Thread: Six for the stars (An M/F+ RP for Dez Nul Void and Midnight Lass)

The Earth was fine and dandy. For now. But nothing is static, and foresighted people make preparations for what is going to happen, not what is happening. A small group of scientists from across the globe was doing that right now in a bunker somewhere in the Rockies in North America. A recent discovery had made Faster-Than-Light travel a reality. Unfortunately, the combination of rare elements necessary to make this happen limited just how many ships could be built., as well as how big those sips were. And there were other considerations as well. Manned flight had not yet gotten past Earth's lunar orbit. And now they were discussing building a ship to travel to other star systems. Even building a ship that small was going to take global resources, both material and intellectual. And there was one more consideration. You want the crew makeup to be what? Gunthar said, incredulously. Li sighed. Gunthar was as brilliant as any of the other scientists at the meeting, but he could be very conservative as well, and it took a lot of effort to budge him from a position once he had his mind set. Gunthat, Li began patiently, It makes more sense to have a crew of five women and one man, rather than three couples. If it is decided, by our governments or fate to plant a colony, such an arrangement allows a suitable start to begin, until we can build ships to send more colonists. And, Atumba, another scientist at the meeting inserted, As counter-intuitive as it may seem, five women and one man will be a more stable working environment in our spaceship than three couples, or any other combination. At least that's what our extensive psychological studies have proven. Great, Gunthar grunted, Now we not only have to find five women brilliant enough in diverse fields, but they all have to be promiscuous as well. Actually, another scientist named Howard began, That's not quite true. The studies show the best profiles for the five women would be for them to be sexually inexperienced. Virgins even. Gunthar rolled his eyes. Five brilliant virgins, willing to go into space, and willing become concubines....no, let us not use euphemisms...fuck toys to a man they have never met. And you expect your home countries and mine to blithely go along with this plan as they contribute to building this spaceship. Do not be stupid, Gunthar, a scientist said Lopez answered. Of course we're not going to advertise for five virgins. We are going to search for five brilliant women with diversified expertise. And when we cull the group of candidates, we will discreetly...without the knowledge of our governments....select for the quality of sexual inexperience. In fact, it may be best that we do not advertise to our superiors that we have determined the perfect ratio for our crew is five women and one man. We'll make it seem like it is occurred by happenstance. This will be a theoretically short mission anyway, so we may even be able to promote the final choice as a victory for progressiveness. We will need to ensure that the single male crew member isn't a complete boor, a gentleman named Smythe argued. This sort of relationship that we envision will have to develop gradually, on its own momentum. Otherwise, our lad will likely only have relations with Rosey Palm and her five daughters. The last got a chuckle from the assembled crowd of scientists, even Gunthar, as they then began discussing the logistics for building an international spaceship.