Could you handle captaining a one-man space freighter?!
Question: Small quarters, none of that silly warp drive stuff --just months on end with not much to do, years of sleep in a stasis pod or something like that, no one to talk to, lousy food, and definitely nothing on TV. On top of that you risk getting your cargo stolen, then you have to deal with bureaucrats legally stealing your cargo, then you have to deal with merchants attempting to cheat you, and then there's finding someone to buy the stuff who'll likely be trying to cheat you as well... would you be able to handle that kind of pressure?
Answers: Small quarters, none of that silly warp drive stuff --just months on end with not much to do, years of sleep in a stasis pod or something like that, no one to talk to, lousy food, and definitely nothing on TV. On top of that you risk getting your cargo stolen, then you have to deal with bureaucrats legally stealing your cargo, then you have to deal with merchants attempting to cheat you, and then there's finding someone to buy the stuff who'll likely be trying to cheat you as well... would you be able to handle that kind of pressure?
It would be a challenging life, you would get to see a lot of new places, maybe talk to the odd or not so odd alien, and then there would be all the great technology to play with. I guess if my cargo was a library, so I had plenty to read, and the was a massive mp3 music system throughout the craft and the pay was ok, yes actually its just my kind of job. However if there are no books or music (which I get to pick, none of that pop crap) then sorry no way.
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There are two things I like most in the world. Books and solitude. Since I don't see myself going to a monastary any time soon, it would probably have to be a paid position.
There would have to be books. Then. Deal.