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Infernal · (This post was last modified: 11-29-2024, 05:33 AM by Infernal.)

¤ Source: Brunswick Provisional Province, Planet Harris, Tau-31
¤ Author: D.Adenike
¤ Mood: Joyous
¤ Hunger: Satiated
¤ Subject: Salutations

BRETONIA!

The Journey

Safe enough. Leeds is a dead colony, dreadful place. When I say dead, I mean truly, actually, dead. Hardly any navy patrols, and anything valuable picked clean long ago. To say nothing of the obvious.

London was a different sight.

There's no simple way to describe it. Scrap has spread far and wide. Bretonia, Gallia, and Liberty sent what passed for their finest into the grinder and the results are spectacular. It's been years since the Battle of London and the material consequences still play out. It's a Junker's Paradise.

Prospects, unfortunately, never come easy without conflict as evidenced by the limping convoys coming out of the Cumbria. Given my lack of equipment, I chose to take the plunge.

Salutations!

Upon my arrival in the Dublin system, I was confronted my four men, first among which was a Mister Nero, a company therapist.

I was immediately asked to partake in therapy to which I agreed because, well, it's just what you do. The nearby naval officer, one Victor Steiner, didn't much care for my responses. Unfortunately, our counseling session was cut short, and I was left with more questions than I had before.

Mister Steiner, however, was quite helpful. I'm not quite sure what agreement I've forged with him - or his friends - but surely, it will be profitable.

A Claim

Once the last of my newfound associates was bid adieu (as I hear the Gallics say), I took the road towards breaching the Tau cluster.

Planet Harris is a lovely place by our standards. Corporate project turned occupied colony turned former warzone corporate project! Suffice it to say, the prospects are well, even if the market is meager.

Scattered trenchworks pass for cheap lodgings in this place. My particular hole has a lovely vault, still sealed, just tempting me to plunder it.

