Although there was a minor skirmish in the outer reaches of the Efate system, it was a bit far removed from the Fifth Frontier War.

No one really understood what the point of the Zhodani incursion was since the Zhodani force had no chance against the Imperial Navy starforce that was stationed there. It was suggested that it was some sort of faint, but nothing else came of it.

Now that the war is over, things are back to normal on Efate.

The Frumious Bandersnatch makes the week-long trip without incident. The passengers are well-behaved and, in fact, a good time was had by all.

The passengers thank Luise for the passage and promise to put in a good word with TAS.

Because Efate is a significant industrial world, it has both a highport and a downport.

When you come out of jump, it takes only three seconds for the sensor buoys to pick up the ship's presence and transmit the standard hail. Since you have registered passengers whose state destination is Efate, you are automatically granted clearance to land at the downport and are given a vector (time, course and speed).

Not surprisingly, your ship sensors pick up the presence of nearly two dozen other ships in orbit or in transition.

From jump exit, it takes you about 6 hours to reach the atmosphere, and another 20 minutes to land at the designated bay at the starport.
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Upon landing, Harry unbuckled himself and stretched from the six hour ride in 'G' space. Next he helped passengers with their luggage to clear customs. "Nice quiet trip, I wish they were all like that."

Then it it was time for the Downport cargo-master. Find buyer for all of their cargo, deliver the mail and such.

Before anyone leaves the ship, Luise calls everyone together and has a few words to say.

"Just wanted to give everyone a few things to think about," she says.

"The war is over, but, even so, we had decided to steer clear of the 'war zone'. So, it gets down to where do we want to go next."

"None of us have any vested interest in this region, so it's a wide open book for us. Look around, talk to people, check things out. Do we want to stick with going where the cargo and passenger winds take us, or do we want to come up with a more... focused plan."

"I have to admit, aimless wandering doesn't seem to be my style. I might be able to get used to it, but I'd still like a more specific purpose."

"To that end, see what you can drum up for... well, for lack of a better term... Adventure. Constant trading is fine as far as it goes, but it's starting to feel like... WORK."

"And last but by no means least... try to have some fun while we're here! That's an order!"

In reply to Luise Wechsler (msg # 3):

Oeh secures his station and leaves the meeting and heads back to his cabin.  There he changes into his part clothes and heads to the nearest bar to see if he can pick up any rumors of places  to go have fun on.

Harry secures his station as well. He then breaks out a cigar and a snifter of brandy to celebrate landing.

During the J-space journey, Arc had plenty of extra time to assess the ship's stores and complete an inventory, so, by the time they landed, he knew what the ship could use if not outright needed.

As expected, the starport at Efate had a Galaxy Outfitters store that you could order from online and have it delivered to... well, wherever, but, in this case, it was to the starship.

He spent about an hour placing the order and then headed out.

Staying inside a flying tin can really wasn't that bad, and if it had been on the ground, he probably could have stayed inside definitely. It was the 'not being able to leave' that generally constituted 'cabin fever'. So, like everyone else, he was eager to leave the ship and go have fun.

Just what was fun on Efate?

Guess he'd find out. Maybe.

Starports were never that busy in terms of ships landing and such--a real busy port could see 10 or 12 ships a day, but the number of people that worked at a starport to service those ships and their crews... now THAT is what made a starport bustle.

That, in turn, meant a lot of bars. Arc, as he was leaving the ship, decided he'd make a tour of all of them at the starport! That should be FUN. Or not.

He checked his comm unit and requested a list of starport bars, pubs and taverns. The online search engine merely looked for places that served alcohol. That was 27! Plus another dozen on the periphery.

The hard was decided where to start. He finally decided to start with the closest... something called Mos Eisley Barre & Grille, a name apparently derived from some old science fiction vid.

Harry logs on to the Trader's Guild to see about selling their cargo.

30 tons of uncommon raw materials - 390kcr
65 tons of Basic Electronics - 910kcr +2 on Efate

09:38, Today: Harry McStubbin rolled 12 using 2d6+5 with rolls of 3,4.  broker.

09:38, Today: Harry McStubbin rolled 17 using 2d6+5 with rolls of 6,6.  broker. +2 of Efate = 19.

OOC - What do they sell for StarMaster?
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Apparently Arc had the same idea!

Yo! Arc! Wait up! Going to do another tour of the starport bars?" he finally asked when he caught up to Arc.

"Mind if I join you?"

"You know... I once had this idea that I was going to visit every bar in the galaxy! Well, Known Space, anyway, but I didn't rule out unexplored parts of the galaxy. I mean, what kind of bar would a race of intelligent octopi have? And what would they drink?"

"Every wonder what such a race would be like? I mean... would they somehow walk upright? Would they still live under water? If they were intelligent, wouldn't they evolve beyond the watery medium? Even if the ocean was vast or even the whole world, there is still the atmosphere, right? Maybe frozen polar regions. Maybe sargassos. And then there are all those stars up above. The sun. Moons maybe. An intelligent species would want to know about those things."

"Okay, I know what you're thinking, and, no, I haven't started drinking yet. But I'm ready!"

They reached Mos Eisley just then. It was at the start of one of the concourses. Efate was one of those radial starports, with six concourses and stardocks on all sides. It made for a very large extraterritorial area. And security headaches, no doubt.

Slipping into the bar, Steve went up to the bar.

"I'll have a PGGB. What about you, Arc? Got a favorite drink? I always hit a new planet running... starting with a PGGB. Puts hair on your chest... and everywhere else, or so they say. I've always wondered where that expression came from. Do you really think there was some guy that drank a PGGB and really did grow hair on his chest?"

"You'd think growing  hair on your head would be a better selling point."

He looked around the bar to see what it had for entertainment while he waited for his drink.

"Oh, look... a holoband. What strange aliens. Of course, with a holoband, you can have anything you want, even species that don't really exist. That we know of."

"Wait! Is that... an octopus playing flute, trumpet and sax? That's something you don't see every day!"

OOC - 225,000 Cr for passengers and mail.

30 tons of uncommon raw materials - 390kcr
65 tons of Basic Electronics - 910kcr +2 on Efate

They'll give us the best margins.

1.3Mcr. mail and 5 passengers.
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Luise looked over Harry's proposed manifest.

"So, where do the passengers want to go? Is the cargo speculation? Or would we be transshipping it as freight?"

OOC - that is to sell our speculative cargo, not buy.

"Oh, sorry. I thought they looked familiar," Luise replies.

"You didn't have anything labeled. Anyway, looks good. I know more about the cost of high fashion than I do about trade goods."

"Have the mail picked up. Go ahead and sell the cargo and have the buyer pick it up."

"But, like I said, do we have any specific destination next? Or do we just want to see where the space winds take us?"

09:38, Today: Harry McStubbin rolled 12 using 2d6+5 with rolls of 3,4.  broker.

09:38, Today: Harry McStubbin rolled 17 using 2d6+5 with rolls of 6,6.  broker. +2 of Efate = 19.

OOC - What do they sell for StarMaster?

"Aye aye captain. See where the cargo takes us?"
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30 tons of uncommon raw materials - 390kcr: sells for 409.5kcr

65 tons of Basic Electronics - 910kcr +2 on Efate: sells for 1,274kcr

15,957,979 Cr after expenses. half a million profit.

Arc could handle a PGGB when he was feeling good, but tended to feel bad after drinking one. He wasn't feeling that good today... kind of the blahs rather than feeling sick. So he wanted something that was a pick-me-up.

"I think I'll have... a mudslide," he ordered. Although the alcohol was a depressant, the caffeine from the coffee should do the trick.

"A couple of guys I know... when we were on a hunting trip... we'd sit around the campfire at night and speculate on what kind of alien animals we might find... and how we'd hunt them," he answered Steve while they waited for their drinks.

"We were into the 'man vs. nature' scene, so, no drones, no smart weapons. Sometimes we'd consider using a bow, but no laser sights and no heat-seeking armor-piercing arrows. Where's the fun in that?"

