Generation Ship to Proxima B, Scene 2

 Scene 2: Ryo Kasumi follows D-Sec officer Calyra Okoro to get answers - one way or another.

Plot Beat: Modify your proposal. Cause frustration, stress, or worry. Advance plot - the Disappearance of the Dex cook - Exposition 2. Node: Pending questions: Why is Destiny Sec kidnapping people?

Ryo continues to tail the woman as she walks down wire laden pathways, her pace seemingly varied, her movements erratic. She eventually ducks into an gap in the wiring, and he turns - to suddenly be blinding by light!

Will save: 20, fail. 

Ryo stumbles backwards, tripping and sprawling down onto the metal sheeting, rubbing his eyes. He opens them, and the lady is gone. He staggers up...looking around - when he feels the hard metal of a gun at the back of his scalp.

"Who are you? Who do you work for?" It was Calyra Okoro, pistol to his head. "Any false move and I'll blow your brains out. Now talk."

Ryo raises his arms, "Look lady. I'm sorry. I'm nobody, alright, a LOST. Just someone who wants to help his community. I heard you might have information, and I have credits."

Mood - Reaction: Of curiosity, interest, wisdom. 

He hears her let her let out a breath, but she keeps the gun to his scalp, "If - and that's a big if - I was willing to believe you, why should I?" She scoffs, "All you snakes are the same, try to get us to spill our guts. Never."

"I got no idea what you're on about lady. I swear, I'm just trying to find our cook."

Is she worried that he is a spy? Weak yes.

How is this all related to the DEX cook? Explain (how): An accident, a side effect.

She keeps the barrel of her gun pressed against him, "Well here's your answer. Your precious DEX cook was in with the wrong people. Just like you, snooping around a little too deep, asking a few too many questions. So he had to be...dealt with."

"He's dead?!"

"That's on a need to know." And he felt a hard blow to the back of his skull.

Attack with barrel of gun - d6, 6 damage. HP 3 -> 0, Armor 1. Str 9 -> 7. Str save -> 5, manages to stay up!

With that, he felt a cold pain - and blood trickle down the back of his skull, but even woozy, he was still up! He turned around and used his knuckle puncher to slam back!

Calyra Okoro, HP 5, Armor 2, Str 16. 

Attack with knuckle punchers! 4 dmg! Calyra HP 3.

He manages to strike back with his shockwaves, with the punches going to ricochet off her D-Sec armor as she's bounced back! He takes off sprinting away from her.

Does she pursue (unlikely)? No

He runs down wire filled corridors, feet slamming on metal sheets until finally, he seems to have lost her. He stops, hands on his knees, taking a deep breath...once more at a dead end. Except now he knew - Destiny Security had something to do with the cook's disappearance. He'd been investigating something that had pushed D-Sec far enough to do something about it...