So the poor destiny got some "tuning fork" damage. And would have to be picked up by the g95 Elvira. Then the party is back to BlackWater (it got its name from when thesun became a red giant it glazed the two planets giving the one planet that is the most stable orbit the apppearnce of being entirely made of black water. ((osidian)). ).And the one the science station/observatory was put on. Now it serves just as a communications relay and little else. It has a small fedcom contingent acquired by Renera a old player in the mess. and has little else to offer. But its a good base of operations as you all set to do a few things before going into the fringe worlds. For the Black Market its a way station on thier way to the "spine" (a region of space thats outside of fedcom control that runner/ pirates etc. use on thier way between the corp zone and tyhe fringe worlds. From the underworld standpoint its the place that a lot of thier drugs and other things make thier stop (and get disiminated to the corp zone. And where "legal" ships can refuel. the reason it's actually of note and use is the vast area of space known as the Witch's Head Nebula. (a large area space covered by a corrosive and potentially volatile nebula (that gives birth to new suns). If you've seen andromeda you get the potential danger but this is a much more concentrated area. And in the area of stability with in it. The scene of the last war against the a.i.s happened. That gave birth to the Federated Common Wealth (nothing to do with battle tech other then similar uniforms. they militarily are made of 40k style super soldiers (mainly wolfen and human. ((The species Dr. Salus's "Lazarus " formula/treatment worked the most reliably on.). It's interesting to know that there has not been a new "lightspeed drive made since the a.i. war. (near as the players can tell 1000 to 2000 years ago.). So every ship encountered is either a transplant or heavily modified old ship thats been kept going with bailing wire and duct tape... "Humanity" (civilization) was crawling out of the ashes of a galaxy wide war when 300-500 years ago the swarm started eating its way across the galaxy. Like a massive swarm of locusts eating killing and expanding. to do the same thing over and over. So it truly explains why the fedcom has a if your un-authorized in thier held territory your warning is turn back (they usually give you ten minutes to then if you dont they open fire) ( though they have a strict not aiming for main power or engineering. More a guideline then a enforced policy. The fringe worlds are the worlds out side fedcom's ability to defend. Like the Corporate zone its dominated by mercenary forces. but with little law or organization. (FedCom just doesnt have the resources to do much there. And the refugees fleeing the bugs all head that way to (the corperate zone just takes the refugees and turns them into cheap in expensive labor). on the fringe side its a wild lawless zone that people are cheap commodity.. (of and the source of soilent green red, and black.btw's). now the real big reason your all here is simple the party fucked with time and brought the stain of mephisto to the beginning of time in this galaxy 9one of the sites of the first signs of "sentient life" in this galaxy. And opened the door for other.. supernatural things to come. (And made it possible for a desperate dark tribe of wolfen to try to summon and control the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.). Considering the possible bad stuff that could happen a risk you guys really dont want to see happen has a very real possibility. Mainly Pestilences ability to control bugs...