0006B Running From Empty -- Week Two

[terrymixon]

Sigrún smiles "That's very clever". She laughs "Feint Coreward then impossibly dive Rimward - very good. I think I had business Coreward but by any measure the whole thing was blown before you found me and now doubly so because you people are actually more "Wanted" than I could possibly be". She smiles happily "Run for the true home and hearth, take the smuggler's route and maybe we could trade our way to a meeting between Zaki and the Ljósálfar on Darrian".

"Getting there means a little travel through the Sword Worlds. Would that be a problem for you? I don't know your history there, or what kind of enemies you might have."

[joertexas]

Sigrún smiles "That's very clever". She laughs "Feint Coreward then impossibly dive Rimward - very good. I think I had business Coreward but by any measure the whole thing was blown before you found me and now doubly so because you people are actually more "Wanted" than I could possibly be". She smiles happily "Run for the true home and hearth, take the smuggler's route and maybe we could trade our way to a meeting between Zaki and the Ljósálfar on Darrian".

"I would be willing to consult with them," Zaki grimaces as she stretches her right arm over her head. "This idea of working for months to get better sucks."

[Tiglath]

Sigrún smiles "That's very clever". She laughs "Feint Coreward then impossibly dive Rimward - very good. I think I had business Coreward but by any measure the whole thing was blown before you found me and now doubly so because you people are actually more "Wanted" than I could possibly be". She smiles happily "Run for the true home and hearth, take the smuggler's route and maybe we could trade our way to a meeting between Zaki and the Ljósálfar on Darrian".

"Getting there means a little travel through the Sword Worlds. Would that be a problem for you? I don't know your history there, or what kind of enemies you might have."

Sigrún replies "You don't know my story... but then even I don't know all of it. However, you'll hear my sigh of relief when I'm over the border and at last I'm not listening for Imperial hunting dogs".

[terrymixon]

Sigrún smiles "That's very clever". She laughs "Feint Coreward then impossibly dive Rimward - very good. I think I had business Coreward but by any measure the whole thing was blown before you found me and now doubly so because you people are actually more "Wanted" than I could possibly be". She smiles happily "Run for the true home and hearth, take the smuggler's route and maybe we could trade our way to a meeting between Zaki and the Ljósálfar on Darrian".

"Getting there means a little travel through the Sword Worlds. Would that be a problem for you? I don't know your history there, or what kind of enemies you might have."

Sigrún replies "You don't know my story... but then even I don't know all of it. However, you'll hear my sigh of relief when I'm over the border and at last I'm not listening for Imperial hunting dogs".

“Then unless there is a compelling reason to go to Regina, we’ll plan on doing a sneaky end run to lose potential pursuit and get out of Imperial space for a while.”

[helvorn]

Donovan pulls up the star map and looks at the trade indicators. "Going Rimward there isn't much trading variety until we get to Vilis. Of course there isn't much variety if we go to trailing either. My thought was we could drop off our injured low passenger at Regina. Doubling back is a good idea though. I'll need to factor the needed cargo space into my trading."

[terrymixon]

Donovan pulls up the star map and looks at the trade indicators. "Going Rimward there isn't much trading variety until we get to Vilis. Of course there isn't much variety if we go to trailing either. My thought was we could drop off our injured low passenger at Regina. Doubling back is a good idea though. I'll need to factor the needed cargo space into my trading."

“We’ll eventually find a spot to drop them off. Plan on clearing cargo space.”

[helvorn]

Donovan pulls up the star map and looks at the trade indicators. "Going Rimward there isn't much trading variety until we get to Vilis. Of course there isn't much variety if we go to trailing either. My thought was we could drop off our injured low passenger at Regina. Doubling back is a good idea though. I'll need to factor the needed cargo space into my trading."

“We’ll eventually find a spot to drop them off. Plan on clearing cargo space.”

Donovan nodded to Flighty. "I should be able to sell everything but the dust spice at a profit. I will play the rest by ear once we hit dirt side."

[terrymixon]

Donovan pulls up the star map and looks at the trade indicators. "Going Rimward there isn't much trading variety until we get to Vilis. Of course there isn't much variety if we go to trailing either. My thought was we could drop off our injured low passenger at Regina. Doubling back is a good idea though. I'll need to factor the needed cargo space into my trading."

“We’ll eventually find a spot to drop them off. Plan on clearing cargo space.”

Donovan nodded to Flighty. "I should be able to sell everything but the dust spice at a profit. I will play the rest by ear once we hit dirt side."

“Good plan. We’ll let you play captain this time around. More camouflage.”

[helvorn]

“We’ll eventually find a spot to drop them off. Plan on clearing cargo space.”

Donovan nodded to Flighty. "I should be able to sell everything but the dust spice at a profit. I will play the rest by ear once we hit dirt side."

“Good plan. We’ll let you play captain this time around. More camouflage.”

