Among the large number of traders while I was on my shift in New Berlin, I came across one sporting the designation of 'Sir_Grumpy' a grumpy one indeed.
He has a 4 million credit fine to pay. I had to destroy his ship for repeatedly disobeying a military directive. I believe the response was something in the lines of 'Sod off'. That's how some people pay for our protection. I am much disappointed in some specimens of the human race.
Walter Nowotny.
PS I would like to send my thanks to Daniel Heinz of the Forgotten for the help he provided.
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