEW PARTY 3 HOURS BEFORE CREW LANDS ON SHIMMERWATER)

* The town of Sundown, Bounty Hunter Franz walks through the town, a lead for a new job on the horizon.
* Sirena teaches children, spreading the word of CosmoKnights
* Waking from a Coma, Iva wakes within a prison on a planet she doesn't know.

### FRANZ

* Franz proceeds to the saloon, looking for a contact.
* He drops 50 credits to a dishevelled woman before carrying on forwards.
* The town center has 4 people in a showdown. One emerges victorious, looting the bodies to the applause of watcherson.
* Franz mutters to himself, degenerates.
* The old man who emerged a winner, calls out to Franz and square up, but Franz ignores him and moves on.
* As he arrives to the Saloon, a man is launched from the window.
* Entering the Saloon, the room silences completely, watching Franz intently.
* Asking what they're staring at, the room resumes it's normal activities.
* Franz asks the bartender for a contact. The bartender walks into the back room.
* Franz robs the drink of the younglooking man beside him, but passes 5 credits before the kid can leave.

### SIRENA

* Sirena teaches her pupils, watching as the children roughen eachother up.
* Scolds a kid who causes a ruckus.
* She asks the children what they wish to be when older.
* Tells them they should want to do their job because they enjoy it.
* Another child wishes to be a CosmoKnight like their teacher.
* So long as the child wishes to preserve a singular aspect of the universe, it'll be possible.
* Communication comes in from Sirenas father.
* It is a text, informing her of an ARanked Mission.
* Slaves have been accquired on Shimmerwater in the very town she's in, she must rescue them.
* A BountyHunter was hired as well that she can meet in the town.
* Sirena bids farewell to the children, maybe she'll one day see them in The Spire.
* She heads to the Saloon to meet the contact.
* As she arrives, she sees two Marshals dragging a man into the Jail opposite the Saloon.
* She heads to the bar inside the Saloon to ask for the contact.
* The bartender himself is the contact and hands both of them some parchment with the info they need.
* 5 slaves have been taken by Gunmen of the Apocalypse.
* 4 guards total.
* Save them and get them to a contact outside of town.
* Two dangers noted as The Wardens (Ring and Ding)
* Shows Guard Rotations.
* Gunmen of the Apocalypse are the strongest gang on Shimmerwater.
* Franz and Sirena introduce themselves to one another.
* Very corrupt law, at Ring and Dings orders usually.
* Pair make plans on how to save the slaves.
* Plan to take out the guards silently if possible, one at a time.
* Sirenna tells of her family CosmoKnight Lineage and the aspect of Time.
* Franz has kept a clean record for his contracts.

### IVA

* Wakes up in a prison cell, surrounded by metal bars, stone walls and a small window.
* Another inmate rests against the bars in the cell next to hers.
* The inmate coughs, getting Ivas attention.
* He claims Iva has been asleep for some time and welcomes her to Shimmerwater.
* Tells her how they're all fated to become slaves at the mines.
* Iva asks if there are any plans to escape.
* He says there is, but she'll need her items.
* He used to be in her room but was moved out.
* He claims that he'd begun digging a hole to the evidence room below, behind the toilet.
* SlimJim is the head "inmate" who'd trade many things for anything potentially 'precious'
* Iva pushes the toilet aside to look into the tunnel. It's nearly finished.
* Iva looks about the room to see if there is anything to use to dig down the hole.
* She takes apart the dinky bed in the room and attempts to dig through the hole with the leg of the bed.
* It's loud and a guard begins to walk down the halls on patrol.
* The inmate shushes her and gets her to hide the hole once more.
* The guard taunts Iva about finally waking up.
* Iva decides to ignore the guard as he smokes and walks away.
* Iva resumes digging down through the ditch.
* Eventually, she can see a small hole that shows an empty room and several chests.
* Iva manages to dig her way through the remnants of the ditch and stamps herself through the hole.
* She falls 5ft and hits the room below.

### FRANZ & SIRENA

* Sirena prays and seemingly summons holy armour around herself.
* Sirenas empathy allows her to feel Franz' confidence, but also slight disappointment with the contract.
* The pair of them head to the doorway of the Jail.
* Peeping through some bars, they can see a guard assuming his patrol.
* Franz enters the Jail, planning to distract the guard so that Sirena can sneak around him to take out the other one.
* Franz introduces himself as a bounty hunter to the guard at the desk, inquiring about any bounties the jail may have.
* The guard turns to look through some shelves and as he does, Sirena attempts to sneak through to the next room.
* She manages to do so without being seen, but the doorway is locked to the next room.
* The guard catches sight of her at the door and calls her over to the desk instead.
* Claims there is no bounties and for Franz to come back another time.
* Franz tries to trick the guard into looking upon the shelves again but fails.
* As the guard looks down onto some sheets containing a possible job, Franz has his AI inject him with Adrenaline.
* Franz attempts to bash the guards head into the desk but fails.
* Sirena also launches a flurry of blows at the guard and manages to hit him.
* The Guard, as he is pushed back, looks up to find himself on the end of Franz' pistol.
* Franz' pistol is silenced as it shoots into the guards body and forces him back to the wall.
* The guard has no time to react as Franz continually unloads bullet after bullet into him, leaving him to scream as he dies.

