Starship Yermak
Location: Deep Space
Date: 26th June 4031 CE
Timeline: Post–Last Great Time War (Take 2)
Name: Yermak Maru
Registration: я93-NF8д, Novaya Russia
Captain/Pilot: Borys Nguyen–Makarov
Mission: Ortega Expedition of Luna University
Destination: Unnamed rogue planet
Out in the cold void between the stars, where space–time lay nearly flat, where atoms drifted sparsely, and hard radiation crawled sluggishly, where bright stars and fertile worlds were but a distant memory, the old ship flew. It was illuminated only by flickeringly dim floodlights and distant starlight, picking out countless dents, patches, and bolted-on and mismatched accessories. It was ungainly, mishapen thing.
Yermak Maru was picked out in peeling pain upon its hull. She was an old ship, but sturdy, a veteran workhorse.
Normally she carried a little high-value, low-mass cargo, but now she had a different task: ferrying an archaeological expedition out of Luna University, headed by one Professor Niles Ortega, to a recently discovered rogue planet in the sparse void between the spiral arms of the galaxy. She carried equipment, archaeologists, supplies. It wasn't a well-paying job, nor likely to be an easy one.
Borys Nguyen–Makarov, just Borys to everyone, was her owner, captain, and pilot. He called himself a trader, but anyone who'd seen those high-value, low-mass cargos knew him also to be a smuggler. Those who knew him well knew he'd also been a mercenary, a thief, and a soldier in the last Dalek war, several years ago. Now he was just grumpy, overworked, and annoyed by his guests.
A particular annoyance was Niles Ortega, Professor of Archaeology at Luna University (not exactly the most reputable of archaeology departments). He was friendly and charming enough, though it was the kind of friendly that only wanted you to keep paying attention to him. He loved to talk, though only about archaeology, himself, and himself doing archaeology. He had big plans: to uncover a lost civilisation and retrieve wondrous artefacts; and to win awards, write books, go on lecture tours, host documentaries, and get rich and famous. He had the last all worked out. All that eluded him were the first two.
OOC: I'll introduce more students and crew later as needed. Bluetooth, Farren, Stirix, and Trace, I will PM you details about your roles on the ship.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:21, Fri 26 June 2015.