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Hawk · (This post was last modified: 03-12-2012, 03:58 PM by Hawk.)

The stars came back into view again as the small freighter emerged from the jumphole. A man and woman sat at the controls and immediately began scanning the area.

'We're clear Mac, I've got nothing. I don't think they're following us.'

Mackenzie Mason shot him a sideways glance, 'don't get too cocky Sparks, they can appear when you are least expecting it. Just don't take your eyes off that scanner whatever you do.'

'I'm on it don't worry, I'm just saying that I think you lost them. You tend to be pretty good at that. I'm not really sure what you are worried about anyway, it's not like they can catch this ship.'

Mac fought the temptation to slap her unwanted copilot as she shot him as answer, 'Don't be so reliant on the speed of your ship. If you know what you are doing you can avoid detection even in a slower ship. We're not trying to just get away we're trying to not be seen at all. It's part of being Junker, people don't need to know what we're doing whether it's legit or not.' She glanced at another display on the console, 'Looks like we'll be at Trafalgar in about an hour. Don't take your eyes off that scanner. You never know what you're going to find out here.'

'Good, then I can get back on a train and stretch my legs on a real ship again.'

'You don't like my little freighter?'

'It's good enough for what it is. I just like to be a little more comfortable when I travel.'

'You have a strange idea of comfortable.'

'At least I can get up and walk around on more than one level.'

'Yes, and how many people are you tripping over as you do this. It's usually pretty quiet out here for me and I do everything my way.'

'Don't you ever get tired of being alone all the time or worried that you'll go crazy out here for so long?'

'This is JUST the way I like it. Besides, no one is forcing you to be here. There are many other ways for you to be traveling if you really hate my ship that much.'

'There aren't many ways to travel right now. I can't believe Liberty is still banning our trains in their space. What do they really think they are going to accomplish by that?'

'Why do they need to accomplish anything? Liberty is a very wealthy house. They do what they want and take great pride in it as well.'

'I just wish Crow could have done a better job arguing the point with them. He should have made them reverse that ridiculous decision.'

'Junior, no one MAKES Liberty do anything. They went as far as starting a ridiculous war with Rheinland which is going to stretch them so much farther than they are able to stretch just to prove that no one can tell them what to do. If they are willing to show that kind of defiance to the Kanzler, do you really think we are going to fare any better?'

'Yes I do. There is no reason for them to do what they are doing. They can't even offer a decent argument for banning those ships in their space.'

'It looked like a pretty good argument to me. At any rate, it's an argument that's working. We are still not allowed to fly our trains in Liberty.'

'It's only a good argument because they put their muscle behind it. It doesn't make any sense at all. Their only getting away with it because they can do whatever they want whether it is justified or not. Now Crow looks like such a loser because he couldn't make them back down.'

'Careful how you talk about the boss there. What makes you think he lost anything?'

'What else would you call it. He argued about the trains and he got shot down.'

'I think he got exactly what he wanted to get. He knew they were never going to reverse themselves. He just wanted them to present their argument.'

'But they don't have an argument! There is nothing they can say that will justify what they are doing to us. The more they try to argue with us the more foolish they look by even trying.'

'Think about what you just said there and you'll answer your own question about Crow.'

'I don't get it.'

'You just said that there is no argument they can make without looking foolish. At least you are starting to see what's going on here. Crow knows this. He knows they have to make an argument so they can appear to save face in this whole affair.'

'Dammit, how are they saving face? None of the arguments they made make any sense at all. They even went as far as lying about what equipment the train had mounted on it just so they could win an argument.'

'Well, they have to say something, and now they have. Crow never expected to win the argument. What he did was force them to defend a policy that cannot be defended. By doing so he forced them to make themselves look foolish. It's a little game he likes to play now and then. He knew nothing would chance at all in their policy, but he could at least make asses out of a few government officials as they tried to defend this ridiculous policy.'

'Hmm, I still think he could have done more.'

'Well you keep thinking that. Maybe one day you'll be the leader who can do all those things you think every other leader should have done.'

'Maybe I will.'

'Maybe you'll get stabbed in the back too.'

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