We have not officially begun because we are still in the character building phase, but a prologue to the story is already up.

Thanks Boss :-) I could not have done better!

this means a table is missing!
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:47, Tue 12 Nov 2019.

OOps, accidentally over wrote your message!

they should use the same table as the stewards

No worries, and thanks.

Greetings from beyond the void.

Hey there Alwin!

How'd creation shake out for you?

As is so often the case in Traveller, what the character has planned for himself at 18 and the path he wound up taking turned out to be rather different.

(not unlike real life)

I can't complain.  Got a good, well-rounded character that can serve in any number of multiple capacities aboard a starship.  Not that great in a fight, to be honest, but I'm certain that others can fill that role.

How the "Ally" Benefit works:

If you have "ally" as a benefit you need not decide on the details immediately.  Nor is it random.  It is of little help to the game if your character's ally is 20 star systems away and has nothing to offer.

Instead, consider it more of a Plot Card you can play at some future time.

An Ally can be:

An expert who happens to know about something you have questions about.
A mechanic who is really great at fixing the whatever.
A lawyer who can get you out of trouble. (My Cousin Vinnie In Space??)
A colonist who can give you a place to hide and rest.
A bureaucrat who makes your application for something go smoothly.
A broker who can get you a good deal on something.
A law enforcement officer who can give you tips about the underworld.
A gangster who can give you tips about law enforcement.

Etc etc etc.  They do not become employees, party members, etc.  (although, a fair use of an Ally is Someone Who Knows About Recruiting Talent)

Strength   6
Dexterity  7
Endurance  7
Intelligence  8
Education  8
Social     6

Communications  0
Engineering     0
Gun Combat      0
Melee           0
Wheeled Vehicle 0
Admin           1
Steward         1
Medic           2
Computer        3
Broker          3

Broker, computer guy and medic. An Admin type.

I know what you mean, I got out of high school 40 years ago back in June. Life has been an incredible experience!

We're almost there, although one player has not checked in since joining.  Always one of those.  I am going to give this another pass through the players wanted board, and then we will go with what we have, because it's just enough.  All the characters are basically space veterans, although with some differences.

Noah: the tough stained overalls mechanical type.
Alwin:  the doctor and computer guy.
Horace:  The deal making corporate whiz

Einar... in process.

Between a few characters, there has been enough luck in Equity and Ship shares to justify starting with a ship with a reasonably manageable debt!

If this sounds good, the opening scene will take us to the Lyonesse Pre-owned Spacecraft Yard, to look over the offerings available.  We can assume the four characters we currently have already met, understood that the current crisis and slowdown in demand means getting hired by a ship is tough, and so might have decided they have enough resources between themselves to go into the frontier transport business on their own.

Works for me.

Sounds great.

Excellent

All for it!

Nice beard Noah!

And Einar is more or less done.

He's a crusty Salvage Tech, a career spacer of 34 he's smarter than a looks and a Jack of all Trades, and master of one. Vacc Suit/Zero-G.

I was tempted to give him a term of Rogue, but I did not want to push my luck!

But a limp would make you more colorful though!

Looks like Alwin and Horace have similar skill sets, not the same, just similar. I have Steward and Medic too, also broker.

I'd say we need a few more players maybe. Ships are a bit salty, Light Years a Cepheas Engine thing? I know Jump a bit better. I'll learn. I have 8M Credits but am loathe to use it all. Never had money in a Traveller game before, nice change.

Cepheus Engine has rules for several different alternative ship drive ideas.

I like cruising around rather than a simple one week jump.  Better feel, just my opinion.

You will find that you will cover a little more space here faster but since the Points Of Interest tend to be further apart the game effect is similar.

That's one thing that always bugged me a bit with Traveller.  "The Imperium is huuugee... but you have a Jump-1 ship so will die of old age before you cover 1% of it."
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:41, Wed 13 Nov 2019.

True, the Imperium was too big of an empire. I'm game!

I'm here. This is me being here and checking in. Life and work have been sheer madness of late but things have calmed somewhat. I'm ready!

Welcome, glad you made it!

I've got a whopping three points of equity to contribute to purchasing (or more likely, getting a loan for) a ship.

My supposition is that in the far future, there will be criminal syndicates comprised of hipster-belters.  Noah's the kind of guy who uses small batch, hand-crafted clubs to break knee caps; he rejects mass marketed nightsticks.  He can also make series of great Victorian-era cocktails and has large collection of ironic t-shirts of various companies who are no longer in business.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:05, Thu 14 Nov 2019.

Shall we hold off for player 2? or get to shopping and he can catch up?

I think he just needs checked out by the GM, he said he was ready.

I think we can start off with the "First Four" and add others as we go along.  There is still work to do, and sometimes it's better with a small group paving the way.

We should assume the four characters we have now have recently concluded that a joint enterprise of some kind is better than trying to sign on with another ship.  Of course, with the characters varying a little (a lot) in wealth and assets it will probably not be an evenly split business.

Characters with a Traveller's Aid Society benefit (or as Cepheus puts it to stay Generic, Explorer's Society) don't have to waste the Free High Passage perk if they are owners or crew on a starship.  All you have to do is take on a Society passenger using his/her own Society "free ticket", the Society will pay 1 1/2 tickets, everybody comes out ahead!

Einars got 5 Shares, Traveler's Aid and some pocket change.

Since I imagine this all would have come up during the "vetting" phase of their discussion.

Well, I've also got three high passage booklets I can try to cash in, and a bit of cash, although the latter isn't enough to factor into getting a ship.

That reminds me, I still need to buy equipment.  What would be the TL and Law Level limits for purchase, Boss?

I have 8MCr toward a down payment for a ship. We need to pool our money and pick a ship.


)  Frontier Trader.  A retired military vessel converted to civilian use, with 25 staterooms and 19 containers of cargo.  Not designed to land, this ship includes one lander that can be converted between passenger or cargo use.  (2 containers, or 40 passengers, or 1 container and 20 passengers).  Generally, the ship will be loaded and unloaded in space using locally based shuttlecraft.  Speed is 5, a holdover from its military days.  Asking price is 65.6 Million.

2) Small Liner.  Typically serves low population frontier worlds, or connects minor settlements to larger populations. 40 staterooms and 10 containers of cargo.   A ship like this cannot compete with the larger liners between major planets. Not designed to land, this ship includes one lander that can be converted between passenger or cargo use.  (2 containers, or 40 passengers, or 1 container and 20 passengers).  Generally, the ship will be loaded and unloaded in space using locally based shuttlecraft.  Speed is 5.1, good but will never keep up with the hot new ships serving the central planets.  Asking price is 56 Million.

3)  The VIP transport.   Another veteran of government service, this ship was used to move high ranking officers and officials when other transportation was not available.  16 staterooms and 2 containers of cargo.   This is a ship that can easily be adapted as a charter ship for very wealthy clients, although for attracting and then keeping those customers, a good steward is suggested.  It is streamlined and can land on planet surfaces.  Speed is 5.5.  Asking price is 40.8 Million.

4)  The Ro-Ro Ferry.   “Roll on, Roll off” ships are designed to move vehicles especially, although they can certainly take on standard cargo.  It is streamlined and can land on planet surfaces, but needs an exceptionally large and well prepared landing area.  8 staterooms and 32 containers of cargo.   The cargo is in one very large bay with ramps on both ends of the ship.  Foldout metal grid floors can be set at different heights to allow vehicles of various sizes to be stacked efficiently.  Speed is 4  Asking price is 43.2 Million.

