Sirius Business: The Life and Times of Jack Burton

[AngelOfIron]

Captain's Log, 05/01/3011

[Entry begins] I was approached at the hotel bar today by, get this, Liberty Navy officers. (...) The one suit identified himself to me as Lieutenant Ronald Philips of the LNS-Independence. Apparently his ship was attached to the Navy's 9th Flotilla, of which the LNS-Tacoma - the ship that was responsible for saving my ass a few weeks back - was a part of. Supposedly by word of mouth from the Tacoma's captain my plight had reached Philips' ears and he felt that he owed me a bit of compensation. Of course I was skeptical to say the least, but I figured that I at least owed him the courtesy of hearing him out. This was his proposal in a nutshell: "Jack, I'm going to be a super cool nice guy and give you my ol' CT-53. She's been sitting in dry dock for the last couple of years and is in need of some serious TLC from a tough, rugged, handsome looking man such as yourself. Go on, take her. Here're the keys. I've even taken the liberty of phoning ahead and telling the folks at Norfolk to retrofit her with the best weapons that my ridiculously high annual paycheck can buy. Only one thing though; you'll be owing me that money back as soon as you can. That's the deal. Whaddya say?" What could I say other than "Hell yeah, brother!" And, true to his word, here I am, back on the lanes. The registry here says that name of this train is the Philipsen Express Inc. Not sure what the "Inc." refers too. All I know is that I have never been so happy to be back in the cockpit! [Entry ends]

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