29 AUG 3302 - 2
29 Aug 2016IAmTheRad
So I woke up in my hotel room, and yawned looking at the local news. It seemed like the imperial navy got enough materials from volunteers to make themselves some new warships. And they would be paying the volunteers handsomely.I made myself look a little presentable, as I was going to head to an imperial base in the station. I mean, might as well go there and get paid.
Passing by people they looked absolutely thrilled, huge smiles on their faces, and there was a large line wanting to get to the office. There was a few offices in the base, but only one was paying Commanders. I got in the back of the line, and took out a small gaming device to busy myself while waiting.
It took about an hour before I was at the front of the line, and when I was actually inside the office I put my device away as I could be ushered up any time. There was a guard scanning IDs to make sure you were in the right place. I stepped up to him, and the guard scanned my ID. "Commander IAmTheRad. You are authorized. Unfortunately you came to the wrong place. There was another location on the station paying ranked members of the Imperial Navy. A squire like yourself would be welcome there. You can still get paid here, but I am afraid your wait would be much shorter at the other location."
I sighed, and went to sit down at a desk. The officer operating it was just a Serf. There was a Lord overseeing everything. They took my ID and scanned it. The officer motioned for the Lord to come over. The Lord took over. "Commander IAmTheRad. I am afraid that the Serf would try and cheat you out of some credits. Thank you for your assistance with gathering materials for the creation of more Imperial Warships. You did ten deliveries as I can see from the logs. You managed to deliver us 80 tons of super conductors, and 720 tons of Tantalum. That puts you into the top 50% of all pilots who helped deliver cargo to us."
He cleared his throat. "I am pleased to authorize the transfer of 138,378,240 Credits into your account. Have a good day."
I stared at him. "Are you joking?"
"Commander, the Imperial Navy holds a strict sense of honor even with a bit of the backstabbing that happens behind the scenes. When you work with the Imperial Navy, you get your rewards. As a squire, you should have seen that happen already. Isn't Achenar beautiful?" The Lord asked me.
I never been to Achenar. I didn't want to admit it. I just nodded. "Now if you make your way outside, we are very busy. We would like to get all these pilots who did their part paid."
I was mostly in shock as I made my way outside the office. That one transaction more than doubled my net worth. I stumbled to a terminal to check my finances.
There it stared at me. Credit Balance: 174,965,744 Current Assets: 271,838,639 Balance Change: +138,378,240.
I really don't know what to do with all this money. I was only counting on a few million. Not over 100. I can easily fully upgrade my Federal Assault Ship and still have money left over. I could afford a Fer-de-Lance. I could get a Python. I have enough to kit both of them out.
I could also upgrade my Asp Explorer for a great trip out to Jaques. I just have too many options at this time.