Thread by @NotJonMollison

The Blackreef Syndic, in the person of a mid-level Admin named Joan Alice, offers Chad Solo a freelance gig.

In exchange for his service and discretion, our solo #Traveller gets toplisted for a job as Engineer on the next outbound freighter.

What's the job?
(Poll to follow.)

What we know is that Blackreef was up to something they didn't want public, and they need Chad to go with seven other thugs to recover some of Blackreef's lost property.

One of their smaller transports ran into trouble 1,100 miles out of Blackreef Station and lost contact.

In the crushing depths of the world ocean, it now rests 3,000 feet down, perched on the edge of a precipice. Luckily, this happened in intersyndic waters so trespassing isn't an issue.

But the Blackreef hauler was sailing off the books, so they can't call in outside help.

What exactly is Blackreef trying to keep so hush-hush that they would call in unreliable freelancers?

One commenter suggested alien-tech as a first contact thing. But aliens are already a thing, so this would be first contact with a previously unknown native species.

It could be raw data on changing deep-jelly migratory patterns which would give Blackreef a leg up on the upcoming negotiations re: fishing rights.

There could be survivors down there, people that Blackreef is keeping under wraps for some reason.

Or it could be the crashed ship itself, a prototype silent drive that Blackreef wants scuttled so rival Syndics don't peep their newtech.

Winner winner gets the story, but be warned!

If Joan Alice is lying, the last place vote getter will be the REAL goal.

So tell me, what's in the box?
#Traveller style!