[MSGR: Neville Etheridge -> Riley Parker]

[VanDoornian]

Hey Neville, are you in Liberty right now? Yeah, what's up? Yeah, just dropped off some iridium with Detroit. Good payday. Just cooling off on Newark right now. Nice. So I thought about it, like I said I would. Made all the arrangements. Think I'm on-board. I don't want to be stuck shuttling up and down to Riverside forever. See I KNEW you couldn't stay away. That's damn great news Riley. Be good to have someone I actually trust around here. Come on. Rocco doesn't count? The bot? Alright yeah, I guess Rocco counts. I'm actually going to need your help with something big. Oh boy. What'd you sign me up for? Well. That Taro Yamada guy got there first but. Made us some big opportunity in Galileo. Pulled some big profit hiring out to Samura and Kishiro. Without the other knowing, you know. Whoever had guns on the field at the time, basically. Even stole one of their depots to sell for hard cash after a fight. They were all distracted. Huge windfall. You were definitely right about the job not being for the faint of heart. Sounds like you're begging trouble to find you. Okay. So what's this have to do with me? Well that money I made didn't sit around. Million credits and a little more. Was the score of a lifetime. I took that, bought out the contract on the Zoara. Not paying dues to Castle anymore. Bastard milked me good, but he's happy. The rest? Trekked out to the Omegas and bought a whole damn frigate. You had all that money and you didn't retire. Instead you bought a FRIGATE. God now that's getting carried away. Hot damn, man. So I'm going to be working on a ship the size of my whole hab block? Better than that. I need your help finding good crew. We're gonna need somewhere around... twenty, twenty five people. Maybe more, maybe less. I don't really want to break the bank on aftermarket automation. Prefer having bodies on board. And I want officers to at least be people we know. You still talk to anyone else from the Ohio? Ok Christ, this is one hell of a first day boss. Uhhhh... Yeah, I still talk to some of the deck crew guys. But most of them are still in the service. I can shop around but we're not going to be swimming in applicants. You better scare up a place we can pick up freelance crew. Lot of stations and spaceports out there with hopefuls I bet. Yeah. Hopefuls without a brain cell between 'em. Hey, I can't work miracles. You work your angle and I'll try to come through for you on the officers, 'kay? Sounds good. Thanks for pitching in. Big ask, I know. Especially after I talked you up about the Pelican. Wasn't lying about those bigger and better things, though. Yeah, no kidding! A whole frigate. Independently run. That's a great gig. If we can get the sucker off the ground running. It's got basic flight and weapons control, so I can fly back from out in the weeds to Newark. After that I'll come swing by to Riverside and do some real planning. Copy that boss. Relay back with you if anyone else bites. Smooth. Later, Riley. Bye.