The Ships Inn ... Wall Street Station, Honshu

[Nightfall]

Late and last as usual, the man in the worn-out LSF uniform representing the pride and joy of Liberty that once was and a gray goatee that makes him look like a Liberty version of Lord Hakkera, the Epsilons' leader sets foot on the oily platform and starts walking to the only logical destination for him - the Bar!

Boon notices the two arguing over something as pointless as usual, he walks up behind Sophie, completely ignoring her and takes a bottle of rum and two glasses. He silently pours some rum in them, takes both glasses and walks back between the two arguing pilots. Just standing there with the glasses in hands for a moment looking at the two engaged in a fiery exchange of complements to each other, a trace of a smile lights up his face and he empties each of the glasses in Jay and Cay's faces simultaneously laughing like a lunatic...

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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