week-long jump
GSG (Galactic Surveyor's Guild) - Meret
24 January
We arrive and go through a rudimentary customs check
Local Scout Base is calling active duty scouts
fly over in my ship - it's weirdly far
two fancy scout ships
mine, and another jalopy
Lucid recognizes someone in the crowd.
Sínnead Scarlett
Lucid tested the waters to see what they want or what their game is (theft of the Thursday brand?)
The guild is looking for scouts to do a 3 months deep space survey
They're short scouts, so even though it's not required for reservists, they could really use the help
they will pay some of us
no fuel needs to be burnt to get to the sector
Onboarding scientists
We get 4 probe drones (on loan)
Star Tek® Engineering Robot (on loan, rent-to-own), the 38-digit long serial number is its name.
Scientists
Dr. Patricia Rosario Consael Sanchez ("Charo") - Beñat's old flame
1 other scientist
28th of January
Captain's Meeting
We get a map showing us the systems they know and the rough amount of planets and their locations
We're told to divide them among ourselves
500 dollars for language translation software