Nickels and Nails

[Zapp]

It takes a great amount of skill to move through an active battle zone unnoticed, since all sides are on alert. Luckily for Nickels, he had the sly skills of subterfuge, and managed to move through Eta without so much as seeing a single Corsair. All a matter of knowing patrol routes, timing, and how to fly above or below the basic plane. Most people are blind if you're not where they expect to see ships.

He jumped to Omicron Alpha without real incident, but once inside a wing of Sabres intercepted him just outside the jump hole.

"Unidentifed ship, you are entering restricted space. State your intentions."

"Tranmitting codes now," Nickels responded, sending a Blood Dragon transponder. It hadn't come with the ship, but he knew the number/letter combination by heart.

"Authenticating... roger that, you're clear to proceed. Good flying."

Now it was a simple matter to get to Malta and wait for Josh, or better yet find him waiting.

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