The group at the cargo hold, Cory, Woof, Arvitis and Ukanav, see a pair of men walking across the tarmac toward the ship. One is Ricardo, the other you don't recognize. The stranger is average height and slim, and he is wearing a dirty shipsuit and is smiling as he walks along beside Ricardo. OOC: Still NPCing Ricardo...hoping Bruce gets back with us soon. "Hello, the ship!" Ricardo calls and waves, "Come over and meet Del Tomas." Ricardo adds with a touch of significance in his voice and a raised eyebrow toward Woof and Cory, "He's the engineer for that 200 dtoner that came in just before us." "Hi!" Del says a touch self-consciously. Eris AKU GM
Just before Woof explains what all has been done to try to find the little girl, he notices the men approaching. >The group at the cargo hold, Cory, Woof, Arvitis and Ukanav, see a pair >of men walking across the tarmac toward the ship. One is Ricardo, the >other you don't recognize. The stranger is average height and slim, and >he is wearing a dirty shipsuit and is smiling as he walks along beside >Ricardo. Woof waves at the skipper. >"Hello, the ship!" Ricardo calls and waves, "Come over and meet Del Tomas." > >Ricardo adds with a touch of significance in his voice and a raised >eyebrow toward Woof and Cory, "He's the engineer for that 200 dtoner >that came in just before us." Woof nods slightly. >"Hi!" Del says a touch self-consciously. "Hi! Woof Schultz. Purser. How ya doing?" Woof
Greg S wrote: > Just before Woof explains what all has been done to try to find the > little girl, he notices the men approaching. > > > The group at the cargo hold, Cory, Woof, Arvitis and Ukanav, see a > > pair of men walking across the tarmac toward the ship. One is > > Ricardo, the other you don't recognize. The stranger is average > > height and slim, and he is wearing a dirty shipsuit and is smiling > > as he walks along beside Ricardo. > > > Woof waves at the skipper. > > > "Hello, the ship!" Ricardo calls and waves, "Come over and meet Del > > Tomas." > > > > Ricardo adds with a touch of significance in his voice and a raised > > eyebrow toward Woof and Cory, "He's the engineer for that 200 > > dtoner that came in just before us." > > Woof nods slightly. > > > "Hi!" Del says a touch self-consciously. > > "Hi! Woof Schultz. Purser. How ya doing?" "Better than I was." Del answers color rising up his cheeks. Ricardo drapes an arm over Del's shoulders and says, "Yeah, Del here was telling me what a 'hell hole' that other ship was, and how crazy her Captain is...leaving Mark with no cargo and only 3 Hooters as passengers. If he's any good, I was thinking we might want to hire him on as an engineer. We can always use another engineer, can't we?" "Ukanav, would you show Del to the Aft Engine Room for me while I have a minute with Woof, Cory and Arvitis." Ricardo says, "Del, I'll join you there in a minute and we can check out your engineering skills." After the vargr has lead Del out of ear shot, Ricardo says, "Lucky break getting one of that crew aboard so we can question him...and we *could* use another engineer if Kelly stays with the /Blue Rain/." "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance to sound him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of him on the girl." Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done while I was away this afternoon?" Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the cargo out." like that was a trivial matter. "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is more important to all of you right now." Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to speak up. Eris AKU GM
On Thursday 05 May 2005 05:11 pm, Eris Reddoch wrote: > Greg S wrote: > > Just before Woof explains what all has been done to try to find the > > little girl, he notices the men approaching. > > > > > The group at the cargo hold, Cory, Woof, Arvitis and Ukanav, see a > > > pair of men walking across the tarmac toward the ship. One is > > > Ricardo, the other you don't recognize. The stranger is average > > > height and slim, and he is wearing a dirty shipsuit and is smiling > > > as he walks along beside Ricardo. > > > > Woof waves at the skipper. > > > > > "Hello, the ship!" Ricardo calls and waves, "Come over and meet Del > > > Tomas." > > > > > > Ricardo adds with a touch of significance in his voice and a raised > > > eyebrow toward Woof and Cory, "He's the engineer for that 200 > > > dtoner that came in just before us." > > > > Woof nods slightly. > > > > > "Hi!" Del says a touch self-consciously. > > > > "Hi! Woof Schultz. Purser. How ya doing?" > > "Better than I was." Del answers color rising up his cheeks. > > Ricardo drapes an arm over Del's shoulders and says, "Yeah, Del here was > telling me what a 'hell hole' that other ship was, and how crazy her > Captain is...leaving Mark with no cargo and only 3 Hooters as > passengers. If he's any good, I was thinking we might want to hire him > on as an engineer. We can always use another engineer, can't we?" > > "Ukanav, would you show Del to the Aft Engine Room for me while I have a > minute with Woof, Cory and Arvitis." Ricardo says, "Del, I'll join you > there in a minute and we can check out your engineering skills." > > After the vargr has lead Del out of ear shot, Ricardo says, "Lucky break > getting one of that crew aboard so we can question him...and we *could* > use another engineer if Kelly stays with the /Blue Rain/." > > "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance to sound > him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of him on the girl." > Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done while I was away this afternoon?" > > Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the cargo out." > like that was a trivial matter. > > "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the Imperial..." he > stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is more important to all of > you right now." > Cory smiles and shakes his head at Arvitis then stage whispers in his direction "found your densometer," and punctuates with a wink. > Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to speak up. "Not much really. Unloaded the cargo, chatted up the brokers though we didn't find out anything more than you did about the hooters that came in, may have a line on some spec for when we leave, practiced wagging and attempted flicking but only confused Ukanav, took over Lysia's post guarding the door, but mostly we were waiting to see what you were going to bring back the poor working slobs for dinner." -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
Earl F Hampton wrote: > > each of the three men waiting for them to speak up. > > > "Not much really. Unloaded the cargo, chatted up the brokers though > we didn't find out anything more than you did about the hooters that > came in, may have a line on some spec for when we leave, practiced > wagging and attempted flicking but only confused Ukanav, took over > Lysia's post guarding the door, but mostly we were waiting to see > what you were going to bring back the poor working slobs for dinner." "Where *is* Lysia?" Ricardo asks, but doesn't wait for an answer before continuing with a grin, "I'm sorry, but I didn't bring any food back. Woof's the head of the Purser's department now, get him to cook something." He leaves and comes back to find you all in the galley (either eating something someone cooked or starving) with Del Tomas, "Del is a pretty fair Engineer. I'll let you talk to him a bit while I run over and pay a courtesy call on a ship in court." He grins and winks at Woof and Cory before leaving, "One that Shawn Smith is skippering." Del Tomas shifts from one foot to another waiting for you to ask him to sit, eat, or talk. Eris AKU
