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SAKE & JUNKERS

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by: Pam Hendriks

My assistant and I were on our way to the Nago Station in Tau 29 to do a report on a new Sake purification technique.

As we undocked from Manhattan the cockpit speakers screamed 'Hostile'.
My heart beat increased instantly forcing the red liquid through my veins. What a rush and that before I had my second cup of Sunbucks.
A Legion and an Outcast IFF had suddenly appeared on the 'Important' Console. My assistants eyes widened as I instructed her to follow the ships in order to research their nature. You never know if there might be a story hidden; and indeed there is a small story there. Closing in on the Legion ship we identified the type as a 'Liberty Gunboat' – what a surprise.

Ship names blacked out to ensure anonymity

The threat level was a little to high for my taste. If they decided to turn on us we would be dead in a fraction of a second, or floating in space in our escape pod, which has happened before and isn't as enjoyable as you think it might be.
We agreed to try to contact the Legion at a later point and continued our journey to the Tau 29 system.

The trip was boring besides of my assistant raving on and on about how we will die sooner or later if we keep following the criminals.

This gives me the opportunity to state once more that we are impartial and non judgmental. Everybody in Sirius has a reason for what they do and it is up to us to report about it in an unbiased environment like our new channel.

We emerged from the Buffin jump hole in Tau 29 and the fantastic sky of the system greeted us. The color spectrum ranges from purple over blue over orange to green – just beautiful. You need to visit Freeport 6, where we headed, and enjoy it.

We just sat there as the huge Pilgrim Line of a Junker undocked. After exchanging a few pleasantries, which were rather brisk, well that's how Junkers are I assume and which is a kind of sexy.

You can't imagine my assistant's face when I instructed her to follow the Junker, which led us to the Tau 31 system. My first thought was that he's going to the Holman Outpost, but he didn't. The ship setup at a trade lane and disrupted it. Looks like the Junkers do have ties to the Lane Hackers.



It didn't take too long and an IDF convoy was forced out of the trade lanes right in front of the Junkers's Pilgrim Liner. The comms were filled with chatter in French followed by firing at the Junker. They didn't even scratch the Liner's shield.

The Junker captain asked them in a harsh tone to stop firing or he would destroy their ships. It seemed that the Gallic ship captains didn't understand with the consequence of the Liners turrets spitting their deadly load onto the Gallic ships. Hall plating was heading our way and the shields of our ship didn't hold up too well. We had to vacate the area for our own good. Sorry, we didn't get any pictures of the explosions.
The adrenaline rush was out of this world. Well, besides of the my assistance's constant screaming. What a morning.

Oh and before I forget it, the new technique for Sake purification, well it's great and the sake will taste a little better.

Thanks for tuning in! PH.