997.281: Blue Rain Lands on Serbia

Shawn signs off with the brokers and checks the 
computer for information about Serbia. The data he 
has is what he copied over from the /Mae Lee/ so 
it isn't forty years out of date. The summary is 
C983687-7 Ni Ri.  Not much of a starport, pretty 
dry, and the gravity might be a bit higher than 
normal, but the air is breathable.

As the /Blue Rain/ approaches the planet Shawn 
projects its image on the screens of the consoles 
around the ship. Serbia is a ball of greens, 
browns and blues. There are few lights on the dark 
side, and only a few communication satellites in 
orbit around the planet. Shawn notes that the 
Starport, in the northern hemisphere, will be in 
daylight for another 6 hours, and the approach and 
landing should only take a couple of hours.

Permission to land is given and the small ship 
glides down through the thick atmosphere. Shawn 
skips in and out of the atmosphere several times 
as he bleeds off velocity and then starts a long 
slow descent taking him over the southern landmass 
the the equatorial ocean and then over wide farm 
lands with only small villages and isolated farm 
houses. Finally, he sees a larger town, and the 
distinctive tower of a landing field. This is the 
Starport...or what passes for one on Serbia.

The landing is smooth with hardly a bounce. After 
directions are given, Shawn taxis the ship over to 
the assigned berth. He notes there are a couple of 
ships already on the tarmac...a 200 tonner and a 
larger one, probably 400 tons.

The sensors show the gravity outside is 1.12 g, 
the atmosphere is 1.3 sap and the temperature is 
18 degrees C.  The Port Captain is coming over to 
greet and inspect your papers in 30 minutes and 
there are 2 brokers already at the port waiting to 
talk to you about your cargo.

Eris
AKU GM

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>As the /Blue Rain/ approaches the planet Shawn 
>projects its image on the screens of the consoles 
>around the ship. Serbia is a ball of greens, 
>browns and blues. There are few lights on the dark 
>side, and only a few communication satellites in 
>orbit around the planet. Shawn notes that the 
>Starport, in the northern hemisphere, will be in 
>daylight for another 6 hours, and the approach and 
>landing should only take a couple of hours.

"Not a bad looking place," he said over the com. "Looks kind of sparcely populated."

>Permission to land is given and the small ship 
>glides down through the thick atmosphere. Shawn 
>skips in and out of the atmosphere several times 
>as he bleeds off velocity and then starts a long 
>slow descent taking him over the southern landmass 
>the the equatorial ocean and then over wide farm 
>lands with only small villages and isolated farm 
>houses. Finally, he sees a larger town, and the 
>distinctive tower of a landing field. This is the 
>Starport...or what passes for one on Serbia.
>
>The landing is smooth with hardly a bounce. After 
>directions are given, Shawn taxis the ship over to 
>the assigned berth. He notes there are a couple of 
>ships already on the tarmac...a 200 tonner and a 
>larger one, probably 400 tons.
>
>The sensors show the gravity outside is 1.12 g, 
>the atmosphere is 1.3 sap and the temperature is 
>18 degrees C.  The Port Captain is coming over to 
>greet and inspect your papers in 30 minutes and 
>there are 2 brokers already at the port waiting to 
>talk to you about your cargo.

Shawn shut down his systems.

"We're down. Kelly, you can secure the engines."

When the brokers called, he made arrangements for them to come out as soon as they were ready.

Shawn

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> Shawn shut down his systems.
> 
> "We're down. Kelly, you can secure the engines."

"Aye, aye, Cap'n." Kelly grins at April, then he begins the studown checklist. He instructs April as he goes through the procedures.

JR

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JR wrote:

>> Shawn shut down his systems.
>> 
>> "We're down. Kelly, you can secure the engines."
> 
> "Aye, aye, Cap'n." Kelly grins at April, then he begins the
> studown checklist. He instructs April as he goes through the
> procedures.

The systems check off goes very quickly with this ship, as it was 
designed for quick startup and quick shutdown.

OOC: Does Kelly take the fusion powerplant completely down and 
request a hookup to the Port's power grid, or does he keep the power 
plant on and the ship under internal power?

Eris
AKU GM

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> OOC: Does Kelly take the fusion powerplant completely down and
> request a hookup to the Port's power grid, or does he keep the power
> plant on and the ship under internal power?

Kelly considers for a moment. "You know," he says to April, "we may want to 
shut the powerplant down and look it over. It's been without maintenance 
for a long time."

JR

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> "Not a bad looking place," he said over the com. "Looks kind of sparcely
> populated."

Ilane comments, "The gravity is a bit heavy for my taste though."

-- 
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>> "Not a bad looking place," he said over the com. "Looks kind of sparcely
>> populated."
>
>Ilane comments, "The gravity is a bit heavy for my taste though."

He looked at her with a twinkle in his eye. 

"As a zero-G dancer, you could say that about standard."

Then he grinned.

