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[~Neri]

Aaaand passed out again. Fack. Will try tomorrow.

[Cheesecake]

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Never mind then. :p So, are there like ports in space where docking and unloading goods would be far cheaper?

[Parsely]

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Never mind then. :p So, are there like ports in space where docking and unloading goods would be far cheaper?

All docking is done in space, so I'm not sure what you mean. There are two types of ships: starships and shuttles. Starships spend their entire lives in space, they fly from station to station, which are in orbit around planets, and dock to them in order to transfer material and personnel, as well as other things like performing maintenance. Shuttles go from land to space and back down to land, they're typically smaller than starships. They're used for moving things like goods and people from orbital stations onto the surface of planets and vice versa.

TL;DR here's a linear diagram that demonstrates how transportation works:
Planet <-> Shuttle <-> Station <-> Starship <-> Station <-> Shuttle <-> Planet

[Tiruin]

((I like that our cook is also our security captain.
Also @wipeout's note: I think being honest about your self-esteem is a good note, rather than the 'I'm really just not qualified' implication and all.
...Also mostly "HOW" you deliver an idea.

...Say, anyway I can poke Amaani? Seems like more on esteem issues than other stuff ._.))

[wipeout1024]

((I like that our cook is also our security captain.
Also @wipeout's note: I think being honest about your self-esteem is a good note, rather than the 'I'm really just not qualified' implication and all.
...Also mostly "HOW" you deliver an idea.

...Say, anyway I can poke Amaani? Seems like more on esteem issues than other stuff ._.))

Well, honestly, I think for Amaani, it's the fact that she's been sent to hail before, which affects her a bit, but I think considering the captain, it really is her lack of experience, that caused her not to get accepted.

Just wondering, to GUNINANRUNIN, is Amaani now on the waitlist?

[Parsely]

Well, honestly, I think for Amaani, it's the fact that she's been sent to hail before, which affects her a bit, but I think considering the captain, it really is her lack of experience, that caused her not to get accepted.

Just wondering, to GUNINANRUNIN, is Amaani now on the waitlist?

Yes that would put her on the waitlist. Perhaps Raker will give her a call later when she's had time to grow a bit and learn a few things.

[Draignean]

((I like that our cook is also our security captain.
Also @wipeout's note: I think being honest about your self-esteem is a good note, rather than the 'I'm really just not qualified' implication and all.
...Also mostly "HOW" you deliver an idea.

...Say, anyway I can poke Amaani? Seems like more on esteem issues than other stuff ._.))

Well, honestly, I think for Amaani, it's the fact that she's been sent to hail before, which affects her a bit, but I think considering the captain, it really is her lack of experience, that caused her not to get accepted.

Just wondering, to GUNINANRUNIN, is Amaani now on the waitlist?

Actually, her lack of experience has nothing to do with it. Amaani was considered because of her traits of being stubborn, hard-headed, and short tempered. From the setting, most mundane maneuvers are handled by computers. This means that Blackjack has exactly 0 need for a pilot that is timid, hesitates, or lacks an ounce of self-confidence. The person he needs is the kind of individual who can do things a computer can't or won't, either through natural skill or simple daring and impulsiveness.

Blackjack attempted to bait Amaani's temper in the beginning, and Amaani simply seemed a little hurt. He called her out on her lack of skill, and she replied that she 'wanted it really badly', but probably still wasn't qualified. He interviewed her because he thought she might possess the kind of fiery temper and determination that confuses targeting algorithms, and he rejected her because she seemed as meek as milk in person.

[~Neri]

Writing up character right now.

[~Neri]

Spoiler: Roboticist. Delayed but finally got around to it: (click to show/hide)

Name: Vantasa, Kirik

Role: Roboticist and general tech expert.

Personality:  Kirik is what you would call a technosavant. A genius with a severe deficit. On one hand, he can easily grasp the technical sides of technology, programming comes easy, and new technologies take minimal time to figure out. Given enough time, he could in theory reverse engineer a small shuttlecraft. Although the question is why would you even want that?

Kerik tends to be focused in his work, whatever that may be. His speech tends to be somewhat clipped, occasionally omitting less then necessary words, this speech pattern can sometimes give the impression he's trying to prevent words from running away. Although the real reason is he thinks a tad too fast for his mouth to move and therefore skips things. He will occasionally get annoyed when people don't get what he's talking about, although he normally manages to explain things in laymans terms, so this is rarely an issue.

