Order pants and Rohypnol.

This is no good. How much money to buy this sales bot? If we're going to have a cargo ship, we may as well have something like this.

How much to get it fixed up?

Also, buy fine quality clothes. No reason we can't dress in style, aye?

>>33655
buy clothes, drugs, food. Enjoy drugs and food, and then go looking for goods to trade. buy more drugs.

These are all secondary to the primary goal of obtaining RESPECTABLE PANTS, a BOMBER JACKET, and UTILITY VESTS for the crew.

>>33660

Seconding buy-sadbot-then-repair.

In addition to clothes, ask for workshop materials if you need them.

Welding tools to repair the holes in the hull, and some wiring and stuff to make modifications to the armament, eventually it would be good to strap some sticks to this clunker.

>>33672
wouldn't ship sized sticks be logs?

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/23(Sun)22:44 No. 33678 ID: 7d4ae3
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“open square bracket, … shopbot01221s*… close square bracket, d-sad , for the females of non-reputable level… the <owner of shopbot01221s*d-sad::comments private> has expressed the desire to sell, quoting, this steaming piece of junk… for 20C… ”

The robot stops for a while… but I don’t think I wanna interrupt him now…

“shopbot01221s*d-sad can help get a workshop installed on <your ship>… is this vessel… <your ship>… or do you waaaaaaant to trade <your ship> for a new , for a new … <your ship>…”
“also…. You can get a closet gen-gen-generatoooor for <your ship> as long as you have material it can be used to make clothes on the go… for the small <relative> amount of 150C… <delete the word relative>”

>>33675
And really big weapons would be trees.

How about several pairs of durable, long lasting and relatively climate-universal clothese for us?

That way, no matter where we go, we will at least have something.

Then lets take what money we have and get rid of our ship, replace it with something smaller, faster and better armed.

>>33678
I like the sound of the closet.

Ask him how much a new ship will cost.
Then buy him for 20C.

Its more cost effective to keep our current ship, i believe. As long as we have a good enough engineer to keep us flying. How you feeling Jen? Think you can do it, or should we swap out for something easier?

Lets definitely buy that shopbot and a workshop. That closet as well. It could be usefull for disguises and things.

Ask about other slaves. Maybe we can free some more people while we're here.

and um. parts. We'll need a variety of parts to assemble/fix just about anything we may ever need.

Good gravy buy the robot and fix his vocal processors. Just not having to parse through what he is trying to say for the rest of this conversation is worth 20C.

I too like the sound of the closet. Reserving judgment on ships till we can see some prices and what is available.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/23(Sun)23:18 No. 33713 ID: 7d4ae3
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We waste no time on repairing our new (sad) shopbot…
“about ships… shopbot01221s*d-sad kno” *clang*
“knows… a lot of sellers in the are-area … the ships available range from… an upgraded version of <yourship> with space travel capability for 3000C, heavy fighters with enough-ough living quarters for [biological entities]x4 but no cargo space for 2500”
“but if <new master::comment::wise and pretty > allows this poor shopbot01221s*d-sad, bot to make a suggestion… there is a hull of a imperial MNCROME ramship for sell for 1000C it lacks the two generators it needs and its empty inside… you could… sid dis dsi disband <your ship> to use its engine…and boy the other engine for 500C… ” *clang* “there are morrrrre ship hulls being sold… if you li like the ideeeeaaa”

>>33713
That is an excellent suggestion shopbot! You are very good at what you do.

>>33713
>new master::comment::wise and pretty
awwwww.

I heartily approve of anything called a ramship.

As long as it has room for trading and living in, we like the sound of it.

Lets get this robot some arms.
Nuclear ones, by preference.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/23(Sun)23:37 No. 33724 ID: 7d4ae3
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…just a little more, and it will be complete…

>>33724
is she going to hammer an awesomeface into its head?

We're giving that robot arms for hugging, right?

>>33724
awesomebot- ahoy!

>>33724
Repair Robutt. We need him to talk normally.

Give us a quick summary of the state of the universe, tech level, races, governments, etc.

[to the author: It would help greatly to get a few paragraphs of backstory on the universe we are in.]

