> >To make a long story short, the best deal you can get is
> >100,000 cr short term loan from Hortelez et Cie. If others in
> >the crew throw in with you you can get a larger loan, up to
> >400,000, but no more, and with some restrictions: 1. You have
> >to reserve 18 dtons in the cargo hold of the Akus Moby for a
> >shipment from Glisten to a certain party on Overnale. You will
> >receive standard rates for the sealed cargo container and it
> >will be picked up at the Overnale downport by a party who you
> >will contact once you land there; 2. Interest is 3.6%,
> >accruing at the rate of 1 cr. per every 10,000 c, or part
> >there of, per day (that would be 10 c a day interest on a
> >100,000 loan); 3. The loan balance and interest is due on
> >100/1111 (today is 10/1111), payable atany Hortelez et Cie
> >office (Colace is the suggested location to pay off the loan).
> 
> Sasha agrees in principle and initiates the electrons to get the 
> process 
> rolling.  Final amount of the loan to be determined with how much 
> collateral is put up by the rest of the crew...
> 
> He'll shoot the basics of the agreement to Paris' and Sharda's 
> PDAs, and 
> begin the process of filing flight plans, getting docking/orbital 
> facilities 
> as a contingent for when they have to be out of the maintenance 
> berth, etc.

Paris pocketed her PDA-and then pulled it out of her rear trouser pocket as it vibrated attention from the incoming message. "Well," she said to no one in particular but Issac in specific, "The Captain has a cargo agreement up--still can't buy you your nice toy--but we've got a wee bit more operating funds--and what do you need to finish getting the corpsicle tubes up and running for low passenger shipment again?"