> > Woof nods slightly. > > > > > "Hi!" Del says a touch self-consciously. > > > > "Hi! Woof Schultz. Purser. How ya doing?" > >"Better than I was." Del answers color rising up his cheeks. > >Ricardo drapes an arm over Del's shoulders and says, "Yeah, Del here was >telling me what a 'hell hole' that other ship was, and how crazy her >Captain is...leaving Mark with no cargo and only 3 Hooters as >passengers. If he's any good, I was thinking we might want to hire him >on as an engineer. We can always use another engineer, can't we?" "Sure can! This thing is big enough we could hire us even more!" >"Ukanav, would you show Del to the Aft Engine Room for me while I have a >minute with Woof, Cory and Arvitis." Ricardo says, "Del, I'll join you >there in a minute and we can check out your engineering skills." Woof keeps his features schooled. >After the vargr has lead Del out of ear shot, Ricardo says, "Lucky break >getting one of that crew aboard so we can question him...and we *could* >use another engineer if Kelly stays with the /Blue Rain/." He lets the excitement show. "He came here with the ship that brought Rachel? When did they get in?" >"After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance to sound >him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of him on the girl." >Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done while I was away this afternoon?" > >Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the cargo out." >like that was a trivial matter. > >"I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the Imperial..." he >stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is more important to all of >you right now." > >Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to speak up. "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, too. And we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more about the missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the ticket! If we can get something good, I can't wait to tell Lessa!" Woof
Greg S wrote: > >> Woof nods slightly. > >> > >>> "Hi!" Del says a touch self-consciously. > >> > >> "Hi! Woof Schultz. Purser. How ya doing?" > > > > "Better than I was." Del answers color rising up his cheeks. > > > > Ricardo drapes an arm over Del's shoulders and says, "Yeah, Del > > here was telling me what a 'hell hole' that other ship was, and how > > crazy her Captain is...leaving Mark with no cargo and only 3 > > Hooters as passengers. If he's any good, I was thinking we might > > want to hire him on as an engineer. We can always use another > > engineer, can't we?" > > "Sure can! This thing is big enough we could hire us even more!" > > > "Ukanav, would you show Del to the Aft Engine Room for me while I > > have a minute with Woof, Cory and Arvitis." Ricardo says, "Del, > > I'll join you there in a minute and we can check out your > > engineering skills." > > Woof keeps his features schooled. > > > After the vargr has lead Del out of ear shot, Ricardo says, "Lucky > > break getting one of that crew aboard so we can question him...and > > we *could* use another engineer if Kelly stays with the /Blue > > Rain/." > > He lets the excitement show. "He came here with the ship that > brought Rachel? When did they get in?" "It looks like it." Ricardo nods, "He's already told me that they only had three passengers, a Hooter couple and a little girl, and they arrived this morning." > > "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance to > > sound him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of him on > > the girl." Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done while I was > > away this afternoon?" > > > > Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the cargo > > out." like that was a trivial matter. > > > > "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the > > Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is > > more important to all of you right now." > > > > Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to speak > > up. > > "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, too. And > we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more about the > missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the ticket! If we can get > something good, I can't wait to tell Lessa!" Ricardo nods, "I want to talk to Shawn and find out if they've dug up anything. I talk with him briefly in town while I had Del in tow, and I got the impression that he did. That's one reason I'm running over there tonight. The other is I think it might be a good idea to start thinking about *how* we want to use the /Blue Rain/. It could be a scout for us, jumping out ahead, or to side systems looking for good trading deals that we could exploit." Arivits speaks up, "If it's not staying *with* this ship, maybe I could go with them and we could check out the leads I have on the missing Imperial Library. Ricardo, if I can find it, it will be worth a fortune, I mean a *real fortune!*" Ricardo frowns but says, "Maybe. Just how *good* are these leads of yours Arvitis? I don't want us running off on wild greep chases." "Good!" Arivitis replies, "And if I could get the book that I sent Mira off to find, I think I could pin point its location." "Where *is* Mira?" Ricardo asks looking around. Eris AKU GM
> > > After the vargr has lead Del out of ear shot, Ricardo says, "Lucky > > > break getting one of that crew aboard so we can question him...and > > > we *could* use another engineer if Kelly stays with the /Blue > > > Rain/." > > > > He lets the excitement show. "He came here with the ship that > > brought Rachel? When did they get in?" > >"It looks like it." Ricardo nods, "He's already told me that they only >had three passengers, a Hooter couple and a little girl, and they >arrived this morning." "Just this morning? Couldn't have been long before us then... We need to move fast, Ricardo." > > > "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance to > > > sound him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of him on > > > the girl." Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done while I was > > > away this afternoon?" > > > > > > Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the cargo > > > out." like that was a trivial matter. > > > > > > "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the > > > Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is > > > more important to all of you right now." > > > > > > Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to speak > > > up. > > > > "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, too. And > > we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more about the > > missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the ticket! If we can get > > something good, I can't wait to tell Lessa!" > >Ricardo nods, "I want to talk to Shawn and find out if they've dug up >anything. I talk with him briefly in town while I had Del in tow, and I >got the impression that he did. That's one reason I'm running over there >tonight. The other is I think it might be a good idea to start thinking >about *how* we want to use the /Blue Rain/. It could be a scout for us, >jumping out ahead, or to side systems looking for good trading deals >that we could exploit." "Yeah! But if we lose those crewmembers... Maybe bring Lessa and her daughter on full-time?" >Arivits speaks up, "If it's not staying *with* this ship, maybe I could >go with them and we could check out the leads I have on the missing >Imperial Library. Ricardo, if I can find it, it will be worth a fortune, >I mean a *real fortune!*" > >Ricardo frowns but says, "Maybe. Just how *good* are these leads of >yours Arvitis? I don't want us running off on wild greep chases." > >"Good!" Arivitis replies, "And if I could get the book that I sent Mira >off to find, I think I could pin point its location." > >"Where *is* Mira?" Ricardo asks looking around. "I don't know. Haven't seen JaC either, if you know what I mean." Woof
