All things Las Palmas

[Bering Shipping Inc.]

Trade'n'Drunk - Main Lounge
Tony Doria - Bering Shipping Inc. Director and Transport Captain

Tony had left his modified BWT on the loading bay at the Las Palmas Spaceport while it was being loaded with Deuterium fuel to take back to Freeport 2, and went to the Trade'n Drunk Bar, following an advice of the docking bay master as the best place to spent the time while he waited. Tony hadn't been at Canaria in years, so the bar was new to him. He decided to take a look at it.

He liked what he saw. The place had style. And perhaps the best assorment of beverages of the whole Sirius sector. Some old Jazz music was on. A nice touch. It was early, so the place had just a few people, drinking and eating and chating. Once in a while a laugh was heard in the background. Some guy was at a corner table, drinking an ale and watching some game of a kind of sport he never saw before.

He walked up to the bar, and asked the bartender to serve him a Molly wiskey on the rocks. Tony sat there at the bar stool, waiting for his drink. While he waited, his datapad made a 'beep' sound. It was a Neuralnet message from his old friend David. When they first met, David was a civilian flight instructor at planet Erie. Now he was a member of OSI's Board of Directors. Aparently the galaxy had been good for him.

"Your drink sir!" - the bartender said, placing the cup on the counter - "Enjoy."

"Oh, I will! Thanks..." - said Tony, taking a sip from the glass. He just loved Molly wiskey, best drink in the whole sirius. He placed the glass back at the counter, picked up one of his magic cigarretes and lighted it up, taking a deep puff out of it. Then, took his datapad from his pocket and opened the message.

The message said simply: "Go to the VIP area entrance behind you and ask to see Mr. Kelly. We have a job for BSI."

Tony stood up, took his glass, and slowly walked to the VIP floor entrance, taking little sips from his cup while he walked. "How did he know I was here?" - Tony was thinking - "He must have cameras here hidden somewhere..."

Some big guy with a mean face stood right in front of the entrance, the sort of guy you know is from the security staff from klicks away. Tony looked up at the bouncer's face and said:

"Good evening, friend... My name is Tony Doria. I just received a message from Mr. Starr asking me to come here and look for Mr. Kelly. Aparently he has a job for me..."

Tony took another smoke off his spliff, making a blue smoke cloud over his head.

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