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Post by Mighty Darci on May 1, 2017 18:09:12 GMT -5
Raven waits for that reply as she was wondering the same thing.
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Post by raikenclw on May 1, 2017 20:12:26 GMT -5
Raven waits for that reply as she was wondering the same thing. Peng thinks: If this Cho woman wants to beat her competition to Mantan, why - with our spiffy new tanks and bladders - are we swanning all over the block before going there? Sure and I appreciate that she want to explore the market. But without knowing what the Mantan consumers are interested in first, isn't that rather putting the cart before the horse?
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Post by Chuck on May 1, 2017 22:57:19 GMT -5
Gilroy saunters into the room. His jacket shows a slight burn on one shoulder that looks to be fresh. "Hi All, sorry to be late, got held up by a wee bit of business that needed to be taken care of. Won't happen again. What have I missed?"
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Post by erisred on May 2, 2017 0:27:47 GMT -5
Gilroy saunters into the room. His jacket shows a slight burn on one shoulder that looks to be fresh. "Hi All, sorry to be late, got held up by a wee bit of business that needed to be taken care of. Won't happen again. What have I missed?" OOC: Consider Gilroy brought up to date...oh and here is our second Gunner.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 2, 2017 7:05:57 GMT -5
Gilroy saunters into the room. His jacket shows a slight burn on one shoulder that looks to be fresh. "Hi All, sorry to be late, got held up by a wee bit of business that needed to be taken care of. Won't happen again. What have I missed?" ( private thoughts other than the amused somewhat inviting smile she turns on Gilroy) Raven , with her taste for adventure, smiles at Gilroy as she muses to herself that she would love to hear the story of that "wee bit of business".
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Post by Chuck on May 2, 2017 20:43:36 GMT -5
With a mischievous grin, Gilroy responds, "Well lass, that might be a wonderful story to pass the time while we're in transit."
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Post by raikenclw on May 2, 2017 21:38:19 GMT -5
Peng nods wordlessly at his competition. As this new guy flirts with Raven, Peng's eyes narrow into slits and his usual bored expression starts to slide toward . . . "belligerent" would probably be a good term. Yeah. Belligerent. That's the ticket.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 2, 2017 22:38:43 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry for the confusion, I have amended my last post with italics to show the part that is unspoken, my apologies to Chuck and to raikenclw , since their posts were so good, if mine were spoken, but in the full group that was not appropriate out loud and was intended to be unspoken when I wrote it. I also edited my post in a way that the next two posts still make sense in context.
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Post by erisred on May 2, 2017 23:38:09 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry for the confusion, I have amended my last post with italics to show the part that is unspoken, my apologies to Chuck and to raikenclw , since their posts were so good, if mine were spoken, but in the full group that was not appropriate out loud and was intended to be unspoken when I wrote it. I was wondering if some of your characters had developed psionics without telling me. Speaking of psionics, which surprisingly no one has, IMTU psionics only exist in fictional holovids and novels.
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Post by carlos on May 3, 2017 13:30:42 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry for the confusion, I have amended my last post with italics to show the part that is unspoken, my apologies to Chuck and to raikenclw , since their posts were so good, if mine were spoken, but in the full group that was not appropriate out loud and was intended to be unspoken when I wrote it. I was wondering if some of your characters had developed psionics without telling me. Speaking of psionics, which surprisingly no one has, IMTU psionics only exist in fictional holovids and novels. Amen to that. Never warmed up to psionics in Traveller. Felt (to me) like D&D in space.
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Post by carlos on May 3, 2017 13:34:13 GMT -5
After waiting politely for others to ask their questions, and seeing nobody seems to have any, Doc Vargas looks at Ms. Cho and asks, "Does Delgado have any... confidential system reports, advanced privileged information or anything of the sort which might help us prepare for the... unforeseeables of the trip?"
