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− | <em>Air Date: 29 Jun 2010</em><br /> | + | <p><strong>Episode 403: Catalysts and Constraints</strong><br /> |
− | <em>Present: Kim, Maer, Terri, Andy, and Bobby</em></p> | + | <em>Air Date: 29 Jun 2010</em><br /> |
+ | <em>Present: Kim, Maer, Terri, Andy, and Bobby</em></p> | ||
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<p><strong>Monday, 26 May 2521</strong><br /> | <p><strong>Monday, 26 May 2521</strong><br /> | ||
<strong>Peña Spaceport, Kerry </strong><br /> | <strong>Peña Spaceport, Kerry </strong><br /> | ||
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<strong>Nika:</strong> I’d be interested. Whaddya got?<br /> | <strong>Nika:</strong> I’d be interested. Whaddya got?<br /> | ||
<strong>Byshek:</strong> It’s, um, agricultural chemicals.<br /> | <strong>Byshek:</strong> It’s, um, agricultural chemicals.<br /> | ||
− | + | Rina: (murmuring to self) Nitrate. You can make explosives with nitrate.</p> | |
<p>Nika leans away from the camera pick up and silently waves her flattened palm in front of her throat: <em>No, no and hell no!</em></p> | <p>Nika leans away from the camera pick up and silently waves her flattened palm in front of her throat: <em>No, no and hell no!</em></p> | ||
<p><strong>Byshek:</strong> Is for insecticide. Nitro guanidine.<br /> | <p><strong>Byshek:</strong> Is for insecticide. Nitro guanidine.<br /> | ||
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<strong>Nika:</strong> Oh and by the way, Christian Edge is no longer our steward. We have a new steward on board.<br /> | <strong>Nika:</strong> Oh and by the way, Christian Edge is no longer our steward. We have a new steward on board.<br /> | ||
<strong>Byshek:</strong> I don’t know who Christian is. <br /> | <strong>Byshek:</strong> I don’t know who Christian is. <br /> | ||
− | + | Johsua: (undertone) Well there you go. Problem solved.<br /> | |
<strong>Byshek:</strong> You bring crew to restaurant. We talk.<br /> | <strong>Byshek:</strong> You bring crew to restaurant. We talk.<br /> | ||
<strong>Nika:</strong> Okay.</p> | <strong>Nika:</strong> Okay.</p> | ||
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<strong>Nika:</strong> So he’s willing to pay the expedited fee.<br /> | <strong>Nika:</strong> So he’s willing to pay the expedited fee.<br /> | ||
<strong>Joshua:</strong> To get us to Blue Sun? What’s the timeframe? I need to know. We have 320 credits. 200 for the fuel pods brings us down to 120<br /> | <strong>Joshua:</strong> To get us to Blue Sun? What’s the timeframe? I need to know. We have 320 credits. 200 for the fuel pods brings us down to 120<br /> | ||
− | <strong>Nika:</strong> (doing the math in her head) We need 672 hours. With pulse.<br /> | + | <strong>Nika:</strong> (doing the math in her head) We need 672 hours. With pulse.<br /> |
<strong>Joshua:</strong> Okay. But we’re going to need 300 and some hours of fuel at .21 times credits, so that brings us down to 60. but we’re going to have to load up on food. So that brings us down to zero, so… Like… (has to laugh) …<br /> | <strong>Joshua:</strong> Okay. But we’re going to need 300 and some hours of fuel at .21 times credits, so that brings us down to 60. but we’re going to have to load up on food. So that brings us down to zero, so… Like… (has to laugh) …<br /> | ||
<strong>Nika:</strong> So we’ll negotiate for half up front or he may pay us up front.<br /> | <strong>Nika:</strong> So we’ll negotiate for half up front or he may pay us up front.<br /> | ||
− | <strong>Joshua:</strong> I’m not sure if he’s going to pay half-and-half on illegal expedited cargo, but maybe I’m wrong.<br /> | + | <strong>Joshua:</strong> I’m not sure if he’s going to pay half-and-half on illegal expedited cargo, but maybe I’m wrong.<br /> |
− | <strong>Nika:</strong> Well then, he can pay up front.</p> | + | <strong>Nika:</strong> Well then, he can pay up front.</p> |
− | <p> | + | <p>Josua runs through the numbers again. The trip to Blue Sun will take 24 days. We’ll need 96 canned food hours, not including extras so we’ll probably need another 20 for food. Part of our expenses depend on whether we’re taking on passengers at first class or not. Nika states our passenger will be paying for that up front, to go to Blue Sun. Yeah but if we’re taking on second class passengers, they’ll be eating canned like the crew. given what we have on hand now, we’ll still need another 70 days worth. Bottom line: the fuel tanks and the extra food and the monthly maintenance and drugs for Joshua will cost 609 credits of which we only have 312, putting us in the red for the remaining 297.</p> |
