Eris Reddoch wrote: >>>> "Afternoon, folks. This is the Captain. We'll be lifting >>>> shortly for orbit. If you're in your staterooms, channel >>>> seven on the screen will show the view from the ventral >>>> camera, channel eight the view from the nose. Welcome >>>> aboard the Mae Lee." Back in the passenger lounge, Woof and Mira are chatting with four of the passengers. Everyone pauses to listen to Ricardo's message. As Ricardo is speaking you reflect on what your passengers have told you about themselves... Pedro Dundas: a 40'ish man travelling to Newton on business. He works for the Sabina Farming Combine located here on Serbia. Patricia Stover: a 60'ish woman travelling to Montrose, via Newton. She is a retired schoolteacher from Mark. Sammie Ting: a 40'ish man from Montrose. He is a broker who is travelling back home after a visit to Serbia on business. Dr. Everett Dorland: a 50'ish man from Newton travelling home. He hasn't yet told you want sort of doctor he is, nor what he's been up to, but he did not put MD after his name when he registered, so he might not be a medical doctor. ...there is much more you can learn about, and from, these passengers, but this is all you know at the moment. When Ricardo finishes, Patricia turns to Mira and asks, "Does that mean we should return to our cabins for the launch and trip out to the jump point?" Sammie Ting says jovially, "I'd rather remain here in the lounge, if you don't mind. I'm sure I'll see enough of that little stateroom before the week is out to suit me." Dr. Dorland who s fiddling with his wristwatch says to Woof, "I presume you will be adjusting the ship's clocks to Newton Starport time once we are underway? I believe that would put the time at 4 am in the morning...or are you planning to make the change over in a more gradual way?" Pedro Dundas, who has been sitting in an easy chair reading a newspaper glances up at Woof catching his eye and rolls his eyes before going back to reading his paper. Woof notes that it is not a paper he bought for the ship. It's not even a local Serbian paper. It is an, almost 3 weeks old, newspaper from Newton. Eris AKU GM
