Y. Ship's Crew.
In reply to Nerull (msg # 1):
1). The ship’s subsidy contract is owned by a blind trust based in Regina and the crew has broad discretion in selecting cargoes, destinations, and charters, provided only that basic financial and contract obligations are met.
The March Harrier has been running its assigned route in the Aramis Trace for something over five years. Under its subsidy contract, it must serve its route 70% of the time and is free to serve other worlds, take charters, or otherwise leave its subsidy route far the remainder of the time.
It has built up a credit of 80 weeks and can begin operations outside of the Aramis Trace at any time. The ship retains its responsibility to remit half of its revenues to the subsidy holder (payable at any starport type A, B, or C).
The major stumbling block to leaving the Aramis Trace (and the reason that the ship has been serving the Trace for three years) is the ship’s jump-1 drives. Unless the ship can acquire jump-2 drives (prohibitively expensive) or at least additional fuel tanks to allow two successive jumps, it is stuck on the Aramis Trace.
Annual Overhaul: The March Harrier was just turned over to the Naasirka shipyard for its annual maintenance (paid for in advance – some Cr. 101,300). Although the crew retains access to their staterooms on board the ship, everyone has moved into hotel rooms in Startown for the duration of the overhaul. The ship is supposed to be ready for operations on 013–1105.
Some Entertainment: The maintenance situation puts the crew on its annual paid vacation. A local agent is prepared to book passengers and cargo for the ship and assign them a destination based on the best cargo he can find.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:02, Sun 30 Aug 2020.