On Monday 14 February 2005 22:10, Eris Reddoch wrote: > > 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. Cory shakes his head, synchronizing his disgust with Link's, "Only three? They must have paid a pretty penny for those berths." "Wonder what they're running from," he mumbles as if to himself. > > > 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 -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
