I'm stilll mulling over Crime Wave and all the shops on the pirate ship. I guess we would call it a mall of sorts.
One of the questions I asked myself is why would there be a pirate ship on Hypatia in the first place, real or imagined? I mean, why not Cleopatra's barge? The book store could have been called the Asp.
That got me thinking about pirates. Star is, or was, a pirate of sorts. At least, Star enjoyed thinking of itself as a pirate. Tamara lived aboard Pirate's Cove, the space station for Treasure Island which encircles the star Long John Silver. Humankind loves to romanticize pirates. Just think of the Pirates of the Carribbean movies and the ride at Dizney World.
Suppose Hypatia was the supposed haunt of pirates in the past. Nothing conclusive, mind you. Just rumors. And, to unabashedly pick up a common theme, suppose there are rumors about buried treasure. Why not? Putting your loot, whatever it might be, on a planet with a toxic atmosphere sounds like a plan, right?
So suppose teleport man thinks it would be cool to get up an expedition to find the buried treasure while seeing all the fake pirate stuff on the pirate ship mall. Any sane person would make fun of the shameless commercialism of the place.
Star is interested in the treasure hunt, curious about the human love of mysteries, mystery stories and pirate lore. Old Kelly is interested in teleport man. There will be some kind of writer, a media person, too. I've been thinking a lot about what sort of media is around. There will be some adventurers, some bored people, some scientists and an artist or two. I can't think who else should be along. Maybe a real pirate?