Donovan raised his eyebrows and was silent for a moment as he thought. After bit he nodded and smiled. "We'll drive them crazy trying to track us. I think we should all use our false identification."

[terrymixon]

Donovan nodded to Flighty. "I should be able to sell everything but the dust spice at a profit. I will play the rest by ear once we hit dirt side."

“Good plan. We’ll let you play captain this time around. More camouflage.”

Donovan raised his eyebrows and was silent for a moment as he thought. After bit he nodded and smiled. "We'll drive them crazy trying to track us. I think we should all use our false identification."

"The more points of difference, the harder it is to make sense of it all. Good idea. Let's do that."

[ateno]

‘Should I use use my home language, har, no one near by speaks that.

Karcsi

[terrymixon]

‘Should I use use my home language, har, no one near by speaks that.

Karcsi

"Maybe let your accent bleed in more heavily."

[helvorn]

‘Should I use use my home language, har, no one near by speaks that.

Karcsi

"Maybe let your accent bleed in more heavily."

"We should keep Sigrun under wraps or disguised. She does stand out and it would be best not to have them track us because we are carrying a Valkyrie."

[terrymixon]

‘Should I use use my home language, har, no one near by speaks that.

Karcsi

"Maybe let your accent bleed in more heavily."

"We should keep Sigrun under wraps or disguised. She does stand out and it would be best not to have them track us because we are carrying a Valkyrie."

“At least this time.”

[ateno]

“At least this time.”

“Great,I’ll carry a different weapon also. Yeah there was a big guy, but he carried a Madu.

Karcsi

[helvorn]

“At least this time.”

“Great,I’ll carry a different weapon also. Yeah there was a big guy, but he carried a Madu.

Karcsi

Donovan chuckled. "Or just carry around a big pipe wrench."

[Eris]

Need 12+
Flighty: [2d6+2]=11+2=13
Zaki: [2d6+4]=7+4=11
Sigrun: [2d6+4]=7+4=11
Donovan: [2d6+3]=9+4=12
Karcsi: [2d6+3]=7+3=10

One night near the end of this jump, Flighty wakes up from a pleasant dream with the firm conviction that he needs to go to world called Risek. He has no idea where Risek is, nor why he needs to go there, but he feels like it's important to him. Frowning, it occurs to him that nobody needs to know this...no, it's Bob that doesn't need to know this.

Donovan is relaxing in his stateroom one day when he reaches out for his drink. The glass is beyond his reach, but rather than lean over and strain to reach it he just holds his hand out. The glass slowly floats toward his outstretched hand and nestles in his grip. It's only after he has had a drink and gone back to the book he was reading that he looks down at the glass in his hand and realizes something strange just happened.

[terrymixon]

Need 12+
Flighty: [2d6+2]=11+2=13
Zaki: [2d6+4]=7+4=11
Sigrun: [2d6+4]=7+4=11
Donovan: [2d6+3]=9+4=12
Karcsi: [2d6+3]=7+3=10

One night near the end of this jump, Flighty wakes up from a pleasant dream with the firm conviction that he needs to go to world called Risek. He has no idea where Risek is, nor why he needs to go there, but he feels like it's important to him. Frowning, it occurs to him that nobody needs to know this...no, it's Bob that doesn't need to know this.

Flighty gets up and goes through the library data. It isn't much to look at. Eleven jumps to get there with two leading into empty space.

Then he thinks about Bob. Why is it important to keep Bob from finding out? Yes, he still suspects they have a spy aboard but has no proof. Is this a reasonable suspicion or just part of a dream?

The psionics he's experienced so far have been real. What if this is, too? It would be the first hard nudge that there really was someone aboard who wasn't to be trusted. Trust his instincts or not?

He sighed and dressed. Even though it was late, he made his way to Karsci, Zaki, Sigrun, and Donovan's cabins, rapping lightly so as not to wake either of the engineers. "It's late and I'm sorry, but I need you to come back to my cabin. Something has happened and we need to discuss it privately."

Assuming everyone comes, he'll secure the door and quietly explain what he just felt and the explicit warning that he shouldn't tell Bob. "It wasn't a dream. It was an impulse that seemingly came with no details. It feels like more than just me wanting to do something, and I'd never even heard of Risek before. It felt like a directive. I think it's more than an impulse, and I think the warning about Bob could be, too. Thoughts?"

[joertexas]

Assuming everyone comes, he'll secure the door and quietly explain what he just felt and the explicit warning that he shouldn't tell Bob. "It wasn't a dream. It was an impulse that seemingly came with no details. It feels like more than just me wanting to do something, and I'd never even heard of Risek before. It felt like a directive. I think it's more than an impulse, and I think the warning about Bob could be, too. Thoughts?"

"You should follow the impulse," Zaki says simply.

[ateno]

"We have all had weird things happening recently, ever since the monolith, hold on,"

Karcsi fiddles with his hand comp.

"Here's one world, if I'm spelling it right, 9 parses from Regina, trailing.

13 from where we are heading."

Karcsi