5)  The Amphibian.   Another ex-military ship.  Cheaper and more versatile than the Ro-Ro, as all it needs to set down is a stretch of water.  It is streamlined and can land on planet surfaces, but can only land in water- fortunately, most settled worlds have some.    12 staterooms and 12 containers of cargo.  The cargo is one large bay with rear doors, the ship is often backed up to a dock and functions as a Ro-Ro.  Or, the cargo bay can be flooded to allow specialized cargoes to be floated off- this is one of the rare ships that can move boats directly to a planet surface.  Because these starships need hulls that are strong enough to survive water landings and takeoffs, the "Belly Floppers" have a reputation as tough ships.    Speed is 5.   Asking price is 38.4 Million.

6)  The Split Ship.   A low cost ship built with no artificial gravity- it uses a “Spin Habitat” that is left in orbit with the main powerplant and FTL drive, while the streamlined lander/bridge portion of the ship detaches and lands.  This avoids a lot of cost, though many spacers do not like leaving their “home” and their FTL drive in orbit without them. The lander has a very small "surface quarters" section that provides cramped crew support when the lander is down and the ship's staterooms are in orbit.  16 staterooms and 4 containers of cargo.  The cargo remains in the lander section, although it can be offloaded in space.   Speed is 4.6.  Some call it a "Shuttle Plus" configuration.   Asking price is 25.6 Million.


The amphibian?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:20, Thu 14 Nov 2019.

I got +1 INT and +3 Endurance as my major muster out benefit.  ;)  All I can offer is sweat equity.  Of course that +3 END means long hours are no problem.

In reply to Noah Brooks (msg # 35):

Quick amendment to myself - looking back over the die roller,  I see I missed a muster out benefit for my 1 Navy/clapped-out SDB term, so after rolling that, I do have one (1) Ship Share to contribute!!  So sweat on that +3 END!
This message was last edited by the player at 07:39, Fri 15 Nov 2019.

Better than I have I'm sure. God I can't wait to get started!

Boss is still advertising! Maybe we can get one or two more yet.

If we don't get more, we'll make due with what we got, enough for a down payment, if we need more we can add a second PC for anyone that wants one or an NPC or two.

We do have a few more to add!

GREAT!!

Welcome Florence Pearce
This message was last edited by the player at 17:06, Sun 17 Nov 2019.

Hello :)

Oh and you will note that it's Florence Pearce. ^^

Oh, no more dot, too bad!

On another note, I've set up the description and portrait.

Thank you. Still waiting on Player 2 to do that too, as well as come up with a name ;-)

Welcome Florence!

Welcome aboard!

When you get done rolling up Florence, join us at the New Avalon Starship Sales office as we pick a ship. ;-)

Same with you player 2!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:34, Sun 17 Nov 2019.

Shouldn't take long, I already know how to get there and why. Just a few more things to detail and I'll be good to go.

Mine name is Heather MacKenzie.

Welcome Heather.

From the description so far, I am envisioning something sort of like an unarmed version of this for the Montauk Boss?

Please let me know if I'm way off base.

I like that ship!

Also: hello everyone! I'm also new! Still working out the finer details with the GM... including the whole "stats" thing... which I'm sure will be important at some point.

But, I've got my priorities: I have a picture and a description! Far more critical than some silly character sheet, really. ;)

Thanks Sarah, and welcome.

Hope your career goes well, whatever you choose.

Guns. We need lots of guns.

Welcome to the madhouse, Heather and Sarah.

 Greetings,

 I am a new player. Thanks to the GM for having me aboard.

 Looking forward to rping with you good folks.

Welcome aboard to all the new players!

Welcome Reggie, Heather, and Sarah!

Ahh, that ship is the amphibian? I WANT it! What do we name her? Montauk is her old name. She needs rechristened.

That's a Crusader Industries A2 Hercules from the game Star Citizen, but the description, streamlined, fan shaped tail end, engines embedded in the wings, and the large central rear cargo hold reminded me of it.

I imagine the Montauk would have a more pronounced central prow for splashing down, and maybe higher engine intakes, but I thought it might be a good start.

Ahhh but we can dream!

 I am going to be rping a Security Specialist. Plus he has a million to toss into the pot.

Awesome!

I had to take #100.

Can't wait til we hit 10,000.

After two years abroad, I have a long trip planned tomorrow (and when I say long, I mean 15+h in a plane, followed by 4 hours in a train) so while I might be able to say a few things here and there, I probably won't post anything of substance before the week-end. Or maybe Friday if I'm not too out of it, we'll see.

Good luck have a safe trip! Have fun.

It'll be painful, pretty sure there won't be any fun ^^

Although as long as there are no crying kids around, I'll survive. Assuming no one throws money in the plane's engines for good luck of course (I have a lay-over in Beijing).

Ouch, No interest in China from me what-so-ever. I guess it would be nice to say 'I was in Chine', but who really cares. Good luck!

Well, I'm not the one who paid for the ticket, that's the only reason I get to spend a few hours in Beijing otherwise I'd have picked something else believe me...

In reply to Florence Pearce (msg # 69):

Well if the words Fly America or City Pair were involved in those tickets, you have my deepest sympathies.

Nope, but probably nothing better than that: Air China...

I'll probably miss Emirates, but you get what you pay for... And I didn't pay for it.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:16, Tue 19 Nov 2019.

 Is there an equipment list in the net, somewhere?

 Since I am late to the party, would you guys know Reggie? And would be show up to meet at Uncle Abdul's used Camels errr, Starships?

I have finished posting the tour of the ship.  It had to be done, because it will be home and I felt the characters should get to know it.  It took a while, so I cannot get to the other questions today.

Don't fret, more will be up tomorrow and there will be a real start!

Post Reggie, at the Used Starships, buy here, pay here.

I edited my last in character post. ;-) I do that a lot sadly to try to cut down on my posts.

All those who are planning to contribute something to the purchase of the ship, go to Sign Here.

So I suppose the question to ask is who has the highest Broker skill?

Einar has it at 0

My actual stats are still up in the air. I'm completely new to the system, and I'm regretfully leaning (heavily) on the GM for support in that area :(

Horace has Broker at 3.  Mathematically, his average roll would be pretty close to the discount an ally would provide.

Speaking of which, I have an ally I could call in to try to negotiate better loan terms.

Finally, as noted elsewhere, I have three points of equity, i.e. 3 MCr to contribute to making the down payment on the ship.

Edit: okay, rechecking the math and I misread the way the Broker roll would go, and on average using an ally is more likely to get a larger discount, mea culpa.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:26, Thu 21 Nov 2019.

Still waiting to hear from the GM on the equipment list and where I wants Reggie to pop into the storyline.

We shall assume that the later characters met with the group the same way the 1st group met up:  the news of the death of Rose Batek caused some companies to temporarily freeze their plans as they evaluated the event.  Shipping schedules were disrupted, voyages cancelled, and travelers at Lyonesse met up and pondered their options.

So notionally they were around all along?

I think that's the best way.

It's not really "story", it's prologue, and allows us to get things moving.

Sounds good.

