Give me some time to write it up. The way I see it, Grace did not blow up the engines. She blew the claymore mines that she hid within the hull of the engine room (just in case you ever got boarded. See who is paranoid now?). This killed the bounty hunter but also damaged the engines. She was devising a plan to tow the ship with the BH's ship when Sanders showed up with his crew and boarded Destiny. Grace, who is not gifted in negotiations, offered the wine and diamond to the feds in exchange for immunity for the crew and Destiny towed to Berylix. At first the Feds refused, but Grace had rigged a 102 key sequence on the main hatch so that the Feds could not leave without the codes. Threatening her by force didn't work as she pointed out that the engine room wasn't the only place that she expected boarders.

So She got towed, the Feds got their bad guys and the diamonds and Grace was left on Berylix with a useless ship.

Or so everyone thought. Grace actually took some of the diamonds from the hoard and sold them via her black market contacts. The engine was not nearly damaged as she let on, and was able to make the repairs in less than a year with some upgrades even. She couldn't get the Feds interested in Higgins, so she made contact with the companion guild who was very interested. She was paid well and Higgin's was made to understand what messing with the companion guild meant.

The story will begin with your team re-united but your reputation has taken a beating as you have been out of the picture for a year. You just hauled 20 tons of Fertilizer which was actually manure and your cargo bay smells pretty crappy even after two power-washes. Money is low, supplies are low, Grace is starting to wire thing into the ship "just in case" again - you need a job.

Will we RP JC's addition to the crew as like a back-post or will you do that in your opening restart post as he is the only new crew member other then Angela.

I was planning on putting Angela and JC into the fold via a narrative. Angela will be introduced to Jon, Steph and Tess via Grace.

Sounds good

For my RP when Jon got to the space port had Grace taken all that time to fix Destiny on her own or was she calling Jon back to finish fixing her up or was it very early on after she got Destiny back and needed Jon to help locate and fetch parts?

When Jon first comes onboard he doesn't know who to kiss first, Destiny or Grace, lol.

grace will have called Jon and tess when teh SHip is ready for testing/fitting. As well she would had received a "package" at that point she is unsure on how to deal with.

Ah, the Thot plickens!

The second of three parts of background and transition to new adventure.

So when is part 3 going to be up and after that will the game get going?

I am anxious to get going on this one.

Sorry, but it is not easy to snag time to write everything I need to. That and I have to draw a map[ for Rocinante.

Oh, for all you lerkers out there..........
Stay tuned!

This is about to get REAL good.

I have put down the history as i have it and stopped trying to write a novel on it. Anything you want to add to the history, let me know but I think it stands well for now.

I will need to know who is taking what rooms on the ship. As well I will need to know who is going the the meeting and who is staying on the ship. Stephanie will always stay on ship unless otherwise asked. Captain will be in #3, Grace in her room under the engines.

Not sure how you numbered the rooms as there aren't any on the map. It looks like all the crew rooms are two squares? All the same size? If I am reading that wrong, Angela would be most secure in the smallest space possible. Less likely to provoke panic on awakening and even if she does, less space to bang around in and hurt herself.

oh, and the pseudo military persona that helped rescue JC? That's Ming...total "perfect soldier"

That was Great Roger. I was busting to tell Aryn and Tann what we were writing.

I know I said earlier that Jon would take JC and Angela (Wonder Woman and the Bionic Man) to the meeting but Aryn is wanting to RP so I think Tess will go instead.

Tess can get direction from Grace and lead us to Badger. Maybe a little back story of Tess taking the bridge and once again sliding into the control seat.

JC can start to figure out how "Protect and Defend" the crew. Maybe some Ops flashbacks and general PR man stuff as he starts to take on the roll and as we head through the port on foot to meet Badger.

Ok...all aboard Destiny Flight now taking wing.

"Yi Lu Shwen Fohn." (Good Journey)

Rooms 8,9,10,11 are crew quarters. #12 can be as well. Jon has a room, Grace has a room (do not go into Grace's room), and Stephanie has a room in the infirmary. So JC, Tess and Angela all need a room. I do not remember where Tess was before.

I believe each square is 5 feet.