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You open the manuals on different directory and get to reading.


In middle of reading through some planetary outpost listings, you suddenly get pinged by the security console.

Its not a standard alarm, so you surmise something has entered and is in transit through Beta Carotenii.

A) Ehhhh, probably not worth my time.
B) Potential customers? Potential customers!

You resume reading the bartending manuals and encyclopedias inside the memory core.

Where were you... ah yes!


You learn that many humans, especially those born and raised in space, have trouble distinguishing some flavors and scents of synthols. They have biggest problem with distinguishing between a 'fruity' and a 'sweet' flavor, often mistaking them for each other. This is not the case when obnoxiously sweet synthols like Sucrosol and Dee Tee are involved, but many confuse Skinjuice for Grenadiere, and vice versa, or finding 'fruity and sweet' combination to be extra sweet. Humans are strange.

What's next on the agenda?

A) More bartending lore!
B) More Captain Zirconius!
C) Maybe some maintenance?
D) Just pass the time!

You pass the time.


Suddenly, security console starts pinging you. Giving Evangeline a stare - she occupies her seat, staring at nearly empty Seaside Paradise - you leave your post.

Arriving at the command room, you check the console...

Sensors Station Alert! IFF beacon translation in progress...

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Retrying...

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Retrying...

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Unable to translate IFF beacon.

Beginning deepscan of approaching vessel for active weapon signatures...

In the meanwhile, several foreboding buttons lit up in your face on the console, giving you several options.

A) Turn the weapons control online!
B) Hail the approaching ship!
C) Do nothing.
D) Send a distress call!
E) Retry IFF beacon translation!

That's mostly ElfCollaborator

For me, if your character is decent, a paragraph of bio is enough.

You summon the priests of love to the palace for a talk.

In a side chamber, with your wife in ashamed attendance, you question the priests if there's a way out of this that keeps your reputation and allows your wife to pursue her lady-lovin'.

The wise men and women of the clergy discuss this for a while.

"My liege!" Says one of them. "If she were but a lowlyborn, this would be non-issue; or if she were unmarried, this would be non-issue; if she weren't part of a ruling dynasty, which needs heirs, this would be-"

"My friend, but our liege already has a heir. Several, in fact!" Says the priest of family hearth, and the priestess of childbirth nods in agreement: "Aye, our lord and liege has had his family requirements fulfilled by the deceased Queen Milka, and for this there is no doubts." The priests murmur and nod to each other.

"Marriage is sacred, but of course affairs are not unheard or uncommon." Says the priest of matrimony, rubbing his chin. "Divorce! That is the correct choice. That, or your Majesty weathers the gossip of the affair. As your Queen is fancying a woman, there's no dire fear of bastard children by a lesser man, so at least the worst of three infidelities will be avoided, sparing most of the shame." Other priests look at each other or nod their heads, seemingly agreeing with this assessment.

A) "Fine then! Let the rumors run their course, and I will repair that which will be damaged by them."
B) "Fine then! Call for the Advisor, a divorce contract must be written at once!"

You leave the console and run for Southern Docking Ring.


You arrive at the South Wing's inner airlock just in time to see Evangeline take off the casing of the panel used to control outer airlock #6.

The computer panel next to you informs you that inner airlock door has been locked because one of the outer airlocks (the sixth) is about to open to vacuum of space.

You see Evangeline raise and extend her arms sideways in some sort of gesture.

A) Bang on the door and ask her to return to the bar area.
B) Attempt to quickly override the control panel safeties and forcibly prevent the outer airlock from opening.

You go check the sensors.

There's no ships on approach to the station, so you ping the system in search for ships passing through the system on non-direct course, but can't find any.

On a hunch, you then scan the vicinity of the station for non-moving ships... and also find nothing.

Confused, you return to the bar.

Evangeline is gone! You could swear you didn't hear her leave, though.

A) Search the main hall.
B) Check the outside of main hall and the corridors leading to docking wings.
C) Check the personnel-only areas and your quarters.
D) Go back to sensor console, there should be some monitoring system on station.