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)10:28 No. 33810 ID: 7d4ae3
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And Now, a little Story…

Before the great war, the CGA (Central Government Agency), was just a little empire in the center of the galaxy, it was pacific and for this, all the other empires used it as neutral ground to discuss and pact…
… war was a common and in the borders of each empire skirmishes were fought everyday, until one of these conflicts escalated to a full scale war between the MNCROME empire and the SPECTRUM empire, the MNCROME had the upper hand due to rich metal deposit and superior spaceships, so the SPECTRUM decided to use a terrible invention… in a coordinated strike, massively armored ships gated in each of the systems controlled by the MNCROME and collided with the stars that sustained each of them, bombs installed inside each ship were designed to destabilize the stars and make them explode, the strike was a success and the once powerful MNCROME empire was reduced to lifeless asteroid fields…

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)10:45 No. 33814 ID: 7d4ae3
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It was then when the CGA pushed to stop war and to form a regulator army that could interfere in these conflicts, each empire sent veteran warriors to form this CGA army, and so the Veteran Government Agency (VGA) was born, what the other empires didn’t expected was the total brainwash of the people they sent, the CGA grew in power and became the only ruling empire in the galaxy, they expanded the are a they controlled and created the EGA (External Government Agency) out of the rest of the empires (Adlib, Gravis, Spectrum, and a multitude of smaller ones)

How would Spectrum or Gravis treat escaped slaves?

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)11:21 No. 33831 ID: 7d4ae3
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The tech level is very advanced, personal shields are common, laser and plasma weapons are the most used, warfare is mostly done in space with large capital ships, planet defense forces are allowed to have weapons, warp gates and jump technology is available for armies, while normal ships have sub-light and sub-space engines.

Humans are the most extended race, followed by Adlib’s elves and Gravis Dwarves, by CGA orders, anything else is a slave…

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)11:39 No. 33838 ID: 7d4ae3
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Repair finished, we don’t have enough materials to add arms yet, but maybe later…

Should we buy the ship hull and engine? Or look for something else? Maybe another hull?

>>33838

Buy some ultra clothes.

>>33838
I would think looking into hull prices, armaments to add to your new rig, and some more armor if possible. Never hurts to stay safe.

>>33838

D'awww, the bot is smiling. <3

Weld some Kamina shades on that robot.

How about paying for some surgery for Lisa to replace the eye and tongue? Otherwise, I recommend going with the robot's suggestion about the ramship hull.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)12:03 No. 33849 ID: 7d4ae3
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Lets worry about finding a ship first…
According to happybot, there are 3 hulls that doesn’t require too much work to be up and running
Ram ship (MNCROME) [1000C + 500C extra engine]
A Combat Frigate(ADLIB)[3000C + 1500C extra engines], this ship is build around a low firing speed high energy laser, almost no cargo space…
And a Miner Ship (GRAVIS)[2000C + 1500C extra engines], lots of cargo space + small construction facility

>>33838
reiterate previous statements about the desirability of anything called a ramship. You don't GET better armor in a small package.

I would choose the Gravis Miner.

Because I am a freak for Mining and also constructing of things.

>>33849

I think we should take the miner ship. Anyone who has played EVE Online knows that the trick to success is in commerce.

Alright, never mind the ramship. Get the mining craft, find an asteroid field, get rich. Additionally, the construction facility will give Jen something to do when the ship itself does not require maintenance.

>>33852
>>33853
>>33856
guys guys guys guys

mining ships get RAIDED. we'll need an escort if we want to do that- I suggest if we get the mining ship, we also attempt to either A. hire someone or B. arm it.

>>33858

With the right weapons, raiders can go from dangerous to a lovely source of salvageable resources.

Suggestion 2009/08/24(Mon)12:20 No. 33865 ID: 06fc25
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Regarding Raiders - If the crew dislikes fighting, I bet Jen could whip up some kind of automated sentry guns with the weaponry they kept and some spare parts.

>>33865
combine this with this
>>33862

and I support the mining ship 100%. however, if she CAN'T make sentries, we got a problem I think

What are you guys? Stupid?
We are designated as a race of slaves in the whole chartered galaxy and the only person wich is not does not want to be our holder!
Get the frigate and become mercenarys! Mercs at least do not get pressed into slave labor!

But.. but... starting a mining operation is not how you have an exciting game of Traveler. You have to like, go places and see stuff. Sitting around waiting for excitement to come find your asteroid mining operation out in space is an exercise in defend-the-castle and one-mistake-and-we-all-die adventuring.

