0006 Rumbles on Rangent

[Eris]

"This satisfy you?" he asks after you've run tests, "I don't cheat clients, it's bad for business and with my clients it'd be bad for my health, too."

Getting the nod from Zaki, Karcsi smiles a bit.

"We can do business. Lets talk delivery, its your town, can you deliver?"

Do we have cash enough for all?"

Karcsi

"Sure." Twiggy nods, "I can deliver this stuff to your ship and close the deal cash on delivery to your ship."

[Eris]

Sigrún checks in "Did the guy check out? I happen to be nearby. I'll come and check the consignment and, as Kapiten, put my word on the deal".

She will arrive in due course and introduce herself to Twiggy "Kapiten Sigrún Volsung. We will take all your stock but are involved in the... you say... "realization" já? ... of certain items of salvage with other factors. You are welcome to view the contents of my ship's hold I will take you myself - there is enough there to secure the deal".

"Do you have any similar SuSAG factory grade products available for sale in individual doses? I am also interested in... niche market firearms and ammunition..."

Twiggy rubs his chin, "Well, no. Nothing SuSAG grade, not at the moment. I had a few vials of a combat drug, but I sold that to a feller a couple weeks ago. That and the suites of medical drugs become available from time to time, mostly coming in from salvage of encounters of the military sort. I do have about a two kilos of Fteahrao, you know dustspice, but I'm holding a kilo of that for the Siyajkhoara, they drop by every few months and always buy any of the dust I have on hold for them. I could let you have the piece of a kilo, um I think it's about 600 grams for what the Aslan would pay me for it...say Cr30,000?"

"As for firearms and ammo, I've got a pretty standard mix right now. Nothing very niche." Twiggy shrugs, "You know, 'The War That Didn't Happen' also didn't produce much salvage that traders like me depend upon for things like that."

[helvorn]

Donovan nods to Sigrun and gives her a thumbs up about her question regarding the cargo. "All cash would be preferred on our end as well. The cargo speaks for itself without needing to wag a tail." He thinks for a moment. "The spice would be a good investment for the future Captain."

What roll should I make to determine what might be a fair price for the spice?

[Tiglath]

Sigrún replies "Aslan drugs are a niche a market but I'll take my Quartermaster's advice. Does your "pretty standard" extend to HEAP snub ammo? How about SMGs or machine pistols? I also want an autosnub, two side by side sporting shotguns with buckshot ammo and maybe three ACRs with DS and HE ammo. If you're good for any of that we could deal. You carry suppressors? Two for autopistols three for the ACRs. If there's a choice of manufacturers I'll take Sword Worlds, Zhodani, Imperial and not Vargr in that order".

(OOC: If the ship's "rifles" are not ACRs she'll want to upgrade to those).

[ateno]

"Sure." Twiggy nods, "I can deliver this stuff to your ship and close the deal cash on delivery to your ship."

"Good deliver any weapons the Kapitan wants and you have a cash deal."

Karcsi

[Eris]

Donovan nods to Sigrun and gives her a thumbs up about her question regarding the cargo. "All cash would be preferred on our end as well. The cargo speaks for itself without needing to wag a tail." He thinks for a moment. "The spice would be a good investment for the future Captain."

What roll should I make to determine what might be a fair price for the spice?

Ref: No roll needed. Donovan knows that Fteahrao goes for about Cr40 per gram in the human market, but Vargr or Aslan will pay five or six times as much. Also note, Fteahrao (dustspice) is not now a controlled substance in the Imperium, Arden or Sword Worlds, but some higher Law Level planets control or outright ban its sale across the Starport boundary line. At Twiggy's price, it's certainly a good deal if you're selling to Aslan or Vargr, but not such a good deal if you intend to sell it for human consumption.

[Eris]

Sigrún replies "Aslan drugs are a niche a market but I'll take my Quartermaster's advice. Does your "pretty standard" extend to HEAP snub ammo? How about SMGs or machine pistols? I also want an autosnub, two side by side sporting shotguns with buckshot ammo and maybe three ACRs with DS and HE ammo. If you're good for any of that we could deal. You carry suppressors? Two for autopistols three for the ACRs. If there's a choice of manufacturers I'll take Sword Worlds, Zhodani, Imperial and not Vargr in that order".

