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Ever since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito Dennis Tito]'s 2001 trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, there had been a mental conception that people will pay a lot of money to go into space. For a short period of time after the 'Wave hit until governments began cracking down, several savvy entrepreneurs took advantage of this conception and did quite well for themselves. | Ever since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito Dennis Tito]'s 2001 trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, there had been a mental conception that people will pay a lot of money to go into space. For a short period of time after the 'Wave hit until governments began cracking down, several savvy entrepreneurs took advantage of this conception and did quite well for themselves. | ||
| − | An early gondolier typically possessed a 'waved land vehicle from something as small as a well-kept sedan to a fifteen passenger van. They would then bring their vehicle to some vacation destination, such as Miami Beach, Martha's Vineyard, Cabo San Lucas, or the like and offer "Star Tours." Most Tours never got farther than cislunar space, but some, such as [Joseph Corcoran] had occasional runs to Jupiter and Mars, to take advantage of the relative comfort of their vehicles. Other Gondoliers occasionally served as private suborbital "airlines" and drove clients from New York to Paris for "cab fare." | + | An early gondolier typically possessed a 'waved land vehicle from something as small as a well-kept sedan to a fifteen passenger van. They would then bring their vehicle to some vacation destination, such as Miami Beach, Martha's Vineyard, Cabo San Lucas, or the like and offer "Star Tours." Most Tours never got farther than cislunar space, but some, such as [[Joseph Corcoran]] had occasional runs to Jupiter and Mars, to take advantage of the relative comfort of their vehicles. Other Gondoliers occasionally served as private suborbital "airlines" and drove clients from New York to Paris for "cab fare." |
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Gondolier: General description for the sort of easy-going, likable Fen who are naturals at playing tour guides around the Solar System. Those with the best reputation and presence are known as Undines (especially on Mars).
The term "gondolier" comes from the tour guides of Venice, on Earth. The term "undine" as an expert gondolier comes from a single work of Japanese fiction, embraced by Fen who've never heard of the source stories.
Early Gondoliers
Ever since Dennis Tito's 2001 trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, there had been a mental conception that people will pay a lot of money to go into space. For a short period of time after the 'Wave hit until governments began cracking down, several savvy entrepreneurs took advantage of this conception and did quite well for themselves.
An early gondolier typically possessed a 'waved land vehicle from something as small as a well-kept sedan to a fifteen passenger van. They would then bring their vehicle to some vacation destination, such as Miami Beach, Martha's Vineyard, Cabo San Lucas, or the like and offer "Star Tours." Most Tours never got farther than cislunar space, but some, such as Joseph Corcoran had occasional runs to Jupiter and Mars, to take advantage of the relative comfort of their vehicles. Other Gondoliers occasionally served as private suborbital "airlines" and drove clients from New York to Paris for "cab fare."
