When The Commencement Speech Ends...

So like any new university graduate, Yaz is now stuck with a large debt, no real prospects and a desire to keep the good times going and avoid "responsibilities" - however, that is unavoidable, especially if one wants to keep their wings from being clipped, or knee caps in good shape. So with the looming reality that responsibility is unavoidable, Yaz proposes a crazy scheme to his friends, his roommates, the ones that may be crazy enough to go with it. "I'm not sure what everyone else has planned, however I wanted to run an idea by ya... What if we worked toward buying our own transport ship and went into business for ourselves doing some trade runs? As it stands, we can all go our own way and find our own jobs and maybe keep in touch and that would be sad. OR we could buck the odds and try to make something of our friendship and build on a dream" Yaz dials it back some, thinking he may be over selling it. "Many of you know I like to race, however that is not what I want to do for the rest of my life and i definitely dont want to be pinched due to my side 'gigs'. So the plan would be: Step 1 - Get some money together and get a rig we can enter into races under our own team name - risk and reward ours alone. Step 2 - Leverage the races into a transport vehicle we could use for planetary/dome deliveries and the start of our own transport business. Step 3 - Expand the transport business into interstellar and make some bigger, more lucrative runs." Yaz looks at each of them and smiles "We may not be the typical runners, however our diversity may be a blessing in disguise. We have skills, we have a need and we can make it real. What do you think?"

I'm all for "blue-booking" if that's cool with the GM. Otherwise, I'll address the proposal during the game...

Had to look up the term to know what it means. Guess I'm out of touch. <a href="http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Bluebooking" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Bluebooking</a> Please go ahead! You may have in-character discussions and planning here on these forums. I will assume that any conversations here can occur either before the game started, when you are moving as a group, at meals, or whenever you all end up in the apartment for the night (you all have to sleep sometime). It saves game time, it gives you time to think, and it lets me see what people are thinking and plan future adventure hooks. On the other hand, please keep it to conversation. No shooting stuff when I'm not around! =D

Sorry, since I hadn't heard of it before the beginning of my present ongoing campaign, I should've assumed it was somewhat obscure a term. Eusyl paced with frustration. "Racing seems to be the only thing you think about. Can you see Joseph trying to handle the curves with his reflexes? Maybe if we had a couple of Vrusks... Heck, I'm only along because I can get modify those vehicles you convince people to bet on. It paid for my metallurgy classbooks." She turns back to Yaz, "But the transport business isn't a bad idea. And finding a race or two while we work on the other stuff that's developing around here would be good for some seed money. I just don't want to get sucked into it. You've seen those gearheads by the bar with their thousand-meter stares during the races."

"Well imagine if I really start winning - associate transport with a winning racer and customers will make the connection "use us because we are fast." Seems to be a nice fit, is all. I agree we wont all race, that's what I would do. I just think each of us helps make a race team more of a reality. With that in mind, we can then start winning some serious credits and get the transport business started. Here let me lay out some more ideas - I'm not really the business guy, just thinking of how I can use my talents" with that he looks at Eusyl and smiles. "First, I think a connection between a winning racer and a transport company is a nice pairing. We start small - maybe a hover cycle for speedy messenger delivery style. Move from there into ground transport or hover transport. As the business builds, we add some drivers, make some credits, we look at a space transport. I would love to explore more of space and get off this rock. So no, racing isnt the only thing I think about - I just dont want to be cog for some other frack who's benefiting from my skills. Now, I'm throwing out an idea - I'm open to other suggestions, or if someone has some rich uncle that left them enough money to buy a space transport - I'm in."

Since this is the bluebooking section: Eusyl posed in front of the communal mirror. She adjusted the jacket on her shiny new albdeo suit, and shifted the new power beltpack. She imagined her father in his combat gear, moving through the Athor jungle. "Seems a bit much, even with that big payday" someone said behind her. "Rodworth's still itching that laser burn, and we were on the verge of tackling a warbot. I may have hoped to just be a mechanic but if we want enough money to get off this corrupt rock, we'll need to do more dangerous missions," She replied in a distracted tone, rotating to see how the suit fit across her back and glidewings. She removed the powerclip from the disruptor and plugged the weapon into the powerpack. The green power light popped to life on the stock. She did some light trigger tests. "Well, Gary didn't rip me off at least." Yaz grinned at her, "I'd test that suit but we sold all the lasers." Eusyl glared at him, glad he wasn't her type. She didn't need the complication getting in the way of her dreams. She looked at the powerclip. "At least we can charge the packs. I may be able to siphon some energy from the grid to avoid the SEU recharge fees. At least while we're here." She unplugged the sonic weapon and put it, the pack, and the now folded up suit in her bottom drawer. "I'm going back to Gary's, I want to get some practice in with some jetclip rounds. Let me know if we find Mr. Beadle."