OOC: I've seen 20's before, but I'm not sure about the 54's.> 54> During the day, as you walk along the causeways and bridges, you > 54> occasionally see ripples in the water of the canals, and see the > grasses 54> of the swampy areas ripple as something large moves > through them, cut 54> neither of you catch sight of any large > animals. > > "Skipper, looks like good fishing here." Zeek then tosses a small > rock at one of the ripples. There is a thrashing in the water, but you don't catch sight of what caused it. > 54> After working for several hours you have all of the parts on your > list 54> collected and moved to the office. You'll need a lorry, or > grav truck to 54> carry the parts back to the ship, though. > > "Major, do you have a truck that we can borrow to get this stuff back > to our boat?." Zeek says looking at Pete. "I don't think a cabbie > would like us carrying this on board." "Truck." Pete repeats, "Nah, no truck. What I got is a boat. If you want, we can load your junk aboard my old tug and haul it across the bay. The old tub can crawl up on the tarmac over at the Starport where you can off load your gear." He grins, "That's how I get a lot of the stuff you see here *from* the Port to my yard, and that's how a lot of folks get my stuff back from here to the Port." Pete leads you to a large tugboat next to a narrow bayou. Looking down the bayou you see it leads out into the open water of the bay. The sides of this bayou appear to be lined with in black....something man made...and are devoid of plant growth. The tug looks like it would barely fit down the narrow water canal. You can see that the tug has rubber bumpers all around it leading you to think it might be an air cushion type craft, or at least, can work in that mode. That might explain how it gets into and out of the water. Eris AKU
54> Subject: [akus] 997.272.1500: Ricardo and Zeek at Petes 54> 54> OOC: I've seen 20's before, but I'm not sure about the 54's.54> 54> > 54> During the day, as you walk along the causeways and bridges, you 54> > 54> occasionally see ripples in the water of the canals, and see the 54> > grasses 54> of the swampy areas ripple as something large moves 54> > through them, cut 54> neither of you catch sight of any large 54> > animals. 54> > 54> > "Skipper, looks like good fishing here." Zeek then tosses a small 54> > rock at one of the ripples. 54> 54> There is a thrashing in the water, but you don't catch sight of what 54> caused it. 54> 54> > 54> After working for several hours you have all of the parts on your 54> > list 54> collected and moved to the office. You'll need a lorry, or 54> > grav truck to 54> carry the parts back to the ship, though. 54> > 54> > "Major, do you have a truck that we can borrow to get this stuff back 54> > to our boat?." Zeek says looking at Pete. "I don't think a cabbie 54> > would like us carrying this on board." 54> 54> "Truck." Pete repeats, "Nah, no truck. What I got is a boat. If you 54> want, we can load your junk aboard my old tug and haul it across the 54> bay. The old tub can crawl up on the tarmac over at the Starport where 54> you can off load your gear." 54> 54> He grins, "That's how I get a lot of the stuff you see here *from* the 54> Port to my yard, and that's how a lot of folks get my stuff back from 54> here to the Port." 54> 54> Pete leads you to a large tugboat next to a narrow bayou. Looking down 54> the bayou you see it leads out into the open water of the bay. The sides 54> of this bayou appear to be lined with in black....something man 54> made...and are devoid of plant growth. The tug looks like it would 54> barely fit down the narrow water canal. You can see that the tug has 54> rubber bumpers all around it leading you to think it might be an air 54> cushion type craft, or at least, can work in that mode. That might 54> explain how it gets into and out of the water. "Well Skipper, You're driving." Zeek looks at the Tug for a second then at Pete. "Major, Where are the weapon hard points?" He looks slightly confused as if they are supposed to be there.