Greg S wrote: > >>> After the vargr has lead Del out of ear shot, Ricardo says, > >>> "Lucky break getting one of that crew aboard so we can question > >>> him...and we *could* use another engineer if Kelly stays with > >>> the /Blue Rain/." > >> > >> He lets the excitement show. "He came here with the ship that > >> brought Rachel? When did they get in?" > > > > "It looks like it." Ricardo nods, "He's already told me that they > > only had three passengers, a Hooter couple and a little girl, and > > they arrived this morning." > > "Just this morning? Couldn't have been long before us then... We > need to move fast, Ricardo." "Right!" Ricardo nods, "Tomorrow the Port Captain is going to be our guide on a 'trading tour' of the Hootish colonies. I hope with that cover we can find out the identity and location of the most recent arrival. Once we do that we can figure out how to 'extract' her." > >>> "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance > >>> to sound him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of > >>> him on the girl." Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done > >>> while I was away this afternoon?" > >>> > >>> Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the > >>> cargo out." like that was a trivial matter. > >>> > >>> "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the > >>> Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is > >>> more important to all of you right now." > >>> > >>> Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to > >>> speak up. > >> > >> "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, too. > >> And we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more about the > >> missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the ticket! If we can > >> get something good, I can't wait to tell Lessa!" "Well, Cory, do you feel up to making some decisions about what cargoes we should pick up here tomorrow?" Ricardo says, "I think Woof will want to come with the party down to the Hooter colonies. Our next stop is going to be Newton and we might be leaving in a hurry, so getting freight and cargo for there picked and loaded ASAP should be important." > > Ricardo nods, "I want to talk to Shawn and find out if they've dug > > up anything. I talk with him briefly in town while I had Del in > > tow, and I got the impression that he did. That's one reason I'm > > running over there tonight. The other is I think it might be a good > > idea to start thinking about *how* we want to use the /Blue Rain/. > > It could be a scout for us, jumping out ahead, or to side systems > > looking for good trading deals that we could exploit." > > "Yeah! But if we lose those crewmembers... Maybe bring Lessa and > her daughter on full-time?" "If she's interested in that." Ricardo says then chuckles, "But frankly, I suspect once we get her daughter back she's going to want to get back to Mark and kick someone's butt...figuratively speaking." "Not just figuratively." You turn to see Lessa leaning against a doorjam listening, "I want to go with you tomorrow." > > Arivits speaks up, "If it's not staying *with* this ship, maybe I > > could go with them and we could check out the leads I have on the > > missing Imperial Library. Ricardo, if I can find it, it will be > > worth a fortune, I mean a *real fortune!*" > > > > Ricardo frowns but says, "Maybe. Just how *good* are these leads of > > yours Arvitis? I don't want us running off on wild greep chases." > > > > "Good!" Arivitis replies, "And if I could get the book that I sent > > Mira off to find, I think I could pin point its location." > > > > "Where *is* Mira?" Ricardo asks looking around. > > "I don't know. Haven't seen JaC either, if you know what I mean." Ricardo frowns, "Well, I don't suppose it matters for to night, but starting tomorrow we're on 'Alert Status', everyone is on duty 24 hours a day until we get the Rachel back and get off this planet." "You know, Arvitis." Ricardo says after thinking a moment, "You might have a good idea there. The /Blue Rain/ might be just the diversion we are looking for, *once* we have Rachael." Eris AKU GM
>"Right!" Ricardo nods, "Tomorrow the Port Captain is going to be our >guide on a 'trading tour' of the Hootish colonies. I hope with that >cover we can find out the identity and location of the most recent >arrival. Once we do that we can figure out how to 'extract' her." > > > >>> "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance > > >>> to sound him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of > > >>> him on the girl." Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done > > >>> while I was away this afternoon?" > > >>> > > >>> Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the > > >>> cargo out." like that was a trivial matter. > > >>> > > >>> "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the > > >>> Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is > > >>> more important to all of you right now." > > >>> > > >>> Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to > > >>> speak up. > > >> > > >> "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, too. > > >> And we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more about the > > >> missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the ticket! If we can > > >> get something good, I can't wait to tell Lessa!" > >"Well, Cory, do you feel up to making some decisions about what cargoes >we should pick up here tomorrow?" Ricardo says, "I think Woof will want >to come with the party down to the Hooter colonies. Our next stop is >going to be Newton and we might be leaving in a hurry, so getting >freight and cargo for there picked and loaded ASAP should be important." "Besides, Ricardo, I've got a cover of doing research, and setting up an interview with the most recent arrivals, like, why did they just join now, where were they before, that kind of thing may help us nail down who and *where* they are," Woof volunteers. > > > Ricardo nods, "I want to talk to Shawn and find out if they've dug > > > up anything. I talk with him briefly in town while I had Del in > > > tow, and I got the impression that he did. That's one reason I'm > > > running over there tonight. The other is I think it might be a good > > > idea to start thinking about *how* we want to use the /Blue Rain/. > > > It could be a scout for us, jumping out ahead, or to side systems > > > looking for good trading deals that we could exploit." > > > > "Yeah! But if we lose those crewmembers... Maybe bring Lessa and > > her daughter on full-time?" > >"If she's interested in that." Ricardo says then chuckles, "But frankly, >I suspect once we get her daughter back she's going to want to get back >to Mark and kick someone's butt...figuratively speaking." "Me too!" Woof says. >"Not just figuratively." You turn to see Lessa leaning against a doorjam >listening, "I want to go with you tomorrow." "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm sure Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true mother!" Wood says, nodding. > > > Arivits speaks up, "If it's not staying *with* this ship, maybe I > > > could go with them and we could check out the leads I have on the > > > missing Imperial Library. Ricardo, if I can find it, it will be > > > worth a fortune, I mean a *real fortune!*" > > > > > > Ricardo frowns but says, "Maybe. Just how *good* are these leads of > > > yours Arvitis? I don't want us running off on wild greep chases." > > > > > > "Good!" Arivitis replies, "And if I could get the book that I sent > > > Mira off to find, I think I could pin point its location." > > > > > > "Where *is* Mira?" Ricardo asks looking around. > > > > "I don't know. Haven't seen JaC either, if you know what I mean." > >Ricardo frowns, "Well, I don't suppose it matters for to night, but >starting tomorrow we're on 'Alert Status', everyone is on duty 24 hours >a day until we get the Rachel back and get off this planet." "I'll give him a call a little later," Woof says. >"You know, Arvitis." Ricardo says after thinking a moment, "You might >have a good idea there. The /Blue Rain/ might be just the diversion we >are looking for, *once* we have Rachael." "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the /Blue Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? Maybe she goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the /Random Walk/ meet in orbit... or something like that..." Woof
