Vacation on Durban

[Lea Kaufman]

10th January 834 A.S - System: Omicron Delta / Durban Station

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Obviously, the sudden entrance of the APM director surprised the Rheinlander who was just sitting on a chair, still wearing the pilot suit. She simply gave nods to the first sentences as greetings and also as she understood why Scarlet did not knock at the door like anyone would do. Lea followed her from the eyes until Scarlet took a seat. As soon she heard the words: 'that piece of scrap you call a ship' clearly hit a sensible string, but because how important was Jessica Scarlet, it was better to keep the cool.

''No need to explicitly say how is my ship. I'm the one piloting it.''

She paused a moment before to answer the question.

''To answer you, I time to time clean the presence of the Corsairs, but also he owed me one after I brought that battleship with him unconscious after an explosion three years ago. Also, it was me who brought the battleship with Jack who was unconscious. I obviously earned quite a reputation after this. It is only natural to have a reward meeting the difficulty of the mission and I think it was you who gave me that mission because Jack vanished mysteriously.''

She paused again, this time, having her eyes locked with Jessica.

''Jack clearly had me in high esteem and so was he to me. He saved my life on the Overlord. The only condition he had was to not be against you while I have your technology on my ship. I accepted and he processed to my request to have new weapons on my Odin in order I can continue my work as mercenary. All was well, until I meet problems that informed you over the neural net.''

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Lea Kaufman --- Diary of a Rheinlander