Difference between revisions of "Patji expedition"

The expedition iswas carried out by the [[Northern Interests Trading Company]], which iswas based in the Eelakin [[homeisles]]. The Company's main purpose iswas to research the Aviar and to claim Patji ahead of competing companies. The Company sendssent at least two large, iron-hulled ships equipped with cannons, one of which iswas captained by [[Eusto]]. Eusto servesserved as the leader of the expedition, although he appearsappeared to be threatened by [[Vathi]], a scholar who hashad significant knowledge of trappers and also had her own Aviar. The team hashad approximately two hundred soldiers and one hundred scientists and merchants. When the expedition arrivesarrived on Patji, the team setsset up their base, which iswas a small fortress. A scout team including [[Vathi]] iswas sent to circle the island and set up a second fortress, but they arewere attacked by a [[deepwalker]] while camping on the beach. Vathi iswas the only survivor.{{book ref|sixth}}

The trapper [[Sixth of the Dusk (character)|Sixth of the Dusk]] comescame across the remnants of the scout team's camp, and realizesrealized that the Company iswas making a full-fledged effort to occupy the island. He notesnoted that mercantile companies from the homeisles have discussed setting up an outpost on Patji for years, but he hashad previously warned them and their underqualifiedunqualified "trappers" away from attempting to do so. He followsfollowed tracks into the jungle, believing that the Company hashad somehow hired a trapper fromwith thesome Pantheonskill duefrom to Vathi's unusualthe skillPantheon, but eventually findsfound herVathi caught in one of his traps and realized the tracks were hers.{{book ref|sixth}}

Vathi revealsrevealed the scope of the Company's expedition and mentionsmentioned that there iswas a great deal of demand for Aviar on the [[mainland]]. She also tellstold Dusk that the Company hashad been in contact with the spacefaring [[Ones Above]] and possessespossessed several pieces of their technology. The technology iswas far more advanced than anything in the current Eelakin civilization and includesincluded machines that can locate Aviar. One of the other members of the expedition, [[Winds]], opensopened the largest of these machines and it agitatesagitated all of the Aviar on the island.{{book ref|sixth}}

Contemplating the new technologies and the suspicious level of interest that the Ones Above displaydisplayed in regards to the Aviar, Dusk realizesrealized that the machines were intentionally left with the Eelakin to accelerate the progress of their civilization. This would allow the Ones Above to appropriate the resources of First of the Sun without technically exploiting the native people.{{book ref|sixth}} The fate of the expedition after that point is not known.