The US-Opportunity - A Biography

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The US-Opportunity - A Biography



Captain - Transport Captain Harold Thompson
Crew - 18 (3 shifts)
Cargo - Inter-house licensed and registered - Flags - 1 - Missing In Action.
Additional notes - It is believed that the ship may be flying under a new alias - The.Red.Serpent.

Notes - The Opportunity has more insurance claims for lost or hijacked cargo than any other ship in the fleet. The ship rarely takes fire from these criminals, who then escort under threat and divert the shipments to their own installations.

While the insurance logs indicate a wide variety of criminal entities and scenarios, it is known amongst some of the crew that Captain Thompson is known to secretly show sympathy for the Xeno cause, including signing the ballot when Universal Shipping requested they not be targeted so heavily by law enforcement following several incidents where Rogues, Outcasts, and Lane Hackers were driven off by small patrols of these "terrorists" defending Liberty's interests.

He has been known to mutter under his breath against "Xeener haters", often justifying a recently hijacked shipment of food or medicines to himself as "helping the greater good" or "preventing the poorest of Liberty's children suffering". The incident reports were all lies of course, using information gained here and there to implicate other parties. Fabricated blame fell squarely on the three previously mentioned groups.

While the financial penalties for Harold and his crew losing their cargo are severe, Captain Thompson splits his small kickbacks with the crew to keep them quiet, and also enjoy access to some goods not traditionally available on the open market.

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Shard - The Faceless One