Intergalactic Summit

When one's trading career as a capsuleer approaches 10 years, as mine does in a month or so, one can acquire a great quantity of junk scattered around the world. As I was sifting through my assets, I came across ... well ... see for yourself:

KDF-GY, Catch:
Frozen Food, 10 pallets
Quafe, 100 crates
Spice Wines, 20 crates
Exotic Dancers, Female, 22
Tourists, 110
Janitor, 1

It’s not what it looks like.

In YC 106 or 107, I made several trips to the first ISS Outpost, ISS Marginis, in Catch. Hauling tech II goods out and noxcium back, the trips were lucrative when successful, but the enterprise was far too dangerous to be profitable in the long run. After losing a load of assault frigates to a pirate attack, I cut my losses and moved on to other ventures.

As a side venture however, I had decided to test the waters of the entertainment market in this isolated outpost. I rented a small dockside establishment out at Marginis, hired a Ni-Kunni dance troupe and choir, put together a small catering package. I transported all this out to Marginis myself, along with some thrill-seeking tourist types. The venture was never hugely profitable, but was self-sustaining. The shifting capsuleer population in Catch and their crews provided enough new faces and recurring devotees to cover the troupe’s living expenses and rent from ticket sales and donations.

By the way, the job description "Exotic Dancer, Female" is more varied than you might think. In this case, the troupe performs sacred dances from several of the Ni-Kunni traditions, so if you were expecting displays of bare flesh you would be disappointed. Well, there are the scenes from the Cloud Swan cycle where the protagonist displays both figurative and literal nakedness in the the second act, symbolising the time of emptiness after the arrival of the Amarr, after the loss of the old rituals but before the embrace of the true faith.

OK, I can see your eyes glazing over. I thought I would just announce that after the long run in KDF-GY, the Marginis Troupe is moving to a new venue, the Aralis Immortalis station in X6AB-Y in Providence. Having thoroughly lost track of 0.0 diplomacy, I now have no idea who I would have to contact to arrange for safe passage of the party from Catch.

I hope however that the 1 billion ISK courier contract I have just posted will provide the incentive for someone to arrange what is necessary.