#Lore 24 – Entry #101 – Sci-Fi Month II #10 – Incarcerated Workforce (Aboard Ship)
From Personal Logs of Gravius Scharaiden, Chief Security Officer, assigned UEF-04 Maharani Morgiana, decryption algorithm successful, translated from original Aerian script.
Whoever approved this idea is an idiot. Complete moron. Must have come from that dark elf in charge at RestranTech who stopped by with the Veylani girl the other day.
Or is this some terrible decision from the ASC? Some corpo with a bleeding heart?
Doesn’t matter who is responsible in the end. I’m the one who will have to deal with the problems it’ll cause down the line. Having prisoners working the loading docks at Aphelion Station is one thing but incorporating them into the Morgiana’s crew long-term is something else entirely. I don’t care if they’re wearing that SealTech shit 24/7; all it takes is one fuck up and all hell is going to break loose. If there’s an uprising against the command structure, I’d put money on these lifers being involved with it.
Oddly, the RestrainTech rep in charge is a female dark elf, Vyrmeth Rashryth. Thought they only let their men be in charge? Maybe she’s a problem case and they wanted to get rid of her? Former security guard at one of their max-sec prisons, now granted the title of “Expeditionary Over-Warden” upon getting the assignment, mostly clean record, no major infractions, just a few write-ups for cruel treatment of prisoners. Cruel treatment? The hell does that mean? Thought those rubber suits were bad enough, not to mention the personal prison cubes they use, or their porno work-release bullshit. What constitutes cruel treatment in a dark elf prison? Can respect the need for order and discipline, sure, but she’s an elf, and tied to a very shady corp; will have to dig deeper, find out more about this operation they’re running. She’s got a dozen Under-Wardens with her, plus a support team for the SealTech systems; whole damn thing is already integrated into the ship’s security systems, so anyone with access can track the prisoners at any time.
Handy that, screams backdoor access, though; need to look long and hard at that. Will assign Burnout to it; he’s good at the computer thing, worked with him long enough to trust him as much as I can a non-Aerian. Will make it sound spicy, get that gnomish mind of his turning; he’ll root out any security issues. Have a meeting with Rashryth scheduled for tomorrow; going to push for full access to the SealTech control systems and a full demonstration of their security procedures. Big ask, see what she’s willing to give up. Going to be friction between us, I’m sure.
Have some concerns with the prisoners themselves, too. No psycho killers or rapists or others that should’ve been executed, but some have violent incidents on their records, armed robbery or assault and the like, a minority, but still red flags to me. Few ex-soldiers turned mercs who took up the wrong job and wound up on the losing side. Most are white collar types, a lot of those are cybercriminals and technician types, but some records seem off to me. Assuming these are a lot of political prisoners, or corpo types who got the shitty retirement package. People who the system wants disappeared. Supposedly they’re all volunteers, but if your only other choice is a four-by-four cube and being a cog in the porno industry, who wouldn’t take the chance for something else?
Prisoners should be isolated as much as possible and are isolated to “prison” blocks on their downtime, but they aren’t otherwise restricted from interacting with other crewmembers while on duty. Multiple reports of casual conversations going on already, some getting too close to the prisoners for my liking. They won’t try anything before we set out, but how long until something sparks up? Going to have to discuss this with the Captain directly.