Matok had just returned from a trip to Ames Research and was in a very foul mood. Dressed in his full Marshall's attire, his mood softened sharply when he saw Kyte coming out of Doc's office.
"Do not tell me," he said to her, "he is busy again."
She only nodded, "He even declined lunch."
Matok forced a weak smile upon his face, "I could use some lunch myself. I would be honored if you would join me."
Comm ID: Don Q.
Subject: Baffin patrols, Temple guard and psychoactive narcotics.
Roamed around in the old Corvo as usual, space was quiet and void
with the exception of a few chaps hauling synthetic marijuana.
At the end of a lengthy and entertaining conversation we ended up
on a equal fair value trade for some Pineal Amulets, party at the
Temple this evening for all those with door passes!
- Don Q. out.
"Judge me if you want, we're all going to die eventually. I for one intend to deserve it."
Comm ID: Linus Koios
Vessel: Ravenhurst III
Location: Freeport 11, Omicron Delta, Nomad Space
Hey guys, you'll never guess what we found! The green giant in Omicron Kappa, the one that's waaay out? It's huuuuge. Nothin' else out there. We also, uh, didn't find anything in that new cloud near Freeport 11 that wasn't there two years ago. At all. So much nothing that we didn't bother to take pictures of nothing, because that'd be boring. We did find the wreck of a Zoner Eagle, though it'd already been picked clean by looters.
There was a brief scare a coupla days ago, rumors of Nomads, Order, and BHG all fightin' it out. It was only partly true: Order an' BHG were lettin' each other have it, but the Nomads weren't around. Persephone was, though, an' she is monstrous! Together we watched over the Freep for a little while; some pizza delivery guy showed up in a CSV, lookin' for a particular hunter, but he wasn't around. Wouldn't let my crew an' I have 'em, either, so we went ahead and docked.
Gonna need some help getting the Rose out of Delta. She's not really equipped for fighting Nomads.
Annette out.
PS: not needed. The TCG|Watarah escorted me as far as Omicron-74.
++ Source : Gabriel Angelos, Captain of the Tau.Ceti.Central ++
++ Destination : TAZ popes ++
++ Derivation : none ++
++ Encryption level : mu ++
++ Transmission begins ++
Oy popes.
How is it going?
Since i hired my new crew, they.... celebrated.
I was all "No no, i can't drink, and we need to be serious and all that; We cannot make a party lasting a week."
But they forced me ! *obviously liying*
They attached me and forced me to drink Gallic Wine! *obviously trying to cover the fact he is drunk against his will*
While hype was stealing prozac to korbah's medbay, i was able to escape, and send you this message.
Help!
I need <strike>more Gallic wine bottles.</strike>
*End of message is a succession of rumbling noises.*
most of ya know me.
Me are the voivod of the Kolompar-Plastic family.
I seek yar aid in the times of problems for mey lille familia.
I tell you what happened just a few days before...or maybe it was a week or more...but not significanteloneh more just an inymoe bit of doe.
So
One of mey familia vessels had bee grand-theft-shipped. I are not sure that thee understand or neg, but well- it is disappeared.
I've sent out one of mey younger grandsons to install new lampions on it but he did not come back.
Weirdo facto I must tell thee. And if it would be not shame enough he took a girlie of a .. well that girlie should be married to someone else.
It oculd seem a usual love story, but a few days later we received a transmission from the boy. he told us that he found a dead girl in thee ship but he does not remember anything. We ordered him to come home, but he was so scraed into his pantz.Wery scared.
We waited for a few days but no-thing happened. We cannot contact him in the last6 days, and our other grandsonz find no-thing on the fields where we last received his call.
The ship what he took was a brand new conferencier gunboat. The name was SalviaDivinorum it had proper TAZ colourz and a few fflagz on it . Plus it was painted to be colourful like our familias.
The name of the boy is Pityuka.
If ya saw him or the ship floatin' somewhere just let us know.
*raises his fist*Szejje beatin' his mouth if we ever find him.
But we hope he is allright.
We hope that we find him.
So anyone saw or heard some-thing?
It's not usual thing in our familia to steal a ship what belongs to the grandpaz especially not when it belongs to me the voivod, but it seems this issue is somthin' a lot more weirdo what our familias used to see in the past -often. Even its sepcaial sign trans-receiver were kileld somehow so we cannot track it down even if we are quite good in the searchin' and the heart-knowledge and gossip thingiez.
yours willingly: The sukar Kolompar-Plastic family of the Samsarians
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{~ Transmission Terminated ~}
{~ Signal Lost ~}
Comm ID: Linus Koios
Vessel: Loose Ends
Location: Battleship Norfolk, Cambridge System
Sorry to hear that, Mr. Voivod. Lemme know if there's anything I can do - I got me an Eagle and a Conference, both outfitted for long-distance trips. I'll help however I can.
Also, I went an' checked the Laws of Liberty...heh...turns out Rheinland-made ships, regardless of affiliation, are sorta kinda outlawed. If some Navy puke were to catch me, he or she'd make me land somewhere to get a different ship...got about half the money I need for a BWT, though, so we'll be alright soon enough. Hafta talk to the inferior decliners on Shasta 'bout makin' more space outta less space, though.
Bad news. The radiation filter on the Rose is completely buggered. I'm on Toledo now, so I'll get it fixed and head to Freeport 11 for a medical scan.
Annette out.
Got me that BWT, so I'm legal in Liberty again. An' the interior decorators in Shasta're pretty good. The little living area on the deck sammiched between the bridge an' the cargo area has been transformed! The forward quarter of it's now the captain's quarters - and designated kitty abode. They installed a li'l "catwalk" running along the ceiling through the living area, and leading up to the bridge, just for Kali and her feline entourage. Not to mention a coupla little play areas, somethin' I've never gotten to get built for the critters before. She loves it! The middle part is the galley, kitchen, an' entertainment area all on one (the table folds into the wall if needed), an' the aft third is a pair of rooms, one for Mathias an' one for Dahlia.
There's even a guest room with twin bunks just below the living deck, but it's a bit cramped. S'all good, though; don't expect I'll have many human visitors on my ship.
On a far more serious note: you guys catch that love letter from our least favorite rotten royalty? I'm gonna be doin' some more practice in my Eagle when I'm not aboard the Loose Ends, and I'd recommend everybody get reeeeaaal familiar with whatever defense craft they've got, be they fighters, bombers, or heavies.