(OOC: If the ship's "rifles" are not ACRs she'll want to upgrade to those).

"No, no HEAP ammunition of any sort, sorry." Twiggy shakes his head adding, "I have 3 SMG's, 4 ACRs, and 2 hall sweepers (sawed off shotguns)...not side by side though, pump action, as well as several auto pistols and revolvers in stock. Various manufacturers, but nothing from either Vargr or Aslan sources."

"As for as ammo is concerned, I've got slug and frag bullets for the pistols and rifles as well as for the sweepers. No HE or descarding sabot rounds at this time." he says, "The frag bullets and shells are best if you're going to be fighting in ship or base corridors as they are less likely to breach hulls or wreak equipment, but also not as good at penetrating armor."

He gives you a smirk and adds, "But I suspect you know that."

Your ship rifles are not ACR, they are Autorifles. See prices, etc. at viewtopic.php?p=721868#p721868

[helvorn]

Donovan nods to Sigrun and gives her a thumbs up about her question regarding the cargo. "All cash would be preferred on our end as well. The cargo speaks for itself without needing to wag a tail." He thinks for a moment. "The spice would be a good investment for the future Captain."

What roll should I make to determine what might be a fair price for the spice?

Ref: No roll needed. Donovan knows that Fteahrao goes for about Cr40 per gram in the human market, but Vargr or Aslan will pay five or six times as much. Also note, Fteahrao (dustspice) is not now a controlled substance in the Imperium, Arden or Sword Worlds, but some higher Law Level planets control or outright ban its sale across the Starport boundary line. At Twiggy's price, it's certainly a good deal if you're selling to Aslan or Vargr, but not such a good deal if you intend to sell it for human consumption.

Like I said, an investment for later encounters.

[Tiglath]

Sigrún replies "Aslan drugs are a niche a market but I'll take my Quartermaster's advice. Does your "pretty standard" extend to HEAP snub ammo? How about SMGs or machine pistols? I also want an autosnub, two side by side sporting shotguns with buckshot ammo and maybe three ACRs with DS and HE ammo. If you're good for any of that we could deal. You carry suppressors? Two for autopistols three for the ACRs. If there's a choice of manufacturers I'll take Sword Worlds, Zhodani, Imperial and not Vargr in that order".

(OOC: If the ship's "rifles" are not ACRs she'll want to upgrade to those).

"No, no HEAP ammunition of any sort, sorry." Twiggy shakes his head adding, "I have 3 SMG's, 4 ACRs, and 2 hall sweepers (sawed off shotguns)...not side by side though, pump action, as well as several auto pistols and revolvers in stock. Various manufacturers, but nothing from either Vargr or Aslan sources."

"As for as ammo is concerned, I've got slug and frag bullets for the pistols and rifles as well as for the sweepers. No HE or descarding sabot rounds at this time." he says...

Your ship rifles are not ACR, they are Autorifles. See prices, etc. at

Sigrún simply replies "I'll take them". (emphasis mine above)

"And so I'll need a case of slug and frag ammo and one of pistol caliber for the SMGs. Five laser sights if you have them. Then I'd like to look over your handguns. I need a "stopper"... an autosnub... or a magnum or an over caliber - something like 12.7mm... and a "holdout" - something small and concealable or a derringer. If you have suppressors for the ACRs or standard autopistols I'll take five of them..." her eyes flick to Karcsi and she smiles " ...and one good bayonet".

"The frag bullets and shells are best if you're going to be fighting in ship or base corridors as they are less likely to breach hulls or wreak equipment, but also not as good at penetrating armor."

He gives you a smirk and adds, "But I suspect you know that."

Sigrún looks up from field stripping one ACR as her lips draw back from her teeth "This is not my first... ah... where an Imperial tries to sit on an angry grox while wearing a big hat? One of those. This is not my first one of those...".

