Family Ties

[Knucklehead]

Incoming Transmission
Name: Eman Modnar
Comm ID: Eman_Modnar
Encryption Key: Public
Access Granted
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You know you're not the only who reads these things, right pop?

At any rate, a couple of things have been happening lately. First, the central office has sent word that Cambridge Research Institute is looking for ships to haul a bunch of Scientists out to Corfu for something. The trip isn't the safest in the world, but the pay should be quite a bit. As soon as they tell me when, I'll be ready to go.

The other thing that happened occured today. It seems I managed to recruit a new pilot to help out with my route. Guy goes by the name of Darth Uther. Seems like a good kid. He hailed me as I was passing through California on my way back to Curacao. He wanted to know if I knew about Luxury Liner Hawaii in the Sigma 19 system.

Hmm, let's see, Hawaii, Hawaii, that name should ring a bell...

Oh yeah, the place I had just come from. The place the captain of the Shetland told me needed luxury food. The ship that just happened to be owned by the people I work for.

So, I let him know that I knew where it was. Turns out he's been looking for a job hauling something more than prisoners to Houston. He had a nice little Armored Transport he was flying in.

I offered to show him the route I was taking and a job with OSC. He was really excited about the idea.

We made plans to meet at Baden Baden so we could get him started on joining OSC. He apparently hit a few speedbumps, to use an ancient phrase, along the way. He arrived with a hold full of Mining Equipment so I suggested we head for Solarius Station in Omega 11, which isn't far from Baden Baden.

We were just about to land at Stuttgart to pick up a load of Luxury Food for Hawaii when a sudden Ion Storm came up. We barely made it to Stuttgart before the storm hit.

After the storm, I contacted him to let him know I wouldn't be able to leave just yet. He made a few more independant runs while I contacted my higher-ups about the new recruit. When I was finally able to head out from Stuttgart, I recontacted Darth Uther to see where he was at. We made arrangements to meet at Hawaii. He was coming from Manhattan with some Luxury Goods while I headed out with my Luxury Food.

The run to Hawaii was fairly smooth, but there were a couple hiccups. First, I forgot which part of the route I was in and dropped out of the tradelane to the New Berlin gate part way to the gate. Seems I got confused and thought I was in Leeds looking for the shortcut to Omega 3 through the Cambridge Jumphole. Cost me at least 1 unit of food. Then, as I was checking on Darth Uther's progress, I missed the cutoff to the Sigma 13 system in New Berlin. I ended up taking the long way through Frankfurt. Cost me another couple units of food.

At any rate, once I got to Hawaii, I unloaded my cargo and headed out, cursing dock control center in the process. (I mean, really, who sends a Large Transport out a docking port designed for a much smaller freighter?) I checked on my new recruit, who was still making his way through the Galileo system. I asked if he knew how to get to Sigma 19 and gave him directions on how to get there when he admitted that he didn't.

Once he made it to the Shikoku system, I decided to meet him at New Tokyo and guide him the rest of the way in. He must have been having a rough go of it, as he still hadn't made it our of Shikoku by the time I got to New Tokyo. I had just gotten word that Hawaii needed more Luxury Goods than the ones Darth Uther was bringing, so I loaded up and waited for him to arrive.

There were a couple of Blood Dragons that decided to try and make trouble for us, but they couldn't really touch us with our advanced shields. Other than that, the journey back to the Hawaii was pretty much uneventful.

After we had unloaded, he told me he had some more business to take care of and that he was looking into getting a larger ship. I decided to give him the proceeds from the Luxury Goods I had brought in, plus a little bit extra to round out the amount. I gave him directions to where I bought my Large Transport and bid him farewell, after he promised to formalize his job at OSC.

After that, I decided I needed a little time to rest, so I put in at Naha and rented a room while they loaded my ship with H-Fuel. I figured I'd jot this down before I forgot it all. I see a bright future ahead for this guy. Who knows, maybe more will join the OSC ranks.

Only time will tell.

This is Eman Modnar, signing off.

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It's official, I have too few ships now...