Meanwhile on Corinth, Omicron-74

[SigCorps]

Sam Nichols guided his Yacht to the last beacon in the corridor. Locking on to Sparta station, he hit the cruise engines and guided it's length past the last of the mines. Shaking his head he though to himself how the whole mine field thing always seemed a bit over dramatic to him. It did serve it's purpose though.

Sliding his ship around one of the many weapon platforms guarding the exit of the corridor he set his next destination as Corinth Research Station. After leaving the Council he though he would never have a reason to come back here. Shame about the Council, it had such promise. Then again talks between himself, Louisa and Doc Holliday had been looking new things. He was glad that Louisa sent him that message saying things were finally ready. Times were changing, and Zoners needed to change too or be squeezed out. While OSI was now very successful they still were not big enough to have enough pull to negotiate with the big boys about Sirius. These talks would hopefully change that.

Corinth moved out of the haze and began to fill his vision. Flipping on the local channel he sent a comm link to dock control

"Corinth Research Station. This is the OSI ship CorporateHQ requesting permission to dock"

"Roger CorporateHQ. Docking permission granted on mooring 15"

"Roger, mooring 15"

Sam guided the Yacht to the rear portion of the station and found the beacon for mooring 15. That was the only problem with having such a large ship, having to tie up outside the station. Sam maneuvered HQ into place and sent the link to the docking clamps. Once in place, he shut down his engines and left for his stateroom.

Sam showered and selected a black suit to wear for this auspicious occasion. White shirt and highly polished shoes he decided to forgo the tie. While this meeting was very important, it was still a meeting between friends.
Sliding into his jacket and pocketing his data pad he walked to the airlock. The station gantry had sealed the path from his ship to the station and the readings showed green. Exiting his ship he walked in to Corinth and hopefully a new beginning.

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Formerly Sam Nichols, creator of OSI