Our bill will come out to: 7650Cr plus ammo and handguns (but we have over purchased - touting for discount ).
Shotguns (2) 400Cr
SMG (3) 1500Cr
ACRs (4) 4000Cr
Laser Sights @ 100 x5 = 500Cr
Silencers @ 250 x5 = 1250Cr

[Eris]

Sigrún replies "Aslan drugs are a niche a market but I'll take my Quartermaster's advice. Does your "pretty standard" extend to HEAP snub ammo? How about SMGs or machine pistols? I also want an autosnub, two side by side sporting shotguns with buckshot ammo and maybe three ACRs with DS and HE ammo. If you're good for any of that we could deal. You carry suppressors? Two for autopistols three for the ACRs. If there's a choice of manufacturers I'll take Sword Worlds, Zhodani, Imperial and not Vargr in that order".

(OOC: If the ship's "rifles" are not ACRs she'll want to upgrade to those).

"No, no HEAP ammunition of any sort, sorry." Twiggy shakes his head adding, "I have 3 SMG's, 4 ACRs, and 2 hall sweepers (sawed off shotguns)...not side by side though, pump action, as well as several auto pistols and revolvers in stock. Various manufacturers, but nothing from either Vargr or Aslan sources."

"As for as ammo is concerned, I've got slug and frag bullets for the pistols and rifles as well as for the sweepers. No HE or descarding sabot rounds at this time." he says...

Your ship rifles are not ACR, they are Autorifles. See prices, etc. at

Sigrún simply replies "I'll take them". (emphasis mine above)

"And so I'll need a case of slug and frag ammo and one of pistol caliber for the SMGs. Five laser sights if you have them. Then I'd like to look over your handguns. I need a "stopper"... an autosnub... or a magnum or an over caliber - something like 12.7mm... and a "holdout" - something small and concealable or a derringer. If you have suppressors for the ACRs or standard autopistols I'll take five of them..." her eyes flick to Karcsi and she smiles " ...and one good bayonet".

"The frag bullets and shells are best if you're going to be fighting in ship or base corridors as they are less likely to breach hulls or wreak equipment, but also not as good at penetrating armor."

He gives you a smirk and adds, "But I suspect you know that."

Sigrún looks up from field stripping one ACR as her lips draw back from her teeth "This is not my first... ah... where an Imperial tries to sit on an angry grox while wearing a big hat? One of those. This is not my first one of those...".

Our bill will come out to: 7650Cr plus ammo and handguns (but we have over purchased - touting for discount ).
Shotguns (2) 400Cr
SMG (3) 1500Cr
ACRs (4) 4000Cr
Laser Sights @ 100 x5 = 500Cr
Silencers @ 250 x5 = 1250Cr

Okay, bought and added to the Finanaces sheet. You will need to put them in the Armory.

You can look over the handguns, they are bog standard autos and revolvers, and take your pick(s).

[ateno]

Karcsi will look over the pistols and pick at least one of the best revolver and automatic.

"No Magnums huh?"

Karcsi

[Eris]

Once you pay for the 5 tons of Fast Drug and the rest of your expenses, you won't have enough cash for all of the Textiles and Aluminum on offer.

• Textiles [45 tons @ 3,300) = 148,500
• Aluminum[230 tons@ Cr900)=207,000

Remember your ship only has room for 82 tons of cargo, so you couldn't take it all anyway. So, how much, if any, are you buying? And will you be looking for freight to carry to your next destination?

Have you decided where that is yet?

[Eris]

Karcsi will look over the pistols and pick at least one of the best revolver and automatic.

"No Magnums huh?"

Karcsi

"Nope, nothing but what you see here." says Twiggy, and it's all standard gear, "I do get some more exotic stuff from time to time, but that's usually snapped up by the crews that frequent the outer gas giant, if you follow me."

[Tiglath]

"Nope, nothing but what you see here." says Twiggy, and it's all standard gear, "I do get some more exotic stuff from time to time, but that's usually snapped up by the crews that frequent the outer gas giant, if you follow me."

Sigrún rummages disinterestedly eventually picking herself a compact automatic. She then shamelessly unfastens her shipsuit to then zip it back up concealing the weapon under the suit's open lapel below her collar bone.

She asks Twiggy bluntly "What do you know of the brotherhood out there? Can we trade or buy weapons out in the black if we are known? In my experience... "gathering places" are often declared "neutral ground" for crews of a certain profession. Do you have a contact out there - someone who knows the way things work?"

[helvorn]

Once you pay for the 5 tons of Fast Drug and the rest of your expenses, you won't have enough cash for all of the Textiles and Aluminum on offer.

