>>> Ricardo heads to the starport first, to check the bboard for >>> anything interesting, then off to a bar for a quick brew. >>> There's going to be clearly one that's at least partially >>> catering to crews and their on world contacts... >> >> There is nothing really interesting to Ricardo on the bulletin >> board. There is a notice from someone named Randolph Ford >> seeking transport to the Skypr system, but that would be well >> out of the way for the /Mae Lee/ so it wouldn't be worth it for >> them. Ricardo notices there is next to no restrictions on >> anyone passing into or out of the Terminal Building, or into or >> out of the Starport for that matter, there isn't even a guard >> at the main gate. > > Interesting...so much for extrality ;-) > >> >> There is a tavern near the gates on the left hand side of the >> main drag called "The Starman." He sees a couple of small >> hotels near the tavern, what looks like a Ship's Chandlery >> shop, as well as a number of other small shops, and other >> businesses on that side. On the other side of the main drag >> there are a few small office buildings and large warehouses. > > Ricardo will get the rough lay of the land and pop into 'The > Starman', and ask for a beer. Crowded? empty? The tavern is mostly empty. A woman of middle years is behind the bar wiping it in a bored way. An older man in a worn ship suit is seated at a table in the corner sipping on a beersi from a mug and watching some sort of show on a TV mounted up on the wall. Another man, dressed in an ill fitting suit and grossly overweight, is at a table reading a newspaper and occasionally sipping from his beersi mug. There are a pair of men dressed in civilian clothing playing pool at the table situated off in another corner of the room. When Ricardo steps inside, he notices that everyone's eyes turn toward him, and other than the pair of pool players, he gets the impression that he is of more interest than the TV show or the newspaper. The woman behind the bar gives Ricardo a tired smile and says, "Welcome to the Starman Rest, stranger! What'll you have?" Eris AKU GM
On Monday, January 10, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > > The tavern is mostly empty. A woman of middle years is behind the > bar wiping it in a bored way. An older man in a worn ship suit is > seated at a table in the corner sipping on a beersi from a mug and > watching some sort of show on a TV mounted up on the wall. Another > man, dressed in an ill fitting suit and grossly overweight, is at a > table reading a newspaper and occasionally sipping from his beersi > mug. There are a pair of men dressed in civilian clothing playing > pool at the table situated off in another corner of the room. > > When Ricardo steps inside, he notices that everyone's eyes turn > toward him, and other than the pair of pool players, he gets the > impression that he is of more interest than the TV show or the > newspaper. > > The woman behind the bar gives Ricardo a tired smile and says, > "Welcome to the Starman Rest, stranger! What'll you have?" " A pint of stout if you've got it, plain old beer if you don't." He surveys the place. They guy in the shipsuit have any insignia or anything? -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson
Bruce Johnson wrote: > > The tavern is mostly empty. A woman of middle years is behind the > > bar wiping it in a bored way. An older man in a worn ship suit is > > seated at a table in the corner sipping on a beersi from a mug and > > watching some sort of show on a TV mounted up on the wall. Another > > man, dressed in an ill fitting suit and grossly overweight, is at a > > table reading a newspaper and occasionally sipping from his beersi > > mug. There are a pair of men dressed in civilian clothing playing > > pool at the table situated off in another corner of the room. > > > > When Ricardo steps inside, he notices that everyone's eyes turn > > toward him, and other than the pair of pool players, he gets the > > impression that he is of more interest than the TV show or the > > newspaper. > > > > The woman behind the bar gives Ricardo a tired smile and says, > > "Welcome to the Starman Rest, stranger! What'll you have?" > > " A pint of stout if you've got it, plain old beer if you don't." He > surveys the place. They guy in the shipsuit have any insignia or > anything? Ricardo's quick survey of the guy in the shipsuit shows it to be an old one, stained with grease, and with no visible insignia or badge indicating what ship he might be serving on. "Stout!" says the woman drawing Ricardo's attention back to her. She is drawing a mug from a tap, "We've got a local brew here that we think is quite passable." "Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with the mug and then says, "So, you another spacer from one of the ships that came in today?" She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before looking back at Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of ships in here, and we *do* depend on travellers for outsystem news." Eris AKU GM
