Welcome to the Tea & Pee Bar at Fortitudine .... enjoy your stay!

[Mushy]

Edith thought for a while.

"Actually, one Mojito MacRae sounds nice."

She then took yet another sip from the glass of water, and coughed, starting the story, drinking the water here and there.

"How did I came to command such a fine vessel, you ask... Well, it's kind of a long story. Let's start from the beginning, shall we?"

"So, my space adventure, sort of, begins after I got my pilot's license. I wanted to explore the house of Bretonia on my own, and so I bought a cheap freighter, and looked for jobs that would take me around. Soon enough, some sort of a job popped up for me on Canterbury Station, just some very simple hauling. Few years passed, it didn't pay much, but it was good enough."

"Then, something interesting happened. I was a part of a convoy, which got into big trouble with a few lowlife pirates. Needless to say, we were defeated. They boarded us, took us in as hostages, and well, they would probably get away with this all, but a cruiser was on intercept course with the pirate group, a Bretonian Destroyer. Another fight broke in, and well, we were free once more. Pretty scary, but otherwise nice experience all things considered!"

"We were dropped off at the nearest station. Thankfully, under insurance, I had the damage caused reimbursed in finances. I could afford a better ship, when I combined this with my earnings from those years of flight. With a little loan, I also had the engines upgraded to something more... efficient, and I started flying around Sirius instead. My parents did not like that, of course, as they were anxious after they heard what happened to the original freighter, but I was determined I wouldn't get into the same trouble this time."

"And so, flying the Percheron this time, with efficient engines, I've started doing errands between Liberty and Bretonia, sometimes between Rheinland as well, and the money started flowing in. I was an efficient trader now, and with all the money and a loan from someone from Interspace Commerce I got to know during my temporary stays in Liberty on Planet Manhattan, I had enough money to buy an even bigger transport, but didn't have the permit to fly such. So, me and that acquaintance got to talking, discussing the matter, and they believed I could work for the Interspace guys."

"So, I said, why not, it won't hurt, and I'll be able to procure a bigger ship. It was around that time when the Gauls started invading Bretonia, and so, hastily, somewhat under fear, I rushed back to Bretonia, got my Shire, hired a few crewmembers, picked up my parents, and we flew to Liberty, where they live now. And I technically do too, but I'm mostly in space these days. My ship became my mobile home... Either way, my ship didn't have a name yet, when we arrived, so I considered the history, stuff I've been through, and called it the Eagle of Canterbury, as I started my trading on that very station, and now, I flew the colors of Interspace, a Liberty corporation, and Liberty equals Eagle, right? It sounded only fitting."

By now, the glass of water was certainly empty.

"And that? That's my story. Hard to believe at times, but it's all true."