Here is turn #7, it's long, and it speaks for itself.
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Well turn #7 was quite interesting, and long. Here's #7, and the story keeps
getting better.
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NOTES
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1) Traveller mailing list is back up. I'm going to continue posting to both
rec.games.frp and the list, and hopefully they will catch up in three or four
weeks.
2) Spring Break -- mine is 3-17 to 3-25, I'm not going anywhere, so I'll
accept responses during that time. If you are going to be away, just tell
me and I'll wait for your response.
3) Erekosse went to the bridge to do a System Check, and is no longer in the
common room.
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PLAYERS' MOVE
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"Where did you get that?" says Moe. "That's evidence, and you have
no right to remove it. I demand you turn it over to me right now." He goes
to get up, but Steve stands up also, Moe sees this, and sits back down.
"First off buddy," starts the captain, "I can confiscate whatever I
want, whenever I want. And you can't demand anything from me. So relax, I'll
have Erekosse check it out when he's done with the computer check."
It's obvious that Moe is getting quite upset with the situation, and
says, "As a Imperial Agent, Captain, I am ordering you to hand that computer
over to me now."
"Why?"
"Becuase you might accidentally .. um tamper with it, and um ...", he
is looking nervous.
"Let's see what's on it, shall we," says the captain as he begins to
type on the mini keypad.
"No!" screams Moe as he leaps for the Captain. Steve's was caught
off guard, and his reaction is slow, but not slow enough to collide with Moe
before he hit the Captain.
Erc jumps out of his chair, and goes to help. Samantha has her gun
out. Steve gets a wrist lock on Moe, and tries to make him submit, but Moe
is fighting like a bear, and with a sharp blow to the Steve's abdomen, he breaks
the hold. Moe tries a kick to the midsection, but Steve is a bit faster, and
blocks it with his right arm. Erc jumps in with a right cross to Moe's jaw.
Moe responds with anouther low kick, not for the abdomen, for the balls. Erc
is quite stunned, and falls to the floor. Steve gets a round-house in as Moe
finished his kick, and drops him. Steve turns to the captain and says, "Are you
alright sir?"
"Watch out," screams Samantha, as she fires her Snub-Pistol. Steve
ducked, and she hit Moe square in the chest, the tranq round does it's job.
"Jesus," exclaims Steve, "that guy is tough. What's the dosage?" to Samantha.
"He'll be out for a couple of hours. Next time make sure they're down!"
"Right. How you feeling big-guy?" Steve says to Erc, as he helps him
off the floor.
"Lemon-sucking mongrel, kicked me in the balls! How am I supposed to
feel?"
"You'll be fine," says Samantha, "just put some ice on it." That gets
a chuckle out of everyone, except Erc.
"Walk it off, you'll be okay. I'll remove this mess sir," Steve says
to the Captain.
"Go right ahead."
"My pleasure." Steve grabs Moe by the feet, and drags him down the hall
with Samantha following. He drags him into the stateroom, and then locks the
door.
"Well I think it's time to get some work done, eh boys and girls," says
the captain. "Samantha, find out what's on this thing," he hands the computer
to her. "Erc and I will go back downstairs and see what's inside that crate.
Steve, I want you here, no one comes out of there rooms, without my permission,
comprende?"
"Got it."
"Okay people ...."
The intercom whistles, and Erekosse's voice is heard, "Captain?"
Captain Moray walks over (it's located next to the door adjacent to the
stairs), and says "What is it?"
"Ummm, you better get down here, you gotta read this for yourself.
Nothing is really wrong, just that you better see this."
"Okay I'll be right down. Also Steve, help Samantha, when she's done,
look through this ledger (he puts it on the table) I picked it up in Moe and
Curly's room. Well let's move like we got a purpose."
(Aside to Erc) "I've always wanted to say that," as they head
downstairs.
