Crew Meeting

>The woman laughed, then added, "And the crew is formed, awaiting your
>speechification and motivation."
>
>"Thank you...  I'll be right out and then we'll be off and running."

Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge, entering 
the common area.

"Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get any show 
stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to date on 
our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do what you 
do."

He looks around the room, and realizes that they are all there.

"Dez, what are you doing here?  I thought you said you were the night owlish 
type and loved the night shift."

He grins.  "Not quite the way you put it the other night, but we have some 
genteel people in this crowd.  Merrin, you see any show stoppers?  Dez?  
Anything you need to report that you need me to work on?"

The engineering folks were the key here, in that without engines there was 
no lift, no jump, no travel.  Getting the thumbs up from them, he continues 
around to the others in turn.  "Again, anything that needs my attention?"

"Doc?"

"Bart?"

"Sharda?"

"Paris?"

"Good," he says [presuming that there are no actual things that would skew 
their stated departure time], "that's really good.  So then, let me bring 
you up to date."

He turns on the display of the local jump-1 main, with the tentative route 
highlighted.  "Here's our expected route from here, Glisten, to here, 
Wonstar.  Crossing two subsectors to get there.  We have a Jump-1 
capability, so not a lot of opportunity to choose alternate routes as you 
can see.  Sharda has done a bit of work on potential spots to run some 
speculative cargo, and some places to just haul whatever's going.  More on 
that in a minute.

"Paris'll fill us in on the basic necessities of life, food schedules, etc, 
and I'll work up a watch rotation for the bridge and engineering.  Remote 
monitoring and all that.

"Paris reminded me about the need to store weapons and all, since we are now 
a private merchant ship and the rules are a bit different from either the 
military or scouts."  He holds his hand up.  "I'm curious, who all has 
weapons, and what kinds?"

"Bart, you've got the duty to ensure weapons are secured, and arrange for 
the security for weapons when passengers board."

"And speaking of passengers...  Our passenger, Lord Percy, is the son and 
heir of Baron Wonstar, and I believe, soon to be a principle in the Wonstar 
Trading Company, the owners of this ship.  As such, I expect everyone to 
treat him with the respect that that entails.  I do understand that he is a 
bit of a partier, and that he has gotten out of hand on ocassion.  Let me 
know if there are any incidents, but I'm hoping to have him on good 
behavior.  I know he *doesn't* want to head back to work, but that work is 
now calling him.  Perhaps we can teach him a thing or two about his 
business, eh?

"Which brings me to the business end of this jaunt.  I hope that we can make 
this a profitable venture for all of us.  The ship needs to be full of cargo 
and passengers, whenever possible, thereby providing the cash to keep the 
venture going.  Paris, Doc, Sharda, can we carry other passengers this first 
leg, or would you recommend that we use this week to get our procedures 
down?"

He waits for an answer.  "Now, I don't yet have all the figures for the 
ship, but I do know that you all signed the standard boilerplate contracts 
for crewing the ship.  And I thank you.  I don't yet know if I'm cut out for 
this merchant business stuff, but I do like driving between the stars.  If 
it is profitable, we may have jobs offered at the end of the run, and be 
able to continue working.  What I want to do is make it profitable for us, 
regardless of how profitable it is for the company.  Therefore, we will be 
running a trading and shipping concern on the side.  I'm sure you are all 
familiar with the sort of thing.

"We have a trader or two amongst the crew, and we have some financing to get 
us started.  I will be purchasing whatever our trader can get us that should 
fetch the best price at our next stop.  She'll handle those details, but...



...and there you have it.

"Sharda and Bart, you've got taxi service for Lord Percy.  He's staying at 
the Arbellatra Hotel, and he says its just himself as is coming along.  
Sharda has met him, so she's a little more familiar with him, and will 
assist in making his transition.  Eleven hundred is when I said you'd pick 
him up, so that gives you a bit of time yet..."

"Okay, what does anyone have for me?" he asks.

Krikor Ctvrtnadzeh
Captain Akus Moby



The Count,
MonteCristo@hotmail.com

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Greg S wrote:
>> The woman laughed, then added, "And the crew is formed, awaiting
>> your speechification and motivation."
>> 
>> "Thank you...  I'll be right out and then we'll be off and
>> running."
> 
> Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge,
> entering the common area.
> 
> "Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get any
> show stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up
> to date on our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all
> can do what you do."
> 
> He looks around the room, and realizes that they are all there.

Des, is there, but looking, at least, half asleep.

> "Dez, what are you doing here?  I thought you said you were the night
> owlish type and loved the night shift."
> 
> He grins.  "Not quite the way you put it the other night, but we have
> some genteel people in this crowd.  Merrin, you see any show
> stoppers?  Dez? Anything you need to report that you need me to work
> on?"
> 
> The engineering folks were the key here, in that without engines
> there was no lift, no jump, no travel.  Getting the thumbs up from
> them, he continues around to the others in turn.  "Again, anything
> that needs my attention?"

OOC: I know Greg is "moving along" here, but if any of your PC's needs 
to bring up something, now is a good time to do it. :)

