{"id":1178,"date":"2023-05-03T21:42:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/logofthegrayswandir.com\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2026-02-08T21:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:40:46","slug":"125-1117-mupikaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logofthegrayswandir.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/125-1117-mupikaa\/","title":{"rendered":"125-1117 &#8211; Mupikaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- 025-1117 - Fugitak System --><br \/>\n<strong>24 Isten 1117: Fugitak System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I got up early, packed my few remaining items, then headed to the <em>Grayswandir<\/em>. I didn&#8217;t even bother hitting the common fresher; I almost preferred the tiny one in my cabin by this point.<\/p>\n<p>I stopped long enough to drop off my downpack, use the cabin&#8217;s fresher, and switch into my Captain&#8217;s uniform. I stuck my head onto the Bridge long enough to see that Do&#8217;rex was already there and setting up our course, then left. He flipped a tentacle in my direction in acknowledgement while continuing his work.<\/p>\n<p>I went outside to supervise the loading of the cargo. There were no cargobots. All of the work was being done by sophonts\u2014all humaniti\u2014driving loaders. Almost everything had already been delivered, and I watched as it got carried into the cargo bay and latched down. One cargo was running late, which irritated me, so I contacted the responsible Broker. She seemed annoyed; I had apparently woken her, but she swore she would have it delivered well before our departure window.<\/p>\n<p>While I was working, I saw Varan come aboard. I followed him up to the passenger deck to find him checking the cabins to make sure the configuration was correct. He was already in his Steward&#8217;s uniform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ready to head out?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He nodded, but I noticed that he looked away from me as he did. &#8220;Yeah&#8230; sure. Ready to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I frowned. &#8220;Something wrong?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He shook his head, still looking away. &#8220;No! No&#8230; I&#8217;m good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hesitated. &#8220;OK,&#8221; I said finally. &#8220;Let me know if there&#8217;s anything, OK? Anything.&#8221; I emphasized the last word.<\/p>\n<p>He nodded. &#8220;Yeah, sure&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I stood for a few more seconds, then shrugged. &#8220;OK. The passengers should arrive in about an hour. Just get them to their cabins and run through the usual &#8216;welcome aboard&#8217; speech. Oh, we&#8217;re going to have to make a scoop run on the way out, so make sure they get the emergency briefing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Got it!&#8221; When he didn&#8217;t add anything, I turned and headed for the hatch to the main level. I was a few steps down the ladder when he suddenly turned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, Captain? Derek?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I stopped. &#8220;Yes?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He hesitated. &#8220;Thanks. I&#8230; may take you up on that sometime. OK?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t quite sure what he was responding to, but I nodded. &#8220;Yeah, sure. Let me know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks, Derek,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Captain.&#8221; He turned back to his work. I stayed on the ladder a moment, shrugged, and finished descending.<\/p>\n<p>Jami and Amada were in the common room when I arrived. Jami was pointing out various features around the ship while Amada was looking around wide-eyed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;and Saahna is usually back here,&#8221; Jami was saying, pointing to the Gunnery suite. &#8220;Well&#8230; not when we&#8217;re in Jumpspace, nothing to worry about then, but when we&#8217;re coming in or heading out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you live here? All the time?&#8221; Amada seemed surprised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yep. Except when we&#8217;re in-system.&#8221; She suddenly noticed me. &#8220;Oh! Hi, Captain!&#8221; She threw me a half-wave, half salute.<\/p>\n<p>Amada turned as well. &#8220;Thank you for letting me on board, Captain.&#8221; She hesitated, flushing slightly. &#8220;I hope you aren&#8217;t mad at me for taking advantage of Jami here&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, what &#8216;advantage&#8217; she gets taken of while on-planet isn&#8217;t my concern. As long as it doesn&#8217;t affect her work once she&#8217;s back on board.&#8221; I turned to look at her, smiling slightly.<\/p>\n<p>Jami shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. &#8220;Um&#8230; yeah. So&#8230; I&#8230; kinda have to get to work. I&#8217;ll&#8230; see you later?&#8221; She looked at Amada.<\/p>\n<p>It was Amada&#8217;s turn to laugh. &#8220;Sure!&#8221; She leaned over and gave her a quick kiss. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure your Captain can get me to my cabin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jami flushed again. &#8220;OK, sure. I&#8217;ll&#8230; just head to Engineering. Captain.&#8221; She turned and almost ran to the iris. As soon as it closed, both Amada and I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s really embarrassed about this,&#8221; said Amada, turning to face me. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t trying to take advantage of her. I mean, I didn&#8217;t mean to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I said, I don&#8217;t care what she does on-planet. To me, you&#8217;re one of our passengers, so the services of the ship are available to you.&#8221; I hesitated. &#8220;But I can&#8217;t treat you differently just because of your relationship with Jami. You&#8230; get that, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand,&#8221; she said, nodding. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t asking for anything more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good. So&#8230; Any extra cargo or special requests? Anything we can do for you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is it.