In reply to Captain (msg # 597):

My my.  Someone has a potty mouth.  Did Malady touch a nerve?

Someone I know once said, "Every game of Traveler ends up with someone screwing someone else over.  Always happens."  She was right.  Every game I've been in usually has at least one double cross, usually between players.

You can definitely go down this route.  I was going to wait for you to ask her any more questions before I mentioned the "proof".  She's going to want video.  She'll want to see vid of the dead bodies.  How she'll verify Pamela got away safely (by the way, I screwed up.  Put the name of an NPC in a different game down in this one.  Yenny is actually Pamela Hoggar.  So it's not Yenny you need to make a deal with.  It's Pamela.  Pamela and Betty.  Sorry about that).

Anyway, I can't disclose everything going on behind the curtain of course.  But I can tell you there is one issue I can see with your outline: the time Tia will be in dry dock.

Malady is going to want you to either go off on the mission while the repairs are being done or will complete the repairs after you're done.  She's not going to do them first.  Nope.  Sorry.  That would be dumb on her part.  She may be an ass, but she's not a dumbass.  Or at least not about this.

So you may want to factor that into any plans.  With Tia in dock, you are a sitting duck.  If something goes south, you'd have to run.  And that may mean leaving Tia behind.  Just sayin'.

But that being said:  yeah.  Give it a shot.  You want me to make a suggestion?  I'll be happy to do so...but it'll cost ya.

I'll have to come up with more NPCs that will piss off Ledo.  This is fun.

Sorry folks.  On a deadline.  Will answer posts tomorrow.

Thanks.

Alright to recap her plan is for us to smuggle our way onto the ship, kill the crew, swap the cube but then have the courier "escape" convincingly?

And then what Ledo's plan is to convince the other crew to stand down and play along so that nobody has to die. He'll still swap the cube but everyone will know it and hopefully keep their shit quiet until he gets paid.

That sound about right?

In reply to Captain (msg # 600):

The first part, what she wants, is right.

Second part is your and Ledo's baby.  If that's how you want to proceed, go for it.

What could go wrong?

Alrighty then. First step then is to dock, gear up, and infiltrate their ship.

In reply to Captain (msg # 602):

Alright.  I need to work up a ship map for the Yonder Ho.

In the meantime, posted you a lead in on the thread.

Get to double crossing Young Man!

Hey Folks.

Seems like Tuesday is turning into my "you need to work late" night.

I will update posts and respond to PMs tomorrow, Wednesday.

Thanks for your patience.

Due to the storms here in Texas, my internet has been going up and down all evening long.  I am working on updates and will update ASAP.

Thanks.

So a recap of their plan:

1) Ledo is going to have BB attempt to deliver an "overlooked paycheck" to Codger. Ledo is going to shave his head and take his place. He won't have any identification but a name + a stack of credits should buy him passage on the ship, with a little extra going towards letting him carry his sword and pistol onboard in his cargo.

2) Silver will register for low transfer as well and take whatever she can reasonably hide on her, probably a knife for herself and that's about it.

3) Rig is going to try and get extra cargo loaded onto the Yonder which will contain their armor and heavy weaponry. In addition under the guise of maintenance or inspector or cargo handler he's' going to hide somewhere on the ship (or even outside of the ship) and chill (ha!) in vacuum on recycled air with a stack of oxygen bottles until the rest of the crew can let him in

4) Tepha is going to try and either flirt her way on board OR get the crew into a bad bar fight so the ship is now light handed and offer her services as a crew member.

Sorry folks.  Evening got away from me.  Will answer posts tomorrow.

Thanks.

Hey All.  Have a last minute business trip.  Should catch up on posts by Thursday.

Thanks.

Hi All.

Will be offline tonight.  Should catch up on posts tomorrow, Tuesday, but there is a chance I will not be back online until Wednesday.

I appreciate your patience.  Thank You.

In reply to Bad Code (msg # 609):

Hello All.

Sorry for the delays.  Flight got back in later than I thought.

Need to make an announcement to all my games:  There will be a (hopefully) temporary to my posting schedule.  For at least the next month, I will answer game boards Wednesdays through Saturdays.  Will also try to post on Sundays as possible.  I will be offline Mondays and Tuesdays.

Hoping that this will sort itself out before the end of June.  Will let everyone know.

Again, my apologies for the disruption.  Real Life happens.

Thanks.

I believe they have said he is an eccentric agoraphobic who never leaves his room.

Hello.

Just as a follow up to all my games:

It looks like my Off-Monday/Tuesday-Sundays-Are-Maybes schedule will last at least through the end of July.

My apologies for the inconvenience.

I hope to be back to my former schedule as soon as possible.  But RL happens.

Thanks for your patience.

So overall I am stepping away from RPOL, at least from a GM perspective.

I can keep playing as a player however if you're also having RL obligations keeping you away then maybe it makes sense to shut things down and let Ledo and his crew fly off into our memories.

However if you're still rip roaring to go I can focus on being a player again and that should be tons of fun for both of us.

In reply to Captain (msg # 613):

Hello.

No worries.  I know how it gets.

I'm open to keeping the game running.  I'm going to be here anyway and your game is pretty low maintenance at this point.

So I will leave it to you to decide.  Whatever works for you.  We can always start up a new game at some later date if you need a break.

Thanks.

Hello All.  I'm back.  Sorry for disappearing Saturday.  There were unexpected doings.

As an update to my schedule:  it looks like me being off Mondays and Tuesdays will last at least until the end of the summer.  My apologies for that.  It kind of came out of the blue.  I will try to post as often as possible Wednesdays through Saturdays, with Sundays just depending on whether I have to fly out Sunday afternoon or Monday morning.

I can say this is not a permanent situation.  So I do appreciate your patience and understanding.

Please let me know if there are any concerns.  Thank You.

Hello! My project deployed! I should be able to get back to posting more frequently then I have. I'll hopefully update tomorrow.

In reply to Ledo Typhin (msg # 616):

Good to hear and congratulations.  It's always good when a project does anything except sit there on your desk.

Hi All.  Will need to work late tonight, so I will catch up on posts tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks.

In reply to Bad Code (msg # 618):

Hey Sir.

Are you waiting on me?  I kind of forgot where I was.

No rush.  Just trying to get my bearings.

Thanks.

Hi All My Games.

Have some bad news/good news.

First, I will be offline tonight, Wednesday.

Second, this will be it for my summer schedule.  Starting on Thursday I will be back posting TH, F, either Sat or Sun, Mon, Tue and off on Wednesdays.

I appreciate the patience with this.  Glad it is over.

Thanks again.

Apologies. I had a lot of fun with this but I don't think I'll be returning to RPoL anytime soon. I really appreciate the time you took to prepare this adventure. One of the best I've had in all my years.

In reply to Captain (msg # 621):

Thanks.  Hope all is well for you and yours.  Enjoyed gaming with you.

Take care.