It probably recycles them when they get soiled or damaged.  It means you don't need a large wardrobe unless you want unique stuff.

Correct.

The wonders of a post consumer world.  Of course that makes hand made and unique stuff all the more valuable a luxury item.

Sorry for the delay, RL and a vacation wiped out my posting.  We had a nice trip to New Orleans to celebrate my daughter's 21st birthday.

Sounds like a wonderful trip :)

Did Malcolm ever find body bags? Lol

Gareth is busy digging out the fabric extruders, but there are also bed sheets available.

You're all going to be so grateful to have fabric.

As long as it is stylish!

What is our Jump rating?

One parsec.

Standard free trader then?

Yes.

In reply to JR (msg # 156):

How long to the gas giant?

10 hours.

Everyone heard the announcement, so feel free to show up in the crew lounge :-)

Eddie, are you still alive and kicking? I can't come over and kick your chair anymore, so you have to wake up on your own :-P

We're fixing to have waffles so you had better hurry!  :)

Skimming stations?

These installations literally float in Jora's upper atmosphere, taking in hydrogen and other elements, and transferring them to tankers.

Ahhh... thought so.  Be bad to hit them!

I'd expect that they have beacons of sorts?

Yes, they do. Come to think of it, the element they harvest the most of is nitrogen, given that the habitats' atmospheres need a lot of it.

Yea, nitrogen and things like methane.

Right.

Macolm sees they have about six hours of fuel left on the powerplant, and about 30 minutes' worth of maneuver fuel. They are 30 minutes out from starting the skimming run, and the fuel is processed as it enters the tanks. It will take five hours to completely fill the tanks with processed fuel.

For maneuvering, the engines don't fire all the time, and they also have grav plates to help with holding altitude in Jora's atmosphere.