Evangeline Anastasia McDowell

[Bazza]

Entry#: 046
Date: 03 - 12 - 817 AS @ 16:18 SUT
Title: Bugger.

The blizzard we found ourselves in two days ago passed without major incident, not really worth expanding on any further.

The problem is what happened after. It seems that, while somewhat intoxicated, I bought an 80 million credit transport ship. My memory is a bit hazy, the best I can recall is shaking hands with an ugly bastard at the head of a conference table in one of the bars in the capital of Planet Denver. I also vaguely remember being booted out of the same bar for being unruly. It was my 21st, give me a break. Jeez.

80 million credits.... is a pretty big chunk of money. I can afford it, it's not that grave a predicament, but it's 80 million less I have to spend on other things.

All I have now is a deed of sale and some other paperwork telling me where to go collect my new ship. The documents tell me I bought an ex-Gateway Shetland transport. It apparently has been decommissioned from Gateway service and is being sold to the civilian market as surplus. The build date on the sheet puts it right at the very early stages of the war; so she's a bit long in the tooth now, likely explaining why she's being sold off.

I'm actually kind of excited. I remember seeing Shetland-class transports back when I was younger; watching them in atmospheric descent from the surface of New London, the incredible noise they made as they literally pushed the air out of the way; getting within a few hundred meters of a fleet of the things at the Southampton Shipyard dry dock, being completely and utterly humbled by their mere presence... they've been the backbone of Bretonia's economy since the war with Kusari started and I've always had a fascination with them.

So the little girl in me is ecstatic to finally have one, of course the rest of me is whining about the money, what I'm supposed to do with it and other unnecessary garbage. Screw them. The little girl wins this day.

I'm going to fly to Baltimore Shipyards in New York to claim my ship. Once I've learnt the controls I'll fly her to Vieques for the royal treatment and outfit.

Also, no more Sidewinder Fangs for a while.

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