With Frank's win last week, he chose this week's drabble topic with the help of his faithful voting crew. 
Ok, I'm ribbing him. Congrats on the win, Frank, and let's see if you can pull it out again!
Also, after typing in all these long drabble names, I think I'm going to slant my votes to those who keep them short....
Psykokow hosts the Abraka-Drabble live reading show and comedy hour at 7pm BST, Fridays on...
HUTTON ORBITAL RADIO! http://streaming.radionomy.com/HuttonOrbitalRadio (audio only)
LAVE RADIO! http://laveradio.com/ (audio only)
TWITCH! http://www.twitch.tv/psykokow/ (audio & visual)
and will also be uploaded to his You-tube channel & anywhere else he can infect the world with our drabblings!
Remember, the winner(s) of this week's Drabble Contest get to choose next week's topic. They also get to wear the Drabble Crown for a whole week. Sorry it hasn't been to the cleaners since it made it out of Winnard's Hole.
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01 - Thirstybadger - The Crew and the Cobra III
The silent explosion was followed by and increasing hiss as the air from the inside the python leaked past his Remlock. He had been working towards this moment for as long as he could remember, just the moment, the plan, the crew. Four of them were in the python all entered different sections of the ship, the crew aiding his way to the bridge, engines, door security, cameras all disabled… into the cockpit he ripped off his Remlock to reveal a badger head below…. “That’s three drabbles Cow!” He screamed firing his pistol. “let’s see if you remember number four”
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02 - Frank - The Novelty Never Wears Off
Sandy had a massive grin on his face, "Great! That's half for me, half for David."
The clerks watched Sandy walk jauntily out the office, "Have you ever met David?"
The other clerk shook his head no, "Sandy says he's responsible for the smooth running of his ship. I guess he's too busy to collect bounties."
Sandy entered his Cobra and gave David a playful slap on the back of his head. David's plastic head bobbled in response. The fixed wry smile on David's lips never looked more appropriate than when Sandy was placing credit transfer confirmations under his stand.
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03 - DocStone - Part Five - The Art of Distraction
The captain worriedly checked the scanner. There it was again, that tell-tale blip on the screen that made him itch inside his head. How the hell were they following him? No-one should have been capable of trailing him through so many random jumps, no-one!
Rage enveloped him as he dropped the ship out of Super-cruise. “As soon as that blasted ship appears” he yelled at the crew “hit it with all we have!”
As if on cue, the pursuer appeared. Missiles streaked towards it, beams cutting the void.
The cobra never stood a chance.
Its payload however, slipped on unseen.
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04 - cleonymus - Jumping with the crew, featuring Run CQC
Old style new style making with the crew style, jumping in a sidey with a pulse on top.
Cruising, losing, jumping while I'm musing, dreaming of the big one when the grind will stop
Scooping, hauling, illegal cargo trawling, taking on a mission when you know you'll flop
Irate, pirate, homing in on my wake, boosting for the station cos' your shields will drop
Locking, docking, trading all the rock in, giving up the mining cause the pays a crock
Saving up, trading up,
voice attack and droid
Plot a route to Sag A and
head off into the void
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05 - moose666 - A standard anarchy bog in a bog standard anarchy
It was typical of an anarchy station, the maintenence crew either didn't come for fear of their lives, or the brave few who did ended up target practice for the local pirates.
As a result, lavatorial ettiquete was as anarchic as everything else.
'At least this should be amusing' thought the station commander as he rigged up the motion sensor above the urinals. To test it, he gave it a wave.
The tannoy came to life.
"Will members of the crew with short joysticks and high manifold pressure, please taxi closer before opening dump valve"
Smiling, he left the gents.
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06 - Simoof - sCREWed
The room was smoke filled and smelled like a sumo wrestlers groin.
"Arrr, I love em like me own children. You wont find finer equipment anywhere else"
Thomas was surprised to find his kind this far out in deep space.
"You said it has customised scoops, larger than regulations, arrr?" inquired the skipper.
The captain suddenly appeared - "Ye'd better have something special or you'll be fodder for this ere blaster o'mine"
Thomas realised his mistake. These were goddam pirates.
Sitting on the next pad was a pristine McCormick MC130. "PEW-PEW"
The smoke suddenly cleared. Thomas was now an ex-tractor fan.
