Topper

[Bakamono]

So, over the past few months things have twisted and turned. Some miners needed my help dotted about sirius, so I helped them for a while. Then some people needed me to act as a 'fixer' for 'em, so I did that for a while. I've also helped a couple into the the trade, and guided a few of the lost through hostile space.
I've been to baffin probably too much; sometimes it's like I can almost here something faintly echoing over the comms: but I figure it probably bits of transmissions bouncing around and off the crystal-filled Geode.
There was a brief period where my affiliates were unreachable, but now things are back in full swing; and so it is to those ends that the crew and I have been working.
Some people frown on what we do; but sometimes I see it as: people will die if the supplies we carry don't get through.
On one occasion, in texas, We had a profound meeting with a phantom which I think may have further influenced my path, and I've dragged the crew along with me; I'm sorry for that.
Topper: O lords above and below !

Ze'ev's.Rage: *wispers* Boo.

Topper: *screams like a girly*
Topper: I'm being chased by phantom
Topper: zeevs rage

Ze'ev's.Rage: What do you fear in life?
Topper: um .. the phantoms...sir ?

Ze'ev's.Rage: There are bigger things to fear in this realm, fear the Houses, they shall do more harm than any Phantom could hope to.
Ze'ev's.Rage: They are the real terrorists.

Topper: really ?! O my! well, i just try to make sure they don't hurt me ..

Ze'ev's.Rage: We just relive people of the burden of destroying their souls by supporting such a system.
Ze'ev's.Rage: But you support the system.
Ze'ev's.Rage: You feed its needs.

Topper: I guess i do, i'm sorry about that sir ..
Topper: do you want me to drop this cargo and praps let me go this time ...?

Ze'ev's.Rage: I would like you to destroy your own cargo in an act of defiance against the Houses.
Ze'ev's.Rage: But the truth is that you should want to do that.
Ze'ev's.Rage: Free yourself from thier grasp.

Topper: here it is ..i'm going to do it

Ze'ev's.Rage: Remove thier shackles from your wrists.
Ze'ev's.Rage: Free yourself brother.
Ze'ev's.Rage: Live free or die trying my freind.
Ze'ev's.Rage: Live free or die.

Topper: who would i be advised to support with this ship ? for freedom of course

Ze'ev's.Rage: Safe journies to you.
Ze'ev's.Rage: Support anarchy.
Ze'ev's.Rage: It is the safest bet.

Topper: I appreciate this break - thank you, peace with you . I'll do that

Topper: wow, he let me go after kind making me destroy my cargo - as an act of casting off the systems shackles
Topper: that was perspective changingly scary
Yuki.Nagato: Buncha meanies
Topper: it could be worse though, i think i got off pretty lightly.

The BPA and Baf collared me in leeds, I got stupid; and they chased me down like a rat; until they destroyed the ship. They're tenacious bastichs I'll give them that; but me and the crew figure they owe us for that one.
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After an extensive period of R&R, shopping for a decent hull, and an age of tinkering in the shipyard; we set out again after missing trouble by a hairs breadth a few times, we bumped into a navy officer who was questioning our cargo, but managed to get away.
On more than one occasion the navy boys in cali have asked me turn snitch on my comrades - a ridiculous notion, to be sure. Though I still care dearly for nana-alia and the rest of the family, I've turned my attention to matters of my surrogate family of late; there are complexities and issues that I feel require my attention.
So, since Ze'ev's words, and the fact that we're probably flagged by the BAF and the LN, the crew and I have spiralled deeper into a verse slick with danger; nothing is certain, sometimes I fear dissent or betrayal: it pays to step lightly at the moment.
I've taken to other ships a little more, taking shuttles back and forth across sirius. It gives the crew some time to try and relax, and gives me a chance to make a few discreet rendezvous on the way. These trips however have gotten me into trouble a couple of times - apart from what I assume is Coop hacking my IFF occasionally, I've had some run-ins with local law enforcement - and if it wasn't for a pilot named "Soeren" I'd probably be in a liberty prison right now.
O, I forgot to mention - since my troubles with the law, some bright-spark has tipped off the hunters guild; So I'm being harrassed at every turn by over-zealous wings of hunters. I've managed to stay ahead so far, but it's been touch and go a few times; and slowly but surely, the corpys are getting word of it: daumann, the RFP, and the IMG have all become obstacles. Seem's it won't be long before I'm forced into the state of chaos that Ze'ev advocated.

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