I'm in the train on the way home, but I'll answer tomorrow, I'm in no state to post anything decent :o

Never again Air China. Among other things, they "forgot" one of my lugages in Beijing...

I think that was it Horace.

We had the option of an Ally or one character using the Broker skill, at least to my understanding.

To be fair you had a great chance, just the luck of the dice.

The die roller sucks, just have to live with it ;-) 2% discount is still pretty nice, just not 5 or 6% :-)

Now, if we can get everyone to post IC! ;-)  Florence, Reggie, Heather and Sarah!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:50, Thu 21 Nov 2019.

I'm a smidgen confused about one little thing, and I'm currently at work: I have four "ship shares", and I'm not sure what that means exactly. Could someone explain to me what the means, practically speaking?

One share equals 2 million credits. You have 8 MCr. toward a ship or upgrades. Take your time, I'm just pushy, don't worry about it.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:59, Thu 21 Nov 2019.

Knocking 2 percent off the asking price runs us 37.64 Million Credits out the door, without any salary, capital, munitions, etc.

I am wondering if it comes with a full reserve of fuel?

Full tank is included with every purchase.   Also, floor mats, and 2000 songs pre-loaded into the ship's music library.

We'll have to finance part of it no doubt.


LOL Free radio and fit floor mats!

The first few times I read this, I thought that a tank was rather generous, but a bit oriented for a gift...

Just double checking before I post. Is the Sign Here thread an IC thread or an OOC thread?

It should be in character, but some OOC info can be put up, so I can tally things.

Ooops... I thought it was another OOC-type thread.

It's kind of a fade from OOC to IC.

Like in movies where they transition from narration to characters.

 Well, just to make it easy,I am going to assume we know each other. Reginald Gaines*Reggie* is a Security Specialist.

Horace is a broker. Computer geek, and medic with a splash of steward.

I'll post IC as soon as I have an answer regarding the last bit of character creation.

So how much can a booklet of high passage tickets be cashed in for?

So I figure that now might be a good time for us to start hashing out who will be filling in at what positions of the ship's crew.  While some of that will be negotiated in-character, a straightforward OOC discussion of our relevant skills will probably make things go faster.

(Many of you already know this stuff, this is for the benefit of those new to Traveller/Cepheus Engine)

In the classic Traveller schema, there are six skills that are of primary use for a small vessel like the one we'll be getting:

Pilot - self-explanatory, I hope.
Navigator - plots the course through jump space.  You can buy pre-calculated jump plots for most worlds at various starports, but they're not cheap, and eventually you'll need to jump to (or from) somewhere off the main travel lines.
Engineer - helps keep the ship's drives running smoothly.
Medic - also self-explanatory.
Gunner - handles the ship's boomsticks.  Can be more than one crewman in this position, if there's more than one operational gunner turret.
Steward - helps makes the journey more bearable for passengers and crew, and in some versions of Traveller, is pretty much required to get any passengers paying for High Passage (which is nicely lucrative when you can get them).

There's also several other skills that can help justify a position/title aboard a ship:

Combat skills (various) - ship security.
Broker - help to find a potential seller for cargo to be purchased, and to help negotiate a better price (both buying and selling).
Computers - find online cargo suppliers on medium to high tech worlds, general computer maintenance and security.
Electronics - general repairs around the ship.
Streetwise - finding illegal cargo.

There are probably some skills I'm forgetting that could also fall into this position.  Also, other versions of Traveller (which all pretty much blur together in my head) have sometimes had other uses for some skills, which may or may not apply to this game.  For example, older versions of Traveller allowed you to using Computer skill to upgrade the various ship's programs, and in some versions Carousing could be used to increase the number of Middle Passengers you can get.

So far, I've avoided (both in the play threads and in my character description) actual game terms, but here I'll list all of my relevant skills of level-1 or higher:

Computer-3
Medicine-2
Piloting-2
Engineering-1
Steward-1

Also, Horace has listed his skills in his character bio, which include:

Computer-3
Broker-3
Medic-2
Steward-1

I don't think anyone else has stated they have the Broker skill, so I think Horace gets that position.  Of course, they'll be a fair amount of overlap as many of us have similar skillsets -and it's nice to have backup 'cause we all gotta sleep sometime - but it's good to have a primary role for each character, in my experience.

Reginald has indicated that Security would fall into his domain.  Einar seems to be our guy for zero-g/vacc suit operations.

These are two skills I have that are relevant:

Electronics 2
Computer 2

So basically, I'm good for general repairs, but not a whole lot else.

I also have "life science" at level 2, but that sounds like it would be very situational.

You never know.

Einar has

Electronics
Heavy Equipment Operator
Jack of All Trades 3
Mechanics
Navigation
Piloting
Vaccsuit/Zero G 3

Ooh, I was wondering if anyone had Navigation.

Question for Florence and Sarah - how do you include a picture (besides the avatar) in your cast/character description?

In reply to Alwin Brandle (msg # 107):

Write the following:

<img src="http://www.carakav.com/100WorldsSarah.jpg">

Just substitute the URL for the picture you want, and poof!

Thanks!

Edit: my embedded images aren't showing up for me, don't know if anyone else can see them.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:05, Sun 24 Nov 2019.

That's because you didn't put the right link.

You need to find the option share image with bbcode, you remove the tags ([img] and [/img]) and replace the link you put with the new one.

You'll want a link that ends in .jpg, .gif, .png, etc. etc. www.mylink.com/this/ won't typically work.  You want www.mylink.com/this/picture.jpg .

Where is Heather? I hope she checks in soon! :-|

You can post IC Reggie, we need you and your money! ;-)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:42, Sun 24 Nov 2019.

Oh and regarding Florence, no skill of note.

Thanks!  Adding '.jpg' to the end of the file names did the trick.

Still here, hoping to get the others on board before we get too far ahead.

Heather and Reggie. Yeah, waiting for them to post.

Waiting on others is the best way to kill a game, you end up with everyone waiting on everyone, or people just finding that nothing happens and losing interest.

The best is to keep going and integrate them when they appear / come back.

Very true, and this game is going good. Some people only post every week or so, some RL just takes them away. POST ON!!! ;-)

In reply to Florence Pearce (msg # 117):

And some never go beyond character creation.

Note that while I tend to post quite often, leaving everyone in the dust is not any better :o

No, it isn't, people get discouraged if there is too much to read.

Ah, the mysterious happy medium... Where doth it reside?

Nobody knows.

Edited to have Einar end up on the bridge for convenience.

How many turrets can the ship support?

It has two hardpoints.

It could conceivable mount two more, but that would take more work than they have time for, and cut into some other capability.

I guess that brings me to my next question (for the players) - do we have people with gunnery?  Noah as Gunnery-0, which would hopefully get a +1 DM from his Dex 9 characteristic.

There's also Fire Control software which can act as a gunner or provide a +1 DM to a real gunner, which might help, but it looks like that might be expensive (unless there is some ex military surplus to be had).

Guns? What are those? ;)

Yeah,,, no.

Two hard points, good.

Isn't there a 'chaff' caster on board too? Can we find the stuff to put in it?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:13, Wed 27 Nov 2019.

Sounds like you want to be a gunner? ;-)

In reply to Horace Wymp (msg # 130):

You point the tube-part towards the enemy, right?