On Jan 16, 2005, at 8:25 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > "Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with the mug and > then says, "So, you another spacer from one of the ships that came in > today?" > Ricardo sips the beer. "Yah, off the 'Mae Lee', the big thousand-tonner." He glances around for any reaction to the name. > She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before looking back > at > Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of ships in here, and we *do* > depend on travellers for outsystem news." > "Well, we can send yah some old Mark newsfeeds and such. Not a lot going on rimward. The Confeds and the Lizards are into Cold War mode, dancing around each other. Mark looks to be their next dance hall, unfortunately, but that's probably years off. Both sides are kinda worn out from the last one. "Big storm and lotsa flooding on Sequi, particularly around some of the Bion ranches..in the north. We got caught up in the SAR there, since we were dirtside there. "You got a window to send feed grain that way for a decent price, I'll wager, since they're getting help with that epidemic and will want to build their herds back up." "We're headed on coreward, though." -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
Bruce Johnson wrote: >> "Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with the >> mug and then says, "So, you another spacer from one of the >> ships that came in today?" > > Ricardo sips the beer. "Yah, off the 'Mae Lee', the big > thousand-tonner." He glances around for any reaction to the name. > No reaction from anyone that you notice, but the bartender nods and says, "I was really surprised to hear that a big ship like yours had dropped in on us. We usually have to make do with smaller ships. All the big ships stop at the GG outsystem and ferry what little cargo they have for us in on boats." >> She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before >> looking back at Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of >> ships in here, and we *do* depend on travellers for outsystem >> news." > > "Well, we can send yah some old Mark newsfeeds and such. Not a > lot going on rimward. "You'd find a market for them, I suspect. Even if it's old news, it'll be new to us. You ought to see if our local networks is interested in buying them from you." > The Confeds and the Lizards are into Cold War mode, dancing > around each other. Mark looks to be their next dance hall, > unfortunately, but that's probably years off. Both sides are > kinda worn out from the last one. > > "Big storm and lotsa flooding on Sequi, particularly around some > of the Bion ranches..in the north. We got caught up in the SAR > there, since we were dirtside there. "Oh really?" she says, "That sounds interesting!" She glances at the man in the stained ship suit and says, "And a lot more informative than some of the spacers we get in here." > "You got a window to send feed grain that way for a decent price, > I'll wager, since they're getting help with that epidemic and > will want to build their herds back up." She nods, "That would be good for the local economy I'm sure." > "We're headed on coreward, though." "Like toward Montrose?" she asks, when you nod she says, "You should put that on the net. I know a lot of people here on Serbia have family there and we seldom have a way of getting messages to our relatives there. If you let it be known that you're going there, I bet you could pick up a lot of messages to be delivered into the Montrose net, probably a lot of small packages and paper mail as well." Eris AKU GM
On Jan 19, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > Bruce Johnson wrote: > >>> "Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with the >>> mug and then says, "So, you another spacer from one of the >>> ships that came in today?" >> >> Ricardo sips the beer. "Yah, off the 'Mae Lee', the big >> thousand-tonner." He glances around for any reaction to the name. >> > No reaction from anyone that you notice, but the bartender nods and > says, "I was really surprised to hear that a big ship like yours had > dropped in on us. We usually have to make do with smaller ships. All > the big ships stop at the GG outsystem and ferry what little cargo > they have for us in on boats." Ricardo shrugs. "Well, we like to keep her near at hand, she's home, after all, and the stuff we had for here on would have meant more than one trip. This stop is mostly because we've not been out this way before. We just got her recently, and this sort of a sightseeing stop. We came this way because a Ollis on Mark had some cargo for here." > >>> She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before >>> looking back at Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of >>> ships in here, and we *do* depend on travellers for outsystem >>> news." >> >> "Well, we can send yah some old Mark newsfeeds and such. Not a >> lot going on rimward. > > "You'd find a market for them, I suspect. Even if it's old news, > it'll be new to us. You ought to see if our local networks is > interested in buying them from you." "I'll see what we got, and more importantly, what we're tired of reading over and over ." He smiles. > >> The Confeds and the Lizards are into Cold War mode, dancing >> around each other. Mark looks to be their next dance hall, >> unfortunately, but that's probably years off. Both sides are >> kinda worn out from the last one. >> >> "Big storm and lotsa flooding on Sequi, particularly around some >> of the Bion ranches..in the north. We got caught up in the SAR >> there, since we were dirtside there. > > "Oh really?" she says, "That sounds interesting!" > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, it was exciting, in that sort of 'Oh we're going to