The Smugglers Code

[Leo]

I lit my smoke in the cockpit of the transport. More slaves delievered to Malta. Now all I had to do is wait on the shipment of Cardamine to be sent to the dock on the Malta pad. They said it would be a few hours, so I had some time to kill.

My name is Kristine "Halloween" Velencia, also known as Hal. I'm the leader of the Fighter Squadron of the Smugglers Coalition. Although I'm a fighter by heart, I'm still needed to do the deliveries when others are busy with things on Yanagi. I was raised in the border worlds by my father on Malta. My mother kept her distance in Theta on the Freeport, being a Zoner. I'd talked to her on and off during my entire life. My father and her didn't hate one another, they lived different lives, my father a would be criminal to the houses, and my mother a believer in living outside the House system's rule. Thus the differences.

My nickname was given to me by my father when I was younger. The redhead gene in my mothers side must have been the dominant one, because I've got her hair. Bright red hair. I got made fun of a lot for it when I went to school on Malta, but when on the Freeport, I simply got made fun of for being an Outcast. I couldn't win where ever I went. On my 18th birthday, I had a choice. Become a fighter for the Outcasts or help my mother on Freeport 11 with some new studies. I chose neither, instead purchasing an old Transport and fixing it up with the help of my father.

From there, as they say, was history. I began running Slaves and Cardamine between Liberty and other house systems. Bringing back some supplies such as water, food, and medical supplies for Malta, Cali, and other Outcast stations around the Omicron systems. I even ran some supplies down to my mother in Theta for some projects she was working on.

A few months back I ran into a couple of interesting...characters would be the name. They both were smugglers by heart, and turned me on to a few tricks that I never would have learned by myself. We all became friends instantly and decided that there needed to be more smugglers grouping together to protect our shipments from Do-gooders...and so the Smugglers Coalition was formed. A small rag-tag group of Smugglers trying to get the people of Sirius what they wanted, and when they wanted it. Outcasts and the Corsairs wanted Slaves for work, and they wanted their creations and/or discoveries to be delievered into Sirius. It was a fair trade, and we happly obliged.

"Hal, we've got your shipment ready." said the dock worker loading up the Cardi into the back of the transport. I looked up to the Docking ring and sighed as it came into view as the planet spun.

"Thanks Juan. I'll be back in a few days with the next shipment of Slaves." I replied slamming the transport hatch shut and signing some documents.

"Days? It only takes about an hour to get to the House systems if you don't run into trouble."

"Yeah, well...I've got some business else where for a while."

"Ah, I see...just like your father. I'll tell him you said hi and let him know you won't be around for a few days, so he doesn't get worried."

"Thanks Juan. See ya."

I turned on the engines and sighed. Liberty here I come...

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.

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