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Barton Henning
Sep 14th, 2010, 01:18:02 PM
The Expansion Region - Lostar System

“This is the Captain speaking.”

Stood on the bridge of the Dynamic-class freighter Knightfall, Barton Henning held a cordless communicator up to his lips.

“We will be docking with the Nessem Shipyards in ten minutes. All passengers, make your way to the starboard hold to pick up your belongings. Crew, join me in the main hold.”

Henning lowered the radio and leant over Ben Merasska, the ships pilot, to slot it back into place. Through the main view-port, he could see the orbital shipyards of Nessem, slowly revolving, shuttles and starships emerging from here and there in the most unlikely of places. At the instruction of the local authorities, the Knightfall had fallen into line behind an armed Citadel-class transport and were maintaining a steady distance from the cruisers engine wake.

Ben Merasska
Sep 22nd, 2010, 11:15:12 PM
Ben whistled a tune as he kept a careful eye on the cruiser ahead of them.

"Why is it that four days out of the week I get a big scary weapon of some kind aiming at me?" he sighed, checking the instruments once more. "'Hey you, what're you doing here?' 'Provide records or we'll not hesitate to destroy you!' 'Watch where you're landing, nerf-herder!'"

He shook his head in a weary manner.

"I'll be down in the hold in a sec, Cap'n," he said, monitoring the sublight engine's out-put level. Lyanie'd have a hold on it for sure, but the savvy pilot always double checked his sensor readings. "Just gotta make sure mister happy over there doesn't find reason to end my living streak."