Medic Shuttle changes skin

[Nightfall]

To: Dr. Maeve McCormick



Dear Doctor Maeve,

I believe I speak the mind of all the Outcasts when I say that Pharmaceutical supplies are always in demand on Malta. Cardamine is something we produce and we strive to spread the illumination it brings. Having these two facts in mind an arrangement can be obtained to the satisfaction of both sides.

As a medical vessel, I assume your IFF status would be neutral or friendly. However, I suggest requesting Outcast escorts on entering our space, otherwise, your safe passage cannot be guaranteed... we are pirates after all. The full cargo holds of an unescorted transport can be too tempting to individuals, regardless of it's IFF status and if one Outcasts pilot starts shooting, usually his friends will acquire the same target as well.

Regardless of that, we can cooperate given those conditions fulfilled.

Sincerely,
Bernard Fokke, Ghosts of Razgriz

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor