Rogue Huntress

[Tenacity]

<... Location: Bastet Supply Station, Unknown, 1100 Hours ...>

Aki stared blankly out the window of one of the Bastet's vacant crew lounges. The occasional arc of lightning would jump through the dark matter cloud surrounding the ship and it's supply depot, but beyond that there was nothing but black as far as the eye could see.

She glanced sideways slightly as the entryway door to the lounge swished open, her XO Mathews approached with a salute and took a seat next to her. "Reflecting, Admiral?"

Aki nodded, "Today's report shows that there are no more resources left on this station, we're going to have to move on soon... and I cant recall any other abandoned supply depots to leech from. When we leave here, we're on our own power until we can find new basing..."

Mathews sighed, "A ship of this size isnt meant to run on it's own for so long, we need support craft, supply points... why cant we just go back to the Zoners?"

She raised an eyebrow at him, "We're a wanted vessel by nearly every organization in Sirius, and by the Order more than the rest... despite previous dealings with the Zoners, we cant trust that there wont be Order personnel on their freeports, or that they wont impound our ship and turn us in. Zoners are only trustworthy as long they stand to make a profit by helping you... and that isnt our case. If anything, they make a profit by not helping us, we have nothing to offer them."

"Where to then, Admiral? There must be someone we can trust..." Mathews paused for a moment, "...on second thought, there really isnt, but we do need a base station, and we need one soon, before we run out of something important... like air or food."

Aki pondered the situation for a minute, trying to bring to mind all of her contacts across Sirius throughout the years she had served with The Order... and before. "Well, we have two options... we can go back to the Blood Dragons, probably our best bet since we've dealt with them often in the past and I know several of the Dragon Daichos well... or we can try for Gallia."

Mathews donned a puzzled look, "Gallia, Ma'am? We dont know anything about that place, and it's a long trip to that corner of Sirius, I'm not even sure our supplies would last..."

Aki sighed, "We know a bit about the council, they're struggling against the Gallia government, they control a good portion of Gallic space, and they seem welcoming enough to members of Sirius. They have resources, weapons, and power... we would just have to find something of value to trade in exchange for it."

"Even if we do manage to make some kind of allegiance with the Council, we still have one problem... getting there. Like I said, our supplies probably wont last the trip, especially with no new cabling to repair the jump drive."

Aki pushed her seat back as she stood, with Mathews following suit, "Then we make for the Dragons first, set course and keep us clear of any tradelanes or jump gates, with the jump drive inoperable we wont be able to escape an attack, I dont want this ship being detected."

Mathews saluted, "Aye-Aye, Admiral" he turned and left for the bridge, while Aki made her way back to her quarters.

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