Shawn 

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> He looked at her with a twinkle in his eye. 
> 
> "As a zero-G dancer, you could say that about standard."

She chuckles a little.  "That's very true, Shawn."

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Terry Mixon wrote:

>> The landing is smooth with hardly a bounce.
>> After directions are given, Shawn taxis the
>> ship over to the assigned berth. He notes
>> there are a couple of ships already on the
>> tarmac...a 200 tonner and a larger one,
>> probably 400 tons.
>> 
>> The sensors show the gravity outside is 1.12
>> g, the atmosphere is 1.3 sap and the
>> temperature is 18 degrees C.  The Port
>> Captain is coming over to greet and inspect
>> your papers in 30 minutes and there are 2
>> brokers already at the port waiting to talk
>> to you about your cargo.
> 
> Shawn shut down his systems.
> 
> "We're down. Kelly, you can secure the
> engines."
> 
> When the brokers called, he made arrangements
> for them to come out as soon as they were
> ready.

OOC: Shawn, Irene, Kelly and April are all 
available for this scene. Kelly has shut things 
down and until he gets started on maintenance of 
the jump drive has nothing much to do. So, all 
four of you can greet the Port Captain and the 
brokers.

Captain Paul Mitwell shows up at your hatch 
exactly 30 minutes after you land. He is a old 
man, has to be in his late 60's, with a face 
creased with wrinkles. He is wearing a dark blue 
baseball cap with the words "Port Captain" printed 
in white across the front and a short sleeved 
Hawaiian print shirt and pair of short pants, with 
sneakers on his feet. He greets Shawn with a smile 
and a warm handshake. He will also shake hands 
with each of the crew and welcome you.

"Welcome to Serbia, all of you, I'm Paul Mitwell, 
port captain for our little starport." he grins, 
"Such as it is."

He gives your papers a quick glance, and doesn't 
seem to any qualms about them. His look at the 
cargo and manifest is just as cursory, although he 
does mention that Serbia has a strong policy 
against the import of addictive drugs and weapons 
imports are highly regulated.

If Kelly mentions the ship's maintenance logs, 
Mitwell will wave him off saying, "As long as 
you're happy with your ship's condition, you don't 
need somebody like me looking over your shoulder."

Once he's finished with the very brief inspection 
Mitwell says, "I hope you enjoy your stay on 
Serbia and that you come back. We are always 
looking for more ships to drop in on us. I know 
we're just a agricultural world, and not a rich 
one, but we do have produce to sell...or trade for 
consumer or industrial goods."

OOC: Any questions for him, just work them into 
the conversation...

As he is shaking your hand before taking his leave 
he adds, "Oh, and while you're here you might want 
to drop by the Hootish enclave down south. They 
aren't big on technology, but they are very good 
craftsmen and farmers, and might want to trade 
with you for certain off-world products."

Shawn notes that the /Mae Lee/ is on landing 
approach as Mitwell is leaving your new ship.

When Shawn sees Mitwell from the ship he sees a 
man and woman standing outside the hatch waiting 
for Mitwell to leave, he gives them the thumbs up 
as he passes and they turn toward you.

"Captain Smith, I'm Orion Link and this is Joyce 
Ellis. We're the brokers here on Serbia. May we 
come aboard and talk?"


Eris
AKU GM

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> Captain Paul Mitwell shows up at your hatch
> exactly 30 minutes after you land. He is a old
> man, has to be in his late 60's, with a face
> creased with wrinkles. He is wearing a dark blue
> baseball cap with the words "Port Captain" printed
> in white across the front and a short sleeved
> Hawaiian print shirt and pair of short pants, with
> sneakers on his feet. He greets Shawn with a smile
> and a warm handshake. He will also shake hands
> with each of the crew and welcome you.
> 
> "Welcome to Serbia, all of you, I'm Paul Mitwell,
> port captain for our little starport." he grins,
> "Such as it is."

Shawn offered his hand.

"Shawn Smith."

Then he introduced the others and grinned.

"I like that shirt. Reminds me of an old shipmate. Crazy scout." 
 
> He gives your papers a quick glance, and doesn't
> seem to any qualms about them. His look at the
> cargo and manifest is just as cursory, although he
> does mention that Serbia has a strong policy
> against the import of addictive drugs and weapons
> imports are highly regulated.

"No problem there, then."
 
> Once he's finished with the very brief inspection
> Mitwell says, "I hope you enjoy your stay on
> Serbia and that you come back. We are always
> looking for more ships to drop in on us. I know
> we're just a agricultural world, and not a rich
> one, but we do have produce to sell...or trade for
> consumer or industrial goods."

"We hope to be through more often."

> As he is shaking your hand before taking his leave
> he adds, "Oh, and while you're here you might want
> to drop by the Hootish enclave down south. They
> aren't big on technology, but they are very good
> craftsmen and farmers, and might want to trade
> with you for certain off-world products."

Shawn nodded.

