Leif's DISCONTINUED GURPS Traveller Game -- IC01

[Shayuri]

"What I want to know is," Zoe said as she watched the chunks of gemcrab being hoisted up into the belly of the ship, "...how are any of these things still alive? A few of them make you a millionaire, they don't fight back, and there's caves full of them. They're not even a protected species. You'd think these shores would be lined with croubek hunters."

She shrugs.

"Maybe I'm just paranoid. Maybe we really, honestly, genuinely got this lucky."

 

[Insight]

Kaira looks over the silver and uncut gems that have been collected. "I know a fellow who can cut these gems. He owes me." She runs her gloved hand across the glittering, multi-colored stones. The look on her face suggests that Kaira is recalling some past event. She takes a moment and then says, "Yep. That bastard owes me big."

Kaira walks to a nearby window. "There was a time when a gentleman treated a lady in a certain way. Even if that lady was sent on a mission to kill him. It's called chivalry." She sighs. "Oh, well."

She turns back to the group. "I know some people who will pay a pretty good price for this collection. Let's get these stones cut and really make some cash on this hunt."

 

[Lou]

Jimmy

Jimmy says, "As we get underway, I'll start preparing a sample of burbon sauced Croubek brisket. I think I'll test the meat for poisons before cooking, too. Does the ship have a medical analyzer?"

Jimmy makes his way to the galley with the raw meat for cooling. Taking a few minutes to get cleaned up, he returns to the galley to make some basic tests on the meat for any signs of poison, using standard cooking techniques to see if the meat is bad, unless a medical analyzer is available to test for poison.

OOC: So unless there is a medical scanner that gives a 2 point bonus, looks like Jimmy may have missed any poison, if it's present.

 

[Insight]

OOC: So unless there is a medical scanner that gives a 2 point bonus, looks like Jimmy may have missed any poison, if it's present.

OOC: Doc Hannigan has a ton of medical equipment. Check out his sheet in the RG.

 

[Leif]

Inthe/Glisten (supposedly) en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil

*Waking up the Good Doctor, eh? *
Doc Hannigan is awake, barely, and he roughly takes the meat from Jimmy. "Here, gimme that!" [Jimmy wonders if the 'good doctor' got an adequate amount of sleep last 'night,' because he's not usually quite this surly.] The Doctor vanishes with the meat into his lab for a good half-hour, and then the doors slide open again. "Well, I tested it thoroughly and there's no poison. But, ah, Jimmy, I think you're going to be disappointed -- it tastes like my ass smells!" Jimmy doesn't know how Doc 'prepared' the morsel, but he doubts if the medical 'lab'/sickbay has adequate culinary apparatus to do it justice.

 

[Lou]

Jimmy

Jimmy takes the meat sample from the Doc, "Thanks."

Jimmy throws away the rest of the sample in the galley. Taking a clean piece of meat, Jimmy cuts some small test strips and experiments with different cooking techniques to see what effect different levels of doneness and heat/time have on the taste. Finally, Jimmy soaks some meat in burbon and stir-frys it.

 

[Centisteed]

Gruffle

Gruffle puts up his gear & switches back to his
jumpsuit. He passes near the Croubek & sniffs.
Then says, "Err, uhh. I think I'll have a pass
on that croubek meat, Jimmy."

He picks up a pack of standard ship rations
& heads to the break room (or where everyone
else happens to be standing around).

OOC: Do we have a dining room, or does everyone just eat at their station? Also, if anyone is rolling for poison or detection of anything, that should probably be rolled 'behind the GM's screen'. As a failed roll would simply indicate: nothing has been detected.

 

[Leif]

Inthe/Glisten (supposedly) en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil

Jimmy takes the meat sample from the Doc, "Thanks."

Jimmy throws away the rest of the sample in the galley. Taking a clean piece of meat, Jimmy cuts some small test strips and experiments with different cooking techniques to see what effect different levels of doneness and heat/time have on the taste. Finally, Jimmy soaks some meat in burbon and stir-frys it.

The meat is a bit on the 'gamey' side, but Jimmy is able to make a passably sumptuous meal with it, anyway.

OOC: Do we have a dining room, or does everyone just eat at their station? Also, if anyone is rolling for poison or detection of anything, that should probably be rolled 'behind the GM's screen'. As a failed roll would simply indicate: nothing has been detected.

OOC: It's not really a formal dining room per se, but the "breakroom/lounge" area has a suitable table and it's very near the galley, so it'll do for a dining room in a pinch. And I get the 'behind the screens' thing, but there was utterly no chance of that happening here. I'm not going to poison you if you eat a creature that I made up out of whole cloth like this. At least not without a bit of prior warning....

 

[Insight]

Kaira returns to the lounge after having changed into a low-cut black blouse and tight, black, lycra pants, completing the outfit with thigh-high black, leather boots and a black headband under her dark locks.

"I'll try some of that croubek," Kaira says as she sits down. "Smells all right, I guess. Must be the bourbon.".

"We need to come up with a plan of action. As I said earlier, I can get these gemstones cut and we can really make some cash, or we can just sell them as-is. I know we have a standing mission, so perhaps we can drop off these gems for my friend to cut them and head off to wherever our mission takes us. Does that sound like an idea?'

 

[Centisteed]

Gruffle

Gruffle eats his ship food & stares at Kaira as
she struts in with an inquisitive, but indifferent
look at her appearance.

Gruffle says to Kaira, "Aye. I think we can drop
off the gems before heading out. We should
probably check the slow boat mail drop to see
if there is any word from our employers, or
do they even know where we are at this point?
How far is your friend's world from our designated
location?"