The Chip

The chip was a mysterious data storage device that the party was sent to retrieve from a null-orb in outer mandate space.

The party was ferried out to the null-orb by a large ship, which carried dozens of mercenaries out to the orb to hunt for the chip. Saeriks was technically the only member of the party who was sent on the mission, as Aren and Marista had boarded the ship on accident. Once the handlers of the ship revealed that the mercenaries would be fighting one another to retrieve the chip, the three formed a shaky alliance, and went on to retrieve the chip.

Once the party left the Orb, they where picked up by Taris and Rommeley, who attempted to convince the party that they where sent by their mysterious employer to retrieve the chip.

After a short conflict with the a band of Yuhnite slavers - who had Mar's cousin Lance held captive - the party set course to Semile, to repair their now derelict ship.

Once they left Semile, Saeriks managed to convince the party to sell the chip to his employer in Boonsirris, the Man in Black, much to the displeasure of Taris and Rommeley, who wished to bring the chip to the RFO.

They then sold the chip to the Man in Black for 4,000 credits per party member, plus another 4,000 credits as a bonus. It was then revealed that the chip contained a musical recording from the old world.