Not but one episode ago, the Maxim family and their bodyguards were making their way back from the Hivemarket, just before Radar spotted a pillar of smoke rising from somewhere on the Arlian Plateau. Local news doesn't seem to have caught up with the event, but border control back into Arl doesn't seem to have been affected. After parking up back at home, Tabitha and Mel make their way to their local swim exercise class, whilst Vee and Radar watch on. Not too long into the class, the bodyguards notice 2 suspicious Ysoki arrive at the community center, whispering to one another as they shadow Tabitha and her partner. Radar is quick to react, swooping in and attempting to force them to leave under the guise of security, but subterfuge was never the Jumalten's strongpoint and a scuffle soon errupts. Not wanting to start a fight in front of the nice old ladies aquarobics class, Radar drags the 2 mooks into a nearby changing room and is quickly involved in a brawl. Vee joins in shortly afterwards and the 2 Ysoki thugs are quickly overwhelmed and beaten down, giving up information in exchange for their lives. They say that their taskmaster is someone named 'Gomez', and they had been instructed by the Cabal to pick up Ryder's mother to act as insurance. It would appear Ryder's plan has already begun. That evening, Radar and Vee watch the news and see that the earlier fire was caused by a massive uncrewed transport freighter crashing into an industrial warehouse, putting the city into a temporary lockdown. Asides from the panic and terror in the center of the capital, the suburbs remain quiet and tranquil. But the first stone has been cast, now. And things are about to get a whole lot louder ...
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Intro and Outro music : Reformat - Vectrex (www.reformat.bandcamp.com)
Blood & Sand Theme : A Desert Tale - OB-LIX (https://pixabay.com/music/adventure-a-desert-tale-ethnic-amp-fantasy-background-music-109862/)
Showdown at the Maxim Household : Western - QubeSounds
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