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<blockquote data-quote="Broccli_Head" data-source="post: 1263800" data-attributes="member: 105"><p><strong><em> from The Traveller Adventure:</em></strong><em> Memoirs of a Merchant </em></p><p><em>Captain...and His Crew</em></p><p> ---Traveller's Aide Society Press, 1116</p><p></p><p><strong>Port of Call: Zila</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Captain's Log:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Missed me? I know that I have been away, but I feel so much better now. We made some money!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Did I ever mention how much I love my crew? All of them are experts in their field and could be teaching at a prestigious university or military academy or leading some Imperial megacorp's subsector or even sector's interest. How I got them to join the </em>Harrier<em>, only Dieux knows. However, they do have a knack for attracting trouble, but this time that trouble seems to have become a blessing in disguise. The turn of events gave me such a warm feeling that I even smiled at the Zhodani. He's not so bad after all. And those anolas are kinda cute, too. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>On Zila, we had to land onworld where the best fuel they had was water from a nearby lake. I can't believe that they charged us for this, but with the law level so high on that planet, it would have been supremely foolish to do some wilderness refueling. Even with their low technology, I'd heard that a far trader was blasted with some type of long range projectile without warning, and the suprised crew were thrown in prison for nearly a year until the parent company could come and bail them out. So, we paid. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I stayed on board trying to find cargo from this backwater, but guess what? There was none. Their principal export, fine Zilan wine, was shippped exclusively by Tukeran subsidary Akerut. We were out of luck with a partial hold full of petrified wood. I warned them, but Mr. Atari, Vincent, Al and Epestlatl went out on the town--a prescription for disaster if you ask me. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Atari, Vincent, and the Zhodani came back. Al had been incarcerated for starting a brawl. Fortunately, they had all paid to keep a law firm on retainer (a neccessity on a world that restricted most of your personal freedoms), so hopefully, Al would get out the next day, but he would have to pay some fines. Atari related that the fight had been between Akerut employees and the crew of the slow hauler </em>Margin of Profit<em> owned by Oberlindes, Inc. Like us, Oberlindes was trying to gain inroads in the region amidst a near-monopoly by Tukera, LIC and its subsidaries. Al apparently took offense when they insulted our ship and jumped in on the side of Oberlindes. Vincent smiled as he told me that his fellow marine had knocked in more than a few heads. I shook my head. The last thing we needed was more bad PR with anything Tukera. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But here's where it gets good. Apparently, the </em>MoP<em> was giving old man Oberlindes himself a lift to Aramanx. He and his chief assistant were moving their subsector offices to a more populated world and the ship that they were on had broken down on this backwater world and was grounded for at least another five weeks waiting for parts. Because Al helped out his employees, the old man bailed him out, paid his fees, and then asked if we could accomodate him and his assistant and 50 tons of equipment and data. He also said that he would pay for the whole cargo hold (150 tons!). I said yes right away even when I found out that his assistant was another Vargr. I even gave him my stateroom. We had to reshuffle the crew a bit, but we've gotten along so well the last few weeks, that the cramped conditions will be no sweat. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Marc hault-Oberlindes wants us to get there fast, and Aramanx is three jumps away. Lou suggests that we can refuel at one of the gas giants in the Carsten system and then jump out. I hope this goes without a hitch. We've already gotten back in the black with the old man's up front money, and on Aramanx we can finally get rid of that wood $$$! Finally, we will get to a world that actually has an economy. I think that our luck is finally turning around.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broccli_Head, post: 1263800, member: 105"] [b][i] from The Traveller Adventure:[/i][/b][i] Memoirs of a Merchant Captain...and His Crew[/i] ---Traveller's Aide Society Press, 1116 [B]Port of Call: Zila[/B] [I]Captain's Log: Missed me? I know that I have been away, but I feel so much better now. We made some money! Did I ever mention how much I love my crew? All of them are experts in their field and could be teaching at a prestigious university or military academy or leading some Imperial megacorp's subsector or even sector's interest. How I got them to join the [/i]Harrier[i], only Dieux knows. However, they do have a knack for attracting trouble, but this time that trouble seems to have become a blessing in disguise. The turn of events gave me such a warm feeling that I even smiled at the Zhodani. He's not so bad after all. And those anolas are kinda cute, too. On Zila, we had to land onworld where the best fuel they had was water from a nearby lake. I can't believe that they charged us for this, but with the law level so high on that planet, it would have been supremely foolish to do some wilderness refueling. Even with their low technology, I'd heard that a far trader was blasted with some type of long range projectile without warning, and the suprised crew were thrown in prison for nearly a year until the parent company could come and bail them out. So, we paid. I stayed on board trying to find cargo from this backwater, but guess what? There was none. Their principal export, fine Zilan wine, was shippped exclusively by Tukeran subsidary Akerut. We were out of luck with a partial hold full of petrified wood. I warned them, but Mr. Atari, Vincent, Al and Epestlatl went out on the town--a prescription for disaster if you ask me. Atari, Vincent, and the Zhodani came back. Al had been incarcerated for starting a brawl. Fortunately, they had all paid to keep a law firm on retainer (a neccessity on a world that restricted most of your personal freedoms), so hopefully, Al would get out the next day, but he would have to pay some fines. Atari related that the fight had been between Akerut employees and the crew of the slow hauler [/i]Margin of Profit[i] owned by Oberlindes, Inc. Like us, Oberlindes was trying to gain inroads in the region amidst a near-monopoly by Tukera, LIC and its subsidaries. Al apparently took offense when they insulted our ship and jumped in on the side of Oberlindes. Vincent smiled as he told me that his fellow marine had knocked in more than a few heads. I shook my head. The last thing we needed was more bad PR with anything Tukera. But here's where it gets good. Apparently, the [/i]MoP[i] was giving old man Oberlindes himself a lift to Aramanx. He and his chief assistant were moving their subsector offices to a more populated world and the ship that they were on had broken down on this backwater world and was grounded for at least another five weeks waiting for parts. Because Al helped out his employees, the old man bailed him out, paid his fees, and then asked if we could accomodate him and his assistant and 50 tons of equipment and data. He also said that he would pay for the whole cargo hold (150 tons!). I said yes right away even when I found out that his assistant was another Vargr. I even gave him my stateroom. We had to reshuffle the crew a bit, but we've gotten along so well the last few weeks, that the cramped conditions will be no sweat. Marc hault-Oberlindes wants us to get there fast, and Aramanx is three jumps away. Lou suggests that we can refuel at one of the gas giants in the Carsten system and then jump out. I hope this goes without a hitch. We've already gotten back in the black with the old man's up front money, and on Aramanx we can finally get rid of that wood $$$! Finally, we will get to a world that actually has an economy. I think that our luck is finally turning around.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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