Greg S wrote: > > "Right!" Ricardo nods, "Tomorrow the Port Captain is going to be > > our guide on a 'trading tour' of the Hootish colonies. I hope with > > that cover we can find out the identity and location of the most > > recent arrival. Once we do that we can figure out how to 'extract' > > her." > > > >>>>> "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a > >>>>> chance to sound him out...see if you can get any > >>>>> intellegence out of him on the girl." Ricardo says, "What > >>>>> have you gotten done while I was away this afternoon?" > >>>>> > >>>>> Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the > >>>>> cargo out." like that was a trivial matter. > >>>>> > >>>>> "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the > >>>>> Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl > >>>>> is more important to all of you right now." > >>>>> > >>>>> Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to > >>>>> speak up. > >>>> > >>>> "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, > >>>> too. And we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more > >>>> about the missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the > >>>> ticket! If we can get something good, I can't wait to tell > >>>> Lessa!" > > > > "Well, Cory, do you feel up to making some decisions about what > > cargoes we should pick up here tomorrow?" Ricardo says, "I think > > Woof will want to come with the party down to the Hooter colonies. > > Our next stop is going to be Newton and we might be leaving in a > > hurry, so getting freight and cargo for there picked and loaded > > ASAP should be important." > > > "Besides, Ricardo, I've got a cover of doing research, and setting up > an interview with the most recent arrivals, like, why did they just > join now, where were they before, that kind of thing may help us nail > down who and *where* they are," Woof volunteers. > > >>> Ricardo nods, "I want to talk to Shawn and find out if they've > >>> dug up anything. I talk with him briefly in town while I had > >>> Del in tow, and I got the impression that he did. That's one > >>> reason I'm running over there tonight. The other is I think it > >>> might be a good idea to start thinking about *how* we want to > >>> use the /Blue Rain/. It could be a scout for us, jumping out > >>> ahead, or to side systems looking for good trading deals that > >>> we could exploit." > >> > >> "Yeah! But if we lose those crewmembers... Maybe bring Lessa and > >> her daughter on full-time?" > > > > "If she's interested in that." Ricardo says then chuckles, "But > > frankly, I suspect once we get her daughter back she's going to > > want to get back to Mark and kick someone's butt...figuratively > > speaking." > > "Me too!" Woof says. > > > "Not just figuratively." You turn to see Lessa leaning against a > > doorjam listening, "I want to go with you tomorrow." > > "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm sure > Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true mother!" Wood > says, nodding. "Can we afford to do that?" Ricardo asks, "I mean if Lessa publicly claims her, she might have to explain *why* and *how* the girl got kidnapped, and she can't do that." > >>> Arivits speaks up, "If it's not staying *with* this ship, maybe > >>> I could go with them and we could check out the leads I have on > >>> the missing Imperial Library. Ricardo, if I can find it, it > >>> will be worth a fortune, I mean a *real fortune!*" > >>> > >>> Ricardo frowns but says, "Maybe. Just how *good* are these > >>> leads of yours Arvitis? I don't want us running off on wild > >>> greep chases." > >>> > >>> "Good!" Arivitis replies, "And if I could get the book that I > >>> sent Mira off to find, I think I could pin point its location." > >>> > >>> "Where *is* Mira?" Ricardo asks looking around. > >> > >> "I don't know. Haven't seen JaC either, if you know what I mean." > > > Ricardo frowns, "Well, I don't suppose it matters for to night, but > > starting tomorrow we're on 'Alert Status', everyone is on duty 24 > > hours a day until we get the Rachel back and get off this planet." > > "I'll give him a call a little later," Woof says. > > > "You know, Arvitis." Ricardo says after thinking a moment, "You > > might have a good idea there. The /Blue Rain/ might be just the > > diversion we are looking for, *once* we have Rachael." > > "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the /Blue > Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? Maybe she > goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the /Random Walk/ meet in > orbit... or something like that..." "That would work." Ricardo nods, "If someone comes after her, they follow the wrong ship. I'm afraid there might be some trouble with the law here if we grab the girl, though, and we can't spend a lot of time here, nor can we explain what was behind her being taken in the first place. It would work best if it looks like Shawn and his bunch just grabbed the girl and ran...like Lessa was aboard there the entire time. What do you think?" Eris AKU GM
> > >> "Yeah! But if we lose those crewmembers... Maybe bring Lessa and > > >> her daughter on full-time?" > > > > > > "If she's interested in that." Ricardo says then chuckles, "But > > > frankly, I suspect once we get her daughter back she's going to > > > want to get back to Mark and kick someone's butt...figuratively > > > speaking." > > > > "Me too!" Woof says. > > > > > "Not just figuratively." You turn to see Lessa leaning against a > > > doorjam listening, "I want to go with you tomorrow." > > > > "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm sure > > Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true mother!" Wood > > says, nodding. > >"Can we afford to do that?" Ricardo asks, "I mean if Lessa publicly >claims her, she might have to explain *why* and *how* the girl got >kidnapped, and she can't do that." "That's true. But if we go in a covered vehicle... But we're going with the Captain. How can we work *that* out. Shawn and crew will have to come with as well."> > "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the /Blue > > Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? Maybe she > > goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the /Random Walk/ meet in > > orbit... or something like that..." > >"That would work." Ricardo nods, "If someone comes after her, they >follow the wrong ship. I'm afraid there might be some trouble with the >law here if we grab the girl, though, and we can't spend a lot of time >here, nor can we explain what was behind her being taken in the first >place. It would work best if it looks like Shawn and his bunch just >grabbed the girl and ran...like Lessa was aboard there the entire time. >What do you think?" Woof holds his arm out to Lessa so she can come stand by him, and he wraps an arm around her waist. "But she still can't afford to be seen! Even here.... unless it is *after* you have Rachel, and we're ready to lift and run. But not until Rachel is safe." He thinks it over a bit. "I think it would work. If we identify Rachel, somehow, then distract the and then Shawn pulls off a kidnapping. I don't want Rachel to be scared, though, but I guess she is right now... Why don't you pitch it to Shawn?" Woof
