"Uh, right. So" she says, heading back to her station. "Here I have the maps and points of interest. Oliver, since you're a scout and a native, I'd assume you have some idea about how safe or dangerous these areas might be..."
She takes a nice map showing British Isles in great detail and places it on top of everything else.
"And Alergo is the captain, so he should probably have the final word. Right?"
Right. She takes a knitting needle and starts pointing at things.
"Aberdeen - coastal, has a university potentially full of books that should, according to Old World information, be reasonably close to the coast so we wouldn't have to go deep into the city. Reasonably close to the quickest route through the Northern Sea.
Dundee - coastal, university which is close to the coast, potentially dangerous because of how close the ship will go to land of the bay. Would require significant course adjustments.
Edinburgh - coastal, university outside the city, likely extremely dangerous due to the pre-Rash population size. Requires major course adjustments.
Sunderland - coastal, university right next to the river. Reasonably close to the quickest route through Northern Sea.
Uhh... a bunch of lesser towns and cities I don't think are worth the potential danger... and London. Probably extremely dangerous.
...any ideas? Recommendations? Orders? I'd say we shouldn't visit more than two cities if we plan to keep on track."