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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1649409" data-attributes="member: 515">Chapter IVDate: 165-993Location: Sentry Downport Morning finds the crew of the Bray Keaven chatting around the table and having breakfast. Swann finds a message in his inbox from Lysette Tamara that invites him and any of his crewmates to call on her at berth 78 after 1400 hrs and before 1600 hrs. Swann does some checking and finds that a Seeker named Hard Luck and registered to Lysette Tamara is currently parked at berth 78. Swann informs the others about the message so if anyone has any firearms requirements, they can tag along. Specifically, he asks Ian if he wants to go along in search of more ammo for his gauss pistol. "You used up quite a bit on Sentry, and I’m guessing you can’t just walk into any gun shop and buy that stuff." Also, Swann would like to have at least one person along for backup. "Sure, I’ll come along." Ian says. "You’re right, I need to replenish my gauss pistol ammo. I would also like to expand my arsenal a bit as well." "Well, actually, if you don’t mind, I could use two clips of standard ammo for a snub pistol," Martha mentions to Swann. "Would you mind?" Vasilii asks Swann, "Mr. Hellinic, if you don’t mind I think I’d like something a little more powerful than the weapon I carry normally. If you don’t mind, would you select something for me that might be more intimidating?" Swann fights to maintain a serious expression as he looks at Vasilii. "Well, maybe we can find you a PGMP or FGMP to match your suit." Then he breaks into a smile. "Sure, I’ll see if I can’t find you a hand cannon big enough to strike fear into the heart of an Aslan." Martha and Vargas bring up the topic of Kevon Holland and point out that they should probably contact him today regarding the decision about whether to hire him or not. Kevon did seem a little surprised that he wasn't hired on the spot and had to carry his duffel back to his hostel by himself. "I personally would recommend hiring him," Martha says. "His performance was stellar on the tacticals, and he seems likable enough. If there’s a big issue on his background, call Argent. He’s probably still in system, and can get back to us with the details as he knows them." "He seems like a good enough fellow, and he comes highly recommended," Ian says. "I’ll do some background checks to see if anything interesting comes up. Otherwise I’d recommend hiring him on as part of the crew. Should we give him an equal cut of the pay? Or should there be an initiation period?" Ian says with a sly grin. Saro says, "Well, I think the fellow will work for us plus he is Marcus’ cousin and comes highly recommended by him. That’s the difference for me. I think we should hire him with a salary for a period and when he works out, no doubt he will, we offer him partnership." Saro then looks at Vasilii. "By the way, what happened to Marcus’ share of the ship? Did we buy him out or does he still own it, and if he does what do we offer Kevon? "On that topic, should we discuss salaries or do we just split a percentage of the profits." "After that large amount handed over last time, I thought we were on a percentage plan," Martha volunteers. Vasilii doesn’t have an opinion on hiring Kevon, since he didn’t participate in the interview process. He does suggest a salary commensurate with a pilot’s position rather than a share. Swann listens to what the others have to say, then adds, "Well, if he passes Martha’s stringent requirements, he’s got my vote. I know she wouldn’t put this ship in the hands of an unqualified pilot." Vasilii, Swann, Ian, and Vargas recount their odd meeting with the mysterious blonde. Swann studiously avoids mentioning Erica for some reason. Vasilii tells the others, "The lady seemed surprised when I mentioned the bomb. I don’t think her group had anything to do with it. I’d prefer to space the plants myself, but we are going to be operating in this area for a while. If we take that kind of action, we might be facing another bomb or something even worse." "I have to disagree, I think she was faking surprise and disbelief when you told her of the bomb," Ian says. "I don’t care to deal this these people myself, but what Vasilii says makes sense. It would not be prudent to make enemies if we don’t have to. I’ll do a bit of checking around to see if I can learn any info about our blonde bombshell and her white haired friend." Ian turns to Swann. "Swann, think we could leave a bit early and make a stop or two on the way to your appointment? Maybe we can glean some information from some of the locals." Swann smiles and says, "Stop off for a drink? Well, if you insist, I suppose I could be persuaded to join you." "By the way," Ian asks, "is Mr. Holland gonna be here during the blonde’s visit at 1800? And if we decide to make a deal, how do we handle all this if we hire Mr. Holland on as crew?" "Well, after my legal research I can say that we are in deep," Saro says. "Had we just given it to the Imperials when we found it things would have been a lot less harsh. Background search and such. Now, after two months, at the very least we lose the ship and at the worst we croak. Any ideas?" "Perhaps we should just dump them out into jumpspace the next time we make a jump?" Martha suggests. "You know, nothing ever returns that crosses that field to the other side and contrary to popular holovid, it doesn’t cause misjumps to do that." "Don’t know what to do with the cubes either," Saro says. "Could we look to install a negative pressure cube in the ship? Otherwise we can wait until the laser are calibrated and open it in the airlock." "Probably should do the same with the boxes," Martha says, referring to a jumpspace dumping. "I don't know what the old captain was into, but none of it seems legit. May as well be rid of it, just to be safe." "Best suggestion I’ve heard in a while," offers Vargas. "Hanging on to illegal goods, especially really illegal goods, can be hazardous to your health. I for one don’t want to be looking down the business end of some artillery piece wielded by Marines or mobsters. Deadstick a Type S, sure; slug it out with the professionally violent, no."</blockquote>

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