I wish someone would offer me these options...

[pepper]

If you had to choose between --

a) a life on a spaceship (with artificial gravity and all that scifi jazz - think of, say, a Goa'uld mothership) and the freedom to go anywhere in the universe, but you were an exile from Earth - people back on Earth could contact you, but only rarely, and they might get in trouble for it. They can leave and visit you, but they might be arrested when they came back. There's a whole universe of planets out there, but they're not all nice. And you have a crew.

Or --

b) a life on Earth that was powerful, rich, and comfortable, with a job you love, position, rank, duties which it is your honour to fulfil, but no freedom to just drop everything and go...

Which would you choose?

(For those who know where this question comes from, no copying Miles. *g* Which would you find more fulfilling?)

(Edited for clarification.)

Comments

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

I like to know what I'm getting myself into :)

Is the crew a bunch of aliens I never met before or can I pick the crew? Am I just a member of the crew or do I get some input on what we do and where we go?

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

The crew are a mix of aliens and Earthlings, but they're chosen by you - you're the captain (if you like, you might delegate the daily running of the ship to an executive officer - although how that works might depend on how well you chose your XO...).

Sheesh! ;)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

thanks :)

And, really, who am I kidding, there's a reason I identify so strongly with Sam Carter and a reason this is my default icon.

*jumps onto spaceship*
*waves good-bye to being stuck on a planet*
*soars off to explore the stars*

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

Heh - well, I did notice that you were only asking questions about that one... :)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Well, the other one was pretty easy to understand and extrapolate from...

(though now I'm thinking that the job *I'd* love that could have that kind of description could be Sam Carter's job in which case....best of both worlds so A? :P )

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

Hah! Sneaky. I like it. :)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, there are aspects of B that appeal to me - specifically the part about the job I love and thus feeling like I have a purpose in what I'm doing and I enjoy it. I don't need the rich and actively don't want the powerful.

But I have wanted to be among the stars more than just anything for most of my life. And I think you could turn being on that spaceship into a fulfilling force for good and....I would give all this up for a chance to be out there and explore and see what's next, heartless as that may be.

Though I'm loving my sneaky compromise :)