&#8221; She picked up a duffel bag sitting near the airlock. &#8220;Just show me where I&#8217;ll be sleeping, and we&#8217;re good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I nodded and gestured towards the ladder to the passenger deck. &#8220;This way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I turned Amada over to Varan, then went back to the Bridge. There, I spent some time setting up our Jump. We&#8217;d be leaving from near the second gas giant, the name of which I never bothered to look up. It was the easiest to reach based on its relative position to Fugitak in their respective orbits, and one source of hydrogen and reaction mass is as good as any other.<\/p>\n<p>I really should have upgraded us to one of the new reactionless drives while we were in airdock, but I didn&#8217;t have the credits to do that. And, somehow, using the reaction drive to accelerate &#8220;into&#8221; Jumpspace at Jump Tumble time actually resulted in us using less fuel. But I would have to look into the upgrade at some point; many systems were starting to get unhappy with ships like ours that still used fusion reaction drives. Especially since a fusion reation drive works exactly like a fusion cannon battery, and <em>those<\/em> are prohibited in most systems for civilian ships.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, we could take out a good portion of the local starport area just by turning on my main drive while on the ground. So I got the concern.<\/p>\n<p>When I finished, I rechecked the status board and saw that the remaining cargo had shown up. Varan was still upstairs handling the passengers, so I directed the local cargo handlers and our cargobots to the designated container points.<\/p>\n<p>That done, I went out to the cargo bay. Saahna was already there, doing a walk-around of the ship. I caught up with her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So how&#8217;s it look?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re good,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Varan is getting that family settled in. I&#8217;m out here while they get the kids to settle down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I grimaced. &#8220;Yeah, it may be a fun week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, we&#8217;re good. They&#8217;ll stay occupied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We rounded the aft end of the ship, and I saw the Commissioner and his entourage entering the bay. I was ready for them this time and walked up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good afternoon, Commissioner Harter.&#8221; I handed him two printed stacks. &#8220;Our cargo and passenger manifests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have been a disruptive influence on our settlement here, Captain,&#8221; he said as he took the papers, immediately handing them to one of his assistants. &#8220;What do you have to say for yourself?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t been expecting any kind of congeniality, so I just shrugged. &#8220;We&#8217;re a Free Trader crew, Commissioner. We can fit in anywhere but&#8230;&#8221; I trailed off and raised my hands.<\/p>\n<p>He glared at me, but I hadn&#8217;t explicitly said anything negative, so he couldn&#8217;t call me on it. He looked through some paperwork of his own. &#8220;I see you have fines of 17,000 credits?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;17,218, actually. We paid this morning.&#8221; I handed another printout to him.<\/p>\n<p>He frowned but took the printout and looked over it intently. &#8220;Everything seems to be in order then, Captain.&#8221; He emphasized the last word a bit too much. He flipped to another page on his clipboard, scribbled something on it with a stylish, feathered pen that one of his assistants gave him, then handed it to me with a flourish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for visiting with us, Captain. I hope we&#8217;ll see you on Fugitak again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I shrugged. &#8220;Never can tell. And thanks.&#8221; I took the paperwork, waved it in the air in his direction, then turned and headed for the airlock. Saahna followed.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as we were aboard, I hit the switch to close the airlock. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad we&#8217;re out of that!&#8221; I said to no one in particular.<\/p>\n<p>I heard a matching sigh from Saahna. She turned to look at me. &#8220;We&#8217;re never coming back here&#8230; right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not unless we have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good.&#8221; She started walking towards her cabin, then stopped and looked back. &#8220;Ever wonder why Captain Anna dodged us around some worlds? They were like this one. Keep us away from these insular, unwelcoming ones. Unless we can make a biowaste-ton of credits there. OK?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, sure. Got it. I&#8217;m new at this&#8230; OK?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, OK. I&#8217;ll forgive you. This time.&#8221; She resumed walking towards her cabin. &#8220;We&#8217;re leaving in about two?&#8221; she asked over her shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me see if Do&#8217;rex and I can recalculate our lift window. The sooner we hit vacuum, the happier I&#8217;ll be.&#8221; She waved a hand over her shoulder and continued. I went up the ladder to the passenger lounge.<\/p>\n<p>All of the passengers except for Amada were there. The kids, Jeorge and Kyla, were running in circles. Gherome and Atana were talking with Varan, and Dr. Korvusar was sitting in her chair off to one side, somehow ignoring everyone around her.<\/p>\n<p>I walked up to Varan, Gherome, and Atana. &#8220;Welcome aboard the <em>Grayswandir<\/em>,&#8221; I said, extending my hand. &#8220;Good to see you again. Is everything to your satisfaction so far?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, Captain, it is!&#8221; Gherome took my hand and shook it furiously. &#8220;Atana and I&#8230;&#8221; he glanced at her, &#8220;are so grateful for your giving us this opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyla ran up to me. &#8220;I like the way your spaceship smells!&#8221; she said, smiling brightly. I sniffed. It smelled like carbon-scrubbed air to me, but I guess it was an improvement compared to Fugitak&#8217;s local atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad you like it!