Garrat swung by the farm section when he still had some time before the action.  He went up to one the ranch hands as he was putting livestock away.  “Say, do you guys have any of those things you call a cattle prod ?”

 three of the people  who worked the  farm were getting  animals to move into thier stalls  for  protective  rigging.

 A fellow Named Tyler waved  Garrat to follow him.  He   handed the   leash  for a Goat to a woman who was  settlign animals into thier  harnesses .

 walkign to a big red Locker, Tyler Opened the doors , there were Pulse rifles, shotguns and sidearms... there was a rack  for 6 prods.. two were empty. he  grabbed one hand HAnded it to Garrat,..its  ready to go?.. Two COM  cells in the slots near the head..if yo can't rack it in a charger, make sure the sun gets  to that  Blue  window on the side, and  they will charge.

In reply to Farm (msg # 96):

Garrat nods, "I want to use this to build a effective weapon for the leader of a primative species.  Do you mind if I keepit?"

 Tyler  waves Garrat off,..sure... keep  it.. we have a few more in stores, and  we can order more if  the foreman thinks   we need them.

   "Thanks" To Tech Deck.

<Flex>
With Haley in tow she took the lift to the bottom.  She even let Haley push the button.  She was surprised she could reach it, but easily could.  "Okay Haley, there may be some strange critters and things here.  Don't be shy, but be careful okay?"
"Okay.  But all bets are off if I see a pony or goat" she said.
She closed her eyes a moment.  She forgot the girl had a thing for baby goats.
"Just stay in eyeshot.  I'm gonna try and find a new babysitter, you might like.  For when I'm on duty and can't be right here with you."
The door to the lift opened.  Haley thought she was in wonderland a bit, a bit of a metallic wonderland, but wonderland none the less.  Manure and crops smells.  Barns.  Milk canisters.  People in overalls.  Off a bit she heard a bleat of a goat and moos of a few cows.  A sleek black kitty with white forepaws ran across the deck in a lope.  Even Nikki was impressed "Damn....better than back home"
"You said it.....I hear goats!" a big smile on her face.  she was gonna like it here.
She let Haley run a bit.  She moved to where a few workers were "Hi.  I'm Ensign Rutledge.  I'm looking for a girl named Toni or Cill.  Where can I find either, please?

  One of the  works    hanging in the  shelves a few trays up called  down...Toni is in the barn helping   milk the  cows  and   goats... Cill should  be  near the  water  feed checking on the fish and such.

 what looked to be  an older  woman, but  who can say? took off a   work  glove  and pushed back a  Hermes AG hat.

  Come with me.... there  are a few  alien   beasts here.. but  we try to keep this all earth like.... we  do have some of them Big Burian   Cows... the Forman is trying to  crossbreed them with   EArth  Cows..but we also want to keep the earth strain pure, so we can spread them around the colonies  and CArrierstations...we have CAts  down here... help keep down the rodents..both  earth type and alien.....Bee Keeper has a good  set of hives..

<Flexed>

Haley was beyond excited "This place is so cool!!!"

ooc: sorry got cut off earlier.
Bic:
"Okay.  Lets head to the cows first"  She led the girl towards where the agro man pointed to.  Once there Haley ran towards a cow, but carefully not to spook it.  Gently she rubbed its nostril area of it's muzzle area.  A few ladies were moving about milking, shoveling, feeding, grooming, etc. for the cows.  "Excuse me.  I'm looking for Toni.  Is she here?"

Haley patted and surprised a lot of women that she could handle a big cow with out scaring it.  "You are a big holstein, ain'tcha" she even knew the variety.

Toni was pointed out to her.  Going over Nikki introduced herself and chatted a bit with her and explained what she needed.  There was a bit of haggling, but an agreement was made.  10 creds a week, extra if it involved overnight sleeping.  Tonight though was special and was for 2 girls (Haley and Maryanne), A whole pizza and soda tossed in as well as some vids.  She introduced Haley to Toni.  Spending a bit of time Both got to know the farm layout.  Soon after Nikki took Haley through the rec dec and arranged for a pizza and soda delivery to Olivias for the girls for when they were at the ball.  Nikki then showed Haley her quarters.  They would stay there for the moment until other arrangements could be made.  Haley liked it.  Both from fairly poor families it was still big enough for both, even if there was only the one bed.  She said she would get another bed if needed.  For tonight though she had to get real dressed up for work.  Then They would go back to Olivias and she could play with Maryanne and get to know Toni more.

