Curiosity is a dangerous thing

[Stoat]

September 4th, 819AS

Anja Goske looked out across the Dresden system from the viewing platform on Pirna Border Station. More than two years had passed since that fateful day on Stuttgart. She had applied to the academy within a week, and training had gone well. She had not excelled, but had done well enough to be fast-tracked. Peter Maynard himself had mentored her until he vanished in the Omega systems some seven months ago. Now a Detektiv, Anja was busy investigating Maynard'€™s disappearance. For three months she'€™d found nothing but dead ends. That was until today.

A contact on Bautzen station had reported a possible sighting of Maynard. The interviews she had just conducted had turned up no more than a grainy security recording of a man, but it could be Maynard. Certainly witness descriptions seemed to fit, though his behaviour seemed somewhat erratic. That, and the fact that a small shuttle had been stolen the same day, led Anja to believe her mentor was in some kind of trouble. Inspekteur Weiss had declared him as possibly nomad infected, but Anja remained unconvinced.

The stolen shuttle had been located on Solarius Station in Omega-11 only last week. The trail was warm again, and Anja keen to pick it up.

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