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[28.11.2024 21:57:02] Chopping.Jack': Oh maaan!
[28.11.2024 21:57:08] Chopping.Jack': Would ye look at that!
[28.11.2024 21:57:08] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Hello Junker, are you here to join our group session?
[28.11.2024 21:57:09] Infernal: Salutations.
[28.11.2024 21:57:09] Arturo.Rasgado: I don't think Jack's going to answer your question. I think Jack's a little fed up with your therapy session, to be honest.
[28.11.2024 21:57:25] Infernal: What kind of session would this be?
[28.11.2024 21:57:28] Chopping.Jack': I can't answer his question because they are dumb.
[28.11.2024 21:57:30] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Group therapy
[28.11.2024 21:57:34] Infernal: Gladly.
[28.11.2024 21:57:36] Infernal: You first.
[28.11.2024 21:57:36] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I'm helping Jack to open up
[28.11.2024 21:57:46] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I ask the questions here I'm afraid.
[28.11.2024 21:57:49] Victor.Steiner: Why is there a 'therapy session' to begin with?
[28.11.2024 21:57:53] Infernal: Ask away.
[28.11.2024 21:57:56] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I'm the company therapist
[28.11.2024 21:58:05] Victor.Steiner: You picked a hell of a place...
[28.11.2024 21:58:07] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Think of a colour Infernal, visualise it, and tell me how it makes you feel
[28.11.2024 21:58:16] Infernal: Mm.
[28.11.2024 21:58:22] Arturo.Rasgado: Oh! Look at the time.
[28.11.2024 21:58:27] Infernal: Color first? Or the feeling?
[28.11.2024 21:58:32] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Colour first, then feeling
[28.11.2024 21:58:34] Arturo.Rasgado: I just realized I've got an incredibly important meeting scheduled.
[28.11.2024 21:58:42] Infernal: Rose.
[28.11.2024 21:58:42] Arturo.Rasgado: Don't do anything rash, Jack!
[28.11.2024 21:58:43] Chopping.Jack': Ay!
[28.11.2024 21:58:46] Chopping.Jack': You ain't gettin anywhere!
[28.11.2024 21:58:53] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: And how does Rose make you feel?
[28.11.2024 21:59:01] Infernal: Excited.
[28.11.2024 21:59:08] Victor.Steiner: Seriously...
[28.11.2024 21:59:18] Victor.Steiner: Excited?
[28.11.2024 21:59:22] Victor.Steiner: Come on man..
[28.11.2024 21:59:24] Arturo.Rasgado: I really must go. Please turn around immediately.
[28.11.2024 21:59:26] Chopping.Jack': You're a Corsair I can't leave ye roam free.
[28.11.2024 21:59:26] Infernal: Allow me to rephrase.
[28.11.2024 21:59:35] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Let's not try to undermine how the colour makes him feel
[28.11.2024 21:59:43] Infernal: Pensive, maybe?
[28.11.2024 21:59:43] Victor.Steiner: Alright, fair enough
[28.11.2024 21:59:45] Arturo.Rasgado: How about the therapist? The "retired" Armed Forces.. captain?
[28.11.2024 21:59:48] Arturo.Rasgado: Can't you bother them?
[28.11.2024 21:59:55] Chopping.Jack': They talk to much.
[28.11.2024 21:59:56] Infernal: Anxious, but not scared.
[28.11.2024 22:00:01] Chopping.Jack': And achieve nothing.
[28.11.2024 22:00:05] Arturo.Rasgado: So do I! It's why I must leave right now.
[28.11.2024 22:00:10] Arturo.Rasgado: I've got lots to talk about.
[28.11.2024 22:00:12] Arturo.Rasgado: But not with you!
[28.11.2024 22:00:12] Victor.Steiner: Apprehensive?
[28.11.2024 22:00:15] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: And why do you think that is?
[28.11.2024 22:00:18] Infernal: Approximately.
[28.11.2024 22:00:22] Arturo.Rasgado: You're a bit slow, to be honest, Jack. You can't keep up with me.
[28.11.2024 22:00:27] Arturo.Rasgado: We're not exactly made for one another.
[28.11.2024 22:00:49] Infernal: Memories of the past, I suppose. Deals gone bad?
[28.11.2024 22:00:58] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: What aspect of Rose was involved in those deals?
[28.11.2024 22:01:41] Infernal: Those disgustingly classless cigars less than proper elements in the Omegas consume.
[28.11.2024 22:02:05] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Would you prefer it if the colour Rose didn't make you feel this way?
[28.11.2024 22:02:17] Infernal: No.
[28.11.2024 22:02:27] Infernal: I'd prefer the warning, I suppose.
[28.11.2024 22:02:29] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: You use it as an anchor?
[28.11.2024 22:02:42] Infernal: You frame it as a crutch when it isn't.
[28.11.2024 22:02:52] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I'm not saying it is, just keeping an open mind to the concept
[28.11.2024 22:02:59] Infernal: Then yes.