;-) You're hired! LOL

Uh, can we keep the OOC in this thread? It's really confusing if it's mixed as is in the IC...

I agree. Though I'm guilty sometimes too.

Agreed... and using quotations (and I prefer colored text, but it's not required) for dialogue would also go a long way toward making my brain a little happier :D

 What will be the policy on weapons for crew, Captain? Since I am assuming Reggie will be head of ship's security, he would be armed. Concealed of course. I think some sort of stunner, but has access to more lethal weaponry, if needed.

I'd say post IC and discuss it that way among us all.

If anyone is interested, I'll be here all day tomorrow too. I'm at my computer 10-12 hours a day 365 days a year if you feel like posting and getting a reply ;-)

 I have yet to see anything  for the purchase of equipment,so I am assuming Reggie is carrying a stun pistol at the moment in a shoulder holster.

I'm waiting on an answer from the GM to continue.
Though I suppose I could see that directly with you.

Most non-robotic/computer tech is limited to TL 9-10, apparently, although without knowing specifics it's hard to say what specific pieces of equipment are limited to tL 9 and which can be acquired at TL 10.  Also need to know the local Law Level, which may further limit the purchase of weaponry.

Sounds like it might be best to hash out the naming thing OOC?

Of the two that have been seconded by people in character we have Albatross, Arcus, and Shawnee. Any more nominations? Or shall we vote on those three?

Albatross.

I am doing a little thanksgiving weekend travelling.  Home tomorrow!

In reply to The Boss (msg # 144):

 Hermes: patron god of travellers

Albatross, then Arcus, then Hermes.

Once you have voiced your choice for name, you can go on to the first actual story thread!

I'll do that tomorrow afternoon, I have an important interview in the morning I don't want to go through with anything less than a good night's sleep.

 Boss, what about available equipment/ small arms that are available? As the ship security guy, I kind of need to know. Thanks

With Reginald's background, getting appropriate licenses is not hard. He can buy any weapons listed in Cepheus Engine's  "Common Personal Ranged Weapons" up through TL 10.

What he can have on him in public varies from place to place, but even in strict areas, licensed security specialists can get away with wearing a small sidearm.  Specific locations might have issues, for example, government offices.  Lyonesse tends to have few restrictions- as the local emphasis is on land ownership it is left to individual landowners to decide what they will allow.  Still, openly carrying large firearms attracts attention and makes people suspicious.

Reginald can also look up conditions on St. Brendan:  there, keep it small and concealed.  They don't want openly armed people in public.  And never on Church property, which, on St. Brendan, is a lot of property.

Keep in mind also, while low tech weapons might be legal, lugging an old fashioned hunting bow around will get a lot of funny looks.


This message was last edited by the GM at 15:41, Mon 02 Dec 2019.

Horace buys an ACR and 200 rounds for the locker for himself and an Auto Pistol with 150 rounds.

Florence is not buying anything as she's more likely to hurt herself than anyone else.

Einar will opt for a Snub Auto Pistol and 45 rounds (3 magazines) of ammunition.

I'll grab a shotgun for Noah, because why wouldn't we have a shotgun in space?

Shotgun (Pump Action with Tube Feed if available) w/TL-8 Laser Sights & Folding Stock, 50-rd Buckshot or Flechette, 50-rd Slug or Sabot, 50-rd Baton or Stun Bag (non-lethal) if possible.

 Still here. Sorry for not posting much.I caught the flu. Will resume ASAP.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:11, Mon 09 Dec 2019.

Heather here and checking in!

I apologize for not checking in the last few days.  Life's been busy, including but not limited to having a wedding to attend.

Will purchase equipment when I get home from work tonight.

Hmmm, must be Christmas, everyone disappeared. I'm here.

Still here, but yeah, things are kinda busy workwise at the moment.

That time of year. I'll try to get a post up soon.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

 Happy holidays.

 As for the cast, I think we have at least one drop out.

who quit? Someone besides Heather?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:01, Fri 20 Dec 2019.

In reply to Horace Wymp (msg # 163):

Perhaps Noah.

Hmmm, almost two weeks. We can hire someone else or do without.

Let's do without for now and see what's what after the holidays.

True, he may be back, could be RL sneaking it's ugly head in.

FYI: Reggie is not ignoring anyone, but I need to hear from the GM, before responding.

It takes time in PbP, we know. We're waiting to find out if you see anything out of the ordinary.

I think Noah is gone.  Not responding.

So rude. Noah back? The Cast says he checked in today??????
This message was last edited by the player at 21:34, Fri 20 Dec 2019.

I think it's a nice thing to fellow players to give a reasonable farewell when leaving.  Things do happen, and some games don't fit some players, but its best when everyone is clear and respectable about it.

Ah, sorry.  I thought I sent something back to the Ref confirming that I was leaving and must have closed the browser before it sent, or otherwise missed the post button in PM.  Anyway, please do carry on without Noah.  Other than raising the bar for male grooming, he doesn't appear to bring much to the table and I'm focusing on another game at the moment.  Rock on Travellers.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:38, Sat 21 Dec 2019.

 I guess Sarah  and Heather are gone from the game as well. Darn shame.

How much cargo space do we have remaining at the moment?

Yeah it is, now we have to recruit a few more sadly.

I'm here. Still been working insane amounts of hours and dealing with chronic health issues but things are getting better on both fronts.

Thank goodness, glad things are getting better. Six works!
This message was last edited by the player at 13:09, Tue 31 Dec 2019.

Tomorrow I get back from holiday travelling and return to writing posts!

Well I for one am eager for it.

Mark me eager too!

Nice!

 Yep

I've been waiting for the holidays to end so we could get rolling!! ;-)

Damn, why is it everytime I speak I kill the discussion?

LOL!

I know at least for my own part, it's an effort to give a little pause to allow one of our less frequent posters to chime in.

They are logging in, so hopefully they come out of the holiday funk soon.

If you pause too long for some folks, the game would die. Some just don't post much. I don't like long back and forth to let someone chime in, but I will back and forth some too.

Thanks a lot for stomping on the way I had to not make my character irrelevant and useless and give her stuff to do besides watching.

Easy now. Let's keep the conflict IC. I've got no problem with you.

You chose to play a young woman with no money or experience right? Do you think it's unreasonable that she be treated like one?

I have a problem with the fact that I had something planned that bothered no one, was no trouble for the ship, that allowed me to be a young and inexperienced character while still having interesting stuff to do and play. Things that you stomped on with no regard for my enjoyment of the game, for no reason at all.

Florence was always going to do her job on the ship, that "young woman with no experience nor money stuff", and do the crap and non-interesting work. Does that mean I can't look for stuff I can enjoy on top of it?
This message was last edited by the player at 20:10, Sat 04 Jan 2020.

I would respectfully disagree. This is an element to the kind of stories I was hoping to see with this game, a crew coming together with disparate experiences and personalities, then living and working together as they try to make it through a universe that is seeing elements of political upheaval, social instability, etc.

I think it's a good hook, young inexperienced girl from a priveledged background tries to start a business, crusty older spacer Captain shoots down the idea.

Does she secretly do it anyway? Does she learn a little something about discipline and heirarachy aboard a ship? Does she work to turn the crew members to her way of thinking? Does she eventually prove herself in other ways and changes his mind down the line? There are many story options here. Things that could make for good material going forward.

