Payback Is a Given: Pirates of the Badlands Series Book 2 by Sean Benjamin

Author:Sean Benjamin [Benjamin, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Prairie Dog entered the final approach to the civilian side of the spaceport at Rosstrappe. The small freighter moved slowly, so Baby Doll and Blondie had maximum time to record the noise of the planet and its two moons, and record the images of the military base on the far side of the planet. Once the planet of Rosstrappe blocked their view of the naval base, Baby Doll and Blondie shut down their listening recorders and video screens, and packed them into cases. The civilian port authorities were usually casual about inspecting incoming ships, but it would not do if this equipment was discovered. The two women moved their loaded cases to their billeting space and hid them in a special cabinet recently built for exactly that purpose. The recording of the emissions of the planet and its two moons would augment the knowledge they already had. The video would confirm the predicted courses of the planet and moons, and show the traffic in the naval base.

Blondie and Baby Doll returned to the bridge to watch the final seconds of docking. The port was crowded with freighters in various stages of loading or unloading. As the small trader slowed to enter her berth, both pirates scanned the immediate area and then looked further out. Nothing unusual was noted. As the major border port between the Badlands and the Goldenes Tor, every type of civilian ship was represented. Prairie Dog blended in and attracted scant attention.

As the ship was secured, Kit Kinkaid turned to the two women. “We break seal in twelve hours.”

She turned and departed the bridge to see to the unloading of her cargo and the loading of a new consignment. She was not interested in what the two pirates would do. Kit operated under the idea she didn’t have to lie about things she knew nothing about.

Two weeks ago, Predator and Nemesis entered the same Edinburgh shipyard used by Bandit and Vindictive. The overhaul and other upgrades would take three weeks. The two crews had scattered with the majority going to their squadron houses to visit loved ones. Blondie had stayed with the ship for the first week of the overhaul, but the lure of going on a spy mission proved too much to keep her tethered to the ship. If time had been pressing, this mission would not have happened, but the timing allowed for a mission to fill in the gaps in the intelligence. Also, it contributed to Blondie’s ongoing education on being a pirate. Four days ago, Baby Doll and Blondie joined Prairie Dog for the voyage into Rosstrappe. It was time to get last minute intel on the base.

The two women departed Prairie Dog and took transportation to the far side of the planet where the base was located. They couldn’t get onto the military installation, but could visit the bars outside the installation’s gates. Here would be the likely watering holes for the people stationed on the Rosstrappe naval base. People who would be relaxing with a drink after a long day at work.

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