The Ships Inn ... Wall Street Station, Honshu

[Nightfall]

The man at the bar was speaking into his neural-net voice recorder...

'... and another one came on later, a Gunboat this time, designation {Helghast}Ferdinand. After I fixed my flight controller we made a short work out of him. I would suggest adding these names to our list. To recapitulate: Vulture of HF, Tommy and Ferdimond of Helghast.'

He emptied the contents of the tequila glass and spoke into the device 'encode, sign, Pat Boone.'.

'Sophie, hit me once more! ... And could you hand this to Jay?'

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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