Episode 2 - Just a Simple Job

After scaring the Warpjacks off we went back to the Solar Pathfinder and scanned it for any bugs but didn't find anything - hopefully just a coincidence but my gut was telling me otherwise.

I received a message from our government contact, some M. Zlavigne, reminding us of the import of their job and that they needed it taken care of in the coming days. The job was simple, take a message to a megacorp building in the Swift section of the station, not even a major headquarters of the corp. 

Their message also gave us a two credit incentive to put a good whooping on one of the Corporate Security guards that had wronged Zlavigne in the past. Petty, but who am I to scoff at credits right now?

This, of course, is where it gets complicated. We roll up to the region in question and it is a MESS - a grav train had derailed months ago and had just... been left there? The area was in rough shape and it was a miracle the building was even standing.

To top it all off this Corpo Security band, ironically the very same we'd failed a job for, had set up a checkpoint!

"Too easy," I thought to myself moments before disaster.

I walked up and was chatting with a very tough looking fellow. He threatened me, I threatened him, one thing led to another and he went for his pistol.

...but my blade was faster. I cut him down in the blink of an eye, a deep wound to his side but given the miracle of modern medicine he'd live... probably.

I was feeling real great about our odds there, four of us against the remaining three of them, right up until my visor filled with red warnings - the fellow in the back had a rattle gun and he was sending a hail of led right at me!

...and that is the last thing I remember. Turns out the hail of lead flew true and ripped me up something fierce - an initial shot from a sniper I'd missed on my left followed by the rattler. I was critically wounded and if it wasn't for Elly's quick thinking I'd probably be dead right now, instead of pissed off in the sick bay.

From the drone footage I saw that Taryn was gunned down too, she took a few of the last rounds of the Rattle gun then was laid low by their leader's military-issue rifle but her instincts and training from her military days meant she was largely alright - though she's been griping about how her sidearm is damaged after the fall.

I expected Elly and Krex to flee but they surprised me and stayed, then surprised me even more and routed the enemy despite finding outnumbered!

Krex'il took charge, I knew he had some leadership experience just from how he carried himself. He used his wings to hop over some of the grav train's cargo cars, landing just by the enemy leader. He missed with his shotgun but must've taken the foe's attention because Elly's shot rang true, dropping the man.

The sniper shot again, but missed and then Krex lived up to his species' name as he was more swift than the rattle gun guy, the selfsame foe our patron wanted us to teach a lesson. He descended from the skies like a conquering hero, loosing both barrels of the shotgun before he even touched the ground.

Rattle gun guy went down like a mean sack of rocks and the sniper, having seen all three of his friends defeated, decided that it was time to high tail it out of there. 

Mission accomplished, message delivered, and target defeated. Other than the hail of lead Taryn and I ate it was a big success.

...but then the crew really pissed me off!  Returning to the ship, and seeing the extent of my injuries, they told me to take it easy and suggested the Krex'il take "temporary command" of the Starshot Renegades - Starshot Renegades, as in me! I'm Starshot! Not him!

Anyway, we'll deal with that later, they say it's only temporary and... after a few of my not-proudest moments I "agreed" to the arrangement... for now.

Oh, we found some junk in that grav train too. Taryn thinks she can fix it - most interestingly a Deflector, but we also found some upgrade parts for a gun. Adding to the Blast Pistol that Elly damaged a few days ago and we've got quite the backlog of damaged items building up. 

Starshot out.