"Yeah, sounds about right on the sapient octopus. Ha-ha! Nice image. Somebody was being creative! If you had 8 appendages, could you actually do 8 different tasks at the same time? Most humans have a hard time walking and chewing gum at the same time."

"But, no, I never had the idea, nor the desire, to tour the galaxy's bars. I'm content with just doing the rounds at a starport."

He'd spent most of the trip reading up on Efate. There were a few points of interest, but mostly he was interested in how the war had affected the planet.

He was looking around the subsector to see where cargo might be needed. Sometimes, you could always check outbound freight to see where stuff was needed, but that didn't always mean they needed (or wanted) what you hauled out to them. That was the point of speculative trade.

They certainly weren't in need of money, not after that deal about the alien ship.

So, it now got back to... what did they want to do? There was only so much trade you could do before it started to get repetitious... old... and just plain boring. Unless you were so inclined to that sort of life. He wasn't. He was still young enough to want adventure.

Of course, they could always go back to what they started out doing... skip-tracing... before the war interrupted them.

He decided to check with the new crew... see what they wanted to do.

He managed to corner Exler and Oen-kek in the mess hall before they left the ship.

"We used to do skip-tracing," he began. "In fact, that's how we got our first ship. The war disrupted that and we changed gears to trying a bit of speculative trade. I don't think that's our thing, though."

"So, what are two interested in doing?"

from Ex.

In reply to Kraig Pars (msg # 17):

Always partial to exploration, aybe finding a suital planet and start a colony.  being a king sounds good.
sorry for not being around recently but had computer problems and just got it back working.

"Yes! Land is always good!" Exler agrees. "Well, territory... though that really translates as worlds."

"I don't really want to wind up having to run a colony. That's for the women. And once you get one going, you have to start a second one. Expand your territory."

"Those are long term projects, though. I'm not old enough to have the patience for that."

"I agree, though: trade was boring. I like Oen-kek's idea--exploration. To start a colony, we'd have to find some place to colonize anyway."

"Anyone know any place we can go exploring? I thought everything in this area was already explored and colonized. It'd be a long haul to an unexplored area of space."

"I'm not that familiar with the planets around, haven't done any research. Exploration sounds fun."

"Well, it kind of depends on what kind of exploration you are talking about," Arc chimed in.

"There are two types and even those can be broken down into styles and levels. The first type is what the Scouts do--go out into the unknown and explore new worlds. Unfortunately, we're way far away from anywhere that can happen. It'd take us a year maybe to reach the edge of Known Space."

"The second type is detail exploring of an existing world. This covers mountains, valleys, jungles, deserts, wastelands, arctic regions and even underwater."

"By the time Jump drive was invented, we pretty much had developed sensors to the point where we knew where all the stars were and which ones had planets around them. Details about the planets were scarce at best, so that's where the Scouts came in."

"Jump-2 pretty much assured that we could reach any place that was close enough to be practical. The problem with Jump-6, though, was that you could expand beyond your ability to conquer and control the area. If it takes a year to get there and a year to get back, a lot can happen in the two years you've been gone! Another year to get back... and the world might not even be there any more."

"It's why the Imperium keeps collapsing--it expands beyond its ability to control."

"Anyway, those types of worlds aren't around this deep into Known Space. So, that leaves the Type 2 exploration--details. The same kind of expansion issues leave glaring gaps in the exploration of new worlds. Take Earth history: it took 10,000 years of civilization and technological development before the entire planet was fully explored. Even then, there can be pockets that escape notice."

"Now we get down to style. Sensor sweeps, aerial reconnaissance, fly-bys, or feet on the ground? Mostly, it'll depend on what we are looking for. Feet on the ground also covers all-terrain vehicles. Sensor sweeps are primarily orbital."

"I've been checking the star maps for the local subsector. Efate isn't a good place for that sort of endeavor. There are only two planets within our reach that we might consider exploring. Alell is an Amber Zone. Somewhat of an urbanized paradise, lots of resorts, ruled by a king and complex bureaucracy... it has an extreme law level. Tourists go to the resorts but are cautioned not to go anywhere else. There are some unexplored regions of the planet."

The second world is better... and worse. It's a Red Zone... interdicted but no one knows why. Strong Scout presence around the planet. It has no starport, no known population, no known hazards. Speculation has it as a secret military installation, but it may also have an emerging civilization that no one wants to interfere with. I'm starting to wonder if it may not have some Ancient ruins there."

"Problem there is getting by the scouts. It IS a red zone and interdicted. We can always move to another point in space, taking odd cargoes and jobs on the way to pay for travel."

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 23):

OK, we should avoid the red Zone and pick up cargo to take to yje amber zone planet.  From there we ould see what planets look best for detailed exploration.  We should concentrate looking for useful etal/mineral deposits.  Doing sensor sweeps first then if we discover a good site then do a foot on the ground search todetermin how easy it would be to access the site with the detreminating factor of wether or not it was located already or not.  If not then we could sell the information either to the local government or an appropriate mega corp.

In reply to Oen-kek (msg # 24):

ok checking with the Traveller map site the following world are jump 2 from Efate.  Whanga,
uakye. lousy, and manoeb.  The first two worlds are starpot e Menorb is a c and lousy is a d.
none are either red nor amber zones.

"We've got a Jump-3 ship now, so we go a bit farther than before," Arc reminds Oen.

"If we really want to do some exploring, we could always head for the Foreven Sector. We could get there in 8 Jump-3s. Doesn't appear to be anything all that dangerous along the route."

"Foreven, sounds promising, gods willing."

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 27):

wors for me, e should try and find cargo that has destinations as we head that way to help pay the costs of the ship
On another note
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In reply to Oen-kek (msg # 28):

On another note none of us are really equipped to go exploring.  My background is security, one of us is a skip tracer and one  of us is an ex marine. I think that covers all the active characters, your thoughts?

"Never fly empty is a Trader's rule," the Captain responds. "We don't have to stick by it, but I expect we'll look into it as we go. Cargo, maybe not so much. Freight definitely. Or maybe the other way around. We heading into the outback, so to speak. Probably not going to be much freight or passengers."

"And, since it's off the X-boat route, mail might be an option."

"In any case, we'll need to stock up on food supplies. 8 jumps is 8 weeks. I don't think we should expect to find supplies along the way. In fact, I'd want to have 20 weeks of rations--8 there, 8 back if we don't like what we find, and 4 spares just in case."

"I'll set about plotting our route. Anybody have anything else to add?"

Harry smiles, Let's explore! Aye-aye captain, I'll buy enough food to fill the larder for 20 weeks"

Harry goes to the computer station and links up with the local Wifi to search the internet for the area. He finds a few wholesalers to check their prices and to make arrangements for transfer.

He then logs into the Trader's Guild to find cargo going in the direction of the Foreven sector.
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She had no idea what awaited them in the Foreven Sector, but there were no reports of anything unusual, strange or dangerous. Didn't mean there wasn't.

There was a problem with going that far away from the Imperium. They wouldn't be able to make the monthly mortgage payments... at least, not in a timely manner. Having wound up on the Dust Runner because it was being skip-traced, she was well aware how tenacious and resourceful skip-tracers could be. She definitely didn't want to wind up in that position.

It was possible, though, that she could work something out with the bank. Well, a bank. The data was on the ship's transponder... part of its ID. It got downloaded automatically at every starport where the ship came in contact with the Air-Space Traffic Control net.

After checking the local web, she decided to start with TranStellar Banq. There were a few other possibilities, but that seemed to be the best choice.

As she headed out of the ship, she stopped to see stopped to see Harry.

"You might want to see about getting a few spare fuel bladders or maybe even drop tanks," she told him. "Never know what we're going to run into."

Ten minutes later she was sitting across the desk from De'Vante Hollister, the financial director for the bank.

She began explaining the current situation and where the ship was heading.

