Contract: The Don's Request
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After arriving at Groombridge 1618 you proceeded on to the planet of Castrovel. After a brief visit with a customs official, all of Qabarat lay open to you. After downloading a visitor's guide several things piqued your interest, the Aiudara, the Qabarat Museum of Forgotten Worlds, big game hunts, and of course why you actually came here, Qabarat University of Xenoanthropology and Xenoarchaeology.
Jerzac Scarlewe mandated that before any other business was conducted he must have a proper explorer's outfit. After visiting the future alien Spirit Halloween store he walked out with an Indiana Jones costume, hat and prop whip included. From there you went to the museum to view the main exhibit, the Xi Tablet. It is an enormous chunk of metal the size of a 21st century bus. The real reason why it's interesting is that it is a 20 billion year old object in a 15 billion year old universe. It was found on Xi, a lifeless atmosphere-less geologically dead check of rock. No one knows it's true origin or able to interpret the worn symbols inscribed upon it.
After leaving the museum you started to approach the University but realized you had no clue who to talk to and no leverage to get a meeting with them. You quickly sent a message off to Don Jose de Cordiliera to see if he had any local contacts. While waiting for him to arrange something you decided to kill time by going on a game hunt.
While shopping around for guided hunts you learn about a local pest called Kaukarikis. In your infinite wisdom these very cranky very poisonous scorpion monkey things sounded like a perfect pet to keep in a confined location while you sleep. You went to the run down gate district to find a sketchy guide. On the way Jerzac and Zuri of House Du'Mansia kept their eyes out for possible local smuggler hangouts, seeing a shabby cantina called Five Arches.
Upon procuring a guide and a rental gun for Bash, the hunt began. All told you mercilessly slaughtered kaukariki mothers, accidentally killed a couple of babies, and captured 3 male and one female cubs, Zuri used about half of the Anvil and got poisoned, all to the absolute bewilderment of the guide and the other two customers on the hunt. The crew now has four terrified critters smuggled on board Kormoran.