> "Doc?"
> 
> "Bart?"
> 
> "Sharda?"
> 
> "Paris?"
> 
> "Good," he says [presuming that there are no actual things that would
> skew their stated departure time], "that's really good.  So then, let
> me bring you up to date."
> 
> He turns on the display of the local jump-1 main, with the tentative
> route highlighted.  "Here's our expected route from here, Glisten, to
> here, Wonstar.  Crossing two subsectors to get there.  We have a
> Jump-1 capability, so not a lot of opportunity to choose alternate
> routes as you can see.  Sharda has done a bit of work on potential
> spots to run some speculative cargo, and some places to just haul
> whatever's going.  More on that in a minute.
> 
> "Paris'll fill us in on the basic necessities of life, food
> schedules, etc, and I'll work up a watch rotation for the bridge and
> engineering.  Remote monitoring and all that.
> 
> "Paris reminded me about the need to store weapons and all, since we
> are now a private merchant ship and the rules are a bit different
> from either the military or scouts."  He holds his hand up.  "I'm
> curious, who all has weapons, and what kinds?"
> 
> "Bart, you've got the duty to ensure weapons are secured, and arrange
> for the security for weapons when passengers board."
> 
> "And speaking of passengers...  Our passenger, Lord Percy, is the son
> and heir of Baron Wonstar, and I believe, soon to be a principle in
> the Wonstar Trading Company, the owners of this ship.  As such, I
> expect everyone to treat him with the respect that that entails.  I
> do understand that he is a bit of a partier, and that he has gotten
> out of hand on ocassion.  Let me know if there are any incidents, but
> I'm hoping to have him on good behavior.  I know he *doesn't* want to
> head back to work, but that work is now calling him.  Perhaps we can
> teach him a thing or two about his business, eh?
> 
> "Which brings me to the business end of this jaunt.  I hope that we
> can make this a profitable venture for all of us.  The ship needs to
> be full of cargo and passengers, whenever possible, thereby providing
> the cash to keep the venture going.  Paris, Doc, Sharda, can we carry
> other passengers this first leg, or would you recommend that we use
> this week to get our procedures down?"
> 
> He waits for an answer.  "Now, I don't yet have all the figures for
> the ship, but I do know that you all signed the standard boilerplate
> contracts for crewing the ship.  And I thank you.  I don't yet know
> if I'm cut out for this merchant business stuff, but I do like
> driving between the stars.  If it is profitable, we may have jobs
> offered at the end of the run, and be able to continue working.  What
> I want to do is make it profitable for us, regardless of how
> profitable it is for the company.  Therefore, we will be running a
> trading and shipping concern on the side.  I'm sure you are all 
> familiar with the sort of thing.
> 
> "We have a trader or two amongst the crew, and we have some financing
> to get us started.  I will be purchasing whatever our trader can get
> us that should fetch the best price at our next stop.  She'll handle
> those details, but...
> 
>  cargo. We will ship it in our ship, paying the cargo rates out of our
> funds.  We will then sell the cargo at a profit (hopefully) and split
> the proceeds. Proceeds will be free and clear for the crew.  No
> 'fund' that continues and grows, but rather we'll pool resources to
> buy each time, closing out the deal by disbursing the funds.  This
> way there will be no 'buying in' or 'cashing out'.  On each run, you
> throw in your money and get a percentage. The initial run, so that
> there's a 'signing bonus' for everyone, Sasha is planning on footing
> the bill, if he can, with the profits split to the crew. Consider it
> his investment on making a happy crew.  Details can be hashed out in
> the future, but that's the overall plan. >
> 
> ...and there you have it.
> 
> "Sharda and Bart, you've got taxi service for Lord Percy.  He's
> staying at the Arbellatra Hotel, and he says its just himself as is
> coming along. Sharda has met him, so she's a little more familiar
> with him, and will assist in making his transition.  Eleven hundred
> is when I said you'd pick him up, so that gives you a bit of time
> yet..."
> 
> "Okay, what does anyone have for me?" he asks.
> 
> Krikor Ctvrtnadzeh Captain Akus Moby

OOC: I'll get maps up for you and library information, but until I get 
more up for you try http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/Glisten_Subsector 
and http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=SPINMAR for 
information.  Not all of the details at these sites will be correct, 
because I'll be adding things, but for the most part you'll be looking 
at the library data that is "commonly" available for these systems.

Eris
Akus Moby

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg S" 

> Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge, 
> entering
> the common area.
>
> "Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get any show
> stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to date on
> our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do what you
> do."
>
> He looks around the room, and realizes that they are all there.
>
> "Dez, what are you doing here?  I thought you said you were the night 
> owlish
> type and loved the night shift."
>
> He grins.  "Not quite the way you put it the other night, but we have some
> genteel people in this crowd.  Merrin, you see any show stoppers?  Dez?
> Anything you need to report that you need me to work on?"

Desdaemona groans and looks up at Krikor, she looks more dead than alive
and is apparenly starting to crash again, "Someone told me meeting was
comp...  comput... I gots to come.  If is not, somebodies gonna get a 
hurting.
Real bad."

"I'm not going to say who.  But somebody," she looks at Paris, "Oh I think
you might know thems pretty well.  Somebody."  She starts to smirk and
collapses on the table in fit of giggles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI

After a moment she composes herself, "Is good, couple gravity generators
drawing to much power but within tollerance.  I take look at them tonight."

> The engineering folks were the key here, in that without engines there was
> no lift, no jump, no travel.  Getting the thumbs up from them, he 
> continues
> around to the others in turn.  "Again, anything that needs my attention?"

Desdaemona leans back and puts on a pair of welding glasses that have
a pair of eye's cut out of a magazine pasted over the lenses.

Des 

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>  > Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge, 
>  > entering the common area.
>  >
>  > "Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get 
> any show
>  > stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to 
> date on
>  > our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do 
> what you
>  > do."
>  >
>  > He looks around the room, and realizes that they are all there.
>  >
>  > "Dez, what are you doing here?  I thought you said you were the 
>  > night owlish type and loved the night shift."
>  >
>  > He grins.  "Not quite the way you put it the other night, but we 
> have some
>  > genteel people in this crowd.  Merrin, you see any show stoppers?  
> Dez?
>  > Anything you need to report that you need me to work on?"
>  
>  Desdaemona groans and looks up at Krikor, she looks more dead than alive
>  and is apparenly starting to crash again, "Someone told me meeting was
>  comp...  comput... I gots to come.  If is not, somebodies gonna get a 
>  hurting. Real bad."

Paris blushed and stared at the floor.

>  "I'm not going to say who.  But somebody," she looks at Paris, "Oh I 
> think
>  you might know thems pretty well.  Somebody."  She starts to smirk and
>  collapses on the table in fit of giggles.

"I'm sorry," she replied to the engineer, "he said crew--I just, oh, never mind, Des, I'm sorry-I'll know better for next time."