"I'll do that. Nothing like well made stuff. I have heard they can be a bit clannish. I don't want
to start a riot looking around. Any advice on a local guide?"
 
> When Shawn sees Mitwell from the ship he sees a
> man and woman standing outside the hatch waiting
> for Mitwell to leave, he gives them the thumbs up
> as he passes and they turn toward you.
> 
> "Captain Smith, I'm Orion Link and this is Joyce
> Ellis. We're the brokers here on Serbia. May we
> come aboard and talk?"

"Step right on in."

Shawn will show them in.

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:

>> Captain Paul Mitwell shows up at your hatch 
>> exactly 30 minutes after you land. He is a
>> old man, has to be in his late 60's, with a
>> face creased with wrinkles. He is wearing a
>> dark blue baseball cap with the words "Port
>> Captain" printed in white across the front
>> and a short sleeved Hawaiian print shirt and
>> pair of short pants, with sneakers on his
>> feet. He greets Shawn with a smile and a warm
>> handshake. He will also shake hands with each
>> of the crew and welcome you.
>> 
>> "Welcome to Serbia, all of you, I'm Paul
>> Mitwell, port captain for our little
>> starport." he grins, "Such as it is."
> 
> Shawn offered his hand.
> 
> "Shawn Smith."
> 
> Then he introduced the others and grinned.
> 
> "I like that shirt. Reminds me of an old
> shipmate. Crazy scout."

Mitwell laughs heartily, "Unofficial uniform, and 
crazy is an enlistment requirement to join the 
Scouts."

"I am retired, or as retired as a Scout ever is, 
from the CSA Scout Service. Moved out here about 
10 years ago, and got dragooned into running the 
port. There's so little traffic through here, 
though, it doesn't really crimp my retirement at 
all...except this week. Four ships in a week!" 
Mitwell chuckles, "That's a record for Serbia."

>> He gives your papers a quick glance, and
>> doesn't seem to any qualms about them. His
>> look at the cargo and manifest is just as
>> cursory, although he does mention that Serbia
>> has a strong policy against the import of
>> addictive drugs and weapons imports are
>> highly regulated.
> 
> "No problem there, then."

"Good." Mitwell says.

>> Once he's finished with the very brief
>> inspection Mitwell says, "I hope you enjoy
>> your stay on Serbia and that you come back.
>> We are always looking for more ships to drop
>> in on us. I know we're just a agricultural
>> world, and not a rich one, but we do have
>> produce to sell...or trade for consumer or
>> industrial goods."
> 
> "We hope to be through more often."

"Great!" he smiles, then adds, "And by *through* 
here, I hope you mean stopping off here at the 
planet instead of at Ryan's out at the gas giant 
for a quick refueling on you way through."

>> As he is shaking your hand before taking his
>> leave he adds, "Oh, and while you're here you
>> might want to drop by the Hootish enclave
>> down south. They aren't big on technology,
>> but they are very good craftsmen and farmers,
>> and might want to trade with you for certain
>> off-world products."
> 
> Shawn nodded.
> 
> "I'll do that. Nothing like well made stuff. I
> have heard they can be a bit clannish. I don't
> want to start a riot looking around. Any advice
> on a local guide?"

"A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows, "Well, I 
can't think of any...hum, well, I guess I could 
run you down there my self if you want. Introduce 
you to Zack, um, Zacharia Kane. He's the head 
knocker, er, Elder down there. If Zach says it's 
okay to trade with you, then nobody down there 
will argue about it."

>> When Shawn sees Mitwell from the ship he sees
>> a man and woman standing outside the hatch
>> waiting for Mitwell to leave, he gives them
>> the thumbs up as he passes and they turn
>> toward you.
>> 
>> "Captain Smith, I'm Orion Link and this is
>> Joyce Ellis. We're the brokers here on
>> Serbia. May we come aboard and talk?"
> 
> "Step right on in."
> 
> Shawn will show them in.

"Great!"

As soon as Link shakes your hand he asks, "I don't 
suppose you have the freight from Mark I'm 
expecting? From Ollis' Import/Export...Rosco Ollis?"

Eris
AKU GM

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> "A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows, "Well, I 
> can't think of any...hum, well, I guess I could 
> run you down there my self if you want. Introduce 
> you to Zack, um, Zacharia Kane. He's the head 
> knocker, er, Elder down there. If Zach says it's 
> okay to trade with you, then nobody down there 
> will argue about it."

"My fiancee and I would like that," Kelly says, glancing at April.

JR 

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--- JR  wrote:

> > "A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows, "Well, I 
> > can't think of any...hum, well, I guess I could 
> > run you down there my self if you want. Introduce 
> > you to Zack, um, Zacharia Kane. He's the head 
> > knocker, er, Elder down there. If Zach says it's 
> > okay to trade with you, then nobody down there 
> > will argue about it."
> 
> "My fiancee and I would like that," Kelly says,
> glancing at April.