Quitting is not what I would recommend from an OOC perspective. A little "good" IC drama can be great for a story, it's material we can work with instead of just "leaving the table" so to speak.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:12, Sat 04 Jan 2020.

Definitely don't quit, maybe I can help you 'cheat' the system in your education.

We're in a PbP. I'm not interested in playing two years doing nothing but what she's told before Florence can finally do something a bit interesting.

Doing it secretly is a non-sense given the circumstances, and changing the crew's mind? Horace would have needed to support the idea instead of directly folding for her to have a chance at it.

As for making Einar change his mind? He can't even brush his teeth when she asks him, what do you think Florence will think of her chances to change his mind on more complicated things than that? Einar would first have to give the impression that it's possible to talk to him in the first place, and not a despot.

And I'd add that if you wanted to mess with Florence, make her feel how inexperienced, money-less, etc. she is, there are plenty of other things to do to her that wouldn't stamp on my own enjoyment of the game and crush my ideas without a thought. Things that she would have done, grudgingly, but that would have been every bit as good as anything else to get you the things you wanted.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:02, Sat 04 Jan 2020.

Wymp the wimp.

It's alright, you play as you want.

Well, it's up to you of course.

If starting up this particular side business is so essential to her concept that you feel she would be unplayable otherwise, I'd hope that we could get there somewhere down the line.

But, at least in my opinion, a Space Opera needs a Captain. And I don't see Einar, or most Captains, just letting people have free reign for these sorts of things. It was partially an effort to have players interact more, not to just have her off to the side doing her own thing.

Maybe alluding to the whole apprenticeship with Wynp, etc, that could build into something more.

They are individually good characters I think, and their interactions can be more than just atagonism with a little effort. Even if yes, it might take awhile, due to the medium of play by post.

That just comes with the territory.

Einar auto-proclaimed himself Captain, with no formal vote. Even if the vote would have gone his way (which it probably would have considering Horace), he is the captain of a trading ship, for which he doesn't even have the absolute majority of the shares. We're a far cry from a military ship where the captain is god. There's a reason I do not play in those games.

Einar is a Captain, sure. Does that give him the right to crush Florence's ideas? Maybe. If you forget the players, and that we're here to have fun. Her ideas would have put the ship in danger? Then sure. It would have gone against the fun of the other players? Again, sure, though it probably would be more the GM's role. But in this case, it's neither, and you effectively decided how I'm supposed to have fun. And in this instance, pretty much none.

The apprenticeship is all well and good, but it's basically "go with Horace and watch him, don't talk". That would have been super interesting. And don't tell me I would have been able to negotiate anything by myself, it would be a stupid idea for everyone involved, starting with Florence. Let me be clear: I wouldn't have minded having to listen and follow. It would have been part of the job. Hell, Florence was counting on it to learn more, to be able to apply it on her own later. But by itself it's boring as fuck.

As for interacting more… Do I give the impression that I have trouble interacting and talking with the other characters? Did you see it devolving into me not caring about the ship and only doing my thing on my side? If Einar had established some ground rules, it would have been perfectly fine. Hell, Florence proposed some already. But that's not what he did.

Einar says "prove yourself at Deseret and St. Brendan and we'll see", then ok. It's reasonable. It wouldn't happen anytime soon considering how slow things go in PbB, Florence would have grumbled, I wouldn't have been pleased either, but it would have been understandable. With a "no", we're a far cry away from things taking time however don't you think?

And to come back to that all "no experience" and all that, did you see me complain about it? On the contrary, Florence has done everything asked of her (even when it meant squeezing herself into dark and hard to reach places, which, believe me, is far from anything she's used to) and she suggested a bunch of stuff. Then, far from complaining about the absence of responsibilities, she found something for her to do, that would neither hinder, harm nor impact anyone on the ship. She even suggested some rules she'd have to abide to. And at no point did she say she would do this instead of whatever task she has to do for the ship. It didn't even cross her mind, she always planned to do it in her free time.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:16, Sat 04 Jan 2020.

It does not seem like we are making progress here.

In the spirit of keeping things amicable, I'm going to step back from this conversation.

Where I'm concerned, Einar's in character actions stand.

If our GM has anything to add here, or feels that I've some how acted inappropriately, I'm more than happy to have that conversation.

Otherwise, I'm going to keep it In Character.

....Meanwhile......

 In another part of the ship, Reggie is doing his imitation of Inspector Clouseau, searching  the cargo.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:53, Sat 04 Jan 2020.

This has probably been noted elsewhere, but because I can't find it at the moment, what is the ratio/relative size of a 'container' compared to our quarters?

Edit: never mind, found it - what I was going to suggest isn't feasible.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:56, Sun 05 Jan 2020.

Yeah, this was the best I could find for you.

There's no mention of it in the Cepheus book, but in Traveller, containers are 3 x 3 x {3, 6, 12}m.

Seems like an smaller cruise ship room is around 150 square feet or so?

12'×12'ish is what I'm envisioning.

Yeah, it was more the size of a cargo container that I wasn't clear on, sorry.

 I have used the Standard Shipping Container from current day sea and rail shipping,to 40' version.  This is mostly to make things easy to visualize, one container is one large truck or typical railroad car.  The Albatross can carry 12.  This is tiny compared to real ocean going ships, but then, the Albatross can fly through space.

There's a lot of new names in the cast...

Welcome to all of the new guys!!! Any questions just ask. The DM is here to help and the rest of us will do what we can to help if we can too.

Sanjuro has a character sheet and everything now... we may meet sometime soon!

   Just working on a character sheet here, along with a bit of backstory. Should be around soon, once the small details are ironed out.

   Looking forward to the "meet-n'-greet". :)

Welcome guys!

Good to have you with us.

 Welcome new ones.

A note: the comm' address Florence put in the passengers requests is Florence's own.

Alright...

Hers and hers alone?

Because in that case we are going to be sending out duplicate messages.

One with all the crew included (the ships general account), and one with just her.

Either way, she doesn't handle booking or hiring, but she's welcome to be present for the discussion.

Florence doesn't have the others' comms, and she was supposed to be doing the contacting. So she used her comm's address for it.

Prospective passengers contact her, she explains a few things then transmits if it's ok. Or at least that was the idea.

At this point, she's the only one who knows the alien is interested. Why would there be a duplicate message?
This message was last edited by the player at 04:47, Fri 10 Jan 2020.

I think it's safe to assume that we can all talk to each other. Correct me anybody if I'm wrong.

I was just trying to help set up a scene to welcome the newcomers, PC and NPC alike. A scene where everyone is welcome and encouraged to join.

Also, last I checked, Florence had tendered her resignation. Is that still the case?
This message was last edited by the player at 04:41, Fri 10 Jan 2020.

Yes. Effective when the ship comes back from St. Brendan.

If you want to set things up, either you mention it before, or you don't assume that no one else has ongoing plans / ideas.

Im really not trying to cause any conflict here. It was my belief, that the GM's post was written in such a way as to help move the story along. It's general knowledge that we can all act on, because we are all on the same team.

I'm not seeing the value of you trying to be the gatekeeper of that info. It just kind of slows us down. It was mentioned, earlier in the scene, that we (the crew) were hoping to potentially pick up passengers.

On a side note, are you (as a player) are actually planning on leaving the game at that point?