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Post by erisred on May 3, 2017 13:53:15 GMT -5
After waiting politely for others to ask their questions, and seeing nobody seems to have any, Doc Vargas looks at Ms. Cho and asks, "Does Delgado have any... confidential system reports, advanced privileged information or anything of the sort which might help us prepare for the... unforeseeables of the trip?" She smiles and says, "Yes, a bit, but not much. Other than knowing something about each system's star port, and the physical characteristics of a few systems, we know next to nothing about the Mantan sub-sector." OOC: What you know and what she will give you is on the map in The Library.She brings up a map with strings of letters and numbers next to it. The format is familiar to most of you and you note that many systems are blank and almost all are missing entries when it comes to social, governmental and technological status, "You can see that Mantan has a ship yard and is TL A, as is Patagonia where we are. We can deduce that it has a population in the billions and we think it sports a navy, but there is little else we know about it. "The only information we have is from a scout ship that only penetrated as far as Ploughkeepsie, spent a good bit of time in the Ploughkeepsie system and returned." she says, "We thought, at first, that was the best location for our factory, given its strategic position, but the scouts kept hearing about Mantan, so now we think we should push on to there before setting up our main trade center." "That is why I want to travel somewhat slowly on the way from here to Mantan." Cho says, "Based on what our scout was told Mantan is the most important system in the area, but that is only their word and just supposition on our part. It is quite possible that we will find that a different system is where Delgado needs to set up its factory."
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Post by Chuck on May 3, 2017 14:58:40 GMT -5
OOC: My bad, I didn't know whether your musing was internal or muttered softly to yourself. I will read more carefully in the future. :-)
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Post by ffilz on May 3, 2017 15:20:46 GMT -5
So far, Baltus is just observing and sizing up the crew of the Clear Sails.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 3, 2017 18:26:51 GMT -5
After waiting politely for others to ask their questions, and seeing nobody seems to have any, Doc Vargas looks at Ms. Cho and asks, "Does Delgado have any... confidential system reports, advanced privileged information or anything of the sort which might help us prepare for the... unforeseeables of the trip?" She smiles and says, "Yes, a bit, but not much. Other than knowing something about each system's star port, and the physical characteristics of a few systems, we know next to nothing about the Mantan sub-sector." OOC: What you know and what she will give you is on the map in The Library.She brings up a map with strings of letters and numbers next to it. The format is familiar to most of you and you note that many systems are blank and almost all are missing entries when it comes to social, governmental and technological status, "You can see that Mantan has a ship yard and is TL A, as is Patagonia where we are. We can deduce that it has a population in the billions and we think it sports a navy, but there is little else we know about it. "The only information we have is from a scout ship that only penetrated as far as Ploughkeepsie, spent a good bit of time in the Ploughkeepsie system and returned." she says, "We thought, at first, that was the best location for our factory, given its strategic position, but the scouts kept hearing about Mantan, so now we think we should push on to there before setting up our main trade center." "That is why I want to travel somewhat slowly on the way from here to Mantan." Cho says, "Based on what our scout was told Mantan is the most important system in the area, but that is only their word and just supposition on our part. It is quite possible that we will find that a different system is where Delgado needs to set up its factory." Raven waits till Cho finishes speaking and interjects, " So then, early on good solid information could re-route the trip in a new direction entirely or it could cause us to go on to Mantan or someplace else at all possible speed."
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Post by raikenclw on May 3, 2017 18:29:02 GMT -5
After wasting a few seconds staring rather belligerently at the new guy - who doesn't appear to notice - Peng shrugs and his expression lapses back into his usual bored look.
But then his memory plays back the last few seconds of group conversation and he thinks: Wait a minute. Did somebody say we have private data on things in Mantan Subsector? I wonder . . .
Peng raises his hand and - once acknowledged - asks Cho: "Does any of this private data include information on piracy? Rates? Targets? Possible IDs?"
Waving his almost-empty beer for emphasis, Peng the former merchant officer expands: "I ask, because it occurs to me that a very effective way for your more . . . ethically-challenged . . . competitors to deny access to Mantan markets would be to make deals with the local pirates. Such competitors could pay the pirates off to leave their own ships alone, or pay them to attack competitor's ships, or both at once. And acting as fences for pirate booty would be quite profitable. Buy low, sell high, you know."