Without raising an eyebrow, April smiles at the
gentleman and takes Kelly's arm. "Oh yes, that would
be great! I know I'd love a tour of the port."  She
smiles and winks at Kelly.

April

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JR wrote:

>> "A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows,
>> "Well, I can't think of any...hum, well, I
>> guess I could run you down there my self if
>> you want. Introduce you to Zack, um, Zacharia
>> Kane. He's the head knocker, er, Elder down
>> there. If Zach says it's okay to trade with
>> you, then nobody down there will argue about
>> it."
> 
> "My fiancee and I would like that," Kelly says,
> glancing at April.

"Fiancee, eh?" Mitwell says with a grin. He 
reaches out and shakes Kelly's hand, 
"Congratulations, young man."

> Without raising an eyebrow, April smiles at the
> gentleman and takes Kelly's arm. "Oh yes, that would
> be great! I know I'd love a tour of the port."  She
> smiles and winks at Kelly.

"A tour?" Mitwell chuckles, "Sure thing! I can 
show you the fuel tank and processor, the repair 
shed and the warehouses any time you want, young 
lady."

Eris
AKU GM

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> > "A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows, "Well, I
> > can't think of any...hum, well, I guess I could
> > run you down there my self if you want. Introduce
> > you to Zack, um, Zacharia Kane. He's the head
> > knocker, er, Elder down there. If Zach says it's
> > okay to trade with you, then nobody down there
> > will argue about it."
> 
> "My fiancee and I would like that," Kelly says, glancing at April.

Shawn didn't look but the fiancée comment surprised him a bit. They were actually going to play the
part. Or perhaps they were moving along nicely.

Shawn

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>> Then he introduced the others and grinned.
>> 
>> "I like that shirt. Reminds me of an old
>> shipmate. Crazy scout."
>
>Mitwell laughs heartily, "Unofficial uniform, and 
>crazy is an enlistment requirement to join the 
>Scouts."
>
>"I am retired, or as retired as a Scout ever is, 
>from the CSA Scout Service. Moved out here about 
>10 years ago, and got dragooned into running the 
>port. There's so little traffic through here, 
>though, it doesn't really crimp my retirement at 
>all...except this week. Four ships in a week!" 
>Mitwell chuckles, "That's a record for Serbia."

Shawn just grinned.

"Some days you get the bear. Some days the bear gets you."

>> "We hope to be through more often."
>
>"Great!" he smiles, then adds, "And by *through* 
>here, I hope you mean stopping off here at the 
>planet instead of at Ryan's out at the gas giant 
>for a quick refueling on you way through."

"That sounds more interesting than just passing through."

>> "I'll do that. Nothing like well made stuff. I
>> have heard they can be a bit clannish. I don't
>> want to start a riot looking around. Any advice
>> on a local guide?"
>
>"A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows, "Well, I 
>can't think of any...hum, well, I guess I could 
>run you down there my self if you want. Introduce 
>you to Zack, um, Zacharia Kane. He's the head 
>knocker, er, Elder down there. If Zach says it's 
>okay to trade with you, then nobody down there 
>will argue about it."

"We wouldn't want to be any trouble. I'm sure we could make it interesting enough to introduce us greenhorns."

>As soon as Link shakes your hand he asks, "I don't 
>suppose you have the freight from Mark I'm 
>expecting? From Ollis' Import/Export...Rosco Ollis?"

"Nope. You want to chat about what we have?"

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:
> 
>>> "I'll do that. Nothing like well made
>>> stuff. I have heard they can be a bit
>>> clannish. I don't want to start a riot
>>> looking around. Any advice on a local
>>> guide?"
>> 
>> "A guide?" Mitwell raises his eyebrows,
>> "Well, I can't think of any...hum, well, I
>> guess I could run you down there my self if
>> you want. Introduce you to Zack, um, Zacharia
>> Kane. He's the head knocker, er, Elder down
>> there. If Zach says it's okay to trade with
>> you, then nobody down there will argue about
>> it."
> 
> "We wouldn't want to be any trouble. I'm sure
> we could make it interesting enough to
> introduce us greenhorns."

"No bother." Mitwell laughs and grins, "It'll get 
me out of the house for a day or two, give my wife 
a break from putting up with me."



>> As soon as Link shakes your hand he asks, "I
>> don't suppose you have the freight from Mark
>> I'm expecting? From Ollis'
>> Import/Export...Rosco Ollis?"
> 
> "Nope. You want to chat about what we have?"

"If he doesn't, I do." Joyce Ellis chuckles.

Link Orion grins sheepishly, "Sorry, it's just 
that I have buyers lined up for that freight and 
they're chewing on my posterior about it."

Ellis and Orion come aboard and greet everyone, 
"So, what have you got?"

Eris
AKU GM

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> > "We wouldn't want to be any trouble. I'm sure
> > we could make it interesting enough to
> > introduce us greenhorns."
> 
> "No bother." Mitwell laughs and grins, "It'll get
> me out of the house for a day or two, give my wife
> a break from putting up with me."