>  After a moment she composes herself, "Is good, couple gravity generators
>  drawing to much power but within tollerance.  I take look at them tonight."
>  
>  > The engineering folks were the key here, in that without engines 
> there was
>  > no lift, no jump, no travel.  Getting the thumbs up from them, he 
>  > continues
>  > around to the others in turn.  "Again, anything that needs my attention?"
>  
>  Desdaemona leans back and puts on a pair of welding glasses that have
>  a pair of eye's cut out of a magazine pasted over the lenses.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: 

>>  > "Dez, what are you doing here?  I thought you said you were the
>>  > night owlish type and loved the night shift."
>>  >
>>  > He grins.  "Not quite the way you put it the other night, but we
>>  > have some genteel people in this crowd.  Merrin, you see any
>>  > show stoppers?  Dez?  Anything you need to report that you
>>  > need me to work on?"
>>
>>  Desdaemona groans and looks up at Krikor, she looks more dead than alive
>>  and is apparenly starting to crash again, "Someone told me meeting was
>>  comp...  comput... I gots to come.  If is not, somebodies gonna get a
>>  hurting. Real bad."
>
> Paris blushed and stared at the floor.
>
>> "I'm not going to say who.  But somebody," she looks at Paris, "Oh I
>> think you might know thems pretty well.  Somebody."  She starts to
>> smirk and collapses on the table in fit of giggles.
>
> "I'm sorry," she replied to the engineer, "he said crew--I just, oh, never
> mind, Des, I'm sorry-I'll know better for next time."

"Is okay," Desdaemona says leaning back in the couch, "is confusing guy,
big strong, orders girlie drinks with umbrella's.  Who can figure that out?"
She smiles a little, "We comes to some kind of agreement."

Des 

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>  >>  > "Dez, what are you doing here?  I thought you said you were the
>  >>  > night owlish type and loved the night shift."
>  >>  >
>  >>  > He grins.  "Not quite the way you put it the other night, but we
>  >>  > have some genteel people in this crowd.  Merrin, you see any
>  >>  > show stoppers?  Dez?  Anything you need to report that you
>  >>  > need me to work on?"
>  >>
>  >>  Desdaemona groans and looks up at Krikor, she looks more dead 
> than alive
>  >>  and is apparenly starting to crash again, "Someone told me 
> meeting was
>  >>  comp...  comput... I gots to come.  If is not, somebodies gonna 
> get a
>  >>  hurting. Real bad."
>  >
>  > Paris blushed and stared at the floor.
>  >
>  >> "I'm not going to say who.  But somebody," she looks at Paris, "Oh 
> I
>  >> think you might know thems pretty well.  Somebody."  She starts to
>  >> smirk and collapses on the table in fit of giggles.
>  >
>  > "I'm sorry," she replied to the engineer, "he said crew--I just, 
> oh, never
>  > mind, Des, I'm sorry-I'll know better for next time."
>  
>  "Is okay," Desdaemona says leaning back in the couch, "is confusing guy,
>  big strong, orders girlie drinks with umbrella's.  Who can figure 
> that out?"

Paris gave a little laugh, knowing that summed up Sasha in a single breath. "Yeah, he is a mystery sometimes."

>  She smiles a little, "We comes to some kind of agreement."

"I'm sure we can," Paris replied, returning the smile-then refocused her attention to the ship's master...and to her PDA.

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On Apr 16, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Greg S wrote:

>> The woman laughed, then added, "And the crew is formed, awaiting your
>> speechification and motivation."
>>
>> "Thank you...  I'll be right out and then we'll be off and running."
>
> Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge,  
> entering
> the common area.
>
> "Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get  
> any show
> stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to  
> date on
> our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do  
> what you
> do."

> "Doc?"
>

"The sickbay needs stocking, Paris and I will be taking care of it  
this morning."


>
> "Paris reminded me about the need to store weapons and all, since  
> we are now
> a private merchant ship and the rules are a bit different from  
> either the
> military or scouts."  He holds his hand up.  "I'm curious, who all has
> weapons, and what kinds?"
>

Issac says "I've got my Zho sword, usually hang it in my room. More  
of a trophy than a weapon, though I could certainly hurt someone with  
it..."

> "  Paris, Doc, Sharda, can we carry other passengers this first
> leg, or would you recommend that we use this week to get our  
> procedures
> down?"

Issac shrugs. "All the low berths are good to go, the sick bay will  
be 100% once stocked."

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On Tuesday 17 April 2007 14:26, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Greg S wrote:
> >> The woman laughed, then added, "And the crew is formed, awaiting your
> >> speechification and motivation."
> >>
> >> "Thank you...  I'll be right out and then we'll be off and running."
> >
> > Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge,
> > entering
> > the common area.
> >
> > "Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get
> > any show
> > stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to
> > date on
> > our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do
> > what you
> > do."
> >
> > "Doc?"
>
> "The sickbay needs stocking, Paris and I will be taking care of it
> this morning."
>
> > "Paris reminded me about the need to store weapons and all, since
> > we are now
> > a private merchant ship and the rules are a bit different from
> > either the
> > military or scouts."  He holds his hand up.  "I'm curious, who all has
> > weapons, and what kinds?"
>
> Issac says "I've got my Zho sword, usually hang it in my room. More
> of a trophy than a weapon, though I could certainly hurt someone with
> it..."

Bart grins, "He's right, all the Zho's on a stick I've seen looked like they 
might be hurtin. I've got a standard issue pea shooter and Mary, my sharp 
little lass." 

He pauses to let others speak then looking back at the captain, "Knuckles and 
knives don't count, right?"

"Soon as we get old lordy back and loaded, I'll start looking to where we'll 
store weapons, but don't we want IA's worked out before we go to hiden' and 
stashing and don't that depend on where all the swinging... um or unswingings 
are?"
>
> > "  Paris, Doc, Sharda, can we carry other passengers this first
> > leg, or would you recommend that we use this week to get our
> > procedures
> > down?"
>
> Issac shrugs. "All the low berths are good to go, the sick bay will
> be 100% once stocked."

