By the time the expedition team members start filing back into the officers mess to partake in the coffee and sandwiches
Professor Moore has affixed a large notice to the wall giving the cabin allocation for the expedition.
CABIN ASSIGNMENTS - MIDSHIPS
Cabin 11: Cpt. J.Starkweather; Prof W.Moore
Cabin 12: Miss Kitt Knight
Cabin 13: Prof W.Griffith; Prof M.Bryce; Prof C.Myers
Cabin 14: Prof P.Albemarle; Prof C.Graves; James Seymour
Cabin 15: Peter Sykes; Gunnar & Nils Sorensen
Cabin 16: Dr. C.Michaels, Olof Eriksson ; Jack Wilson
Cabin 17: Dougas Halperin; Ralph Dewitt; William McRaven
Cabin 18: Isutag Amaruq; Callum McDonald; William Turner
CABIN ASSIGNMENTS - AFTCASTLE
OOC: Ill allocate this later tonight, as no PCs are bunked here
Ok chaps, you can fetch your personal gear to store in your cabins as soon as you like. Just remember to have everything aboard including yourselves by the fourteenth!
First Officer Turlow here has asked me to make sure that you all know that
any firearms that you bring aboard must be handed over to him for storage in the Bosuns Stores, they will be locked up and returned to you when we reach the ice.
Its also my duty to remind you all, particularly the non-US members of the expedition, that this is an American flagged vessel, and so it operates under the rules of
prohibition. There will be
no alcohol brought on board under any circumstances.
Captain Starkweather is extremely anxious that we do not attract any more bad press. Especially after the incident with Lawrence, so we dont want to be accused of prohibition-busting.
He laughs, Having said that,
Professor Graves will be entrusted with a locked crate of liquor for medicinal purposes only. Im sure that youll all agree that well be in need of a
Medicinal Celebration when we make our first camp!
"Does anyone have any questions? Your dentist's appoinments don't start for a couple hours, so you can do what you like until then, Officer Turlow has arranged for those people who are interested to have a quick tour of the ship."
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When
McRaven enquires about the aircraft,
Moore replies, "Ah yes, of course you'd want to see the planes. I'm afraid they won't be arriving for a few days yet, but never fear - you and the other pilots and engineers will be travelling to
Skillman Airport in New Jersey tomorrow to check them out, and give them each a test flight. They'll be brought by train to the ship later."
"
Isugtag, could I have a word with you in private before you leave?"
First Officer Paul Turlow