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Post by raikenclw on May 3, 2017 18:37:47 GMT -5
OOC: My bad, I didn't know whether your musing was internal or muttered softly to yourself. I will read more carefully in the future. :-) [OOG: Your PC can still flirt with Raven, you know. All you need to do is edit your post above to avoid getting what she's thinking in explicit detail. The purpose of posting such thoughts (as you noted in the OOG thread) is to give the other players a chance to extrapolate - accurately or otherwise - from subtle personal interaction clues hints about the nature of the thoughts. Your PC could easily pick up on Raven's interest in him and respond appropriately . . . thus giving Peng a reason to get jealous. ]
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Post by Chuck on May 4, 2017 14:47:06 GMT -5
[OOG: Well, let's see how the game goes. One can never tell which direction the winds might blow.]
Gilroy grimaces internally, "darn, no heads up for a little side profit. Well, I guess it's just the usual until I can get more information..."
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Post by raikenclw on May 4, 2017 18:47:12 GMT -5
[OOG: Well, let's see how the game goes. One can never tell which direction the winds might blow.] Gilroy grimaces internally, "darn, no heads up for a little side profit. Well, I guess it's just the usual until I can get more information..." [OOG: Chuck? Peng just observed out loud that fencing pirate loot would be a sound business plan in Mantan Subsector. This suggests that he is . . . morally flexible . . . when it comes to turning a profit. ]
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Post by Chuck on May 4, 2017 21:26:51 GMT -5
[OOG: raikenclw, Gilroy picked up on that. He's just trying to suss out the potential "opportunities" and get to know his shipmates a bit better before he approaches anyone about some "side business."]
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Post by raikenclw on May 4, 2017 21:28:51 GMT -5
[OOG: raikenclw, Gilroy picked up on that. He's just trying to suss out the potential "opportunities" and get to know his shipmates a bit better before he approaches anyone about some "side business."] [OOG: Of course! As Gilroy likely knows, a turret usually has some nooks and crannies in which to hide very small "Small Packages." ]
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Post by erisred on May 5, 2017 15:34:36 GMT -5
After wasting a few seconds staring rather belligerently at the new guy - who doesn't appear to notice - Peng shrugs and his expression lapses back into his usual bored look. But then his memory plays back the last few seconds of group conversation and he thinks: Wait a minute. Did somebody say we have private data on things in Mantan Subsector? I wonder . . .Peng raises his hand and - once acknowledged - asks Cho: "Does any of this private data include information on piracy? Rates? Targets? Possible IDs?"Waving his almost-empty beer for emphasis, Peng the former merchant officer expands: "I ask, because it occurs to me that a very effective way for your more . . . ethically-challenged . . . competitors to deny access to Mantan markets would be to make deals with the local pirates. Such competitors could pay the pirates off to leave their own ships alone, or pay them to attack competitor's ships, or both at once. And acting as fences for pirate booty would be quite profitable. Buy low, sell high, you know.""It has occurred to Delgado as well." Cho says dryly adding, "We will not engage in piracy, however, there are more...um, legal means to do much the same thing. And we wouldn't call ourselves fences, rather brokers for 'market overt.' This is a legalism we have found useful elsewhere and one we can often encourage local systems to follow, with suitable regulation and supervision, of course."
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Post by raikenclw on May 5, 2017 18:47:20 GMT -5
"And we wouldn't call ourselves fences, rather brokers for 'market overt.' This is a legalism we have found useful elsewhere and one we can often encourage local systems to follow, with suitable regulation and supervision, of course." Peng's forehead wrinkles and his eyes glaze over, as he searches his memory for the meaning of this specific legal term . . . [OOG: Does Peng automatically remember what wikipedia knows about this term or does he need to make an Education roll?]
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Post by Chuck on May 5, 2017 22:41:52 GMT -5
Gilroy jests, "Ah, market ouvret. I've heard it referred to as it's not illegal if you don't get caught in some circles. However, I'm sure that Ms. Cho's use of the term is not meant to convey that meaning."
