July 31st Hail to the Duke in Sothis
01 Aug 2016Torrente
I am simply amazed. It's been a long time in the making but I could finally become Duke and buy me a Cutter. But damn, that's an expensive ship... I did the maiden voyage to Paras from Liu Di, but I'm keeping it back in the shipyard. Right now, I'm all out focused on recovering my credit balance, and I just poked back the 100 million milestone after some runs to Sothis. I'd never been there before, so it's quite a discovery. I feel a bit like a tourist, but I'm sure nothing compared to them folks who end up in Jacques' Station... 22k light years. That must be some trip, alright. At least I'm happy I picked up a sort of protégé who had literally no idea of how things work this far. I said "Look son: you want the big jobs 'round here, you gotta have the fellas to like you and specially the Feds, because they run the show 'round here...". I got caught with my pants down heading out. The Feds weren't happy. My employer wasn't happy. But at least they've realised if you just fire the chap that's carrying your goods (as they used to do), you're just sinking further into red numbers. As for the feds, you get a fine, and end of story. Even on just a handful of jobs, you repay it and go about your business. Don't want a bounty on my ass, 'round here.