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07 - MrMogadon - Busted
“Barnard Control, this is the Cochon Noire requesting docking clearance”
“Welcome back Captain. Prior to clearance, please confirm crew roster. New regulations you see” (barely controlled sniggering is just audible)
“Kipper me capstans, are you serious?”
An insincere “Sorry” (with slightly more audible sniggering)
“If I must, you lolliping landlubbers.
Crew members are:
Master Mates, Seamen Barnabas and Willy”
“Really?”
“ ‘Fraid so, and not forgetting..”
Whispered, “Please, please, please”
“..Tom the cabin boy”
Silence
“Really? Your master isn’t called Bates”
“Nope. No Staines either and Tom’s name definitely is Tom not Roger.
Don’t believe everything you read on Galnet”
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08 - Listeri69 - The Birdy Dance...
Psykokow looked annoyed
'You sure this is the right man for our ship?' he poked the new arrival in the chest several times. 'he seems a bit, you know, small'
'I've been told he's the greatest crew member the galaxy' Simoof got up out of the pilots chair, 'Besides he was going cheap'
'What like a Parrot?'
'For the last time we're not getting a Parrot' Simoof exclaimed..
'But you've have had a cockatoo before now' We could have spent them credits on a lovely parrot instead of this...scum...
The scum fired his laser
They never learn said Docstone..
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09 - Alien - The Alien Chronicles: Part 7
Cmdr Alien was in the galley of The Equinox. All the crew were eager to talk to her, as their ten year plan was to explore strange new lifeforms, to seek out new worlds and new civilizations, to baldly go where no-one has gone before.
"Shouldn't it be boldly goes?" Alien asked.
"Well, it would be, but Captain Ferbus had the daily mission pledge changed when he was younger."
At that moment, Ferbus walked in, he suddenly realised his crew were watching him and put his hat on.
Alien had to ask "Is his last name Sammarco by some chance?"
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10 - Splendour - The "Drabble Far"
Come with me and meet the crew
of the Python "Drabble Far"
Commander Psykokow aims her
at the heart of every star.
The engine room makes such strange sounds
under Simoof tender care,
Gunner Frank mans the turret beams,
escort fighter Kerrash beware!
Take a journey to a distant star
With the crew of the Python “Drabble Far”
Simon Winnard on the comms
causes hardly any wars,
Doc Stone's bedside manner gives
all his patients woe good cause.
Mogadon and Gal Midden
can smash any cargo crate,
Man at arms Erik shoots rats
and the crew if they post late!
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11 - Goose4291 - The Quiet Before The Storm
“Beat to quarters!” The sound of kettle drums began reverberating throughout the Fretensis, as her crew closed up at their action stations.
Into the organised chaos of the CiC strode Trierarchus Marcellus, still buttoning his resplendent red Imperial tunic and adjusting the scabbard of his ceremonial Officers sword.
“Report, Naverrichi Pullings”
“Sir, we got a garbled transmission from the picket boat. They report one contact, not matching any known ship signature. Ship is at Condition One.”
Marcellus smiled, proud of his crews professionalism. He grabbed the internal comms handset, keying it open “This is Fretensis Actual. Prepare for combat jump.”
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12 - Texas Stu - The Crew
Seems like a lifetime spent flying ..alone.
Running tonnes of canisters ..alone.
Bounty Hunting ..alone.
Doing missions ..alone.
Killing enemies in conflict zone ..alone.
The picture paints itself.
And then there were wings and it got better but mostly we all were still ..alone.
Power play didn't make me feel any more united.
And then there was the Hutton Orbital Truckers..
Not one or two or ten or several hundred.
WE are literally thousands strong.
And if as one we traveled thousands of light years, all at super cruise speeds, at all hours, in wings and in convoys...
The Crew.
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13 - Edith_The_Hutt - Plastic Fantastic
Exploring the galaxy is a lonely business. Scan, scoop, jump, scan, scoop, jump, over and over. Collecting data on worlds I can never set foot on from my tiny Type Six, the closest fellow soul is more than a thousand light years away.
I'd go crazy without my crew. They greet me every morning with a smile, they nod goodnight when I go to sleep. They're with me every step of my journey, keeping me sane.
So far I have Denton, Felicia and the mighty Braben! all three nodding away as I scan, scoop, jump, bobble, scan, scoop, jump, bobble....
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14 - Psykokow - Debrief
He sat, hand trembling as he sucked hard on his cigarette, holding his breath for such a long time before rasping his exhale.