Or is this an in character thing that you are working towards story wise?

And maybe, MAYBE, I want to have Florence do something else than sit and watch, and that the opportunity to have ONE conversation for myself isn't too much to ask considering that all the other characters have stuff to do? And that the "meeting" will be Einar speaking and taking all the decisions with nothing left to say or do, which doesn't seem particularly appealing? Plus there's probably only Dominique for now, the three others are in group 2.

I'm not seeing a team.

Picking passengers was Florence's idea, it was her responsibility, and it was her who sent the message. Is it so surprising that I want her to continue dealing with it for a while?

We'll see. At the moment I'm definitely not happy with how some things are going, that's for sure. I'm hoping it'll improve without believing it will. So, we'll see.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:10, Fri 10 Jan 2020.

Alright, well, let's ask the team then.

What do the rest of you guys think?

So now you want to ask the others?

You impose something to me that will have long lasting consequences, it's not open to debate. I decide something for me that will barely have an impact (it merely delays meeting one NPC after all) and you want everyone to speak about it?

...

And that's without saying that no one should be dragged in the middle of this.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:37, Fri 10 Jan 2020.

Easy there. This is a game. A friendly game, with a bunch of like minded strangers about space ships and aliens.

I'm just throwing out a general invitation to chime in from the other players at the "table".

And I didn't "impose" anything on you and there are no "lasting consequences". Those are characters, playing roles. Relax.

Of course you did impose something. You crushed an idea I had to help develop Florence without hindering in any way the rest of the crew, an idea I was counting ond for quite a few things. You did so in such a way that the door is not only shut, it's welded shut. And you did so with reasons I find questionable.

You then refused to even acknowledge that I found that distasteful to say the least, without even wanting to discuss ways to overcome the problem effectively forgetting that while your character is the captain, we, as players, are equals. My ideas are no less worthy than yours and MERIT respect.

Now the table are turned, in a much less dramatic way, and you suddenly find that unbearable?

And then, you tell me it's a game? Isn't the goal of a game to have fun? Isn't it good manners to allow other players to have fun too and let them do something?
Why don't you tell me what it'll add to have the alien meet everyone at the same time, compared to Florence meeting and talking to him before the others do?
Because what it removes, I can tell you: once again, Florence would have nothing to do but sit and shut up.

 Playing Devils Advocate, I have to ask a question: Please understand I have no issue with you Florence, but I must ask this.

 If Florence has no skills to speak of, how did she get on the crew roster? Or does she have a skill(s) that Reggie would not have knowledge of?

Her father served on the ship, she asked as a favor if she could serve, we were willing to hire her and teach her, she had other ideas.

In reply to Horace Wymp (msg # 225):


Works for me,thanks.

She doesn't have no skill. She has a few, just far from the level of people with 20+ years of experience. That doesn't mean she can't do anything. I'm not asking for her to do anything in place of one of you. I'm not saying she should pilot the ship, or take care of the passengers once on-board, deal with the ship's cargo or anything. Im not saying she should do something important.
But having a simple conversation doesn't need skills. And the idea I had and that was shot down would have allowed me to have something to do, to develop skills that would eventually be useful, while promoting a lot of interactions (she'd have stumbled on quite a few problems, and would have needed to ask for tips / help from pretty much every member of the crew).
She'd have been something more than just a spectator.
That's also why I suggested taking care or purchasing some kind of uniforms for the crew: it's useful, it doesn't need skills. At least at the beginning, for the negotiation, etc. She'd probably have asked Horace.
Little things that are useful, don't need skills at the beginning, but still allow me to do something. But if even those are shot down, what am I supposed to do?
And there are of course things about her that no one is aware of, yet.



It was the grandfather.
And she never refused to be taught anything. I was perfectly fine (and so is she), to learn besides Horace among others, to follow him, observe, etc. I'm pretty sure I never said otherwise, and if I let anyone believe that it was a mistake.
What I wanted was to be able, as a player, to do more than just have Florence eternally passive. Hence that idea to develop a side trade: she'd have been active with her thing, it wouldn't have been a detriment to the ship, and would have allowed me to do something while she interacted with lots of people, on the crew or not. But the idea was never to replace the learning from the crew with this. It was to apply those lessons and come back with even more questions / problems.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:32, Fri 10 Jan 2020.

 I have an idea, Reggie could use backup if a bad situation ever cropped up. He could show her a thing or three, then be security.

My error.

One of the quirks of on line text gaming is that we are missing a large chunk of communication- all of the non verbal cues, and lots of the conversation.  It's very, very easy to "take things the wrong way" when we don't have that.

A lot of things interpreted as malice are never intended that way.

Let us, for the moment, breathe. Relax.  Breath.  Slow.  Think about what we do and how it can be seen and interpreted by those who are not in our heads.  And figure out how to make progress.

   If you're just posting what you *say*, and not adding any non-verbal cues - because we all project cues in real life - some of the subtext will be missed or misinterpreted, simple as that. It might not be easy to think about, but whenever I'm posting in character, I usually put myself in the character's shoes and try to think about what they are trying to say, in order to give over a more complete picture to the other person. (It doesn't work out that way all the time, but that's partly my fault as well as the receiver - it takes two to tango, after all)

   Simply put, I've been staying away from posting in here to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. What's been going on has come down to the interpretations of two people, but it's catching fire and bringing in other voices and threatening to short-circuit the narrative, at least from what I can see. I was looking to post somewhere before this all started, but admittedly, I'm loathe to start anything until things have calmed slightly. (Yes, I did have an opening post worked on in my scratchpad, but deleted it until everything has settle a little more)

   I can work on a couple of other things while we let cooler heads prevail and the discussion is settled - still have equipment to purchase and a few last moment things, so I'm good here. :)


Peace.

Sounds good to me.

How about this? Would it help at all for Florence to have her own private conversation with this new Alien NPC, while the rest of us handle any other PC arrivals?

Florence can be still be involved in the latter, we could just stagger the in game times to allow her to do both.

It was what I had planned all along.

We having two ships and two parties?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:56, Mon 13 Jan 2020.

Yes, do to overwhelming popular demand a 2nd group is running in parallel.  Doing different things, but paths might cross.  Also helps if necessary to rearrange people if needed for personal reasons.
If needed.

   - Really wish you'd have said something about where I was meeting them *before* I'd posted. :( Give me a day and I'll re-work what I've already put down into something that gets D to the ship.

I really like what I'm reading so far but wouldnt mind a 2nd ship or party just because starting / where to start / how to start is a bit confusing for me.

You're already in the second group, so you'll probably be in that second ship :)

Going to the 2nd ship Florence?

It's an option.

Sorry for any delay on my end. Busy day. Will try to get a post up soon.

   Just a question;

  I'm assuming that I'll be taking over the 'room formerly occupied by Susan? If so, it might give me some RP opportunity while sorting her things out and replacing them with my own (I'm not sure if Susan cleared out or no, but I'm good either way) If not, I'll make do with what's there.

  Not sure if I'll have crew or passenger quarters, was just wondering at this point.

  I'll post an answer to Reggie's question, but will wait to see what the Captain has to say before moving to my quarters/stateroom.

Sarah not Susan.

And as far as I know, there are no differences between crew and passengers staterooms. In the future maybe, but not yet.

Sarah.

