Jack Crow walked down the ramp of his transport and onto the decks of Yanagi Depot. He paused to look around and survey all the activity. It had been several months since he had been on this station. It brought back a lot of fond memories. He moved on and boarded to elevator to take him to the control center.
The station controller stepped up to greet him as he stepped off the elevator, Welcome to Yanagi sir.
Thank you, its definitely good to be back here.
We have sent out the inquiries you requested and are attempting to set up those meetings for you now.
Glad to hear it. It looks like things are running smoothly here.
They are indeed sir. Its been very quiet around here.
Quiet is good for the kind business were doing. Keep it up.
Will do.
Carry on, Ill be in the upper deck bar.
The bar of the upper deck of the station was buzzing with activity. People from all over Sirius came here to conduct business in an environment that would not attract attention. Who would have thought we could accomplish so much in the middle of this scrap filled radiation field, he thought to himself. He walked across the bar and sat in his usual corner booth. A few other Junkers soon came over and joined him.
Welcome back to Yanagi Crow. What brings you here this time?
I just wanted a vacation in this beautiful place youve got here. I do have business to take care of though. There are several people I need to speak with in this system and hopefully I can get it all wrapped up soon. Sit down and have a drink.
Carlo Stubbs slid into the booth across from him, I was wondering when you would show up. Its been real quiet here but there are all sorts of rumors flying about if you know who to talk to.
So I hear. So tell me what youve been hearing.
A lot of the same old junk. There have been strange sightings in the debris field, mostly bunk I think. Every now and then there are more rumors about us getting attacked by this group or that. Nothing near as spectacular as in the old days.
Oh I really dont miss that. Nothing like flying here in to find multiple factions ready to blow each other up and us too if we didnt side with them.
So, is that what brings you out here? More threats to the station.
Not hardly. I havent heard the first threat to the station that Im worried about. I think Tinkerbell planned for every possible scenario back in the day. I havent seen a threat yet we couldnt handle.
Well there have been a few ships disappearing lately and some people are on edge. General Yarr is still out there mounting sneak attacks.
I think Yarr and his crew are more interested in terrorizing Gallilio and Keppler right now. Hes attracting so much anger from so many people, some will eventually off himor not. At any rate, he is a threat to our shipping but not the station.
The Wild have been getting pretty aggressive lately too, that doesnt bother you?
Weve been supernovaed, barraged with nova torps, had Corsair, Outcast, Dragon, and Bounty Hunter battle fleets open up on the station not to mention the sneak attacks and fast raids by the Wilde that are still going on as you just said. We buffed up the stations defenses for a reason. I think its quite safe.
So whats your agenda now then?
What makes you think Ive got an agenda?
Youre a Junker arent you?
True enough. Im hoping to meet with a few businessmen in the area who share some common interests with us. Just one more way to increase our own productivity. Besides, part of the security of this station comes from the fact that so many people like doing business here. Having a few more groups making money here means a few more groups that will want to see this station stick around, and thats never a bad thing.
Ok, well let me know if you need anything from me while youre here.
You got it, thanks a lot.
An escape pod arrives at Yanagi Depot, the salvage crew bing it into the base
and pull the pod open."Hell, its brother Mascius"
"You best get me out of this thing fast, its hotter than vulcan's dick in here"
The crew laughed & pulled him out and give him a drink, they log into his recorder
for co-ords, then send out a salvage squad to pick whats left of his ship up.
"What happened then Mascius, you only left half an hour ago"
"Wilde chief thats what happened! i went through the berlin Jh and there they were,
about 10 of them, i tried to make a run for it but half way i knew i was gonna
get it, my shield was gone, hull half gone, a few turrets gone so i turned back
to the sigma jh, i made the jump but on the other side four more waiting, i
didnt last two minutes, i'm just glad i can rest up here for a while now"
"Erm, some bad news for you Mascius, it just so happen's there's a spare salvager
here loaded up and ready for immediate takeoff, best take the frankfurt gate"
One of the crew pats him on the back, Mascius looks at the floor, shakes his head,
picks up his flight recorder then walks over to his new ship, he climbs in and
says to himself "Fortune pisses on me again"
Mascius takes off, heading for Frankfurt.
"THIRTEENTH"