Earl F Hampton wrote:

> >>>> Woof shakes their hands as well. "Mr. Link, Mrs. Ellis. A
> >>>> pleasure!"
> >>>>
> >>>>> "Business is always a pleasure," Cory smiles at the pair.
> >>>>> "And yes we have some cargo for you," he adds before
> >>>>> forcing himself to pause and look to Woof.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Carry on," Woof grins, since Cory's doing well. "We do have
> >>>> cargo," he says looking at the clipboard. "Where do you want
> >>>> it delivered?"
> >>>
> >>> Link grins and yelps out, "Great!"
> >>>
> >>> He seems very excited, "I'll get trucks out here *today* and
> >>> pick up those consignments."
> >>>
> >>> The woman, Joyce, says with a chuckle, "Can you tell he's been
> >>> sweating this delivery? I think he would haul the stuff off
> >>> your ship with his bare hands if he had to."
> >>>
> >>> Link laughs and replies, "You're right Joyce. I've got buyers
> >>> that have been chewing on my hind side for the past two weeks
> >>> looking for this stuff."
> >>
> >> Cory leans around as if to look at Links rear, "We've got a Doc
> >> that can take those scars out,... If, you can come up with
> >> something cheap, that Newton just has to have."
> >>
> >> Cory's hips wag once as he catches Ukanav's eye.
> >
> > Link chuckles, "Now that you've got those cargo lots here I'll have
> > the funds freed up to put together a good selection of cargoes for
> > you."
> >
> > Joyce says, "If you're heading toward Newton then our agricultural
> > products will be very good sellers there. They have a population of
> > upwards of 90 billion in the Newton system and can only feed
> > themselves on mass produced protein pastes and things like that."
> >
> > Link nods, "And don't miss trying to get a cargo lot of their
> > famous fabrics. There is something or other in the gas giant
> > Newton's main world orbits that produces something unique that
> > they've learned to turn into godslight fabric and shimmer silk."
> >
> > Link pulls out a portable comm unit and makes a call, "Hey, Chick!
> > This is Link. The freight has finally arrived. How soon can you get
> > the trucks...30 minutes? Great! I'll tell them you're on your way."
> >
> > "Trucks should start arriving in 30 minutes to start off loading my
> > freight." Link says putting the comm unit away.
>
>  "Well you can see how much space we've got. Talk me into something
>  that'll make us both a bit and we'll swing though on our way back to
>  see if you predict as well for Mark."

"We can always use industrial goods, especially high tech parts." Link 
says, "Agricultural robots and equipment. I know the Hooters won't use 
it but they are only a small part of our population and the rest of us 
try to keep up with the times."

Joyce adds, "Air/raft parts, machine tools, computers, even toaster 
ovens and microwaves."

>  "As you can see we are all new to this, what are some of the things
>  the other ships brought in?"

"The small ship had some wines and spirits and some spices." Link says, 
"They aren't all *that* valuable here, but we'll make a profit on them 
and we want to encourage traders who drop by to drop by again."

Joyce says, "The other ships that are in port..."

Link breaks in, "One brought colonists from Newton and some equipment 
for them, and the other didn't seem to bring *anything*. They dropped 
off some passengers, but they were running empty of cargo. If you ask 
me, a damn fool way to run a far trader!"

>  "Really do you normally get this much traffic?"

"Almost never!" Joyce says, "A couple of ships a month come down to the 
planet. Almost all the traffic stops at the gas giant and passes 
through. What trade we get is mostly shipped in or out by shuttle."

>  "Oh so you don't have much left that needs to go off world? I'd hate
>  to get in a bidding war over cargo with Captains we'll be having to
>  work with."

"We never said that!" Link holds up his hands, "I'm sure we can load 
your holds with agroproducts if you're heading for Newton."

Joyce says, "Fill them to overflowing!"

>  "I guess I should make an effort to meet some of the Captains and
>  Crews. Do you know any of them?"

"All of them are here for the first time." Joyce says.

"The Captain of the colony ship is named Rici Wuzuto. He seemed like a 
nice enough fellow, but he's Gwi, and they tend to be pretty formal." 
Link says, "The smaller ship's Captain is Smith, Shan Smith..."

Joyce breaks in, "No, that's Shawn Smith."

>  "That one ship,  Cory does>, looks almost familiar, but I can't place where I saw it.
>  Do you know where they came in from?"

OOC: I think it's the Bright Star isn't it? The one the Hooters were on?

"They came in from Mark with three passengers and no cargo." Link says 
shaking his head.

>   Yes I'm fishing. I just thought I'd save you the time of making
>  up all the responses to the small talk it takes to set up an
>  interrogation

OOC: The trucks start arriving shortly and you spend the rest of the 
afternoon supervising the unloading of the freight. It all goes fairly well.

Eris
AKU GM