die now' way. We flew way too close to a tornado...put a tree branch through the hull of our boat." > She glances at the man in the stained ship suit and says, "And a lot > more informative than some of the spacers we get in here." Ricardo smiles. "I'm told I gab a lot. Always willing to swap stories. Spent a lot of years in the Argent scouts, and have 'sung for my supper' on occasion. so which ship's he from? That old scout ship looks vaguely familiar." > >> "You got a window to send feed grain that way for a decent price, >> I'll wager, since they're getting help with that epidemic and >> will want to build their herds back up." > > She nods, "That would be good for the local economy I'm sure." > >> "We're headed on coreward, though." > > "Like toward Montrose?" she asks, when you nod she says, "You should > put that on the net. I know a lot of people here on Serbia have > family there and we seldom have a way of getting messages to our > relatives there. If you let it be known that you're going there, I > bet you could pick up a lot of messages to be delivered into the > Montrose net, probably a lot of small packages and paper mail as well." > Ricardo says "Sure. We've got the room this time." -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
Bruce Johnson wrote: >>>>"Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with the >>>>mug and then says, "So, another spacer from one of the >>>>ships that came in today?" She glances toward the guy in the worn ship suit and nods, "Yeah, over there nursing his beer." >>>Ricardo sips the beer. "Yah, off the 'Mae Lee', the big >>>thousand-tonner." He glances around for any reaction to the name. The stout is rich and has a nutty flavor with a hint of sweetness. It's good, one of the better beersis that Ricardo has had, and he's sampled *quite* a few over the years. >>No reaction from anyone that you notice, but the bartender nods and >>says, "I was really surprised to hear that a big ship like yours had >>dropped in on us. We usually have to make do with smaller ships. All >>the big ships stop at the GG outsystem and ferry what little cargo >>they have for us in on boats." > > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, we like to keep her near at hand, she's home, > after all, and the stuff we had for here on would have meant more than > one trip. > > This stop is mostly because we've not been out this way before. We just > got her recently, and this sort of a sightseeing stop. We came this > way because a Ollis on Mark had some cargo for here." "Well, we're glad to have you here." she says, "And I hope you find it worth your while to come back often." >>>>She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before >>>>looking back at Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of >>>>ships in here, and we *do* depend on travellers for outsystem >>>>news." >>> >>>"Well, we can send yah some old Mark newsfeeds and such. Not a >>>lot going on rimward. >> >>"You'd find a market for them, I suspect. Even if it's old news, >>it'll be new to us. You ought to see if our local networks is >>interested in buying them from you." > > "I'll see what we got, and more importantly, what we're tired of > reading over and over ." He smiles. > >>>The Confeds and the Lizards are into Cold War mode, dancing >>>around each other. Mark looks to be their next dance hall, >>>unfortunately, but that's probably years off. Both sides are >>>kinda worn out from the last one. >>> >>>"Big storm and lotsa flooding on Sequi, particularly around some >>>of the Bion ranches..in the north. We got caught up in the SAR >>>there, since we were dirtside there. >> >>"Oh really?" she says, "That sounds interesting!" >> > > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, it was exciting, in that sort of 'Oh we're going > to die now' way. We flew way too close to a tornado...put a tree branch > through the hull of our boat." "Wow! That *does* sound exciting." she says. >>She glances at the man in the stained ship suit and says, "And a lot >>more informative than some of the spacers we get in here." > > Ricardo smiles. "I'm told I gab a lot. Always willing to swap stories. > Spent a lot of years in the Argent scouts, and have 'sung for my > supper' on occasion. so which ship's he from? That old scout ship looks > vaguely familiar." She shrugs and says, "Don't think so, he came in before the scout ship landed, I think. Probably that other small merchant ship in from Mark. All I got from him when I tried to chat him up was a grunt and an order for another beer." >>>"You got a window to send feed grain that way for a decent price, >>>I'll wager, since they're getting help with that epidemic and >>>will want to build their herds back up." >> >>She nods, "That would be good for the local economy I'm sure." >> >>>"We're headed on coreward, though." >> >>"Like toward Montrose?" she asks, when you nod she says, "You should >>put that on the net. I know a lot of people here on Serbia have >>family there and we seldom have a way of getting messages to our >>relatives there. If you let it be known that you're going there, I >>bet you could pick up a lot of messages to be delivered into the >>Montrose net, probably a lot of small packages and paper mail as well." > > Ricardo says "Sure. We've got the room this time." "Well, then you *really* should put it out there on the net. You'd be doing the folks here a service and I'm sure you'd get a nice profit out of it." "So, how's that stout?" she smiles at Ricardo. Eris AKU GM