Harry checked in on fuel bladders and tanks then to double their fuel capacity to make a double jump or two if need be. He talked to the engineer, Roland, about checking and performing maintenance on the fuel skimmers and the Fuel Processors to purify the fuel in them.

"Hey Roland, go over the fuel system too, we're looking to add capacity for extended trips. We need good clean fuel to avoid misjumps."
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 33):

Oen is manning comms.

Harry hits his comms, "Hey Ex, give Roland a hand will you, your strength might be needed."

In reply to Luise Wechsler (msg # 32):

There was some commotion at the entrance to the TranStellar Banq branch office. A tall and very sharp dressed man exchanged a couple of words with one of the bank's security guards, who seemed to turn pale, then nodded. The man spoke something into a communicator, then the doors opened again. A smaller figure walked in, wearing a hooded cloak, with the hood drawn over the face. The figure was clearly female, and a few strands of long blonde hair were reaching out from under the hood. Then another man entered, dressed just as sharp as the first one.

The group of three was heading for the bank manager, who turned just as pale as his security guard before. The two men kept the smaller woman in the middle and sent glances out to everyone around, warning not to approach.

"Oh my goodness.", the bank manager gasped. "I'm so sorry, dear baroness, but would you mind terribly to wait a little while? I have to take this customer immediately."

Before Luise could respond, the group reached the desk. The small figure under the cloak paused, looked at Luise and then said: "Luise? What are you doing here?" She removed her hood, revealing the face of Siyeon, one of the most prolific singers in recent history. She was blonde now, maybe as a disguise, but once her hood was removed, she was easy to recognize. She smiled at Luise, a quizzical look on her face.

Luise wasn't bothered by the manager's request, though she wondered who could or would take precedence over her. Perhaps a Count? Then the person was standing next to her and talking to her!

"Oh, my! Siyeon! I could ask you the same question!" Luise answered. "I don't suppose you are giving a concert here at the bank, are you? No, didn't think so."

"I'm working on some financial issues. I have a ship now, and we're planning on heading out to the Foreven Sector to do some exploring. Probably won't be able to make the mortgage payments for awhile, so just trying to make sure we don't have any skip-tracers sent after us."

"If we can defer payments for two years, that'd be fairly safe. If we aren't back by then... well... you get the drift."

Roland looks into getting drop tanks and collapsible fuel tanks (aka fuel bladders). The former is expensive at 3.6MCr but the latter are only 36,000 for 2.

Delivery of the bladders (empty) can be done within the hour. For an extra 10,000Cr the drop tanks can be delivered and attached/installed overnight.

No problem empty, but once full of fuel, a lot of calculations will have to be redone.

There's several hours yet for Luise to decide whether they want to fill them up here or wait for somewhere down the line.


Harry can't find any cargo going to Foreven. Half the people he talks to don't even know where it is. It's not so much that 8 weeks is too long to wait but that the distance is sketchy at best.

"No, not a concert.", Siyeon answered with a smile. "I'm just looking to move some funds around, this bank manages one of my accounts."

She seemed to have a thought then, pausing. "You have a ship? Would you mind taking on a passenger? I need to get away for a while, the fans are relentless." She had been thinking of travelling somewhere far away for a while now, a vacation of sorts.

"I love them, certainly, but sometimes they love me back a little too much. I can cover the payments. I'll be your investor if you'll have me. Under the condition that I can come with you."

"I hope you have enough storage capacity.", she said with an impish smile. "I don't travel very light."

"If you want to get away from your fans for awhile," Luise replies, "you can't get much farther away than where we're going. Of course, I'm not talking about actual distance as much as social and cultural distance. At least, as far as I know."

"You certainly could have become a passenger on the Frumious Banersnatch without any strings attached, but if you feel comfortable covering our payments for the next two-plus years, that's more than acceptable to me!"

"And it's a pretty large ship, so there's plenty of room for your... stuff. Ha-ha. Are you sure you're going to be comfortable in small quarters? We don't really have any VIP or luxury space. You're welcome to convert some area of the ship into your personal quarters, though."

"Our current itinerary was a departure sometime tomorrow. I'm sure you could get something done by then! Not sure I could, but you could do it."

Luise wasn't really sure what was going to happen, but Siyeon's amazingly generous offer solved her biggest problem. She hadn't bothered calculating what eight jump-3 trips would come out to for a passenger because, frankly, she hadn't expected to be taking on any passengers.

This could work out well... very well, indeed.

"Hey, Valdivian just delivered my new shirt.  What do you think?  I'll be styling when we get to Foreven right?  I got half dozen just like this one," Gahler said, strolling onto the bridge of the Frumious Bandersnatch clad in an island print shirt that featured aquatic mammals.  "Anyone else stocking up for the trip or are you just gonna buy and wear whatever clothing they have out beyond the frontier?"
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"I'll wear whatever, generally a jumpsuit and jacket, not into 'styling' so much. . . . Maybe I'll give it a try!"

"You'd look good in a fish shirt.  Trust me," Gahler assured Harry as he ran his hand through own hair.  Grohlson had recently stopped shaving his head; now he looked like a new man.

When it was finally agreed by about half the crew that going exploring out in the Foreven Sector was what they wanted to do, those who were interested in continuing with the Trade Mission decided that maybe it was time to leave the ship and seek adventure elsewhere.

Kraig, IM and Exler all decided to do that as there was another far trader in the port looking for some 'less adventurous' crew.

Kraig had calculated out their shares and Luise approved them, so that much of the funds was dispersed to the departing crew members.

"Looks like we're losing Kraig, IM and Exler, going to miss my roommate. Ex was a trip!"

"I'd be looking for a roommate who doesn't spend all day licking himself and scratching up the furniture if I were you," Gahler said with a hearty laugh.

"Kraig is who I will miss.  My brother from another mother, so to speak."
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That was certainly unexpected! He'd joined Steve and Kraig and Gahler back on Lanth at the start of the war. A bit of urban warfare against the occupying Sword Worlders, a desperate flight out to the ship the others had been skip-tracing, the insane confluence of people and events out at the ship, the mad dash out of the system... he hadn't thought about it that way at the time, but those had been Fun Days!

Then Sky Rig 1, exploring Ancient ruins on Victoria, salvaging the alien ship... just what constituted 'alien' these days? Then trading the Dust Runner for the Frumious Bandersnatch, which hadn't been called that, was 200 years old and had been stranded on the planet as a restaurant.

He couldn't actually say that he'd gotten close to the others over those 3 years of events, but he still called them friends and felt like they family. Of course, that's what a ship's crew did after a couple of jumps.

So he was sad to see Kraig and IM leave, even the morose Aslan, Exler.

"Okay, then. Foreven it is," he informed the others as he saw them. "Don't know what we're going to find out there, so I think maybe I should see about getting another biobed and stocking up on extra supplies."

"Hmmmm, time to do a little shopping I guess, then I get to break in a new roommate! Anyone interested in coming along?"

He shops for a case of cigars, and a case of brandy, 4 new coveralls, all in blue and two fish shirts and a pair of jeans and cowboy boots. A cowboy hat too!
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Day looked up at the departures board with a still expression. Scanning the lines again and again. However, there continued to be only a single convincing possibility among any of them. It may not be good, but she was out of options. Left high and dry, well beyond the reach of anything she could call useful. Better to take what was available than to wait for some better option that might never come along. At least, this way, she'd be making progress.

Shouldering her pack, Day started toward the Bandersnatch's dock. Fortune favors the bold.

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 48):

"I'll go with you.  It will be good to get off the ship for a bit before a long journey."

Gahler grabbed his cred stick and few reusable shopping bags.  He'd stock up as well on some personal provisions for the trip.  Like those Merchant Joseph's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter cups.  Assuming this starport had a Merchant Joseph grocery store.

