That reminds me of the whiskey ship I inspected.  The holds were lined in
oak and such and whiskey was shipped as free liquid.

Eric

> Rum.
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2019, 8:16 AM Eric A. Rhude <xxxxxx@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> > I was kind of imagining that they'd either seal well enough to allow
>> some of the contents to have survived, or to seal well enough -
>> particularly if they do dual duty for sea shipping and space shipping -
>> that the contents would be entirely dry.
>>
>> > But that's my question - do I make it a completely surreal/funny
>> contents that is/are perfectly dry; or a really valuable one that's been
>> completely ruined... choices, choices.
>>
>> > (I should say that I was inspired by a) stories of yachtsmen/women
>> hitting semi-submerged containers and losing part of keel and b) a news
>> report of a container full of rubber ducks (i.e. bath toys) being lost
>> at sea but then proving to be really useful to scientists as they could
>> then use them washing up on various beaches to track currents.
>> >
>> > I'm quite tempted by the idea of the PC's container being full of
>> rubber
>> ducks.
>>
>>
>> I used to be a container inspector in the US Coast Guard.
>>
>> I have found the majority of things that are shipped are boring.
>>
>> dirty recyclables
>> rags
>> Generic chemicals
>> LARGE machine parts
>> Furniture
>> ETC.
>>
>> Remember that shipping containers can be compartmentalized, so you can
>> have 2 or three items, if the PCS choose to investigate.
>>
>> Taking inspiration from old story, it could be a well aged vehicle that
>> was used in a popular vid series.  Rolls all around, to find a version
>> of
>> a James Bond car.
>>
>> A shipment of Hats?
>>
>> There could be literally anything, I don't know your players, but a
>> little
>> adjustment to their character goes a long way.
>>
>> Eric Rhude
>>
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