Editing Episode 503: Old Secrets, New Chances
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We arrive at Osiris but are immediately put into parking orbit. We must wait our turn in the queue to receive our landing clearance. We end up waiting ''22 hours'' for the privilege, and when we do on the 24th, we are advised to stand down to be boarded for inspection. As a non-flagged vessel, we are subject to more stringent protocols than other ships who’ve registered with the Alliance.<br><br> | We arrive at Osiris but are immediately put into parking orbit. We must wait our turn in the queue to receive our landing clearance. We end up waiting ''22 hours'' for the privilege, and when we do on the 24th, we are advised to stand down to be boarded for inspection. As a non-flagged vessel, we are subject to more stringent protocols than other ships who’ve registered with the Alliance.<br><br> | ||
− | We stand to. We take on the inspectors. They require us to open our cargo so it can be inspected. We do. They look. They find our assault rifles and confiscate them as contraband. They charge us 250 credits for the | + | We stand to. We take on the inspectors. They require us to open our cargo so it can be inspected. We do. They look. They find our assault rifles and confiscate them as contraband. They charge us 250 credits for the inspection ticket that must be cleared by the health inspectors once we land, otherwise we will never clear our cargo through customs. We pay it. They leave.<br><br> |
Ouch.<br><br> | Ouch.<br><br> | ||
− | We land on the dirt | + | We land on the dirt, clear the paperwork, and see our passengers and their cargo off. Then we fly the special package we’d agreed to carry to another client waiting for it on Osiris. It’s in the BOZ of Alexandria and Kiera and Rina fly it out there in ''Lagniappe''.<br><br> |
− | Our contact information takes us to a tall, grey, forbidding looking building. Our client is a cautious man | + | Our contact information takes us to a tall, grey, forbidding looking building. Our client is a cautious man. He keeps the room gloomy as we hand over the picnic-sized cooler. He opens it up and holds up meat wrapped in wax paper … and something else. It’s about the size of a medium dice bag. What it is, he doesn’t say but he goes into his office and hides it.<br><br> |
He sounds us out for a possible job opportunity. Rina stays quiet in all of this, letting our favorite redhead do all the talking. After all, Kiera has dealt with the underworld on a daily basis, and knows how to appeal to them and win advantage. Our client says he needs to get medical supplies shipped to Red Sun. He wants us to avoid any imperial entanglements. Here’s his card. Kiera thanks him and we turn out.<br><br> | He sounds us out for a possible job opportunity. Rina stays quiet in all of this, letting our favorite redhead do all the talking. After all, Kiera has dealt with the underworld on a daily basis, and knows how to appeal to them and win advantage. Our client says he needs to get medical supplies shipped to Red Sun. He wants us to avoid any imperial entanglements. Here’s his card. Kiera thanks him and we turn out.<br><br> |