Erik Timmermann, CG wrote: > "Well Skipper, You're driving." Zeek looks at the Tug for a second then > at Pete. "Major, Where are the weapon hard points?" He looks slightly > confused as if they are supposed to be there. Pete chuckles and says, "No hardpoints and no weapons mounted. Although with the size of some of the howlers in the swamps here having a mounted gauss or a plasma rifle might not be a bad idea." Eris AKU
Eris Reddoch wrote: > Erik Timmermann, CG wrote: > > > "Well Skipper, You're driving." Zeek looks at the Tug for a second > > then at Pete. "Major, Where are the weapon hard points?" He looks > > slightly confused as if they are supposed to be there. > > Pete chuckles and says, "No hardpoints and no weapons mounted. > Although with the size of some of the howlers in the swamps here > having a mounted gauss or a plasma rifle might not be a bad idea." Pete looks Ricardo up and down and says, "So...you boys gonna rent my little boat here or not?" Eris AKU GM
On Sunday, November 2, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > Eris Reddoch wrote: > >> Erik Timmermann, CG wrote: >> >>> "Well Skipper, You're driving." Zeek looks at the Tug for a second >>> then at Pete. "Major, Where are the weapon hard points?" He looks >>> slightly confused as if they are supposed to be there. >> >> Pete chuckles and says, "No hardpoints and no weapons mounted. >> Although with the size of some of the howlers in the swamps here >> having a mounted gauss or a plasma rifle might not be a bad idea." > > Pete looks Ricardo up and down and says, "So...you boys gonna rent my > little boat here or not?" OOC> OOPS! Ricardo says ' Oh, yeah. Just the ticket! And him,' He points a thumb at Zeek, 'just ignore him, he's mostly harmless > -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson
54> >>> "Well Skipper, You're driving." Zeek looks at the Tug for a second 54> >>> then at Pete. "Major, Where are the weapon hard points?" He looks 54> >>> slightly confused as if they are supposed to be there. 54> >> 54> >> Pete chuckles and says, "No hardpoints and no weapons mounted. 54> >> Although with the size of some of the howlers in the swamps here 54> >> having a mounted gauss or a plasma rifle might not be a bad idea." 54> > 54> > Pete looks Ricardo up and down and says, "So...you boys gonna rent my 54> > little boat here or not?" 54> 54> OOC> OOPS! 54> 54> Ricardo says ' Oh, yeah. Just the ticket! And him,' He points a thumb 54> at Zeek, 'just ignore him, he's mostly harmless Zeek looks at Pete and says, "So long and thanks for all the fish." OOC: Booooooo! But I couldn't resist!
Bruce Johnson wrote: > > Pete looks Ricardo up and down and says, "So...you boys gonna rent > > my little boat here or not?" > > OOC> OOPS! > > Ricardo says ' Oh, yeah. Just the ticket! And him,' He points a thumb > at Zeek, 'just ignore him, he's mostly harmless "Yeah." Pete spits a brown fluid from his mouth into the dark water and chuckles, "Boy's been in the war, ain't he." "Well, anyway, gimme you're card and I'll run it through the bank system." Pete says holding out his hand. After doing the dirty business of deducting funds from Cousins and Company's accounts, Pete helps you load the goods on the boat and waves you off as you back it down the bayou and out into the open bay. The boat rides smoothly, but loudly, over the water. Ricardo, standing at the controls, finds that he can control the boat much like a grav vehicle...except it handles like it has very "mushy" grav modules, the response is slower than he is use to. Once out into the bay, he has a bit of trouble with the choppy waves making the boat rock and ride unsmoothly over the water, but it is still nothing that Ricardo can't control. Soon, he has maneuvered the boat across the broad bay to a ramp leading out of the water onto the tarmac of the Starport. From the radio Ricardo receives instructions on the route to take from the ramp to the parking space of /The Mae Lee/, and he slowly drives the hovercraft across the tarmac to their ship, parking it outside the open cargo hatch. Eris AKU GM
54> > > Pete looks Ricardo up and down and says, "So...you boys gonna rent 54> > > my little boat here or not?" 54> > 54> > OOC> OOPS! 54> > 54> > Ricardo says ' Oh, yeah. Just the ticket! And him,' He points a thumb 54> > at Zeek, 'just ignore him, he's mostly harmless 54> 54> "Yeah." Pete spits a brown fluid from his mouth into the dark water and 54> chuckles, "Boy's been in the war, ain't he." 54> 54> "Well, anyway, gimme you're card and I'll run it through the bank 54> system." Pete says holding out his hand. 54> 54> After doing the dirty business of deducting funds from Cousins and 54> Company's accounts, Pete helps you load the goods on the boat and waves 54> you off as you back it down the bayou and out into the open bay. 54> 54> The boat rides smoothly, but loudly, over the water. Ricardo, standing 54> at the controls, finds that he can control the boat much like a grav 54> vehicle...except it handles like it has very "mushy" grav modules, the 54> response is slower than he is use to. 54> 54> Once out into the bay, he has a bit of trouble with the choppy waves 54> making the boat rock and ride unsmoothly over the water, but it is still 54> nothing that Ricardo can't control. 54> 54> Soon, he has maneuvered the boat across the broad bay to a ramp leading 54> out of the water onto the tarmac of the Starport. From the radio Ricardo 54> receives instructions on the route to take from the ramp to the parking 54> space of /The Mae Lee/, and he slowly drives the hovercraft across the 54> tarmac to their ship, parking it outside the open cargo hatch. Zeek stands up "Skipper, should I get the Cargo Door down?"
