The Final Chapter

[Wolfs Ghost]

"If you assumed, that I didn't, well you're not a complete fool." He chuckled, "You see, I was in Cambridge at the time. The local police decided to attempt to bring me in, to their dismay I already had fled the ranch I grew up on. I managed to get off Cambridge without incident, apparently word hadn't reached the local authorities until I made it to the Leeds system, due to smugglers using a known jumphole location, I was able to get to Leeds within an hour."

Setting the now empty glass down on the table, he leaned back and continued, "I was stationed at the Derby in Leeds for most of my service, and thats where my Templar was at the time. I had no idea where I was going to go, or what I was going to do, I just ran. Landing on the Derby was easy seeing as the access codes weren't changed on my ship, though I didn't risk wasting time on figuring out what the hell was happening. I quickly got to my Templar, strapped in and took off."

"Most people will say that stealing military grade hardware, software, and a ship is a criminal act. The thought crossed my mind as I engaged heading back towards Cambridge. It was about this time that the Armed Forces launched two ensigns and a Commander to intercept me and chase me down. Now, the Armed Forces Academy teaches you to run, and run hard when you're on patrol by yourself and you're engaged by multiple enemies, I was out numbered and there was no way in hell that I was going to fire on the people I served with, they apparently had a different set of goals on their mind."

Standing up, he grabbed the glass from the table and carefully walked out to the kitchen, setting the glass in the sink, and he leaned forwards smiling lightly. "I made my way directly to Freeport One, the No-fire zone the Zoners had in place would serve a great place to settle down. It was probably one of the worse mistakes I made in my entire life, leading former wingmen into a hellhole of Hessians, Phantoms, Corsairs, and a few Mercenaries who didn't exactly like the Armed Forces. I weaved my way into the mass of ships and laid low. If a firefight did happen between myself and the Armed Forces, it seemed that they would be out matched, and the Commander saw the exact thing I saw. The intercepting squad lingered for a few minutes before returning to Bretonian space, that was when I decided to ditch the Freeport and make a full run to Rheinland, at least there I would be safe, I figured."

"My time in Rheinland space was short and strange. My arrival was a couple of days after I fled, and I found out that a message already reached the Bretonian embassy in Rheinland that I was on the run, and authorities were asked to bring me in. I figured I would stay on the out skirts, but getting to the Embassy was probably one of my top priorities, at least there I know I could trust the Ambassador, Lafiel Tarrant, on my way through New Berlin I was stopped by a Military Officer, and I told him my story, I was ready to run if he attempted to make an arrest, but he didn't. Instead he gave me access to military grade hardware that my Templar was lacking, I wanted a little bit more fire power in case I would have to defend myself against Mandalorians. After that, he just let me go."

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