• Textiles [45 tons @ 3,300) = 148,500
• Aluminum[230 tons@ Cr900)=207,000

Remember your ship only has room for 82 tons of cargo, so you couldn't take it all anyway. So, how much, if any, are you buying? And will you be looking for freight to carry to your next destination?

Have you decided where that is yet?

Plume

No pax or freight

30 tons of textiles and 44 tons of aluminum leaving ~96K in the kitty and filling out the hold if my math works

[Eris]

"Nope, nothing but what you see here." says Twiggy, and it's all standard gear, "I do get some more exotic stuff from time to time, but that's usually snapped up by the crews that frequent the outer gas giant, if you follow me."

Sigrún rummages disinterestedly eventually picking herself a compact automatic. She then shamelessly unfastens her shipsuit to then zip it back up concealing the weapon under the suit's open lapel below her collar bone.

She asks Twiggy bluntly "What do you know of the brotherhood out there? Can we trade or buy weapons out in the black if we are known? In my experience... "gathering places" are often declared "neutral ground" for crews of a certain profession. Do you have a contact out there - someone who knows the way things work?"

Twiggy shrugs, "I know nothing.", then grins.

"But seriously, the corporate types stay around the inner giant, we independents stay out here, and what goes on out there neither of us interfere with. When they want something fixed or have something to trade them come to me or someone else here. We trade inward and outward, really, we're the neutral ground in this system."

"As for out there, if you aren't one of them and go out to the outer giant you'll either become one of them or not come back." Twiggy says, "That does happen from time to time, mostly very desperate folks, taking a last desperate gamble. One, I think, most lose."

Twiggy shakes his head a bit of wisdom from someone who works the cracks of the system, "I survive and thrive because I'm a risk taker, but I'm not a gambler. See, gamblers plunge head first into risk depending upon luck to see them through. Risk takers investigate, evaluate and prepare before they move. We depend upon information, planning and skills to see us through. At least, that's how I see it."

[Tiglath]

Twiggy shrugs, "I know nothing.", then grins.

"But seriously, the corporate types stay around the inner giant, we independents stay out here, and what goes on out there neither of us interfere with. When they want something fixed or have something to trade them come to me or someone else here. We trade inward and outward, really, we're the neutral ground in this system."

"As for out there, if you aren't one of them and go out to the outer giant you'll either become one of them or not come back." Twiggy says, "That does happen from time to time, mostly very desperate folks, taking a last desperate gamble. One, I think, most lose."

Twiggy shakes his head a bit of wisdom from someone who works the cracks of the system, "I survive and thrive because I'm a risk taker, but I'm not a gambler. See, gamblers plunge head first into risk depending upon luck to see them through. Risk takers investigate, evaluate and prepare before they move. We depend upon information, planning and skills to see us through. At least, that's how I see it."

Sigrún smiles and fixes Twiggy with her unsettling gaze "Who says I'm doing one or the other... or maybe a taste of both já? She fishes in a pouch at her waist to scoop out a fistful of 100Cr chips and heedless of the actual amount slams them down. The "brotherhood in the black" have contact with you. I might need to arrange... parlay. I want you to tell me how I do that through the established method. The "silver" I've set down's for the extra work - not for your discretion. Anyone who works with the brotherhood knows how to keep a secret behind their teeth and apart from my crew you're now the only other person here who knows anything about me, savvy?"

She seems confident in making her apparently slightly left field(?) request but also, through the thickness of her Sword World accent, deliberately inserts certain Galanglic idiom.

(OOC: That and I may have recently spent an hour or so with Mister Depp. Arrr! )

[Eris]

Twiggy shrugs, "I know nothing.", then grins.

"But seriously, the corporate types stay around the inner giant, we independents stay out here, and what goes on out there neither of us interfere with. When they want something fixed or have something to trade them come to me or someone else here. We trade inward and outward, really, we're the neutral ground in this system."

"As for out there, if you aren't one of them and go out to the outer giant you'll either become one of them or not come back." Twiggy says, "That does happen from time to time, mostly very desperate folks, taking a last desperate gamble. One, I think, most lose."