Checking to make sure his cutlass was secure along with his combat armor, Forge headed to the port to check out the Bandersnatch . Seeing the two disembark, he stopped "Excuse me, are you hiring?" he asked.
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"Actually we are. Three positions just opened, want to meet the captain? She's out just now visiting the port, but if you wait patiently she should be back in no time."
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In reply to Luise Wechsler (msg # 40):

"Well, I don't really know where my albums are selling exactly. I know quite a few make it out of the sector though. But I'll be happy if I don't have to check for paparazzi every few seconds." She smiled.

"So you are expecting to be away for two years? How are the chances that it is going to be longer?", she asked, knowing that she might need to increase her reserve of a certain drug.

When the baroness mentioned the living space on board, Siyeon laughed. "No worries, I welcome the change. You can only be in so many top hotels before they get boring. And I have not always been this well off as I am now, it will be good to get back to my roots for a while." It sounded a bit strange to hear someone looking so young talk like that.

"Tomorrow it is then." And to the bank manager: "Take care of it. You heard us. I trust you will be discreet of course."

She shook the hand of the baroness to seal the deal. "I'll have my people bring my stuff onto the Frumious Bandersnatch."

In reply to 'Forge' Harris (msg # 51):

"We're on our way to do a little shopping, stocking things up for a long trip, we're on our way to the Foreven Sector. Looking for a job in security? Our security guy was one that we lost I think."
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"That sounds like a plan." he said looking at the two crew members. "I am 'Forge' Harris." he added, shaking hands with the other two. "I use to be the security officer abroad the Kizenski."

"I'm Harry McStubbin" he shakes Forge's hand, "pleased to meet you."
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"I'm Gahler Grohlson," Gahler said, introducing himself after Harry did.  "You look like you are ready to go with that combat armor and cutlass.  I bet you get good deals when you go shopping..." Gahler said with a sly grin.

He shops for a case of cigars, and a case of brandy, 4 new coveralls, all in blue and two fish shirts and two pairs of jeans and cowboy boots. A cowboy hat too!

After shopping, Harry suggests stopping for a drink on the way back to the ship "A nice cold beer to wash down the dust of the day perhaps?"

"That sounds good to me.  I'm gonna get something local, since local will be way far away in a just a few weeks," Gahler said.  This would be a big trip and into a region of space that was little explored.  At least by Imperials.

Harry nodded agreement.

Once Day reached the docking bay where the Frumious Bandersnatch was docked, she discovers a lot of activity going on.

One of the people that seems to be in charge spots her, and moves over towards her.

"Excuse me, ma'am," he says to her. "Can I help you? My name is Roland Steen. I'm the chief engineer for the ship. We're scheduled to depart tomorrow, so everyone is rather busy."

"Are you looking for passage?"

Taking the time to get some items for himself, including a high tech stunner, Forge joined the two as they made their way to a local watering hole "A drink works for me." he said. "Harry? I take it that the Captain allows drinking aboard the ship? I had one that did not allow it at all. One of the engineers made a killing when they created a still."

"Time to head back I guess, we have work to do."
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In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 53):

"Since we are going exploring into the Unknown," Luise replies to Siyeon, "and we don't know what we'll find or run into, I'd say it's at least a fifty-fifty chance that we could be gone longer than two years. When you spend a week in J-space with every jump, you find that time has less meaning in the long run."

"On the one hand, we could find something that takes us farther away and therefore will take longer to return, or the ship could sustain damage and require extensive time to repair. Another possibility is if the ship is reduced to only Jump-1, it could take over a year just to get back by a J-1 route... if there is such a route."

"Hey! Here's an idea! We have a secondary cargo hold. What if we set up a recording studio in there for you? We can get the equipment before we go and then our engineer could set it up during our first jump? If there's anything you want to send back, that'd be easy enough to do for our first few jumps."

"New stunner Forge, SWEET! Maybe we can check it out later on a passenger" he giggles. "Just kidding. As far as drinking, 'A' drink is fine, no drunkenness though, that would be frowned on."

They got back to the ship then, "Is the captain back, Roland? We have a recruit we found orphaned on the doorstep. Looks like you found one too. Hello. Harry says to Day'loiepr.
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Roland Steen:

"Excuse me, ma'am," he says to her. "Can I help you? My name is Roland Steen. I'm the chief engineer for the ship. We're scheduled to depart tomorrow, so everyone is rather busy."

"Are you looking for passage?"

"Passage and work," Day answers. "I happen to be a little short on credits at the moment. But the registry board said you were looking for crew. I'm willing to work, and we're heading in the same direction." Day presents herself, keeping herself straight and tall. Shoulders squared, a respectable position.

Harry tried not to interrupt further so he let the dusky girl speak for herself with Roland. He nodded at what she said, admiring her dark beauty.
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"I hope not but I got use to using one to keep unruly passengers in line on a few of my trips. Had to stun a few drunks, once had a fare that woke up from low only to try going a few rounds with the medic. The medic ended up drinking his food through a tube for a while." he said with a frown.

"Makes me glad to be behind the controls and not dealing with the customers," Grohlson said after Forge recounted his unruly passenger stories.  Gahler had done his 'playing nice' with the customers and had the steward ticket and trauma to prove it.  He'd rather deal with brutal crosswinds during a gas giant refueling or threading the needle of asteroid field fly-though, than have to kowtow to one more duke, count, baron, or sIr-such-and-such as he did when he was with Al Morai.  Thankfully, since he'd signed on with Harry, Kraig, Steve, Luise, and the other, those days were behind him.
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"Yeah, we're looking for a few additional crew," Roland replies to Day.

"We're heading out into the Great Unknown. Some of our crew aren't interest in exploring, so if that's your cup of tea, welcome aboard. Well, not officially; Captain has the final say on that matter."

"We could start, though, by asking what positions you are able to fill. Pilot? Astrogator? Comms? Sensors? Gunner? Steward? Purser? Medic? Engineer? It never hurts to have more than one engineer. Even I can't stay awake forever."

"So if we aren't ready to go by tomorrow, then who wants to go into town and see the Ancients site?" Gahler asked after looking his handcomp's PlanetAdvisor app and noticed that the #1 thing to do on Efate was visiting the archeological site with Ancient artifacts.  From his data entry, the site was discovered in 354 and was maintained by the IISS.

"We'll be going on time. No issues there. Being done with everything is the issue, we're fueled up and supplies have been delivered. We just need to know what we're doing and make sure we make enough to cover expenses so that we don't go belly up."

"No reason to rush.  Have I ever told you the story about the young bull and the old bull?", Gahler asked.  It was ironic since Grohlson was 4 years younger than McStabbin...  Sorry, McStubbin...

In reply to Luise Wechsler (msg # 65):

Siyeon nodded while she gave the banker a thumb print to make sure the financial stuff was taken care off. Her accountant wouldn't like it, but she was paying him, not the other way round.

"I will make sure to stock up then.", she said. "But there isn't going to be a need for a recording studio. I'm not writing the songs, you know. And the only instrument I play is my voice. On the other hand, is there any job on the ship that you are lacking? I can get some basic knowledge in that if you need."

Roland Steen:

"We could start, though, by asking what positions you are able to fill. Pilot? Astrogator? Comms? Sensors? Gunner? Steward? Purser? Medic? Engineer? It never hurts to have more than one engineer. Even I can't stay awake forever."</aqua>

"My background is contract negotiation. Recently retired," Day says, giving a quick look around at the assorted crew. "If you're going somewhere new, and need someone talked to or a deal made, I'm the one your after. I also have a bit of background in law enforcement. I can handle myself, and one or two others besides, in a scrap."

"But exploration sounds like just what I'm in for. I recently found myself with fewer obligations than I'd intended. I might as well put it to use."

"Interesting data about your career, Siyeon," Luise replies to the singer as they leave the bank.

"Well, assuming you don't have a backlog of songs that you've wanted to record, there's always the possibility of running across new material along the way. In particular, you might find material that this sector has never heard."

"While we don't have any musicians on board that I'm aware of, can you use a computer program to generate the music you would need? It may not be the same as live people, but you put it on different channels and can change it when you get back."