Greg S wrote: > >> "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm sure > >> Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true mother!" > >> Wood says, nodding. > > > > "Can we afford to do that?" Ricardo asks, "I mean if Lessa publicly > > claims her, she might have to explain *why* and *how* the girl got > > kidnapped, and she can't do that." > > "That's true. But if we go in a covered vehicle... But we're going > with the Captain. How can we work *that* out. Shawn and crew will > have to come with as well." "Maybe." Ricardo nods. > >> "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the /Blue > >> Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? Maybe she > >> goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the /Random Walk/ meet > >> in orbit... or something like that..." > > > > "That would work." Ricardo nods, "If someone comes after her, they > > follow the wrong ship. I'm afraid there might be some trouble with > > the law here if we grab the girl, though, and we can't spend a lot > > of time here, nor can we explain what was behind her being taken in > > the first place. It would work best if it looks like Shawn and his > > bunch just grabbed the girl and ran...like Lessa was aboard there > > the entire time. What do you think?" > > Woof holds his arm out to Lessa so she can come stand by him, and he > wraps an arm around her waist. "But she still can't afford to be > seen! Even here.... unless it is *after* you have Rachel, and we're > ready to lift and run. But not until Rachel is safe." > > He thinks it over a bit. "I think it would work. If we identify > Rachel, somehow, then distract theand > then Shawn pulls off a kidnapping. I don't want Rachel to be scared, > though, but I guess she is right now... Why don't you pitch it to > Shawn?" "I'll do that." Ricardo says, "However, I think tomorrow is just for scouting. First we find Rachel tomorrow, and then we...or Shawn...goes back in tomorrow night to grab her. If we can do that, the /Blue Rain/ would lift immediately after the snatch, and the natural thought would be that Lessa and Rachel are aboard her. I think we could even encourage that idea a little if Captain Morgan comes by." Eris AKU GM
On Thursday 19 May 2005 05:30 pm, Eris Reddoch wrote: > Greg S wrote: > > >> "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm sure > > >> Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true mother!" > > >> Wood says, nodding. > > > > > > "Can we afford to do that?" Ricardo asks, "I mean if Lessa publicly > > > claims her, she might have to explain *why* and *how* the girl got > > > kidnapped, and she can't do that." > > > > "That's true. But if we go in a covered vehicle... But we're going > > with the Captain. How can we work *that* out. Shawn and crew will > > have to come with as well." > > "Maybe." Ricardo nods. > > > >> "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the /Blue > > >> Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? Maybe she > > >> goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the /Random Walk/ meet > > >> in orbit... or something like that..." > > > > > > "That would work." Ricardo nods, "If someone comes after her, they > > > follow the wrong ship. I'm afraid there might be some trouble with > > > the law here if we grab the girl, though, and we can't spend a lot > > > of time here, nor can we explain what was behind her being taken in > > > the first place. It would work best if it looks like Shawn and his > > > bunch just grabbed the girl and ran...like Lessa was aboard there > > > the entire time. What do you think?" > > > > Woof holds his arm out to Lessa so she can come stand by him, and he > > wraps an arm around her waist. "But she still can't afford to be > > seen! Even here.... unless it is *after* you have Rachel, and we're > > ready to lift and run. But not until Rachel is safe." > > > > He thinks it over a bit. "I think it would work. If we identify > > Rachel, somehow, then distract theand > > then Shawn pulls off a kidnapping. I don't want Rachel to be scared, > > though, but I guess she is right now... Why don't you pitch it to > > Shawn?" > > "I'll do that." Ricardo says, "However, I think tomorrow is just for > scouting. First we find Rachel tomorrow, and then we...or Shawn...goes > back in tomorrow night to grab her. If we can do that, the /Blue Rain/ > would lift immediately after the snatch, and the natural thought would > be that Lessa and Rachel are aboard her. I think we could even encourage > that idea a little if Captain Morgan comes by." "Why be sneaky? Lets just tell Morgan what's up," Cory asks? -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
Earl F Hampton wrote: > On Thursday 19 May 2005 05:30 pm, Eris Reddoch wrote: > > > Greg S wrote: > > > >>>> "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm > >>>> sure Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true > >>>> mother!" Wood says, nodding. > >>> > >>> "Can we afford to do that?" Ricardo asks, "I mean if Lessa > >>> publicly claims her, she might have to explain *why* and *how* > >>> the girl got kidnapped, and she can't do that." > >> > >> "That's true. But if we go in a covered vehicle... But we're > >> going with the Captain. How can we work *that* out. Shawn and > >> crew will have to come with as well." > > > > "Maybe." Ricardo nods. > > > >>>> "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the > >>>> /Blue Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? > >>>> Maybe she goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the > >>>> /Random Walk/ meet in orbit... or something like that..." > >>> > >>> "That would work." Ricardo nods, "If someone comes after her, > >>> they follow the wrong ship. I'm afraid there might be some > >>> trouble with the law here if we grab the girl, though, and we > >>> can't spend a lot of time here, nor can we explain what was > >>> behind her being taken in the first place. It would work best > >>> if it looks like Shawn and his bunch just grabbed the girl and > >>> ran...like Lessa was aboard there the entire time. What do you > >>> think?" > >> > >> Woof holds his arm out to Lessa so she can come stand by him, and > >> he wraps an arm around her waist. "But she still can't afford to > >> be seen! Even here.... unless it is *after* you have Rachel, and > >> we're ready to lift and run. But not until Rachel is safe." > >> > >> He thinks it over a bit. "I think it would work. If we identify > >> Rachel, somehow, then distract theand > >> then Shawn pulls off a kidnapping. I don't want Rachel to be > >> scared, though, but I guess she is right now... Why don't you > >> pitch it to Shawn?" > > > > "I'll do that." Ricardo says, "However, I think tomorrow is just > > for scouting. First we find Rachel tomorrow, and then we...or > > Shawn...goes back in tomorrow night to grab her. If we can do that, > > the /Blue Rain/ would lift immediately after the snatch, and the > > natural thought would be that Lessa and Rachel are aboard her. I > > think we could even encourage that idea a little if Captain Morgan > > comes by." > > "Why be sneaky? Lets just tell Morgan what's up," Cory asks? "What are we gonna tell him?" Ricardo asks, "That we have a murder suspect aboard that we helped avoid the authorities on Mark and that we're here to kidnap a little girl. Yes, it's Lessa's daughter, but is Morgan gonna take our word for it? And if word that Lessa is coming after Rachel, you remember what those thugs said they'd do to her, don't you?" "I think keeping this completely on the QT is the safest way to do things." Eris AKU GM
