A while back, I reported striking a deal with Renzu for one of their rather palatial Shukensha-class Luxury Liners. Unfortunately, that deal has since fallen through. When I placed the order, they were very interested in my title and bank balance, but didn't look too much deeper than that. Recently, however, they decided to do a deeper background check. After the results came back and they saw my fugitive status in Bretonia, they returned my deposit and cancelled my order. It seems they're concerned about the damage to their company's reputation due to selling one of their finest, and rarest, ships to a wanted criminal.
With the Invictus cancelled, I decided to check in on other ships. I was considering placing an order with OSC for an Enterprise-class Luxury Liner when I saw a suitable ship on auction by the LPI. It's an Oasis-class Passenger Liner that a Navy patrol found adrift in Cortez. The ship has received a lot of aftermarket modification, and the interior appointments are nearly as good as those aboard an Enterprise-class liner.
The only thing that briefly gave me pause was the identity of the ship. The Leviathan. Anyone following the Bretonian news about nine or ten years ago will recall that it was the flagship of the briefly resurgent Bretonian Buccaneers under the command of the notorious Henry Morgan. For as much trouble as this ship and its fellows gave us back in my Bowex days, I was sorely tempted to let the deal pass. On the other hand, I thought that, wherever he is today, it would burn "Captain" Morgan's arse to know that his pride and joy, this former den of iniquity, had been turned to honest purposes. It's for that reason that I purchased the ship and kept the name intact.
The ship is spaceworthy and definitely luxurious, but it's a bit rough around the edges. After being operated by pirates, then abandoned to drift in space for nearly a decade, it needs some work. Not as much as you might think, though. The last crew locked everything down for long-term storage before abandoning it, and my Chief Engineer tells me that the Buccaneers took surprisingly good care of it. My crews have been working around the clock to bring this ship up to acceptable standards of operation. Once it's ready, and it shouldn't take long, I'm willing to offer the ship for government use as needed, for state visits and the like.
Captain John Riley, NO-Leviathan
Guildmaster, Octavarium Mercantile Guild
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