Ladies' Night Out,

[Ophiuchi]

Moira had become increasingly nervous as they approached the Planet Honshu docking ring.

Was this a trap? They had encountered only one KNF vessel during their flight, in New Tokyo. They had both hailed him, but had received no response.

They grounded their fighters at the far edge of the Honshu Spaceport, and Moira chose a run-down nondescript storage facility to house them in. The seedy-looking Kusari man had seemed very surprised when they paid him for six months' storage fees in advance. So surprised in fact, that he forgot to ask for their ID. As the man walked away to his office, Moira turned to Clover.

"Place those thermite charges as we discussed, lass. Make sure the black box and cockpit are nothin' but slag when they go off. I've set the timers for six hours, which should give us plenty o' time to charm the boys at the Naval Facility. We leave no traces for anyone of who we be, eh?"

The charges were placed, and the ladies set off towards the nearest gate to the Naval Yards. Soon they'd see just how awake the guards would be after a long and boring shift of watching their charges, a row of delicate but deadly new Kusari gunboats.

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<span style="color:#339999">Reg Waverly * Moira &quot;Kentigearan&quot; Waverly * Fnordette Sophie Noir</span>



<span style="color:#66CCCC">Sophie's on the Square * Veranda Incognita</span>