<p>We need to find a way to make up the lack. Is there a way to have Kiera pay us for the cargo space she’s taking up? That’s another 50 credits gained. If she downgraded to second class food, that’s credits saved. Or we could go meet Byshek and see what he’s willing to pay up front first before we start taking privileges and credits away from our passenger. Adding the cost to fill the fuel pods to our operating expenses gives us a figure of 750 for our basement figure. We can’t go lower than that and still do the job for Byshek. We’ll just have to see if he’s willing to pay it.</p> | <p>We need to find a way to make up the lack. Is there a way to have Kiera pay us for the cargo space she’s taking up? That’s another 50 credits gained. If she downgraded to second class food, that’s credits saved. Or we could go meet Byshek and see what he’s willing to pay up front first before we start taking privileges and credits away from our passenger. Adding the cost to fill the fuel pods to our operating expenses gives us a figure of 750 for our basement figure. We can’t go lower than that and still do the job for Byshek. We’ll just have to see if he’s willing to pay it.</p> | ||
− | <p><strong>Arden:</strong> I have | + | <p><strong>Arden:</strong> I have distrustful feeling.<br /> |
− | <strong>Nika:</strong> We’ve dealt with this guy before. He dealt square with us.<br /> | + | <strong>Nika:</strong> We’ve dealt with this guy before. He dealt square with us.<br /> |
− | <strong>Rina:</strong> He did us well. He didn’t double cross us.<br /> | + | <strong>Rina:</strong> He did us well. He didn’t double cross us.<br /> |
− | <strong>Nika:</strong> If you’d like to stay home, you’re more than welcome to, Arden.<br /> | + | <strong>Nika:</strong> If you’d like to stay home, you’re more than welcome to, Arden.<br /> |
− | <strong>Joshua:</strong> I’m going to go find our passenger.</p> | + | <strong>Joshua:</strong> I’m going to go find our passenger.</p> |
<p>Meaning the first class passenger we’v flown to Newhope to pick up. Joshua finds him easily enough using the spaceport boards and arranges a meet. When he gets there he finds a old gentleman of indeterminate age, white-haired and erect of bearing, with the cultured speech and accent of the Core. He’s dressed in fine traveler wear. It’s not the couture tailoring one would normally find in the Core but rather it’s more like high-end adventure wear. Sort of like a cross between L.L.Bean and Ralph Lauren. And though he isn’t at all crass, the man practically smells of cash. One thing looks out of place, however. The gentleman is carrying a weathered old canvas rucksack. It looks like a workman’s rucksack, perhaps to carry tools or materials in. It’s seen some heavy use and it looks old, probably dating from before the war. Given the year is 2521, that would date it at least 15 years. </p> | <p>Meaning the first class passenger we’v flown to Newhope to pick up. Joshua finds him easily enough using the spaceport boards and arranges a meet. When he gets there he finds a old gentleman of indeterminate age, white-haired and erect of bearing, with the cultured speech and accent of the Core. He’s dressed in fine traveler wear. It’s not the couture tailoring one would normally find in the Core but rather it’s more like high-end adventure wear. Sort of like a cross between L.L.Bean and Ralph Lauren. And though he isn’t at all crass, the man practically smells of cash. One thing looks out of place, however. The gentleman is carrying a weathered old canvas rucksack. It looks like a workman’s rucksack, perhaps to carry tools or materials in. It’s seen some heavy use and it looks old, probably dating from before the war. Given the year is 2521, that would date it at least 15 years. </p> | ||
<p>Interesting. Why would a man made of money and dresses like it openly carry around a beat up canvas haversack? </p> | <p>Interesting. Why would a man made of money and dresses like it openly carry around a beat up canvas haversack? </p> | ||
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