Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Mar 6, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > >> Bruce Johnson wrote: >>> On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Eris Reddoch wrote: >>> >>>> Bruce Johnson wrote: >>>>> On Mar 5, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: >>>> Del nods, "I wondered..." >>>> >>>>> Ricardo sighs, and continues. >>>>> >>>>> "And, as events would have it, the mother is, well, sort of >>>>> kind of wanted at the moment, for a variety of crimes. She >>>>> was framed, there is proof of it and in the hands of the >>>>> *right* authorities on Mark, but to the outside world she's >>>>> still in trouble with the law, because it's all tangled up in >>>>> some rather nasty on and off-world plotting against the >>>>> government." >>>>> >>>>> "With me so far?" >>>> "Yeahhh!" Del drawls out putting the rag down and scratching >>>> his head with one finger, "Wouldn't be that MNN reporter that >>>> everybody was looking for, the one that supposedly blew up the >>>> MNN building, would it?" >>> "Well, yes, I believe that's the woman who is wanted. >>> >>> "Slight change of topic... Del...what does the life support >>> control console say about O2/CO2 balance?" >>> >>> OOC> I'm guessing after a day or two the engineer could have a >>> damned good idea of who is onboard based on the official manifest >>> and crew roster, and on system consumption rates. >>> >>> Del *may* get yelled at for not checking this ;-) >> "Huh? What..." he starts at the change of subject then grins and >> says, "Yeah, okay. What it shows is that there are three or four >> more...um...creatures aboard than are on the official lists." says >> Del, "And before you ask, I have seen those monkey like things >> running around and figured that was where the discrepancy came in, >> pets, not that you were hiding a woman and child." >> >> "Probably should have asked Woof, about it, but I figured *he* >> knew, figured *you* knew, too." he says. >> >> OOC: You don't expect the NPC's to be *too* smart do you? ;) > > "Good catch. We'll calibrate things so that we know what we're > supposed to be using, but Del, from now on, don't EVER assume we know > something. No question you could ever ask is stupid, but the ones we > don't ask can be deadly. > > "Talk to Mira when you calibrate things, her garden is going to be > changing the LS rates, too. Next time we lift we do a head and breath > count on the way to the jump point, and the numbers don't match we > find out why before we go anywhere. > > "I really try to run this ship like a scout recon team, we've got a > hierarchy, each of us has our specialties, but if you see something > that doesn't make sense, speak up, even if it's not your area. > > "I want this to be an open ship. We'll do the odd, irregular thing, > like harboring fugitives, probably some small package trade, the > occasional heroic rescue, which is always good for the rep, but > everyone in the crew knows about it. I won't put you in danger > without telling you." > > "We kept you out of the loop, that's changing now. "Well, thanks for that." Dell says, but his expression is that maybe he's not too sure he wants to be *in* the loop. It'll probably have to grow on him. ;) > "Yeah, the O2/CO2's off by two of those monkey things, and a woman > and a child. Lessa and her daughter, Rachel, looks like they're going > to be with us a while. > > "There's a crew meeting at 0500 in the crew common room. Be there, > we're going to talk about what's next, Newton, Montrose and then on > to wherever. Be good to have a new brain to pick." > > He claps Del on the shoulder. "See you then!" "Okay, I'll be there." Del says, "That'll give me enough time to finish the retuning on this grav module and get cleaned up a little, "Um, say...how do you stand on the crew, um, fraternizing...if you know what I mean?" Eris AKUS