;-) Beat me to it!

   Sarah, Sarah, then.

   She's a cousin, not a sister.  :)

Thanks for stepping in guys. Once Dominique gets back to Reggie I'll try to move us on to the "interview" portion

In reply to Einar Karvonen (msg # 247):

   Already posted to Reggie, we can pretty much skip over to the 'interview' once Reggie's replied - I'm fine with moving things along here.

Sounds good.

I had planned on most of the questions being about her "goals" on the ship. Is she just looking to be a passenger for the experience? Is she trying to go someplace in particular? Does she want to learn anything about crewing a starship?

What brought her here? Essentially.

   If Reggie's all right with the matter of Dominiq's weapons, we can skip over the 'squaring away' part and move to the 'interview, as I mentioned before.

   I could answer questions here, but I've some questions of my own as well.

  Did the Boss want to move to the 'interview', or are we holding "Q&A" here? Just curious.

I'd prefer to do it in character personally...

As long as everyone is on board.

I posted thus

"This will be your room, I hope you are comfortable. You will have complete privacy from paparazzi that's for sure." He lets her suitcase in the middle of her room and steps out the door and heads off back to work. "When you're ready to complete your interview, come on up to the bridge."

that way we can do it IC.

In reply to Horace Wymp (msg # 252):

   Thanks, I'll get to that shortly - I was under the impression that the Captain was going to say something ... my bad.

He wanted everyone present for the interview that he could get there. Florence is welcome too if she comes back in time with the alien.

Greetings fokls.

New blood here so new i need the GM to make me a char. For now im just a fixer type of person.  I'll be joining group 2.

Congratulations.

   Welcome, welcome, Mr Delorean :)

   Apologies for the lack of posting - RL is being a little much at the moment. But should have something on the table after I've seen "Picard" later on tonight.  :)

You're doing okay at posting so far Nique!

What size are ships here? Is it 20 crew like in firefly or we talking about 200k crew members on ships?

Uh, Florence didn't say anything about or to the journalist? In my last answer, she talked to Marlo and Dominique, and she hasn't talked even once to the journalist...
This message was last edited by the player at 17:09, Fri 24 Jan 2020.

Miss Shabazz, don't worry about it. I was kicking him off anyway.

In reply to Charles 'Viper' Delorean (msg # 260):

See the description I posted for the Nellie Bly.

This is a very small ship.  They get much, much

Much

Bigger.

 Reggie was going to let the journalist stay. Shrugs
This message was last edited by the player at 19:06, Fri 24 Jan 2020.

Horace scared him.

Never get on a spaceship with people who really don't want you there.  It's in the guide book.

Long walk in a short air lock?

   With a name like "Horace" ... jus' sayin'. :P

   (j/k Mr. Wymp...)

Could be fun though!

Not likely to matter, but in case... I'm on vacation currently. Returning Feb 16. I have internet access, but I'll be busy at times, so might be posting intermittently.

Don't be afraid to start something by posting, we have to keep active. ;-)

So the rules tell me you also get your ability bonus to your skills but the Cepus book doesn't tell me what skill governs abilities. Could someone direct me to a list that has them to finalize my character and turn him into a quick reference for all rules that apply to my char?

That's probably because for the most part, skills aren't locked to characteristics. For example Broker could be used with Intelligence if you do that remotely, Social Standing if you're talking to people, etc.

Of course, there are some close matches like Archery and Dexterity for example, but you could very well imagine having to use Strength or Intelligence.

The best you can do is probably to look for the most common characteristic for a skill and write it down, keeping in mind that it's not a guarantee (and might end up leading to more problems than it solves).

Great not that it helps to get it down quick and dirty especially as there are Expert programs that only go with intelligence skills.

Thanks for the answer beats going over the whole skills deal another time to figure out what i missed.

FYI, home computer crashed on Monday, and while I can check in and post from my phone, been concentrating on getting the desktop back up and running and re-downloading various programs for it.

Sympathies Alwin, couldn't tell you how many times I've done that in the last 30 years.

Was out of touch for a bit - back home from vacation now, will post tomorrow once I've collapsed. Been awake 26 hours...

I just want to be sure there are individuals listed, and that it's not a blanket "to deliver in San Lorenzo". Boss?

I assume there is at least one individual and I'm sure it is in your paperwork because you got it down to a science.

 Looks like we lost the Captain.

Well that was unexpected, but yes, he hasn't been here in quite a while.

In reply to Reginald Gain (msg # 280):

   Yes, damn shame that. Guess he'll have to be NPC'd until we can figure out how to either replace him or promote from inside. :(

I guess that makes Horace Captain as Einar got off the ship and joined a cult! We need to hire a new player, or talk Florence into staying.

The captain forgot to put on a vac suit while sweeping the airlock?

Yes, he forgot.

In reply to Horace Wymp (msg # 285):

   That's your story, and you're stickin' to it, I see. :)

   (Checks her own 'suit to make sure everything's charged and patched ... just in case)

'Accidents' happen! ;-)

Someone not following Commonwealth standard safety procedures. <Gasp> Say it isn't so :p

   'Accidents', mmmhmmm ... riiiiiiight. :P

New crew? What do you do?

Capt. - Horace


Computer        3
Broker          3
Medic           2
Admin           1
Steward         1
Communications  0
Engineering     0
Gun Combat      0
Melee           0
Wheeled Vehicle 0


Horace is willing to keep XO if someone else wants to be captain and is qualified. I'm senior owner, not necessarily captain.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:47, Sat 29 Feb 2020.

I'm not sure why you say that, but there seems to be some kind of confusion here. The XO is Horace, and he's not the one currently talking with Kurtiss...

In reply to Florence Pearce (msg # 291):

 Never mind, then.

Florence was talking to him.

???
What does that mean? There was no need to delete your message, just edit to replace XO with Florence... I'm trying to understand here.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:12, Tue 03 Mar 2020.

Hi!  I'm the new guy playing Einar.  Have patience while I get caught up.  Also, if there's some sort of relationship any of you have already established with Einar, let me know.  I don't want him to suddenly be forgetting everything.

Dankie!

Andrew

Welcome to the game :)

As for relations, the one with Florence doesn't really matter anymore. The only one that's likely to be important concerns Horace, but I'll let him talk about that himself.

Welcome.

You are with the other team so no relations here. Though i heard Einar thinks Viper is awsome and adores him like  god!!

Florence is leaving me!  I'm distraught!

I'll put my life-sized poster of Viper up in my personal quarters.

No, no, Einar is really happy about it. I'm not sure I want to know what else is in Einar's room…

I'm still trying to figure out WHY Einar's happy about it.  I've read the ship buying thread and the current thread but can't figure out what went wrong.

It's in another thread ^^

It starts from message #72 in the "First Patron" thread. It splashed a bit OOC too, but that doesn't concern you at all. There was also some trouble in Deseret, but it doesn't show in the IC thread.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:17, Sun 08 Mar 2020.

Okay.  I'll go read that. Are you making a new character?  I hope ME v1.0 doesn't sour you on ME v2.0.  I'm really very nice... nice-ish... kinda okay...  alright, I'm not a complete asshat.  That's about as good as I get.

That makes two of us, I'd rather she'd stick a bit now that the Captain's attitude has changed.

