[quote=@Aceofreality] The Yahupi take them into a room and the merchants are seated down. A man looks at them. "Who are you and where are you from?" he asks as the 2 guards take up position behind the man. The man looks very strong, and he looks like a mix of a mongol and native american. He is a skilled warrior. Meanwhile, the airships are boarded and searched by a squad of Yahupi warriors.[/quote] The Yahupi find what the Trogo soldiers did: a bunch of goods, such as rare metals and precious gems, as well as a mess hall, several crew quarters, restrooms, kitchens, and large but deactivated cannons. The bridge and captain's quarters are, once again, locked. [quote=@Aceofreality] "We have...some minerals and precious artifacts which may be of want to you. We would prefer to see them brought out to us if you don't mind." the delegate said. A man in a suit took some notes on what was going on here. [/quote] "We'd like to see evidence," the lead merchant softly demanded. As he snapped his fingers, non-humanoid robots started delivering several of the packages onto the floor before the delegation. "This is all on sale, by the way," he quickly added. [quote=@Apple] The crew are handcuffed and put behind bars in one of the helicopters. As they depart into the sky they can see out of the window a flash and smoke coming from the treasure ship's hatch. Directional C4 was used to gain access to the bridge. The contents of the ship are carried out and loaded into the other helicopter. [/quote] As the door to the bridge blows up, the navigational data on the bridge is lost. However they do now have control of the ship. [quote=@Apple]The helicopter lands in what looks to be a prison center. They are thrown out of the helicopter hastily and it quickly flies away again. People with a very different outfit but nonetheless the same rifle on their shoulders grab the crew and push them towards a room where they're given orange prison clothes. The room has wonderful decor, barren concrete, with the only touch of style offered by the plaque to the right of another door reading "Courtroom". [/quote] "Great, just great. I hate this," one of the merchants said. "I'm sure we'll get out of this. Just gotta bribe the judge, can't be that hard, right?" another replied. (OOC: Do I enter the courtroom?) [quote=@Uncle Spanky] The radio calls receive no response, all is quiet until a ramp opens, and a blinding white light shines through the darkness of space. A white mist flows out of the doorway and fills the deck and runway with a unnatural fog. Two Martians move down the ramp in a rhythmless grace, appearing to be black silhouettes until they are fully down the ramp. The two Martians approach the group of men as the UFO folds it's landing gear and flies back to the rectangular structure. [color=598527]"Humans, what brings you here?"[/color] One of them asks.[/quote] "We are here to trade with you," the lead human calls out. "Do you wish to have any goods? Well, they all have a price." [quote=@jorcool] In a distant outpost in the recently claimed southwestern area of the Lanist Khaganate, a man suddenly saw a large blip appear on the radar screen he was looking at. It seemed to be approaching from the west, getting ever closer to the Lanist Khaganate, and the man at the radar got a little bit nervous. The Khaganate's army had fortified and garissoned the area a lot after they had taken it from the tribes and city states that were originally living in the area. The refugees from that conquest went south, fleeing from the massacres the Khaganate left behind, and eventually arrived at even more city states, and a small but technologically advanced nation called Oskax. The slaughter to the north and the subsequent refugee crisis convinced the tribes, city states and Oskax to join forces and they all united to form a nation called the [b]State of Ubrax[/b]. This nation, running roughly from the west to the east of the Khaganate, was the only neighbour of the Khaganate that could pose an actual threat, because of their very advanced technology. The Khaganate's government, fearing an attack from Ubrax, heavily fortified and garissoned the southwestern area, afraid it would would be cut off if a war would happen. General Nurzhan himself even oversaw the construction of forts on the southern border. The man at the radar screen stood up, immediately walking towards the nearest commanding officer, who happened to be a woman called Anna Vasilyev, a lieutenant in charge of making sure the local detection capabilities were up to the Khaganate's standard. "There is an unidentified flying object coming from the east. From preliminary scans we can see it's some kind of airship, but we do not know where it comes from or what is purpose is. What should we do?" "Keep researching it." Anna responded. "I will try to get some planes in the air to investigate." Fifteen minutes later, a squadron of brown fighters flew out of a nearby airbase, heading to intercept the strange alien vessel. They had wide, forward-swept wings that were located towards the back of the vehicle. A radio message was sent to the treasure ship on the mostly used frequencies. "Unknown vessel, you are heading towards Khaganate territory. Please identify yourself or we will be forced to attack." [/quote] The radio message immediately receives a reply. "We are merchants of Shupoli Industries, here to trade with you! We do not mean to invade your territories. As a token of goodwill, our weapons are not activated."