Editing Episode 104. Part 1
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'''Rina:''' If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it but goddamn, yeah, stock plenty of spares. | '''Rina:''' If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it but goddamn, yeah, stock plenty of spares. | ||
− | In that vein, Rina scavs the property for spares for our ship. The ones she finds are fairly old, but she’s used to that. She picks it over for what she can use and we take it all with us. Also, we secured a cargo of ten tons of reasonably high quality marijuana to take to the good but bored-to-death workers of | + | In that vein, Rina scavs the property for spares for our ship. The ones she finds are fairly old, but she’s used to that. She picks it over for what she can use and we take it all with us. Also, we secured a cargo of ten tons of reasonably high quality marijuana to take to the good but bored-to-death workers of Beaumonde. Technically, this cargo is legal, in the sense it’s a licensed product. However, we don’t have a license to transport it. In addition to illegally transporting legal cargo, it will take a few days for the title transfer of the ship to reach the central authorities for processing. Let’s just hope the Potemkins are paid up on their parking tickets. If we can avoid getting pulled over by the cops, we should be fine. If we did get pulled, we’d only face a fine instead of a firing squad, but still it would be best to avoid any legal entanglements. |
On the plus side of the equation, we do have the marijuana. | On the plus side of the equation, we do have the marijuana. | ||
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We load the marijuana into its own cargo container and the receptionist ’bot’s desk in another container. To protect the ’bot from damage during transport, we strap her into one of the unused stateroom beds. Nice and cushy and dignified. | We load the marijuana into its own cargo container and the receptionist ’bot’s desk in another container. To protect the ’bot from damage during transport, we strap her into one of the unused stateroom beds. Nice and cushy and dignified. | ||
− | We take off for Beaumonde directly from | + | We take off for Beaumonde directly from Lucifer’s Landing, to save on port fees and costs Jibril Spaceport would charge us. Besides, we don’t need to do any shopping or restocking of supplies. We’d done that already the day before upon arrival. |
Our plan is to get to Beaumonde and drop off the EMPs first. Get them off our ship, the sooner, the better. We spin up the engines on ''Summer’s Gift'', take off, burn atmo and blow this pop stand. | Our plan is to get to Beaumonde and drop off the EMPs first. Get them off our ship, the sooner, the better. We spin up the engines on ''Summer’s Gift'', take off, burn atmo and blow this pop stand. | ||
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It’s a three day trip to Beaumonde and it looks to be a fairly quiet journey. We’ve got no passengers to worry about or coddle. We’ve no mutinous crew to subdue. No suspicious Captains to tip-toe around. We’re also eating better. Jibril had decent supplies to pick from and we’re eating canned food now. Thank God. Tuna fish. Chili. Soup. Peaches. Pasta. Something resembling real food. ''Meat''. After days and days of the protein paste, it’s a welcome change of pace. Rina’s spirits, at least, improve. | It’s a three day trip to Beaumonde and it looks to be a fairly quiet journey. We’ve got no passengers to worry about or coddle. We’ve no mutinous crew to subdue. No suspicious Captains to tip-toe around. We’re also eating better. Jibril had decent supplies to pick from and we’re eating canned food now. Thank God. Tuna fish. Chili. Soup. Peaches. Pasta. Something resembling real food. ''Meat''. After days and days of the protein paste, it’s a welcome change of pace. Rina’s spirits, at least, improve. | ||
− | Two days into the trip we stumble upon a distress signal, on repeater. It’s from the ''Jian Seng'', an Adelaide-class transport ship, weighing in at 1400 tons, and it’s out of | + | Two days into the trip we stumble upon a distress signal, on repeater. It’s from the ''Jian Seng'', an Adelaide-class transport ship, weighing in at 1400 tons, and it’s out of Verbena. The time stamp on the signal puts it at a couple of weeks old. We triangulate its position and reckon it’s only a little off the beaten path. We have enough fuel to go to the Jian Seng and return to our flight path and make it to Beaumonde. |
We go investigate. | We go investigate. | ||
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'''Arden:''' Looks that way. | '''Arden:''' Looks that way. | ||
− | Both of the | + | Both of the Jian Seng’s shuttles are gone. |
'''Arden:''' Scan for life signs. <br> | '''Arden:''' Scan for life signs. <br> | ||
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'''Christian:''' The shuttle of the damned.<br> | '''Christian:''' The shuttle of the damned.<br> | ||
'''Arden:''' (correcting Christian) Ruined.<br> | '''Arden:''' (correcting Christian) Ruined.<br> | ||
− | '''Rina:''' It doesn’t have | + | '''Rina:''' It doesn’t have ''Medusa'' painted on its side, now, does it? |
Nobody gets the reference and she shuts up. | Nobody gets the reference and she shuts up. |