What a day, Mown thought to himself, throwing himself on his new bed in his quarters on Deck 3. He’d just finished unpacking a crate of his personal belongings and was waiting for an NE to come and retrieve the empty container and return it to the Cargo Bay–but he really wanted to go exploring.

He leaped off the bed and paced the bedroom, giving his drum a good tap as he walked by it. The ship was massive and contained who knows what sorts of ARU mysteries it contained.

To be frank, it excited him–and freaked him out, all that could be out there. All he didn’t understand.

Finally the NE arrived with a DOT and took the container.

Nows my opportunity, Mown thought. If only I knew where I could find something interesting to explore.

He slid out of his room with cat-like subtlety and crept into the corridor.

-CTO Mown Gworl