Twiggy shakes his head a bit of wisdom from someone who works the cracks of the system, "I survive and thrive because I'm a risk taker, but I'm not a gambler. See, gamblers plunge head first into risk depending upon luck to see them through. Risk takers investigate, evaluate and prepare before they move. We depend upon information, planning and skills to see us through. At least, that's how I see it."

Sigrún smiles and fixes Twiggy with her unsettling gaze "Who says I'm doing one or the other... or maybe a taste of both já? She fishes in a pouch at her waist to scoop out a fistful of 100Cr chips and heedless of the actual amount slams them down. The "brotherhood in the black" have contact with you. I might need to arrange... parlay. I want you to tell me how I do that through the established method. The "silver" I've set down's for the extra work - not for your discretion. Anyone who works with the brotherhood knows how to keep a secret behind their teeth and apart from my crew you're now the only other person here who knows anything about me, savvy?"

She seems confident in making her apparently slightly left field(?) request but also, through the thickness of her Sword World accent, deliberately inserts certain Galanglic idiom.

(OOC: That and I may have recently spent an hour or so with Mister Depp. Arrr! )

The coins quickly disappear from the table (Sigrun is now Cr400 poorer) and Twiggy shakes his head, "If you were, really, one of them you'd have made the signs. If you want to play that game, then on your head be it."

He takes a piece of paper from a small notebook in his jacket pocket and writes something on it, tears it out, folds it and slides it across the table to Sigrun, "This is eatable paper, I would memorize what's on it and then dispose of it. No guarantees who, if anybody, will show up, nor what they'll do either, but this has worked in the past. The first seeks a meet, the second says you are not a trader. The last is the direction and frequency of the narrowbeam you transmit from Jackson Hole"

On the paper is written, "Oleg, vill halda handleggjunum yfir hafið. Aðeins hinir veiku leita til himins í þessu lífi." Following this is a pair of numbers.

[Eris]

Over the next day or two, the work on your ship is finished and cargo moves into the hold. In the back of everyone's mind is the fact that there is, at least, one group with a reason to hunt you down and kill you out there and how long it's going to take for them to drop in on Rangent is an unknown. It's a worry that it might be sooner rather than later, though.

Flighty is starting to get fidgety and once the decision to jump to Phlume had been made he went to work on a Jump Plot from here to there. It is going to take two jumps, from Jackson Hold to either empty space then Phlume or to Tionale and then Phlume. You are going to arrive at Phlume low on fuel unless you land on Tionale and refuel...but that is likely to be very risky seeing as you have folks looking for you. If you had bought less cargo here you could have stored unrefined fuel to process on the jump and had enough for an immediate third jump when you hit Phlume...just in case, but you didn't do that! This worries Flighty...

Karcsi has started having unsettling dreams that he can't quite remember, but he feels like he should be doing something other than lounging around on a rock in the Rangent system. He doesn't know if he should tell anyone about his dreams or not, but they have him worried.

Donovan has been busy getting everything loaded and Zaki has the supplies and life support modules as well as monitoring her patients in their low berths to keep her busy, but she notices Sigrun is getting increasingly grumpy as time passes. She seems to spend more time in "warrior" mode than out of it like she's expecting trouble and it's getting on everyone's nerves.

Sigrun has things on her mind. She is remembering that she had a mission to gather info about a pirate band, but the details are fuzzy. She feels like it was members of that organization that took her out on... Oh she can't remember where it was exactly, Arden, Caloran? It was at night and outside a bar, though, and they spoke Sagamaal. That bothers her for some reason that she can't put her finger on. It started bothering her more once she read the words that Twiggy wrote on that piece of paper, pirates speaking Sagamaal shouldn't be a surprise...those pirates speaking Sagamaal shouldn't have been a surprise, either, but something about it has starting making her brain itch.

At meals, Doug is less cheerful and talkative and Bob seems outright nervous. It's clear they want to get out of here.

All in all, it's time for you to pull up stakes and leave this place...and you all know it!

OOC: There might be more to happen in the Rangent system, I don't know. That might be up to you. but your time on Jackson Hold is ending and it's time to move the ship, either into jump space or elsewhere in the system.

[ateno]

Karcsi will buy a couple books on tricks for remembering dreams and read and try out the instructions. He will pm all the new to us weapons.

KArcsi