The Connection is paying dividends
30 Nov 2015Jim Beaumont
The man I met in the station canteen yesterday was pottering around again today, so I had a quick chat with him, and got another courier mission out of him, for 70k this time. I filled up the Asp as much as I could with deliveries need about 100Ly away and spent an hour or so dropping those off before returning. He's turning into a good source of steady funds.After yesterday's delivery, when I returned I it the bar for a beverage or two, well that was the plan anyway.
Conversation with the barman was about the local resource sites, and how the mining was being disrupted by unscrupulous pirates taking out some T7's. Not just hitting them up for cargo but plain old 'boom'. Just then a bloke walks in looking a little dishevelled, and I offered him a drink and asked him what he'd been up to.
"I was in the RES, the Haz one where the Security won't go. Picked off a few pirates then a wing of Anni's pitched up. Shot me up good they did, ended up fleeing back here for repairs."
"Sounds like you did well to get away fella."
"Yeah, but I'm going back. The money is too good to miss. Fancy it?"
"Might be tempted, what you flying?"
"Well I'm going back in my Anni I think. Could do with some fast wing support though. What you got?"
"FAS. I'm good for it. We should cut it up quite well between us I'd say."
"Easy. Pick the right ones and there is plenty of targets to be had."
So that was that. My new buddy found over a drink suddenly turns into a BH machine intent on ridding the system of all its pirates. We made a good fortune in that 2 hours. Over 3.5million cr.
Sometimes you need those delivery jobs just to bring the pulse rate down for a day.
I think I'll hang in the bar again tonight. He'll be back, is most nights according to the barman.
Cmdr Beaumont (Pirate basher)