&#8221; I said, kneeling down to be at her level. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to go to a gas giant after we take off to get fuel to take us to Boilingbrook. You&#8217;ll get to see it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, she won&#8217;t!&#8221; said Atana sharply, glaring at me. She knelt down as well. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, sweetie, but that&#8217;s after your bedtime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I thought quickly. &#8220;You know, we&#8217;re about 7 hours out of sync with the starport on Boilingbrook. Normally, we slowly shift our onboard clocks to match, but we can go ahead and cut over today. That should make it so that she could see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Atana smiled tightly. &#8220;Thank you, but it&#8217;s been a long day for us already. I&#8217;m sure Kyla and Jeorge will be asleep by then.&#8221; She turned to look at Kyla. &#8220;Won&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyla lowered her head. &#8220;Yes, Mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I stood up. &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m sure you know them better than I. But now, I need to go get ready for our Lift. See you after we are in orbit.&#8221; I nodded to them and to Varan, then headed back to the hatch.<\/p>\n<p>Saahna was standing there and went down the ladder ahead of me. She was waiting when I got to the crew lounge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Smooth move, Captain. I can tell you&#8217;ve never had children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not my fault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Didn&#8217;t they teach you anything about dealing with children in that Steward training you went to?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah. They say everyone is different and that you need to learn how to deal with them. Picked the wrong approach this time&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK, it happens.&#8221; She paused. &#8220;Do you know what Jami is up to this Jump?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No? What is going on now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She waved a hand. &#8220;No, nothing like that, I&#8230; I was just wondering what was going on with her and Amada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amada is a passenger. I expect all of us to treat her as one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, yeah. Which means it would be awkward for Jami to go up to the passenger deck. But&#8230; We let passengers come downstairs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh. Well&#8230; that&#8217;s up to her. But, if you want to give her some privacy&#8230; You know my door code.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She smiled. &#8220;I&#8217;ll keep that in mind. And I&#8217;ll let Jami know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She didn&#8217;t want to ask you herself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;ll get used to us. Just let her know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks. See you tonight, then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I waved as I turned to the Bridge. &#8220;Yeah, when we&#8217;re all exhausted from a Skim and a Jump.&#8221; I heard her laugh as I went through the iris.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, I ducked under the Captain&#8217;s seat and dropped into mine. Do&#8217;rex waved in acknowledgment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got our lift window opening in about a half-hour, Captain. We can leave whenever we&#8217;re ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No point in hanging around then.&#8221; I opened shipwide comms. &#8220;Good afternoon, everyone, this is Captain Kodai up on the Bridge. We&#8217;re planning to depart in about 30 minutes, so please complete any final preparations and return to your staterooms. While we don&#8217;t anticipate any problems with our gravatic systems, in the unlikely event that something does go wrong, you should remain seated during our lift phase. In the meantime, enjoy your time on the <em>Grayswandir<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do&#8217;rex looked at me as I switched off. &#8220;You really need to work on your speeches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got the info across, didn&#8217;t I?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t say anything and started running through his pre-launch checks. I opened a channel to Fugitak&#8217;s COACC (Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command). &#8220;This is the <em>Grayswandir<\/em>, anyone there?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It took almost a minute for us to get a response. &#8220;Sure thing, <em>Grayswandir<\/em>; you ready to leave?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About 20 minutes or so. Just letting you know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Got it,&#8221; said the voice. &#8220;Just ping me about 5 minutes before, and we&#8217;ll pull the dome back. Or, are all of you in? We&#8217;ll go ahead and vent the dome if you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I glanced at the console and saw that all of the airlock and hatch lights were green.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re good, Fugitak; feel free to pull your O<sub>2<\/sub> back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, <em>Grayswandir<\/em>! Talk to you in about 20.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, the external sensors showed the external pressure levels and atmospheric composition shifting. It looked like they were doing a nitrogen flush before opening the dome. Better to save their own oxygen. I supposed. It didn&#8217;t matter; we were on our own internal life support.<\/p>\n<p>I went ahead and flipped on our inertial and gravitational systems as well. There was a brief moment of disorientation as &#8220;down&#8221; shifted slightly, then everything returned to normal.<\/p>\n<p>The next 20 minutes passed quickly. &#8220;Fugitak? We&#8217;re ready to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sure thing!&#8221; came the voice. &#8220;Been waiting on you.&#8221; Outside, the light changed as the dome rolled back and brownish flakes of not-snow started blowing across the pad.