Another long day gone. I'm a bit happy that I mostly spent it with work so I did not got blown up that many times as usual. But certainly, for someone like me who prefers to combine various mind enhancing/barring substances it's imperative to keep all the escape pods maintained and triple-checked. And I ususaly pet and pamper their launch mechanisms before takeoff, just to be sure. With all those safety precautions it's completely understandable if one forgets such minor stuff like loading a bomber with TCDs before launching to take care of an intruding navy gunship.
Apart from that, the day was all going well. Since I was burrowed in paperwork, I decided to attend to it from the bridge of the Circuit. Looks like my clumsyness does not manifest while smugling, I guess could safely drive a train to Alpha and back only by cerebellum - what basicly was the case, since I barely looked up from my neural transponders. I did four rounds with minimal to none attention on what's I'm doing. It was nostalgic, reminded me of my youth.
And where did I got caught? Of course in Pennsylvania, while transporting engine componenets. The only contraband I had was one standard unit of cardi. It was a bounty hunter in a gunboat, just at the gate. Did you know that there's a bounty for all Hacker vehicles? I did I just never thought that someone will count the Circuit in. So we satrted playing chase and shield plowing. I was about to lose when I realised that he realy is just doing it for money. So I stoped and started yelling for a civilised discussion. And it was that easy. I did not even have to propose more than that bounty multiplyed by four, nor to bargain. I have to remeber that trick while dealing with his kind next time.
So after my head started to boil from such monotonious activity I decided to join the others regulating some renegade outcasts before they could further hinder the reputation of our allies. Some representatives of the SOB joined us for noone to question our authority and co-operation - or mainly of grudge.
It was a clean operation like it's written in the hacker's manual. Proper reconnaisance, swift interception, precise implementation. We did not lost a single ship. Not even mine. We took down two Tridentes and some fighers. It was like an ambush presented by a proper military organisation. Those are the times when I feel like someone who didn't spend his beautiest years piloting a sluggish beast consuming everithing what can affect the nervous system while playing hologames with other junkies. But hey, that's what those years should be spent with right?