I'd prefer the ramship, but mostly I vote anything BUT the mining hull.

I think the idea is to use mining as a temporary measure until Jen and company figure out what they want to do. Flying around at random doesn't earn credits or put food on the table, after all.

And it's safer than going mercenary. These ladies have given no indication that they possess military training

>>33877
Not flying around randomly, flying around delivering trade goods, passengers, possibly smuggling, possibly doing side quests when we land. Adventure!

I suppose one of the reasons I like the ramship is that it was described as an empty hull we could build up into anything we needed. If this is also true of the mining ship, I maybe don't hate it so much, but it is STILL less armored and a much bigger dent in our funds.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)12:58 No. 33885 ID: 7d4ae3
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Ship comparation drawn by eri… (>_>;)

I assume the order is current, ram, mining, frigate? (labels are nice)

>>33886
yes yes... silly eri... *she* forgot...

>>33871

Okay. I designate my vote over to the ram-ship.

>>33889
Agreed the firgite and mining ship are good, but they may attract unwanted attention from pirates and other bad guys.

>>33891

If pirates pick up a ship on their scanners, they're probably gonna raid it regardless of what it is, barring capital ships and battlecruisers.

>>33895
not if they plan to be pirates for very long. Pirates are all about the risk/reward ratio, not rampant mindless violence.

>>33885
I vote the Frigate.
It doesn't cost 3/4 of our money like the mining ship, and it has amenities, unlike the ramship.
The ship should do for a few trips and raising money; we don't need to leave the planet yet.
Once we have enough money, it should be a simple task to purchase multiple ships.

Voltron-style sheinanigans may come later.

Unrelatedly, Jen is stated to be a halfbold. What is the other half?

>>33885
Given that we have extremely limited combat experience, but require money to survive, our income will probably almost entirely consist of finding things to sell. Therefore, cargo space is a must.

After that, I would agree with the theme of choosing whichever one is likely to draw the least attention.

Mining ship.

mining ship. we're likely to be in for the long haul, so we should take the ship for long hauls. with a construction facility and lots of space, we can produce goods.
any fight we'd be getting in would be a losing fight, regardless. our goal should be leaving the CGA controlled space.

Mining ship. Don't discount the usefulness of construction capability, and mining equipment is often usable as weaponry.

Mining ship. Get rich, build warships, free slaves.

Maaan, just when the not-mining-ship options were building some support. Why do the mining ship votes have to come in large, will destroying batches... all within 15 minutes of eachother... many with little supporting argument provided... *eyes*

>>33906
Mining ship. Just to bug you.

=P

>>33906
Mining ship!

>>33885
I would say mining ship, so long as it is one of the heavy duty ones that can mine asteroids during meteor showers and shit, which I would imagine it is, since it doesn't have any unnecessary exposed parts.

A big, durable warehouse/workshop/home/mining/salvaging vessel is pretty much the most useful thing to possibly have right now.

But mining is BOOORING! *whine whine whine*

Don't you guys wanna have an ADVENTURE?

>>33906
we want mining ships because we just played homeworld.

though why don't we keep a ramship in the mining ship one day?

>>33911
But we will! Especially if we can use the mining tools in close ship combat.

>>33913
>>33911
well, actually, I suppose a ramship would be good too, and I would enjoy the quest either way. so my vote goes to whoever has less votes at the moment, currently being the ramship.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)14:20 No. 33916 ID: 7d4ae3
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The Mining Ship it is!
[1280C remaining]
After you buy it and the engines arrive you have a new ship to call home, according to the ex-owner, there are some space spores inside, but nothing of a problem, the computer on the construction area has these schematics ready for building when you have the material:

[miner drone, combat drone, guard robot, long range scout]

The living quarters are huge and can carry up to 100 people, the ship has sub-space travel, but you cannot use that inside the asteroids here…

The only warning that he gives you is to not try to mine asteroids that are being already mined… unless you have a clocking device… which by casualty he also sells [700C]

There are also schematics for sale for different types of things you can build…

Now, what should we buy?

>>33916
Lets see which schematics are for sale and for how much first.

>>33916
Buy cloaking device.

Start buying slaves. We'll save as many of them as possible now that we have room.

>>33916
I think we should get the clocking device (but try to bargian him to a lower price) because being able to earn money mining will give us a return on our investment.

so... I say we use this mining ship for large scale gunrunning. anybody agree?

