Endless Journey
14 Apr 2022Claude Lecardunoie
It has been 5 days since I left Dromi and the Pilot's Federation Systems. After the riots there and the accidental death of a Dromi Security Brigades guard, I managed to escape while my friends were sent to Wolfsegen Detention Center. I had a brief stop at Coelho Station in Matet and from there I flew to Liebig station in Ehecatl.Ehecatl!! That was a new world for me. The station's concourses are busy 24/7, ships landing and going. A never ending ballet in the landing pads level. All kind of goods taken out from Lakon Type-9 ships and transfered right away in the elevators to be delivered to the various Commercial and Malls sectors of the station. The first hours, I felt lost and desperate considering my situation.
On the bright side, I made some money from the leathers that I bought from Matet. With this money, I "cleaned" my ship and modules from all bounties and fines I collected during my escape and had said modules tranfered from Dromi. Then I remembered that I still had a mission for the Pilot's Federation and I received 100000 CR for delivering a diplomatic brief. That was already a lot for a first day. I found a cheap hostel and booked a room for two nights.
I had the contact of a local from a friend in Matet: Juergen Michel. Back then, he was a local merchant, taking intra sytem jobs only, all legal. That what I needed, because I had to keep a low profile. We met at his office, just above his landing pad, where his old Hauler was docked. He explained that he could give me work. As I said, he was not going out of Ehecatl system, he had a family here, he said. But he would gladly give me missions to Fjorgyn and HR 8526. There was one condition: buying a better ship than mon vieux "Petit Baigneur". It was okay for me, I still had enough money. I chose a new Cobra MkIII. Just like the Sidewinder, with the right modules it can be set up for various tasks: combat, freight, mining. As for my old ship, no problem, Juergen could harbour it for a while.
This done, I went to the Bars and Leisure level of the station. To have some fun, first but mostly to gather information on what was going on in this system. I stopped at one or to bars, before entering the "Uggly Thargoid". A guy offered me a drink and after one or two more glasses, I asked him to walk me back to my place. I only remember is first name, "Coby". He was working as a clerck at the station's legal department, and somehow that was interesting. After a short but veerry nice partie de jambe en l'air, we talked. He told me that there could be some job for me. In the morning, I went with him at his office and there was a courier job to Veroandi, a cargo of personal weapons to deliver for the "Noblement of LHS 475". I filled the rest of my cargo racks various products given by Juergen to deliver in HR 8526. That would be a nice trial fly for my new Cobra, that I baptised "Coby". And that was the beginning of my new life.