Radio Silence

## VOID EP.01 - Radio Silence

Little Red Dot starts the episode off by telling us a little story about how her deep fear of space and the beautiful setting of the Coriolis system inspired the campaign idea for Void. She will be drawing from the published campaign Mercy of The Icons.

The episode opens to the camera seeing a young man walking through the Ozone Plaza on Coriolis. This is Sul Trel'marian and he looks very tired and haggard with a natural demeanor of "please don't talk to me". He's making his way through the Ozone Plaza on his way to Tattoo Alley to meet his father. He has been summoned and he's unhappy about it.

Sul bumps into a large tattooed thug and gets into a confrontation with him and his three minions. The man threatens to give Sul his first tattoo but his father stops them. His father's name is Aman (please see Continuity Error below) and he is there in Tattoo Alley getting another tattoo to signify another successful mission for the Syndicate.

It's apparent that Sul does not get along with his father. He's offered a chance to earn his freedom from the Syndicate. He hands Sul a dossier labeled 'rescue mission'. He's tasked with establishing a team, and to go from Kua to the Taoan system. A gas mining colony has been radio silent for the past two weeks. He is to bring back as many survivors as they can and report back on what happened. He's referred to a Data Djinn named Malik who works for the "same employer".

As Sul makes is way out of Tattoo Alley the camera pans over to the far side of the Ozone Plaza where we see another man name Malik al-Asad, perusing the wares of the plaza. A child approaches Malik with a data stick for delivery. There is an argument about payment for the delivery of said data stick and Malik accuses the kid of attempting to pickpocket him. This gets the attention of a nearby Judicator. Malik's business contact named Merez (please see Continuity Error below) steps in and stops the situation from escalating further. They let the kid go and they see he has a patch on his shirt indicating that he belongs to a Faction.

Back at his shop, Malik's contact informs him that he'll be approached by a Syndicate operative named Sul for a mission. However, there is a secondary mission from the Syndicate for Malik to retrieve some lost cargo in the Taoan System called Umbria. Malik is non-plused about a mission off Coriolis but agrees to meet the operative.

The camera pans once again to a pair of feet moving quickly through the plaza and we see Tamir al-Asad, who is looking for his older brother, Malik. Tamir is happy to find his brother and hugs him in excitement! He is a young and exuberant university student. The brothers chat and Tamir explains how he's now an intern working on a science freighter called The Defiant. Brotherly teasing ensues back and forth about being a science nerd, working in space, and dating an "actual" girl. It's clear that Tamir is not aware of any shady business dealings his brother does.

Sul approaches the brothers and recognizes Malik as his contact. He threatens a young girl to deliver a message to Malik to come chat. It's an awkward meeting between the two men, but the mission is a go. Sul explains how they need a ship and inquires about Tamir's identity. This perturbs Malik and reluctantly introduces Sul to his brother. Tamir is happy to meet Sul and thinks the two men are a couple. Sul is gruff and standoffish but is thrilled to find out that Tamir works on a freighter available for hire. Tamir offers to introduce them to his captain.

The camera cuts to a young woman, Tal Touma sitting, looking sullen, while drinking a shot of alcohol in her favorite spot in Rashida's Cantina. Another woman approaches Tal and sits next to her. It can be seen by her outfit this other woman is a priestess of an Icon. She introduces herself as Sholie. The two woman chat about philosophy of the Third Horizon and the priestess offers a blessing from The Traveler, saying she felt drawn to Tal. Sholie makes oddly specific comments about Tal to her, and Tal asks if she's a mystic to which Sholie affirms. She offers a prayer for a new path. Before she leaves, Sholie gives Tal a talisman for The Traveler.

The three other PCs enter the cantina as Sholie exists. Introductions are made, and details of the mission including payment is discussed. Malik realizes that Sul has not been told all the details about this mission and calls him a glorified bodyguard. There seems to be doubt about the validity of the "rescue" portion of the "search & rescue". The new crew makes preparations to leave Coriolis.

As they are making their way to the docks, the two children from before that Sul and Malik threatened are seen with three large thugs. These are the same thugs Sul met earlier. More threats are exchanged and the two men run, but are caught by the Tattooed thug. Sul is "given" a mission to assassinate a man named Abdul Nassar who is arriving at the docks. Sul agrees to get this man off his back. Malik recognizes this name as a man who deals in tech and artifacts with the Free Traders, and warns Sul of repercussions like a Faction war.

Sul ponders this new information and decides to not complete the mission. Him and Malik instead leave and board The Defiant.

## Major/Recurring NPCs

Merez Alcan

Tattooed thug

Abdul Nassar

## Corruption Bar & Darkness Points

1. The return of the Tattooed thug and his minions.

## Continuity Error

Malik's contact is referred to Merez Alcan but that name is later used for Sul's father. Merez Alcan is an NPC from a module in the Coriolis corebook that Little Red Dot adapted to fit the story she was going to tell with Void. He is not the same guy described in the book.