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[brewer bob]

A

[Dustan Hache]

D, and set up a notification for anomalous sensor movement in that region if we can.
We should let them know about it, but hold off on taking any rash action without a good reason.

[crazyabe]

A.

[King Zultan]

A

[Haspen]

You watch, relentlessly, the sensors.

1236USY.10d/1m.1907h

Aha!

There's the passive sensor blip emerging from behind the gas giant, and the security system applies the same security tag to it as before. The ship is making its way, at high speed, towards Eta Coridani Jump Gate.

1236USY.10d/1m.1911h

The ship arrives within the area of Eta Coridani Jump Gate.

1236USY.10d/1m.1913h

With a flash of the Jump Gate both on emissions sensors, the strangely-behaving ship leaves the Beta Carotenii system. If the active scanner could be manipulated towards non-approaching ships, you could set it to retain the tag for that ship's transponder - alas, company policy takes precedence.

You decide to...

A) Go to sleep at last.
B) Watch an episode of Zirconius before sleep?
C) Read some bartending trivia before sleep?
D) Call up James about the strange visitor.

[crazyabe]

A.

[Egan_BW]

Keep watching. Maybe they faked a jump and then cloaked!

[brewer bob]

A

[King Zultan]

A

[Haspen]

You head for the bedroom.

There, you take off your clothes and pace to the sleep pod, setting it up for six hours.

With a hiss, the pod closes...

1236USY.10d/1m.2025h

BEEP!
BEEEP!

The pod, hooked up to the system, interrupts the sleep cycle when someone calls for your presence at the bar. Yawning and feeling absolutely not in shape, you put on your work clothes and pace back to the bar.

James and Francis are there, as expected. James smiles, trying to look innocent.

"Oh, dang, Arnie, you went to sleep? Sorry..." His half-brother rolls his eyes.

"You could've left an audio recording like the last time."

"He did insist on visiting, though, I tried to dissuade him." Francis shrugs, while James smiles that much wider.

A) "Did you want anything to drink?"
B) "Hey, now that you're here, did your ship pick that other ship out there on sensors?"
C) "Okay. Goodbye until next time, I guess?"

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

B
We might as well ask about it since he's there, and it's not like we get that kind of ship very often

[brewer bob]

B

[Kashyyk]

B

[King Zultan]

B

[Haspen]

"Hey, now that you're here, did your ship pick that other ship out there on sensors?" Both James and Francis look at you with certain apprehension.

"There's been another ship?"

"Yes, did you not see?"

"No, didn't occur to me to check sensors. Hold on." James takes out his pad and steps to the side, tapping away at it. Francis stares at his half-brother for a moment before remembering something. He turns to you.

"Oh, right, before we leave." He pulls a long data chip from the pocket of his jumpsuit, and puts it on the counter.

"What's this?"

"First season of Fall of Troy. I take my holovids with me when I'm going home or back to Poseidonis to kill the time, but I've seen this six times already." He leans away, shrugging. "I mean, if you watch two per day, you will be done before James gives me a ride back to the fortress and we stop by. You can give it back, then."

A) *slide it back to Francis.* "No, thank you."
B) *pocket it* "Sure, I will check it out. Thanks."