F-633: Crystal Coast Resort, The Quartz Room
The Briefing Materials
Lia’s examination of the photo reveals no insights.
Oliver can roll Speed Reading for a possible bonus to a roll on Research for anything he can glean from the while they still have Zayaire available for questions.
The Quartz Room
“Ah, yes. No. I need to clarify that.
“If it turns out that I am likely to be appointed Governor, then if possible, I need you to sabotage my chances just enough to steer the Envoy to whoever they think is the next-best candidate without significantly damaging my reputation.
“I really don’t have time to be Governor of Mundo Zargo, but I have a number of enthusiastic supporters who have attempted to be ‘helpful’ and spent quite a bit of political capital to promote me. Were I to turn down a nomination the reputational and political damage it would do to me would be significant.”
He takes a pause to observe both Lia’s and Oliver’s reactions.
“In exchange for these services, I will divert necessary resources to expedite the safe exit of Captain Karmen and the rest of your crew from the, ah, situation at the Estate.
“In addition, I am aware that surveillance and interfering with an Overlordly Envoy are not without risk, and, if you can give me hard evidence or other relevant intelligence of the Envoy’s intent I will compensate you ʄ100,000, to be divided between you as you see fit.
“If you can prove successful intervention, I’ll triple it.”
Lia is not overly surprised that Zayaire doesn’t want to be governor. She was surprised when she thought the opposite, frankly. He won’t get much of a reaction from that announcement.
“What would you consider to be hard evidence? It strikes me that there may not be any evidence.”
8 vs 16 on speed-reading
Oliver looks up to Zayaire. “Easier to run Mundo Zargo if you aren’t running it?”