he Delta Game: Orbital Prime Extraction Vessel Boards Syndicate Skiff
The usually oily calm of the Liquid Fortune deltas was recently unsettled by an unexpected inspection - an Orbital Prime Extractor-class vessel boarding a lone fishing skiff. Fishermen, officials, and eyewitnesses speculate on the true motives behind this intervention.
The delicate peace of the Liquid Fortune deltas was abruptly shattered on stardate 4422.255 when a massive Extractor-class cruiser from Orbital Prime swooped down upon a modest drifter skiff. Crewed by nine rain-faced fishermen, the small vessel was gripped for eight cycles under the cruiser’s projected shadow - allegedly while searching for contraband liquid parity. The Rubralian Ministry of Collective Explanation describes this as ‘the improper sequestration of legitimate delta-seekers’. Meanwhile, in Stellar Capital, only silence reigns, with local ambassadors buried in urgent memos and colored pennants.
Tensions accumulate: less than half a rotation ago, ten Malefic Shadowmorphs delivered their cargo over the deltas. Supreme Commander Drumpf claimed they were ‘vaporizing Nightclaw transports’ - ships allegedly tied to The Concatenation of the Nightclaw, a claim supported by blazing fires on the horizon and three highly edited holovids, but no further evidence. In the Zirconia Archipelago, the first dispatches of airborne detachments circulate, supposedly to sweep ‘toxic cartel cells’ from the southern sectors.
Archon Toro Vermelius insists the Nightclaw acts independently, while decrying the MOPGA parades’ disruptive effects. Delta dwellers mainly seek shelter from the erratic displays of red extractors, reminiscent of a malfunctioning pageant. Reports of troop build-up, robotic inspections, and reprisals now mingle with propaganda flashes and murmurs throughout the market squares.