"A milk run" - she said...
17 Feb 2020NeLs0n RaD
17.02.3306"No worries, these are just commercial samples", she said...
"The sentry skimmers on-site are friendlies, so they won't be a bother", she said...
Apparently they didn't get the word I'd be coming to relieve them of duty, because they turned hostile as soon as 'Jenny', my scarab SRV, grabbed the second cargo container. Poor Jenny didn't stand a chance against two skimmers at once, and I barely got away to the Ranger. Once on board, I made short work of the skimmers, but the first run cost me a pretty penny with nothing to show and I wasn't much caring for that!
So back to the local starport to pick up a new Jenny, then back to the planet, where more decidedly unfriendly skimmers had replaced their toasted comrades. This time though I baited them with the Ranger into attacking and let them join their buddies in whatever passes for an AI afterlife. After which it really was "A milk run" just like she said...
Note to squadron: 'Chancellor' Kinsley Bishop of BD-05 2603 Partnership is on our "No Services Offered" list until further notice. This isn't the first time she's given us crap intel on our contracts.