Tango Sector 32: Kidnapping of the Body

CONTENT WARNINGS: police violence, discussion of space-related oxygen deprivation, severe injury

[ EXCERPTED FROM MARTINET PROTOCOL MANUAL XVI, SECTION 12.B: PERSONAL EFFECTS AND CONTRABAND, SUBSECTION J - REGULATIONS AND RAMIFICATIONS ]

. . .  ANY OFFICER OF ANY RANK FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ANY CONTRABAND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ANY TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURED OUT OF SECTOR; ANY TECHNOLOGY CONTAINING MATERIALS PROCURED OUT OF SECTOR WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER TRADE REGULATION 7689.K2-9; ANY TECHNOLOGY CONTAINING MORE THAN 0.07% REMNANT MATERIAL; ANY NON-MARTINET COMMUNICATION DEVICES, INCLUDING PERSONAL COMMUNICATORS; ANY TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED OR MANUFACTURED BY KNOWN ADVERSARIES OF THE MARTINET, KNOWN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, OR WANTED PERSONS OF RANK 6D OR HIGHER; OR UNAPPROVED PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY SUSPECTED OF HIGH RISK SUSCEPTIBILITY TO EXTERNAL HACKING.

RAMIFICATIONS FOR POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDE HEARING IN FRONT OF MARTINET GRAND JUDICIARY COUNCIL AND MAY INCLUDE DISCIPLINARY ACTION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE, IMPRISONMENT OF UP TO TWELVE YEARS PER CONTRABAND ITEM FOUND. AS WITH OTHER CONTRABAND-RELATED DISCIPLINARY ACTION, WITH REASONABLE DOUBT OR IN TIMES OF WAR, MARTINET OFFICERS WITH A RANKING OF LIEUTENANT OR ABOVE ARE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION IF SABOTAGE OR TREASON IS SUSPECTED. SEE: “WAR-TIME EMERGENCY ACTION REGULATIONS, SECTION 46.A, SUBSECTION M . . . 

This week, on Tango Sector: Aboard the Eclipse, the crew of Pelagian finds themselves a little out of their depth, caught up in a conspiracy that’s bigger than anything they expected. Melas tells an audacious lie. Flux makes some daring maneuvers. Liam takes a leap of faith. 

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unexploredcast
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unexploredcast
Art by Julianne Stone: https://twitter.com/Juli_Aria
Music by Andrew: https://andrewperricone.bandcamp.com/