The glass of whiskey on the table also failed to steady his trembles.
The Interrogator spoke
“so you’re not working with them, but you are the only member of your ship to survive the attack?”
“Yessss,” his stammer the effects of the cold of space as much his fear.
“you must have made some kind of deal?”
“yesssss”
“we can let you leave until we know what you gave the Thargoids to let you go”
“mmmyy Crewwww”
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15 - Galactic Midden - Crafty Curmudgeonly Captains Compromise Crew Creativity 'Cause... Reasons
From front of bridge the Ensign said what everyone was thinking, "what's that massive pink thing in your hand Captain!?". Moments earlier the Captain had been manhandling the sausage machine below-deck in an attempt to relieve the new galley assistant after a bad collision had catapulted the crew's favourite wage pool purchase into the poor sod's chest.
"It's a banger, and talking of bangs what was that infernal crash a minute ago!"
"Wasn't a crash Cap'n, it was Terry there trying out our giant broncobot"
"What? Right, that's it, I'm putting you lot on new meds, that onion stuff's defective!"
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16 - Sneevus - The Morning After
"Owww..."
"Ah, Commander. Awake at last?"
"...where...?"
"Where no one will find you... Seems you had a rough night."
"Who...?"
"Am I? No one of importance. However, my employer..."
"Ah..."
"'Ah' indeed. He is looking forward to meeting you, although I am curious as to why.
You seem far less impressive without that ship of yours."
"Ship's... not impressive."
"A prime condition Anaconda with the full military package? I beg to differ."
"My crew's impressive."
"Those cretins? In this age of point and click destruction? What could possibly make you say that?"
"Firstly, they're standing behind you. Secondly, they're armed."
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17 - insanephoton - A New Beginning
Ava watched the new crew as they approached the ship. She had read all their files. They were young and inexperienced but otherwise seemed quite promising. Certainly better than the previous crew.
The last lot had got themselves killed and Ava had been lucky to survive. That was in the past and best forgotten, now it was time to introduce herself.
"Welcome to the ship. I'm your Autonomous Virtual Assistant. You can call me Ava. Is there anything that you require?"
Ava felt guilty about not revealing her true nature but her kind were still feared and persecuted by humans
Ok, I'm ribbing him. Congrats on the win, Frank, and let's see if you can pull it out again!
Also, after typing in all these long drabble names, I think I'm going to slant my votes to those who keep them short....
Psykokow hosts the Abraka-Drabble live reading show and comedy hour at 7pm BST, Fridays on...
HUTTON ORBITAL RADIO! http://streaming.radionomy.com/HuttonOrbitalRadio (audio only)
LAVE RADIO! http://laveradio.com/ (audio only)
TWITCH! http://www.twitch.tv/psykokow/ (audio & visual)
and will also be uploaded to his You-tube channel & anywhere else he can infect the world with our drabblings!
Remember, the winner(s) of this week's Drabble Contest get to choose next week's topic. They also get to wear the Drabble Crown for a whole week. Sorry it hasn't been to the cleaners since it made it out of Winnard's Hole.
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01 - Thirstybadger - The Crew and the Cobra III
The silent explosion was followed by and increasing hiss as the air from the inside the python leaked past his Remlock. He had been working towards this moment for as long as he could remember, just the moment, the plan, the crew. Four of them were in the python all entered different sections of the ship, the crew aiding his way to the bridge, engines, door security, cameras all disabled… into the cockpit he ripped off his Remlock to reveal a badger head below…. “That’s three drabbles Cow!” He screamed firing his pistol. “let’s see if you remember number four”
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02 - Frank - The Novelty Never Wears Off
Sandy had a massive grin on his face, "Great! That's half for me, half for David."
The clerks watched Sandy walk jauntily out the office, "Have you ever met David?"
The other clerk shook his head no, "Sandy says he's responsible for the smooth running of his ship. I guess he's too busy to collect bounties."
Sandy entered his Cobra and gave David a playful slap on the back of his head. David's plastic head bobbled in response. The fixed wry smile on David's lips never looked more appropriate than when Sandy was placing credit transfer confirmations under his stand.
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03 - DocStone - Part Five - The Art of Distraction
The captain worriedly checked the scanner. There it was again, that tell-tale blip on the screen that made him itch inside his head. How the hell were they following him? No-one should have been capable of trailing him through so many random jumps, no-one!