"Well, we thank you and I'll call later today to settle the time."
 


> >> As soon as Link shakes your hand he asks, "I
> >> don't suppose you have the freight from Mark
> >> I'm expecting? From Ollis'
> >> Import/Export...Rosco Ollis?"
> >
> > "Nope. You want to chat about what we have?"
> 
> "If he doesn't, I do." Joyce Ellis chuckles.
> 
> Link Orion grins sheepishly, "Sorry, it's just
> that I have buyers lined up for that freight and
> they're chewing on my posterior about it."

"Wish I did but I did see another ship pulling in. Maybe it will have it."
 
> Ellis and Orion come aboard and greet everyone,
> "So, what have you got?"

Shawn went over what they had, including the spice. He admitted he had won it (the spice) in a card
game and didn't know what quality it was. He asked if they were familiar with it.

Shawn 

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Terry Mixon wrote:

> >> "We wouldn't want to be any trouble. I'm sure we could make it
> >> interesting enough to introduce us greenhorns."
> >
> > "No bother." Mitwell laughs and grins, "It'll get me out of the
> > house for a day or two, give my wife a break from putting up with
> > me."
>
>  "Well, we thank you and I'll call later today to settle the time."

"Great!" Mitwell says, "You will want to connect to the Port comm 
system. Once you do that, you can find my number in the online directory."

>  
>
> >>> As soon as Link shakes your hand he asks, "I don't suppose you
> >>> have the freight from Mark I'm expecting? From Ollis'
> >>> Import/Export...Rosco Ollis?"
> >>
> >> "Nope. You want to chat about what we have?"
> >
> > "If he doesn't, I do." Joyce Ellis chuckles.
> >
> > Link Orion grins sheepishly, "Sorry, it's just that I have buyers
> > lined up for that freight and they're chewing on my posterior about
> > it."
>
>  "Wish I did but I did see another ship pulling in. Maybe it will have
>  it."

"I hope so." Link nods, "I knew it wasn't on the first ship that came in 
this week because it was from Newton, but the free trader that came in 
yesterday was from Mark and I was hoping."

Joyce chuckles, "A little ship like this, or that free trader even, 
couldn't have carried your entire shipment, Link."

The man shrugs and says, "Can't hurt to ask can it?"

> > Ellis and Orion come aboard and greet everyone, "So, what have you
> > got?"
>
>  Shawn went over what they had, including the spice. He admitted he
>  had won it (the spice) in a card game and didn't know what quality it
>  was. He asked if they were familiar with it.

"Byrom, aged in barrels!" Ellis says when she sees the liquor listed on 
the manifest,  "Is it still in the barrel, or has it been bottled?"

"Of course, it doesn't travel well, so I'll have to taste it before I 
made you an offer." Shawn can tell she's very interested in the liquor, 
although she is downplaying her interest.

"I can take that superdense metal plating, but only after my other 
shipment comes in and I get paid for it." Link says.

Neither know anything about the spice, which is listed as Ground Curfe, 
and neither is especially interested it in, but Joyce says she will, 
"Take it off your hands for two thousand credits."

Eris
AKU GM

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> Without raising an eyebrow, April smiles at the
> gentleman and takes Kelly's arm. "Oh yes, that would
> be great! I know I'd love a tour of the port."  She
> smiles and winks at Kelly.

Kelly breathes a mental sigh of relief and smiles at the port master.

JR

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> > "My fiancee and I would like that," Kelly says,
> > glancing at April.
> 
> "Fiancee, eh?" Mitwell says with a grin. He 
> reaches out and shakes Kelly's hand, 
> "Congratulations, young man."

"Thank you, Sir." 


JR

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>>  "Well, we thank you and I'll call later today to settle the time."
>
>"Great!" Mitwell says, "You will want to connect to the Port comm 
>system. Once you do that, you can find my number in the online directory."

"Will do!"



>"I hope so." Link nods, "I knew it wasn't on the first ship that came in 
>this week because it was from Newton, but the free trader that came in 
>yesterday was from Mark and I was hoping."
>
>Joyce chuckles, "A little ship like this, or that free trader even, 
>couldn't have carried your entire shipment, Link."
>
>The man shrugs and says, "Can't hurt to ask can it?"

"Seems like a lot of traffic. Even the port Captain said so."

>>  Shawn went over what they had, including the spice. He admitted he
>>  had won it (the spice) in a card game and didn't know what quality it
>>  was. He asked if they were familiar with it.
>
>"Byrom, aged in barrels!" Ellis says when she sees the liquor listed on 
>the manifest,  "Is it still in the barrel, or has it been bottled?"

"Barrels. Aged quite a while, too."

>"Of course, it doesn't travel well, so I'll have to taste it before I 
>made you an offer." Shawn can tell she's very interested in the liquor, 
>although she is downplaying her interest.

"Lets go down and draw some samples. We can talk while we look things over."

