The Doctrine of One Ship encompasses the physical and the abstract...
the known and imagined...
space and time...
the future... and the past.
Be prepared for delays as there will be additional security checks.
I wonder what that guy would have to say about all this.
Probably: Keep your head down.
Stay out of trouble.
Hey man... Just give me one of those, whatever he's having.
I'm not picky.
Go find your own rock,
Inyalowda
You're welcome, for all that clean water keeping you alive.
Have a nice day.
What's a guy gotta do to get a drink around here?
Sorry.
Yes, accidents happen.
So, I'm just standing there, in my skivvies, and his English is almost as bad as my Betler.
So that thing where you just repeat yourself, only slower and louder?
I'm the asshole doing that. - Oh, coyo. - I just want my pants back.
And then the guy says something that I think means "When do you need them?".
I don't know the words for "Right now", so I do this.
Hey, what happens on Ceres...
The guy said sorry, he was married and he gave me a towel.
We need more!
You an Earther?
Guilty as charged. - And what's your story, man? - I'm making it up as I go along.
You're pretty good with these people.
We are all the same people.
Are you a sailor?
Why?
Just a hunch. Got a line on a job, if you know your way around a ship.
I'm not looking for work. - It ain't work.
That's easy. Hauling money sent from outer planets, bringing it here.
I've got the Cantenbury. She's a good ship. - Not interested.
Sorry.
Thanks.
Talk shit somewhere else.
Are you interested in free room and board, a union salary and little or no responsibility?
I'll take it. Give it to me.
I suppose I could give it a shot.
Why not?