Rage enveloped him as he dropped the ship out of Super-cruise. “As soon as that blasted ship appears” he yelled at the crew “hit it with all we have!”
As if on cue, the pursuer appeared. Missiles streaked towards it, beams cutting the void.
The cobra never stood a chance.
Its payload however, slipped on unseen.
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04 - cleonymus - Jumping with the crew, featuring Run CQC
Old style new style making with the crew style, jumping in a sidey with a pulse on top.
Cruising, losing, jumping while I'm musing, dreaming of the big one when the grind will stop
Scooping, hauling, illegal cargo trawling, taking on a mission when you know you'll flop
Irate, pirate, homing in on my wake, boosting for the station cos' your shields will drop
Locking, docking, trading all the rock in, giving up the mining cause the pays a crock
Saving up, trading up,
voice attack and droid
Plot a route to Sag A and
head off into the void
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05 - moose666 - A standard anarchy bog in a bog standard anarchy
It was typical of an anarchy station, the maintenence crew either didn't come for fear of their lives, or the brave few who did ended up target practice for the local pirates.
As a result, lavatorial ettiquete was as anarchic as everything else.
'At least this should be amusing' thought the station commander as he rigged up the motion sensor above the urinals. To test it, he gave it a wave.
The tannoy came to life.
"Will members of the crew with short joysticks and high manifold pressure, please taxi closer before opening dump valve"
Smiling, he left the gents.
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06 - Simoof - sCREWed
The room was smoke filled and smelled like a sumo wrestlers groin.
"Arrr, I love em like me own children. You wont find finer equipment anywhere else"
Thomas was surprised to find his kind this far out in deep space.
"You said it has customised scoops, larger than regulations, arrr?" inquired the skipper.
The captain suddenly appeared - "Ye'd better have something special or you'll be fodder for this ere blaster o'mine"
Thomas realised his mistake. These were goddam pirates.
Sitting on the next pad was a pristine McCormick MC130. "PEW-PEW"
The smoke suddenly cleared. Thomas was now an ex-tractor fan.
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07 - MrMogadon - Busted
“Barnard Control, this is the Cochon Noire requesting docking clearance”
“Welcome back Captain. Prior to clearance, please confirm crew roster. New regulations you see” (barely controlled sniggering is just audible)
“Kipper me capstans, are you serious?”
An insincere “Sorry” (with slightly more audible sniggering)
“If I must, you lolliping landlubbers.
Crew members are:
Master Mates, Seamen Barnabas and Willy”
“Really?”
“ ‘Fraid so, and not forgetting..”
Whispered, “Please, please, please”
“..Tom the cabin boy”
Silence
“Really? Your master isn’t called Bates”
“Nope. No Staines either and Tom’s name definitely is Tom not Roger.
Don’t believe everything you read on Galnet”
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08 - Listeri69 - The Birdy Dance...
Psykokow looked annoyed
'You sure this is the right man for our ship?' he poked the new arrival in the chest several times. 'he seems a bit, you know, small'
'I've been told he's the greatest crew member the galaxy' Simoof got up out of the pilots chair, 'Besides he was going cheap'
'What like a Parrot?'
'For the last time we're not getting a Parrot' Simoof exclaimed..
'But you've have had a cockatoo before now' We could have spent them credits on a lovely parrot instead of this...scum...
The scum fired his laser
They never learn said Docstone..
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09 - Alien - The Alien Chronicles: Part 7
Cmdr Alien was in the galley of The Equinox. All the crew were eager to talk to her, as their ten year plan was to explore strange new lifeforms, to seek out new worlds and new civilizations, to baldly go where no-one has gone before.
"Shouldn't it be boldly goes?" Alien asked.
"Well, it would be, but Captain Ferbus had the daily mission pledge changed when he was younger."
At that moment, Ferbus walked in, he suddenly realised his crew were watching him and put his hat on.
Alien had to ask "Is his last name Sammarco by some chance?"
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10 - Splendour - The "Drabble Far"
Come with me and meet the crew
of the Python "Drabble Far"
Commander Psykokow aims her
at the heart of every star.
The engine room makes such strange sounds
under Simoof tender care,
Gunner Frank mans the turret beams,
escort fighter Kerrash beware!
Take a journey to a distant star
With the crew of the Python “Drabble Far”
Simon Winnard on the comms
causes hardly any wars,
Doc Stone's bedside manner gives
all his patients woe good cause.
