No need to apologize for asking the questions that need to be answered.
Good idea on the posting descriptions to the site. I was doodling and making up an id badge, business card size if anyone ends up wanting to print theirs out on business card stock. All you'll need to provide is a head shot and name and signature. Hey it may sound very low tech for such a high tech ship but it's more a backup than primary. Just a bit of fluff I'll pass along to post on the site later. I managed to find a good head shot for my last pbem PC, a little creative editing and I was happy, hoping I can luck out again for this PC, couple candidates in mind. Movie bio sites are great for that, or at least they were in that case.
Originally posted by Mr TeK:
Who is flight crew, who is engineering?
In port, who negotiates cargo, who loads, who decides where each load goes, and locks it down?
Who recruits passengers? Who acts as steward when we carry passengers?
And security and gunner
I'm pretty much a Jill of all Trades (master of none
) so I'll slip in wherever and being a small ship a rover is a good person to have, even better if we have a couple. So whatever my "official" assignment I'll be able to cover or swap if anyone gets bored or needs a hand. Cross training would be a good idea for the whole crew, at least enough that we can cover if somebody needs it.
I don't recall specifics but I think I might be looking at Gunner, which with nothing to shoot at in J-space will free me up to lend a hand doing maintenance or as a steward if we have passsengers.
Originally posted by Mr TeK:
Since the company says no one captain, I make the following suggestions.
<snip suggestions>
I was thinking along the same lines of authority over circumstance (flight in command of and while underway, etc.). Could work but with a background of clear chain of command I'll work better with some ultimate authority, as long as said authority is legitimate. Now we could just in character hash it out, or a leader could step to front and take command. The Vargr seems to have a knack but taking orders from him might be problematic for some
Trade and Supply are not really in my areas, oh sure I haggle over the cost of personal items at the market but that's a little different. If tasked in this area I'll give it my best shot. What? This? It's just for personal protection. Ok, let me rephrase that, I'll turn on the charm
Our cargo master should have some admin too.
If our ship is TL15 I think the antihijack security is going to be pretty sophisticated and can recognize each of us biometrically and insure we are who we are. That said a simple backup is a good idea.
Check the always manned, in fact minimum watches of 2 I'd say.
- Build: Athletic
and post that instead. I'd probably end up reusing a lot of html code from my pulp hunters pages.
