Veranda Incognita, Home of the Waverlys

[Fellow Hoodlum]

Jay moved the train out of orbit, the waypoint from Jessica blinking on the nav-map. The jump hole had long
vanished, Rick and he were moving as fast as they could. Fnordie needed their help now.
"Bloody lightspeed would be good right now, stupid machine."
Jay urged the freighter to move faster. Rick just looked a little grim.
"30k to Lanzarote, then another ten or so beyond, I can feel his lifesigns are weak but stable."
They just sat and watched the thousands of kilometres peel slowly off the course.
"Shame Mal couldn't get the any of the fnordettes up here to go with us, but at least we have a very small
search area narrowed down now."
Rick spoke slowly.
"We are doing the best we can, and can ask no more."
The scanner clicked on, moving slowly across a wide sweep at maximum range. Rick just watched intently,
his eyes never leaving the screen for a moment.
"I have a faint contact, please put the ship into auto."
Jay punched a couple of buttons and the nav took over, with a small correction to the course.
"Definate target now, lets just get there. I feel him much more now, hes ok I think."
"I'll call a medical shuttle to meet us above the planet, quicker than getting this old bus onto the surface."
Jay just cracked a little smile at Rick now.
Get down to the bay mate, tractor beam almost in range. Be nice if he saw a familiar mug when you crack the
pod open. I'll just turn this old girl straight round and head on back as soon as I can."
The train slowed to a halt, Jay hit the tractor beam and the pod zapped into the hold. Re assigning a waypoint
on the nav-map for GC, the ship turned and headed home.
A wake for Shamus was all they had to look forwards to now. Jay looked at the Juggernaut assault rifle at
the back of cockpit, he'd managed to sneak another 180 rounds for the beast of the shuttle.
Only one person who he had wanted to point that at and pull the trigger, and hopefully that thing was dead
with the Ska Ralla.
Been a damn long few days, last time he just popped in somewhere to watch a sunset on a veranda ...

---

Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."