"Not trying to push you into this, just thinking that 2-3 years might be a long time for you to stop singing... well, recording, at any rate. If you're okay with that, then so am I."

She made a mental note to buy the necessary recording equipment and keep it in storage... just in case Siyeon changed her mind in a year. And, who knew, maybe they could wind up selling it in Foreven for a profit.

Once back at the ship, she showed Siyeon around and made sure she was okay with the small quarters.

There were enough staterooms that her luggage could be put into one of the other rooms.

"You have a point there.", Siyeon replied, thinking about the possibilities of finding new music. "Yes, I can use a computer to arrange and create, it won't be top notch sound-wise, but it will do until I can work with real musicians. I'll have my people bring the necessary equipment on board. No need to stress yourself." She grinned, fighting against the urge to correct Luise that it's tracks, not channels.

She also had to contain herself when she saw the quarters. It seemed that that ship didn't have any state rooms, but that was okay. Siyeon wanted a change from her lifestyle, and if she wanted to keep living in luxury, she just had to stay and sing some national anthems for some sports events. But that was not what she wanted to do.

"The quarters are... charming.", she said and giggled. Her shoe closet was bigger, but she was here to rough it after all. "So, what about the crew?", she asked. "As I said, I might be able to fill a role if you need me to, I just need to know before we depart."

Harry rounded the corner without looking, he heard the captain and another voice. He stopped with a start face to face with Siyeon. "Oh sorry, Siy, is that you? . . . .Long time no see" he says softly, with flushed cheeks.

"So, you two know each other? That's interesting," Luise interjects.

"In that case, Harry, maybe you can see what crew position she can fill. She wants it to be a working passage, so to speak. With all those coming and going, I haven't had a chance to go over the new assignments yet.

"Siyeon gets the corner room, and her luggage gets the opposite corner room."

"Also, she's going to have a bunch of recording equipment brought on board. See that it gets stowed or set up in the upper cargo bay."

"So, Siyeon, I'll leave the details to you and Harry as I've got other fish to fry."

The Captain then turns and heads for the bridge.

In a low voice, Harry answers "Aye-aye Captain. . . . . So, working in space now are you? What happened?" asked curiously in his yet low voice as he helped move her luggage into her room..
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When the man nearly ran into her, and clearly knew her, Siyeon's mind was racing.

Yes, of course. That night. What was his name again? Something sounding royal, with an H... Herbert? Harold? Harrison? No, Henry!

Luckily, Luise said his name before Siyeon could make a fool of herself. So she could say with confidence: "Harry! Nice to see you! How have you been?" She pulled off her hood fully, revealing her current haircolor of choice, which was blonde. "Nothing happened, I just want to get away from it all for a while.", she answered his question. "I'm willing to help with the day to day of the ship, what positions are you short on?"

"Any help in Engineering would be great, what can you do? Pilot? Astrogation? Sensors? Comms?"

"I know a bit about Comms, although I am better with computers.", she said. "But I'm not sure if you felt it in the back of my head when we had fun together that night, I have a little port there for my neurojack. I just need to run the right program to be able to work as if I was trained, but not quite like a real pro. So I would need to get the right program to be able to help with engineering for example."

"Wow, no, I didn't know that, but it sounds like we need to buy some software and then you'll fit right in! As far as fun, I had fun!" he says with a smile.

She smiled right back at him, winked and said with a mischievous glint in her eyes: "I know."

Wanting to change the subject, she continued: "Let's cross our t's and dot our i's though. Is there anything missing except engineering? And when do I meet the rest of the crew?"

Most definitely, I'm not sure who or what we need besides engineering. We'll check."
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The first thing Luise did once she was back aboard ship was finish plotting out a course for Foreven. So little was known about this sector that it was hard to know where to go. However, it seemed like a good idea to avoid Zhodani space if they could. Avoiding the Zhodani completely probably wasn't possible, considering how long they'd been in that area, but asking them for information did not seem reasonable. Despite their powers of the mind, she had no reason to distrust them, but she also had no reason to think that they'd be either forthcoming or truthful. For all she knew, it could be the height of Zhodani humor to send a non-Zhodani ship to a planet overrun with dinosaurs. While that could be interesting at some level, that really wasn't what they were trying to accomplish.

No, better to avoid them as much as possible.

After figuring out a route to take, she then tried to work out a return route using only Jump-1s, but that turned out to be more than she could deal with at the moment.

Finally, she posted the projected route for the crew to examine.

Once that was done, she turned her attention to a revised roster--who could fill what ship positions and how well.

"Looking through the astrogation API, I don't see a jump 1 route back from Bael to Efate either Captain," Gahler said.  The closest thing he could find was a jump 2 route.


https://travellermap.com/api/r...SPIN+1705&jump=1

https://travellermap.com/api/r...SPIN+1705&jump=2

"Let me know when you do.", she said, and told him how to reach her on her personal comm.

Harry made a note as to how to contact Siy and went to check on other needs for the crew. After a few minutes, he had what he needed.

"You can learn Engineering while working computers, as steward and as a gunner if we ever get guns."
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Adriannah scanned the departures board her eyes darted from lines to line, as she compared the information with details on her hand held datapad. Giving a nod she grasped the handle of her travel case and headed towards the Bandersnatch's dock. Pausing to ask for directions when necessary, the last being from a dockworker 11.6 meters from the Bandersnatche's entry. Ignoring the docker's bawdy comment glancing up at the Freetrader as if it mysteriously appeared from thin air Oh! This is the Bandersnatch... thank you but not today she absently replied ignoring any further comment from the crude fellow as she strolled up to the access port. Extracting a small metallic stick she pressing its external com. Is anyone about..?
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"Can I help you?"

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 91):

"Understood.", she responded to Harry, while she was in her glider with her bodyguards. First she headed to her dealer though, to increase her supplies of Anagathics. Then she made arrangements with her Steward, to take care of her estate while she was away. Everyone working for her would stay on the payroll if they wanted, just with lesser responsibilities for the time being. She also ordered her luggage to be delivered to the ship, including her PortaStudio^TM, which she had used when she was touring. Finally, she went to purchase some more software for her Neurojack, to be able to be of use during the journey.

Once pointed to a room, 'Forge' got settled in, getting a tour of the place and providing his credentials to get signed up. "Any chance to invest in this ship? I have some investments that I might be able to unload." he asked.

Peering at the com, Adriannah offered its lense a half smile. Rumor has it that there's a vacancy for a Translator in the Crew. Hopefully there is and its not another bunch of scuttlebutt. she replied in an even friendly manner.
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"A translator? Permission to come aboard and we'll discuss it."

When the access port opened Adriannah stepped into the ship. ooc had a never to be seen again thought
Pausing in the airlock for someone to appear or directions to be provided

Harry meets her inside the airlock, "I'm Harry McStubbin, XO, can I help you out? We never actually said we were looking for a translator parse, but another couldn't hurt. You do anything else at all? We could use cover in several areas."

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 99):

Momentarily Adriannah's face crinkled with a mix of dissapointment and annoyance. Quickly changing to a friendly smile Pleased to meet you Mr McStubbin. I'm Adriannah Orilliah. she introduced.  I'm trained with Legal matters (Advocate) & Merchant Trading (Broker) in six Languages; have a dab hand with different tasks, can operate wheeled vehicle's. Well skilled at Environment Assessment (Recon & Survival)
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Harry nods approval, "Six languages? I only have five, that's good. Sounds like you're intelligent enough to learn even more skills as you go so you can be of even more help. Advocate is good for contracts and such. We might be able to fit you in after all. We can discus pay later, it will be above average for position. Interested?" Harry gets on his comms and lets Luise know he is talking to a job seeker.
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 101):

ooc amended last post.

