Someone has to do it.
15 Nov 2020Takamoto
On my way back from the battle in the LTT 1935 system, I found a freight transport contract, which promises to be very profitable. A very large supply of agronomic treatment, ready to be transported across the galaxy and sold to the highest bidder: federal, imperial, allied or independent - it doesn't matter as long as they pay.Agronomic treatment, what a high-sounding scientific name for what it turned out to be manure, but as the Latins used to say: "Pecunia non olet", money doesn't stink. Every round a huge disgusting mass weighing over seven hundred tons is stowed on my cargo ship, the Fat Princess, which will turn into a lot of money once sold.
The smelly nature of the cargo isn't the only downside though. One must always consider the constant danger posed by space pirates: always lurking and ready to interdict me, to destroy my ship and steal the goods. Who will give me the money to pay the insurance costs, not counting those already spent on the lost cargo? The only consolation is the thought of pirates covered in a poop explosion.
To tell the truth, when I say pirates I should perhaps include those who sell me the freight, since each time the purchase price is higher than the previous one, and also those who buy paying less and less.
In the end it's a sh*t job, but someone has to do it.