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<== from the civvie section

Nikki showed up at the farm just as Toni and her father were finishing up their workday.  Haley was helping one of the ladies collect a few of the eggs.  She was nearly covered in dirt, as a proper farm girl should be.  "Haley!" she called out.  and moved over to Toni, quickly transferring the credits to her account.  "Were you puddle jumping today?" as she came running after putting the last egg she had away.
Toni chimed in "Actually she had a bit of a scuffle with a young boy here.  He made fun of her voice and they tussled into the mud.  We got it straightened out though and he apologized"
Her father added in a light tone, nearly laughing, "After she beat him up"
"Ooooo....guess she and I need to have a talk" she looked over at the little girl running up.
Seeing Nikkis face told her she knew about the fight "Not my fault.... Sam shouldn't have made fun of me" she gave a pout and twisted a shoe in the dirt.
"True..but we shouldn't fight just to fight.  Okay?  We'll talk more at home.  Lets get you cleaned up then go get something to eat" She smiled at Toni and her dad as she lead Haley off who waved again.
"Did you have fun today?"
"Yeah...keven got to ride on one of the cows.  Helped Mrs Argusson with the chickens and played with some kitties.  And picked some lemons" she continued to talk about her day as Nikki lead her back to the Officers Quarters.

====>Officers quarters

Haley arrived with Toni to the farm, she waved to Toni's father as she went to see if there were baby goats yet.  She knew one ewe was gonna have a baby soon.  she gave a frownie face when she saw that there was no kid yet.  She let Toni and her dad talk alone for a bit as she skipped about and reached over and petted the cows a bit.  She even petted the little black and white kitty that was about.  It had been skittish at first, but was warming up to her.

Nikki had left the Rec Dec about the time school was to be let out.  before going to get Haley she had taken her books back to her quarters.  She made sure that the books were put up for now and that Haleys and hers laundry was done.  She also finished up the last bit of the purple melon meat as well.  The seeds in a cup, she counted 40 total.  It gave Haley about an hour or so to be on the farm area.  Bringing the cup with seeds, and still in her off duty clothes she left for the farm area.
Getting there she waved at Toni.  Toni then went to find Haley.  "Hey Mr. Annerson.  I was wondering if you could help me a moment.  I am looking for a farmer to make a deal with on some of the seeds from the purple Nivarian melons.  Would you be interested or know who would be?" she remembered she was told they had value.

  The  farmers   had the    side  dor  opened to the Hold.   They  had  Bags  of Manure,  and containers  of  fish ( and  fish-like  things  from other  worlds  that  managed to 'get along'  with Earth types ) There were also stacks of  Cow  hide, Goat Hide, and  bags of chicken feathers There were also  5 of the  'new" Lonnox Puppies is   glass cages  that had   holes for breathing.

  ..Hey there.... Yeah..right about  now , ever ship in the Fleet that has a farm is loading thier  'goods"  for trade with the Farms on the Uppers  and Lowers...we  get same  damned  good  deals..whether  we get  hard creds, or  supplies...  Manure  is the  heavy seller..they have as  many  Cattle s and such  as the whole fleet, so they  take what they can get if its  bagged...most ships  are pretty smart.. they  bag them right away..others let it pile up and it  takes  alot longer to get the stuff to  market.

 ..we  keep most of our  crops here , unless we  look like  we  might waste some...we're lucky enough that we have things here  that will eat  stuff... but  we  don't want to waste it all on that.. we'll be gettin'  cattle in and some other animals..we're tradin' off some of the older Goats  and sheep  for the Station farmers  to use, so we don't  waste   space on  an animal that we  might have to butcher too early

 He looks at the seeds, he pushes his , ball cap bill up  and Looks at her  while pointing at the seeds...I'm Gonna  tell you fair? We  can do two things on the ship for you?  We can  loan you a patch of  ground and see if you can grow your own.. The price  would be , One   Melon  from every  4, that will go to the farm's crops for selling to the Rec dec. or to folks  that wants them....

 ..or  we can give  you  100 creds  for every  5 you want to sell us?.... Bio-Techs  said  5 is the magic  number, fer  when ya plant them...

 ..now?..off station... I ain't gonna lie... You take that handful  down to a farm down there...uppers or lowers?... you'll get 1000 vreds , just fer that handful...maybe more..if there ain't  no one  who is  flashign them around when you;er there... Them things?  Ther  are like the  miracle food?.. Good drink, good flesh and the  Rinds  can be eaten too if ya  cook them up...But?.. not many folk have them...We ever  get back to Nivar... were  gonna buy Bins of those  melons.. and get the  Rec ded to save  seeds from thsoe they cut up...so..Little Lady.. you  have a tiny  Cred  mine in your hand.

"Well...I got enough creds that Haley and I can be comfortable and not starve.  And if I do this right I think we might be able to do all of it.  I know Haley comes down a lot, but she also has school.  How aboutthis....I give you 10 for a bit of land to grow them.  out of that I am thinking is a good number to start with.  out of that 10 if more than 1 plant grows Haley gets one and she gets taught how to grow it nice and healthy.  You get the rest of the plants.  The other 30 I'll sell on Fuji and if I can get about a good deal I will give you 10% to help towards helping your family?  If I can sell for atleast 3,000 you can make an easy 300?" to her that was a win all over.  She even showed him the seeds to let him know it was an up and up deal.  "And they are good.  Taste like a good Terran mushmelon or cantaloupe.  I think they could make a nice base for a homemade house paint or wool dye."