Eris Reddoch wrote: > >>>> "Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with > >>>> the mug and then says, "So, another spacer from one of the > >>>> ships that came in today?" > > She glances toward the guy in the worn ship suit and nods, "Yeah, > over there nursing his beer." "Not a talker, that one." she says with a sour expression, "Came in ordered a beersi, drank it, ordered another and he's been nursing it ever since." > >>> Ricardo sips the beer. "Yah, off the 'Mae Lee', the big > >>> thousand-tonner." He glances around for any reaction to the > >>> name. > > The stout is rich and has a nutty flavor with a hint of sweetness. > It's good, one of the better beersis that Ricardo has had, and he's > sampled *quite* a few over the years. > > >> No reaction from anyone that you notice, but the bartender nods > >> and says, "I was really surprised to hear that a big ship like > >> yours had dropped in on us. We usually have to make do with > >> smaller ships. All the big ships stop at the GG outsystem and > >> ferry what little cargo they have for us in on boats." > > > > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, we like to keep her near at hand, she's > > home, after all, and the stuff we had for here on would have meant > > more than one trip. > > > > This stop is mostly because we've not been out this way before. We > > just got her recently, and this sort of a sightseeing stop. We > > came this way because a Ollis on Mark had some cargo for here." > > "Well, we're glad to have you here." she says, "And I hope you find > it worth your while to come back often." > > >>>> She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before > >>>> looking back at Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of > >>>> ships in here, and we *do* depend on travellers for outsystem > >>>> news." > >>> > >>> "Well, we can send yah some old Mark newsfeeds and such. Not a > >>> lot going on rimward. > >> > >> "You'd find a market for them, I suspect. Even if it's old news, > >> it'll be new to us. You ought to see if our local networks is > >> interested in buying them from you." > > > > "I'll see what we got, and more importantly, what we're tired of > > reading over and over ." He smiles. > > > >>> The Confeds and the Lizards are into Cold War mode, dancing > >>> around each other. Mark looks to be their next dance hall, > >>> unfortunately, but that's probably years off. Both sides are > >>> kinda worn out from the last one. > >>> > >>> "Big storm and lotsa flooding on Sequi, particularly around > >>> some of the Bion ranches..in the north. We got caught up in the > >>> SAR there, since we were dirtside there. > >> > >> "Oh really?" she says, "That sounds interesting!" > >> > > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, it was exciting, in that sort of 'Oh we're > > going to die now' way. We flew way too close to a tornado...put a > > tree branch through the hull of our boat." > > "Wow! That *does* sound exciting." she says. > > >> She glances at the man in the stained ship suit and says, "And a > >> lot more informative than some of the spacers we get in here." > > > > Ricardo smiles. "I'm told I gab a lot. Always willing to swap > > stories. Spent a lot of years in the Argent scouts, and have 'sung > > for my supper' on occasion. so which ship's he from? That old scout > > ship looks vaguely familiar." > > She shrugs and says, "Don't think so, he came in before the scout > ship landed, I think. Probably that other small merchant ship in from > Mark. All I got from him when I tried to chat him up was a grunt and > an order for another beer." > > >>> "You got a window to send feed grain that way for a decent > >>> price, I'll wager, since they're getting help with that > >>> epidemic and will want to build their herds back up." > >> > >> She nods, "That would be good for the local economy I'm sure." > >> > >>> "We're headed on coreward, though." > >> > >> "Like toward Montrose?" she asks, when you nod she says, "You > >> should put that on the net. I know a lot of people here on Serbia > >> have family there and we seldom have a way of getting messages to > >> our relatives there. If you let it be known that you're going > >> there, I bet you could pick up a lot of messages to be delivered > >> into the Montrose net, probably a lot of small packages and paper > >> mail as well." > > > > Ricardo says "Sure. We've got the room this time." > > "Well, then you *really* should put it out there on the net. You'd be > doing the folks here a service and I'm sure you'd get a nice profit > out of it." > > "So, how's that stout?" she smiles at Ricardo. OOC: Anything else you want to do here Bruce? Try talking to the silent spacer at the table nursing the beer? Eris AKU GM