Kerik doesn't people very well. He does have a level of empathy, he just doesn't really give a fuck normally. Mildly sociopathic, not completely uncaring, just more along the lines of "Why should I care?" Long as you aren't interrupting his work, he's fine with listening to whatever though, he's a greaaaat listener, even if he doesn't seem like he's listening. He's totally not completely tuning your blither out. Totes. In reality, he is actually paying a slight bit of attention, so if you ask him if he's listening, he can quote the last bit you said, as well as state the overall topic or subject. No internalizing though. not unless he likes ya.

If he likes you, he's a very loyal friend and actually a good person to talk to, if you're on his shitlist, just don't get in the way of the mildly insane engineer. Long as you don't bother him he won't bother you. And if you're a neutral to him, he'll listen to your blither, he just won't remember it five minutes after your lips stop flapping.

Biography: Kirik became enamored by technology in his early childhood, born after the Screenshock, he does not share the technophobia that many humans have. He was always a.. Unique child. Rarely played with other children, spent much of his time reading or tinkering with things. This more or less continued through his teenage years. More or less becoming a recluse. Much of his living space crowded with half finished projects.

His parents rarely knew where the parts came from, although a certain scrapyard across town slowly increased security as repeat breakins became a problem. He was caught eventually, spent several weeks in jail, and was released with a warning, and then caught again about four months later. This time he escaped midtransit. Utilizing what more or less amounted to a homemade welder. He then returned home, to be caught yet again because they knew where he bloody lived due to the first arrest. The numerous projects in his home caught the authorities attention, and after several tests, a higherup decided that rather then standard jailtime, he was had a choice between jail or to work on a special project in effectively an unofficial government facility.

He was about age 21 by this point. He, along with several others. were to attempt to build a computer that was unaffected by screenshock. They were provided with test subjects. Obviously this was immoral as hell. And obviously they went through many subjects. They figured out the exact resolution that screenshock works vs doesn't work, which was still pretty damn shitty. They however did not figure out a way to prevent it. Plenty of experiments were tried and plenty of test subjects had died.

Several years passed, Kirik having signed on past his required time because he found the work interesting, inversely, many of his coworkers left the program quite quickly, the numerous kills they racked up being a bit too much for their conscience. Kirik however did not care about the test subjects. They were tools and nothing more.

One idea that was suggested after a rather long brainstorming session but never tried was create a completely new operating system with no root in the current one, that followed completely different rules and was utterly incompatible with the current one. This was never tried due to it being deemed unfeasible to replace every computer with it.

The program was shut down after years of no progress. The project had several side projects, such as a better OS for some robots, and an easier way to control them, but no progress on the project proper. Kirik however was still thinking on that idea as the scientists were vacated from the labs. He was interested in finding somewhere to work in more or less peace. Some random out of the way colony would work, as would a starship, plenty of time in transit between planets to work. He proceeded to go looking for a job.

[Cheesecake]

I think your bio section needs to be separated into paragraphs, dude. Word walls hurt my eyes :p

[~Neri]

Edited~

[Cheesecake]

((Yo, do you think we should move to step 3 now and plan the voyage while we wait for the final crew member?))

[Parsely]

I'm just a teensy bit reluctant to start the planning phase before Gig has finished the infodump on the systems. I'll think about it though. Maybe we'll do the cargo portion if I don't think the details about the systems will affect your choices very much.

[Parsely]

New London
World Population: 540,000 ± 2,000^†
Year Settled: 2XXX
Districts: Greenwich, Camden, Islington
Total Land Area (km²): 100
Atmosphere: No
Star Name, Planet Count (Including the colony world): Tarf, 7

New Hope
World Population: 320,000 ± 1,000^†
Year Settled: 2XXX
Districts: Langent, Capellan, Altus, Briom, Pennagendo
Total Land Area (km²): 250
Atmosphere: Yes
Star Name, Planet Count (Including the colony world): Gomeisa, 6

Marlowe
World Population: 145,000 ± 500^†
Year Settled: 2XXX
Districts: Victoria, Phillip, Henry
Total Land Area (km²): 100
Atmosphere: Yes
Star Name, Planet Count (Including the colony world): Mothallah, 10

Kulan
World Population: 110,000 ± 500^†
Year Settled: 2XXX
Districts: Renickendorf, Treptow-Köpenick, Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Total Land Area (km²): 90
Atmosphere: Yes
Star Name, Planet Count (Including the colony world): Sirrah, 6

Shotel
World Population: 90,000 ± 500^†
Population: 540,000
Year Settled: 2XXX
Districts: Bastakiya, Saharanpur, Moradabad
Total Land Area (km²): 75
Atmosphere: No
Star Name, Planet Count (Including the colony world): Phact, 8

†   (1000 * planet count including the colony world) + world pop. = est. system pop., to allow for station and starship personnel

[Cheesecake]

I'll vote Marlowe. It's got plenty of planets to trade with,