9-076: Maldemar 732
Journal Research
As noted previously he has read up to book #DE243 (Total Book #1484) for Argyle it is 208.572. Oliver gleans the following information from the journals.
Links to IT Projects
He is able to link Argyle’s journal time line to his IT project blobs, and gain insight into the general nature of each work, as follows:
IT File Date | Blob ID | Summary | Researched? |
206.050 | #17 | Legitimate Work | Yes |
206.278 | #50 | Legitimate Work | No |
206.502 | #02 | Legitimate Work | Yes |
206.650 | #20 | Illegitimate Work | Yes |
206.920 | #52 | Illegitimate Work | No |
207.285 | #64 | Illegitimate Work | No |
207.650 | #69 | Illegitimate Work | No |
207.808 | #08 | Illegitimate Work | Yes |
208.200 | #05 | Illegitimate Work | Yes |
208.380 | #55 | Self-directed Project | No |
208.467 | #67 | Self-directed Project | No |
Argyle’s Work
Argyle initially did some work for the local mining operation. However around 207.6 he met someone at the mine he refers to only as ‘Contact’ who began paying him to do shady, hacking-type work.
However, when he took a trip to the mine on 208.280, he learned that Contact had been killed in an industrial accident a few DekaCycles previously.
Argyle’s Life
Argyle’s house mate, Billy Bobb-Jobethunt indicated he had to leave Pristine for a time on and invited Argyle to stay at the lodge while he was gone. He left at the end of kCy 207.
At the time Oliver is reading, Billy has not returned. Argyle is hunting and selling the pelts and pursuing his own projects.
Now what?
Is there anything else Oliver would like to focus on in the Journals?
Arrival At Pristine
Oliver has just completed his summary of findings when he is called to Control. The ship is approaching Pristine Highport.
Unlike the Snark in which they arrived last time, Maldemar is unsuited to a planetary landing, so they will be docking with the Highport, which is a facility built into the moonlet (titled ‘Pure’) that orbits the planet. Pure’s orbit is about 40,000 km. The roughly spherical body is about 630 km across.
Alan brings the ship into Dock.
Is there anything Oliver wants to do before Dicard starts issuing orders?
Cool. Good to know.
Uhh. Oliver will tidy up his workspace so everything is ready to be moved if need be.