Petunia

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Dorcas Peterson, Navigation Officer

Your whole life has been one long story of struggle, with only one point of light: the General Butler. Now, even that could be taken away from you.

Your parents worked for the Agribusiness Mafia, and were heavily indebted. When you were 14, your parents were killed in a terrible cookie dough incident. You don’t even like to think about it. You haven’t been able to get near a gingersnap since that day.

After your parents were killed, there was a long court battle. The Agribusiness Mafia claimed you as your parents’ sole holding in reparation for their debts. The court decided you would be supported by the company until your 21st birthday and then work off your own debt and your parents’ debt. If you are lucky, that will be only 25 years of work.

After the settlement, Joseph Butler, the handsome young attorney who handled your case for the company, was put in charge of seeing to your care. He was a kind young man, with a story almost as hard as yours who had made amazing success by his devotion to his work. His story should be an inspiration to anyone, and you encourage him to tell it often to those who could benefit from it.

You only saw him every few months, but as you grew older, your infatuation grew into a deep and abiding love. On your 17th birthday he admitted that he loved you too. You knew that, whatever the company put you through, you would be happy so long as you had him by your side. He secretly nicknamed you Petunia. Your name is dreadfully dull and this name shows his affection. Also, it is important that no one knows the the potential hold the Agribusiness Mafia has over him. This pet name lets him refer to you without anyone knowing who you are. Shortly after you had proclaimed your love to each other, he was installed as Sir Joseph Butler, the General of the Starship Fleet.

He named the flagship of his fleet after the pet name he had given you and had you installed as the Navigation Officer on your 18th birthday. You were concerned at first that you had no idea what a Navigation Officer was supposed to do. You soon learned that that was alright. Very few of the officers seem to know what they are supposed to do. At least this way, when he is traveling, you can spend your nights in his arms.

He swore to you that, as soon as you turned 21, he would pay your debts, buy your freedom and marry you. However, he couldn’t admit his ties to you until you were 21 and could be freed. Meanwhile, Don Don, a powerful Mafia leader fell for you and demanded your hand in marriage. Indentured to the company, you had no choice and were forced into an engagement with him. He is a terrible man: dark and angry. He has some sort of past history that has killed whatever good he might once have had. You wish you were not so beautiful to attract such attention. All you want is your General, but all these men fall for you and you can do nothing about it. The only good thing was that, by the company’s rules, Don Don couldn’t marry you until you turned 21.

Just before your 21st birthday you learned the truly horrible thing about this engagement: as long as you are engaged, no one but you or your fiancé can buy your freedom. If you had any clue about this you never would have agreed to it, no matter what the cost to you. This means that as long as Don Don claims your hand your beloved General cannot free you.

Don Don is on this trip because he is going to take you back to Galleria II and marry you. After that you will not be allowed to see your General ever again. At least this is a chance for you to spend a little time with your General before you lose him forever. You must find some way to break this engagement without bringing shame on the General or hurting his standing.

To make things worse Don Don is very powerful. Nearly everyone aboard owes him some favor that he can cash in. Getting anything done against his will is very difficult. You do know that Don Don has some other goal that he is cashing in favors for on this trip. That might be a little leverage, but he never tells you very much.

Corporate Allegiance: Agribusiness Mafia

Who You Know

Anish Patel
The engineer. Anish is an alien from Gattpatt. They always seem a little slimy to you, like they're trying too hard to be human.

Avi Levenstein
The doctor. Dr. Levvy is a nice older doctor. Avi is always there to help when you twist your ankle or get a cold. You've heard that Avi was a great researcher, but retired to work on your ship. Or maybe that was Avi's father.

Dominique Buckley
Wow! The great Dominique Buckley is on your ship! You have to get an autograph.

Don Donald Donson
The horrid Mafia Don you are engaged to. You have to find some way to break the engagement and get away with your beloved Joseph.

Hai Lee
The gunner. Hai seems nice enough, for someone whose job is killing people. It's not a job you would want.

Captain Picket
Picket is a good captain. Jeff runs a tight ship and does it well. He has exactly the type of go-get-em attitude a spaceship captain should.

Jesus Rodriguez
The Bartender. Jesus is wonderful. He's exactly the sort of person you can tell anything to. You could talk to him for hours.

Jip Barton
An obnoxious passenger. Jip just got on, but already you can tell that this will be a long trip. Jip wants to know what everyone is doing, and tell them how they should be doing it, or what gadget could make it easier.

Sir Joseph Butler
Sigh. Your wonderful and beloved general. He means the galaxy to you. All you want is to be free to run off and marry him.

Madison Wisconsin
The counselor. Madison is wonderful. Madison is easy to talk to and gives great advice. You look forward to your daily counseling sessions.

RX-137
The robot communications officer. It really doesn't make sense to put a robot in charge of talking to people. They just don't understand human emotion.

Wahad Th'nein
The first officer. Everyone calls Wahad "Number One" because it's easier to say. Number One is a jerk. Wahad's prime pleasure in life is bossing around the other people on the ship.

Goals

  • Find a way to win your freedom.
  • Spend as much time with your General as possible.
  • Get Dominique Buckley's autograph!
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