Dishonorable Discharge
24 Jan 2022Grumpybadger117
CMDR Dossier: Broc "GrumpyBadger117" MacGregorLavigny's Legion - DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE
Velite Squadron - co-founder -
"original nine" - DISAVOWED
Interrogated by the Kamadhenu Inquisition
found GUILTY
four years in indentured servitude at the remote tropical paradise world in ADITI - Bagryany's Bridge
23JAN3308 - Imperial Citizenship - REVOKED ALL DEBTS PAID
- Wallflower Cantina, Bagryany's Bridge -
Aditi 2300hrs GST 23JAN3308
Broc was in the cantina closest to the shipyard and outfitters where he had worked as a sabaac dealer. This time as a patron, his last day in Imperial Space, drinking Lavian Brandy in Kitten Coffee, in a Hutton mug, smirking to himself.
his elite ranking in both trade and exploration had always served him well.
The Imperials thought they took everything. His title. His stature. His honor.
They didn't take his rundown clapped out Faulcon DeLacy Anaconda "Starchaser" though
"not worth the tin sheetmetal she was built from" they said
"only a 2a powerplant barely a Sidewinder would appreciate" they said
"can't even boost"
"will never get off the ground"
but back in 3301, at the height of pushing the early limits of both pilot and machine "Starchaser" and "Badger" had made it to Sag A* in under 9 hours - less than 500 jumps... on his 3-day sabbatical leave before the Empress was Emperor.
"but you can make it to Colonia now in under 2 hours!"
BaH!
Starchaser and Badger helped fund Hutton Mugs!
helped fund and founded Colonia!
confirm Beagle Point!
find Jacques before that!
before most triple elites today dreamed of a fleet carrier, "Starchaser" had flown over one
hundred
million
lightyears
she and her "Badger" helped establish fuel rats filling anyone
anywhere
any time
even Fehu and Aditi respected them both, Aditi being where she'd used to always come home to refit for in-bubble work and the "honorable legion"
the stardust on her cracks in her docking lights were worth more than any new fancy DeLacy Krait pretending to be a Lakon with their "high visibility bubble canopy."
was it all rust?
or was she painted red like SAR boats of "Earth that Was?"
I doubt even the old Badger knew
so he just sat at his booth shuffling his old Sabaac deck he got from Bantu, after his previous life in the Legion... had abruptly ended.
dishonorable discharge turned slave
yet
Elite Explorer
Elite Trader
he just sat there, singing softly an old tune, wearing a well worn long brown jacket
"take my love
take my land
take me where i cannot stand
i dont care
im still free
you cant take the sky from me..."0