Chapter Eight: Breakfast on the Queen

[BackworldTraveller]

The meeting is interrupted by the Queen
I'm sorry to interrupt, but there is an unrecognised person at the airlock.

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Maggie
This is bay 13-13

The airlock to the Queen is off to the right in this picture on the bottom floor. You have entered via the door at the top of the stairs opposite - which connects to the "outside" corridor where the car was parked. The lower door opposite is where you would have entered had to taken the lift from the top floor.

FYI: The cases opposite are standard A7 Cargo Boxes.

[joertexas]

The meeting is interrupted by the Queen
I'm sorry to interrupt, but there is an unrecognised person at the airlock.

Indrani keys up the comm and the relevant external camera. "Good morning."

[The Bindoner]

Nālani goes to find a toolset and investigate the problem in P1.

[SpinwardMarch]

Maggie

She answers politely, but with a slight German accent, Hello, this is Captain Magdalena Holtz, of the Touchdown Navy, retired. As part of my divorce settlement, I have received Mr. Suzu's ship share. I have come to see what that entails.

Then she waits.

[BackworldTraveller]

Nālani goes to find a toolset and investigate the problem in P1.

Can I have an engineer check for this please

[joertexas]

Maggie

She answers politely, but with a slight German accent, Hello, this is Captain Magdalena Holtz, of the Touchdown Navy, retired. As part of my divorce settlement, I have received Mr. Suzu's ship share. I have come to see what that entails.

Then she waits.

Indrani rises and steps over to the airlock. She presses the button to unlock the outer door. "Please, come aboard."

[SpinwardMarch]

Maggie

Thank you. And she will enter the ship.

[BackworldTraveller]

Queen details
There are 4 crew (Nalani's downstairs) visible at the table, clearly just finishing a micro-wave breakfast with coffee/beverage of choice. The neat interior is less evident - there are stacks of rubbish piled to the right of the entranceway. The turret hatch at the far end is open and the interior looks like it is "being worked on"

[SpinwardMarch]

Maggie

She takes this all in, and thinks, Ah, he was trying to get rid of the ship share. I thought so.

To everyone else, Hello. I hope I have not interrupted something important. I have only received the information and paperwork on the ship share today, and wished to learn more. She will present whatever documents she was given by the bank.

[joertexas]

Maggie

She takes this all in, and thinks, Ah, he was trying to get rid of the ship share. I thought so.

To everyone else, Hello. I hope I have not interrupted something important. I have only received the information and paperwork on the ship share today, and wished to learn more. She will present whatever documents she was given by the bank.

"Please, sit down and help yourself to breakfast. I'm Indrani Carter, the Queen's captain." She introduces everyone else present in turn. She sits down and glances though the documents, and then passes them to Pranit.

I'm not clear on who's actually aboard, so I fudged the introductions

[BackworldTraveller]

Indrani & Maggie
Around the table are Pranit: (XO, Belter, Sporting a sling); Arnwulf(From Touchdown, Gunner); Reven (From Poseidon, Engineer) and Indrani (Captain, from the belt). Somewhere on a lower level is Nalani (Belter, Pilot).

(there are two others but they are away from the ship at the moment)

[The Bindoner]

Nālani goes to find a toolset and investigate the problem in P1.

Can I have an engineer check for this please

Engineer/0: [2d6]=7 Bid for +2 Int

Computer trouble, took a while to connect with the roller

[BackworldTraveller]

Passenger Stateroom P1 has an obvious issue - the humidifier appears to be doing its thing at full pelt. You can almost see the water-vapour - and the walls are now damp as the extra liquid condenses out. As a temporary fix, Nalani pulls the power to the unit - drying the room would normally be a wipe-down with the spare towels - but looking at the room, that's likely to make a mess of the towels. You are going to need some disposable wipes! In fact there is nothing wrong with P1's decor that a good fusion torch wouldn't cure. But that is true of all the passenger staterooms except P6 - which has been cleared of everything anyway.

If you assume two hours effort per room for 10 rooms...That's a long time - Leave it for the moment. Meanwhile...drying wipes...Did Pranit buy any in for upstairs?

[BackworldTraveller]

Queen
There are two more people at the airlock

A quick check of the external cameras shows Mr Kassel, the engineer, in a Vacc-Suit, and someone in overalls holding a large package.

[ateno]

Queen
There are two more people at the airlock

A quick check of the external cameras shows Mr Kassel, the engineer, in a Vacc-Suit, and someone in overalls holding a large package.

Pranit heads to the lock and opens it.

"Good morning Mr. Kassel, we did not meet yesterday, I am Pranit, the XO, please come in. Queen please recognize Mr. Kassel as a guest today until dinner time.

Pranit steps aside for him to enter.

"Hello, who is sending us presents? Pranit looks at the return address.

After getting the name, on the ship announce: If anyone is expecting a package from X Y, do you want to accept?"

If there is no one expecting it, Pranit will sign for it and set it aside for now.

"Mr Kassel, your officer from yesterday will be availabe soon, is there anything else you need to do before the walk?"


Pranit

[BackworldTraveller]

"Hello, who is sending us presents? Pranit looks at the return address.

It's "The Shoji Company" and addressed to Nalani

[The Bindoner]

Nālani returns to the commons.

Pranit, do we have disposable drying wipes?

Noticing Maggie:

Ah! A new face. Welcome to the Queen.

And here is Mr Kassel. You are prompt.

Turning back to Pranit: I have disabled the malfunctioning humidifier in P1, but the room is saturated and the device needs repair or replacement. The whole deck is in need of deep cleaning, and I think we have better things to do than mop and wipe. It is only a days work for professionals, half a day for a team, if we have the funds I recommend hiring them.

Since our Mr Kassel is here shall I suit up and assist him, or do you need me to find those wipes and dry the room first?

Ah! my order has been delivered. How efficient. This morning everything is on time except me.

[joertexas]

Indrani turns to Maggie. "Please excuse all of the activity. We are very busy with making the Queen operational again. Since you're a shareholder, shall we start with a tour of the ship?"

[BackworldTraveller]

... and I think we have better things to do than mop and wipe.[/dialog]

And that is why the ship employs the assistant to the deputy third under-steward...Oh no - that post remains vacant!

[joertexas]

... and I think we have better things to do than mop and wipe.[/dialog]

And that is why the ship employs the assistant to the deputy third under-steward...Oh no - that post remains vacant!

AKA cleaning robots.