"Starships..." Something clicks, and Jean lets out an embarrassed laugh. "My apologies, comrade, you'd said before but I hadn't made the connection! If your chartmaking skills can be turned to terrestrial cartography I'd be quite willing to pay for good maps at the towers, regardless of your choice to volunteer - it's a small thing, but decent maps are hard to find without satellites..."

Charlie has finished her seeds, and walks towards Ari to stare at her, tiny head turning side to side. Somehow this tiny chicken is squaring up.

"...As far as the work goes, my only request is that you make reasonable effort to perform a duty you sign up for. A shift at a tower, for instance. The duty roster is kept at Town Hall and usually filled about two weeks out. And of course the training sessions are a public service, should you want experience with a more reliable weapon."