Above average pay sounds great. Thank you Mr McStubbin. Adriannah beamed Provided any strings, surprises or such apendments are mentioned suring this negotiation. Adriannah informed.  Offering the XO a inquisitive smile. Out of interest and to circumvent possible overlap what Languages do you know?
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"I speak Anglic, Trokh (Aslani), Vargr, Zdetl, and Vilani, you speak Oynprith or any of the Terran languages?"
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 103):

Adriannah was surprised by the similarities in Harries mix of languages to that of hers. Surmising this to be a standard selection offered by the various training facilities. Yes Oynprith is one of those I know. The others are identical to yours. This matchup doesn't do much for the prospect of being considered for the roll of translator.
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"Why, I can't be everywhere at once and you know more than me. also, I speak them with a heavy accent."

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 105):

Adriannah brightened at Harrys statement Thank you. If you're not concerned by the language overlap that's very helpful. shifting slightly Would it be possible to get an idea what you and the Captain are looking for. 
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"Help in engineering is always helpful, steward, comms, computer. Astrogation and pilot are nice too."
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Adriannah resisted the impulse to stare dumbfoundedly at Harry by staring blankly at him for several seconds. Boy oh boy there sure was something messed up with the Positions Vacant Notice. She wondered about this mix-up, especially since she didn't have any of those skills.
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"Let's ask Luise what else we need. She's the captain. He gets on his commdot to Luise, "Captain, I'm interviewing a potential new crewman and was wondering what positions DO need filled?"

While Harry was talking into his comm, two men in expensive suits showed up. They were carrying a lot of suitcases, bags and boxes, and their suits showed the typical bulge that you see when someone is carrying a gun under it. Both men seemed slightly exhausted and more than slightly irritated. They dropped all the stuff at Harry's feet.

"Where do you want this?", one of them asked without further explanation.

Before the situation could escalate any further, a smaller, clearly female figure appeared behind the men, a hood covering her face, long strands of blond hair shooting out from under it. She kept walking and bumped into one of the two men.

"Oops, sorry.", Siyeon said, raising her head. She was wearing data shades. "I was just watching a new release. What's the hold up?" She took the shades off.

"We don't know where we're going, Singnie.", the first man said, his voice almost whiny.

"And we're really not porters. We're highly trained professionals.", the second man added, sending an irritated look to the first man.

"It's not far. Come on, I'll show you.", Siyeon said, stepping into the ship. "Hey, Harry.", she added as she passed him. The men grabbed all the stuff again and followed her as she led them into the ship.
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Harry laughed out loud! "Lolololololololololol!"

'That's a fine how do you do.' Adraiannah thought, as if the airlock wasn't crowded enough, with Harry and her discussing her suitably as a perspective addition to the crew. Two Weightlifter types just stepped into the passage. Casting a 'What the!' glance at them, then the small hooded woman who appeared to be their boss. Harry's reaction to the trio's arrival was momentarily puzzling, then an mental image of a B&W archive clip sprang to mind. It involved a small passage crowded by people packed into it like Anchovies in a tin can. Noting the similarities between it and this situation Adriannah also began to chuckle.
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"6,000 credits a month plus a share of the profits if you have shares. Further remuneration can be discussed."

Refocussing on the negotiation she though Harries offer was quite reasonable as a baseline Salary. Are the costs for Medical/life insurance, Uniform, Room and Board in addition to the 6k? Stepping closer to the wall and moving her luggage so the two men could squeeze past.
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"You don't have to pay for any of that, that is part of your compensation, medical care, uniforms and food and room. Insurance is a basic policy."

Not wanting to be construed as overly cred hungry Adriannah considered asking if there'd be a signup fee What's the Contract Duration. [Private to Harry McStubbin; Siyeon Lee; StarMaster: is it ok to post

As the smaller of the two men pushed past Adriannah felt that she was groped. Reacting instinctively she braced one foot against the corner of the adjacent wall and deck. Shoving the bodyguard against the opposite wall, her knee coming up and impacting firmly in the fellow's groin.
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"Renews every year with a short negotiation period." He ignored that she was groped and kneed the culprit.
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The PM was fine, though you probably didn't take into account that the man was a professional bodyguard. Also, since he was carrying a lot of baggage, it was more likely an errant suitcase that struck Adriannah's private area.

The man that Adriannah thought had groped her didn't seem to be bothered by the knee to his groin nearly as much as he should have, and even as he dropped the four suitcases he was carrying, his hand instinctively went for his gun in the shoulder holster under his jacket.

Before things could get out of hand, however, Luise made an appearance at the inner opening of the airlock along with Steve.

"Unless these men are paying passengers and have been vetted," she informed Siyeon, "they can't come onto the ship... without clearance from me or the watch." With that last, she nodded at Steve.

"So, just set the baggage down and we'll see it gets to where it needs to go."

She then turned to Adriannah.

"Hello. Welcome to the Frumious Bandersnatch. I'm Captain Baroness Luise Welcher. I understand you are interested in a crew position on my ship."

"If you don't feel you have any skills at the various standard crew positions, that doesn't mean you won't be welcome. On this ship, at least, crew positions are rather fluid. We always have a need for a physical presence on watch for 3 shifts, and it never hurts to have a back-up in many areas. Do you have a resume?"

Harry began to pick up Siy's luggage to carry it to her room for her.
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As the four suitcases, the bodyguard was carrying, landed heavily on the deck Adriannah stepped back embarrassed by her over reaction. Her face flushed with the embarrassment of the moment; as she apologised to the Bodyguard. Thankfully he was wearing groin protection as her assault hadn't caused undue response from him. The Captains timely appearance and intervention in the situation was providential. The Captains questions and statements were a welcome relief as they enabled Adriannah to refocus. Thank you Captain Baroness Welcher. Yes that's correct. she replied. Could I get an address to forward an Electronic copy of my Resume
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Harry delivered Siy's 'luggage' where she wanted it delivered to.

Siyeon checked on her bodyguard before she said anything. Thankfully, he was okay, his armor took the blow. "What did you do?", she asked in a stern tone.

"Nothing, Singnie, I swear!", he insisted.

Space in the airlock was tight. Siyeon knew her people, and it was highly unlikely he would do something like what he had been accused of. Instead, it was much more likely that he bumped into the woman by accident, just like Siyeon had bumped into him before.

"I apologize.", she said to everyone. "I should have realized that my men need to be allowed on board first. I would vouch for both of them gladly, they have been with me for years."

"More than a decade, actually.", the bigger man muttered under his breath, watching his feet intently.

Siyeon gave him a look, then she continued: "Alright, more than a decade. Still, you two need to get out, I'll comm you later. And you, miss.", she looked at Adriannah, "Please accept my apology as well. I hope you did not get hurt?"

She watched as Harry picked up part of the luggage. "I believe you know where to go?", she asked.

Harry dropped off what he was carrying and went back and got the rest. Leaving it all in a great pile in the middle of Siy's room.

When done delivering Siy's luggage, Harry goes back to Adriannah's interview to see if he could help.

"She speaks all of the usual languages so can translate captain, even more than me. She can learn other jobs as we go."
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 125):

Harrys return prompted a friendly smile from Adriannah. The XO's comment about her capabilities elicited a subtle flush to her countenance."My its slightly warm here. Is the ships air conditioning processor working effectively ?"
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"What do you know about that? Anything?"

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 127):

Bristling at Harries snarky remark, the hue on Adriannah's cheeks change from embarrassment to annoyance. In the close environment of this interview; I think I Know enough about being hot or cold as you do. Her unwarranted outburst further intensifies her embarrassment prompting a quick apology Sorry Captain, XO; my responce was uncalled for, I guess the recent misunderstanding has put me a little off my game.

ooc this is fun ;->
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"I was asking a simple question, whether you know anything about fixing HVAC or not, just that simple as I'm a bit warm too. I don't know how to fix it."
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 129):

Adriannah shook her head in a negative responce. Sure she was able dabble in some things and could tinker with stuff but as she didn't have formal Power plant, HVAC or such training and she'd have already told him if she did.
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"Hired captain? She can always learn Life Support in the future if no one else takes it up."

