Decade-long Captain of the Coalition Jie Meifeng is not dressed to impress in quite the same way as most of her public outings that might have caught the eye of Tekhum's rich and powerful. Not for this. This was a Badali party, hosted by Badal's finest. She was dressed for the occasion: custom-built, environmentally sealed light infantry armor, sans helmet, under a fitted long jacketed black coat studded with golden stars over crimson trim. Together with the sleek knee-height combat boots and the stylized form, she still struck quite the impressive silhouette, with the flaring coattails and the expansive shoulders, but she was not here to show off her cybernetics, nor seduce royalty. Simply establish a tone for the proceedings.
The room is lined with the coats of arms of the Bironian orders - and the flags of the most influential Parlor Councils and Forecaptains in the Coalition, each next to the Skull and Stars of the Black Cloud Coalition's banner. Heavily augmented cyborgs and veteran Bironian knight-mercenaries alike, nearly a dozen of each, in flashy street fashion or embellished armors, congregate in small groups around the edge of the room, as if to make up for the comparatively austere decorations of the room itself, for which the greatest indulgence are a number of screens set into the floor and walls displaying live feeds of cloudscape of Badal as seen from the Lower Gold Zones nearly 400 meters below, creating an illusion of windows - and exposure, vulnerability. Any who sought her would be directed to this room to take conversations. Some few she might lead to yet more private rooms for discussion of certain more sensitive matters.
And while his Captain made ready to take on all challengers in her selected arena, and make good on months of work, her First Mate prepares his blades for a more literal arena, and tunes the controls over his own extensive augmentations.
Cyberduelist Duan Li
Knightly Duel: Intrigue +5 - Duan Li is a skilled cyberduelist, certainly, but the demands of the Crosspath's less brutal dueling regimes are liable to limit his capacity for maximizing his talents.
Pirate Brawl: Military +7 - even deprived of his sword, Duan Li's physical enhancements and adaptability to new circumstances make both him and his digital partner FirstComesThunder a force to reckon with.
Caged Streetfight: Military +7 - with all of his tools available, Duan Li is dangerous, persistent, and cunning. So long as the safety limiters remain engaged, the stunning lethality of his quickdraw techniques should be possible to avoid.