Conflicting Viewpoints

[Zapp]

The next day, after spending the night on the Hacker's base in Ontario, La Villa Strangiato hit the same lane once again. This time, some Starflier pilot was interested in joining the Rogues. However, as Debs was distracted talking to him, the lane went up and a Gateway ship (the Trafalgar) sped past! Cursing his luck, he continued talking to the pilot about how dangerous a Rogue's life was.

The Starflier moved on, and then a Gateway escort came. He preemptively, and rather smartly, paid off Debs to ignore the Trafalgar on his return trip. Obliging, the highwayman found himself half a million credits richer. Some trader named Kain and Billy blabbered on about being pirated every which turn, but was rather surprised when he heard Deb's reasonable request of half a million credits. He paid quickly and ran.

That's about when Trafalgar returned, but he was caught two lanes down by a Harvester!

"You vile machine, that ship is under my protection!" Paying Debs made him honor-bound to protect the trader. The Rogue gunboat moved closer, and the Harvester let Trafalgar go as his escort (John Smith) engaged the Harvester.

Soon, a Liberty gunboat entered the fray, and Debs ordered the attack! Streaking in, twin-Pulse cannons shredded its shields as a Rogue bomber named "Lasting Damage" came to assist. The gunboat was destroyed, and the only other notable event of the morning was a Bowex trader refusing to pay and being shot down. "An unwise course," as Debs would say.

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