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{{Infobox story
| title = SS Scavenger DX-1017: The Accident
| series = SS Scavenger Universe
| number = 5
| primary_ship = SS ''Scavenger'' (DX-1017)
| timeline = Post-Changeling arc; events around Rosa (Ross 248)
| location = Rosa system (Ross 248) and the Kentuk colony
| antagonists = Captain Kuegon / “Kulona”, Koshek, pirate crew of the ''Bloodreaver''
| major_events = Rosa singularity accident; boarding action; Tranzine countermeasure; destruction of ''Bloodreaver''; birth of Tirasha Liera Rin
}}

'''''SS Scavenger DX-1017: The Accident''''' is the fifth story in the *SS Scavenger Universe*.
The crew of the heavily modified Deliverables-class salvage vessel **SS ''Scavenger'' (DX-1017)** escorts the **''Arclight Surveyor''** into frontier space when a plasma-weather catastrophe in **Rosa** (Ross 248) cascades into a pirate attack led by a resurrected **Captain Kuegon**—now appearing as **“Kulona.”**
The crew must repel boarders and make a morally fraught decision: to deploy **Tranzine gas** through life-support to accelerate the pirates’ Changeling infection and end the assault.

== Synopsis ==
While navigating **Rosa’s “thin red winds,”** ''Scavenger'' is ambushed by the pirate warship **''Bloodreaver''** (formerly **Nerathis Hauler DB-2294**), commanded by **Kulona**—revealed to be **Kuegon** in a new body.
Boarding cutters breach Deck 3 and LDeck 3; Captain Drex orders both fronts held while Engineering and Security counter with barricades.

In Med, **Dr. James Drex** conceives a desperate plan: disperse **Tranzine gas** via the life-support trunks to force rapid Changeling progression in the pirates, while ''Scavenger'' crew remain protected by prior **Terget-derivative inoculation**.
**Kessa Rin** races canisters to the hubs as **Vek Tollin** and **Brennen Gillings** prime the manifolds; on Drex’s mark, the ship “breathes in,” and the boarders collapse.

With the boarders neutralized, Drex drives the final space fight inside Rosa’s plasma veils. **Velka Ereen Drex** masks the ship in stellar weather, baiting the ''Bloodreaver'' into a fatal vector. The pirates are sent “home” through a Transit Window, and the enemy vessel is destroyed amid the belt.

In the aftermath, **Kessa** gives birth to **Tirasha Liera Rin**, symbolizing renewal for the crew. Later reports speak of the abandoned **''Bloodreaver''**, her crew transformed—an epilogue whispered as *“Koshek’s Kindergarten.”*

== Key Characters ==
* **Captain Elan Drex** – Commands the defense and authorizes the Tranzine deployment.
* **Velka Ereen Drex** – Helm and tactical officer; ghosts ''Scavenger'' within Rosa’s plasma belt.
* **John Rin** – Leads Deck 3 counter-squad and escorts Med-to-manifold runs under fire.
* **Vek Tollin** – Engineering lead who rigs the life-support manifolds.
* **Brennen Gillings** – Executes crucial splices under combat pressure.
* **Dr. James Drex** – Designs the Tranzine strategy; confirms crew immunity via Terget protocol.
* **Kessa Rin** – Transports Tranzine canisters and later delivers Tirasha Liera Rin.
* **Kulona (Kuegon)** – Antagonist; a resurrected Kuegon commanding the pirate ship ''Bloodreaver''.

== Ships and Craft ==
* **SS ''Scavenger'' (DX-1017)** – Deliverables-class Phase-Drive salvage vessel.
* **''Arclight Surveyor''** – Frontier science ship under escort.
* **''Bloodreaver''** (ex-Nerathis Hauler DB-2294) – Pirate warship refit by Kuegon.

== Locations ==
* **Rosa (Ross 248)** – Home to the Kentuk colony; known for its dangerous plasma “winds.”
* **Deck 3 / LDeck 3** – Life-support trunks used to disperse Tranzine gas during the boarding.

== Technology and Terms ==
* **Tranzine Gas** – Compound that accelerates Changeling infection to terminal stage; harmless to inoculated crew.
* **Terget Protocol** – Inoculation booster derived from the Prosian beverage Terget.
* **Phase Drive** – Experimental FTL system aboard the ''Scavenger''.
* **Transit Window** – Instant-transfer device used to dispatch the final pirate boarding parties.

== Chronology ==
Set after *The Changeling* and before *The Tonan Civil War*, marking the midpoint of the Scavenger’s early expeditions and Kuegon’s transformation.

== Themes ==
* **Hard choices in defense** – Ethical tension of using Tranzine through civilian ship systems.
* **Family in steel** – The crew as chosen family bound by survival.
* **Renewal** – Birth and hope following devastation.

== Notable Scenes ==
* **Kulona’s Reveal** – The pirate leader’s broadcast exposes Kuegon reborn.
* **The Lungs Breathe In** – Vek throws the manifold valve; Tranzine floods the decks.
* **Clash in Rosa’s Belt** – Velka’s piloting and Drex’s tactical reversal end the battle.

== Epilogue ==
Alliance scouts later find the derelict **''Bloodreaver''** drifting near Ross 248. Its mutated crew become the stuff of spacer legend—*Koshek’s Kindergarten.*

== Appendices (in-universe) ==
* **Glossary:** Annuli calendar terms, Terget, Tranzine, Phase Drive, Rosa.
* **Ship Registry Extracts:** ''Scavenger'', ''Ralos'', ''Arclight Surveyor'', ''Bloodreaver'' (DB-2294).

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