I just can't seem to to stop talking.
Tasks:
1. Kidnap Mateo. I'm going to leave it up to the planetside players to decide how that happens, who all is involved / injured / sees it etc... Let's try to do that before next weekend.
2. Get the word out about What Just Got Real to the entire crew.
3. Demand the ransom, which is the exchange of Mateo for Thomyris. Once we get there I can write that part but if anyone is just dying to do so, speak up and it's yours.
4. Plan our counter to the exchange. The Bad Guys will want Thomyris and one other person to make the swap. Presumably with her bound or cuffed or even unconscious. We will of course be Super Clever and counter ambush them and be Big Damn Heroes and save the day. Hey, it's our game and we get to do it.
UPDATE: nothingbutspacejunk had been doing some great planning via PM! Thank you so much for that!
The overall organization is a crime syndicate. The two members on the station that I posted are members of it; the woman is Sandra Mung and the man on the other end of the phone is Yakov Lindt. Aboard station there is a group of corrupt cops who are paid off to turn a blind eye on things moving through the station; nothingbutspacejunk has named them Marlowe, Pagan, Helena, and Ajeet.
The overall boss of the crime syndicate needs to be named and described, and I'll leave it open for now in case someone wants to add it in to their posts.
We also think Mateo should be jumped on his way to the beach, but before he gets very far away. Perhaps taken into a back room even before he fully clears customs and is taken care of there? Again, it's up to the planetside players to coordinate and decide that and I'll step in only if it's absolutely necessary.