<div align="center"><em>Sometime later, <del>so as not to disturb current scenes</del></em></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://imgs.search.brave.com/wh8a3Q4XZzIHbj-RioMQSEzdYDGO8t1ni93dMGaXgAs/rs:fit:500:649:1/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly82Ni5t/ZWRpYS50dW1ibHIu/Y29tL2ViMDc0NzJl/NGUzOTliYmJkMjc2/YjA2N2JhYWUxZGUz/L3R1bWJscl9vd3g2/MHYyMENWMXU1OWFy/ZG8xXzUwMC5qcGc)</div>Far Rider, the Expedition Leader, had called most of the new arrivals around the communal campfire. Night had started to fall, but with the day's work concluded, she made it a point to meet with new people.<br/><br/>"I appreciate how you've already made yourselves useful. We don't have much, and I think it's clear this isn't going to be a cushy expedition. We found this ship a while back, and our stated goal is to find relevant cultural artifacts from whenever this ship was made, or anything historical. Try to figure out if there was a civilization here before. I've sent scouts out into the woods, a few came back empty handed, but some didn't...and some didn't come back at all. That's where you lot come in. You've got talents, sure, but I need capable fighters and mages too."<br/><br/>"You four." She pointed to Naru, Jacob, Y'Mir, and Listrea. "I'm calling you Team Althyk. Some of our scouts found an old fort. The walls are crumbling, and securing it would be harder than fixing up this thing, especially with the forest reclaiming it. However, there's a garrison that seems still sealed. Your job will be to get inside and find any useful supplies, or any artifacts that have survived. We don't know if anything's hiding within, but outside seemed abandoned."<br/><br/>"As for you five." This time she indicated Yule, Berach, Geara, C'behm, and Kuna. "Team Byregot. One of my scouting teams hasn't reported back. They should have been back by sundown, and well, I don't see them. There's a chance they're alright, and just went too far afield, decided to camp out or they'll show up in a couple minutes. But I can't shake the feeling they ran into trouble. You'll follow their route and search for them. Should you run across any supplies or artifacts, bring them back, same as with Team Althyk."<br/><br/>"I don't expect you to go out at night, and I don't expect you to drag back anything that can't fit in a pack-just note that it's there and we'll form a retrieval team. Think of yourselves as the strike crew. Get in, kill whatever nasties that'll make our lives difficult, get out with whatever you can hold. Leave the rest of it to the strong backs. Any questions? If not, get some sleep."