He suited word to deed and got them samples of the potent liquor.

>"I can take that superdense metal plating, but only after my other 
>shipment comes in and I get paid for it." Link says.

"Then I hope it is on that other ship," Shawn said with a grin.

>Neither know anything about the spice, which is listed as Ground Curfe, 
>and neither is especially interested it in, but Joyce says she will, 
>"Take it off your hands for two thousand credits."

And Shawn will part with it gladly.

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:

> > "I hope so." Link nods, "I knew it wasn't on the first ship that
> > came in this week because it was from Newton, but the free trader
> > that came in yesterday was from Mark and I was hoping."
> >
> > Joyce chuckles, "A little ship like this, or that free trader even,
> > couldn't have carried your entire shipment, Link."
> >
> > The man shrugs and says, "Can't hurt to ask can it?"
 >
>  "Seems like a lot of traffic. Even the port Captain said so."

"Yes, it is." Joyce nods, "We usually average one ship a week, and 
usually something in the 100 to 200 ton size, nothing big ever stops 
here unless they have a special reason."

> >> Shawn went over what they had, including the spice. He admitted
> >> he had won it (the spice) in a card game and didn't know what
> >> quality it was. He asked if they were familiar with it.
> >
> > "Byrom, aged in barrels!" Ellis says when she sees the liquor
> > listed on the manifest, "Is it still in the barrel, or has it been
> > bottled?"
>
>  "Barrels. Aged quite a while, too."
>
> > "Of course, it doesn't travel well, so I'll have to taste it before
> > I made you an offer." Shawn can tell she's very interested in the
> > liquor, although she is downplaying her interest.
>
>  "Lets go down and draw some samples. We can talk while we look things
>  over."
>
>  He suited word to deed and got them samples of the potent liquor.

Both are impressed by the samples, but neither drinks more than a couple 
of sips. The pair moves aside and talks quietly to each other for a few 
seconds then Joyce says, "We're interested in buying the Byrom..."

After negotiations, you get them up to 14,000 credits...*or* 1 dton of 
high quality orange peako tea in trade.

> > "I can take that superdense metal plating, but only after my other
> > shipment comes in and I get paid for it." Link says.
>
>  "Then I hope it is on that other ship," Shawn said with a grin.

Joyce says to Link, "I'm sure it is. Nothing that size comes here unless 
it has a special shipment, and I'm not expecting anything, so it must be 
yours."

> > Neither know anything about the spice, which is listed as Ground
> > Curfe, and neither is especially interested it in, but Joyce says
> > she will, "Take it off your hands for two thousand credits."
>
>  And Shawn will part with it gladly.

She shakes hands with you, "I'll bring the cash over tomorrow morning 
when I pick up the spice."

Eris
AKU GM

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> > > The man shrugs and says, "Can't hurt to ask can it?"
>  >
> >  "Seems like a lot of traffic. Even the port Captain said so."
> 
> "Yes, it is." Joyce nods, "We usually average one ship a week, and
> usually something in the 100 to 200 ton size, nothing big ever stops
> here unless they have a special reason."

Shawn nodded.

"What about the other ships in now? What brings them in?"
 
> >  "Lets go down and draw some samples. We can talk while we look things
> >  over."
> >
> >  He suited word to deed and got them samples of the potent liquor.
> 
> Both are impressed by the samples, but neither drinks more than a couple
> of sips. The pair moves aside and talks quietly to each other for a few
> seconds then Joyce says, "We're interested in buying the Byrom..."

Shawn smiled and nodded.
 
> After negotiations, you get them up to 14,000 credits...*or* 1 dton of
> high quality orange peako tea in trade.

"I will take one of those two but I need to percolate a couple of hours on how the tea looks. Is
that okay?"

> > > Neither know anything about the spice, which is listed as Ground
> > > Curfe, and neither is especially interested it in, but Joyce says
> > > she will, "Take it off your hands for two thousand credits."
> >
> >  And Shawn will part with it gladly.
> 
> She shakes hands with you, "I'll bring the cash over tomorrow morning
> when I pick up the spice."

"Sounds very good. Can you recommend a good place to have dinner in town?"

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:

>  "What about the other ships in now? What brings them in?"

"One is a ship in from Newton with a group of colonists. Another is that 
trader from Mark, as far as I know it's sole purpose of being here was 
to drop off a couple of passengers." Link says.

"A family bound for the Hootish colony." Joyce adds, "I don't know about 
the newest one."

> >> "Lets go down and draw some samples. We can talk while we look
> >> things over."
> >>
> >> He suited word to deed and got them samples of the potent liquor.
> >
> > Both are impressed by the samples, but neither drinks more than a
> > couple of sips. The pair moves aside and talks quietly to each
> > other for a few seconds then Joyce says, "We're interested in
> > buying the Byrom..."
>
>  Shawn smiled and nodded.
>
> > After negotiations, you get them up to 14,000 credits...*or* 1 dton
> > of high quality orange peako tea in trade.
>
>  "I will take one of those two but I need to percolate a couple of
>  hours on how the tea looks. Is that okay?"

