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[Dustan Hache]

G.

[Kashyyk]

G

[King Zultan]

A AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!


I mean G

[Egan_BW]

Don't Panic!

[Haspen]

You decide to do some introspective exploration.

1236USY.6d/1m.1900h

You take your clothes off and lay down, plugging the medical equipment and neural sensor in.

All scans come up green yet there is something in the back of your mind. You think about it and...

You relive the your life as conscripted drone which isn't entirely pleasant, but there's also something else that eludes you.

A horizon on fire? Screams of people?

A metal package in your hands...

What was the package? And what was the metal alloy itself? Your organic brain rudely shakes you from reminiscing with help of a nice, sharp headache.

Some other day, you will again rediscover a piece of your past. But not today.

What now?

A) Resume reading the manuals.
B) Just enough time for a Zirconius episode!
C) Contemplate loneliness.
D) Read some bartending trivia before sleep?
E) Do the rounds of the station, maybe they're hiding?
F) Try to listen in on subspace comms if possible.

[Superdorf]

D

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

D

[Maximum Spin]

F

[Haspen]

You decide to take in some more bartending trivias, they need a good brainy home like yours!

1236USY.6d/1m.1941h

You learn that Saproot is made from composition of eleven herbal essences of plants native to Moebius Sector, one of central sectors and the home-sector of SRC itself. Seven of the original plants were long rendered extinct by overharvesting and industrial pollution, but the chemical compositions of their esters live on in Saproot's synthetization formula.

It goes without a mention that Saproot's formula is the most complex synthol stored in SRC replicator memory banks. It is the prime 'spicy' flavor, and most herbal of them all, too!

You disconnect self from the trivia articles and look at the time. Yep, just few minutes more.

You begin turning off the bar and the main hall.

1236USY.6d/1m.1945h

[SLEEP PERIOD HAS BEG-]

You put the wetware processor in its place, as you're ready for sleep anyway - just gotta close the sleep pod and...

There. With a hiss, the pod begins releasing aerosol chemicals to help you fall asleep. Soon, your slumbering begins.

1236USY.6d/1m.2131

BEEP-BEEP.
BEEP-BEEP.
BEEP-BEEP.

Groggy and disoriented, you nonetheless leave the sleep pod when the automated system wakes you up. Something's approaching the station!

Dragging your feet and squinting your eyes to get the iris accustomed to the lights again, you make your way to the command room, and check the sensors.

Sensors Station Alert! IFF beacon translation in progress...

Done!

"Minuet", a Freedom-class Cargo Barge, is approaching from the direction of Madagascar Jump Gate.

Standard docking and refueling request received.

Fuel Pump assigned: #3 (authority: Automated Refueling AI)

Estimated arrival time: 14 minutes.

This ship has been here before.

You rake your sleepy brain and sure enough you remember who this might be: Agustina and her android, Chester.

A) Imma ping'em, gotta make at least some money a day! They're decent company too, right?
B) Nah, they ain't, I'm back to sleep.

[Maximum Spin]

A

[Egan_BW]

This is a great time of day to be making money!

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

A
nothing wrong with being sleep deprived am I right

[King Zultan]

A

[Dustan Hache]

why ping em? just hang out in the bar for a bit, see if they come in. they know we’re here after all.

[Haspen]

You decide to ping them.

The reply comes fast in text form:

>That's why we're coming here!

With a yawn, you put on your usual everyday garb and pace to the bar, to set up the lights, music, and get the machines going.

1236USY.6d/1m.2147

The security console pings you that "Minuet" has docked, so you stare expectantly at the main gate to the bar.

There it opens - the pair of stellar travelers you know, Agustina and Chester, approach the bar. The angsty, young blonde lady, and the android with pausing speech pattern and no synthetic skin.

Agustina flashes you a smile as she sits down at the bar across from you.

"Heya barkeep, nice to see you again. One Rat Oil please." You nod and look at Chester.

"One shot glass. Filled with Grenadiere synthol. Please and thank you."

3*

You make Agustina her preferred Rat Oil, passing to her a tank glass full of ice with some slicky-looking green mixture sloshing in the lower half. You then pour Chester his shot.

The young heiress flashes her credchip for you to scan, which you do. (+46c)

Today Earnings: 46c
Monthly Earnings: 3771c

However, Chester, looks down at his shot glass, his eyes blinking with numerous tiny blue lights inside his irises.

"Chemical composition of esters. Released into the air. Does not match. That of the synthol. I have requested. You have made a mistake." Agustina looks at you, and you at Chester.

You quickly turn to the bartending console and check the replication log to check the android's accusation:

1236USY.6d/1m.2150:
Ice, Standard
Fungus Malus, Shot
Magnum-X, Shot
Grapevine, Shot

Indeed, you have poured Chester a similarily named, similarily-smelling synthol from the higher priced tier.

A) Apologize and get him the right shot.
B) Apologize and offer a 50% discount on his Grenadiere shot if he accepts Grapevine too (Second Class Employee priviledge will see some use, for once!)
C) Apologize and offer a 50% discount on Grapevine shot if he accepts the wrong synthol before getting his Grenadiere (same as above!)