"I'd rather not side with anyone yet, thanks." You say. The rest don't look too pleased, but Hal seems happy, if his "na na na na boo boo!" is any indication.
The rest of the Faction Heads sulk off to corners of the Arrival bay, undoubtably trying to recruit more followers. Meanwhile, the real ship security officer leads you down towards the Dorms.
The Dormatories are comprised of a massive grid of blue-lit hallways, giving it a very soothing atmosphere. Numerous people of various faction alignments (you can tell as they all are wearing their colors, bluemen in blue, Goldhawks in gold, Coalition in a vibrant green, so on and so forth) lounge about, chatting. Your room has a small holographic terminal and is slightly larger than the other rooms, in the good side of the Dorms. You're a shipboard engineer, and you have direct access to Hal, even though you can't make any modifications.
Your bunk is a simple affair, a synthetic spread over a synthetic "cotton" matress. It's hypo-allergenic, whatever that means, but it feels less like sleeping on a bed and more like sleeping on a floor, albiet a well carpeted one.
Hal finally gives you a form to look at; a bespectacled man in a turban with sun-browned skin and a long, braided beard. He patters away on a tablet in his left hand while he drones on about the rules of the ship. Generally safety conduct, but a few interesting ones.
1) Fighting onboard the ship is forbidden
2) The captain runs the ship, no questions asked. The captian will not favor any "faction"
3) Faction politicking will be kept to a minimum
4) Mess is served at 0700, 1200, and 1900, Greenwich mean time. Jet Lag will not be compensated for.
"And, My good woman," says Hal sardonically, finally looking up from his holographic tablet, "it's best to try to keep everyone happy. I've read the manifests of the leaders of all the groups, when they boarded. They aren't men to be messed with. No lone wolfing. No violence. You aren't in the army anymore. You don't get a gun." Hal blinks out.
You're free for now. You have an hour until Dinner is served in Mess. Where do you go?
>Engine Room
>Docking Bay 12
>Dorm Hallway
>Bridge
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Topic: FACTION {A interstellar RPG} -Act 1: 3... 2... 1...- (Read 2876 times)