On Friday 20 May 2005 12:56 am, Eris Reddoch wrote: > Earl F Hampton wrote: > > On Thursday 19 May 2005 05:30 pm, Eris Reddoch wrote: > > > Greg S wrote: > > >>>> "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm > > >>>> sure Rachel will be able to happily claim you are her true > > >>>> mother!" Wood says, nodding. > > >>> > > >>> "Can we afford to do that?" Ricardo asks, "I mean if Lessa > > >>> publicly claims her, she might have to explain *why* and *how* > > >>> the girl got kidnapped, and she can't do that." > > >> > > >> "That's true. But if we go in a covered vehicle... But we're > > >> going with the Captain. How can we work *that* out. Shawn and > > >> crew will have to come with as well." > > > > > > "Maybe." Ricardo nods. > > > > > >>>> "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the > > >>>> /Blue Rain/, while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? > > >>>> Maybe she goes aboard there, and boosts and we have the > > >>>> /Random Walk/ meet in orbit... or something like that..." > > >>> > > >>> "That would work." Ricardo nods, "If someone comes after her, > > >>> they follow the wrong ship. I'm afraid there might be some > > >>> trouble with the law here if we grab the girl, though, and we > > >>> can't spend a lot of time here, nor can we explain what was > > >>> behind her being taken in the first place. It would work best > > >>> if it looks like Shawn and his bunch just grabbed the girl and > > >>> ran...like Lessa was aboard there the entire time. What do you > > >>> think?" > > >> > > >> Woof holds his arm out to Lessa so she can come stand by him, and > > >> he wraps an arm around her waist. "But she still can't afford to > > >> be seen! Even here.... unless it is *after* you have Rachel, and > > >> we're ready to lift and run. But not until Rachel is safe." > > >> > > >> He thinks it over a bit. "I think it would work. If we identify > > >> Rachel, somehow, then distract theand > > >> then Shawn pulls off a kidnapping. I don't want Rachel to be > > >> scared, though, but I guess she is right now... Why don't you > > >> pitch it to Shawn?" > > > > > > "I'll do that." Ricardo says, "However, I think tomorrow is just > > > for scouting. First we find Rachel tomorrow, and then we...or > > > Shawn...goes back in tomorrow night to grab her. If we can do that, > > > the /Blue Rain/ would lift immediately after the snatch, and the > > > natural thought would be that Lessa and Rachel are aboard her. I > > > think we could even encourage that idea a little if Captain Morgan > > > comes by." > > > > "Why be sneaky? Lets just tell Morgan what's up," Cory asks? > > "What are we gonna tell him?" Ricardo asks, "That we have a murder > suspect aboard that we helped avoid the authorities on Mark and that > we're here to kidnap a little girl. Yes, it's Lessa's daughter, but is > Morgan gonna take our word for it? And if word that Lessa is coming > after Rachel, you remember what those thugs said they'd do to her, don't > you?" > > "I think keeping this completely on the QT is the safest way to do things." "We do have a tape that is rather convincing," Cory comments, "And ex-scouts are notorious for not following rules. But, I guess you're right." -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:07 pm, Greg S wrote: > >"Right!" Ricardo nods, "Tomorrow the Port Captain is going to be our > >guide on a 'trading tour' of the Hootish colonies. I hope with that > >cover we can find out the identity and location of the most recent > >arrival. Once we do that we can figure out how to 'extract' her." > > > > > >>> "After I check out his skills, I'll give Woof and Cory a chance > > > >>> to sound him out...see if you can get any intellegence out of > > > >>> him on the girl." Ricardo says, "What have you gotten done > > > >>> while I was away this afternoon?" > > > >>> > > > >>> Arvitis snorts and says, "Damn little! They just moved the > > > >>> cargo out." like that was a trivial matter. > > > >>> > > > >>> "I on the other hand, have been busy with a lead on the > > > >>> Imperial..." he stops and frowns, "But no, the missing girl is > > > >>> more important to all of you right now." > > > >>> > > > >>> Ricardo looks at each of the three men waiting for them to > > > >>> speak up. > > > >> > > > >> "We made some possible connections for cargo, for freight, too. > > > >> And we got everything offloaded. I don't know much more about the > > > >> missing girl, though. This Del guy may be the ticket! If we can > > > >> get something good, I can't wait to tell Lessa!" > > > >"Well, Cory, do you feel up to making some decisions about what cargoes > >we should pick up here tomorrow?" Ricardo says, "I think Woof will want > >to come with the party down to the Hooter colonies. Our next stop is > >going to be Newton and we might be leaving in a hurry, so getting > >freight and cargo for there picked and loaded ASAP should be important." > "I could take care of cargo, but I can't fly either this bucket or the other one, and don't you think it would be a good idea to have something in orbit while doing the snooping around down there. We already know the people we are playing with play for keeps. Their ship is boxed up so someone is with that little girl, maybe to guard against a rescue." > "Besides, Ricardo, I've got a cover of doing research, and setting up an > interview with the most recent arrivals, like, why did they just join now, > where were they before, that kind of thing may help us nail down who and > *where* they are," Woof volunteers. Cory blinks twice, and shakes his head, "I must of missed the cover?" he asks questioningly. > > > > > Ricardo nods, "I want to talk to Shawn and find out if they've dug > > > > up anything. I talk with him briefly in town while I had Del in > > > > tow, and I got the impression that he did. That's one reason I'm > > > > running over there tonight. The other is I think it might be a good > > > > idea to start thinking about *how* we want to use the /Blue Rain/. > > > > It could be a scout for us, jumping out ahead, or to side systems > > > > looking for good trading deals that we could exploit." > > > > > > "Yeah! But if we lose those crewmembers... Maybe bring Lessa and > > > her daughter on full-time?" "There should be a pilot, engineer and a gunner right here, I say," Cory pops in rudely in an attempt to emphasize his point. > > > >"If she's interested in that." Ricardo says then chuckles, "But frankly, > >I suspect once we get her daughter back she's going to want to get back > >to Mark and kick someone's butt...figuratively speaking." > > "Me too!" Woof says. > > >"Not just figuratively." You turn to see Lessa leaning against a doorjam > >listening, "I want to go with you tomorrow." > > "That would be a great idea, if we disguise you first. I'm sure Rachel > will be able to happily claim you are her true mother!" Wood says, nodding. > Cory shakes his head and mutters, "I've got a bad feeling about this." > > > > Arivits speaks up, "If it's not staying *with* this ship, maybe I > > > > could go with them and we could check out the leads I have on the > > > > missing Imperial Library. Ricardo, if I can find it, it will be > > > > worth a fortune, I mean a *real fortune!