Sir Patrick, thank you for thinking about this for me. Not going to lie, I’m not very good about considering the consequences of my actions beforehand. That might explain how I got stuck out here to begin with, actually.
As I mentioned to you earlier, I am attracted to Sir Galaxy’s @Donald_Petersen offer of becoming space pirates. I have this to say - I do expect my b5 for successfully completing mission one but then afterwards being a flagrant non-paying debtor to Unizone sure shows some GRIT, wouldn’t any reasonable omnipotent space entity (@patrace) say?
Of course this plan puts me on bad terms with Ella, who doesn’t serve debtors. We’ll just have to see about that.
13.5000 available Unizone credit remaining
+b25 from Sir Patrick (please?)
b20 Nano Patch Goop Bucket (+25 HP)
Requesting b1.5000 from community bank @bizmail_public
b20 Unizone Shield Boosters (+2 SH)
Mission 1
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Very well! Let us sing!
Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry,
Fill, O fill the pirate glass!
And, to make us more than merry,
Let the pirate bumper pass!
For today our pirate 'prentice
Rises from indenture freed;
Strong her arm, and keen her scent is
She’s a pirate now indeed!
Here’s good luck to Phuong’s ventures!
Phuong’s out of her indentures.
b25 @penguinchris
b50 Hull Repairs x2 (+20 HP)
b25 Flak Bursts (+2 SH although I’m not sure how this will really help against asteroids)
b50 Mission 2
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Browf: “Whelp, looks like other captains are being refused service at the Unizone mechanics without first signing on to a mission. Looks like cheap repairs are out for us.”
Dakota: “Shouldn’t have expected we’d be able to pull the wool over their all-seeing eye.”
Browf: “No takers on the 82b->100b investment plan either, not that it’d work now. Looks like the Cosmosword is being forced into Unizone financial indenture. Better to fight than be a decoy. Unless we get a monetary miracle. Anyone want to buy an air hockey table?”
Browf: “BAMBI, post a tentative mission plan, subject to change by venture capital. Maybe get some extra cloaks to avoid detection.”
-b5, +1 GRIT | Crew Fee, Dakota Hoofington (be sure not to give me more GRIT, I should have 4 still)
-b20, +25HP | Nano Patch Goop / Bucket
-b20, +25HP | Nano Patch Goop / Bucket
-b1, +1HP | Nano Patch Goop
-b1, +1HP | Nano Patch Goop
-b20, +2ST | Unizone Cloaking Device
-b20, +2ST | Unizone Cloaking Device
99/99 HP
New balance: -82b, may the record show that we were square with Unizone prior to this mission.
0b | Mission 1 - Unizone Forced Labour.
“Shazbot. 
”
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Noooooo! @penguinchris @Glutnix - You will be fighting your fellow captains who sign on for Mission 3!
Oh, sad day.
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@bizmail_public - would you do me the favor of posting a few more times? I’m in a bit of an embarassing spot:
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“Thir? Are you in there, thir?” (knock knock)
“Go 'way.”
“Do you require athithtanthe?”
“What?!”
“Aththithtanthe.”
“Oh. Asssssssissssstanccccce. No, Professssor Sssssylvessster, I do not require assssisssstanccce, sso you can ceasssse ssspraying ssspittle all over the door of the head.”
“I don’t imagine the wallth are any dryer in there, thir.”
“Don’t get sssassssy with me, ssson. I ssstill sssign your paychecksss.”
“Not rethently, thir. The mission deadline loomth. What are we going to do?”
“Leave me in peace for a moment. I have sssome calls to make.”
“Thir, I have thome doubtth about the efficathy of your Arcturan Cone of Thilenthe. I don’t believe it’th nearly ath thecure ath wath advertithed to uth by the Admiralty.”
“No thit, Therlock. Why do you think I’m calling from the head? Now can a ssssenior flag lizard get a little eggshard privacy around here, or do I have to twissst off a few more appendages?”
(silence)
“Finally. Nice lad, but he mussst have sssome Gorn in his lineage. Boy’s about as sharp as a hammered coprolite. Now… let’sss sssee if I can dial in the right frequenciesss here…”
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Great Caesar’s Ghost! How the hell did I get so far down?!
Oh, yeah… new job just started. 
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Browf: "Hey Captain Saveric. I don’t want to be a Unizone DRONE. I’d love Unizone to BUZZ off, but unless someone lends us HONEY, erm, MONEY, I’d DANCE with QUEEN BEE Ella in a WING BEAT.
“(That’s how you parlay with bees, right?)”
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I’m a fearsome SPACE PIRATE now, bee-man. I follow my own rules, which includes reading the mission parameters myself. And thus deciding, myself, that Mission 1 simply involves escorting a shipment and fighting off Nilah’s raid against said shipment. Which does not mean I’m fighting the STEALTH RECONNAISSANCE MISSION that is Mission 3 (I hope your cone of silence is installed correctly), and does not preclude me actually helping those on Mission 3 slip past “unnoticed” (so long as they promise not to mistake me for Unizone scum and attempt to slit my throat while I’m looking the other way and then hide me in the bushes).
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@Slaal Well, I think I am going to just be going it in debt, reminds me of my days on the Blue Sky Mine working to earn my way offplanet as an eldercalfling. I’ll be keeping my points and you’ll be keeping your bits for now.
