+---------- Ship ----------+-- HP ---+- FP -+- SH -+- EN -+- ST -+- LK -+- GRIT -+
| Cosmosword | 73/99 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 1 |
+--------------------------+---------+------+------+------+------+------+--------+
Hat: None
StarBits: b70.0000
The VIP arrives at the Cosmosword. A slimy-looking fellow, some bad-ass Men-in-Black suit-wearing space-lizard, complete with solar visors and suitcase. Browf stands at attention at the gangway.
“Welcome sir. Your room has been prepared for the two day journey to your destination. The onboard computer will provide you with our itinerary, the scheduled meals, and the mini-bar is fully stocked. You are invited to join me at the captain’s table tonight.”
" Ssssorry, but I musssst assssk, doessss your sssship have free… ssssecure wi-ffffiii? I mussssst attend conferensssse callssss for the majority… of the journey… Pleasssse have mealsssss brought to my cabin. Quietly… I must not be… dissssturbed."
Browf nods, and extends his hoofs to shake the MIB’s hand.
The lizard stares at the hoof for a second, blinks one eye, and then the other. Then boards the ship, following the robotic klaxxon-hop to his quarters.
What a class act…
“BAMBI, take us out!”
. . .
“And when the asteroid took out the interstellar relay, he insisted I perform an EVA to repair it.”
“And after we dropped him off, I audited his usage. It turned out he wasted our expensive interstellar network access on streaming holograms from lizardsgonewild.tv. Cost me a pretty penny. And no tip! I should invoice Unizone for his abuse of our services.”
+ UNIZONE CONTRACT FORBIDS INVOICING FOR COMPLIMENTARY SERVICES +
“SHAZBOT!”
. . .
“b500?! That’s almost the price of a new ship! And GRIT is the new HAT! Or is it ‘HAT is the new GRIT’. I don’t know. Browf’s never been one for fashion. But these corduroy pants… I do like them. Did I catch Dakota Hoofington eyeing up the Browf?”
+ SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF DUCK'S POND SHOWS THIS IS UNLIKELY +
“Well she did fix my translator. And she was quite the looker, and maybe not too young for Browf. Browf wonders what she likes to do for fun.”
“Down to mission business. With com kits off the market, all missions are dangerous. Meteor showers in Omnomicron. Risks of burning out the engines. Being used as chum by Unizone’s enforcers. And invalidating our Unizone courier licences. This is not great business. Costs are up, profits are low.”
“While I do need to pay off the loan I took out to get this ship to Charybdis, I have made many new friends. Browf doesn’t want to risk the law, but doesn’t want to risk the ship either.”
“But no guts, no glory. Adventure calls, and the quest for GRIT it shall be! Browf’s got something to prove! Let’s catch a lizard tail and put it in our pocket!”
-b10, +2 SH | Unizone Shield Boosters (2 SH)
-b10, +2 SH | Unizone Shield Boosters (2 SH)
-b20, +10 HP | Hull Whole Hole Filler (10 HP)
-b20, +10 HP | Hull Whole Hole Filler (10 HP)
-b0 | Mission 3: Lizard Tail
Edit:
-b5, +1 GRIT (temporary) | Crew fee, Dakota Hoofington
