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@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ I've never been able to say no to Lily. As she sat across the table from me in t
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"C'mon, A, it's *one job*. We track down this bounty, split the money evenly, just the three of us, and I'll be out of your hair."
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I shook my head; a futile gesture, but we have to play our parts. "Why me, Lil? You so hard up you have to ask a rock-breaker for help?"
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I shook my head; a futile gesture, but we have to play our parts. "Why me, Lil? You so hard up you have to ask a—what was it you called me when you left? 'A failed scavenger and a failed rock-breaker'—for help?"
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"A, nobody I know can finesse those bigger ships the way you can. I've got a Corsair on loan for this mission. Tons of firepower, but handling her in atmo is just too much for me. Not my specialty."
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"Aww, c'mon A, don't be like that. You know I was really messed up about the way Mom died. Listen, nobody I know can finesse those bigger ships the way you can. I've got a Corsair on loan for this mission. Tons of firepower, but handling her in atmo is just too much for me. Not my specialty."
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She was being too nice. It was suspicious. But money was still tight, especially with the insurance bill after my [last adventure]({{< ref "2023-11-10-star-citizen-a-night-in-the-woods" >}}). It briefly occurred to me that I could get stuck like this, taking desperate jobs that end in regeneration and ever-mounting medical debt... but if this one went *well*, I'd be back on my feet with a clean slate. I hadn't seen a profit from my mining gig in ages. I decided to risk it.
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Coming out of QT over the surface of Hurston, I had to admit: this ship was nice. Good atmospheric performance, pretty agile for her size. A little janky, perhaps, (Why is there an MFD just lying on the floor? Did Lily try to *fix something*? I mentally recalculated our odds of survival.) but she seemed to be in working order. She had that decades-lived-in charm that Drake ships seem to roll off the line with. Lily was in the port-side turret, Lily's latest girlfriend was in the starboard one. Lily had introduced her, but I couldn't remember her name now. Amber? Ruby? Some kind of stone.
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Coming out of QT over the surface of Hurston, I had to admit: this ship was nice. Yeah, she handled like a brick, but compared to a lot of the industrial ships I trained on, she was downright agile. A little janky, perhaps, (Why is there an MFD just lying on the floor? Did Lily try to *fix something*? I mentally recalculated our odds of survival.) but she seemed to be in working order. She had that decades-lived-in charm that Drake ships seem to roll off the line with. Lily was in the port-side turret. Lily's latest girlfriend was in the starboard one. Lily had introduced her, but I couldn't remember her name now. Amber? Ruby? Some kind of stone.
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I hit the comms. "30 klicks out from our waypoint. I hope your information is good."
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"We'd be here all day. Like that time you had a great lead on four thousand SCU of self-sealing st—*shit*! We have contacts! *Five* contacts. You said there would be TWO of them, Lil!"
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"And both of them are here, just like I said!" I could hear her grin over the staticky channel.
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"And both of them are here, just like I said!" I could practically hear her grin over the staticky channel.
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"And you said one of them would be a gunship like this one, not a bunch of tiny fighters. I'm counting on you two to take them out."
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@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ After a guilty moment, I realized she meant her girlfriend.
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With Lily, you usually get answers faster if you don't ask the questions. I fell in behind her, bracing myself for a long trudge through the desert. After a few minutes of picking our way through the rocky terrain, she started talking.
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"The AA cannon that took you down is less than 2 clicks that way." She gestured off behind us. "We need to get some distance from it so my friend can land safely. Also, they'll probably be looking for us; they don't seem to have any more ships or we'd probably be dead."
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"The AA cannon that took you down is less than 2 klicks that way." She gestured off behind us. "We need to get some distance from it so my friend can land safely. Also, they'll probably be looking for us; they don't seem to have any more ships or we'd probably be dead."
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"They had an anti-air cannon? Who the hell was this bounty?"
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