<\/p>\n<p>I flipped on internal comms again. &#8220;All passengers and crew, stand by for lift.&#8221; I cut off and checked the console. After a few seconds, all lights switched to green.<\/p>\n<p>I looked over at Do&#8217;rex. &#8220;Get us out of here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With pleasure, Captain,&#8221; he said, already activating his controls. Outside, I saw the landing pad drop away, then disappear behind us as he applied forward thrust. He pitched up almost immediately, and within a few seconds, we were climbing vertically through yellow and brown clouds.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes later, we broke out into clear air, and Do&#8217;rex pitched us over again, gathering speed for orbit. I watched as the curve of the horizon appeared, then dropped beneath us. Within a few more minutes, we were in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>I checked the sensors. The only other thing in orbit, beyond the usual array of communication, planetary observation, and defense satellites, was a scout\/courier hanging above the settlement. I frowned and checked. It was the same one that had been there when we arrived a week ago. I wondered what it was doing. Nothing that I cared to know about, probably.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll break orbit in about 20 minutes,&#8221; said Do&#8217;rex, checking his console. &#8220;Then it&#8217;s 10 hours to the gas giant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great, thanks,&#8221; I said, pushing my seat back and unfastening my harness. &#8220;Need me up here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He flipped a tentacle. &#8220;No, it&#8217;s already programmed. I&#8217;ll make sure the maneuver kicks off properly, then get some rest before the skim.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sounds good.&#8221; I leaned forward and opened shipwide comms. &#8220;This is the Captain again. We&#8217;ve achieved orbit around Fugitak, and you are now free to move around the ship. Be aware that we will begin our transit to the local gas giant for refueling in about 20 minutes, and plan to execute our skim about 10 hours after that. That&#8217;s pretty late in the ship&#8217;s time, so if you wish to watch, you may want to get some rest between now and then.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will be entering Jumpspace soon after the skim. Estimated Jump time to Boilingbrook is one week; we will have a more accurate schedule once we initiate Jump. Until then, enjoy your flight.&#8221; I clicked off and stood up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Much better, Captain,&#8221; said Do&#8217;rex, clicking slightly in amusement. &#8220;You will get the hang of this yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone&#8217;s a critic,&#8221; I sighed. He clicked again as I left the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The crew lounge was empty. Saahna was still in the Gunnery suite, even though there was probably no need, and Jami was still in Engineering. Varan would be working with the passengers.<\/p>\n<p>I passed through the lounge and through the cargo bay, heading for Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>I entered to hear a conversation on the far side of the room. I walked around the Jump Drive to find Jami and Amada. Jami was enthusiastically pointing out aspects of the drive while Amada looked on in what I could tell was vaguely feigned interest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Giving our passenger a tour of the ship?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jami jumped. &#8220;Oh! Captain! I&#8230; didn&#8217;t expect to see you back here. What&#8217;s up?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing really, just checking in on everyone. Probably going to catch some rest before the skim and Jump and wanted to make sure everything else was under control. Any problems?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nope. The ship&#8217;s doing great!&#8221; She paused. &#8220;Um&#8230; Captain. Can I&#8230; see you for a moment?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I held up my hand. &#8220;I talked to Saahna. You&#8217;ll have the cabin to yourself tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She flushed brightly at that. &#8220;Um&#8230; that wasn&#8217;t&#8230; I mean&#8230;&#8221; She glanced over at Amada, who was smiling and shaking her head in amusement. &#8220;Um&#8230; thanks, Captain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No problem.&#8221; I looked at Amada. &#8220;Enjoy the trip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was Amada&#8217;s turn to flush. &#8220;Oh! Thank you, Captain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I said, just making sure everything was good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We were interrupted by the sound of the <em>Grayswandir<\/em>&#8216;s computer. &#8220;Attention. We are initiating our transit to the outer gas giant for refueling. Be aware that there may be sudden, unexpected ship movements that our internal inertial systems do not fully compensate for. Thank you for your attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, that&#8217;s my cue,&#8221; I said. &#8220;You&#8217;ll be ready for skim?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jami nodded. &#8220;Yep. We&#8217;ll be ready.&#8221; She frowned suddenly. &#8220;You do have a purification plant on this thing, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I did my best to look hurt. &#8220;Of course! What kind of ship do you think I&#8217;m running?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She laughed. &#8220;Yeah, I should have known. We&#8217;ll be ready. See you in ten.&#8221; She gave me her usual salute. I waved a dismissive hand in response and turned, leaving Engineering to her and Amada.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the lounge, I debated checking in on the rest of the crew, then decided against it. I headed back to my cabin.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what I had said, I hadn&#8217;t planned on taking a nap, but I found myself in my bunk anyway. I dozed off.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how much time had passed, but I awoke when someone climbed into the bunk with me. 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