Territory Nouveau 09: Good Friends

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After the dust up with that ship of freelancers and that Gentryman from the Union, Commandant Carcanet was happy to turn his attention to more important matters. The expeditionaries from Charon would be returning soon, and the data they had transmitted ahead needed assessment.

All the combat data from each anchor in the lance was in the process of being poured over by Jovian intelligence, but Carcanet had managed to save the very best for himself. The new anchor. The experimental one. He’d even studied Xade’s ridiculous notes so he could better understand the new telemetry from the strange devices they had used to perfect the new anchor’s systems.

In motion the machine was pristine. Quick and graceful like some great, ancient predator. Truly something that would strike fear into the hearts of the enemies of House Kennet. Something about the way it moved even made him afraid.

No, not afraid. Uneasy.

He watched it dance through a hail of incoming fire from the Freeholders in some futile effort to halt its progress. Of course they were ineffectual.

And then, a burst of concentrated fire from an autocannon! The offending anchor was...familiar. He’d seen it on that freelancer ship, he realized! A two-bit mercenary had single handedly bested the Commonwealth’s newest experiment.

The oversights were obvious. Glaringly so. And upon their return, Commandant Carcanet knew exactly who was to blame. And who would take the punishment for their failures.

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In today’s episode, in the aftermath of the Jovian attack, the Freelancers plot their next course of action. How will they prepare themselves for this leg of their increasingly perilous journey? We'll heal ourselves up, put our digital noses where they shouldn’t be, and chart a new, more covert course.

This week on Play By Podcast: Territory Nouveau 09: Good Friends

Play By Podcast is Michael Collins (@arealwriter), Leon Barnes (@SlapKatZ), Liam Higgins(@liamhiggins97), and Max Coe (@_NotMyDivision_)
Cover Art by Ariel Corrales (@arielcorrales_)
Music by Cody Ojea (@CodyOjea)