"Of course." Joyce says and Link nods adding, "We're not going anywhere."

> >>> Neither know anything about the spice, which is listed as
> >>> Ground Curfe, and neither is especially interested it in, but
> >>> Joyce says she will, "Take it off your hands for two thousand
> >>> credits."
> >>
> >> And Shawn will part with it gladly.
> >
> > She shakes hands with you, "I'll bring the cash over tomorrow
> > morning when I pick up the spice."
>
>  "Sounds very good. Can you recommend a good place to have dinner in
>  town?"

"The Wisteria Inn has a good restaurant in it." Link says, "If you're 
looking to get room off ship while on planet, I'd recommend it to you. 
There is a good bar in the basement, a restaurant on the ground floor 
and the rooms are clean and not too pricey."

Joyce says, "Adrian's is our best chop house, though."

Eris
AKU GM

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> >  "What about the other ships in now? What brings them in?"
> 
> "One is a ship in from Newton with a group of colonists. Another is that
> trader from Mark, as far as I know it's sole purpose of being here was
> to drop off a couple of passengers." Link says.
> 
> "A family bound for the Hootish colony." Joyce adds, "I don't know about
> the newest one."

Shawn nodded.

"The port captain said we might do well in looking out that way. People that travel might be more
amenable to talking to strangers. Any way of finding out more about the family that just arrived?"
 
> > > After negotiations, you get them up to 14,000 credits...*or* 1 dton
> > > of high quality orange peako tea in trade.
> >
> >  "I will take one of those two but I need to percolate a couple of
> >  hours on how the tea looks. Is that okay?"
> 
> "Of course." Joyce says and Link nods adding, "We're not going anywhere."

"Then I will get back to you as quickly as I can. Thanks."
 
> >  "Sounds very good. Can you recommend a good place to have dinner in
> >  town?"
> 
> "The Wisteria Inn has a good restaurant in it." Link says, "If you're
> looking to get room off ship while on planet, I'd recommend it to you.
> There is a good bar in the basement, a restaurant on the ground floor
> and the rooms are clean and not too pricey."
> 
> Joyce says, "Adrian's is our best chop house, though."

"Thanks again. We'll check them out."

Shawn will show them out after making arrangements to get the goods offloaded.

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:

> >> "What about the other ships in now? What brings them in?"
> >
> > "One is a ship in from Newton with a group of colonists. Another is
> > that trader from Mark, as far as I know it's sole purpose of being
> > here was to drop off a couple of passengers." Link says.
> >
> > "A family bound for the Hootish colony." Joyce adds, "I don't know
> > about the newest one."
>
>  Shawn nodded.
>
>  "The port captain said we might do well in looking out that way.
>  People that travel might be more amenable to talking to strangers.
>  Any way of finding out more about the family that just arrived?"

"No idea." Joyce says, "Only reason we know about them is that they were 
disembarking when we were going aboard to talk to the ship's Captain."

"The way their little girl was acting up everyone on the planet probably 
noticed them." Link adds dryly, "That's the only time I've ever seen a 
Hootish child acting like that."

> >>> After negotiations, you get them up to 14,000 credits...*or* 1
> >>> dton of high quality orange peako tea in trade.
> >>
> >> "I will take one of those two but I need to percolate a couple of
> >> hours on how the tea looks. Is that okay?"
> >
> > "Of course." Joyce says and Link nods adding, "We're not going
> > anywhere."
>
>  "Then I will get back to you as quickly as I can. Thanks."
>
> >> "Sounds very good. Can you recommend a good place to have dinner
> >> in town?"
> >
> > "The Wisteria Inn has a good restaurant in it." Link says, "If
> > you're looking to get room off ship while on planet, I'd recommend
> > it to you. There is a good bar in the basement, a restaurant on the
> > ground floor and the rooms are clean and not too pricey."
> >
> > Joyce says, "Adrian's is our best chop house, though."
>
>  "Thanks again. We'll check them out."
>
>  Shawn will show them out after making arrangements to get the goods
>  offloaded.

Done.

OOC: Okay, what next?

Eris
AKU GM

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> > > "A family bound for the Hootish colony." Joyce adds, "I don't know
> > > about the newest one."
> >
> >  Shawn nodded.
> >
> >  "The port captain said we might do well in looking out that way.
> >  People that travel might be more amenable to talking to strangers.
> >  Any way of finding out more about the family that just arrived?"
> 
> "No idea." Joyce says, "Only reason we know about them is that they were
> disembarking when we were going aboard to talk to the ship's Captain."

Shawn nodded.
 
> "The way their little girl was acting up everyone on the planet probably
> noticed them." Link adds dryly, "That's the only time I've ever seen a
> Hootish child acting like that."

"I don't know much about the Hootish. How was she acting?"