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> > > Captain Ctvrtnadzeh is as good as his word, and departs the bridge,
> > > entering the common area.
> > >
> > > "Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get any 
>show
> > > stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to date 
>on
> > > our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do what 
>you
> > > do."
> > >
> > > "Doc?"
> >
> > "The sickbay needs stocking, Paris and I will be taking care of it
> > this morning."
> >
> > > "Paris reminded me about the need to store weapons and all, since we 
>are now
> > > a private merchant ship and the rules are a bit different from either 
>the
> > > military or scouts."  He holds his hand up.  "I'm curious, who all has
> > > weapons, and what kinds?"
> >
> > Issac says "I've got my Zho sword, usually hang it in my room. More
> > of a trophy than a weapon, though I could certainly hurt someone with
> > it..."
>
>Bart grins, "He's right, all the Zho's on a stick I've seen looked like 
>they
>might be hurtin. I've got a standard issue pea shooter and Mary, my sharp
>little lass."
>
>He pauses to let others speak then looking back at the captain, "Knuckles 
>and
>knives don't count, right?"

"Right.  I've got a couple shotguns, handguns and other such stuff, so I'll 
turn them in too."

>"Soon as we get old lordy back and loaded, I'll start looking to where 
>we'll
>store weapons, but don't we want IA's worked out before we go to hiden' and
>stashing and don't that depend on where all the swinging... um or 
>unswingings
>are?"
> >
> > > "  Paris, Doc, Sharda, can we carry other passengers this first
> > > leg, or would you recommend that we use this week to get our
> > > procedures down?"
> >
> > Issac shrugs. "All the low berths are good to go, the sick bay will
> > be 100% once stocked."

"So I'm hearing we should take passengers.  Right.  We'll plan on that then, 
and maybe give a discount if we need to," he adds with a grin, "though I 
think Paris and Sharda can handle anyone.  It'll give us some more creds to 
put into cargo...  If we can get passengers going our way."

Sasha

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> >"Good morning, everyone!  I won't be long.  I just wanted to get any
> >show stoppers out on the table so I could tackle them, bring you up to 
>date
> >on our plans, and then get the hell out of the way so you all can do what
> >you do."
> >
> >"Doc?"

The crew reported everything ready, or nearly ready across the board.

"So, no show stoppers.  Excellent.  Right then!  Doc, you and Paris have the 
task to get the sickbay stocked to the minimum level we need, then service 
the low berths and lay in the necessary provisions for a full complement of 
passengers.

"Bart and Sharda, get Lord Percy and his baggage aboard.  Then Bart, you've 
got the armory to get set up, and check the anti-piracy programs.  And no, 
knuckles don't count.  Knives, you make the call.

"Sharda, after you get back, begin to see what we can get as far as 
speculative cargo, either for our next stop or the one after.  If the profit 
potential is great enough, we can carry it an extra jump or so.  Don't 
purchase yet, but see what we can line up.  Also get a line on any freight, 
and any passengers.

"Merrin and Dez, get some sleep, Dez."  He kicks her foot lightly.  "After 
you sleep, run a few sims on the weaponry to ensure it is up.  Then you can 
thump whoever it was that told you to be here.  Or let me.  Whips I think 
she said...  Go back to sleep now.  Merrin, she said something about getting 
a couple things tightened up a bit, you can handle that, then finalize that 
we are ready, and ensure we have been fully fueled.

"Oh, Paris, you and Sharda see about when we should pick up passengers and 
freight or cargo.  I'm thinking we may need a *little* bit of a shakedown 
before we really jump.  Thoughts?  Merrin?

"Okay, anything else for me?  Then let's do it.  Comm me if you need me."

Sasha

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>  The crew reported everything ready, or nearly ready across the board.
>  
>  "So, no show stoppers.  Excellent.  Right then!  Doc, you and Paris 
> have the 
>  task to get the sickbay stocked to the minimum level we need, then 
> service 
>  the low berths and lay in the necessary provisions for a full 
> complement of passengers.

Paris nodded. "Right, Captain--we can handle a few this first trip-just enough to keep our permanent passenger amused--and go from there."

>  "Bart and Sharda, get Lord Percy and his baggage aboard.  Then Bart, 
> you've 
>  got the armory to get set up, and check the anti-piracy programs.  
> And no, 
>  knuckles don't count.  Knives, you make the call.

"Bart--please get with me and I"ll cut the paperwork." Paris gave him a smile.

>  "Sharda, after you get back, begin to see what we can get as far as 
>  speculative cargo, either for our next stop or the one after.  If the 
> profit 
>  potential is great enough, we can carry it an extra jump or so.  
> Don't 
>  purchase yet, but see what we can line up.  Also get a line on any 
> freight, and any passengers.
>  
>  "Merrin and Dez, get some sleep, Dez."  He kicks her foot lightly.  
> "After 
>  you sleep, run a few sims on the weaponry to ensure it is up.  Then 
> you can 
>  thump whoever it was that told you to be here.  Or let me.  Whips I 
> think 
>  she said...  Go back to sleep now.  Merrin, she said something about 
> getting 
>  a couple things tightened up a bit, you can handle that, then 
> finalize that 
>  we are ready, and ensure we have been fully fueled.

Paris was taking notes through all this.

>  "Oh, Paris, you and Sharda see about when we should pick up 
> passengers and 
>  freight or cargo.  I'm thinking we may need a *little* bit of a 
> shakedown 
>  before we really jump.  Thoughts?  Merrin?

"There and back again," Paris commented more to herself.

>  "Okay, anything else for me?  Then let's do it.  Comm me if you need 
> me."

Paris gave him a smile. "Thanks--and we're on it."

Post Crew Meeting

After the crew meeting, the captain contacts the Wonstar Trading Company 
factor to set up either a face to face meeting or a net meeting.  Subject is 
financing...