Okay. I'm going to post as Einar. I'm probably going to change a bit about him but I'll try not to make it too jarring.  If I do something that contradicts previously established fact, let me know.  I'll modify my post.

Ahh you did away with the goggles! ;-) He washes now Florence!!!!

Well now, a Cap'n ought to wash properly even if he's a bit rough 'round the edges.

*rolls her eyes*

LOL we want you to stay, what can we say.

My mistake. I'm on the Albatross but posted Nellie Bly. I corrected my post.

You finally made it!!!!!!

Eep! **hides**

Horace Wymp
XO, Broker, Computers, Medic, Admin and Steward

Communications  0
Engineering     0
Gun Combat      0
Melee           0
Wheeled Vehicle 0
Admin           1
Steward         1
Medic           2
Computer        3
Broker          3

Dominique Shabazz
Steward, training for other jobs

Carousing      4
Steward              2
Advocate      2
Jack of All Trades   1
Astronomy      1
Singing              1
Survival             1
Gun Combat      0
Athletics      0
Admin              0
Bribery              0
Gambling      0
Vehicle (Wheeled)    0

Alwin
Pilot

Einar
Captain

Heather
Broker

Reginald
Security

 Sorry for the absence, I had some health issues. But I am back now.

Starting my weekend a little early this week.  Probably won't be around to post again until Monday.

Can you guys add in your skills and such so positions can be assigned and new skills can be sought.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:23, Sat 14 Mar 2020.

Sorry I haven't been very active of late.  Real life has been... interesting, in the last week or so.

Alwin Brandle

Computer tech, medic, pilot, communication tech, engineer, steward, layabout

Computer-3
Medicine-2
Piloting-2
Carousing-1
Comms-1
Engineering-1
Melee Combat (Slashing Weapons)-1
Steward-1
Zero-G-1
Admin-0
Electronics-0
Gun Combat-0

Thanks!

   Apologies for the 'many looks, but no posts' as of late; been fighting a bug  - not *that* bug, thankfully - but still feeling like someone's hit me with the front grille of an Escalade more than once. :(

   Most of it is muscular aches and a bit of fever, but I've only tested positive for a cold, not what's making the rounds lately. I'll probably be off recovering the next few days and spending most of it in bed. Since there's not much to go aboard the ship and even less places to go where we've landed, Dominiq will likely be studying ... something along with singing to keep her voice limber. (You never know when it might come in handy).

   Have fun, everyone. I'll be other here, working on getting healthier.

Ah you are oe that doesn't play with others and want something special. Tssk. Well get well soon anyhow. ;-)

I have returned from my weekend trip.  Hope everyone has stayed safe and healthy.  I'll post a bit later.

Just to clarify things for myself.  Who is on The Albatross and what's your job on the ship?  I think I've got the XO down.

Thanks,

Einar

Post 315-316 above.

Duh...  Somehow I missed that getting posted.

   For what it is worth, I'm back. Still feel like someone's parked a Freightliner cab on my chest, but I'll live - sorta.

Welcome back!  It must be scary to have ANY illness now.

Well im quarantined cause my lungs are on fire but as i got no fever (i rarely do)  for now i have nothing but a burning sensation and an employer that doesn't allow me to write in sick cause the doctor doesn't provide a sick note.

In reply to The Boss (msg # 325):

  I had a couple of Dr's appointments and any sneeze or cough garnered me a few dark stares in the waiting room. Thankfully, I wasn't the only one with a bit of a sniffle. :P



   You've my sympathy on that score. Anything to do with lung function impairment is difficult for me to work around. And an unsympathetic employer makes it 3x as bad. :(

   Get well soon, FWIW.

Get a new doctor. Seriously, yours is an asshole.

In reply to Horace Wymp (msg # 328):

Nah docs are overwhelmed and its government mandate you stay at home when you are even the slightest sick. Its the payroll idiots that are at fault here. But hey what can i do i work with food go to work and risk the lives of a few of our elderly customers?

Your doctor sounds like a real tosser!

Was I able to haggle our rates up some and the cost of the speculative cargo down? I would have worked on that.

I will figure that in.

Cheers!

In reply to Heather MacKenzie (msg # 333):

Sorry for disappearing for a couple weeks - was sick for a while. Getting better, but I don't think I'll have any time for RPoL for a good while yet, so I'm going to have to bow out.

My mild corona symptom's decided to step up. I might go awol for a bit or i might not. Just a heads up in case it happens.

Take care o/

Take care of yourself.

Take it easy and heal!  Not planning to go anywhere, so I hope to see you soon!

   Sad to see the departure of Sanjuro, and Delorean's worsening symptoms, but hopefully things will improve in the near future.

   Stay safe and be careful.

Stay safe, everyone—Doctor’s order.

Did you see the post I directed to you in the St. Brendan thread, Horace?
This message was last edited by the player at 12:48, Wed 01 Apr 2020.

Hello all!  Looking to join The Nellie Bly - Group 2 as soon the GM approves my character.

I'm not a spacer at all, but law enforcement investigative experience, people skills,  and the ability to handle a little bit of trouble is mostly what I'll bring to the table. Plus I really just want to get the hell off Deseret! Its through with me and me it! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 20:36, Thu 09 Apr 2020.

Welcome :)

 I am going to bow out of the game, as I don't see my type of character having much to do.

 To my fellow players, thanks for rping with me. To the GM, thanks for having me in you game.

 I wish you all well.

Well i seem able to breathe with a semblance of normal again. So thats good news.

Welcome Carolai All the crew thats jumping ship is cause they fear the trouble so good you can deal with it.

Reginald is bowing out the best option? If its just the type of char you might know what you like to play now and the GM might let you roll a char you will enjoy.

I can also adjust things if you want a story line to have more or less of something, let me know, games are partnerships!

Oh yes, time for more than trade too just a bit of adventure, a bit.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:12, Sun 26 Apr 2020.

Einar hasn't been here in a month. You still with us Reggie?
I'm in favor of a little adventure, salvage or exploration maybe.

Working through character creation and backstory with the Boss, but looking forward to joining you aboard ship
This message was last edited by the player at 14:31, Tue 28 Apr 2020.

Welcome. What team will you be joining?

Not sure yet!

Yours I'm sure. Though we have lost Einar now, maybe another too. You only have 3 don't you Charlie?

2. just me and Jackson.

Wait, there is another group forming!

Are the characters split up then? Are they known to each other? What are the current groups and ships?

Charles & Jackson: The Nellie Blye, currently in Deseret, next headed to LDMLT01 via St. Brendan.
Alwin, Dominique, Einar, Heather, Horace & Reginal: The Albatros, currently in Merlin. Not next destination at the moment.
Florence: "Vacationing" on St. Brendan.

Ships have yet to cross paths. We also have a player, Florence Pearce, who left our ship on St. Brendan. She might be persuaded to join a crew if they land there, just not ours, she dislikes the captain.

Yup, that's her! Put her to work, she's good!

Thanks, I shall wait to see what the Boss has in store for this tired ex-UCMC marine :)

Still here. Apologies for being quiet of late. I'm back to work seeing patients again whilst still getting my strength back from being sick. I'm getting home and going to bed very soon after walking through the door. I'll get a post up as soon as I can.

Horace's search for Patrons will take him back to message 29 in the same thread, when an inquiry appeared.

Einar quit. Without word? Rude.