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[thatkid]

So you want another story, little one? Can't sleep 'till I've told it to you?
Well, alright. This one's real, little one, so listen closely. It was a long time ago; when men traveled the stars, when the word Honor still meant something.
This is the Ballad of the Stars.

Chapter 1

The Black Sea hangs in the orbit of an uninhabitable gas giant, joining a series of three moons- likely once asteroids- in a slow orbit. It's been several weeks since your last job, and rations are beginning to run low. With ten people on board, you've approximately three weeks until you run out of food.
Luckily, one of those moons is a small mining colony, upon which supplies might be purchased, if you so choose. There, also, a job might be found. The local extranet reports indicate that there has been heavy piracy in the area as of late, and travelers are cautioned to be wary of any vessel which does not bear the standard of the Empire. Sensors indicate that there is at least one unmarked and unpowered transport ship in the area, which, while damaged beyond any feasible repair, and too large to man with a crew of your size anyways, may contain salvage.
Of course, you could always leave for greener pastures if you don't like your chances here. You have a number of options.

While the captain (likely) has final say, your course of action will go to vote. What do you choose to do?

Spoiler: The Ship and Her Crew (click to show/hide)

The Intrepid Crew
The Captain: Akito Naples, as portrayed by Weirdsound
A Pilot: Greg Dark, as portrayed by Scapheap
A Pilot: Homura Munashii, as portrayed by Hailfire
The Engineer: Aster Red, as portrayed by Deep Waters
The Medic: Leera Choktia, as portrayed by Gotdamnmiracle
The Scientist: Joe "Spaceman" Bridger, as portrayed by Remuthra
A Guard: Kara Fastbursts, as portrayed by Kahn1234
A Guard: Jerrod Hu, as portrayed by Kadzar
The Cook: Trevor, as portrayed by Filiusenox
The  Communications Officer: Erick, as portrayed by Firelordsky

The Black Sea
Tonnage Above Average
Tactical Poor
Sensors Poor
Propulsion Poor

Components
Dragonfly Class 3 Series III Frame (DF-3013)
Standard Alloy Shigimetsu Hull (S-SA01334978)
Yamura Class 5 S-Series VTOL Gear (Yamura S-5001)
Firebreath VII Torpedo Turrets
Yamura Class 5 E-Series Realspace Drives (Yamura E-5101)
Quonam VacLas Sensors (Quonam 2000)
Dragonfly Class 3 Series III Warpspace Drives (DF-3110)

Supplies
30 Weeks of Protein Rations
10 Torpedos
10 Envirosuits

The OOC Thread

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Let's salvage. I'm betting that we don't have much in the way of treasury cash. Do we?

[scapheap]

salvage

[thatkid]

Let's salvage. I'm betting that we don't have much in the way of treasury cash. Do we?

Any credits you guys have are personal.  If you want to start a group treasury, that's up to you. There's surely room for chips in the ship's hold.

[Weirdsound]

(I think my general plan as captain will be to listen to whatever votes are there when I post, and unless they strongly go against my character, come up with a plan that honors them)

Captain Napels leans back in his bunk in his bunk and considers the situation. The salvage is tempting, very tempting. But he had seen tempting salvages before in his years in space. It could very well be a trap by pirates, waiting for a victim to be helplessly linked up to the bait ship before coming in to attack. He would have to play this carefully.

After a few minutes of thought the captain pulls out his communicator and dials it into the ships intercom system, speaking to the crew with a voice that is soft, but dripping with knowledge and authority. "Alright sailors. Listen up. Your captain has a plan of action. We will check out that dead transport ship and try to salvage, but we will do so carefully. We will pull up close to it and give the impression that we have linked up with the damn thing, and then we shall wait 12 hours or so to see if any pirates show up to prey on us. If they don't, we explore the wreck."

Akito pauses as if in thought. "Erick, Trevor, and Joe will not be with us for the exploration of the wreck. They will be dropped off at the mining colony to do our shopping, look for work, and perhaps enjoy a bit of shore leave. If anybody else needs to buy anything, talk to one of those three and come to an agreement."

The captain gets up from his bunk and begins to walk towards the bridge as he finalizes his message and signs off. "I will be on the bridge for the next hour or so if anybody wishes to discuss or debate the plan. Then we shall drop off the three at the colony and get to work. May the pursuit of knowledge give us strength! Akito out."

[scapheap]

A sleepy black haired mumble "Sound good" before falling asleep again.((Now I think about it he seem to of ended up as Shikamaru. I was not aiming for that.))

[Remuthra]

ptw.

[filiusenox]

Trevor glances up at the intercom, before shrugging one of his shoulders, turning back to the FPS that dominated the screen of his tablet. "Damn'd doldrums. Need real food in 'ere. Not this feckin' ration shi'..."

He glances up, looking around, frowning to himself. "Just 'oo tha' feck was I talk'n to."

[Kadzar]

Jerrod sits in the common room (or dining room, whichever would make more sense), his guns lay disassembled on the table in front of him as he cleans them. As is usual when he does this, his bears a look of one in meditation. When the intercom comes on and finishes its message, he nods without looking up or changing expression, then continues with his task.

[Remuthra]

Joe is in the ship's lab, mixing fluorine compounds. When the announcement occurs, he nods vaguely.
"What? Oh, yeah, shore leave."
He continues experimenting.

[Firelordsky]

Erick is in the common room meditating to try and get his mind off of alcohol and his past. He just shoves the message to the back of his mind when the intercom came on.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Leera steps briskly into the bridge closing the hatch quietly behind her and comes to attention behind Captain Akito. Rather silly looking for her lack of her height, but proper nonetheless.

"Excuse me, sir. Permission to speak freely regarding the salvage, sir."[\i]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Are we using Navy rank and lingo? If we can then you guys are literally, talkin' my language. Also, what is everybodies rank? Either captain or GM decide. If not, disregard.

[Weirdsound]

(We are mercenaries. Not military. We might use some navy Lingo for technical things, but not for titles and stuff.)

Akito turns to his medic and nods. "Of course. Knowledge and thought cannot bloom unless one can speak freely. Always assume you can unless I tell you otherwise."

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Aye. I agree with the salvage but I want to know how we plan on removing a casualty if we were to sustain one on the other ship? Do we know if this vessel is dead, or it's layout? I need a place to designate for treatment if we require a fallback position."

[Weirdsound]

"That is a fair concern my child." Akito scratches his reaches for the controls. "Lets see what the sensors can tell us..."

Captian Naples attempts to look up as much as he can about the dead vessel.