Aeon by Cianien Bloodstone

Author:Cianien Bloodstone [Bloodstone, Cianien]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-20T22:00:00+00:00

A week later and they were still no closer to finding Miraz’s crew. While Twi had been able to confirm they were among those unaccounted for, there were too many missing details to say for certain the one that jumped was them. Despite the worry she had on that, Reaghan had allowed herself to turn to other pressing matters. The Aeon had to become hers.

Starship registration was rather simple and done on any planet or station. Luckily, Eam station wasn’t too far off from where the ship was. She joined the line, clenching the chip with the purchase agreement Twi had come up with, and tried to not look nervous. After how much scrutiny her official records had come under, attempting to pass off another forgery to the authorities was more than a little nerve-racking.

“Next!” called the clerk in a bored voice.

“Transfer of ownership,” Reaghan said, passing him the chip.

“Right,” he looked at her over the top of his glasses, then inserted the chip into his reader. “Let’s see. Starship—Aeon. Class—transport. Registration number…” he trailed off, though she could see him double-checking his forms. “And purchase price—thirty thousand credits.” He let out a low whistle. “Hope she’s worth it for that amount,” he said, meeting her gaze.

“She is,” Reaghan assured him, knowing it was dirt cheap for a starship. Even a basic shuttle went for at least double that amount. “A bit of a fixer-upper, but my engineer’s topnotch.”

He nodded, silently going back to his forms. His lips pursed a few times and he tweaked something on the screen. “Odd, the Aeon hasn’t been in the system before.”

Reaghan’s heart raced in her chest.

“Let me see here, one more place I can check.”

She could hear those in line behind her since her entire conversation could be overheard easily. Tapping her fingers against her thigh, she barely managed to keep her claws sheathed.

“Did you get the ship from a former Dynasty planet, by chance?” the clerk asked.

“Yeah, from Veraniam,” she answered.

His eyes flicked to the screen, checking her answer against the information given to him. “That explains it,” he said. “A lot of those records were lost when the Unity took over. Apparently, someone went a bit too crazy with the delete button. No worry, I can easily re-enter the ship into our system where it’ll be protected.”

“Great!”

The clerk nodded, then resumed his typing. Reaghan leaned heavily against the counter in relief. She could practically feel the disappointment behind her, though she supposed she couldn’t blame them. Someone getting arrested for forgery would’ve livened up the wait.

“Here you go.” The clerk handed her back the chip, along with another. “All your documents are on there, just present it to any docking authority when asked. Safe travels.”

“Thanks.” She tucked them both in her pocket and strode into the busy main corridor. Humanoids of all shapes and sizes flowed past in a living river. Those who were lucky enough to have wings flew overhead, cackling as they passed the masses on the ground. The station mostly moved cargo, though a few transport ships had been in orbit when the Aeon arrived.

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