  The  Fellow    nods,..Good  enough. Let's  take a  walk over  to teh  Plots  we   rent out..there is a  Med tech?... that has a plot   set aside, comes   down and works on it, even helps witht eh animals  from time to time...

Nikki walked a bit as Toni found Haley helping bottle feed a litter of kittens.  She let Haley know Nikki was there and Haley handed the kitten back to the woman helping the first time momma kitty.  Waving bye she walked with her back to where Nikki and Toni's dad were.
"Well I'd think a bit smaller area is good, dontcha think?  and if you help out having atleast 90% of the crop would be an excellent start" Nikki said to which Toni's father nodded agreement.  Both were walking up to them.  "Hey Pinkin'.  Hi Toni.  Just talking to your dad about melons.  Haley...is your thumb green?"
"Uhm?...It's pink" she said as she looked at it.
"Well here is the deal for you all.  Haley when your down here..You get to help take care of some plants right here.  Remember the purple melons?  well in exchange for some seeds you get atleast one plant but you get to help Tonis dad grow them so you get to learn how.  He gets most and you get one.  Then you all get more melons and more seeds."
Haley sort of recalled that.  "I ..I think we talked about this...didn't we?"
"Yes we did...this is how it starts" Nikki replied.  "Mr. Annerson...think now is a good time to plant or should we wait until after we leave Fuji?" she did fish for 10 of the seeds.  "The rest I'll see if we can get a good deal"
He nodded and mumbled something like 'No time like the present'. and in that plot of land planted the 10 seeds.  If they lucked out they would get 10 plants going.
"Okay...now we need to get going.  the LC would like us on Fuji for a bit."  While were here I'll see about selling these seeds.  As well I know you have work to do as well Mr. Annerson.  We'll see you all a bit later" she would let him take care of the plot arrangement.  They waved to Toni and her dad as they left.  Soon they were near the lift "Okay my little Munchkin....impress me with what you learned today"
A big smile hit Haleys face and at nearly light speed began telling her all about kindergarten, recess, painting, storytime, spelling, numbers, Roll in the small park, and about the ewe not yet giving a kid and the momma kitten who did have kittens.
Nikki smiled through out.

===> quarters to get cleaned up

<- BioTech

Henry brought Nina and Gordo down (and Mila of course) and asked if Gordo might fly over the fields as long as he stayed away from the animals and didn't spook them.

   The   FArmer who was acting  as Foreman nodded, Howdy, I'm  Calib Moss.. i  try to keep the place  toegther  while the Boss is   off duty?...  well.. if  ya  wanna  have that thing  fly?...  let him go?  But  .. if  it  gets  to biting folks, or   animals, we'll have  ta   have you take it  away?.. can't have  the food sources  getting  contaminated .. Give it  a try...

 Nina  Looks  at henry then at the farmer.. and    Gorgo   took off..  Flying over the area    it would  sit on the branch of a fruit  tree, then  soar   around the 'field' troughs .

 It   looked around, once.. then dove down  to hit    something near the   water  tanks that had the fish.. it  went to a try  with a small Stem  rat, and began to     gobble it down..... well?  that will  help ? ..as Long   as the  thing don't eat   chickens  , cats or kids!

Henry smiled.

"He's really rather beautiful in flight, isn't he? Do you think you can persuade him to stick to rats and not eat the chickens?"

  She Frowned a  bit,..for the most part..I can...sometimes he does   what he wishes... we  had that problem with that  'cuttlefish' beast, that that  Barbarian LC has Murdered...

"We have been attacked by chip-controlled animals in the past so an unknown and unannounced beastie swimming up posed a threat," said Henry, who thought that the matter had already been laid to rest.

"The farmers regard the rats as pests, so Gordo can eat as many of them as he likes. That should satisfy his need for live food, and give him some exercise. So, how biddable is he?"
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  ..he gets  his exerecise by  flying and  Climbing trees..... they launch themselves  like  spears   to hit  prey..if they are  caught in the open field, they hunt  like   Birds..

"Do you know what world Gordo comes from?" asked Henry.

He looked round as a large cat, are bristling fur and claws, streaked by and took refuge in a barn, clearly unimpressed at the new addition to the wildlife around the farm.

   Nina   watched  the  creature  soaring   around, perhaps lookign for  more  prey.

   ..He is   from Nivar ..  we   got many  Creatures from there and the Green Moon.. There was a Private Company that bought  some creatures of us... If I understand, those   same  creatures  were  sent to you after   some...'altercation'..at the LAbs. on Etna?

"Ah, yes," said Henry pulling something up on his vidboard.



"This we found on the Green Moon, but I only saw one once it was dead, but this had fur not feathers. Gorgo definitely has feathers."

   Nina  smiled,as  with all creatures, Variants  are around.   I think that some of the fur   beasts   lived in the northen parts .. while   featehrs    where in the  warmer.. I have not  been able to  study them scide  by side... I can  only assume   the sea going   creatures have scales  or  .. 'seal'-like  skin

"That is extremely possible," Henry nodded.

"What is Gorgo's top speed? Have you ever seen him flying with other feathered serpents, or only alone with you?"