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[NRDL]

Help out any engineering people, since I don't have much else to do at the moment.

[Ozarck]

Four rounds in and I have yet to successfully stand upright on my own.
In Other News: HB is apparently Asthmatic, BFEL and darkpaladin are both apparently clumsy, NAV is a terrible flirt, and i have some sort of Space Epilepsy (or, hopefully, I was just really, really drunk.)

Claim the XO position (and, since it is still available, the navigation slot). Locate the doctor, loudly, and insist on a diagnosis. If necessary, pass out in (or under) a bunk. With a bucket nearby.

[Harry Baldman]

Claim the XO position (and, since it is still available, the navigation slot).

"How about you take a nap first, cute buns, and then we'll discuss your pressing duties?" Captain Ramsey says, sitting down in her chair and taking deep breaths. She wasn't made for running around, gosh dang it! Why did everything have to be so far away? Her mind wandered to her luxurious booth back on Earth. Nobody cared if she had a touch of asthma every now and then there! Darn this military life. It is only going to get worse still, isn't it?

Ahem. Center yourself, Lucia! Time to take control. After her mental throat-clearing, she clears out her real throat and makes an announcement.

"Hey there, crew, Captain Ramsey here. I think we should try missionary work. You know, go to savage planets, civilize the natives, get exclusive trading rights, all manner of lucrative things. It is likely to be dangerous, but what sort of adventure isn't? It's certainly better than raiding ships for components, no?"

Suggest! If everybody agrees, great! Check on available information on uncivilized planets that nevertheless have sentient life.

[Ozarck]

disagree strenuously with the notion of manipulating the savages' religions for monetary gain. Remind the captain of certain historical realities, and the long term fallout from them, including the current galactic hostility toward such actions.

[Harry Baldman]

disagree strenuously with the notion of manipulating the savages' religions for monetary gain. Remind the captain of certain historical realities, and the long term fallout from them, including the current galactic hostility toward such actions.

"But how else are the savages to accept the gods if not through concentrated effort made to put them on the right path? We can give them television! And communications! And medicine! And shape their society into the society of tomorrow! Think about it! Or don't, it works equally well both ways."

[Ozarck]

"if this ship supports genuine missionary work, fine. If this ship seeks to take advantage of ignoant folks for monetary gain, fine. I am quite opposed to mixing the two."

[NRDL]

*shrugs* "I've got no problem making some money off poor ignorant wretches."

[smurfingtonthethird]

Rock up out of nowhere with piles of repair kits and no money, take the ship maintenance/repairman niche.

((It advanced without me, aaaargh))

[SomeStupidGuy]

"Eh. Works for me, I s'pose. There're worse ways to make a living."

[Harry Baldman]

"if this ship supports genuine missionary work, fine. If this ship seeks to take advantage of ignoant folks for monetary gain, fine. I am quite opposed to mixing the two."

"Yes, yes. We'll certainly do a lot of missionary work, naturally."

[Coolrune206]

A group of people claim stations, with the remaining people still hesitating. A decision is struck to do scamming missionary work to gain profit. The captain now has to decide where to jump to- a random location, or one of the 3 nearby solar systems, 2 of which has some form of sentient life. The 2 with sentient life are named GH-325 and GI-254. The one without sentient life is named UI-532, but the solar system is incredibly dangerous because of it's massive sun.

[Ozarck]

"Wait. If we are doing missionary work, we need to stock up on medical supplies, foodstuffs, clothing, water purification systems, and mosquito nets. Lots of mosquito nets. Also, we need to cont"act local missionaries to determine what kinds of needs they have that we can best supply." Best save the scamming for the rich home churches looking to make a difference. An Ultra-Conservative talk show host ought to know this.

[BFEL]

Four rounds in and I have yet to successfully stand upright on my own.
In Other News: HB is apparently Asthmatic, BFEL and darkpaladin are both apparently clumsy, NAV is a terrible flirt, and i have some sort of Space Epilepsy (or, hopefully, I was just really, really drunk.)

(and, since it is still available, the navigation slot)

((THE NAVIGATION SLOT ISN'T OPEN, *I* CLAIMED IT!))

Welp, so much for this not going the way of "The Glorious Unicorn"

[Ozarck]

You did? My bad. I have no idea who is where in the ship at the moment. All I know is: 1) It took me four rounds to completely fail at normal human locomotion and shopping, 2) we all magically arrived at the ship together, and 3) the ship's name should be The Sacrilege

[NAV]

"I'm so Excited! We're going to explore new planets, meet new people, make lots of money, it will be awesome!"