Those living outside the energy fences that protect Doskvol have other ways of refining the Ghost Field into plasm.
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The system of panels was first designed by a close-knit cadre of rail jacks that all retired at the same time for undisclosed reasons. They used the energy harvested by the panels to protect their settlement through arc cannons mounted on the fortification rooftop, and interior “flashpoints” that could be activated to discorporate electroplasmic intruders.
The river runs the mill, the mill runs the shuttles, and the jacks protect the secrets of what is woven into the panels to make their condensing effect work.
The operation has since expanded to cover a mine site. Caravans have taken to stopping at Millpoint to purchase collapsible screens for exorbitant prices.
Word is the Vice Admiral is buying, bartering, or stealing all the screens he can get. He’s got something big planned for the Deathlands; his family has researched sites for generations, and the entire family fortune was spent on expeditions and scholarship before Delrak got his appointment and started rebuilding their wealth.
Everyone who is in the know understands that he is part of the Angelfish Collective, a thinly veiled society of revolutionaries. He is also getting more and more enemies in the Deathlands who wish him harm, but cannot reach him where he is protected in the city.
There is also a small but distressing number of people that have disappeared or been murdered after finding out more about his plan for the sails and the Deathlands.
Now he wants to hire your crew. For something innocent enough, on its own. To see if you can work together well. If you can be trusted.
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