Colonia
19 Nov 2019LocusV
I made the journey. I engineered Adroit's FSD and added a guardian FSD booster and voyaged to Colonia. I'm not really sure why I wanted to go but it had been in the back of my mind for some time now and the reason I made the mods to Adroit's FSD and picked up the booster. About a week ago I was in the market for some passenger missions, and a gentleman was offering 40,000,000 credits for a ride out to Colonia. On an impulse I accepted the contract, brought up the Spanish Neutron Star route planner and headed out. My trip went smooth. I made four stops along the way to repair and re-calibrate Adroit's FSD. The overcharging took it's toll. When we flew into Jaques Station and landed I celebrated my longest journey ever with drinks for my passenger and me. My dime. I was caught completely off guard when he asked when we would be heading back to the bubble. "You want to go back?" I asked. "Of course." he said, with a bit of a laugh. "I came out because I always wanted to see Jaques Station. This was a vacation, and I need to get back pretty soon." He added. I discretely reviewed the contract on my data pad and realized that it did indeed require that I take him back to the bubble. In my haste in accepting the contract I overlooked that minor detail and assumed that this was a one way trip for him. Honestly I am not up to another 20+ thousand light year voyage again so soon, Adroit needs some TLC and I want to spend some time in the area and possibly purchase and outfit a mining ship to see what the goods are like in this corner of the big black ocean. No use prolonging the unavoidable, I thought. I definitely do not want to be heading back to the bubble any time soon. When I told him he would need to find another ride back, he though I was joking. Then when I made to leave the bar we were having drinks in, he decided to take me seriously. "But what about the money?" he yelled. "I'm in breach of contract." I said as I made for the ship yard. It did sting a little to be out the money, but I was only really out Fuel and Repairs for Adroit. I may have made this trip without a PAX anyway. He should have no trouble finding a ride back to the bubble. Anyway, being in this NEW part of space is to exciting to be worried about a few million credits. If the mining is good, I'll make up for it in a few hours. If the mining is really good I'll bring in twice as much in a few hours.
On my way to the ship yard I arranged for his belongings to be taken to him at the bar. I wonder if they have a Python?