He also contacts the local Hortelez et Cie or a Sub-Sector/Regional 
commercial banking institution to also attempt to line up some financing.

Krikor

The Count,
MonteCristo@hotmail.com

Post Crew Meeting

Greg S wrote:
> After the crew meeting, the captain contacts the Wonstar 
> Trading Company factor to set up either a face to face 
> meeting or a net meeting.  Subject is financing...

Sasha makes the call and a balding, heavyset, man's face comes
up on the screen. It is the same man who hired him only a
couple of days earlier. Sasha remembers that his name is Leo
Payton.

"Wonstar Trading, how can I help you?" Payton asks, then a
look of recognition comes across his face and he says,
"Captain Chevzardnazheh it's good to speak with you. Please, 
don't tell me you are having a problem with the ship, or, um, 
his lordship."


Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

After a lengthy conversation with the Wonstar Factor, Sasha glances at his 
watch, then goes to get something to eat.

He leaves the bridge, only to see his entire crew still sitting in the 
lounge.  His eyes blaze as his temper gets the better of him.

"What the HELL are you all still doing here?  I thought I gave directions!  
If I can't count on you people to get the job done that I'm paying you for 
I'll damnwell find some people who will!  Damnit!  Lord Percy is probably 
waiting, getting snockered, while you two sit on your duffs!" he says 
pointing at Bart and Sharda.

"Jeez!  Do I have to do everything myself?"

Krikor



The Count,
MonteCristo@hotmail.com







>From: Eris Reddoch 
>Reply-To: akus@phoenyx.net
>To: akus@phoenyx.net
>Subject: Re: [akus] Post Crew Meeting
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:09:46 CDT
>
>Greg S wrote:
> > After the crew meeting, the captain contacts the Wonstar
> > Trading Company factor to set up either a face to face
> > meeting or a net meeting.  Subject is financing...
>
>Sasha makes the call and a balding, heavyset, man's face comes
>up on the screen. It is the same man who hired him only a
>couple of days earlier. Sasha remembers that his name is Leo
>Payton.
>
>"Wonstar Trading, how can I help you?" Payton asks, then a
>look of recognition comes across his face and he says,
>"Captain Chevzardnazheh it's good to speak with you. Please,
>don't tell me you are having a problem with the ship, or, um,
>his lordship."
>
>
>Eris
>Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

Greg S wrote:
> After a lengthy conversation with the Wonstar Factor, Sasha glances at his 
> watch, then goes to get something to eat.
> 
> He leaves the bridge, only to see his entire crew still sitting in the 
> lounge.  His eyes blaze as his temper gets the better of him.
> 
> "What the HELL are you all still doing here?  I thought I gave directions!  
> If I can't count on you people to get the job done that I'm paying you for 
> I'll damnwell find some people who will!  Damnit!  Lord Percy is probably 
> waiting, getting snockered, while you two sit on your duffs!" he says 
> pointing at Bart and Sharda.
> 
> "Jeez!  Do I have to do everything myself?"

OOC: Hum, unless you guys jump in here and be about your tasks, I'm 
afraid I'll have to let Greg's post stand....

Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

----- Original Message -----
From: Greg S 

> After a lengthy conversation with the Wonstar Factor, Sasha 
> glances at his watch, then goes to get something to eat.
> 
> He leaves the bridge, only to see his entire crew still sitting in 
> the lounge.  His eyes blaze as his temper gets the better of him.
> 
> "What the HELL are you all still doing here?  I thought I gave 
> directions!  If I can't count on you people to get the job done
> that I'm paying you for I'll damnwell find some people who will!
> Damnit!  Lord Percy is probably waiting, getting snockered,
> while you two sit on your duffs!" he says pointing at Bart and
> Sharda.
> 
> "Jeez!  Do I have to do everything myself?"

Dez is asleep on the couch.

Desdaemona

Post Crew Meeting

On Monday 23 April 2007 15:16, D S wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg S 
>
> > After a lengthy conversation with the Wonstar Factor, Sasha
> > glances at his watch, then goes to get something to eat.
> >
> > He leaves the bridge, only to see his entire crew still sitting in
> > the lounge.  His eyes blaze as his temper gets the better of him.
> >
> > "What the HELL are you all still doing here?  I thought I gave

Bart's face goes blank as he snaps to attention. Heals together, feet forming 
a perfect 45, thumbs along trouser seams finger naturally curled, chin up 
chest out, his eyes go blank.

> > directions!  If I can't count on you people to get the job done
> > that I'm paying you for I'll damnwell find some people who will!
> > Damnit!  Lord Percy is probably waiting, getting snockered,
> > while you two sit on your duffs!" he says pointing at Bart and
> > Sharda.
> >
> > "Jeez!  Do I have to do everything myself?"
>
> Dez is asleep on the couch.
>
> Desdaemona

Once the Captain turns away, Bart looks at Sharda, "Damn, this trip's gona  be 
fun, aint it?" he says with a huge grin. 

Then in an  entirely to loud whisper as they head to the hatch, "I'm going to 
hurt something keeping a straight face." His grin growing even larger and his 
voice with it, "You think we should pick up a swagger stick for him. If he'll 
hit a few people his impersonations will be more believable don't you think?"

Earl

Post Crew Meeting

>  > > After a lengthy conversation with the Wonstar Factor, Sasha
>  > > glances at his watch, then goes to get something to eat.
>  > >
>  > > He leaves the bridge, only to see his entire crew still sitting in
>  > > the lounge.  His eyes blaze as his temper gets the better of him.
>  > >
>  > > "What the HELL are you all still doing here?  I thought I gave
>  
>  Bart's face goes blank as he snaps to attention. Heals together, feet 
> forming 
>  a perfect 45, thumbs along trouser seams finger naturally curled, 
> chin up 
>  chest out, his eyes go blank.
>  
>  > > directions!  If I can't count on you people to get the job done
>  > > that I'm paying you for I'll damnwell find some people who will!
>  > > Damnit!  Lord Percy is probably waiting, getting snockered,
>  > > while you two sit on your duffs!" he says pointing at Bart and
>  > > Sharda.

