This morning I received word that my new bomber was finally ready for pickup at Freeport 4. A replacement to my old Pytho that had more patches than hull already.
So I booked a seat on a Zoner transport on the short flight from Cortez to Magellan, with a brief stop at Planet Los Angeles to drop off some cargo.
Arriving at the Freeport for the first time after the Liberty Navy took over the station from the IMG, it was awkward to have all those heavy checkpoints right at the docking bay. Luggage and other belongings searched, documentation checked three times to verify if my gun license was valid there... Luckly some officer appeared and told them to let me pass. 'Don'tya know they help us against the garlics, crewman?' the man said.
Anyway, wth the ship's vendor all was fast. The paperwork was ready, so a few signatures here and there and I was cleared to board and depart right away. The CTU-6b Waran class heavy bomber was fueled and ready at the docking bay.
After a quick flight through Magellan, I used the jumphole to Cortez and after a while I was landing at our pad in Curacao.
Our maintenance crews did a complete check on the machine, the ship was cleared and its ready for duty at the Command's discretion.