"I'm a cartographer."
He was probably the best on the planet before the attacks, certainly after.
"Kilometres and milliradians are far better options."

Personally prefer Parsecs and Jump Points myself...

She looks at Cyril "Which just proves you need to get planet side more. So lets go find a nice place to go for a swim and have some fun"

"Umm," he said, pointing over the side.

In reply to Meir Galinski (msg # 17):

"Some Cartographer. All navigators use nautical miles. We will anchour at a quiet bay for tonight, where you and .my kids may swim. I believe there is a beach there, if my memory serves me."

[Private to Meir Galinski: Actually, most early cartographers were also navigators, and recorded latitude and longitude only of objects, indicating they also used nautical miles, which can be read directly from such readings. Kilometers and radians would need some translation work...]

"See, this is the hidebound attitudes I'm up against!" he said to the off-worlders, acknowledging defeat once again. Even the greats of mathematics and cartography such as Eratosthenes, Fra Mauro, and Henry Pelham had their setbacks though, so he was confident his ideas would eventually be accepted. Probably wouldn't be for another few hundred years though....

Cyril looks over the side to see what Meir is pointing to...

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 20):

There is a lot of water over the side. Clear waters that would be excellent for swimming if the fishe there are not too carnivorous...

[Secret to Meir Galinski: You know they do not eat people, though some of them hunt other fish (think salmon, tuna or other game fish.) There are larger predators around, similar to sharks, but they are as rare as they are large (Think Apex predators...including creatures like killer whales!) and you cant see any from here.]

Kat looks over in the water "So, is there anything in the water that eats people?"

"Probably, but we've only had six years to look..." he replied with a shrug.
"You may want to wait until we anchor for the night before diving in though. We're not going to break any speed records with this wind, but not even the fastest sprinter's going to keep up."
"Got a wetsuit, or better yet, a dry suit?"
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She looks at Meir "I was thinking of a bikini? What is the temp of the water?"

"Well, given the temperature in summer barely breaks fifteen degrees celsius just about anywhere on the planet, and it's not summer now, I'm going with "not hot"..."

In reply to Meir Galinski (msg # 25):

Current temperature about 8 degrees Celcius, with an expected maximum today of about 10 degrees.

"We have seen some whale-sized fish that seem to have sharp teeth for eating whatever is in the water, man-sized or larger, but they are rare in the shallows such as the small beach we will be camping at. Best to swim there. We have also seen some large squid or octupii, but never been able to catch one for proof, so most of the other colonists think it is our imagination..."

In reply to Katherine 'Kat' Steele (msg # 24):

Hmmmm... You may want your fur lined Bikini...

"Maybe we can wait till we are in a place with some warmer water" she says with a grin.

Sounds like a good plan... and shallow sounds desirable as well.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 29):

"We will make it to a small lagoon by tonight. It will be both warmer and protected. May even be up to about 10 degrees Celcius..."

It is getting late by the time a small island shows up on the horizon.

30º C is more to my liking.

In reply to Skipper (msg # 30):

"Toasty!"
His tone wasn't clear if he was serious or joking...
[Private to GM: Sooooo going for a dip, in the wetsuit. Might even try gathering a bit of fresh food while in there.]

"Well, if its all we can get, we will have to go with it"

In reply to Katherine 'Kat' Steele (msg # 33):

"There may be some hot springs inland, but I would not know. The ocean is pretty cold, and the ice caps larger than earth by about 1,000 km."

It seems cooler for sure... and I am warm blooded and don't enjoy being cold.

She grins at Cyril "I an warm you up"

In reply to Katherine 'Kat' Steele (msg # 36):

"Not in front of the kids if you dont mind.

READY TO DROP THE PICK?"

There is an "Aye, Sir!" from the front, to which the skipper replies

"WHEN YOU ARE READY. DROP THE SAILS! Can you guys get on the aft sail winch thanks?"

A splash and clanking of chain against hull indicates the anchor is on its way.
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"That means we're dropping anchor and the three of us are to get to that machine with the levers sticking out of it up the back," Meir translated when nobody had moved.

"Say, that spaceship of yours, how good are it's long range sensors? Could it detect a ship at say two light years?"
[Private to GM: Thinking I'd throw in a reference to a second wave of colonists who were due to leave about ten years later. The ship would have to average a speed of about 0.43 light years which would put it just under a parsec away now.
Of course there's absolutely nothing to say the ship even actually left Terra in the first place (ten years is a very long time) or didn't run into trouble a very long time ago...]