[28.11.2024 22:03:03] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Trying to get an understanding of what the colour means to you
[28.11.2024 22:03:06] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I see
[28.11.2024 22:03:16] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: It's a shame the other two left, this kind of discussion would have been very beneficial to them
[28.11.2024 22:03:28] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Unfortunately I imagine they have gone somewhere to kill each other
[28.11.2024 22:03:29] Victor.Steiner: It is rather telling no?
[28.11.2024 22:03:42] Infernal: Telling how?
[28.11.2024 22:04:03] Victor.Steiner: You can learn a bit about someone by which conversations they want to take part in
[28.11.2024 22:04:08] Victor.Steiner: Or which ones they don't
[28.11.2024 22:04:09] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: That is very true
[28.11.2024 22:04:26] Infernal: And who were they, then?
[28.11.2024 22:04:33] Victor.Steiner: No idea
[28.11.2024 22:04:37] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: A bunch of thugs.
[28.11.2024 22:04:40] Victor.Steiner: I've no idea who you are
[28.11.2024 22:04:52] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I tried to reform them as best as I could, unfortunately I failed
[28.11.2024 22:04:58] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: But maybe next time, there might be another breakthrough
[28.11.2024 22:04:58] Infernal: Yours truly? Or the company man?
[28.11.2024 22:05:08] Victor.Steiner: All in good time.
[28.11.2024 22:05:11] Victor.Steiner: Both sir
[28.11.2024 22:05:22] Victor.Steiner: I take it you are not a member of the Congress
[28.11.2024 22:05:39] Infernal: I've yet to make their acquaintance, even if their reputation.
[28.11.2024 22:05:49] Infernal: Adenike. Pleasantly disposed.
[28.11.2024 22:06:03] Infernal: Or, ahm, what's the opposite of indisposed?
[28.11.2024 22:06:14] Victor.Steiner: Avaliable
[28.11.2024 22:06:19] Infernal: Ah. That.
[28.11.2024 22:06:29] Infernal: And you?
[28.11.2024 22:06:32] Victor.Steiner: And Mister Nero?
[28.11.2024 22:06:45] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I am simply the company therapist
[28.11.2024 22:06:49] Victor.Steiner: Oh, Victor Steiner. At your service gentlemen.
[28.11.2024 22:06:53] Infernal: He is simply the company therapist.
[28.11.2024 22:07:19] Victor.Steiner: Simply the Company therapist you say?
[28.11.2024 22:07:24] Victor.Steiner: Well.
[28.11.2024 22:07:30] Infernal: You expect more from their types?
[28.11.2024 22:07:31] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I would call myself extraordinary, personally
[28.11.2024 22:07:34] Infernal: No offense.
[28.11.2024 22:07:41] Victor.Steiner: I hope they pay you on triple time.
[28.11.2024 22:07:54] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I'm trying to convince them.
[28.11.2024 22:07:54] Infernal: As do I, as I cannot pay.
[28.11.2024 22:08:15] Victor.Steiner: Wasn't there another of yours around?
[28.11.2024 22:08:21] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: They had to leave.
[28.11.2024 22:08:21] Victor.Steiner: I'm sure they were just here..
[28.11.2024 22:08:26] Victor.Steiner: Oh.
[28.11.2024 22:08:27] Infernal: A compliment will have to suffice. I admire your vessel, sir.
[28.11.2024 22:08:50] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Thank you, it was costly to get these weapons together. Fortunately, I rarely find myself using them
[28.11.2024 22:09:07] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: The therapy sessions usually prevent bloodshed, and all parties leave feeling a bit better
[28.11.2024 22:09:27] Victor.Steiner: How often do you conduct these...improptue sessions?
[28.11.2024 22:09:41] Infernal: I find myself in a similar situation. Where does one find employment in Her Majesty's realm these days?
[28.11.2024 22:09:41] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Almost every day
[28.11.2024 22:10:09] Victor.Steiner: Well, as I'm sure the company therapist would say, with with the BMM
[28.11.2024 22:10:18] Chopping.Jack' was obliterated by Arturo.Rasgado (100%)
[28.11.2024 22:10:42] Victor.Steiner: Alternatively, the Service, or perhaps Border worlds..
[28.11.2024 22:10:46] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: I have a matter I need to attend to on Lisheen unfortunately.
[28.11.2024 22:10:49] Victor.Steiner: Then there are...the others, I guess.
[28.11.2024 22:10:55] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: But hopefully I will catch you guys in space again, and we can talk further
[28.11.2024 22:11:01] Victor.Steiner: Indeed