@patrace new stinking Unizone partner compliant orders
-b20 | Nano Patch Goop / Bucket (25 HP)
-b20 | Nano Patch Goop / Bucket (25 HP)
-b25 | Alumaximum Dip Kit (+10 MaxHP / +10 HP)
-b25 | Alumaximum Dip Kit (+10 MaxHP / +10 HP)
-b19 | Nano Patch Goop (1 HP) x19
-b0 | Mission 1 - Lizard’s Blood
That puts me over the credit limit by a tiny bit, but I will have earned it, the hard way, before mission launch time. It is going to be a long night on the space dock. The things a captain will do for his ship. That is unless one of the community lenders or my fellow lady moose comes to my rescue with an extra b5 @davide405 Natasha
Gonna have to take an extra couple of slugs of Honeywine before wearing this getup out tonight.
(How I think I look)
Hey good lookin’ - you wanna party?
(How I really look)
Please see the enclosed document from Esteemed Galactic Citizen Shagcoat Moosey Cochran Esquire containing my will, being of sound hoof and rack I bequeath my meager belongings to @Slaal in the event there is anything left over once most ever beloved partner Unizone scavenges my carcass. To assist my most glorious partner Unizone I include the following diagram
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COMMUNITY BANKING UPDATE
It’s a little confusing, but as best as i can tell, This is where things stand
At least four loans have been arranged privately. Great!
These are the community loans:
rkt88 edmo Has recieved b3.6
@penguinchris requests b1.6 for MIssion 1
@daneel Capt. Watford Gap requests b16.6 for Mission 3
@inqydesu Captain Horatio Alger requests b17.0 for mission 3 (Disbursement will be 40, as Captain Alger already transferred b23.0 to Natasha)
@ratel Captain Jacques b17.0 for mission 3
@SteampunkBanana Capt. Mamma “Luckybeard” Aiuto b40.0 for mission 3 ( I will add funds to make this loan possible)
@DreamboatSkanky Capt. Quirky Kumquat requests b40 — out of money 8(
Disbursements will come from @davide405 Treasurer Natasha Fatale.
As we are close against the deadline, the final committee meeting hasn’t happened, putting all of us in a bit of a bind, timewise.
Tentatively consider that loans above the line are made so that captains can declare their missions.
(There is the small chance the board may disagree with my declarations)
@patrace Unless countermanded below please consider the missions above the line funded and declared. I will work with you privately to sort out the paperwork if Natasha can’t get everything submitted on time (She’s a very busy space moose). We really are trying to keep this as simple as possible for you.
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@patrace A review of my records indicates that I had purchased 4FP last round which should have brought my FP count to 24 for this round, not 22. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
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@bizmail_public @davide405 I’m publicly begging for b5 more knowing full well I will survive the mission but may not be able to repay my debt fully in the current round
My most profuse apologies to my homeland and my space moose brethren for the shame I bring my race
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Well fellows, as they say, old tricks are the best tricks. We’re cash poor, going into debt to a pack of independent traders and have a fifty-fifty shot of not coming home. But as I’ve always said, raise the mainsail, run out the cannon and send up the Jolly Roger, we’re going back to pirating. If we’re going out, we’re going out true to our roots.
Mission 3 for the Dabohaze and crew, Mamma Aiuto Captain, Beard as First Mate. Cutlasses raised and powder dry. Thanks to everyone who helped us foot the bill, let’s hope we can repay ya’. See you on the other side.
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encrypted transmission direct to all captains I only need a small amount of assistance. Enough for mission 3 plus maybe half the repairs I need. Please help end encrypted transmission
[Lazlo, furious with himself for letting Crabby walk out the door unchallenged, furious with himself for what he is about to do, pounds his dominant claw on the hover table.]
“That hellsdamned exec! I’ll go the distance. I’ll go the distance with as many spacers as I can pull through with me. I apologize to the I.A.N. M. Bank for unilateral action, but time is short.”
“Beard, @SteampunkBanana - I want you on Mission 2 with me. Here’s b45.7 to make it happen.”
“Quirky, @DreamboatSkanky - I want you on Mission 2 with me. Here’s b50 to make it happen.”
“Galaxy, @Donald_Petersen - I want you on Mission 2 with me. Here’s b50 to make it happen.”
“Sentients - I am opting to forgo repairs to the gravely wounded (22/103) Didn’t See That Coming in order to strip that filthy Unizone gear outta yer ships. If ya fly Mission 2 with me, we’ll distribute the proceeds to cover anyone what has their cargo damaged. ‘Risk mitigation’ these humans call it. I fully embrace the random nature of this universe and share it openly in defiance of Unizone that others may do so as well.”
“From each according to ability, to each according to need. Do not disappoint me, sentients.”
“Unizone delenda est.”
Casting my lot with Ella and shopping in Ella’s Backwoods
-b18.8 | give to @davide405 for community bank (glorious collective)
-b45.7 | give to @SteampunkBanana to allow Ella's retrofit for Mission 2
-b50 | give to @DreamboatSkanky to allow Ella's retrofit for Mission 2
-b50 | give to @Donald_Petersen to allow Ella's retrofit for Mission 2
-b50 | Mission 2 - Nebulous
-b25 | Hull Repairs (+10HP)
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Ain’t no flying like the jobs people want you on. Kick the tires, light the fires, and damn Crabby to hell.
Mission 2 for these colors.
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Browf: “It will be hard to serve Unizone wholeheartedly when friendly folks like all of you are on the side of the free being. I shall look for any opportunity to break my bonds with this capitalist scum, and until that day may we never meet in conflict.”
"Captains Mamma, Quirky, Saveric, Picard, Yolo, Sir Galaxy, Edmo and all of you:
“Fly fast, fly hard, fly free.”
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