Here's a little more:
1) Create more orbital station "descriptions" for sending the player down-planet to the Royal Court
3 possibles:
a) As you sit in the tea-rooms investigating something labelled “Fragrant Broken Orange Pekoe” you notice some sort of altercation at the next table. An older woman wearing impressive jewellery is berating a younger man:
“Useless! Utterly useless! You let them just shoot you up and you sat there and did nothing! I was going to recommend you to the Royal Court downplanet as an emissary, but you would be just useless. Useless! I’d be embarrassed to be linked to your name. If you do fly down to the spaceport, you had better stay well away from the Royal Livery Offices. Now - get out of here.”
He scrams, she then pays and goes. She seems to have some sort of servant waiting for her by the door.”
This one might muddy the waters a bit - no token or recommendation
Arrival downplanet
On arrival at the spaceport you find the Royal Livery Offices beside an opulent-looking cafe. Inside is a clerk, dressed in livery. He looks at you and asks if he can help.
Apologise and leave<>Inquire about the need for emissaries at the Royal Court
He explains that the Court does sometimes have a need for pilots who fly their own ship - if it is Hyperspace capable. When you explain that you do, he tells you that there will be a flitter leaving for the Court in another half an hour if you wish to wait, and that he will secure a seat on board for you.
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b) As you meander around the shops in the orbital station you see a group of young ladies clustered around a cocktails kiosk. They are holding brightly-coloured drinks and are nattering animatedly. One of them spots you, waves her kerchief at you and calls out in a piercing voice: “Cuthbert! Cuthbert - come here!”
What do you do?
Flee! <> Cry back “I’m not Cuthbert! Never head of him!” (She calls back: “Sorry!” and turns around to talk with a chum.) <> Wander over to speak with her.
She looks at you closely and says: “You’re not Cuthbert! Who are you?”
What do you do?
Say: “No, I’m not”. And wander off.
Say: “No! I’m <player name>. And who are you?
She responds <name> and asks you what you are doing in <system name>. Travelling? Sight-seeing? Trading? Bounty-hunting?
You end up in a conversation during which she tells you that the local Court are always looking for messengers. You need to take your ship downplanet to the spaceport and visit the Royal Livery Offices where they will make the necessary arrangements. She seems quite friendly, but when her friends start to wander off she takes her leave and joins them.
Arrival downplanet
On finding the Royal Livery Offices, you find a long queue at the counter.
<Wait><Wander off to get a tea><Walk over to the bar and look at the cocktails>
When the queue dies down, you find yourself facing a young man in a peculiar uniform involving a bicorn hat, epaulettes and gold piping on a velvet tunic. He asks you your business and when you reply that you are interested in helping the Royal Court in messaging he gives you a ticket for a flitter leaving in ten minutes.
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c) You find a shop in the orbital station southern mall selling Vacuum Karate training videos. As you gaze through the shop windows somebody bumps into your knees from behind. It is a small child. The father approaches and apologises for the wayward boy. As you talk, he mentions that he works for the Offices of the Steward of the Sable Shako, and you both get quite friendly while he keeps an eye on his boy. When you tell him that you own your own ship, he mentions that the Royal Court are always looking for messengers. Would you be interested? If so, fly down to the spaceport and visit the Royal Livery Offices.
There are 2 backdrops for this (YAH ads) in the wiki: File:Vacuum Karate.png & File:Karate.png