[28.11.2024 22:11:03] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: It is good to share our emotions. It is what reminds us what it means to be human
[28.11.2024 22:11:05] Victor.Steiner: Been a pleasure sir.
[28.11.2024 22:11:06] GF:SEC)-Nero.Bancroft: Safe skies
[28.11.2024 22:11:10] Infernal: Good day. I will look for you another time.
[28.11.2024 22:11:15] Infernal: Safe skies.
[28.11.2024 22:11:19] Infernal: Others?
[28.11.2024 22:11:30] Victor.Steiner: Oh, the spies
[28.11.2024 22:11:48] Infernal: Do tell. Assuming no harm to myself.
[28.11.2024 22:12:05] Victor.Steiner: No harm, just the Intelligence Service
[28.11.2024 22:12:18] Victor.Steiner: You asked for employment, they employ.
[28.11.2024 22:12:25] Victor.Steiner: One of many
[28.11.2024 22:12:27] Infernal: You mean you aren't going to have to shoot me now that I know?
[28.11.2024 22:12:39] Victor.Steiner: That they exist is perfectly well known.
[28.11.2024 22:12:46] Victor.Steiner: Hardly a state secret
[28.11.2024 22:12:56] Infernal: Jokes, apparently, have no such reputation.
[28.11.2024 22:13:07] Victor.Steiner: apologies.
[28.11.2024 22:13:13] Infernal: None needed.
[28.11.2024 22:13:29] Victor.Steiner: What brings a Junker to Bretonia?
[28.11.2024 22:13:41] Infernal: Better prospects, ironic as it is.
[28.11.2024 22:13:41] Victor.Steiner: Other than the search for gainful employment
[28.11.2024 22:13:47] Victor.Steiner: Seriously?
[28.11.2024 22:13:53] Infernal: Yes.
[28.11.2024 22:13:53] Victor.Steiner: Better than where?
[28.11.2024 22:14:09] Infernal: The omegas, assuming you've run out of contacts.
[28.11.2024 22:14:22] Infernal: Or welcome harbors.
[28.11.2024 22:14:35] Victor.Steiner: I suppose that would be true for most places. Annoy the Red Hessians did we?
[28.11.2024 22:14:36] Infernal: The second one is of deadly consequence.
[28.11.2024 22:14:58] Infernal: And a few more bartenders than I should have, yes.
[28.11.2024 22:15:24] Victor.Steiner: Unlucky. Although I understood things to be....quieter
[28.11.2024 22:15:34] Infernal: You misunderstood.
[28.11.2024 22:15:41] Infernal: As for the literal "prospects",
[28.11.2024 22:16:13] Infernal: It's quite the task to scour a wreck when it's between the reds and our therapy friends.
[28.11.2024 22:16:38] Victor.Steiner: So you came here...any particular type of work?
[28.11.2024 22:16:39] Infernal: Bretonia is much quieter in that regard.
[28.11.2024 22:16:48] Infernal: None whatsoever.
[28.11.2024 22:16:57] Infernal: Well.
[28.11.2024 22:17:09] Infernal: I do need to get my lovely prize outfitted.
[28.11.2024 22:17:15] Infernal: So yes, in that regard.
[28.11.2024 22:17:25] Victor.Steiner: So if one might be so bold as to assess
[28.11.2024 22:17:52] Infernal: Assessing is my profession, but go on.
[28.11.2024 22:18:15] Victor.Steiner: You are of the Junkers, you frequent both bars and criminal overlords alike for business. You travel and are...
[28.11.2024 22:18:21] Victor.Steiner: Avaliable for employment.
[28.11.2024 22:18:33] Victor.Steiner: As it were.
[28.11.2024 22:18:36] Infernal: That is an accurate, if limited, assessment.
[28.11.2024 22:18:53] Victor.Steiner: Very limited, but we have only just met.
[28.11.2024 22:19:00] Infernal: Although I would note that the proper authorities in those jurisdictions are less than proper.
[28.11.2024 22:19:12] Victor.Steiner: Quite.
[28.11.2024 22:19:17] Victor.Steiner: I didn't catch your name.
[28.11.2024 22:19:29] Infernal: Adenike will suffice.
[28.11.2024 22:19:43] Victor.Steiner: Adenike. That is not of the houses I assume.
[28.11.2024 22:19:46] Victor.Steiner: Borderworlds?
[28.11.2024 22:19:51] Infernal: Junker.
[28.11.2024 22:20:04] Victor.Steiner: As you wish.
[28.11.2024 22:20:30] Victor.Steiner: Well I'm sure someone like your good self would be most attractive to the right people
[28.11.2024 22:20:39] Infernal: I would like to think so.
[28.11.2024 22:21:04] Infernal: Assuming it doesn't end in my demise. Or any ruinous financial losses.
[28.11.2024 22:21:16] Infernal: To that, I'm burning fuel. Back to London, then.
[28.11.2024 22:21:25] Victor.Steiner: After you.
[28.11.2024 22:22:06] Infernal: Those company men, they pay well?
[28.11.2024 22:22:21] Victor.Steiner: BMM? I cannot say, I never worked for them.
[28.11.2024 22:22:25] Victor.Steiner: I was employed elsewhere
[28.11.2024 22:22:41] Infernal: You know nothing reputationally?
[28.11.2024 22:23:10] Victor.Steiner: I know that the BMM have a solid reputation in creation and manufacturing
[28.11.2024 22:23:24] Infernal: Fair.
[28.11.2024 22:23:25] Victor.Steiner: As for...HR, it is a little more flexible