>  > > "Jeez!  Do I have to do everything myself?"
>  >
>  > Dez is asleep on the couch.

Paris stood up from where she sat at the table, PDA to her fore and Issac to her side. "Captain," she said, relaxed, "we are working-we're compiling information and needed ship's stores; Bart and Sharda just changed and are getting ready to go out and pick up His Nubbins, Merrinn is finishing her meal and please, Des is trying to sleep--you wake her up and she'll probably rip me apart." She smiles at him disarmingly.
 
>  Once the Captain turns away, Bart looks at Sharda, "Damn, this trip's 
> gona  be 
>  fun, aint it?" he says with a huge grin. 
>  
>  Then in an  entirely to loud whisper as they head to the hatch, "I'm 
> going to 
>  hurt something keeping a straight face." His grin growing even larger 
> and his 
>  voice with it, "You think we should pick up a swagger stick for him. 
> If he'll 
>  hit a few people his impersonations will be more believable don't you 
> think?"
>  
>  Earl
>  

Post Crew Meeting

> >  > > After a lengthy conversation with the Wonstar Factor, Sasha
> >  > > glances at his watch, then goes to get something to eat.
> >  > >
> >  > > He leaves the bridge, only to see his entire crew still sitting in
> >  > > the lounge.  His eyes blaze as his temper gets the better of him.
> >  > >
> >  > > "What the HELL are you all still doing here?  I thought I gave
> >
> >  Bart's face goes blank as he snaps to attention. Heals together, feet 
>forming
> >  a perfect 45, thumbs along trouser seams finger naturally curled, chin 
>up
> >  chest out, his eyes go blank.
> >
> >  > > directions!  If I can't count on you people to get the job done
> >  > > that I'm paying you for I'll damnwell find some people who will!
> >  > > Damnit!  Lord Percy is probably waiting, getting snockered,
> >  > > while you two sit on your duffs!" he says pointing at Bart and
> >  > > Sharda.
>
> >  > > "Jeez!  Do I have to do everything myself?"
> >  >
> >  > Dez is asleep on the couch.
>
>Paris stood up from where she sat at the table, PDA to her fore and Issac 
>to her side. "Captain," she said, relaxed, "we are working-we're compiling 
>information and needed ship's stores; Bart and Sharda just changed and are 
>getting ready to go out and pick up His Nubbins, Merrinn is finishing her 
>meal and please, Des is trying to sleep--you wake her up and she'll 
>probably rip me apart." She smiles at him disarmingly.

Sasha smiled.  The ocasional outburst did wonders.  His first captain had 
told him that just before he had given him his first command with a crew.  
But heck, he'd given them *DAYS* to get moving and they had just sat there.

> >  Once the Captain turns away, Bart looks at Sharda, "Damn, this trip's
> > gona  be fun, aint it?" he says with a huge grin.
> >
> >  Then in an  entirely to loud whisper as they head to the hatch, "I'm 
>going to
> >  hurt something keeping a straight face." His grin growing even larger 
>and his
> >  voice with it, "You think we should pick up a swagger stick for him. If 
>he'll
> >  hit a few people his impersonations will be more believable don't you
> > think?"

He goes back to call Hortelez et Cie.  "Oh, Sharda," he says, "you have any 
contacts at Hortelez et Cie, or another banking concern?  I'd like a line of 
credit..."

Then he goes to call his good friend Hortelez.

Sasha

Post Crew Meeting

>Sasha smiled.  The ocasional outburst did wonders.  His first captain had
>told him that just before he had given him his first command with a crew.
>But heck, he'd given them *DAYS* to get moving and they had just sat there.
>
>He goes back to call Hortelez et Cie.  "Oh, Sharda," he says, "you have any
>contacts at Hortelez et Cie, or another banking concern?  I'd like a line 
>of
>credit..."
>
>Then he goes to call his good friend Hortelez.

He makes the same inquery of the banks.  He's looking to set up a short term 
loan (a month or two, and a jump or 3) so that he can purchase the goods...  
A megacred might be just right.

Sasha

Post Crew Meeting

Greg S wrote:
>> Sasha smiled.  The ocasional outburst did wonders.  His
>> first captain had told him that just before he had given
>> him his first command with a crew. But heck, he'd given
>> them *DAYS* to get moving and they had just sat there.
>> 
>> He goes back to call Hortelez et Cie.  "Oh, Sharda," he
>> says, "you have any contacts at Hortelez et Cie, or
>> another banking concern?  I'd like a line of credit..."
>> 
>> Then he goes to call his good friend Hortelez.
> 
> He makes the same inquery of the banks.  He's looking to
> set up a short term loan (a month or two, and a jump or 3)
> so that he can purchase the goods... A megacred might be
> just right.

OOC: You aren't going to get a megacredit loan, sorry. One 
hundred k, you can arrange, but you don't have the collateral, 
reputation, or backing to get more than that.

To make a long story short, the best deal you can get is 
100,000 cr short term loan from Hortelez et Cie. If others in 
the crew throw in with you you can get a larger loan, up to 
400,000, but no more, and with some restrictions: 1. You have 
to reserve 18 dtons in the cargo hold of the Akus Moby for a 
shipment from Glisten to a certain party on Overnale. You will 
receive standard rates for the sealed cargo container and it 
will be picked up at the Overnale downport by a party who you 
will contact once you land there; 2. Interest is 3.6%, 
accruing at the rate of 1 cr. per every 10,000 c, or part 
there of, per day (that would be 10 c a day interest on a 
100,000 loan); 3. The loan balance and interest is due on 
100/1111 (today is 10/1111), payable atany Hortelez et Cie 
office (Colace is the suggested location to pay off the loan).

Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 

> To make a long story short, the best deal you can get is 
> 100,000 cr short term loan from Hortelez et Cie. If others in 
> the crew throw in with you you can get a larger loan, up to 
> 400,000, but no more, and with some restrictions: 1. You have 
> to reserve 18 dtons in the cargo hold of the Akus Moby for a 
> shipment from Glisten to a certain party on Overnale. You will 
> receive standard rates for the sealed cargo container and it 
> will be picked up at the Overnale downport by a party who you 
> will contact once you land there; 2. Interest is 3.6%, 
> accruing at the rate of 1 cr. per every 10,000 c, or part 
> there of, per day (that would be 10 c a day interest on a 
> 100,000 loan); 3. The loan balance and interest is due on 
> 100/1111 (today is 10/1111), payable atany Hortelez et Cie 
> office (Colace is the suggested location to pay off the loan).

Desdaemona wakes up sometime just afternoon, heads back
to her cabin and freshens up quickly before heading down to
the cargo hold and the gravity unit that's drawing a touch to
much power.

Desdaemona

Post Crew Meeting

adunaphell@shaw.ca wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eris Reddoch" 
> 
>> To make a long story short, the best deal you can get is 
>> 100,000 cr short term loan from Hortelez et Cie. If others in 
>> the crew throw in with you you can get a larger loan, up to 
>> 400,000, but no more, and with some restrictions: 1. You have 
>> to reserve 18 dtons in the cargo hold of the Akus Moby for a 
>> shipment from Glisten to a certain party on Overnale. You will 
>> receive standard rates for the sealed cargo container and it 
>> will be picked up at the Overnale downport by a party who you 
>> will contact once you land there; 2. Interest is 3.6%, 
>> accruing at the rate of 1 cr. per every 10,000 c, or part 
>> there of, per day (that would be 10 c a day interest on a 
>> 100,000 loan); 3. The loan balance and interest is due on 
>> 100/1111 (today is 10/1111), payable atany Hortelez et Cie 
>> office (Colace is the suggested location to pay off the loan).
> 
> Desdaemona wakes up sometime just afternoon, heads back
> to her cabin and freshens up quickly before heading down to
> the cargo hold and the gravity unit that's drawing a touch to
> much power.

Desdaemona works in the cargo hold for 2 hours on the grav unit, 
throughly testing it for anything that could be wrong with it, even 
swapping it out for a spare in stores, and comes to the conclusion that 
the unit is absolutely fine...yet it still draws 3% more power than it 
should.

Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 

>> Desdaemona wakes up sometime just afternoon, heads back
>> to her cabin and freshens up quickly before heading down to
>> the cargo hold and the gravity unit that's drawing a touch to
>> much power.
> 
> Desdaemona works in the cargo hold for 2 hours on the grav unit, 
> throughly testing it for anything that could be wrong with it, even 
> swapping it out for a spare in stores, and comes to the conclusion that 
> the unit is absolutely fine...yet it still draws 3% more power than it 
> should.

Desdaemona curses out the unco-operative power unit in Galanglic,
Vilani and a handful of other languages including Vargr before sealing
up this unit and moving on to the one in the passanger cabin.

Des

Post Crew Meeting

adunaphell@shaw.ca wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eris Reddoch"
> 
> 
>>> Desdaemona wakes up sometime just afternoon, heads back
>>>  to her cabin and freshens up quickly before heading
>>> down to the cargo hold and the gravity unit that's
>>> drawing a touch to much power.
>> Desdaemona works in the cargo hold for 2 hours on the
>> grav unit, throughly testing it for anything that could
>> be wrong with it, even swapping it out for a spare in
>> stores, and comes to the conclusion that the unit is
>> absolutely fine...yet it still draws 3% more power than
>> it should.
> 
> Desdaemona curses out the unco-operative power unit in
> Galanglic, Vilani and a handful of other languages
> including Vargr before sealing up this unit and moving on
> to the one in the passanger cabin.

Another two hours of work and Des is convinced that this grav 
unit is okay, too, but the computer still says it is drawing 
3% more power than it should be drawing.

Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

JR wrote:
>> Another two hours of work and Des is convinced that this
>> grav unit is okay, too, but the computer still says it is
>> drawing 3% more power than it should be drawing.
> 
> Merinn works on fueling the ship and finishing the
> preflight inspections.

Merinn, contacts a company that supplies fuel. Refined fuel
costs 500 cr per ton, unrefined fuel (in the form of water)
costs 100 cr per ton. The ship is 200 dton, so you will need
20 tons of fuel for a jump 1. You will also need to fuel the
power plant for operations: 10 tons will give you 4 weeks of
operations. So, Merinn needs to buy 30 dtons of fuel total.
The cost will be either: 15,000 cr for refined or 3,000 cr for
unrefined. You have a fuel refinery aboard, and you have the time.

Merinn, notes that the total fuel tankage aboard the ship is
30 tons, so you will need to refuel before each jump, or will
need to provide some extra tankage in the cargo hold. Hauling
extra water to refine is easy enough to do, and having fuel
reserves is a good safety measure, but it will reduce your
carrying capacity for paying cargo. This is something Merinn
might want to talk over with the Captain and trader.

Other than placing the final order for the amount and type of
fuel, loading it and refining it (if needed) the ship is ready
to jump from an engineering point of view.

Now, Merinn can seek out the Captain and talk to him about the
fuel and whether he would authorize carrying extra unrefined
(water) in the hold...or find Des and see how she is doing.

Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

JR wrote:
>> Merinn, contacts a company that supplies fuel. Refined
>> fuel costs 500 cr per ton, unrefined fuel (in the form of
>> water) costs 100 cr per ton. The ship is 200 dton, so you
>> will need 20 tons of fuel for a jump 1. You will also
>> need to fuel the power plant for operations: 10 tons will
>> give you 4 weeks of operations. So, Merinn needs to buy
>> 30 dtons of fuel total. The cost will be either: 15,000
>> cr for refined or 3,000 cr for unrefined. You have a fuel
>> refinery aboard, and you have the time.
>> 
>> Merinn, notes that the total fuel tankage aboard the ship
>> is 30 tons, so you will need to refuel before each jump,
>> or will need to provide some extra tankage in the cargo
>> hold. Hauling extra water to refine is easy enough to do,
>> and having fuel reserves is a good safety measure, but it
>> will reduce your carrying capacity for paying cargo. This
>> is something Merinn might want to talk over with the
>> Captain and trader.
>> 
>> Other than placing the final order for the amount and
>> type of fuel, loading it and refining it (if needed) the
>> ship is ready to jump from an engineering point of view.
>> 
>> Now, Merinn can seek out the Captain and talk to him
>> about the fuel and whether he would authorize carrying
>> extra unrefined (water) in the hold...or find Des and see
>> how she is doing.
> 
> Merinn keys the intraship comms system, selecting Des' comm
> first.

Up in "Passenger Country", Desdemona is still working on the
balky grav module when the intraship comm system beeps and
then she hears Merinn say,

> "Des, are we ready to fly?"

Eris
Akus Moby

Post Crew Meeting

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 
>> 
>> Merinn keys the intraship comms system, selecting Des' comm
>> first.
> 
> Up in "Passenger Country", Desdemona is still working on the
> balky grav module when the intraship comm system beeps and
> then she hears Merinn say,
> 
>> "Des, are we ready to fly?"

Des climbs out of the pit she's excavated into the gravity generator
and pushes the com.  "Ya, just looking at them grav generators. 
Gots one more to look at but they is just drawing to much power
for some reasons."

Des

Post Crew Meeting

>Des climbs out of the pit she's excavated into the gravity generator
>and pushes the com.  "Ya, just looking at them grav generators. 
>Gots one more to look at but they is just drawing to much power
>for some reasons."

"That's odd. Anything else we need to look into before we fly?"

JR

Post Crew Meeting

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JR" 


> >Des climbs out of the pit she's excavated into the gravity generator
>>and pushes the com.  "Ya, just looking at them grav generators.
>>Gots one more to look at but they is just drawing to much power
>>for some reasons."
>
> "That's odd. Anything else we need to look into before we fly?"

"That it.  Going to look at the last one and then run a couple of 
diagnostics on the turrets.  Make sure they happy happy."

Des 

Post Crew Meeting

> >> Then he goes to call his good friend Hortelez.
> >
> > He makes the same inquery of the banks.  He's looking to
> > set up a short term loan (a month or two, and a jump or 3)
> > so that he can purchase the goods... A megacred might be
> > just right.
>
>To make a long story short, the best deal you can get is
>100,000 cr short term loan from Hortelez et Cie. If others in
>the crew throw in with you you can get a larger loan, up to
>400,000, but no more, and with some restrictions: 1. You have
>to reserve 18 dtons in the cargo hold of the Akus Moby for a
>shipment from Glisten to a certain party on Overnale. You will
>receive standard rates for the sealed cargo container and it
>will be picked up at the Overnale downport by a party who you
>will contact once you land there; 2. Interest is 3.6%,
>accruing at the rate of 1 cr. per every 10,000 c, or part
>there of, per day (that would be 10 c a day interest on a
>100,000 loan); 3. The loan balance and interest is due on
>100/1111 (today is 10/1111), payable atany Hortelez et Cie
>office (Colace is the suggested location to pay off the loan).

Sasha agrees in principle and initiates the electrons to get the process 
rolling.  Final amount of the loan to be determined with how much collateral 
is put up by the rest of the crew...

He'll shoot the basics of the agreement to Paris' and Sharda's PDAs, and 
begin the process of filing flight plans, getting docking/orbital facilities 
as a contingent for when they have to be out of the maintenance berth, etc.

Krikor

Post Crew Meeting

On 4/24/07, Greg S  wrote:
> Sasha smiled.  The ocasional outburst did wonders.  His first captain had
> told him that just before he had given him his first command with a crew.
> But heck, he'd given them *DAYS* to get moving and they had just sat there.

[OOC: Just for the record, the characters were *not* sitting there for
days.  I'm really uncomfortable with and upset about my character
getting penalized just because I had been feeling uninspired and blah
for a while. :(]

Post Crew Meeting

>
>On 4/24/07, Greg S  wrote:
> > Sasha smiled.  The ocasional outburst did wonders.  His first captain 
>had
> > told him that just before he had given him his first command with a 
>crew.
> > But heck, he'd given them *DAYS* to get moving and they had just sat 
>there.
>
>[OOC: Just for the record, the characters were *not* sitting there for
>days.  I'm really uncomfortable with and upset about my character
>getting penalized just because I had been feeling uninspired and blah
>for a while. :(]
>


Nobody is penalized.  This was a jump start.  Characters *were* sitting 
there for days because nobody was posting.  But not IG time...  :-)

Of course, if nobody had responded to Sasha's outburst, ignored it and took 
it in the sense that it was written, and just 'went about their business' it 
wouldn't even show up again...

Ergo, there really aint an outburst.

Greg

Post Crew Meeting

>  > > Sasha smiled.  The ocasional outburst did wonders.  His first 
> captain 
>  >had
>  > > told him that just before he had given him his first command with 
> a 
>  >crew.
>  > > But heck, he'd given them *DAYS* to get moving and they had just 
> sat 
>  >there.
>  >
>  >[OOC: Just for the record, the characters were *not* sitting there for
>  >days.  I'm really uncomfortable with and upset about my character
>  >getting penalized just because I had been feeling uninspired and blah
>  >for a while. :(]
>  
>  Nobody is penalized.  This was a jump start.  Characters *were* 
> sitting 
>  there for days because nobody was posting.  But not IG time...  :-)
>  
>  Of course, if nobody had responded to Sasha's outburst, ignored it 
> and took 
>  it in the sense that it was written, and just 'went about their 
> business' it 
>  wouldn't even show up again...
>  
>  Ergo, there really aint an outburst.

Paris already calmed him down, covering for the period outbursted over, therefore, no one's got issues.

Ergo, guess who's not getting any tonight!