"Just standard starport protocol," she replied to Adriannah.

"But you can just contract transfer it to me comm right now if you wish."

She held out her comm unit for Adriannah.

"In any case, there's no reason to keep standing here in the hatch. You can either come inside to finish our discussion or we can head to one of the bars."

After visiting the medical supply center in the starport and selecting another biobed as well as the supplies he thought might be needed... and arranging to have them all delivered to the ship, Arc headed back to the ship himself.

He was on his way to the medical bay to make sure there was room for everything... or as much as he felt he could cram into the space; the rest would have to go in the cargo bay.

He passed one of the new crew... Forge Harris.

"Oh, hey. Did you ever get an answer about investing in the ship?" he said to Forge.

"If you haven't, it's probably because it hasn't been worked out yet. All the crew are equal partners in the ship... at least, they were when we got it. Now that three of those partners have left the ship, we're still figuring out what we're going to do."

"I suppose the easiest thing would be if you just bought up one of those 'empty' shares now. Is that what you were interested in?"

In reply to Luise Wechsler (msg # 132):

Thank you Captain I shall do so right away. quickly producing a compactIT tunit she taps a series of keys which linked up and uploads her Resume to the Captains unit. Once transferred Adriannah follows the Captain and XO into the ship proper. With a glance Adriannah took in what she suspected was a Common Room
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Harry followed Luise and Adriannah.
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"Not a bad idea. Someone that is use to dealing with paperwork can take care of it." Forge said. "I would not mind getting some kind of return for working all these years."

Harry was passing by and heard Forge talking to Arc, "looking to buy in? You have any ship shares from mustering out or not? We might be able to work on something since we have three shares open as well."
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 137):

emerging from whatever hole Oeh was in he spots Harry escorting a strange female. Harry you old devil where did you score the Femme, is she a passenger or is she applying to be part of the crew?

"Crew. Adriannnah, this is Oen-Kek."

Adriannah didn't appreciate being the subject of the Vargr's sexist comment. When the XO introduced her.  "Mr Oen-Kek." she greeted with the cool detachment of a curt nod. She then moves across to the communal table and if the others takes a seats she will also.
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 139):

Fiesty isn't she, well if she is as compent as she sound then she should work out just fine. Oeh then grabs a cup of cha and sits at a nearby table.

Siyeon waited a beat for any sign of acknowledgement from the woman she just apologized to, but nothing was coming her way. It was kind of weird for her to be ignored like that, she really wasn't used to that. But it was different, and different was welcome. She shrugged and grinned at nobody in particular, then she went to find her room to see if Harry had any issue with her luggage.

As she passed through the common room, she found them sitting with a vargr close by. She nodded at the alien and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Siyeon. I will be coming with you on this trip. And if you don't have a proper engineer, I will be working on the engines. At least that's how I understand it."

Once out of the confines of the entry dock, Adriannah glanced back at the Shorter Oriental affording her a friendly smile and a grateful nod. Adriannah hoped the woman would understand her embarrassment at the situation. Adriannah was attempting to afford her perspective employer the due respect and attention warranted by this unplanned interview; this was compounded by the presence of the surprising number of people and their luggage in such a small area.

Standing near the table Adriannah Waited expectantly for further progression of the interview and glimpsed Siyeon stroll further into the ship, returning shortly later to greet Mr Oen-kek.
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With magnetic tumbler in hand, Gahler Grohlson entered the common area.  He was making a b-line for the coffee until he spotted a new face aboard.

"Hi, I'm Gahler, one of the pilots," he said by way of introduction.

PM

In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 142):

Welcome aboard, I'm Oeh and I'm the stweard ad comms officer for the ship.  do I know you, you look familiar?

In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 142):

"On the job training we'll call it, we need to cross train so we can help each other."

The suggestion of undertaking Diverse Training was a additional to the incentives that were on offer. Adriannah remained as professionally detached as she could, awaiting the decision as to winning a position had yet to be decided. Would you like a day or two to deliberate about my suitability she suggested hoping not to be considered overtly assertive.
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With a fresh cup of coffee and two sugar cubes in his tumbler, Gahler waived goodbye to all and headed back to the bridge.  He'd be using his shipboard skills to pilot the Frumious Bandersnatch out of atmo to the 100 diameter jump limit soon enough.  Till then, he'd play solitary on his display panel and his sip strong and sweet Sumatran-style brew.
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Siyeon nodded at the pilot and smiled, but he was out the door again before she could really say anything. When the Vargr welcomed her, she smiled at him, saying: "I don't think we've met, but it's hard to miss my face on the tabloids. You might also have heard a song or two where I am singing."

In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 150):

Really, what are some ofthe songs, I don't really pay attention to who is sining just to the lyrics. t

"No, your good to go, Adriannah," Luise replies to Adriannah. "Welcome aboard."

"CVs are reasonably standardized and if you are looking for work on a ship, ship skills have to be certified by the local Spacer's Guild in order for you to be posted on the availability lists."

"In this case, it was more about where we were going and whether you understood that and were still willing to join us. A compatibility issue, really."

In reply to Oen-kek (msg # 151):

Siyeon smiled at the Vargr. It wasn't strange for her to look at his non-human face, there had been quite a few aliens at fan meetings. "Maybe you heard Faded or Speechless?", she said. Those were the two songs that were most well known, she could list dozens more, but if he could not recognize these, chances were bad he would recognize any.

In reply to Luise Wechsler (msg # 152):

Adriannah smiled as the tensions and such which tend to be part and parcel of interviews. Nodding at the Captains council and pointers, adding Certified Ship Skills, Spacer's Guild and Crew Compatibility to her dot point notes. Thank you Captain, XO she said holding out her hand to shake each of theirs, then greeting the other crew in a similar manner.

"Welcome aboard then."

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 155):

Is there a formal induction process? ooc assigning cabin, tour of ship, duty assignment. The more tasks she's assigned the more useful she'll be eg acquiring skillsets

"I'll show you your cabin when it's decided which one is yours. Got luggage? Or are you having it delivered? We'll fit you into the schedule in the next few shifts until then, get to know the ship and crew as you can, there are only a handful of us."

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 157):

Sure thing XO starting to move off to explore what she could of the ship and meet the others crew.
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"We'll give you the first empty cabin we find, how does that sound? Because we've had such a turnover, which is empty, which is full? Shall we?"

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 159):

Pausing Adriannah glanced back at the XO Sounds good. giving the Captain and any other crew a parting finger wave After you X.

Harry leads the way, second cabin on the right.

"Let me come with you.", Siyeon said. "If you are giving a tour of the ship, I can use that as well."

If allowed, she will join them,

"Come on." He shows them where the crew quarters are first, the galley, the med bay and the cargo hold

"We're headed for the Foreven Sector, someplace new and mostly unexplored. We'll trade and explore, deal with the Aslan and humans in the area, possibly even the Zhodane."

Adriannah gives Siyeon a warm friendly smile Of course Sister, she replies without hesitation as she links arms with Siyeon's like life long friends do. Adrianna quietly adds Never can tell what if any shenanigans the X may have planned. offering Siyeon a conspritial smile, then glances at their tall handsome guide. So Sister; You're a singer of some note, that must be quite an exacting sort of thing. she prompted
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Harry is a human male that is 5'9" tall and weighs 170 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes and appears to be left handed. He wears a brown leather bomber jacket over blue coveralls. OOC - just to describe him.

Harry turned and grinned at what Adriannah said about him If only she knew!
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 165):

ooc just like in your Description
grin
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Siyeon linked arms with Adriannah, saying: "Singer of sorts?". She raised an eyebrow but smirked. "Haven't you heard Faded or Speechless?"

It seemed the people on this ship had been living behind some moon, but that was not a bad thing. It was refreshing not to be asked to sign something all the time.

