Earl F Hampton wrote: > 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,>> sure 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: As long as I don't correct you then that's fine. :) The brokers don't know anything about it, though. > > 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. Dealing with the cargo takes up all the rest of the afternoon. Eris AKU GM