[28.11.2024 22:23:34] Infernal: We saw that much.
[28.11.2024 22:23:51] Victor.Steiner: Dublin would not be in the state it is if they had more men like him
[28.11.2024 22:23:59] Victor.Steiner: Suffice to say, BMM learns the hard way
[28.11.2024 22:24:20] Victor.Steiner: But it is not for me to comment on the dealings of private business
[28.11.2024 22:24:50] Victor.Steiner: Is it something you think you could do?
[28.11.2024 22:24:53] Victor.Steiner: For years?
[28.11.2024 22:24:59] Infernal: I have, in a way.
[28.11.2024 22:25:12] Infernal: Maybe not that way.
[28.11.2024 22:25:14] Victor.Steiner: Hm, a fair assessment.
[28.11.2024 22:25:35] Victor.Steiner: So what is it you seek now? Stablity? Knowledge? Adventure?
[28.11.2024 22:25:49] Infernal: Is that a question of ambition, or need?
[28.11.2024 22:25:55] Victor.Steiner: Both
[28.11.2024 22:26:06] Victor.Steiner: What do you want? What do you need?
[28.11.2024 22:26:49] Infernal: My own entrepreneurial spirit wants a place of my own. I guess you could call that stability.
[28.11.2024 22:26:55] Infernal: Others might brand it power.
[28.11.2024 22:27:16] Victor.Steiner: I would call it 'room to grow'
[28.11.2024 22:27:25] Victor.Steiner: there is, of course, nothing wrong with power
[28.11.2024 22:27:26] Infernal: But reality requires that I obtain employment and make my prize less...
[28.11.2024 22:27:28] Infernal: Defenseless.
[28.11.2024 22:27:52] Victor.Steiner: Your prize?
[28.11.2024 22:27:59] Infernal: The Infernal.
[28.11.2024 22:28:04] Victor.Steiner: Ah, the ship
[28.11.2024 22:28:06] Infernal: The prior owner only sought fit for joyrides.
[28.11.2024 22:28:06] Victor.Steiner: Of course.
[28.11.2024 22:28:35] Victor.Steiner: Hm.
[28.11.2024 22:28:42] Infernal: I couldn't tell you why. The engine needs replacing as well.
[28.11.2024 22:28:48] Victor.Steiner: One might be willing to find you employment.
[28.11.2024 22:29:11] Infernal: Go on.
[28.11.2024 22:29:22] Victor.Steiner: Employment within circumstances you are already used to.
[28.11.2024 22:29:43] Infernal: You promise too much. Is this some sort of devilish pact?
[28.11.2024 22:29:51] Death: BCV-Prosperity suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression.
[28.11.2024 22:29:59] Victor.Steiner: Certainly not. A friendly word put in to a past aquaintence would surely see you right.
[28.11.2024 22:30:10] Infernal: Salutations, officer Maya.
[28.11.2024 22:30:26] Infernal: And what would be the expectation on your part?
[28.11.2024 22:30:27] [CDI-Intern]Miss_Maya: Greetings, eveything in order i assume ?
[28.11.2024 22:30:38] Victor.Steiner: Nothing. A favour for a favour.
[28.11.2024 22:30:53] Infernal: So then it is a pact. But not one I'm unused to.
[28.11.2024 22:30:56] Victor.Steiner: One day, you might be in a position to repay it or pass it on.
[28.11.2024 22:31:12] Victor.Steiner: Yes officer, this man is simply looking for employment
[28.11.2024 22:31:15] Infernal: Mm. I'd shake your hand, but I might dirty whatever glove you're surely wearing.
[28.11.2024 22:31:22] Victor.Steiner: No gloves.
[28.11.2024 22:31:30] Victor.Steiner: And of course, you may refuse at any time.
[28.11.2024 22:31:38] Infernal: Safe to say you need not my assent in blood?
[28.11.2024 22:31:38] [CDI-Intern]Miss_Maya: All good then. Keep doing what you`re doing.
[28.11.2024 22:31:54] Infernal: Not a deal breaker, either way.
[28.11.2024 22:32:15] Victor.Steiner: Not at all, besides. I can place an offer on the table, it is up to you to accept it.
[28.11.2024 22:32:22] Victor.Steiner: If that is what you want, of course.
[28.11.2024 22:32:33] Infernal: I'll await the opportunity, then.
[28.11.2024 22:32:52] Victor.Steiner: And I shall reach out to my friend to see if he can find you a place.
[28.11.2024 22:33:02] Victor.Steiner: Although I suspect you won't have any issues.
[28.11.2024 22:33:09] Infernal: I plan to make my way up towards the Tau's, for now. I'm sure I can be found.
[28.11.2024 22:33:23] Infernal: Short of 29. But out of leeds.
[28.11.2024 22:33:39] Victor.Steiner: Certainly, a letter will be sent to the nearest Freeport.
[28.11.2024 22:33:55] Victor.Steiner: Do be sure to check in once in a while.
[28.11.2024 22:34:05] Infernal: Then I'll bid you good day Mister... Sir? Steiner?
[28.11.2024 22:34:17] Victor.Steiner: Mister Steiner is fine
[28.11.2024 22:34:28] Victor.Steiner: Good day to you to sire.
[28.11.2024 22:34:32] Victor.Steiner: Safe journey to you
[28.11.2024 22:34:33] Infernal: Ah. My apologies, Londoners confuse me with their ettiquette.
[28.11.2024 22:34:37] Infernal: And you.
[28.11.2024 22:34:42] Infernal: Safe skies.

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