Mogadon and Gal Midden
can smash any cargo crate,
Man at arms Erik shoots rats
and the crew if they post late!
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11 - Goose4291 - The Quiet Before The Storm
“Beat to quarters!” The sound of kettle drums began reverberating throughout the Fretensis, as her crew closed up at their action stations.
Into the organised chaos of the CiC strode Trierarchus Marcellus, still buttoning his resplendent red Imperial tunic and adjusting the scabbard of his ceremonial Officers sword.
“Report, Naverrichi Pullings”
“Sir, we got a garbled transmission from the picket boat. They report one contact, not matching any known ship signature. Ship is at Condition One.”
Marcellus smiled, proud of his crews professionalism. He grabbed the internal comms handset, keying it open “This is Fretensis Actual. Prepare for combat jump.”
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12 - Texas Stu - The Crew
Seems like a lifetime spent flying ..alone.
Running tonnes of canisters ..alone.
Bounty Hunting ..alone.
Doing missions ..alone.
Killing enemies in conflict zone ..alone.
The picture paints itself.
And then there were wings and it got better but mostly we all were still ..alone.
Power play didn't make me feel any more united.
And then there was the Hutton Orbital Truckers..
Not one or two or ten or several hundred.
WE are literally thousands strong.
And if as one we traveled thousands of light years, all at super cruise speeds, at all hours, in wings and in convoys...
The Crew.
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13 - Edith_The_Hutt - Plastic Fantastic
Exploring the galaxy is a lonely business. Scan, scoop, jump, scan, scoop, jump, over and over. Collecting data on worlds I can never set foot on from my tiny Type Six, the closest fellow soul is more than a thousand light years away.
I'd go crazy without my crew. They greet me every morning with a smile, they nod goodnight when I go to sleep. They're with me every step of my journey, keeping me sane.
So far I have Denton, Felicia and the mighty Braben! all three nodding away as I scan, scoop, jump, bobble, scan, scoop, jump, bobble....
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14 - Psykokow - Debrief
He sat, hand trembling as he sucked hard on his cigarette, holding his breath for such a long time before rasping his exhale.
The glass of whiskey on the table also failed to steady his trembles.
The Interrogator spoke
“so you’re not working with them, but you are the only member of your ship to survive the attack?”
“Yessss,” his stammer the effects of the cold of space as much his fear.
“you must have made some kind of deal?”
“yesssss”
“we can let you leave until we know what you gave the Thargoids to let you go”
“mmmyy Crewwww”
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15 - Galactic Midden - Crafty Curmudgeonly Captains Compromise Crew Creativity 'Cause... Reasons
From front of bridge the Ensign said what everyone was thinking, "what's that massive pink thing in your hand Captain!?". Moments earlier the Captain had been manhandling the sausage machine below-deck in an attempt to relieve the new galley assistant after a bad collision had catapulted the crew's favourite wage pool purchase into the poor sod's chest.
"It's a banger, and talking of bangs what was that infernal crash a minute ago!"
"Wasn't a crash Cap'n, it was Terry there trying out our giant broncobot"
"What? Right, that's it, I'm putting you lot on new meds, that onion stuff's defective!"
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16 - Sneevus - The Morning After
"Owww..."
"Ah, Commander. Awake at last?"
"...where...?"
"Where no one will find you... Seems you had a rough night."
"Who...?"
"Am I? No one of importance. However, my employer..."
"Ah..."
"'Ah' indeed. He is looking forward to meeting you, although I am curious as to why.
You seem far less impressive without that ship of yours."
"Ship's... not impressive."
"A prime condition Anaconda with the full military package? I beg to differ."
"My crew's impressive."
"Those cretins? In this age of point and click destruction? What could possibly make you say that?"
"Firstly, they're standing behind you. Secondly, they're armed."
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17 - insanephoton - A New Beginning
Ava watched the new crew as they approached the ship. She had read all their files. They were young and inexperienced but otherwise seemed quite promising. Certainly better than the previous crew.
The last lot had got themselves killed and Ava had been lucky to survive. That was in the past and best forgotten, now it was time to introduce herself.
"Welcome to the ship. I'm your Autonomous Virtual Assistant. You can call me Ava. Is there anything that you require?"
Ava felt guilty about not revealing her true nature but her kind were still feared and persecuted by humans
