Fin.

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EC finally makes assurances to the State Department that they're actually going to settle these folks and not immediately shove them back in the sea, and we transfer our new passengers over there. and then we head off on our merry way to drink some liberty beers.

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so we cut squares in the med while the CO yells at State and whoever else. eventually we come to an agreement with European Country. They are Not Happy, and its clear that if the roles were reversed, they would have left these folks out in the Med. EC sends a coast guard boat out to meet us

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and try to figure out what to do with these folks. gotta figure out what the local countries policies are, are they seeking asylum, can they request on a ship vs on actual soil, whats going to happen if they get taken to europe vs home, etc.

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we get everybody off, take the outboard, sink the old boat (gotta give the GM's something to do for waking them up), and start getting care for everybody. HMCS checks everybody out, and the CS's start *cooking*. we bust out some event tents for the back to make shade, while we do box ops,

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