Chapter 1
From Home Is Where I Want To Be
- Neyu stows away
- Neyu caught
- Vikrannu decides what to do - drop her off with technicians on Gantu
- Techies talk with Neyu; a couple are happy to take her along, she gets bad vibes
- Crew talks with Neyu; some know the techies, support her bad vibe
- Neyu asks techs and crew about her brother, but they don’t seem to know
- Gantu unavailable for landing
- 2nd mate has argument with Vikrannu over Neyu -- where to drop her off, how to handle her stowing away which is a violation of local and Damamat law
- Vikrannu sets course for nearest planetary system
- Neyu talks to Vikrannu about what lies ahead
- Neyu doesn’t want to “mooch” but can’t pay for passage and can’t offer any useful ship skills
- Meets Tanatha crew member who speaks positively of contracted labor
- Neyu wants to find her brother and/or her sister
- Vikrannu wants to get Neyu off her ship (not keen on being surrogate parent or babysitter)
- Outright refuses to take on Neyu as contracted laborer
- Neyu needs to find family, may escape/run
- Vikrannu ha no time to train Neyu
- Vikrannu finds it distasteful
- Outright refuses to take on Neyu as contracted laborer
- Vikrannu hears a couple of the techs are willing to take her along
- Neyu explains privately that she doesn’t trust them, an neither do some of the crew
- Vikrannu relents
- Neyu doesn’t want to “mooch” but can’t pay for passage and can’t offer any useful ship skills
- On arriving at Tansgit (Aangra), the nearest system, Vikrannu lies and tells techies who promised to take Neyu that they tracked down her sister and will be going to her next; techs reluctantly relent (and only because of cultural importance of family for Vaasith); Vikrannu intends to seek cargo or passengers; techs depart for surface; 3rd mate decides to take Neyu under his wing for a little while
