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[IncompetentFortressMaker]

A
It's our job to bartend. We gotta know how to do it right, and we might find some juicy recipes in the perusing.

[King Zultan]

A

[Haspen]

You open the manuals on different directory and get to reading.

1236USY.2d/1m.1005h

In middle of reading through some planetary outpost listings, you suddenly get pinged by the security console.

Its not a standard alarm, so you surmise something has entered and is in transit through Beta Carotenii.

A) Ehhhh, probably not worth my time.
B) Potential customers? Potential customers!

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

B
Hey, our job is to make money.

[Haspen]

You move to check the sensor console.

You cannot do active sensor check of the vessel but passive readings indicate it is at least twice larger in volume and size than your entire outpost. It's slowly moving on the route from Poseidonis to Gamma Urquanii Jump Gates.

Could be a Federal Police Corvette, or it could be an ore-laden Superfreighter.

Or a Pirate Galleon - you never know these days.

A) Ping'em!
B) Don't ping'em!

[Kashyyk]

A - Customers?

[Haspen]

You send out an invitation ping.

You get no response, and the passive readings indicate the ship didn't even seem to slow down.

You wait a minute longer just in case, and when you don't get a reply, you return to reading.

1236USY.2d/1m.1120h

You are a little annoyed; all this reading about planetary outpost listings and not a single mention of an Outpost special or any planet-related drink mixes, at all!

You tap your fingers on the counter, staring at the empty hall.

A) Let's read some entertainment media!
B) Pass the time, Scotty!

[Kashyyk]

B

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

B

[King Zultan]

B

[Haspen]

You pass the time.

1236USY.2d/1m.1504h

Suddenly, the security console sends our a ping.

You think you heard that particular alarm sound yesterday, too.

A) *snooze noises*
B) ...customers?

[Superdorf]

B

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

B

[Haspen]

You walk over to the security console to check what's the ping about.

Unauthorized transmission received from Science Satellite 33385-BetCar2 occupying main comms frequency.

Data Type: Encrypted data blocks.
Signal Strength: 100% comms frequency saturation.
Transmission Rate: 1 TQs/s

Input required!

Regularly scheduled annoyance, it seems.

You decide to...

A) Switch to different comms frequency, incoming ships can switch over if needed after all!
B) Send something homing and explosive towards the satellite - a photon torpedo!
C) Ignore it once again!

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

...I have the feeling making a science satellite explode is going to annoy some folks, even if it's spamming random places like us.
A - can we switch back when this thing is done?