*" > > > > > > > > Ricardo frowns but says, "Maybe. Just how *good* are these leads of > > > > yours Arvitis? I don't want us running off on wild greep chases." > > > > > > > > "Good!" Arivitis replies, "And if I could get the book that I sent > > > > Mira off to find, I think I could pin point its location." > > > > > > > > "Where *is* Mira?" Ricardo asks looking around. > > > > > > "I don't know. Haven't seen JaC either, if you know what I mean." > > > >Ricardo frowns, "Well, I don't suppose it matters for to night, but > >starting tomorrow we're on 'Alert Status', everyone is on duty 24 hours > >a day until we get the Rachel back and get off this planet." "Of course if you called her Arvitis, I bet she could brief you on the book you're looking for," Cory adds with a mischievous grin. > > "I'll give him a call a little later," Woof says. > > >"You know, Arvitis." Ricardo says after thinking a moment, "You might > >have a good idea there. The /Blue Rain/ might be just the diversion we > >are looking for, *once* we have Rachael." > > "Right. We could seem to have Rachel and Lessa leave on the /Blue Rain/, > while it is really Arvitis! What do you think? Maybe she goes aboard > there, and boosts and we have the /Random Walk/ meet in orbit... or > something like that..." "How about someone in orbit before you dig around. You know back up?" > > Woof -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
>"I could take care of cargo, but I can't fly either this bucket or the >other >one, and don't you think it would be a good idea to have something in orbit >while doing the snooping around down there. We already know the people we >are >playing with play for keeps. Their ship is boxed up so someone is with that >little girl, maybe to guard against a rescue." > > > "Besides, Ricardo, I've got a cover of doing research, and setting up an > > interview with the most recent arrivals, like, why did they just join >now, > > where were they before, that kind of thing may help us nail down who and > > *where* they are," Woof volunteers. > >Cory blinks twice, and shakes his head, "I must of missed the cover?" he >asks >questioningly. "My research into those kinds of communities. I spoke about it when Captain Morgan was here. He'd be expecting me to take notes and want to ask people questions. That's all. But you've got a point about playing for keeps. I'll be armed, and can do a pretty good endgame myself. But we can get more intel from Del... In fact, after you go to talk with Shawn, Ricardo, I'll talk with Del." Voof
On Friday 20 May 2005 11:45 am, Greg S wrote: > >"I could take care of cargo, but I can't fly either this bucket or the > >other > >one, and don't you think it would be a good idea to have something in > > orbit while doing the snooping around down there. We already know the > > people we are > >playing with play for keeps. Their ship is boxed up so someone is with > > that little girl, maybe to guard against a rescue." > > > > > "Besides, Ricardo, I've got a cover of doing research, and setting up > > > an interview with the most recent arrivals, like, why did they just > > > join > > > >now, > > > > > where were they before, that kind of thing may help us nail down who > > > and *where* they are," Woof volunteers. > > > >Cory blinks twice, and shakes his head, "I must of missed the cover?" he > >asks > >questioningly. > > "My research into those kinds of communities. I spoke about it when > Captain Morgan was here. He'd be expecting me to take notes and want to > ask people questions. That's all. But you've got a point about playing > for keeps. I'll be armed, and can do a pretty good endgame myself. But we > can get more intel from Del... In fact, after you go to talk with Shawn, > Ricardo, I'll talk with Del." > "Maybe I'm confused, but it's not Morgan we're worried about tricking. Good guys are always easy to trick. They're honest and aren't trying to hide anything. It's the bad guys who think everyone is out to take advantage of them just like they are, we need to trick. If you talk to Mira she'll explain about transference and how reality is shaded by personal expectations. No the right people to do the interrogations of Hooters is Mira as the doctor doing stress studies, Arvitis her absent minded Anthropologist assistant and Jac the dumb noble who is smitten by the doctor and founding her ridiculous endeavors making him an easy mark. Anyone else that goes should be looking for hand outs for performing services. Getting flowers, vases, and silly handcrafted trinkets which will bring big tips from Jac. If this help happens to spread the word about Jac's incompetence and how angry his mother will be for him flitting off like this, we might even turn him into bait, but either way low lives that believe in easy money will just know that nobles think with their nethers. That my friend is a cover. " -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
> > >Cory blinks twice, and shakes his head, "I must of missed the cover?" >he > > >asks questioningly. > > > > "My research into those kinds of communities. I spoke about it when > > Captain Morgan was here. He'd be expecting me to take notes and want to > > ask people questions. That's all. But you've got a point about playing > > for keeps. I'll be armed, and can do a pretty good endgame myself. But >we > > can get more intel from Del... In fact, after you go to talk with >Shawn, > > Ricardo, I'll talk with Del." > >"Maybe I'm confused, but it's not Morgan we're worried about tricking. Good >guys are always easy to trick. They're honest and aren't trying to hide >anything. It's the bad guys who think everyone is out to take advantage of >them just like they are, we need to trick. If you talk to Mira she'll >explain >about transference and how reality is shaded by personal expectations. No >the >right people to do the interrogations of Hooters is Mira as the doctor >doing >stress studies, Arvitis her absent minded Anthropologist assistant and Jac >the dumb noble who is smitten by the doctor and founding her ridiculous >endeavors making him an easy mark. Anyone else that goes should be looking >for hand outs for performing services. Getting flowers, vases, and silly >handcrafted trinkets which will bring big tips from Jac. If this help >happens >to spread the word about Jac's incompetence and how angry his mother will >be >for him flitting off like this, we might even turn him into bait, but >either >way low lives that believe in easy money will just know that nobles think >with their nethers. That my friend is a cover. " Woof just looks at him. "Your point? We are just going to try to locate Rachel. Nothing more. And Captain Morgan is just going along to open the door, so to speak." Woof
On Friday 20 May 2005 02:55 pm, Greg S wrote: > > > >Cory blinks twice, and shakes his head, "I must of missed the cover?" > > > >he > > > > > >asks questioningly. > > > > > > "My research into those kinds of communities. I spoke about it when > > > Captain Morgan was here. He'd be expecting me to take notes and want > > > to ask people questions. That's all. But you've got a point about > > > playing for keeps. I'll be armed, and can do a pretty good endgame > > > myself. But > > > >we > > > > > can get more intel from Del... In fact, after you go to talk with > > > >Shawn, > > > > > Ricardo, I'll talk with Del." > > > >"Maybe I'm confused, but it's not Morgan we're worried about tricking. > > Good guys are always easy to trick. They're honest and aren't trying to > > hide anything. It's the bad guys who think everyone is out to take > > advantage of them just like they are, we need to trick. If you talk to > > Mira she'll explain > >about transference and how reality is shaded by personal expectations. No > >the > >right people to do the interrogations of Hooters is Mira as the doctor > >doing > >stress studies, Arvitis her absent minded Anthropologist