Ghosts of the Past...

[Nightfall]

Buffallo Base, New York System

Nightfall was sitting at the bar with dark thoughts in his head, he didn't even touch the Sidewinder he ordered. The dark face he had... it was making him look older...

"Sir, the reputation is hacked and a new IFF is added, you can switch them here with this." said the local Hacker and showed Nightfall the little gadget.
"Here's your credits man, good job!" replied Nightfall grimly. "Hehe, good to have a few friends around in the shadows, you don't get these gizmos on the streets." said Nightfall for himself and smiled to the good thought that he was lacking in large quantities...

He went to the dockbay, the flightdeck was busy as usual... launched... he was incognito in the middle of New York... only if the lot out there knew the real identity of the ship and the pilot... all Hell would break loose.

He was told that the Godfather was looking for him... hmm, what could a man like that want? Nevermind, he had a reputation to uphold, someone was looking for him, he appears. "Again... good having friends in high places..." he thought "Yes. What would one be without the people he knows, without the people that know him? Nothing! One would not exist without the many..."

A white Sabre got out of the tradelane in front of Manhattan. Polished to the point of blinding, the purple/white of the New York sun's reflection on it was blinding. It landed on Manhattan. The pilot, tall man, dressed in white, with a white trenchcoat and his long white hair waving in the breeze got out of it and headed straight for the bar.

"I'm here to see your boss, tell him that the night has fallen" he said to the bodyguard in front of the booth...

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor