Jameson has decanted, well poured off into an empty pop bottle, about a litre of Rot gut from the barrel he bought a while back and is sitting in a dark side cave of Pete’s secret base waiting for the work to be finished on The Cobra. He wonders if Ella has got some fancy waiting room now, with a coffee machine, potted plants and magazines on a glass topped coffee table.
He’s shuffled a depression in the sand of the cave floor and made himself comfy in the dark. With only the glow of a cigarette and the occasional light from his terminal screen as he checks the BBS. He stubs out the current cigarette in the sand of the cave floor, shakes the pop bottle to see how much booze is left to hand, then gets to his feet to go and find Pete
Hi Pete,
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Nah. I made myself comfy in a side cave. Have you seen this about The Senescent Wanderer?
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Yeah, those Android Mind ships have always given me the heeby-jeebies. I never know if I’m dealing with just one schizo, or if there really are a few of them in there. Whatever. He/She/It/They have got balls. I’m tempted to join in, but it looks like a suicide mission. I’d rather wait ‘til we’ve got a bit more intel’ on the Scylla and the other ships in that fleet.
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Yeah. I think I grok what He/She/it/they are getting at. Mondo didn’t tell you what to do. He made it possible for you to do things.
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Tiny?
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Oh I reckon he just wants that damned eye. Probably thinks he can use it to open some retina locked vault that he imagines Mondo left a stash in. Do Space Lizards have retina?
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Nah. I was never going to get involved in that Tiny thing. I’m kind of tempted to help El-Esk out, but I’m not at home to Mr Death today, So I’m going to look after that Arse hole Nebula. Seems like a good score and if I survive I’ll know a bit more about the Scylla. Plus if it’s bad news I’ll have a good stash if I want to leave the system.
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Oh yeah. Did you get chance to ask about the er. Other thing?
Cobra II
Same stats as before except:
-$500 to sign up for Mission 4.
So $2060 left.
Oh. Hang on. What’s this message?
Cool!
Looks like I’ve got $2,274.28 left.
