collecting some information from two Out to the Black sessions

pages/cypher/black/index.md

@@ -25,19 +25,10 @@ asteroid or comet, and space stations. The system's government focuses on a core
 resources of the rest of the system for only its settlements. The outer worlds rely on local law, and some remnants of
 the initial settlement of the system still drift in orbit, latent.
 
-### Notes
-
-* Likely to steal liberally from...
-    * *Firefly*
-    * *Star Trek*
-    * *Farscape*
-    * *Alien*
-* ...mashing up elements of hard sci-fi and space opera under an advanced technology rating (space travel inside a
-  system is relatively ordinary, but traveling beyond a system is almost never undertaken; FTL travel doesn't exist but
-  gravity generation does; *generally* things follow known physics, but there's always the opportunity for psionics,
-  alien stuff, etc.)
-* Characters: "mercs fighting the good fight"?
-    * Think about if any of you is going to need piloting skills.
+Likely to steal liberally from *Firefly*, *Star Trek*, *Farscape*, *Alien*, and *The Expanse*, mashing up elements of
+hard sci-fi and space opera under an advanced technology rating (space travel inside a system is relatively ordinary,
+but traveling beyond a system is almost never undertaken; FTL travel doesn't exist but gravity generation does;
+*generally* things follow known physics, but there's always the opportunity for psionics, alien stuff, etc.).
 
 ## Characters
 
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 * Jared Paul Ware, a sharp-eyed explorer (technology flavor) who builds robots
 * Taxion, a vicious warrior (skills and knowledge flavor) who fuses flesh and steel
 
+## Sessions
+
+The overall [session log](session-log) from bss's notes is meant to be a more detailed running history of in-game
+occurrences.
+
 ### The Xi Tauri System
 
 A separate page organizes the emerging detail of [the Xi Tauri system](xi-tauri).

pages/cypher/black/session-log.md

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+Title:          Out to the Black Session Log
+Footer:         Numenera, the Cypher System, No Thank You, Evil!, Invisible Sun, and their respective logos are
+                trademarks of Monte Cook Games, LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. All Monte Cook Games
+                characters and character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks of Monte
+                Cook Games, LLC. Content derived from Monte Cook Games publications is © 2013-2022 Monte Cook
+                Games, LLC. <a href="/cypher/fan-use-policy">Full Disclaimer</a>.
+
+# Out to the Black Session Log
+
+## Session 01
+
+Finishing up some character details, getting in space, getting a ship.
+
+* Taxion and Alex have a link, Taxion had a bad zero G experience
+* Alex holds a grudge against Nexus Dynamics, uncle was scared away or something
+* Bloy notices that PCs have a foe or tail
+    * Someone tailing Taxion, noticed by Bloy's robot
+        * Man with curly hair, on the ship
+        * Interested in Taxion's stuff
+            * Filing through his gear in the hold
+* Bloy's second favorite repair kit is missing
+* Asteria
+    * Taxion was out in the wilderness, distress beacon, Alex picked up on it
+    * Sparcely habitated
+    * Flex with Taxion out of the port
+    * Maybe steal some stuff from Nexus Dynamics
+* Cyphers rolled, all subtle
+* They get to the Hamaya Filco, spending from their speed pools to do so
+* Some sort of hostile action
+* Bloy 20s on hacking, gets direct access to tons of black box info on the system
+    * This all happened a year ago, well beyond the lifetime of the distress beacon
+    * Originated from Helios, another planet
+* Intrusion: deeper space beacon that bloy detects
+* Jeremy learns that they've stepped into a honeypot
+* Phil rolled a 1, tore suit, party took some time to bring him back
+* Nix approaching as they get back on the ship
+* Bloy rolls a 1 to try to get the Stars Alive out there fast, so they're adrift
+* Player Intrusion something in space disturbing the engines and the mag grapple that Nix is using
+* No data after the attack or nothing to record
+* Phil, in the center of the ship, hears curly haired guy
+* Pirates try to flee, but are all killed except for two who are captured
+* Curly haired guy tailing Jeremy has also been captured
+* Looks like the Nix
+
+## Session 02
+
+* Bloy rolls a 20 to find hidey holes and whatnot on the Nix, miscellaneous equipment and two cyphers
+* they start interrogating guys, especially Matsumura
+    * Bloy has some "tradecraft"
+* pirates were basically nobodies
+* the ship needs to have its transponder hacked or something to stop showing up as the Nix
+* plan is to turn in the pirates, claim ship
+* go back to Filco, find transponder, take transponder
+* Poseidon III
+    * agriculture main export
+    * no civil war or anything like that
+    * people on the fringe looking for new resources
+    * Taxion said there was tech to acquire or profit from
+* interrogated Matsumura, he said he was hired by Nexus Corp
+    * Taxion knifes him, whispers "thank you", spaces him
+* the *Nix*
+    * no weapons, but hardpoints for weapons
+* pirates try to make their way out through the walls to an escape pod
+    * they're trying to make their way to the helm
+    * they communicate that the party was headed to Poseidon III
+    * party tries to find an asteroid/etc. debris field to hide in
+* Level 5 cell created for the Nix in their downtime
+* Alex investigating the comms sent by the pirate to somewhere on Poseidon
+    * Pirates have taken a liquid nitrogen refinery and made it their base
+* Poseidon III
+    * as they approach, they're beaconed, they identify themselves
+    * 5,000-10,000 in the colony
+    * doing a week or so to get proper identification
+* Next time on Poseidon III
+    * looking for corporate secret in order to get an edge over on the Nexus Corp
+    * perhaps the Nexus Corp wants to weaponize something that this other corp bioengineered/whatever

pages/cypher/black/xi-tauri.md

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 ## Known Worlds
 
+* Xi Tauri Aa
+* Xi Tauri Ab
+* Xi Tauri B
+* Xi Tauri C
+    * Asteria
+    * Helios
+    * Poseidon --- planet consisting of liquid methane, practically the whole planet aside from mining rigs
+        * Poseidon III --- partially terraformed moon, primary industry agriculture, primary export produce, meat
+
 ## Lost History
 
 ### The Arks