>>33916
Blast! if only I had not done such a good job giving haggling advice earlier.

>>33916
Lets see what kind of schematics are offered before deciding on the cloaking device.

We are looking for both external ship armaments and internal sentry turret style defensive measures (flamethrower ones might be fairly easy to make, and could be mounted around all the doors as a strong first line of defense[could even rig them to draw from ship fuel to make them more autonomous]). Lets also ask if they have designs for superior/wider application fabrication devices, with promises to sell a large deal of new constructs to him at low rates? Guaranteed good deals are always a plus to a merchant.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)15:07 No. 33957 ID: 7d4ae3
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There are various fighters and escort ships, both manned and unmanned, ranging form [50C] the most basic to [1000C] a medium fighter
There are various ship weapons small lasers [300C] missile [500C] and cannon [400C]
Remember that these are just the schemes, we need material to build them…

Slaves are cheap… and mostly depend on what they can do… but what is most important now is to get food!

We can either buy a hydrofarm, for [100C], but we will need lots of people running it…
Or a automated farm, for [300C]

I got the price of the cloak device down to [400C] because the ship has to be almost stopped for it to work and any military ship sensors will see us as clear as day… :/

>>33957
What do space spores do? Kill things?

You should probably destroy them all with your "sticks" before they become a problem.

Also buying slaves means that they will be treated much more nicely by you than whoever they would otherwise have been purchased by, so it's not a bad idea entirely.

Lets buy a regular farm, then get 200C worth of slaves to operate it. We'll find slaves who are the most abused and mistreated and we shall buy them and they shall become members of our crew.

If this means they're all super-cute girls, then so be it.

>>33957
Get the cloaking device and automated hydro farm, its not like we are going to be starting a war or anything, and besides right now we can get weapons after we have earned money from mining.

Assumming we got the schematics for weapons, could we add them to this ship? If so i'd say grab lasers of the best kind you can afford, i'd guess they'll have less ammo problems than the rest.

get the automanted one, I say. maybe some slaves, to make it an even 500.

>>33973
get the slaves, but don't treat them as such offer them pay and tell them they can leave if they want too.

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)15:40 No. 33980 ID: 7d4ae3
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Space spores just rest in places until they find some food, then they use it to create more space spores, and repeat… they are not harmful…

This ship has several weapon mount points, and automated robots can install weapons if we have them, they are controlled from the bridge, and we have a weapon system operator :3

So, we buy the cloak device, the auto-farm and 200C worth of slaves…

We still have 380C

Ice cream all around!

>>33980
even for the slaves we might want to save whatever left over credits we have for later.

Suggestion 2009/08/24(Mon)16:07 No. 33988 ID: 4e0411
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Become smugglers
Join the Rebellion and become best friends with a Jedi

Laser schematic for ship.

Then leave with remaining 80C

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)16:10 No. 33991 ID: 7d4ae3
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The Ship is ready, the ex-slaves are inside and briefed, thought they don’t believe they aren’t slaves anymore…

With a change of clothing and the hope of a new beginning, the group readies for a new adventure, in outer space!

jen!5E5cOpffmA 2009/08/24(Mon)16:12 No. 33994 ID: 7d4ae3
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Jen Quest: chapter 1 – END~

>>33991
ADVENTURE!!!!!

GODDAMNIT






DID WE BUY GAS

Jen needs to paint the mining ship so it looks like a Bullet Bill.

The mining ship reminds me of the Bentusi cargo barge.

>>34002
the ship runs on 4 nuclear generators, they will last for 20 years more or less...

>>33988
We can't be Han Solo, we bought the wrong ship ;_;

we would need a medium freighter and plenty of money for engines.

Blank !!Z5LGL1LwD5 2009/08/24(Mon)19:14 No. 34070 ID: 67c611
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>>34009
Teeth

Blank !!Z5LGL1LwD5 2009/08/24(Mon)19:15 No. 34071 ID: 67c611
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>>34009
Arms

Blank !!Z5LGL1LwD5 2009/08/24(Mon)19:16 No. 34072 ID: 67c611
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>>34009
Or hybrid?

Teeth. If it ends up having arms at some point it will be because Jen attaches a pair to the spaceship.

Because tractor beams are for pussies.

>>34078
We are going to end up Orking the shit out of that mining ship, aren't we?