> >  "Thanks again. We'll check them out."
> >
> >  Shawn will show them out after making arrangements to get the goods
> >  offloaded.
> 
> Done.
> 
> OOC: Okay, what next?

Shawn turned to the others.

"Sounds like a live one. We need to find out about the family and where they went. Kelly and April,
you want to handle some casual questions while you walk about? Someone either picked them up or they
got a ride somewhere. I want to know where. Ilane, what do you think we can do in the meanwhile?"

Shawn

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> Shawn nodded.
> "Sounds like a live one. We need to find out about the family and where they
> went. Kelly and April,
> you want to handle some casual questions while you walk about? Someone either
> picked them up or they
> got a ride somewhere. I want to know where. Ilane, what do you think we can
> do in the meanwhile?"

Ilane gives Shawn a secret little smile and then gets more serious and says,  "I
don't know...maybe we should see if we can secure some cargo for the return trip
so that we don't have to worry about it later?"

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>> Shawn nodded.
>> "Sounds like a live one. We need to find out about the family and where they
>> went. Kelly and April,
>> you want to handle some casual questions while you walk about? Someone either
>> picked them up or they
>> got a ride somewhere. I want to know where. Ilane, what do you think we can
>> do in the meanwhile?"
>
>Ilane gives Shawn a secret little smile and then gets more serious and says,  "I
>don't know...maybe we should see if we can secure some cargo for the return trip
>so that we don't have to worry about it later?"

He smiled back at her.

"That might be best, if we have to boost in a hurry," Shawn admitted. "I'll get on that. Why don't you give the other ships here a call and ask news for past ports they've been at? Find out who thier captains are. That will also get me hooked up with my old friend Cardiac O'Brion."

At that last, he grinned.

Shawn

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> "Sounds like a live one. We need to find out about the family and where they went. Kelly and April,
> you want to handle some casual questions while you walk about? Someone either picked them up or they
> got a ride somewhere. I want to know where. Ilane, what do you think we can do in the meanwhile?"

"Sure." Kelly nods and looks to April.

JR

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--- JR  wrote:

> > "Sounds like a live one. We need to find out about
> the family and where they went. Kelly and April,
> > you want to handle some casual questions while you
> walk about? Someone either picked them up or they
> > got a ride somewhere. I want to know where. Ilane,
> what do you think we can do in the meanwhile?"
> 
> "Sure." Kelly nods and looks to April.

April nods. "Sounds like a plan.  We'll also try to
find out where the Hootish colony is, while we're at
it."

April


		
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Terry Mixon wrote:

> >>> "A family bound for the Hootish colony." Joyce adds, "I don't
> >>> know about the newest one."
> >>
> >> Shawn nodded.
> >>
> >> "The port captain said we might do well in looking out that way.
> >> People that travel might be more amenable to talking to
> >> strangers. Any way of finding out more about the family that just
> >> arrived?"
> >
> > "No idea." Joyce says, "Only reason we know about them is that they
> > were disembarking when we were going aboard to talk to the ship's
> > Captain."
>
>  Shawn nodded.
>
> > "The way their little girl was acting up everyone on the planet
> > probably noticed them." Link adds dryly, "That's the only time I've
> > ever seen a Hootish child acting like that."
>
>  "I don't know much about the Hootish. How was she acting?"

"Crying, carrying on." Link says, "Regular temper tantrum."

Eris
AKU GM

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> > > "The way their little girl was acting up everyone on the planet
> > > probably noticed them." Link adds dryly, "That's the only time I've
> > > ever seen a Hootish child acting like that."
> >
> >  "I don't know much about the Hootish. How was she acting?"
> 
> "Crying, carrying on." Link says, "Regular temper tantrum."

"That does sound a bit out of character."

Shawn looked at the others. He had asked all he could think of.

Shawn

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> Shawn looked at the others. He had asked all he could think of.

Kelly shrugs. "Typical kid, I guess."

JR

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--- Terry Mixon  wrote:
> > 
> > "Crying, carrying on." Link says, "Regular temper
> tantrum."
> 
> "That does sound a bit out of character."
> 
> Shawn looked at the others. He had asked all he
> could think of.

April nods. "I'm not familiar with the Hootish either.
 What are they like?  What do they do?"

April

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Hope A. Kondrk wrote:

> > Shawn looked at the others. He had asked all he could think of.
>
>  April nods. "I'm not familiar with the Hootish either. What are they
>  like? What do they do?"

"Like? Do?" Joyce raises her eyebrows, "Well, they keep mostly to 
themselves down in their colony on the southern continent. Farming, 
crafts are what they do."

"They're a religious sect." Link says, "Reject a lot of modern 
technology, live the simple life, commune with nature...that sort of 
thing. If you mean about their children, I don't know, but they all seem 
really well behaved the few times I've seen any. Except this last one."

Eris
AKU GM

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Shawn will do his research on the offered item and then give them a call to tell them his answer.

Shawn

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