On Jan 31, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: >> >> The stout is rich and has a nutty flavor with a hint of sweetness. >> It's good, one of the better beersis that Ricardo has had, and he's >> sampled *quite* a few over the years. > > OOC: Anything else you want to do here Bruce? Try talking to the silent > spacer at the table nursing the beer? > OOC> Sorry all...they have GOT to hire some more people here! IC> Ricardo says "This a local product? How well does this stuff... he raises his glass "...travel, and how much can I get? " He sips appreciatively. "This is some mighty fine brew and I've sampled a *lot* of them over the years! Be nice to get some for the ships stores, if not for some trading. There a brewer around here who's this good, they deserve a wider stage." After that he'll say hi to silent spacer, ask him which ship's he from. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jan 31, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > > >> The stout is rich and has a nutty flavor with a hint of > >> sweetness. It's good, one of the better beersis that Ricardo has > >> had, and he's sampled *quite* a few over the years. > > > OOC: Anything else you want to do here Bruce? Try talking to the > > silent spacer at the table nursing the beer? > > > OOC> Sorry all...they have GOT to hire some more people here! OOC: I know the feeling! :) > IC> Ricardo says "This a local product? How well does this stuff... > he raises his glass "...travel, and how much can I get? " He sips > appreciatively. > > "This is some mighty fine brew and I've sampled a *lot* of them over > the years! Be nice to get some for the ships stores, if not for some > trading. There a brewer around here who's this good, they deserve a > wider stage." "Flyers ale." she says, "Talk to Joyce Ellis, she handles the off world sales of things like this. As for how it travels, well, all I can say is we import it up here from the Southern Continent and it travels that far well enough." > After that he'll say hi to silent spacer, ask him which ship's he > from. He grunts at your question and after a second looks up and says sourly, "The Pits of hell, is what it is." "I need another beer." he raises his empty beer mug waving it toward the bartender. Then he puts it down and says, "Pull up a chair and have a drink with me." Eris AKU GM
> > After that he'll say hi to silent spacer, ask him which ship's he > > from. > > He grunts at your question and after a second looks up and says sourly, > "The Pits of hell, is what it is." > > "I need another beer." he raises his empty beer mug waving it toward the > bartender. Then he puts it down and says, "Pull up a chair and have a > drink with me." After waiting a while for Ricardo, Shawn shrugged. "Well folks, guess he decided not to come by. Lets go get dinner as planned and he can catch us when it's more convienent for us." He grinned and went to change for dinner, returning to the common room spiffed up. Shawn
> "Well folks, guess he decided not to come by. Lets go get dinner as > planned and he can catch us > when it's more convienent for us." Ilane nods and heads into their room to change. > He grinned and went to change for dinner, returning to the common room > spiffed up. The ex-dancer shows up in the common a few minutes after Shawn looking equally "dolled up". She says quietly to Shawn with a smile, "You look really good in that outfit." -- Bob K. (aka Ilane Lanik)
>Ilane nods and heads into their room to change. Shawn chattered away with her about the planet while they got ready. >The ex-dancer shows up in the common a few minutes after Shawn looking >equally "dolled up". She says quietly to Shawn with a smile, "You look >really good in that outfit." He slid an arm around her waist and kissed her neck. "Not nearly as good as you. You look fabulous!" Shawn
> He slid an arm around her waist and kissed her neck. > > "Not nearly as good as you. You look fabulous!" She smiles and rests her head on his shoulder for a moment. "Thank you..." -- Bob K. (aka Ilane Lanik)
> > He slid an arm around her waist and kissed her neck. > > > > "Not nearly as good as you. You look fabulous!" > > She smiles and rests her head on his shoulder for a moment. "Thank you..." "No, thank *you*!" He said as he smiled back and walked on. Shawn
Ilane Lanik wrote: > > "Well folks, guess he decided not to come by. Lets go get dinner as > > planned and he can catch us when it's more convienent for us." > > > Ilane nods and heads into their room to change. > > > He grinned and went to change for dinner, returning to the common > > room spiffed up. > > > The ex-dancer shows up in the common a few minutes after Shawn > looking equally "dolled up". She says quietly to Shawn with a smile, > "You look really good in that outfit." > The resturaunt you are going to meet the other crew at is La Martenois. You don't know where that is located, you'll have to check in the directory. Eris AKU GM
> The restaurant you are going to meet the other crew at is La Martenois. > You don't know where that is located, you'll have to check in the directory. While waiting, Shawn does just that. Shawn
Terry Mixon wrote: > > The restaurant you are going to meet the other crew at is La > > Martenois. You don't know where that is located, you'll have to > > check in the directory. > > While waiting, Shawn does just that. La Martenois is located a bit under a klick from the Starport. It is easily in walking distance if you would like walk. Eris AKU GM
> > > The restaurant you are going to meet the other crew at is La > > > Martenois. You don't know where that is located, you'll have to > > > check in the directory. > > > > While waiting, Shawn does just that. > > La Martenois is located a bit under a klick from the Starport. It is > easily in walking distance if you would like walk. When the others are ready, Shawn will lead the way out and secure the ship. "Only a klick. Lets walk." Shawn slid and arm around Ilane's waist and started walking and whistling. Shawn