Samantha spends time scanning through the computer memory, and
thier seems to be nothing of interest. Most of the data files are business
addresses of companies, and the names of contact persons. Also there are some
comm-line numbers and one strange entry, it reads:
Binary -- 8AC23D
Also, after looking further, you find one bank transaction, it reads:
ACCT #: xx42-8900PZ12 Balance: 35,972 Cr
Transfer to: PTP-SA-62 Amount: 26,000 Cr
Date: 130-1117
Steve looks through the book, and finds nothing really of interest,
it contains junk actually, and reading it carefully he discovers that after the
first 5 pages, the book starts repeating itself, it's like the same 5 pages
reprinted 50 times.
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CREWS' MOVE
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The Captain and Erc enter the bridge, Erekosse is sitting at a HUD
unit, and there is a serious look on his face. "What's up?"
"Well Jordan, I was looking through the files, because I couldn't
remember if I had started the Anti-Hijacking program or not, and well it took
a while, and I discovered nothing was wrong, except that the library was messed
up a bit, seems that a 'door' was put in the library, so if it was asked to find
IBI badge #'s it would print up the data that Samantha read. Also, when I
brought down the Anti-Hijacking program this appeared." He gets up and lets the
Captain sit down. There is a message on the screen, it reads:
I'm sorry I did this, messing up the library,
but they said if I didn't they'd kill us. They
said they were taking over, and if we helped they'd
let us live. I hope this gives you fair warning.
I'm not leaving my stateroom till you say it's okay.
--Charlie
"Did you get rid of the 'door'?"
"Yup."
"Okay, I'm going to go with Erc, and we're going to open that crate.
You get upstairs and watch with Steve, let's not let this get any more out of
hand than it already is."
"Okay, I'm on it."
"Let's go Erc, it's time we see what they are really transporting."
Erc and the Captain, enter the cargo hold. They pick up a floater and
the tool kits and walk over to the crate. Erc says, "I heard this humming sound
coming from the crate, I don't hear it now, but I think it was coming from the
top of it. I'll use the floater to to go up and look."
"Okay, but wait, I do have two of them." He goes and gets the second
floater. (NOTE: A floater is a disk, about 3' in diameter, it uses anti-grav
plates to lift a max of 250 kg, to a max height of 10m. Tech: 14, your modern
day step ladder.)
Both the captain and Erc move to the top of the crate, there is writing
on the top of the crate, that says: THIS END UP, DO NOT BLOCK, with arrows point
ing to a 2' x 2' square on the crate. It looks quite like a ventilation duct,
but it appears to be closed. There is also a panel, with a hinge on it, and
Erc looks to the Captain for the okay, and when he give it, open the panel,
very carefully. Inside the panel it a display unit, there are 6 buttons that
aren't depressed. There are also 6 lights, next to the buttons, there are all
green, and glowing brightly. The video unit is on, but the screen is blank.
"You ever seen anything like this," says the Captain to Erc.
"No, but I think I know how to find out."
"How?"
"Push this button," he says as he points to one button all by itself,
seperate from the rest.
"Okay, you push it," says the captain.
"I'm not gonna push it, you push it."
"No way Jose, I'm not pushing it, it was your idea, you push it."
"I'm not gonna be held responsible if I blow up your ship captain, so
I think YOU better push it."
"Hmmm, I see your point, okay I'll push it." The captain depresses the
button very lightly, and after it is totally in, the screen comes to life. Data
appears, and then some charts, and other sets of numbers. The screen stops
flushing data, and says: SYSTEMS NORMAL
AIR -- GOOD
MATTER -- GOOD
SEAL -- SAFE
ENV -- SAFE
VITAL SIGNS -- GOOD
"Uh, does this mean what I think it means," says Erc to the Captain.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking."
Erc nods his head yes, and says, "Somethings alive in there," pointing
to the crate.
"I'm getting to old for this shit," mutters the captain.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water ... ta-da!
Hope your enjoying yourselfs, because it only gets better.
Responses due 3-24-89 or ASAP
NOTE: all materials are copyrighted, Brad Post, cica 1988. Any use of this
material without the author's consent is a felony.
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