Leif's DISCONTINUED GURPS Traveller Game -- IC01

[Lou]

James "Jimmy" Beam LIII

Jimmy places the two slips on the table in front of the others--7 tons of legal files and 5 tons of stainless flatware. "So here we are. I can make the next jump less expensive by picking up these two shipments to Edenelt. You can keep the high passage ticket as pure profit. What do you say? Got any extra staterooms I could fill with passengers?"

OOC: I see now that the Merchant skill is for picking up cargo. The Broker skill is in assisting others in getting cargo shipped.

 

[Leif]

Inthe/Glisten en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil -- in the "High Passage" Bar

[sblock=Lou, OOC]

OOC: I see now that the Merchant skill is for picking up cargo. The Broker skill is in assisting others in getting cargo shipped.

You can replace your broker skill with Merchant, if you wish, since there was some confusion.
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[Insight]

[sblock=Lou, OOC]

You can replace your broker skill with Merchant, if you wish, since there was some confusion.
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OOC: Kaira is already good at Merchant. Any problem with her trying to do this?

 

[Leif]

Inthe/Glisten en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil -- in the "High Passage" Bar

[sblock=OOC, Insight]Why doesn't Kaira try to round up some marks, uh I mean passengers on her own while the others are playing drinking games?[/sblock]

 

[Insight]

Kaira leaves the boys (and one girl) to their drinking games and cruises the various bars and other gathering places, looking for anyone who wants passage off-world. Kaira promises the services of the Zax and its capable crew and a relatively safe and speedy trip to Edenelt.

Once Kaira feels like she's milked as much as she can in terms of paying passengers, she returns to the crew and orders another apricot wine.

"I'm ready to blast off this rock. What about the rest of you?"

OOC: The die roller doesn't really have a way to divide dice, so hopefully the method I chose for High Passage is OK.

EDIT: If it's OK, I'd like Kaira to do a bit of Carousing while she's about. Mostly to see if she can learn anything useful that might either help with gathering passengers or perhaps news from the Edenelt system. If this should be Streetwise instead, her target number is 14, not 13.

[sblock=Leif]Kaira is also trying to find out if the Scorpio Cartel is around this place and, more importantly, if they know Kaira is here![/sblock]

 

[Lou]

James "Jimmy" Beam LIII

[sblock=Lou, OOC]

You can replace your broker skill with Merchant, if you wish, since there was some confusion.
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[sblock=Leif, OOC]
I thought I responded to this, but it doesn't seem to have posted.
Jimmy is Merchant 15 and Broker 13. The only change that seems useful might be changing Broker (IQ/A) 13 into Steward (IQ/E) 14 based on this posting on Traveller/GURPS 3 conversions.

Another issue: Jimmy has some high skill in Psychology, etc. that seem to need some Education backing. Should I change the Linguistics (10pts) to Education/2 (higher/professional education) (10 points), drop the extra language skills for other things?
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[Leif]

[sblock=Leif, OOC]Another issue: Jimmy has some high skill in Psychology, etc. that seem to need some Education backing. Should I change the Linguistics (10pts) to Education/2 (higher/professional education) (10 points), drop the extra language skills for other things?
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OOC: Lou-- Do whatever you wish, since you just started Jimmy, anyway. Just make sure you don't spend more CPs than you're entitled to. Otherwise the skill world is your oyster.

Insight: Good rolls! There is nothing up on Edenelt as far as you can tell from talking to folks. Now, you KNOW there is something up at Simulgrab Power Processors, but evidently it is having no effect outside that company. And, regarding the Scorpio Cartel, you hear some vague rumblings, but you get the sense that Kaira may have slipped under their radar for the moment. (For the moment! )

All: Sounds like the Zax is going to have a full house for the trip to Edenelt! I'll leave it to you folk to determine how many of which class of passengers and which cargo you take. Just tell me when you decide. And you four crewmembers can stuff yourselves into 2 staterooms leaving the rest for passengers, provided you can talk Zoe out of her nice, cushy, BIG, private stateroom....

 

[Insight]

OOC: Due to the premium on space aboard the Zax, Kaira would like to work her magic on the passengers to perhaps squeeze a little more cash out of them for the trip. Not sure exactly how GM wants to handle this. I'll try some Diplomacy and perhaps Carousing to buy them some drinks and such. Maybe some Fast-Talk too. Remember that Kaira has "Appearance - Very Beautiful" and Charisma 4.

 

[Lou]

Jimmy Beam

OOC: Lou-- Do whatever you wish, since you just started Jimmy, anyway. Just make sure you don't spend more CPs than you're entitled to. Otherwise the skill world is your oyster.

All: Sounds like the Zax is going to have a full house for the trip to Edenelt! I'll leave it to you folk to determine how many of which class of passengers and which cargo you take. Just tell me when you decide. And you four crewmembers can stuff yourselves into 2 staterooms leaving the rest for passengers, provided you can talk Zoe out of her nice, cushy, BIG, private stateroom....

OOC: Due to the premium on space aboard the Zax, Kaira would like to work her magic on the passengers to perhaps squeeze a little more cash out of them for the trip. Not sure exactly how GM wants to handle this. I'll try some Diplomacy and perhaps Carousing to buy them some drinks and such. Maybe some Fast-Talk too. Remember that Kaira has "Appearance - Very Beautiful" and Charisma 4.

OOC: I'll just switch Broker 13 for Steward 14 and leave the rest as it was.

Jimmy watches as Kaira starts smoozing with potential passengers. As she uses her beauty and charm, Jimmy will back her up, talking her up in the background.

OOC: Use Savior-Faire (Service Industry) 14 and Steward 14, along with his voice and charisma (+4).

 

[Lou]

Jimmy Beam

OOC: Lou-- Do whatever you wish, since you just started Jimmy, anyway. Just make sure you don't spend more CPs than you're entitled to. Otherwise the skill world is your oyster.

All: Sounds like the Zax is going to have a full house for the trip to Edenelt! I'll leave it to you folk to determine how many of which class of passengers and which cargo you take. Just tell me when you decide. And you four crewmembers can stuff yourselves into 2 staterooms leaving the rest for passengers, provided you can talk Zoe out of her nice, cushy, BIG, private stateroom....

OOC: Due to the premium on space aboard the Zax, Kaira would like to work her magic on the passengers to perhaps squeeze a little more cash out of them for the trip. Not sure exactly how GM wants to handle this. I'll try some Diplomacy and perhaps Carousing to buy them some drinks and such. Maybe some Fast-Talk too. Remember that Kaira has "Appearance - Very Beautiful" and Charisma 4.

OOC: I'll just switch Broker 13 for Steward 14 and leave the rest as it was.

Jimmy watches as Kaira starts smoozing with potential passengers. As she uses her beauty and charm, Jimmy will back her up, talking her up in the background.

OOC: Use Savior-Faire (Service Industry) 14 and Steward 14, along with his voice and charisma (+4).