MAN OF LA MANCHA shuddered when the bow entered the docking ring and the clamps
made contact, firmly attaching the 400 tonner to the orbital station.


"CONTROL, MAN OF LA MANCHA. we are securely docked and showing green boards at
our end."


"ROGER that, MAN OF LA MANCHA. we are showing green boards at our end also.
power - down as soon as the umbilicals are connected and prepare to recieve
official boarding party, over."


"ROGER, CONTROL. umbilicals are connected and green. powering down now. opening
outer airlock now."


DAWGIE shifted his seegar to the other side of his mouth, and said over his
shoulder to the THE MAN's control room crew at large, "Time to meet and greet
the powers that be! PARTS, get yourself down to the airlock and "howdy" the
bureaucrats for me. i will be in my office, with prepared drinks, snacks and
required documentation."

"On the way SKIPPER!" this was from a middle aged, small, but well arranged
example of female free trader with a crew-cut and wearing a pumpkin yellow
shipsuit. PARTS released her safety harness, stood and stretched, searching her
numerous pockets for something


"PARTS is lookin' for her official MAN OF LA MANCHA MEET AND GREET CARD," boomed
the man at the navigator's station.


"UP yours, BILLY!" replied PARTS as she departed the control room, still
searching her pockets for something.


DAWGIE released his harness and lurched to his feet, still shifting the unlit
seegar from one side of his mouth to the other, and followed PARTS through the
open hatch.

" Damn, i forget to check and see if we know anyone else docked here. Must be
gettin' old!"

THE MAN'S intercomm announced to the unseeen official boarding party, "Stand by,
please. i will open the inner airlock as soon as your escort arrives."



HOWDY! i am know all over the internet by the name DAWGIE. i have been gaming
since the 70s with miniatures, dice, rules, terrain, and tabletops. i am a
dinosaurs to starships and starship troopers kind of gamer (and almost
everything in between). 25mm/28mm is my chosen scale for playing games;
skirmish gaming and tactical RPGing are my favorite games. thought i would drop
by, say, hello, introduce myself, and have a looksee for my - self.


DAWGIE