assistant and Jac > >the dumb noble who is smitten by the doctor and founding her ridiculous > >endeavors making him an easy mark. Anyone else that goes should be looking > >for hand outs for performing services. Getting flowers, vases, and silly > >handcrafted trinkets which will bring big tips from Jac. If this help > >happens > >to spread the word about Jac's incompetence and how angry his mother will > >be > >for him flitting off like this, we might even turn him into bait, but > >either > >way low lives that believe in easy money will just know that nobles think > >with their nethers. That my friend is a cover. " > > Woof just looks at him. "Your point? We are just going to try to locate > Rachel. Nothing more. And Captain Morgan is just going along to open the > door, so to speak." > "My point? My POINT?" Cory exhales calming himself, "My point is finding a little girl while on an escorted sight seeing tour is about as likely as finding Arvitis stash of the ancients while planting corn, except if you were planting corn you'd at least have an excuse for staying in the field. We need an excuse for staying till we find her that doesn't send the bad guys running or attacking or killing the girl and running, and a half baked, blundering, bull in a china shop, gosh I hope I'm lucky, plan that's more concerned about your macho points than a little girls safety isn't it." -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
> > Woof just looks at him. "Your point? We are just going to try to >locate > > Rachel. Nothing more. And Captain Morgan is just going along to open >the > > door, so to speak." > > >"My point? My POINT?" Cory exhales calming himself, "My point is finding a >little girl while on an escorted sight seeing tour is about as likely as >finding Arvitis stash of the ancients while planting corn, except if you >were >planting corn you'd at least have an excuse for staying in the field. We >need >an excuse for staying till we find her that doesn't send the bad guys >running >or attacking or killing the girl and running, and a half baked, blundering, >bull in a china shop, gosh I hope I'm lucky, plan that's more concerned >about >your macho points than a little girls safety isn't it." Woof shakes his head. "Whatever, Cory." Woof Schultz Purser
On Saturday 21 May 2005 05:52 pm, Greg S wrote: > > > Woof just looks at him. "Your point? We are just going to try to > > > >locate > > > > > Rachel. Nothing more. And Captain Morgan is just going along to open > > > >the > > > > > door, so to speak." > > > >"My point? My POINT?" Cory exhales calming himself, "My point is finding a > >little girl while on an escorted sight seeing tour is about as likely as > >finding Arvitis stash of the ancients while planting corn, except if you > >were > >planting corn you'd at least have an excuse for staying in the field. We > >need > >an excuse for staying till we find her that doesn't send the bad guys > >running > >or attacking or killing the girl and running, and a half baked, > > blundering, bull in a china shop, gosh I hope I'm lucky, plan that's more > > concerned about > >your macho points than a little girls safety isn't it." > > Woof shakes his head. "Whatever, Cory." > "Think for a second will you? We know the kidnapper is at the least marginally competent, so if it was you what would you do?" Cory looks at Ricardo, "You need to keep a reporter quiet. That means you have to have means of showing the child growing. So it mean you must set up for contact in the future. For there to be contact in the future, you wouldn't pick this colony unless you already had contacts. The person you are dealing with is a reporter so you'd at least assume they had the ability to research or the means to hire someone too, therefor you're safe spot would need to be a situation which allowed you to watch your back trail." Cory's eyes shift back to Woof, "Then we have the jailors perspective. When are they most paranoid? Now, right after the abduction. If they get any knowledge of questioning, it could spook them. The ship is still on the planet, so we know for sure there are people willing to do violence involved. They also expect no matter what happens to the kid, they can get it all fixed if they get back to their noble friend." "Then we have to consider the hooters not involved. They are already distrustful of outsiders. As an insular society any thing asked or done by us will be gossiped to the whole community. All this doesn't even take into account if this isn't the first child used to keep a parent's actions hostage. Then we have a lot more than a few hooters looking the other way." -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
>"Then we have to consider the hooters not involved. They are already >distrustful of outsiders. As an insular society any thing asked or done by >us will be gossiped to the whole community. All this doesn't even take into >account if this isn't the first child used to keep a parent's actions >hostage. Then we have a lot more than a few hooters looking the other way." "It's Ricardo's call," Woof says, going to talk to Del. Woof
Greg S wrote: > > "Then we have to consider the hooters not involved. They are > > already distrustful of outsiders. As an insular society any thing > > asked or done by us will be gossiped to the whole community. All > > this doesn't even take into account if this isn't the first child > > used to keep a parent's actions hostage. Then we have a lot more > > than a few hooters looking the other way." > > > "It's Ricardo's call," Woof says, going to talk to Del. Ricardo leaves you to talk to Del and goes over to the /Blue Rain/. "Guys, the /Bright Star/ is a pit, and I'll take just about *any* sort of berth to get off her. I think I showed your Captain I can handle myself in Engineering." Del says, "So, what do you need to know about me before you can offer me a job?" Eris AKU GM Eris AKU GM
> > > "Then we have to consider the hooters not involved. They are > > > already distrustful of outsiders. As an insular society any thing > > > asked or done by us will be gossiped to the whole community. All > > > this doesn't even take into account if this isn't the first child > > > used to keep a parent's actions hostage. Then we have a lot more > > > than a few hooters looking the other way." > > > > "It's Ricardo's call," Woof says, going to talk to Del. > >Ricardo leaves you to talk to Del and goes over to the /Blue Rain/. > >"Guys, the /Bright Star/ is a pit, and I'll take just about *any* sort >of berth to get off her. I think I showed your Captain I can handle >myself in Engineering." Del says, "So, what do you need to know about me >before you can offer me a job?" Woof turns on the liaison to the max it can be, asking for pertinent personal information with a friendly means. Any issues they can deal with, cause we need an engineer, and can work around 'issues'. Make the man tell him what's up without asking... "I'm the Purser, Wolfgang Schultz. Friends call me Woof, and some call me worse than that!" he laughs. "Please call me Woof. "I need to know the personnel stuff, whether or not Ricardo wants to know," he answers with a friendly grin. "You know, how long you were on the last berth, why you're wanting to leave, career goals, any certifications you have, when last you tested, etc. I mean, most things we can handle. We run a ship on the up and up, an independent, and we need to keep above board so as to be above reproach when the Guild comes knocking. So, I should also know if you're carrying any record so we can avoid those planetfalls, or at least be aware before we head there. Small package business type stuff or the like we've all done, so..." He shrugs. "Let's start with the certs..." Woof
