Hillbilly

[Stoat]

Weeell, that'll be anuther wun gawn.... Ah'm'a gettin thru ships lahk they's'a goin outta fashun. Ah thort ah had BlackWing isolated in Colorado so ah sets after him. We crossed at the jumpgate an ah callt im, but'e ran fer the trade lane. Ah followed a ways but there were so many uther LSF aroun, ah new whut would appen.

So ah's'a thinkin uv jus hackin off elsewhere when tha' stinkin Liquid skips onter mah scans, along with BlackWing, who's obv'usly scared ter face mah skills on 'is own, an a darn gunboat signed SkyShark. Ah don lahk runnin so ah took after BlackWing, hopin ter lessen the odds bah targittin the weekes' link. Workt 'n'all. Ah wuz hammerin im, an avoidin the tender attenshuns 'o Liquid and SkyShark, then 'e runs fer it. Ah cud'n foller cuz 'o Liquid. 'e's a fine pilot, an no mistake. An that damn Ravens Claw 'e flies is a kickass ship. Mah slipstream held its own fer a gud while, but inner en' ah copp't it agin. Nuke on mah nose an BOOM! The 'scape pod were fair spinnin frum that. Ah think mah hed still is.

Ah think Paw's gettin used ter this now. Least, he did'n scream an shout lahk the las' time..............

So, ah needed anuther ship. Ah gut a Dagger frum a fren' on Buffalo, but there's jus no hope fer meh flyin one o' them, so ah thought ah'd hed off ter Dresden ter see mah ol' fren's on Vogtland. Ah gut blown ter crap bah three USS ships tha' jumped meh in Texas. Ah did'n e'en git a shot off! There's no a lot o' chance ter defen' mahsel in a Dagger, an so ah went BOOM agin. Ah wuz SO hackt off ah paid fer passage ter Dresden from Houston, after ah wuz pikt up bah a passin trader. There's so many navy an polis patrols these days, it's gettin so's'a feller caint breathe fer 'em.

Ah jumpt ship at New Berlin an' gut lifted ter Kreutzberg wi one uv the reglar ships as dock there. Frum there I gut hold o Thorsten Waap. It were gud ter hear is voice agin, so long after he helped me break Johnny outta Vierlande. He arranged fer me ter hitch a ride wi a fren o his, an ah was back on Vogtland in no time.

Ah tol Thorsten ah wuz lookin fer a ship. Hes darn proud o the Odin cuz hes workin on em evry day, now as e caint fly no more, an he arranged fer me ter test one out. Man, thats a ship. Ah wuz whoopin an hollerin as ah flew around Vogtland.

Thorsten sed ah shud get the ok frum the RHA afore ah bought one tho. So ah waits fer sum time an finally a feller callt Konstantin Asche turns up. Ah tol im whut ah wanted, an why, an evently e sez he wuz happy fer me ter take a ship, but that he wuznt high enuff up the chain ter really give the ok. Ah wuz itchin ter get flyin tho, so ah cum ter an agreement wi im bout it. Ah gets ter buy an Odin, an hell pass mah story up the food chain, an if the commanders feel ah shudn have the ship, theyll let meh know. Heh, ah caint wait ter test this out on Copeland an is cronies. Ah jus ope ah kin git a few o em afore Liquid turns up agin.

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