In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 167):

Adriannah glanced at Siyeon sheepishly Sorry no... Uhm... I've been in a place of... training and quiet repose for some time. that time being mostly behind her Adriannah brightens Do you have any copies of the Lyrics
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After the short tour, he offered them coffee in the galley where eventually they would meet all of the crew as they filtered through for java.

"Coffee ladies? Or tea?"

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 169):

Adriannah's brow wrinkled, slightly, she wasn't familiar with either those, assuming are beverages. Do you have any Kakkaoah? There's nothing like a warm mug of moojuice and kakkaoah

ooc
Kakkaoah = cacao powder
moojuice = milk
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"Cocoa? Yes my lady, I think we can both find some and order some more for the trip." He bows and reaches for his personal computer to make sure some will be bought for galley stores. "Milk will have to be synth, no place for bovines on board."
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In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 171):

Cocoa is that how its pronounced? glancing at Siyeon for clarification, one was oft cautioned about the mischievous nature of males and their shenanigans.
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"Lyrics? I can do you one better.", Siyeon said and smiled. She then started to sing:

"I won't be silenced
You can't keep me quiet
Won't tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
'Cause I'll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don't you underestimate me
'Cause I know that I won't go speechless"

When she finished she nodded at Adriannah, clarifying that cocoa was actually the way it was pronounced.

OOC: The link to the song if anyone is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOBZjPuAKMQ

In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 173):

Adriannah's foot tapped along with the tune as she focused on the words. When Siyeon had finished Adriannah gave her a hearty hug.That was marvelous, you are right to have chosen to be a singer. quietly asking. Is that one of the reason's your here to avoid the brutes who have tried to silence you. The smell of warm Kak...Cocoa wafted across the room prompting her to glance towards the XO and the mugs of hot drinks Why thank you kind Sir.
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"At least I never tried to silence you Siy. We need to talk later I think."

Siyeon laughed. "Don't take lyrics too literal, Adriannah. This was actually done as the soundtrack for a holo movie. Here, take a look." Suddenly her top changed color and was now playing a movie scene from the Aladdin holo.

Turning to Harry, she nodded. "No, you have been kind. And if you want to talk, I will be there."

Harry nods.

Luise manages to catch up to Harry and the new female crew members as he gives them a tour of the ship just as they reach the common area.

"There's no formal induction ceremony for joining the ship," she informs Siyeon and Adriannah, as well as Forge when he makes an appearance for some java.

"However, you do need to be cleared by our medic, Arc, before we lift off. Your medical records are all up to date, so that part's not a problem. But, between the last time that was done and you boarding the ship, any number of problems could have arisen. Oh, it's not likely, and some captains don't enforce it that much, but it's one of the few rules I stick to... for everyone's safety."

"Anyway... welcome aboard. I won't claim it's going to be a grand adventure, but I'm hoping it is! If you weren't looking for adventure, then you are on the wrong ship!"

Harry raised his coffee and offered, "Here, here!"

In reply to Siyeon Lee (msg # 176):

Watching the images stream across Siyeon's body in a flurry of activity Adriannah rubbed her eyes at the sudden flashes of light, quick changes of settings and obscure imagery,  I'd heard about those hollow moves sorts of thing, and until now didn't now anything about it save what my Instructors related. People really do and say things that aren't realistic. Do you think it's a kind of falseness that leads those week of mind astray. Adriannah was about to ask some more when the Captain appeared instructing them to visit the Ships Physician for a examination. Will do so right away. taking the freshly brewed mug of Cocoa she headed to the Med bay to see the Doc.

ooc who's on shift now?
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Roland walks into the galley for a cup of java and sees the newcomers, "Well hello, fresh faces I see! Any engineers? I could use some help if you are, I'm not the best, but near all we got. Roland Steel is the name." He offers his hand.

"'Forge' Harris" he said, standing up to shake Steele's hand. "I stood watch monitoring the gauges in the pass, but that was under the auspices of Chief Lewkowski. "If they turn yellow, let me know...if they turn red, nice knowing you." was what he said." he added.

Roland takes Forge's hand, "Hehehehehehe, sounds about right!"

Returning from the Med area ooc assuming with the C who's listed as a Med
Adriannah waited for an opportunity to greet the other Crew who were in the area.

Looking at Adriannah with one eyebrow raised, Siyeon asked with an encouraging smile: "Have you been living somewhere remote?"

When asked about engineers, she raised her hand. She was not about to tell all about her neuro jack, so she just said: "If you need help with engineering, I can certainly do something there. Which kind of engineering do you have most need for? I'm best at J-Drive, but I also know something about M-Drive, Life Support, Electronics and Power Systems. I'm also able to pilot small crafts myself."

And responding to Luise, she said: "Certainly, I understand. Just let me know when to report to the med bay."

"Awesome! I get a beautiful engineer at that! Thank the gods, looking at only goat bearded men was getting scary. Don't worry, I'm married and totally true to my late wife." he says with a grin.

Adriannah blinked at Siyeons question; ooc to be addressed later; then replied to Mr Steels comment To fit in, should we get some beards to wear while in engineering? Adriannah half teased half asked.

"I will have to pass on wearing a beard, they do not work well in armor." Forge said, shaking his head

"Hmmm, I don't wear one myself either."

"Back to work laggard, the sound you hear is the cracking of the whip. Grab your gallon of coffee!" Harry says with a grin.

Roland fills the biggest cup you ever saw.

At the XO's whip cracking Adriannah gives the engineer an supportive smile. As a heads up is this a tight run ship?

"We're pretty relaxed, just do your job the best you can."

In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 193):

Sure thing... Beamed Adriannah doing so was her intention. Um Mr Steel would you mind if I call you RS.

"Sure, what do I call you?"

How presumptious of me, I assumed you'd been informed by the Captain. Please accept my appologies.flustered Adriannah. I'm Adriannah Orilliah. she introduced extending her hand graciously

Roland shakes her hand, "welcome aboard!" He nods to Siy in greetings as well.
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Harry drinks his coffee and listens to the back and forth of the crew getting to know each other. Time to figure out how they all fit together.

In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 197):

Siyeon smiled back to the big man. "So what kind of help is needed in Engineering? Can you give me a tour of the engines some time?"

"It would be my pleasure to show you engineering whenever you want. What kind of help is someone who can do everything I can so I can sleep a few hours a day."
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Adriannah welcomed the opportunity for a tour of the Engines; she was a little curious to learn what method Roland utilised for ESP1 a 4; 8 or 12lb.

Giving Siyeon a cheeky smile. Mind if I tag along?
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"I heard that the best engineers were Aslans since they can take catnaps, at least according to Chief Lewkowski." Forge said.

"Who is Chief Lewkowski Forge? Your old boss?"
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"Not at all!", Siyeon said and took Adriannah's arm as they were following Roland.


Siyeon chuckled at the joke. "We are making engineering jokes already?", she asked with a grin. "Do you know the joke starting with: One man and two women went to engineering?"

Adriannah giggled at both Forge's and Siyeon's comments. She tried to think of something to add to but found it difficult, which was one of her pet peeves, no matter how many one liners she'd heard and found funny she couldn't recall any when an opportunity presented itself.

"Where's Gahler, he's missing on the pot of java!"

In reply to Harry McStubbin (msg # 203):

"He was, about 20+ years ago when I first started out on the MV Tinker, a salvage vessel. When I was not fixing scrap to sell, I stood engine watch." Forge said to Harry

"When I was in the navy that's what I was, Chief of the Boat, now I'm XO." he says with a smile. "Those were the days."

Hmmm, where is everybody, no one aboard the ship?" He reaches for his comms << Gahler, Oen? You're missing coffee and tea as well as wildly beautiful women up here. This is going to be a trip for all memory.">>
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<<I still have some hot coffee.  Also, never get your meat where you get your bread.>> Gahler said, then signed off which a chuckle.

Forge looked at the woman and paused for a moment, "There are many versions from what I heard, dealing with their skill or lack of skill in that department. Others are best left for telling if you have a good idea on how your target audience will react. I will pass as I have just meet you Miss." he said.