Adventure 2: Gnomish Mining Ship Problem
"Most of the crew is out scavenging for anything they can find," the Gnome says. "I am Boddynock, chief miner and engineer 2nd class."
"Well, we don't have much of a schedule as you'd call it. I mean, no specific date. It's hard to keep track of time here in the Drift, if you know what I mean. We were expecting it sometime last month... I think. Might have been the month before. So, it's at least a month overdue."
"I mean, we have supplies left, but we've run out of fuel. We can keep life support going on the Drift differential engine, but it doesn't have enough power to take off."
"We ain't starvin' yet, no, sir, but the captain was getting a bit worried, which is why he activated the distress beacon. It was a long shot anyway. Didn't think any ship would hear it here in the Drift."
"We can go to the mess hall. That's where everyone is staying to conserve life support. The scavengers will return to there."
As he talks, he pulls an object out of his pocket and holds it out for everyone to see. It's an uncut shiny red gemstone about the size of a grape.
"Rubies! We think there might be sapphires, too, but we've only found one small one so far. What we really hoped to find was a vein of gold!"
He leads you down the corridors of the ship to the center. As he opens the door to the mess hall, he says:
"Oh, hey! You are back already! Find anything useful?"
Indeed, there are another 5 Gnomes in what apparently passes for the mess hall. All five of them are dirty and dusty. Three of them are probably female.
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