### IVA

* Iva looks about the chests for her equipment, hearing the scream of the guard from above.
* She eventually finds her equipment before stacking the chests to climb back to the cell.
* She falls through the chests, making a loud noise through the Jail.
* She runs to the door to bash her way through with her shield.
* The door shatters beneath her strength and splinters through a guard on the other side.

### FRANZ & SIRENA

* Sirena opens the locked door, staying to the side.
* A guard is waiting with his rifle aimed at the doorway.
* The moment it opens, Franz takes a blindshot around the corner at the guards rifle.
* Guard attempts to bluff having more guards with him to no avail.
* Sirena uses telepathy to force the guards gun from his hands.
* Franz attempts to shoot the guard as he retreats but misses.
* The doors to the cells are locked.
* Inmate tells Franz and Sirena about Iva digging into the lowerlevel.
* Sirena opens the cells with keys she's looted.
* The pair of them shoo the slaves towards the Saloon and to use the backroom as a hideout.

### IVA

* Iva walks through the broken doorway, looking around to find a sleeping guard in the corner bed.
* She throws the guard into a wall and orders him to tell her a way out.
* The guard tells her the way before being headbutted by Iva.
* Guards knocked unconscious and Iva walks the way he pointed.
* She opens the door to find the undersheriff and decides to fight him.
* Another guard runs back upstairs to deal with other prisoners.
* The Undersheriff avoids a couple of Iva's attacks before getting bashed in the head by the corner of her shield.
* The Undersheriff swipes away some blood from his lip before knocking on the Wardens door next to him, alerting Ring and Ding.

### FRANZ & SIRENA

* An explosion echoes through the hallways as the guard running upstairs triggers a mine set by Franz.
* Franz takes the chance to burst the guard down with gunfire, forcing him to the ground.
* The Guard throws his hands up, begging them to stop as he gives up.
* Sirena uses empathy to see if he's telling the truth and seems to believe him.
* Franz crushes his neck instead and continues on.
* The pair of them find the hole dug down inside Ivas cell and decide to hop down.
* The room they find themselves in is a mess, but they hear gunfire in the distant hallways.
* Franz finds the knocked out Guard and shoots him through the skull.
* The pair move forward towards the door where Iva is fighting the Undersheriff.

### SHARED

* Iva pins the Undersheriff to the wall with her shield
* She attempts to intimidate him into calling out that everything is okay to the Wardens.
* She fails to do so and The Undersheriff doesn't abide by her order.
* Franz and Sirena enter the doorway and find Iva.
* Iva introduces herself
* Franz and Sirena convince Iva to let them deal with The Undersheriff.
* Franz goes to shoot Undersheriff Xander, but Xander has a stick of dynamite he's set alight.
* The room lights up with an explosion.
* Franz avoids damage completely while Sirena and Iva take some minor burns.
* The doorway to the wardens office is ripped open.
* Wardens begin fight with Iva, Sirena and Franz.
* The pair manage to down Iva, but Sirena gets her back up.
* Ring gives his life to try and get Ding safe passage out.
* Franz kills Ring, and Ding offers a deal to Franz.
* A one on one showdown between them, if she wins she gets to take back prisoners and leave. If he wins, she's dead anyway.
* Ding shoots Franz in the back during the duel.
* Franz lays into Dings body with his guns and nearly kills her.
* Ding barely holds to life before Sirena finishes her off with a flurry of blows.
* Iva, Franz & Sirena loot the siblings.
* Sirena unlocks the collar from Ivas neck and frees her from the collar.
* The three of them go to retrieve the other freed slaves to fulfill the contract and rendevous at the towns outskirts.
* Franz tries to find the bartender in the Saloons back rooms.
* Bartender is sleeping before Franz wakes him and tells him the contract is complete.
* Franz tells the bartender to find a better fit for the sheriff in town.
* He leaves with the Iva, Sirena and the slaves to the outskirts.
* As they're leaving, they see a flash of bright green in the distance.
* They hear a woman with a german accent who suddenly vanishes before several individuals.
* Steeles crew and the new members meet one another.
* As the two crews are speaking, Sirena and Franz communicators claim their contracts are complete.
* A wagon approaches and the slaves board the vehicle.
* The pairs communicators bleep once more, Franz's offering a job while Sireena's is a call.
* Franz shows Steele a contract.
* Contract contains a mission telling Franz to join TASKFORCE and defeat Carnage leadership.
* Sirena has been given a similar contract to join them.
* Iva tags along so long as it means saving others.
* Azaria drags Steele to the side.
* Steele tells the crew of CARNAGE.
* The three new members agree to join up.