> > Doc, you and Paris have the task to get the sickbay stocked > > to the minimum level we need, then service the low berths > > and lay in the necessary provisions for a full complement > > of passengers. > > . . . > > > "Oh, Paris, you and Sharda see about when we should pick up > > passengers and freight or cargo. I'm thinking we may need > > a *little* bit of a shakedown before we really jump. "Yes, Captain," Paris smiles, glancing up only momentarily from her PDA, then slides over to the Doctor. "So...what do you need?" she asks. A few minutes later, Sasha barreled back out of the bridge, ire in his voice... "We're making sure we have everything we need before we go out, Sir," Paris says, her voice still calm and business-like. "Once we know what we need from the other areas-then we can properly shop." She winked at Sasha. "I'm on it." > Once the Captain is finished, the Doctor and the Steward are > free to begin their shopping expedition. The best place to do > this will be at one of the Ship's Chandlers near the port > facilities. Everything a ship needs should be available there. > They better have some cash on them when they go shopping... On the way to the Chandlers, Paris stopped off, withdrawing physical cash from her account, almost 10k worth of funds. "Don't sweat it--I got it," she assured Issac, patting a pocket on the inside of her blouse, ensuring that her copy of the ship's credit voucher was present. > Both Isaac and Paris know that on Glisten there will be a raft > of paperwork for *everything*...a raft of paperwork that can > be conveniently avoided with the proper application of a bit > of grease. That's just the way things work on Glisten. If you > want to get your cargo, or supplies delivered, much less > loaded, you have to grease the palms of the local stevedore's > union, the municipal inspectors, and the port authorities. If > you want to buy anything beyond the bare basics that a ship > needs...like weapons of any kind, drugs and prescription > medicines, even luxury food and drink then rules and > regulations and reams of paperwork await you, unless you > "expedite" things with a well placed "gratuity" or two. Okay, > to get anything done on Glisten is going to take some skill at > Liaison, if not outright Bribery! Inside, she looked at the myriad of goods stacked floor to ceiling in orderly, highly pleasing displays. "Wow. I guess we'd better get started, huh?" OOG: Eris? How *COMPLETE* do you want for an equipment list? I can do the Fredonia book if I need...
