Erm... Kaengarr would probably have a good idea of what it's worth (given his background/skills), even if I don't. :P

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So with the threat of be charged with piracy ourselves, do we take their ships or not, assuming its not locked down?

  Happy Holidays!

  And when we're all recovered from them: Kaengarr's view is that we're taking the ship back to the planet since it's material to the attempt at piracy by those four. If we get to keep it afterward  - and we have a good case for that, especially if said four end up send off to prison - that's a bonus.

  Plus, leaving it sitting there pretty much just invites someone else to come along and take it. :P

Post Ho-Ho-Ho...

We should definitely take the ship, in general, piracy and/or hijacking are dimly looked upon, and technically we are bringing pirates/hijackers to justice.

Given Darrel's influence, and the fairly high level of social firepower the group can bring to the table,, I'm all for taking the ship. IC, Pablo will back whatever his friends call as the play.

"Indy, grab the snake!"
"Stop calling it a snake!"
"Indy, grab the 'rope'!"


Stop saying 'take the ship'. Get it into your head that you are 'seizing the ship' as duly designated officers of the court.

That is some serious money.

Do we pool it for a ship or split ot among us (and maybe pool it later?)
And if it is the latter, do we split equally or with shares?

Of course this imo should also be discussed in character. I just want to get the general tendency.

In reply to Kheaiftouaw (msg # 29):

If Pablo has a share coming, he'd want to at least have it in his own account, just so he can see that much money in it. After that, he'd be all about putting it into a group venture.

  Is that 3.8 each for the Long Shot crew or 3.8 split between the five? (It makes a big difference for Valeska!)

  As for the rest of us, even shares of the payoff is fair, and we can pool all/most of it accordingly. (~1.28 mcr each if there are 8 of us now.)

Valeska has already been covered.

I would assume at some point that the two crew members who might know Valeska would have seen and recognized her. undoubtedly conversations would have ensued.

In reply to Valeska Brandenberg (msg # 33):

On a twenty hour trip, yeah, definitely. Pablo knows she is a member of the Longshot's crew, anyway.

Sam would like some cash to spend - say 100K but the rest can go into a ships fund

How about 1 MCr each and the remainder stays in individual accounts? That keeps it fairly simple?

EDIT NOTE: I've been thinking, maybe it's best to have everyone get their payout individually, then we decide on a figure...I'm sure there are characters that are going to want a sizable chunk of Crs to buy personal gear.
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Going shopping does sound fun. I'd suggest heading to Outpost, though, if that is our plan. Its an Imperial Client State, low law, tech 14, and a naval base, which should help our nobility exert their influence and maybe mean there is surplus military gear on the market.

Its only got a population of 40k outside the base and a B starport, so markets beyond startown will probably be limited in scope.

On the plus side, with both a Naval base and the B starport, the startown should be fairly extensive and well used to outfitting ex-military and other adventurous folk.

  Putting 1 mcr each into the pot sounds reasonable. We can always chip in our remaining funds later if we need to.

  Heading to the naval base was our original plan IIRC, but we seem to be in local demand!

We've discussed several possible follow-up locations and Outpost was high on the list.

The Ship Ahoy thread was involved in that, along with, obviously, the ship possibilities, although a number of new options have presented themselves.

Concerning the pot, looking at prices for gear and whatnot, 100Kcr, doesn't really go that far...it's best to let the characters spend what they feel is necessary on personal stuff, then we can take a hard look at group finances.

Keep in mind, no matter what ship (and possibly cargo) we get, the initial outlay will be high.

Concerning Grendal, I have a feeling that the group is ready to move on.

1 MCr each in and the change to spend works for Sam, but I don't think everyone needs to do that if they don't want to. The more money in the pot, the less of a drain on funds the ship is each month.

So Sam will do the above, and I think everyone should just post how much they add to the pot from their share - and theres no need for it to be a set amount tho I suppose keeping the maths simple might help

I assume the 2nd M-Drive is a backup system?

Not really, but if you are wondering if the ship can fly with just one M-drive, yes. It was an SDB... it was meant to do heavy maneuvering in a system.

A quick note: I was looking at the fuel tonnage for the long shot...wouldn't it be 180 tons for the jump-3 600 Tons/.1 X3 ?