I, Slave
14 Aug 2018Velswraith
It has been awhile since my last journal entry ...The bounty hunter had succeeded in destroying The Shakira.
Fortunately, they didn't realize I had used an escape pod.
Unfortunately, I didn't realize I had been adrift in space for 5 months.
Fortunately, I had been rescued.
Unfortunately, it was by the Empire.
Fortunately, I had at one point gained ranks within the Imperial Navy.
Unfortunately, I still owed Aisling Duval for the Prismatic Shields I had procured.
One does not simply "Pay back" the empire for a debt.
Nope, you will be sentenced by the ius gentium. You will have a court hearing without legal representation where the sentencing will either end up 1 of 2 ways.
You can pay your debt and agree to serve their Imperial Navy
or
If you cannot afford to pay the debt back, you will immediately be enlisted into their "Empire Reclamation Reform" program.
Considering I did not have a single credit to my name I obviously had to repay my 24,269,297 credits owed for the shields thru the *Empire Reclamation Reform program. Additionally I was issued a double fine, which basically doubled what I owed.
Double fine? Yep. The ius gentium did not find it funny after having sentenced me for the shields I had said "What?! This is an ERR!"
Bad puns are not tolerated in the empire.
Long story short. I was purchased by a crazy CMDR that needed a good pilot. He had a thing for killing Pirate Captains and Terrorist Leaders. Before long my 10% commission was able to pay not only for my freedom. I had what I needed. 48,538,594 credits. Once CMDR Crazy <not real name> dropped me off at the nearest station so I could repay my debt.
<bleepo> the credit machine accepted and transferred all my money to the Imperials. I certificate of freedom printed. I was happy, happy to be free, happy to return to my ship ...
Reality hit me like an unpaid prostitute after a night of fun. My ship...she was gone. I had nothing, no credits, no ship.
CMDR Crazy <not real name> was standing behind me. He offered me his open pilot position, but I declined. He looked a bit sad, but I just couldn't bring myself to do more killing. I felt drawn to do something else.
I received one final comms from CMDR Crazy <not a real name> after he left.
"Hey Kid! Thanks for everything! You really had my back out in the black. I left a Sidewinder over on Docking Bay 03 along with 1000 credits, go have some fun and good luck!"
Long story short, I took the money, the sidewinder ... purchased a few items, did some trading.
Purchased a new Python "The Shakira II" ... became the captain of my own Beluga... Started a Space Tourism business ...