Session 9: "Jamming With Edward"

Aboard the Bebop, Spike, Jet and Faye learn of a new bounty: a hacker who has hacked an old satellite above the now forbidden South America and drawn large animal pictures in the planet! Jet and Faye head out to catch the bounty, but Spike decides to sit out since hackers are so boring.

First, Faye begins to check all currently operative satellite. Unfortunatly for her, there are about 100 of them! Meanwhile, Jet is gathering info. He learns from the people about Radical Edward, a hacker who is a 6'10", ex-basketball star, hindu/transvestite. Oh boy.

Anyway, back on the Bebop, the group gets a message from a young boy, talking about someone named Ed. Finally realizing that it is the Radical Edward, they listen up.

It would seem there was no hacker. An old spy satellite disguised as a weather satellite drew the pictures because it wanted to remember the past. Edward has named the satellite "MPU" and wants the crew to make a copy of it. They'll have to fly up to it and copy MPU's files without using computers, since the attack satellites around MPU would open fire and destroy them. Jet thinks it's impossible. Spike, however, is already heading for his starship. This is waaaaaay more exciting than a hacker!

As Spike gets close, Ed tells Faye she can get a little more info about the bounty, but she has to make a promise. Faye agrees...

Anyway, things go awry from the start. The satellites detect Spike anyway, so the whole "no-cpu" plan is ditched. With Faye as a distraction, Spike gets close enough that the satellites won't fire and hooks up to the satellite, while Ed downloads MPU. MPU is safely aquired and the crew gets out of there quick.

Afterwards, Spike and Jet notice Ed outside his house, and he keeps saying something about keeping a promise, but Faye insists they leave. Ed hacks the Bebop's computers and makes them fly towards them. Faye's promise? That Ed can become a true member of Bebop!

And it gets worse. Since the term "bounty" applies only to living beings...they won't get the cash, since the culprit is a satellite.

Meanwhile, Spike's got another problem. There are only three things he hates: animals, kids, and women with attitude. And now that all three of them are nicely packaged up and on board the Bebop...

Oh, and one last big thing: turns out Ed's a girl!

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...