"ah yes aint she a beauty!" I said as our shuttle got closer to Baltimore shipyard. The partly Liner one as she is now know is an old vessel, I was able to purchase it cheaply from Orbital but it did need a lot of refurbishment and repairs. Though it has a proud history
The Luxury Liner Ohahu as she was called used to function as a sisther ship of the hawaii, running cruises through the borderworlds edge nebula. But since a mayor outcast attack on her she was mothballed at planet honshu for a few years before returning to service.
FOllowing that periode she has functioned as a Liner between planet Berlin and Planet honshu for a few years. Because of the tensions between the houses the run didnt make that much of a profit... the little profit it did make was confiscated as taxes by rheinland.
The last 2 years she spent mothballed at baltimore shipyard, awaiting refurbishment to become part of the proud cruising fleet. Last year however the big boys at the office decided to sell and replace her rather then repair and refurmbish.
That being her history I was happy to take it of their hands.
"Who am I? Well I am Ronald Walker. I've made my fortunes as a freelance transport pilot, me and my crew ran 'special' cargo throughout Liberty. Now I'm 31 and wanting a new challenge" I was able to buy the ship with my own cash but the refurbishment turned out to be a little bit more expensive then I thought."
"The jupiterguild donated me the money and in return they are now the main security contractor. Providing both escorts for the longer runs and an on board security detail as well as supply shipping to and from the ship. The only thing they dont do is the marketing and customer shipping. Oh and other staff members... I still need those aswell"
"Okay, lets enter the ship shall we?" We walked through the boarding ramp looking out to the bow of the ship. "So, this is the main hall, this where all the regular guests enter from the docking bays. If all goes well we'll have armoured transports shutteling to the populated planets we run close to." " For all the other ships that want to dock with us we have another bay, extra security measures, as in security locks, guys with big guns and a weapons locker."" The Main hall has the warderobe, info desk, security office and the enterance to the crew quarters."
"Yes ,crew quarters, my staff will stay on board for the duration of the cruise. Those are very comfortable, I like to spoil my crew." " The other facilities are not finished yet, they are now working on the VIP area, main area and lounge area. Hopefully they will be done friday and if all goes well we will have our maiden voyage next month, that is if I can find my crew."
"It was nice talking with you, Hopefully the CNS editors will publish it, a bit of free publicity is always nice. Lets grab a beer in the bar here."
There used to be pictures here
once known as Richard Farbridge, OBE and Ronaldo Benitez
