Valuable encounters | The other side

[Thyrzul]

[24.11.2013 13:16:10] Pirate: Hm.. Ablative armor.
[24.11.2013 13:16:22] Me: Indeed.
[24.11.2013 13:16:28] Pirate: Pay me 1 million Sirius credits if you want to keep the cargo and ship.
[24.11.2013 13:16:39] Death: Miner was killed by an NPC
[24.11.2013 13:16:42] Me: That sounds much...
[24.11.2013 13:16:56] Me: But I guess I can comply with it...
[24.11.2013 13:17:01] CONSOLE: Possible cheating detected: Dunkan
[24.11.2013 13:17:13] /givecash pirate 100000
[24.11.2013 13:17:13] You have sent 100.000 credits to Pirate
[24.11.2013 13:17:13] Pirate: Good. Now scram.
[24.11.2013 13:17:15] Death: Mizerie was killed by an NPC
[24.11.2013 13:17:21] Pirate: Wait... you just paint 100k.
[24.11.2013 13:17:21] Me: Payment done, sir.
[24.11.2013 13:17:31] Pirate: You need 900k more, sir.
[24.11.2013 13:17:37] Me: That must be a mistake, I certainly paid the million.
[24.11.2013 13:17:47] Pirate: My neural net said you paid 100k.
[24.11.2013 13:18:00] Me: And mine says I paid the million.
[24.11.2013 13:18:12] Me: Also my account is a million lighter.
[24.11.2013 13:18:18] Pirate: You probably forgot a zero.
[24.11.2013 13:18:37] Me: Either that or you try to scam me.
[24.11.2013 13:19:00] Pirate: I'm pretty sure you forgot a zero...
[24.11.2013 13:19:05] Death: Leprechaun was killed by Twilight-Princess (Gun)
[24.11.2013 13:19:13] Pirate: So you need to pay 900k more.
[24.11.2013 13:19:24] Me: And I'm pretty sure I didn't forgot it and paid the million.
[24.11.2013 13:19:37] Me: Are you sure a hacker didn't hack your terminal?
[24.11.2013 13:19:43] Pirate: Yup.
[24.11.2013 13:19:57] Me: How can you be so sure about such thing?
[24.11.2013 13:20:32] Pirate: My neural net said I received 100.000 credits from you.
[24.11.2013 13:20:52] Me: That could easily been the work of a hacker we are yet to see.
[24.11.2013 13:21:06] Death: Mizerie was killed by an NPC
[24.11.2013 13:21:08] Pirate: Try checking your credits balance.
[24.11.2013 13:21:13] Me: I just did.
[24.11.2013 13:21:21] Me: I told you my accountis a million lighter.
[24.11.2013 13:21:52] Pirate: That's strange... I'm pretty sure you only sent 100.000 credits...
[24.11.2013 13:22:08] Me: There must be an error somewhere in the system.
[24.11.2013 13:22:15] Me: Or an unknown third party.
[24.11.2013 13:22:27] Pirate: Well... can you still pay 900k more?
[24.11.2013 13:22:48] Me: I heard the Independent NeuralNet Division is responsible for most of the stuff happening over the Neural Net.
[24.11.2013 13:23:21] Me: Kind sir, losing a million already cost most of my money on my account.
[24.11.2013 13:24:12] Me: I'm sorry for you only getting that amount, and if I were you, I'd file a complaint to the IND.

In the end I managed to align myself with the lane and slip away once the rings reactivated. I was flying a tiny freighter. I feel a bit guilty inside.

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