Greg S wrote:

> >>> Del starts to join the group then stops in the /Random Walk's/
> >>> hatch and calls out quietly, "If I've got a job here I need to
> >>> know, because I just got a comm from /Bright Star/, they want
> >>> all the crew back aboard ASAP.
> >>
> >> "I think so, Ricardo. Dell, do they have another engineer
> >> aboard?"
> >
> > "Ichiro has some engineering skill, enough to do the job short
> > term, but not enough to do all the maintenance and repairs long
> > term." he says, "Winter will have to trick another engineer into
> > signing on...eventually."
>
>  Woof nods, but not too happily. Would have been better if they
>  didn't have someone else.
>
> > "Why do you *care*?" he asks with a bitter note in his voice, "I
> > know *I* don't!"
>
>  "I never like to leave a competitor short handed, in a philosophical
>  way. In this case, I'll make an exception. Welcome aboard! And if
>  you really want to screw them over, tell them you'll be there in
>  about a half an hour..." Woof laughs.

"If it's all the same to you, I'd just as soon, just not go back over 
there." Del says, "I don't have anything over there except a couple of 
changes of clothes."

>  "So, Ricardo, what's next?"

Ricardo is considering when Ukanav jogs back over to the group. He had 
moved around the edge of the ship's boat and was keeping an eye on the 
/Bright Star/.  Where you are all standing you can't directly see the 
/Bright Star/, and perhaps as importantly, they can't directly see your 
group standing on the tarmac.

"Something's up over there." Ukanav says, "Their cargo hatch is opening."

You can hear the high pitched whine of a grav craft starting up from 
that direction.

Ricardo looks around at the others and asks, "What do you think? Hit 
squad going out?"

Del looks confused at this comment, "What are you talking about?"

Eris
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