[OOG: Gilroy notes to himself that he might not be the only one engaging in "side business" and decides that he really needs to keep an eye on Ms. Cho.]
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 5, 2017 23:41:00 GMT -5
Raven listens to the thinly veiled piracy talk floating around from Ha'penny, which surprises her not at all, to Gilroy and to Cho. Knowing how much Blackjack hates pirates, she watches him out of the corner of her eye to see how he is taking this and ready to help forestall any explosion from him, this being neither the time nor place. She also resolves to keep a close eye on Ha'penny and Gilroy, completely different looks they have, but apparently the same character or lack thereof.
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Post by carlos on May 6, 2017 14:34:58 GMT -5
Doc Vargas listens to the piracy talks while sipping from his concoction-looking beverage, whose color seems to have settled on a shade of orange now. Then, with a deadpan expression, he states
"If we come across pirates, we will of course fight them off, assist the victims, and return the booty to its rightful proprietors."
After another sip, and almost as an afterthought, he looks at Raven and asks,
"Right, Cap?"
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 6, 2017 18:36:34 GMT -5
Doc Vargas listens to the piracy talks while sipping from his concoction-looking beverage, whose color seems to have settled on a shade of orange now. Then, with a deadpan expression, he states "If we come across pirates, we will of course fight them off, assist the victims, and return the booty to its rightful proprietors." After another sip, and almost as an afterthought, he looks at Raven and asks, "Right, Cap?" Raven, considers briefly as she turns her attention fully to Doc Vargas and then with a very stern look on her face, with those intense blue eyes flashing, she answers " Absolutely!!" Then she adds, "A lot of small shipping lines have enough trouble surviving, but a grateful small shipping line, not only keeps trade going and carries cargoes that a larger operation wouldn't be interested in, but would likely pass on information which would benefit both us and our client in the long run too, trading favors for information has always been a successful way to operate, as the information is often the more valuable commodity."
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Post by raikenclw on May 7, 2017 8:06:38 GMT -5
Gilroy jests, "Ah, market ouvret. I've heard it referred to as it's not illegal if you don't get caught in some circles. However, I'm sure that Ms. Cho's use of the term is not meant to convey that meaning." [OOG: I'm going to assume that Gilroy's statement is sufficient to remind Peng of the meaning of the term . . .]Peng's head does the Tennis Match Thing, as he tracks all the various comments which Cho's reply to his request for information generates. Then Peng puts in: "If I remember right, this 'market of air' thing only applies if you . . . er, the thief or his agent, that is . . . offers loot for sale on the open market - and usually a specific open market - in the same system where he jacked it, seeing as that's the only place whoever lost it could easily look for it. It also only protects the buyer, by allowing him to keep possession of goods he purchased in good faith. Seller isn't protected at all."Peng shrugs as he adds: "So it doesn't strike me as anything a pirate'd be interested in. Trying to use it just sounds like a good way to lose him his local contacts. Much safer all 'round to jump out and sell loot somewhere where it's unlikely to ever be tagged as illicit goods."Peng squints at Cho and concludes suspiciously: "'Less what you're pushing through defines this 'air' thing different?"
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Post by Chuck on May 7, 2017 10:52:51 GMT -5
His face set in a jovial mask, Gilroy muses internally to himself "Hmm, a little side business moving and selling goods for a profit is one thing, but that doesn't sound like what Ms. Cho is suggesting. I wonder what she's really up to..."
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Post by erisred on May 7, 2017 14:12:44 GMT -5
"That is why I want to travel somewhat slowly on the way from here to Mantan." Cho says, "Based on what our scout was told Mantan is the most important system in the area, but that is only their word and just supposition on our part. It is quite possible that we will find that a different system is where Delgado needs to set up its factory." Raven waits till Cho finishes speaking and interjects, " So then, early on good solid information could re-route the trip in a new direction entirely or it could cause us to go on to Mantan or someplace else at all possible speed." "Yes, that is correct. Based upon whan I know now, I fully expect that Mantan will be the system where we set up the factory, but yes, that could change if the data we have changes." Cho says.
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