[center][h1]Episode 3 - “First World Problems”[/h1][/center]

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[h2]Preface[/h2]

China Doll lifted herself into the black.  For those lucky enough to be near a viewport, the swirling violence of the hurricane beneath presented a rare spectacle.  The pilot’s hand was steady as she eased the boat onto her new heading.  New Melbourne now lay to the ship’s thrusters. Sixteen hours ahead lay Greenleaf, a lush, tropical world whose teeming jungles had yielded to a burgeoning pharmaceutical trade.  Opportunity...if you knew where to look.

As those aboard prepared for their frigid sojourn, crew and passengers alike entertained thoughts of just what might be awaiting them.