h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*Afgncaap5 prepares the Crater Labs, Inc. ship as it prepares to depart on a serious mission: deliver a peace treaty from Zork to H2G2. Assists Ampton in finishing the hyperdrive*

There. Thanks, Ampton. With this new hyperdrive, we can go through hyperspace *AND* use the CD player without accidently travelling through time! I love working out bugs. Now, let's see if we get any people interested in this job.

*Hangs a sign*


Applicants please wait until Afgncaap5 can show up. Thanks you for your patience.

*Enters the ship to take a nap*

Count me in!! Always ready for kill- I mean delivering & protecting things...

*Jumps out of UFO*

Hey, thanks Alien! BTW, there may be some space battles going on. To get to the Zork universe, we'll need to pass through several dangerous systems. The Rodentia System, the Pizzar System, a few systems owned by the Bjorg, etc., etc., etc. However, with enough applicants, we should make it safely.

I think that GL should show up soon.

Hi there.

See?

Well, just hope to get more applicants. Maybe I should post in a few other places.

*Walks over to a computer moniter, and begins typing up some more notices to post elsewhere around the Station*

*Notices some wires hanging out from under the dashboard. Looks under dashboard and sees a large tangle of wires. Starts sorting them out and grumbles under breath*

I was sure this was fixed last week ...

*Wanders up nochalantly*
Oh hi, I'll go as well. I've already packed!

*Holds up a sponge bag containing Bruce Springsteen's Greatest Hits, some spacesickness tablets, and a Big-Gun-shaped shape*
Where's my berth?
*Jumps at guilty expression on Affie's face*

::Enters, in Space Center garb*, carrying space age attaché case::

Anyone looking for a ship's navigator? I've got some star logs in the case here ::pats attaché case:: and am ready to leave on a moments notice!

~Irving

*See the Space Center Float v. the Aroma Café Float and the Book Nook for differences in Irv's attire, haircolor, body type, etc.

*Pokes head out from under the dashboard*

Oh, hi, guys. Sure we could use a navigator and as soon as a moment gives us a notice, I will let you know, Irv. Crew quarters are down 2 decks and aft. You can't miss them - just follow the main corridor past the sauna and games rooms. While you wait, you may want to check out the games room - we have all of the Infocom games running. Might want to brush up on your Zorkology.

*Resumes work sorting and connecting wires. Mumbles: "these almost look _ripped_ out ..."

::jumps into ship::

Do you guys have any flight suits or anything? An undershirt and slacks may not be the best bet for Deep Space travel. I usually wear a suit when taking care of the spaceship rental buisness, but that seemed inappropriate here. . .

::goes below and starts heading aft towards his quarters::

*Affy walks in, happy to see the two new recruits*

Ah, Irv and Chrome, welcome to the voyage.

*Notices the loose bits of wire*

Hmmm . . . These were loose during the parade as well. Wasn't this the reason that we never could quite get the UFO out of the Crater Labs parking lot? Oh, well. This big ship should do more than enough to store repairs.

Irv, in most of the quarters of these ships, open the closet. You'll find humanoid clothing from almost any sci-fi universe. We've got Star Trek, Star Wars (Rebel and Empire), Escape Velocity, Babylon 5, Animorphs, etc.

*Wanders over to Game Room to see if he can get the Tombs & Treasure game to work. The one Infocom game made for Nintendo, and he can't get it to work . . .*

Do you have Darth Vader??

Why is Affy all of a sudden the Green Jester? I must pop by his homepage to find out, I suppose...

::opens closet and changes clothes into Han Solo's outfit::

I think it's because of the masked ball back in Damogran...

*finds a DV-suit but it's too big for her*

*looks in the wardrobe*
*gasps* Wow, you really do have everything!

*puts on a pair of Jabba the Hutt's slacks*
Hey, they fit perfectly!

The masked ball! I totally forgot!

*Walks onto the bridge in Solid Snake's stealth outfit*
It was a close call between this and Seven of Nine's catsuit, but praticality won through!
*Spots Affie mesing about with the wires*
Hi!

So... When's this flight leaving? Affy, are you having troubles with those wires?

::Sets up Navigator's post on the Bridge::

This looks easy!

*Finishes with the wires and starts checking some instrument calibrations.*

What the heck .....

*Checks a few more instruments.*

What's going on here? All of these instruments are way out of calibration. They were fine when I checked them a few days ago. They are so far out that they must have been tampered with. I dunno - first the wires, now the instruments. There's something fishy going on here. I think we need a complete check of all systems. Who's the flight engineer on this trip? For that matter, what jobs are the new crew members going to do. We know:

Affy: Captain and Science Officer
Me: Second in command and general jack-of-all-trades
Irving: Navigator
Alien: ?
Chrome101: ?

We still need a weapon's officer, a security officer, an engineer, a pilot, a communications officer, a medical officer, an entertainment director, a bartender ...

Some of the crew can fill more than one job, if they like.