The task force had asked its police leutenant contact to check the destination of another cargo container, a destination that EricEmebovadille had managed to dig up.
The destination proved to be a ghost town far out in the desert, used as a garbage dump, called "Hercules Depot". The leutenant had sent out a detective, who had only flown over, as it was lawless land, populated by kobolds, feral orcs and other dregs.
EricEmebovadille arranged for transport from a military base located close to the destination, and then the task force boarded the high-speed freight train.
JorgenCallain inspected the cargo manifest and found a freight car which had too much emphasis on being empty. Much discussion erupted on how to enter a freight car of a train speeding along on maglev in 600 kph.
First in the train was a first class car, mint condition, part of the train for years, but never used until the task force boarded. Following that was two cars with miners, six freight cars, of which the last was the interesting one, and then a long train of ore cars.
Urgus decides to mingle with the miners, and after an intense discussion about recent sports event, it is revealed that the train takes a very different route and follows a different time table, depending on what bribes had been payed to the train company.
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