[IC] Keeping in the Black

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Paquin Cortex: Commercial Announcements
The Firefly-class freighter "Fives Full" is being sold by silent auction to retire the debts of its late owner, Capt. Alois Schwartzenberger. Proceeds will be divided between Sisters of Mercy Hospital and the Paquin Spaceport Administration. The ship is in Landing Bay 37 and is available for inspection during spaceport office hours. No warranty express or implied exists on this transaction and all sales are final.

Current High Bid: $6,000,000, Jokel Salvage and Parts

Anyone with appropriate skills touring the ship will see that it was in good shape when it set down three years ago. She needs some overhaul before she can fly again (replacing coolant and lubricating fluids, recharging batteries) but everything should work. The mess room refrigerator is a total loss, though. The original crew is long gone. When it was clear their skipper wasn't coming out of the hospital any time soon they all signed on with other ships.

Most people taking the tour are off-duty spacers and port hangers-on looking for some entertainment. Some businessmen have gathered across from the bay to discuss putting a joint venture together. A hot sausage vendor set up his cart for the crowd. Nobody with real money has come to the auction yet but all the spacers agree that it'd be a shame to break her up for scrap. Some spacers looking for new jobs are taking the chance to boast to anyone who might be hiring.